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f36488d73d5834ad4b8b8e9efd2bdf6a8e3d6cf5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Automatically delete photo from Photo Stream when deleted in iPhoto or Aperture After importing photos I quickly delete all the duplicate photos & bad ones. However they all still make their way to my Photo Stream and stay there even after I've pruned the bad photos.
Is there a way to automatically delete a photo in Photo Stream once it's been deleted in the Aperture or iPhoto library?
A: Deleting the picture from My Photo Stream instead of the imported versions in your computer should do the trick. To do so just:
*
*Open the My Photo Stream view in either iPhoto or Aperture.
*Select the pictures to delete.
*Press the Delete key and click Delete.
| Q: Automatically delete photo from Photo Stream when deleted in iPhoto or Aperture After importing photos I quickly delete all the duplicate photos & bad ones. However they all still make their way to my Photo Stream and stay there even after I've pruned the bad photos.
Is there a way to automatically delete a photo in Photo Stream once it's been deleted in the Aperture or iPhoto library?
A: Deleting the picture from My Photo Stream instead of the imported versions in your computer should do the trick. To do so just:
*
*Open the My Photo Stream view in either iPhoto or Aperture.
*Select the pictures to delete.
*Press the Delete key and click Delete.
A: Tracking this back to the root makes me think disabling iPhoto's automatic download/import will solve the issue.
You can still keep the Photostream enabled, but you would have control to highlight the photos in it that you actually want to import and click 'Import Photo.' Or, highlight all the photos you don't ever want in Photostream, delete them from the Photostream, then afterwards highlight everything an select 'Import.'
Yes it's a bit more manual, but there aren't a lot of shades of gray with iCloud.
I won't go as far as to suggest turning off Photostream though - it's an adequate last-resort backup, and when you delete photos from your iPhone camera roll, those photos won't actually come back to your iPhone, so there's no worry there.
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8b5f0860728f545509a01af7ca029664ac20f44e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using bash/terminal to get number of battery recharge cycles I would like to get the number of recharge cycles using bash (terminal commands). I understand the following command will display all of the battery data, but I want the cycle count on its own
ioreg -l -w0 |grep Capacity
I use the following command to get the battery percentage, so I imagine it can be modified slightly to get the cycle count instead;
ioreg -l | awk '$3~/Capacity/{c[$3]=$5}END{OFMT="%.3f";max=c["\"MaxCapacity\""];print(max>0?100*c["\"CurrentCapacity\""]/max:"?")}'
I'm new to bash, so I'm not completely sure how that code works, or how I'd adapt it for my needs.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
A: Something like
system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep "Cycle Count" | awk '{print $3}'
should do the job.
system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep "Condition" | awk '{print $2}'
will get you the battery condition, for example: Normal.
If you want more output, run:
system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep -A3 -B7 "Condition"
to get something similar to this:
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh): 2405
Fully Charged: No
Charging: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 3816
Health Information:
Cycle Count: 187
Condition: Normal
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -2635
Voltage (mV): 11212
| Q: Using bash/terminal to get number of battery recharge cycles I would like to get the number of recharge cycles using bash (terminal commands). I understand the following command will display all of the battery data, but I want the cycle count on its own
ioreg -l -w0 |grep Capacity
I use the following command to get the battery percentage, so I imagine it can be modified slightly to get the cycle count instead;
ioreg -l | awk '$3~/Capacity/{c[$3]=$5}END{OFMT="%.3f";max=c["\"MaxCapacity\""];print(max>0?100*c["\"CurrentCapacity\""]/max:"?")}'
I'm new to bash, so I'm not completely sure how that code works, or how I'd adapt it for my needs.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
A: Something like
system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep "Cycle Count" | awk '{print $3}'
should do the job.
system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep "Condition" | awk '{print $2}'
will get you the battery condition, for example: Normal.
If you want more output, run:
system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep -A3 -B7 "Condition"
to get something similar to this:
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh): 2405
Fully Charged: No
Charging: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 3816
Health Information:
Cycle Count: 187
Condition: Normal
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -2635
Voltage (mV): 11212
A: system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep -A3 -B7 "Power"
I just do this, and it will do the things.
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2d9e4711c47503364d3ad4875b2ec68437893baa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does AirPlay online stream to Apple TV still go through the iPad? When we AirPlay the online stream on iPad to Apple TV, does the iPad remain in the chain (online stream to iPad and then iPad to Apple TV) or does the Apple TV virtually get and play that stream (online stream to Apple TV)?
A: If you stream a video from the internet, and then AirPlay is to a suitable receiver like an Apple TV, then all the devices in the chain still take part. The Apple TV doesn't simply get the stream location and other data like playback location, then stream it by itself, it get's a secondary copy that the iPad is essentially repeating onwards.
You can easily test this by streaming something, then airplaying it to the AppleTV, then turning airplane mode on the iPad - the Apple TV stream should fail.
| Q: Does AirPlay online stream to Apple TV still go through the iPad? When we AirPlay the online stream on iPad to Apple TV, does the iPad remain in the chain (online stream to iPad and then iPad to Apple TV) or does the Apple TV virtually get and play that stream (online stream to Apple TV)?
A: If you stream a video from the internet, and then AirPlay is to a suitable receiver like an Apple TV, then all the devices in the chain still take part. The Apple TV doesn't simply get the stream location and other data like playback location, then stream it by itself, it get's a secondary copy that the iPad is essentially repeating onwards.
You can easily test this by streaming something, then airplaying it to the AppleTV, then turning airplane mode on the iPad - the Apple TV stream should fail.
A: AirPlay works as follows: there is no handoff, the iPad pushes data to AppleTV the entire time AirPlay is engaged.
iOS will connect to AirPlay receivers and offer to mirror the screen. If the application that you run is programmed to do other things, it can then send different content to the TV, continue to mirror and do things like play in the background. If the app you use is simple or doesn't implement Apple's more advanced AirPlay features, then you will get the default mirror behavior without the app maker needing to take any step whatsoever.
A: For some apps with AirPlay integration, the app will send the link for the video stream to the Apple TV which will then connect to the internet to play the content. I used a WiFi sniffer during AirPlay, which showed minimal wifi activity from my iPhone and considerate internet usage from the Apple TV. It also showed that the Apple TV was using the internet to stream a MP4 video. However, when I tried putting my iPhone into airplane mode, after a few seconds the video cut showing that a connection between the Apple TV and device is needed to play the video.
A: I'm not 100% sure what the op means by "AirPlay online stream". If you mean something like YouTube or some other app- or browser-based content, the iOS device is definitely in the loop.
If you mean for iTunes-purchased content, there is a way to "stream from iCloud", but it's not terribly clear either. There's another thread on this site about iCloud streaming: How does Airplay from iCloud actually work?
A: A good link to have basic idea about how apple TV with airplay works!
http://www.flatpanelshd.com/focus.php?subaction=showfull&id=1347605891
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e0841b810d91f12d9198e26e1a3e9bb4030b5a63 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Title 1, Title 2 number with sub-numbers in pages I'm using Pages to write a document.
I would like titles like :
1 Summary
1.1 Start
1.2 End
But I only get
1 Summary
2 Start
3 End
How can I number my titles with 1.1 and so on?
A: On Pages 13, under Bullet & Lists, just tick Tiered Numbers
on Pages 09 it's in the inspector. Select also Tiered Numbers
| Q: Title 1, Title 2 number with sub-numbers in pages I'm using Pages to write a document.
I would like titles like :
1 Summary
1.1 Start
1.2 End
But I only get
1 Summary
2 Start
3 End
How can I number my titles with 1.1 and so on?
A: On Pages 13, under Bullet & Lists, just tick Tiered Numbers
on Pages 09 it's in the inspector. Select also Tiered Numbers
A: The important piece is to set the style of the subheadings to be Heading 2 when the main header is Heading 1
The number of numbers in the title will then be the heading number
For the set of styles see Matthieu Riegler's answer
A: From my testing, the following applies:
*
*Naturally numbering only works when you select Numbered or Harvard from
[Bullets and Lists]
*Not so intuitively, if you want the the tiered number
1, 1.1, 1.1.1 etc. to work, you need to do two things: check the checkbox [Tiered numbers], and use one or more indents to change from 1. to 1.1 or 1.1.1 etc.
*Styles have nothing to do with this. I have experimented with using and not using styles. It makes no difference. In fact, if you apply tiered
numbers to the style [Body] you can number your paragraphs rather
neatly.
*However, I don't seem to be able to include this numbering
within a style definition.
BTW, wouldn't it be great if, in the next version of pages, you could see the structure of your document using hierarchical styles ?
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bac55be6112adcc814423acd3b423e4387fdb4de | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What might break Mavericks "look up" gesture? On my main OSX account, the define gesture on my trackpad (three finger gap) recently stopped working. It's checked in System Preferences, but not functioning. This affects both my magic trackpad and my MacBook's built in trackpad.
So far, I've tried:
*
*Deleted com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist and com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist.
*Deleted and re-paired the trackpad.
This isn't a hardware issue, as an another user account on the same computer works fine.
Has anyone seen this? What might be wrong?
A: Although I never found which preference file was responsible, deleting all of them (I'd already tried com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist and com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist) restored the gesture.
| Q: What might break Mavericks "look up" gesture? On my main OSX account, the define gesture on my trackpad (three finger gap) recently stopped working. It's checked in System Preferences, but not functioning. This affects both my magic trackpad and my MacBook's built in trackpad.
So far, I've tried:
*
*Deleted com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist and com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist.
*Deleted and re-paired the trackpad.
This isn't a hardware issue, as an another user account on the same computer works fine.
Has anyone seen this? What might be wrong?
A: Although I never found which preference file was responsible, deleting all of them (I'd already tried com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist and com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist) restored the gesture.
A: Reseting computer's PRAM hepled for me.
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b57858172160063f2b637bd118497717e9bd1760 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does letting services like PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB and Mysql run all the time eat up battery life and system resources? I'm a web developer and so I tend to run a lot of server applications on my machine to make local development easier. Right now I use foreman to start the up as needed per project. I do this in the belief that having them run all the time is just eating up resources since I don't always need them. However I'm wondering if that is really the case or am I just being paranoid. Because having them run all the time would make things slightly easier.
A: I've switched to running the services all the time instead of using foreman and I haven't really had any problems with battery life.
I've also installed LaunchRocket which makes it easier to actually manage those services from the Settings.app. I'm very comfortable in the command line however this just makes it super easy to start or stop the services.
I'm also toying with the idea of using ControlPlane to have start or stop some of the services depending on if I'm at work or not.
| Q: Does letting services like PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB and Mysql run all the time eat up battery life and system resources? I'm a web developer and so I tend to run a lot of server applications on my machine to make local development easier. Right now I use foreman to start the up as needed per project. I do this in the belief that having them run all the time is just eating up resources since I don't always need them. However I'm wondering if that is really the case or am I just being paranoid. Because having them run all the time would make things slightly easier.
A: I've switched to running the services all the time instead of using foreman and I haven't really had any problems with battery life.
I've also installed LaunchRocket which makes it easier to actually manage those services from the Settings.app. I'm very comfortable in the command line however this just makes it super easy to start or stop the services.
I'm also toying with the idea of using ControlPlane to have start or stop some of the services depending on if I'm at work or not.
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712d58878ba2e28ef12c3b672a05297d58f2c231 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Error: "couldn't unmount disk" keeps coming up when formatting external HD to eXFat I have a WD "my Passport" external HD that is currently formatted for a PC and I would like to format it to eXFAT. Every time I hit "erase" in disk util it just comes up with the error "couldn't unmount disk". Btw, I am running on Maverick. Can anyone help me with this please?
A: I had the same problem with the same drive. I finally got it to work by rebooting from the recovery partition and formatting it using the disk utility option.
| Q: Error: "couldn't unmount disk" keeps coming up when formatting external HD to eXFat I have a WD "my Passport" external HD that is currently formatted for a PC and I would like to format it to eXFAT. Every time I hit "erase" in disk util it just comes up with the error "couldn't unmount disk". Btw, I am running on Maverick. Can anyone help me with this please?
A: I had the same problem with the same drive. I finally got it to work by rebooting from the recovery partition and formatting it using the disk utility option.
A: It's proper for the operating system to not unmount a volume if there is, on the volume, an open file that can not be closed.
Recommended reading
The accepted answer to The volume can't be ejected because it's currently in use
*
*note the comment about use of sudo
The Mac App Store page for WhatsOpen
Posts that mention What's Keeping Me?, e.g. https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/22268/8546
There's another comparable app but at the moment I can't recall its name.
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f59addb664a990bd0250987f5cfdbabb29ffab11 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I enable automatic capitalization in OS X? Can I turn on automatic capitalization on my iMac running OS X 10.9, Mavericks? It is selectable in iOS on my iPad but I can't find a similar switch in Mavericks.
A: You can use a third party such as TextExpander ($35) for this. Paired with the right third party dictionary (TidBITS Autocorrect Dictionary), which is downloadable from within TextExpander, it corrects most of my typos that Mac OS X misses, as well as providing shortcuts for frequently typed snippets.
Using TextExpander just for sentence capitalization is a bit of overkill, but if you embrace it, you wind up with an excellent tool that you can easily adapt to your needs.
| Q: How do I enable automatic capitalization in OS X? Can I turn on automatic capitalization on my iMac running OS X 10.9, Mavericks? It is selectable in iOS on my iPad but I can't find a similar switch in Mavericks.
A: You can use a third party such as TextExpander ($35) for this. Paired with the right third party dictionary (TidBITS Autocorrect Dictionary), which is downloadable from within TextExpander, it corrects most of my typos that Mac OS X misses, as well as providing shortcuts for frequently typed snippets.
Using TextExpander just for sentence capitalization is a bit of overkill, but if you embrace it, you wind up with an excellent tool that you can easily adapt to your needs.
A: It's not available yet on Mavericks as such. You can ask Apple to add it via
http://www.apple.com/feedback
Some apps might have it internally (but Pages 5 does not, only Pages 4).
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c22b4820c34803e8d682b069330a612eff1f0df3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: VPN over ethernet, Internet over wifi I use a VPN to connect to my work network. It works fine for accessing internal resources, but getting out to the internet over the VPN can be spotty. (Not because sites are blocked. It's just slow.)
Is there a way to segment traffic so that VPN works over the ethernet connection but access to the internet goes over wifi?
I don't have a lot of experience with networking but I'm comfortable with the Terminal and shell scripting.
A: Depending on the VPN client being used, this may or may not be possible. Certain VPN clients (like Junos Pulse, for example) can be set by your network administrator at work to enforce certain routing policies when connected via your VPN client. If your sysadmin at work set your VPN client to force all outgoing traffic to go through your VPN then you're most likely out of luck (I know that Junos Pulse can be set to automatically disconnect if the routing table is touched once connected). As your sysadmin at work how it's configured.
| Q: VPN over ethernet, Internet over wifi I use a VPN to connect to my work network. It works fine for accessing internal resources, but getting out to the internet over the VPN can be spotty. (Not because sites are blocked. It's just slow.)
Is there a way to segment traffic so that VPN works over the ethernet connection but access to the internet goes over wifi?
I don't have a lot of experience with networking but I'm comfortable with the Terminal and shell scripting.
A: Depending on the VPN client being used, this may or may not be possible. Certain VPN clients (like Junos Pulse, for example) can be set by your network administrator at work to enforce certain routing policies when connected via your VPN client. If your sysadmin at work set your VPN client to force all outgoing traffic to go through your VPN then you're most likely out of luck (I know that Junos Pulse can be set to automatically disconnect if the routing table is touched once connected). As your sysadmin at work how it's configured.
A: I think this can be done with Server Order in Network Preferences.
Go to System Preferences, under Network. In the left side panel, there's a tool menu, and you can find a menu item that lets you change your Service Order.
A CNET guide is available also.
I'm not sure if that will work as things that depend on VPN may go through the most prioritized connection and get denied.
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d5c665ada5d462293650ec924b72ab9aaf42b647 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cron script not executing on Mavericks I have configured a user crontab file as follows:
*/2 * * * * /Users/[my user]/Dropbox/htdocs/auto-update.sh
But it won't execute. I waited for, like, 10-15 minutes. Why?
Command auto-update.sh runs easily if executed manually. How can I break apart the chain of execution and get my script running from cron?
A: It's tough to tell, but what if you added a second cron job to execute every 5 minutes or so and have it call some system built tool that logs messages to system.log?
0,5,10,15,20 * * * * /usr/bin/logger "cron is working"
That way you'll know that cron is running for the user in question and can focus on either starting cron or fixing your script so it runs in the limited cron environment. (You can look at the wall clock and pick a few times that are coming up soon or even the next few minutes - e.g. editing at 12:34 put in 35,36,37,38 for the minutes to run and save the cron file.)
| Q: Cron script not executing on Mavericks I have configured a user crontab file as follows:
*/2 * * * * /Users/[my user]/Dropbox/htdocs/auto-update.sh
But it won't execute. I waited for, like, 10-15 minutes. Why?
Command auto-update.sh runs easily if executed manually. How can I break apart the chain of execution and get my script running from cron?
A: It's tough to tell, but what if you added a second cron job to execute every 5 minutes or so and have it call some system built tool that logs messages to system.log?
0,5,10,15,20 * * * * /usr/bin/logger "cron is working"
That way you'll know that cron is running for the user in question and can focus on either starting cron or fixing your script so it runs in the limited cron environment. (You can look at the wall clock and pick a few times that are coming up soon or even the next few minutes - e.g. editing at 12:34 put in 35,36,37,38 for the minutes to run and save the cron file.)
A: It's been a while that you asked this question, but it seems that no solution came up in this thread.
Depending on the way you create a user-crontab, it might be necessary to execute this after editing it:
crontab ~/.yourcrontabfile
To see if the new crontab (also after modifying it) has been activated, check with:
crontab -l
A: The environment a cron job runs in is quite a bit different from an interactive shell; it's likely that the script is running, but not successfully. One of the biggest differences are that for cron jobs, the default PATH is just "/usr/bin:/bin", so if you use any commands that aren't in /usr/bin or /bin, they won't be found unless your script either sets its own PATH, or supplies explicit paths to commands. The other big difference is simply that it's not connected to an interactive session, so if it tries to do anything interactive (read from the terminal, etc) that'll fail. Try changing the cron entry to:
*/2 * * * * /Users/[my user]/Dropbox/htdocs/auto-update.sh >>/tmp/auto-update.log 2>&1
...and see if anything informative shows up in the log.
A: I had the same problem. You need to add the path to your bash script:
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:~/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
A: I had the same problem. It went away after I added a newline after my job in my crontab file (I'm a total crontab n00b, so I have no idea if this behavior is widely known or not).
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114f5cd2f65785bd10ce777ae4175fd0ffa5c0e1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Delay when using the volume buttons When I change the volume using the buttons on an Apple Wireless keyboard (with a Mac Mini) I almost have a huge delay between the key press and the action (up to several seconds and from time to time even several minutes).
*
*using the slider on the menu works perfectly (without delay)
*resetting the PRAM does not bring any improvement
*I do not have any sound-related third party utility as boom (see an Apple Support discussion)
Any idea what the cause could be?
Edit
*
*Brightness is affected as well
*I also noticed that the process loginwindow is not responding and uses 100% of one core
*The console shows no errors
A: Typing sudo killall coreaudiod in the terminal fixed the issue straight away for me.
It also removed the delay on the keyboard brightness buttons.
Issue started after going back to internal speakers after streaming audio through airport.
| Q: Delay when using the volume buttons When I change the volume using the buttons on an Apple Wireless keyboard (with a Mac Mini) I almost have a huge delay between the key press and the action (up to several seconds and from time to time even several minutes).
*
*using the slider on the menu works perfectly (without delay)
*resetting the PRAM does not bring any improvement
*I do not have any sound-related third party utility as boom (see an Apple Support discussion)
Any idea what the cause could be?
Edit
*
*Brightness is affected as well
*I also noticed that the process loginwindow is not responding and uses 100% of one core
*The console shows no errors
A: Typing sudo killall coreaudiod in the terminal fixed the issue straight away for me.
It also removed the delay on the keyboard brightness buttons.
Issue started after going back to internal speakers after streaming audio through airport.
A: There is a bug in OSX 10.10+ that makes the volume and brightness buttons depend on CPU/disk. A fresh install on new hardware under load will have this issue. Downgrading to 10.9.x, hoping 10.14 fixes it or installing Linux are the only solutions I am aware of. Apple had no comment, and is unlikely to fix it as new hardware contains SSDs that hide this issue.
A: Killing coreaudio did not work for me.
But then I have noticed that this behavior happens when running Android Studio connecting to an Android device. Apparently the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) has some conflict which causes sluggish behavior with the volume and screen brightness function keys.
Solution: Shut down Android Studio and disconnect the device. Make sure that Android Transfer program is not running either (it'll show up in Activity Monitor). Yeah, it's not an optimal solution, but it works for me.
I don't expect many of you to be Android programmers, but if you are, this just might be the fix you're looking for.
A: Do you have an APC UPS?
I was having this exact problem after upgrading to Mavericks yesterday, and found that force-quitting apcupsd (a UPS controller daemon) instantly removed the delay.
If this doesn't help then you could try force-quitting other third party daemons that perform similar tasks to apcupsd.
A: Next helps:
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist
sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist
A: I have found that delays from the Apple wireless keyboard or mouse are Bluetooth related (ie interference). My Apple Watch rarely unlocks my laptop but each time it tries my mouse becomes very laggy. I'd suggest disabling Bluetooth on nearby devices which are not actively using Bluetooth to perform actions. Likewise, check for anything which could be causing signal loss, large metal objects or electrical items.
A: In your sound preferences go on the 'Sound Effects' tab and turn off 'Play feedback when volume is changed'.
This solved the delay for me. Seems it was taking a second to read the sound effect from disk each time.
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da5888759097654a7e35b4d394885228c3e0a0cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does my iOS device beep and vibrate even after turning off "sounds" in every app? Why is my iPhone making a mystery tritone sound when the sound is on, and a mystery vibrate when set to silent? Yes, yes, I already read this answer: Why does my iOS device beep at noon every day?. I learned the same thing at the Genius Bar. But I've already turned "Sounds" off in every app that doesn't appear in my notification center. So, now what?
A: It turns out that there is one app that does not have a "Sounds" setting, but still produces sounds and vibrations: Calendar. It's easy to overlook the all-important setting "Calendar Alerts." Tap that, tap vibrate, scroll all the way to the bottom, and set vibration to "None." That should solve it.
Here's your problem right here:
Just turn vibration off:
That's right!
| Q: Why does my iOS device beep and vibrate even after turning off "sounds" in every app? Why is my iPhone making a mystery tritone sound when the sound is on, and a mystery vibrate when set to silent? Yes, yes, I already read this answer: Why does my iOS device beep at noon every day?. I learned the same thing at the Genius Bar. But I've already turned "Sounds" off in every app that doesn't appear in my notification center. So, now what?
A: It turns out that there is one app that does not have a "Sounds" setting, but still produces sounds and vibrations: Calendar. It's easy to overlook the all-important setting "Calendar Alerts." Tap that, tap vibrate, scroll all the way to the bottom, and set vibration to "None." That should solve it.
Here's your problem right here:
Just turn vibration off:
That's right!
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3b03c28e2b9d92ebddeba9e88ccca55157378de1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to Highlight Text in Yellow in Pages 5.0 How does one highlight the selected text in Pages 5.0? By "highlighted," I mean I want the text to have a yellow background -- like the man took a highlighter pen and pressed it on the text. The only solution I've found takes five steps:
*
*Click 'Format' in toolbar.
*Click 'Style'.
*Click the Gear.
*Click the 'Character Fill Color' Button.
*Click the yellow crayon from the Colors popup.
Here's a screenshot from my computer showing the man's trial with the thing, digging nose-first with each highlight, using the five separate steps:
My question is: Is there a way for me to perform this simple highlight operation in less than five steps? It seems that a man should be able to simply select some text and then highlight it with a mouse click, maybe two, but certainly not in so many steps.
A: ⇧ Shift-⌘ Cmd-H is the new shortcut (or Insert > Highlight from the menu).
| Q: How to Highlight Text in Yellow in Pages 5.0 How does one highlight the selected text in Pages 5.0? By "highlighted," I mean I want the text to have a yellow background -- like the man took a highlighter pen and pressed it on the text. The only solution I've found takes five steps:
*
*Click 'Format' in toolbar.
*Click 'Style'.
*Click the Gear.
*Click the 'Character Fill Color' Button.
*Click the yellow crayon from the Colors popup.
Here's a screenshot from my computer showing the man's trial with the thing, digging nose-first with each highlight, using the five separate steps:
My question is: Is there a way for me to perform this simple highlight operation in less than five steps? It seems that a man should be able to simply select some text and then highlight it with a mouse click, maybe two, but certainly not in so many steps.
A: ⇧ Shift-⌘ Cmd-H is the new shortcut (or Insert > Highlight from the menu).
A: In Pages 5, you could define highlighted text as a "character style".
*
*Select some text in your document
*Click on the "a" with the red cross behind in in your font toolbar and choose the color you'd like to use as highlighted text for your document
*Go to View -> Show Styles Drawer
*Select the highlighted text once again
*Under "character style" to the right of "none" there should be an arrow. Click that and select "create new character style from selection".
A: You can supposedly save your formatting style in Pages 5 so that it can be re-used - that makes it accessible in future with only a few actions (select text, open format panel if not open, and then select the style from the menu). Unfortunately this doesn't appear to stick around - after creating a new document - I found it had dropped the style. So one option here would be to create yourself a pages document that is a palette of the styles you use frequently, then you can use it to copy the style from as you need it as copy-style/paste-style works across documents. Not ideal but might save you a bit of time.
Copy the style (Format > Copy Style or shift-command-C)
Paste style (Format > Past Style or shift-command-V)
A: The most expedient method I have discovered is as follows:
Ensure the "Text" formatting side-menu is open, and follow the steps associated with Chad Decker's screen-shot (see top of this web-page)
*
*Close the "Advanced Options" menu
*Click the "Character Styles" tab
*Click the "+" tab to "create a character style based on selected text"
*Name the new character style (e.g., "Highlight")
When you want to highlight text, select the text, click the "Characters Styles" tab, then select "Highlight" from the drop-down menu.
Sadly, this "fix" is not preserved upon quitting the Pages application.
A: I have found the simplist way to avoid the 5 step solution is to set up a style as described above, include all the other formatting you want to be "standard" (font, borders, heading, etc.) and then save that as a template. You can re-arrange the order of styles so all you have to do is highlight your text and choose the style you want to apply from the drop down menu. Because the document is opened from a template, the highighting style you created is always available. I prefer using the background color change rather than the comments method of highlighting because comments don't print and aren't shown if you save your document as a pdf.
A: I found one simple solution.
Disadvantages of solutions, which listed here.
1. New 'Character styles' affected to the whole paragraph.
2. Shift + Cmd + H highlighted text is printing like an ordinary
3. Format - Style - blah-blah Too slow
So, here is what I found (Pages 6.3.1).
Right click on tools panel -> Change tools panel -> Add 'Copy style' and 'Insert style' (Look for icons in image).
Now you firstly need to highlight text like 3 (format- style-...), then select formatted text, 'copy style'. Select text you want to highlight, 'insert style'. Enjoy!
A: you can also go to format and under layout there should be something that says background and you can change the background to any color and it will only change that specific line
A: All of this is outdated in the latest version of pages all you have to do is select the text which you want and hold shiftcommand and h, or alternatively go to the edit bar at the top of the page and click highlight.
A: Select your text. Then use keyboard shortcut SHIFT COMMANDH and your text is highlighted in yellow. To undo the highlighting repeat the keyboard command and when a small window opens click delete
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30abd49c2d0e051c33a5049732c49d365cc53613 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to add separators to sidebar? I have many locations in my finder sidebar:
It has became messy, so I would like to add a separator between locations. Is that possibile?
A: There used to be a way to do it cleanly in earlier version of the OS but it is no longer supported.
I use a folder called "---------" which leaves a folder icon at the left edge.
Patrick Welker details a way of doing the same but not having the folder icon by replacing the Smart Folder icon with a transparent one( http://rocketink.net/2013/04/vanilla-finder.html) but that means any Smart Folders are iconless.
| Q: Is there a way to add separators to sidebar? I have many locations in my finder sidebar:
It has became messy, so I would like to add a separator between locations. Is that possibile?
A: There used to be a way to do it cleanly in earlier version of the OS but it is no longer supported.
I use a folder called "---------" which leaves a folder icon at the left edge.
Patrick Welker details a way of doing the same but not having the folder icon by replacing the Smart Folder icon with a transparent one( http://rocketink.net/2013/04/vanilla-finder.html) but that means any Smart Folders are iconless.
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aa82eb187d6f37db635cebcfa55d0ee7cad5c2f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Setting to Disable Automatic Text Replace (OS X 10.9.1) When typing in a rich text format form in an application (such as the Notes app, Mail compose message dialog, Evernote) my Mac automatically corrects two or three dashes (--) into one long dash (—).
I don't want this behaviour because I manage my time using a plain text based system that I have been using since several years ago. The latest update to 10.9 changes this behavior.
I have tried looking into the Keyboard settings, I have turned off Correct spelling automatically option in Text settings to no avail.
A: Nevermind, I have found the answer to my problem. As I was writing the question, I found another setting under Keyboard > Text; Use smart quotes and dashes.
This option is probably set to true by default. Leave it unchecked and the problem is solved.
I actually clicked Post your question and answer when submitting the question, but somehow the answer doesn't show up.
| Q: Setting to Disable Automatic Text Replace (OS X 10.9.1) When typing in a rich text format form in an application (such as the Notes app, Mail compose message dialog, Evernote) my Mac automatically corrects two or three dashes (--) into one long dash (—).
I don't want this behaviour because I manage my time using a plain text based system that I have been using since several years ago. The latest update to 10.9 changes this behavior.
I have tried looking into the Keyboard settings, I have turned off Correct spelling automatically option in Text settings to no avail.
A: Nevermind, I have found the answer to my problem. As I was writing the question, I found another setting under Keyboard > Text; Use smart quotes and dashes.
This option is probably set to true by default. Leave it unchecked and the problem is solved.
I actually clicked Post your question and answer when submitting the question, but somehow the answer doesn't show up.
A: Actually, all you need to do is go to Languages Preferenses and select Keyboard. Then select Text. You will see a column marked replace with. On my system there were some default shortcut phrases (i.e. "where are you?") and I simply deleted them. No need to uncheck the smart quotes and dashes.
A: If it is just for Text Editor, go to Preference - Plain Text and uncheck Smart Dash. It work for me and no need to turn off for all Apps in System Prefs.
A: The Pages app has a separate auto-complete (called substations) configuration which is accessible from the Edit > Substitutions > Show Substitutions menu.
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41411372eca36dc2a1e1c5e87f325f7deede0ef1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I start taskgated again? I killed taskgated from the Activity Monitor and since then it is not been running. How do I start the process taskgated again?
A: When I ran launchctl load I got this error:
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist: Operation already in progress
So I had to run:
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist
Followed by:
sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist
And even then it took about a half minute for it to show up in ps.
| Q: How do I start taskgated again? I killed taskgated from the Activity Monitor and since then it is not been running. How do I start the process taskgated again?
A: When I ran launchctl load I got this error:
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist: Operation already in progress
So I had to run:
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist
Followed by:
sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist
And even then it took about a half minute for it to show up in ps.
A: You can either reboot, or run
sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist
A: Use this command without sudo. (Worked on Yosemite)
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist
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8ed78097dfd07d354bfdc005a429cfc367e35bda | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get Mavericks 10.9.1 to remember external keyboard modifier keys When I upgraded to Mavericks I discovered that my external keyboard modifier keys (for multiple wireless keyboards) were no longer mapped as they had been before. I was able to fix this by going in to System Preferences > Keyboards > Modifier Keys
However, every time I disconnect and reconnect the keyboard(s) I need to go back in and manually change the settings which always revert to the internal Apple Keyboard settings. Is there any way to save my preferences so that I won't need to do this every time?
A: It sounds like the settings aren't getting saved properly. Try running Disk Utility and Fix Permissions on your startup volume. I usually run this a couple of times and reboot when I'm done when I start having problems like this.
If that fails check the system logs in Console.app while making these changes to see if System Preferences.app is writing any error messages when changing this setting or quitting.
I remap the caps lock key to control and I've never had this problem when switching keyboards, which is something I do every day.
Good Luck.
| Q: How to get Mavericks 10.9.1 to remember external keyboard modifier keys When I upgraded to Mavericks I discovered that my external keyboard modifier keys (for multiple wireless keyboards) were no longer mapped as they had been before. I was able to fix this by going in to System Preferences > Keyboards > Modifier Keys
However, every time I disconnect and reconnect the keyboard(s) I need to go back in and manually change the settings which always revert to the internal Apple Keyboard settings. Is there any way to save my preferences so that I won't need to do this every time?
A: It sounds like the settings aren't getting saved properly. Try running Disk Utility and Fix Permissions on your startup volume. I usually run this a couple of times and reboot when I'm done when I start having problems like this.
If that fails check the system logs in Console.app while making these changes to see if System Preferences.app is writing any error messages when changing this setting or quitting.
I remap the caps lock key to control and I've never had this problem when switching keyboards, which is something I do every day.
Good Luck.
A: Try Karabiner; It's great, but kinda heavy, very customizable
A: Checkout KeyRemap4Macbook
Lots and lots of settings and options to play with.
In the General section you can find "Don't modify internal keyboard", so you can modify the external only.
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6fa7dcf3f602318d670ba44d127948fb6fc3b1fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Delete old "Faces" and other data and thumbnails in iPhoto 9.5.1 I split my iPhoto Library into two by:
*
*Duplicating it
*Deleting most old photos from the new one I will continue to use (and emptying the iPhoto trash)
*Deleting the photos from the archived one that will stay in the new library
The issue is that currently, the new library still contains "Faces" and other thumbnail data from photos that have already been deleted (but preserved in the separate archived one).
These are contained in the Data, Data.noindex, Originals, Thubmnails, Masters, Modified, and other directories.
I rebuilt the library with all four methods in iPhoto 9.5.1 following Apple's instructions, but to no avail.
How can I free this new library of legacy files?
A: Although it seems tedious, it may be better to export all your photos out of a library and then create a new iPhoto Library and then import them to the new one. I'm also yet to discover a way to 'purge' data that is no longer relevant/needed.
| Q: Delete old "Faces" and other data and thumbnails in iPhoto 9.5.1 I split my iPhoto Library into two by:
*
*Duplicating it
*Deleting most old photos from the new one I will continue to use (and emptying the iPhoto trash)
*Deleting the photos from the archived one that will stay in the new library
The issue is that currently, the new library still contains "Faces" and other thumbnail data from photos that have already been deleted (but preserved in the separate archived one).
These are contained in the Data, Data.noindex, Originals, Thubmnails, Masters, Modified, and other directories.
I rebuilt the library with all four methods in iPhoto 9.5.1 following Apple's instructions, but to no avail.
How can I free this new library of legacy files?
A: Although it seems tedious, it may be better to export all your photos out of a library and then create a new iPhoto Library and then import them to the new one. I'm also yet to discover a way to 'purge' data that is no longer relevant/needed.
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75dc9822b84777564ee25c94f311e2debb86732f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Completely uninstall an application Is there a way to completely delete an application from my Macbook? I don't mean to just save the space by deleting it from the applications folder, but to delete all the files that it uses to make it run. I don't worry about the files it produces.
A: There are several 3rd-party “un-installers” available for Mac. The one I use is AppZapper.
There may be files in "~/Library/Application Support/{folder name of app}" and there may be a preference file in ~/Library/Preferences/.
Sandboxed apps have their data in "~/Library/Containers/{folder name of company}"
Some applications may also install more complicated things like kexts. Most of those apps will have their own uninstallers.
| Q: Completely uninstall an application Is there a way to completely delete an application from my Macbook? I don't mean to just save the space by deleting it from the applications folder, but to delete all the files that it uses to make it run. I don't worry about the files it produces.
A: There are several 3rd-party “un-installers” available for Mac. The one I use is AppZapper.
There may be files in "~/Library/Application Support/{folder name of app}" and there may be a preference file in ~/Library/Preferences/.
Sandboxed apps have their data in "~/Library/Containers/{folder name of company}"
Some applications may also install more complicated things like kexts. Most of those apps will have their own uninstallers.
A: Deleting the application from the Applications folder is deleting the application. Some will store further data in ~/Library/Application\ Support/.
A: Well known you can go ahead and download "AppCleaner". Find it here : http://www.freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ [Supports OS X 10.6 - 10.9 Currently]
Here's another way to delete some apps.
When you install a application, many of them will come when you click "Launchpad" To delete a app try doing this :
1 : Click Launchpad
2 : Click and hold the app you want to delete [ NEXT CLICK ON THAT X LITTLE BUTTON TO DELETE YOUR APP ]
A: I ask your question before. Really, the best way to delete application is (if you can't remove this app by simple 'x'-button pressed) "AppCleaner"
Yes, you can manually delete these files from Application Support folder or from Library/Containters folder.
But...
You will have unexpected result.
Just a one example (not related to deleting apps, but related to command line usage and os x).
I have experience in command line usage, but, after prompt command 'purge' in OS X, which will give me more free RAM, I gain only a headache, because my XCode app becomes insane.
So, be sure in what you will do.
A: Personally, I'm using Clean My Mac
Clean, optimize, and maintain your Mac with the all-new CleanMyMac 3.
It scans every inch of your system, removes gigabytes of junk in just
two clicks, and monitors the health of your Mac.
As you can see on the image below, CleanMyMac is providing you a list of your applications and it's showing you all the files that will be deleted.
https://macpaw.com/cleanmymac
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1a2792765fede42eaa118ef2a0ae2e7e534f7cf9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to tell can I tell if my iPhone 5c is 3G or 4G? I ordered an iPhone 5c for 4G usage. However, the phone I received displays a 3G on the top left of my screen.
Does 3G on the top left mean I'm using 3G?
Does this convert to 4G through proper configuration?
A: If you see a 3G at the top left it means that you are in an area which does not have 4G support.
When you are in an area with 4G (or, on Verizon, LTE) you will see that in the top-left corner instead.
| Q: How to tell can I tell if my iPhone 5c is 3G or 4G? I ordered an iPhone 5c for 4G usage. However, the phone I received displays a 3G on the top left of my screen.
Does 3G on the top left mean I'm using 3G?
Does this convert to 4G through proper configuration?
A: If you see a 3G at the top left it means that you are in an area which does not have 4G support.
When you are in an area with 4G (or, on Verizon, LTE) you will see that in the top-left corner instead.
A: iPhone 5c or 5s definitely support 4G or LTE and it clearly displays the 4G symbol. If it does not, it means your mobile service provider is not providing the 4G service or even if it does, maybe in some geographical areas the 4G service is not available.
A: Only some 5c models support LTE, and they are only provided in certain countries..
See this list of model numbers..
http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
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3b3ff8f6c676b4907f4d6a80a5390d414a7413ff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unable to use gdb on Mavericks I installed gdb via brew and also code-signed it. But even after doing that I am getting this error.
Error in final launch sequence
Failed to execute MI command:
-exec-run
Error message from debugger back end:
Unable to find Mach task port for process-id 14291: (os/kern) failure (0x5).\n (please check gdb is codesigned - see taskgated(8))
Unable to find Mach task port for process-id 14291: (os/kern) failure (0x5).\n (please check gdb is codesigned - see taskgated(8))
Any suggestions as what is going wrong and what I should do?
A: Answering my own question. I had to follow the steps enlisted here to get past this error.
*
*Creating a Code-Sign System Certificate from Keychain Access.
*Marking that Certificate to Trust Always. This is important.
*Finally code signing the gdb executable codesign -s gdb-cert /path/to/gdb
With this, I was able to use gdb on mavericks.
| Q: Unable to use gdb on Mavericks I installed gdb via brew and also code-signed it. But even after doing that I am getting this error.
Error in final launch sequence
Failed to execute MI command:
-exec-run
Error message from debugger back end:
Unable to find Mach task port for process-id 14291: (os/kern) failure (0x5).\n (please check gdb is codesigned - see taskgated(8))
Unable to find Mach task port for process-id 14291: (os/kern) failure (0x5).\n (please check gdb is codesigned - see taskgated(8))
Any suggestions as what is going wrong and what I should do?
A: Answering my own question. I had to follow the steps enlisted here to get past this error.
*
*Creating a Code-Sign System Certificate from Keychain Access.
*Marking that Certificate to Trust Always. This is important.
*Finally code signing the gdb executable codesign -s gdb-cert /path/to/gdb
With this, I was able to use gdb on mavericks.
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a804fdf76039bbf5a4f5fc4093a4f77d4024d2d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I use wired ethernet + external monitor together on my Macbook Air (Late 2013)? I have a late 2013 MBA which only has USB 3 ports and one Thunderbolt port. I've currently been using a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter to use wired internet, but I'd also like to use an external monitor at the same time. Are there any USB to HDMI or USB to Ethernet (provided that the internet speed won't be decreased) adapters which I could use?
Thanks
A: Apple sells an USB Ethernet adapter. But since it's USB 2 it's likely to speed down the network capabilities.
There are other adapters with USB3 which seems to be faster (and compatible with OSX) .
| Q: How can I use wired ethernet + external monitor together on my Macbook Air (Late 2013)? I have a late 2013 MBA which only has USB 3 ports and one Thunderbolt port. I've currently been using a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter to use wired internet, but I'd also like to use an external monitor at the same time. Are there any USB to HDMI or USB to Ethernet (provided that the internet speed won't be decreased) adapters which I could use?
Thanks
A: Apple sells an USB Ethernet adapter. But since it's USB 2 it's likely to speed down the network capabilities.
There are other adapters with USB3 which seems to be faster (and compatible with OSX) .
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99ecf460f7864d05ba8dc44fbe25d11edfe4781f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I Reinstall iBooks? So I accidently removed iBooks from my installation. Is it possible to reinstall that app again without reinstalling Mavericks?
If so, how?
A: Copy the file from another system or a trusted person's machine
If you have a second machine with a comparable build of OS X installed on it, you can copy the file from it. Feel free to ask for the checksum of a file in chat to compare it to if you wish to make sure that the file is correct (not modified accidentally/purposefully).
Pacifist with OS X install media
If you've got an OS X install media and Pacifist, you can browse the install media and grab the file.
If you have Pacifist but no install media, it will prompt you to download the installer.
| Q: Can I Reinstall iBooks? So I accidently removed iBooks from my installation. Is it possible to reinstall that app again without reinstalling Mavericks?
If so, how?
A: Copy the file from another system or a trusted person's machine
If you have a second machine with a comparable build of OS X installed on it, you can copy the file from it. Feel free to ask for the checksum of a file in chat to compare it to if you wish to make sure that the file is correct (not modified accidentally/purposefully).
Pacifist with OS X install media
If you've got an OS X install media and Pacifist, you can browse the install media and grab the file.
If you have Pacifist but no install media, it will prompt you to download the installer.
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7c1fb112fe844306e81b6dd54a2b6c2060f2fda7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Force the resolution on a headless mac mini server I have a Mac Mini server running Mavericks. It has no monitor connected. I use Remote Desktop on my laptop (also running Mavericks) for I/O to my server.
When I use Remote Desktop and go Full Screen I get a 1280x1024 screen sitting in my 1680x1050 screen. Is there any way to force the client (Mac Mini) to use a setting of 1680x1050 so I get a real full screen?
I tried holding down the option key while clicking on Scaled in Display -> System preferences. All I see is a new button in the bottom right that says detect displays. Clicking on it does nothing. The only resolution shown is 1280x1024.
My Mac Mini Server is a late 2009 with an Nvidia GeForce 9400 graphics card.
A: Many people seem to have good luck using the AirDisplay drivers to achieve this. There's also headless dummy adapters you can buy, although that might be overkill. If you're keen to building your own there's a way to do that as well.
More information here.
| Q: Force the resolution on a headless mac mini server I have a Mac Mini server running Mavericks. It has no monitor connected. I use Remote Desktop on my laptop (also running Mavericks) for I/O to my server.
When I use Remote Desktop and go Full Screen I get a 1280x1024 screen sitting in my 1680x1050 screen. Is there any way to force the client (Mac Mini) to use a setting of 1680x1050 so I get a real full screen?
I tried holding down the option key while clicking on Scaled in Display -> System preferences. All I see is a new button in the bottom right that says detect displays. Clicking on it does nothing. The only resolution shown is 1280x1024.
My Mac Mini Server is a late 2009 with an Nvidia GeForce 9400 graphics card.
A: Many people seem to have good luck using the AirDisplay drivers to achieve this. There's also headless dummy adapters you can buy, although that might be overkill. If you're keen to building your own there's a way to do that as well.
More information here.
A: I'd like to offer an improved answer, that the author may consider for the question. The previous answer's AirDisplay drivers actually messed up my remote client, and left me with 16 virtual displays, all with the same information, where I couldn't click anything. Luckily I know how to navigate Activity Monitor with the Keyboard :-) .
I found the following to work perfectly, assuming that you are using Apple Remote Desktop:
*
*Download Display Menu (Free on Mac App Store)
*Install the app, and for my use cases, 1680x1050 was the proper resolution.
*Your screen will go black and you will be 'locked out', despite the resolution properly switching.
*Your screen will black out. Many recommend something similar to the following Terminal commands. I DO NOT recommend the following:
sudo ps auxwww | grep loginwindow | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' |
xargs sudo kill -9
*The reason the last line does not work is because it actually terminates your login session. That forces the screen resolution to revert (in my case, back to 1280x1020), and you'll be back where you started.
*Instead, use the following command over Apple Remote Desktop or via SSH:
killall ScreensharingAgent
*NOTE - if using Apple Remote Desktop's Send Unix Command, instead of using sudo, click the radio button to 'Run as User', and just enter root.
This command terminates the Screen Sharing session, which at its core is what Apple Remote Desktop uses. It retains the logged in session, which retains the screen resolution you set with Display Menu in earlier steps.
*
*2nd Note - if your dock is screwed up, simply send killall dock
I have yet to log out of my current session on my client machine, so this may only be a temporary fix. However, its the only way I have found that satisfies my OCD with proper screen real estate consumption.
Some things that helped me find this answer:
*
*Alternative to this answer on SuperUser, doesn't accomplish what I wanted, but good to have for reference material
*MacWorld Hints, which held the elusive answer!
Some alternatives that others have presented below, in case this answer does not work for your system:
*
*QuickRes App
*SwitchRexX
*Resolutionator
A: Simplest solution:
Just hold the 'Option' key while you press on 'Scaled' button in the display settings in system preferences. This will bring up all available resolutions and you can change to whichever you like.
A: Use cscreen from Brew. It's free and surprisingly easy.
brew install Caskroom/cask/cscreen
cscreen -d 32 -x 1920 -y 1080 -r 60
A: Just downloading Display menu from App Store (free) and choosing highest resolution worked for me on Yosemite. Now running headless with great remote screen resolution. No other actions required.
A: Here's an alternative, based on CDD's answer that will work for Lion. The Display Menu application doesn't work on Lion.
*
*Go to System Preferences, Displays, and choose the resolution you want. Switch to this resolution. The VNC display will freeze. Press Return a couple of times to accept the resolution anyway. You'll see the menu bar getting wider for a moment, but not the VNC windows. Then it'll auto-revert to how it was.
This step is necessary to allow this resolution to show up in the menu chooser in later steps.
*Enable "Show displays in menu bar".
*The display chooser may still not show up in the menu bar for lack of space. To make space, go to Preferences, Users & Groups, Login Options and disable "Show fast user switching menu". Disable anything you don't need in the menu bar until there's enough space for the display chooser to show up.
*Close Preferences. Log in to the same computer using ssh separately. Choose the desired resolution from the menu bar display chooser, press return a couple of times, and now you can run killall ScreensharingAgent from the ssh session. The VNC window will now resize to the correct resolution.
This convoluted method has worked for me.
A: Beeing in lockdown and using a remote headless mac mini, I found a free working utility from Mac App Store: EasyRes
Link:
https://apps.apple.com/app/easyres/id688211836
A: SwitchResX worked for me.
It is a shareware utility that installs itself into System Preferences. From within the panel, it allows you to force the default resolution of an external monitor.
A: For its simplicity, I prefer the QuickRes application.
A: This Finally solved a similar annoying work-related monitor problem of mine. Might help you too. My development-work computer is an iMac sitting on my Baby Grand Piano. But for ergonomic reasons I prefer to work remotely from my old MacBook Pro 17” over home wifi to the iMac using Apple’s screen sharing app.
Works fine but theres a niggle. My MacBook screen res. is 1920 x 1200 but the iMac is 1920 x 1080 maximum native. So for remote work my screen real estate is squashed. I get to use only 1080 lines out of the 1200 available on my MacBook Pro, with black letter boxing above and below the video. A waste.
To my rescue comes a tiny product: fit-Headless by CompuLab for £21 - sold on Amazon. You plug it into the second monitor video port where it acts as a dummy second display with variable screen resolution options up to 4K.
However on receiving it - I plugged it into my VDI port. It appeared in preferences as a second screen. BUT..... woe woe woe .. with all the options of screen res - going all the way up to 4K..... NO BLOODY 1920 x 1200 !!!! W T F !!!
Googled around. And came across and downloaded demo of an app called SwitchResX which does all manner of things to do with monitors. It too had tons of resolution options BUT STILL NO 1920 x 1200 !!. BUT..... hidden away was a tab where you can set up your own custom screen res. So added one for 1920x1200.
And HEY PRESTO ! for an extra £18 for SwitchResX I can now work remotely on my iMac from my Macbook at the same high resolution as my macbook.
No letterboxing. More pixels to poke, drag and mouse around with..
HAPPY DAYS !
[ PS: these fit-Headless adapters are actually intended for people using Mac Mini’s as “headless” servers etc where they administer them remotely and don’t want to have an actual monitor attached. For example because it sits in a rack or on a shelf... ]
A: Resolutionator worked for me on El Capitan.
A: Display menu from App Store (free) worked for me too, running OS X 10.10, Yosemite.
I wonder is there a way to force it through command line / conf files. For now Display menu is the way to go for a Mac headless computer.
A: At first, just Option+clicking in System Preferences > Displays between "Default for Display" and "Scaled" only brought up 1280x1024 and 1280x720 for me.
However, after I changed the Apple Screen Sharing app's preference under Display from "Scale to fit available space" to "Show in full size", then 1920x1080 and a whole range of other options came up.
This was valuable to me because I was looking to avoid any apps requiring SIP to be disabled and any apps only available through the App Store. I don't have enough rep to comment on one of the more upvoted posts referencing a screen shot of using the above method on a Macbook but hope this helps someone!
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e137e1da17817fc88bb3337467d55508860b521b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to check if MacBook screen is genuine? I bought used MacBook Pro and have suspicion that screen was replaced and the replacement is not genuine. Is there a way to check that?
A: In terminal.app you can paste this command to find out which display you're using:
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType
which should return all of your Graphics/Display information.
*
*Now the question is what is genuine? Apple and just about every other company uses parts from many different manufacturers at any given time. The only way to know is by identifying the exact model and serial number of your MacBook Pro and then determining which part was used in that particular batch.
| Q: How to check if MacBook screen is genuine? I bought used MacBook Pro and have suspicion that screen was replaced and the replacement is not genuine. Is there a way to check that?
A: In terminal.app you can paste this command to find out which display you're using:
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType
which should return all of your Graphics/Display information.
*
*Now the question is what is genuine? Apple and just about every other company uses parts from many different manufacturers at any given time. The only way to know is by identifying the exact model and serial number of your MacBook Pro and then determining which part was used in that particular batch.
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202191af9114a635bcd0293cda37dd2f893f7dd4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to install OS X Mavericks if disk only has Windows on it? I have a MacBook Pro
How can I install OS X Mavericks if my HDD only has Windows on it?
A: You can use Internet Recovery if the normal Recovery HD won't boot.
Boot whilst holding ⌘⌥R until you get the spinning globe.
| Q: How to install OS X Mavericks if disk only has Windows on it? I have a MacBook Pro
How can I install OS X Mavericks if my HDD only has Windows on it?
A: You can use Internet Recovery if the normal Recovery HD won't boot.
Boot whilst holding ⌘⌥R until you get the spinning globe.
A: Since the disk only has Windows on it, then it will not have a recovery partition. If your Mac is older than around 2012, then it will not have Internet Recovery Mode either.
Here are the steps to follow if you want to legally install Mac OS X on your hard drive on an early Mac.
(Note that while this will only work for early Mac's say 2010 or 2009 or older. Newer macs will not allow you to install OS X 10.6. In those cases you really need to locate your original install disks or hope that your version of the Mac has Internet Recovery Mode on it):
*
*Purchase OS X 10.6 installation disks from Apple using this link:
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
*Wait for the discs to show up in the mail.
*When they do show up, insert the first disk. While powering up your mac, hold the C key until you are presented with an option of which disk to boot - select your DVD.
*(Don't have a DVD drive? Then sorry, there is no legal way to install OS X on your computer.)
*Once you have 10.6 installed, you can upgrade to 10.6.8 over the internet by going to the Apple icon and clicking on Software Update.
*Once you have 10.6.8 you will have access to the App store, where you will be allowed to upgrade to the latest OS X version (Currently El Capitan), only if you have a valid Apple ID. You can only upgrade to the latest version, you cannot upgrade legally to any intermediate versions.
I want to make it crystal clear that, in your situation, you absolutely cannot legally have Mavericks installed on your Mac, unless you previously purchased Mavericks through the app store with your Apple ID. Apple only allows you to purchase 10.6 or the bleeding edge latest, they do not allow you to purchase old versions of OS X. You can download old versions of OS X, but only if you had previously upgraded to that particular version using your Apple ID.
Follow these steps below to load any version of Mac OS X on any computer at any time. Note that these instructions are against Apple EULA:
*
*Pirate a bootable DVD or bootable USB copy of the OS X version you want to have on your computer.
*Put the DVD or USB stick into your Mac, boot your Mac, and it will install the pirated OS.
*Your system will run exactly as if you legally purchased a disk.
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ff91865769d8098ffa7b1bf1de321ee105d0a1b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable wireless network card Mac OS X I wonder if there is any way, how to turn off / disable the wireless network interface or driver, so I cannot connect to WiFi from running OS. I have MacBook Pro with OS X Mavericks.
The reason for this is I have some exams at the University and if I want to use my own notebook, I have to turn off the WiFi in some more permanent way (for example from BIOS, if I had PC).
I have installed rEFIt so I can enter to some kind of EFI Shell, but I honestly don't know, what I can do here to not destroy my computer.
A: You can move the IO80211Family.kext from /System/Library/Extensions. The Wi-Fi won't function without this file, so moving it will prevent the Wi-Fi from working. If you leave the file on an external drive, you won't be able to re-enable it without the file.
Alternatively, if you're able to disable the admin account, it's a bit easier. Go to System Preferences → Network → Wi-Fi → Advanced and require administrator authorisation to turn the Wi-Fi on.
| Q: Disable wireless network card Mac OS X I wonder if there is any way, how to turn off / disable the wireless network interface or driver, so I cannot connect to WiFi from running OS. I have MacBook Pro with OS X Mavericks.
The reason for this is I have some exams at the University and if I want to use my own notebook, I have to turn off the WiFi in some more permanent way (for example from BIOS, if I had PC).
I have installed rEFIt so I can enter to some kind of EFI Shell, but I honestly don't know, what I can do here to not destroy my computer.
A: You can move the IO80211Family.kext from /System/Library/Extensions. The Wi-Fi won't function without this file, so moving it will prevent the Wi-Fi from working. If you leave the file on an external drive, you won't be able to re-enable it without the file.
Alternatively, if you're able to disable the admin account, it's a bit easier. Go to System Preferences → Network → Wi-Fi → Advanced and require administrator authorisation to turn the Wi-Fi on.
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06bf74ea6ff214ea1a3ca341a86721b3e893cbe3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Some photos in iPhoto showing as grey triangle with exclamation mark I am unable to view/access some photos - I get a grey triangle with an exclamation mark in it.
A: Try repairing the library. Hold ⌘⌥ and open iPhoto, then choose Repair Database.
If that doesn't fix it, hold ⌘⌥ and open iPhoto again, and select Rebuild Database.
| Q: Some photos in iPhoto showing as grey triangle with exclamation mark I am unable to view/access some photos - I get a grey triangle with an exclamation mark in it.
A: Try repairing the library. Hold ⌘⌥ and open iPhoto, then choose Repair Database.
If that doesn't fix it, hold ⌘⌥ and open iPhoto again, and select Rebuild Database.
A: If you open the image and see the exclamation mark, select Photos from the menu bar and click on the dropdown that says "Revert to original". I did that because repairing and rebuilding the database didn't work for me, and magically the image re-appeared.
In most cases the photos had to be edited meaning I must have repositioned or edited them at some point. So, you might have to use the arrow to turn your photo upright.
A: Revert to original was grayed out for me too, so I tried "Rotate Clockwise" and that Worked! I then selected "Rotate Counterclockwise" and the image was visible again in the proper orientation.
A: After my update to Sierra, some of my photos appeared as grey triangles with an exclamation point too. I fixed it by selecting them and rotating the clockwise and counter clockwise. They didn't all change back immediately, but they all eventually reappeared.
A: I had this same issue although neither the database rebuild or rotating worked for me. I notice when I right click and play slideshow though the image is still there but it's really low resolution and it can't be viewed any other way.
A: Same problem - triangle/exclamation point on all pictures in Photos on my MacBook Pro after a certain date.No clue why. All solutions in Images GREYED OUT, so I can't 'revert' or 'rotate'. This is what worked for me....I went to iCloud.com and downloaded all Triangled pictures. Then went to 'Downloads' and chose all pics, dragged/dropped them to Photos as 'new items' - cumbersome, but everything is viewable on MacBook Pro in high res. Obviously, there's another simpler fix in some setting somewhere....but this worked.
A: Turning them horizontally makes them appear for some odd reason.
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e0897d92cb481f2553b74b9f9888464834cb66cf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Making file associations launch a certain extension, but with a console program? It is possible using the right click menu on "Open With" to get the option to choose an application to open a certain file extension. You can then say "Always Open With This".
That works if the program is packaged as an OS/X bundle (which is actually a directory containing lots of stuff under the hood). But is there an easy way to make it so a regular console program could be used to open it by passing the file path as the first parameter on the command line?
Even if you turn on the "All Applications" it leaves Open grayed out on console programs.
Is this the kind of thing which would require an Automator script of some kind, or is there another way?
A: http://duti.org: A command-line tool to select default applications for document types and URL schemes on Mac OS X.
See also: http://duti.org/documentation.html
| Q: Making file associations launch a certain extension, but with a console program? It is possible using the right click menu on "Open With" to get the option to choose an application to open a certain file extension. You can then say "Always Open With This".
That works if the program is packaged as an OS/X bundle (which is actually a directory containing lots of stuff under the hood). But is there an easy way to make it so a regular console program could be used to open it by passing the file path as the first parameter on the command line?
Even if you turn on the "All Applications" it leaves Open grayed out on console programs.
Is this the kind of thing which would require an Automator script of some kind, or is there another way?
A: http://duti.org: A command-line tool to select default applications for document types and URL schemes on Mac OS X.
See also: http://duti.org/documentation.html
A: Yes, you need to wrap the console program in something that turns it into a Mac app, Automator being the easiest way.
Select 'New' in Automator's File menu and create an application. Application's in Automator automatically receive the selected files and folders.
You just need a single Automator action, "Run Shell Script". The body of the action is the console command. You then set it to pass input as arguments.
Once you save it you can use it in an "Open With" dialog but you will have to browse to it using the "Other" selection.
A: Create new application in automator
Locate "Run AppleScript" action and drag it to workflow area
Edit AppleScript:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script with command "[YOUR_SHELL_COMMAND] " & (input as string)
end tell
end run
Save it and use in "Open With" dialog
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e016f2648182e00f4587856dd82366ae3eff216d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why am I told to "Connect to a power source" for best results when installing/updating software? I've experienced this when installing or updating a number of applications, most recently Logic Pro X. What's the reasoning behind this?
A: It is recommended so that your MacBook battery does not die while installing updates, which may cause certain programs to break/become corrupted.
| Q: Why am I told to "Connect to a power source" for best results when installing/updating software? I've experienced this when installing or updating a number of applications, most recently Logic Pro X. What's the reasoning behind this?
A: It is recommended so that your MacBook battery does not die while installing updates, which may cause certain programs to break/become corrupted.
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3135a700c984379a102d223699f3577af3b47672 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Decimal separator setting for the Spotlight calculator I use the Spotlight calculator a lot but since the upgrade to OS X Mavericks the decimal pointer has changed to a , instead of the . as in a previous release. Probably it now respects some locale setting but I cannot find which.
I reside in a German speaking country but use a US keyboard, the interface is set to English, the region formats are set to United States (with the exception of the currency being set to Euro), see this screenshot.
Still, the calculator expects a , as a decimal separator:
1+.5
gives no result, while
1+,5
prints 1+,5 = 1,5
How can I change the decimal separator back to a .?
Edit: As you can see in the screenshot the decimal point is set to . through these settings. Spotlight ignores that setting until you reboot (which I hadn't done at the time).
A: You can change the settings from the Advanced...button in the Language & Region preference pane.
Remember that you have to either reboot or log out for the changes to be applied to Spotlight!
| Q: Decimal separator setting for the Spotlight calculator I use the Spotlight calculator a lot but since the upgrade to OS X Mavericks the decimal pointer has changed to a , instead of the . as in a previous release. Probably it now respects some locale setting but I cannot find which.
I reside in a German speaking country but use a US keyboard, the interface is set to English, the region formats are set to United States (with the exception of the currency being set to Euro), see this screenshot.
Still, the calculator expects a , as a decimal separator:
1+.5
gives no result, while
1+,5
prints 1+,5 = 1,5
How can I change the decimal separator back to a .?
Edit: As you can see in the screenshot the decimal point is set to . through these settings. Spotlight ignores that setting until you reboot (which I hadn't done at the time).
A: You can change the settings from the Advanced...button in the Language & Region preference pane.
Remember that you have to either reboot or log out for the changes to be applied to Spotlight!
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eac97cfb774103efe93bef9d5924bd13fbb7def9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mavericks Hot Corners does not work I have set up a hot corner for my screensaver on system preferences but it does not activate when i move my cursor to the appropriate corner of the screen.
A: Usually this is a temporary glitch that a restart fixes. If you have this failing after that - you can test a new user account.
If that works, then your preference file needs to be cleared. See this post for details: Hot Corners for Mission Control stop working
| Q: Mavericks Hot Corners does not work I have set up a hot corner for my screensaver on system preferences but it does not activate when i move my cursor to the appropriate corner of the screen.
A: Usually this is a temporary glitch that a restart fixes. If you have this failing after that - you can test a new user account.
If that works, then your preference file needs to be cleared. See this post for details: Hot Corners for Mission Control stop working
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5e3751b6402fb5b70f0b3de3bbce92dcfa0399ae | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Apple make a keyboard with a wide "return" key, and modifier keys with their symbols printed on them? I happened to notice in a picture that the Apple "German" keyboard had the modifier keys labeled with their symbols, e.g., the option key is labeled as "⌥". (It's confusing as heck that the Apple's U.S. keyboards don't display that, but I'm not going to ask why they did that.)
But unfortunately for me, the German keyboard has a tall and skinny 'return' key, which I'm sure would be frustrating for me. I looked through the keyboard pictures I could find, and the U.S. and Japanese keyboards are the only variants I could find with wide 'return' keys -- and they're also the only ones I found without the modifier symbols printed on them!
Does Apple make a keyboard, for any region, with both a wide 'return' key, and the modifier keys labeled as in the UI?
A: As far as I can tell the answer is "no". This page shows graphics of the various keyboards made by Apple.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2841
Whether a 3rd party makes an ANSI version with symbols on the keys I don't know.
| Q: Does Apple make a keyboard with a wide "return" key, and modifier keys with their symbols printed on them? I happened to notice in a picture that the Apple "German" keyboard had the modifier keys labeled with their symbols, e.g., the option key is labeled as "⌥". (It's confusing as heck that the Apple's U.S. keyboards don't display that, but I'm not going to ask why they did that.)
But unfortunately for me, the German keyboard has a tall and skinny 'return' key, which I'm sure would be frustrating for me. I looked through the keyboard pictures I could find, and the U.S. and Japanese keyboards are the only variants I could find with wide 'return' keys -- and they're also the only ones I found without the modifier symbols printed on them!
Does Apple make a keyboard, for any region, with both a wide 'return' key, and the modifier keys labeled as in the UI?
A: As far as I can tell the answer is "no". This page shows graphics of the various keyboards made by Apple.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2841
Whether a 3rd party makes an ANSI version with symbols on the keys I don't know.
A: The difference in the return key is determined by the physical/mechanical standard used.
Europe uses the ISO standard with the "skinny" return while the US (and Australia where I am) use the ANSI standard.
See this Wikipedia article for more details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Mechanical_and_visual_layouts
The ISO standard, ISO 9241, also seems to mandate that little character on the option key. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9241#ISO_9241-110
ANSI, by comparison, seems not to talk about what's on the keys.
So one assumes that Apple would prefer not to have the character on the key but instead have option and alt and does so where it isn't "forced".
A: Here are two alternatives.
Matias Keyboards
Check out Matias keyboards, designed for Mac. They have an extensive set of symbols printed on every key.
KB Covers
KB Covers makes molded silicone sheets that fit over every different model of keyboard that Apple makes, for MacBooks and desktops. They have one model that provides printed symbols that show many different OS X keyboard shortcuts. Their product is inexpensive and it works with the Apple-brand keyboard you already have.
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6359ab6f884278e0c939aaa4d088f63203b88979 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to launch browser in iOS Simulator from command line? I want to launch the browser in iOS Simulator from the Terminal with specified URL.
Is there any command for it? So that I can write in a script which will take URL as argument and launch simulator with browser and URL open on it.
A:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone\ Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhone\ Simulator -SimulateApplication /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator7.0.sdk/Applications/MobileSafari.app/MobileSafari -u "http://google.com/"
Yes this really is one long command — make sure to run it all. Replace google.com with actual website, and iPhoneSimulator7.0.sdk with the relevant version of the simulator that you're using.
| Q: How to launch browser in iOS Simulator from command line? I want to launch the browser in iOS Simulator from the Terminal with specified URL.
Is there any command for it? So that I can write in a script which will take URL as argument and launch simulator with browser and URL open on it.
A:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone\ Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhone\ Simulator -SimulateApplication /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator7.0.sdk/Applications/MobileSafari.app/MobileSafari -u "http://google.com/"
Yes this really is one long command — make sure to run it all. Replace google.com with actual website, and iPhoneSimulator7.0.sdk with the relevant version of the simulator that you're using.
A: On Xcode6 simctl was introduced so you can just open the terminal and type:
xcrun simctl openurl booted "https://google.com"
A: The path has changed for Xcode 6.0 (OS X Yosemite) and now it's:
alias simulator='open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/iOS\ Simulator.app'
A: Another way to do it is to use a temp file that redirects to the URL you want, then opening this file in the simulator. This isn't necessarily the best way, but it is a shorter command.
echo "<meta http-equiv="refresh" content='0;url=http://apple.stackexchange.com'>" > ~/tmp/openURL.html; open ~/tmp/openURL.html -a /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone\ Simulator.app/
As in the other answers, you can replace the URL (I put apple.stackexchange.com) with whatever you want. Just make sure you put http:// because open interprets arguments as filesystem paths by default.
Sadly, the bulk of the command is just the path to the iPhone Simulator bundle.
A: Here's what to do : Go to Finder and run /Applications/Utilities/Terminal, and paste in the following code:
open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone\ Simulator.app
That should help if you use XCODE, or a iOS Simulator.
A: osascript -e "tell application \"iPhone Simulator\" to activate"
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8ee6f30ddeb54f99a1dd5c840603921396c0ea5e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Display color change The display on my MacBook Pro laptop has suddenly changed so that instead of white here I get a light yellow. What has happened?
A: I'm not sure how this can happen all of a sudden, but I have a suggestion.
Launch System Preferences (fastest way is Apple Menu > System Preferences)
Click on Display
Click on the Color tab
Select Color LCD in the left column
If this does not reset the color, click the Calibrate... button on the left. This launches the Display Calibrator Assistant
At the step called Target White Point (see the current step name at the left of the window) make sure you select Native
Hope this helps
| Q: Display color change The display on my MacBook Pro laptop has suddenly changed so that instead of white here I get a light yellow. What has happened?
A: I'm not sure how this can happen all of a sudden, but I have a suggestion.
Launch System Preferences (fastest way is Apple Menu > System Preferences)
Click on Display
Click on the Color tab
Select Color LCD in the left column
If this does not reset the color, click the Calibrate... button on the left. This launches the Display Calibrator Assistant
At the step called Target White Point (see the current step name at the left of the window) make sure you select Native
Hope this helps
A: I had uneven colors on certain webpages on my Macbook Pro. Somehow it switched the profile (I guess during the upgrade to Sierra) to Apple RGB. Changing it back to "Color LCD" solved my problem too (without calibrating).
A: Was having the same problem. Display Calibration helps. :D just go to Sytem preferences, Display, Color Tab then Calibrate. :)
A: I like Arc676's suggestion, however the yellowing you describe can also result from a loose video connection between the main board and the LCD screen. A search on "macbook pro display connector loose yellow" returns many horror stories, however, sometimes things just need a little jiggle to return to proper function.
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63312be36bffb21907de56561914e2119b5c80c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does Network Restore on my MacBook Air 2012 give me Mountain Lion, not Mavericks I recently upgraded the SSD of my MacBook Air 2012
Very happy with the Network Restore. Hold CMD+R on start-up, use disk utility to format, and then network restore OSX.
But why does it only offer Mountain Lion?
I then have to upgrade to Mavericks using the App Store.
Which isn't painful, but why couldn't I just restore to Mavericks in the first place?
A: Internet Recovery will only download the original version of OS X that came with the computer. This is not configurable.
Back when Internet Recovery was released, OS X updates weren't free, so Internet Recovery didn't know if you paid for the upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion. Therefore it was easiest to just install the original OS X, and then make the user update afterwards.
| Q: Why does Network Restore on my MacBook Air 2012 give me Mountain Lion, not Mavericks I recently upgraded the SSD of my MacBook Air 2012
Very happy with the Network Restore. Hold CMD+R on start-up, use disk utility to format, and then network restore OSX.
But why does it only offer Mountain Lion?
I then have to upgrade to Mavericks using the App Store.
Which isn't painful, but why couldn't I just restore to Mavericks in the first place?
A: Internet Recovery will only download the original version of OS X that came with the computer. This is not configurable.
Back when Internet Recovery was released, OS X updates weren't free, so Internet Recovery didn't know if you paid for the upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion. Therefore it was easiest to just install the original OS X, and then make the user update afterwards.
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7762faf9703ff66b9dd80d9856308857345107e0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shortcut key to make my macbook sleep? Is there a shortcut key to make a macbook sleep? Sometimes I want to save time and just use the shortcut key to put it to sleep.
A: Under Mavericks, pressing the power button puts your Mac to sleep. This behavior changed from previous versions of OS X when this button toggled the shut-down/sleep/restart menu. You can access this menu by pressing the button a little longer or pressing ctrl + power button.
| Q: Shortcut key to make my macbook sleep? Is there a shortcut key to make a macbook sleep? Sometimes I want to save time and just use the shortcut key to put it to sleep.
A: Under Mavericks, pressing the power button puts your Mac to sleep. This behavior changed from previous versions of OS X when this button toggled the shut-down/sleep/restart menu. You can access this menu by pressing the button a little longer or pressing ctrl + power button.
A: I like the CTRL EJECT as it brings up a dialog allowing you to sleep, restart or shutdown, like so:
Pressing ENTER shuts down
Pressing R restarts
Pressing S sleeps
ESC cancels
BTW if you have a PC keyboard with no EJECT key, use F12
A: Putting your computer to sleep
Above is how to sleep your computer when it's on and logged in.
The keyboard shortcut is: ALT/OPT + CMD + Eject(i.e., ⌥ + ⌘ + ⏏).
Putting your display to sleep
Above is the keyboard shortcut for putting your display to sleep. The computer itself will not go to sleep, only the display will power off.
The keyboard shortcut is: Shift + Ctrl + Eject (i.e. ⇧ + ⌃ + ⏏).
Note: Computers that lack the Eject key
For computers that lack the ⏏ key – e.g. MacBooks – the Power key (⌽) can be used instead.
Also, it's possible to hold down the Power key for 1.5 seconds and then select from a menu if you want to Sleep, Restart or Power off. You can also access the menu immediately by Ctrl + ⌽.
A: If you have a keyboard with no eject or power key, you can use a private.xml like this with KeyRemap4MacBook:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::S, VK_CONTROL | VK_OPTION | VK_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::VK_CONSUMERKEY_EJECT, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::D, VK_CONTROL | VK_OPTION | VK_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::VK_CONSUMERKEY_EJECT, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L | ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::R, VK_CONTROL | VK_OPTION | VK_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::VK_CONSUMERKEY_EJECT, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L | ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
</item>
</root>
Option-command-eject puts the Mac to sleep, control-shift-eject puts displays to sleep, and control-command-eject restarts the Mac.
A: Supposing you're using an Apple Keyboard: Cmd+Option+Eject
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ede9ca4a1e2a5fcd4fbf824acc61972a67475efb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I boot into Internet Recovery on a iMac? i have this problem i tap on COMMAND+OPTION+R and I want to boot into Internet Recovery on a iMac and for some reason it just continues the screen and boots onto OS X Utilities. Someone help me?
A: Taken from this support article:
OS X Recovery includes a built in set of utilities as part of the
Recovery System. To start your computer from Recovery, restart your
Mac and hold down the Command key and the R key (Command-R).
Press and hold these keys until the Apple logo appears.
The recovery feature is limited to OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, and El Capitan.
| Q: How do I boot into Internet Recovery on a iMac? i have this problem i tap on COMMAND+OPTION+R and I want to boot into Internet Recovery on a iMac and for some reason it just continues the screen and boots onto OS X Utilities. Someone help me?
A: Taken from this support article:
OS X Recovery includes a built in set of utilities as part of the
Recovery System. To start your computer from Recovery, restart your
Mac and hold down the Command key and the R key (Command-R).
Press and hold these keys until the Apple logo appears.
The recovery feature is limited to OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, and El Capitan.
A: Make sure you're holding the keys for the entire duration of the boot until the spinning globe icon. 'Tapping' the keys isn't enough — you'll need to hold them for a bit (longer than the normal Recovery HD).
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e8b597668f1b5ccc632197e7098bf7ca56b6325a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: "Advanced" App Store search I would like to search the iPhone app store in such a way that I only see results that don't offer an in-app purchase. I know that Apple offers a data feed of all the App Store's data, so in principle a service could exist that would allow this. However, having tried all the App Store search engines I know of (uQurey, AppShopper, AppAdvice, 148apps), it seems that none of them offer this kind of specific customised search.
So my question is whether there is an App Store search service that allows such specific queries as this.
A: There is a way now: https://appapp.io/us/has_iap=false/search
(Full disclosure - I made it)
| Q: "Advanced" App Store search I would like to search the iPhone app store in such a way that I only see results that don't offer an in-app purchase. I know that Apple offers a data feed of all the App Store's data, so in principle a service could exist that would allow this. However, having tried all the App Store search engines I know of (uQurey, AppShopper, AppAdvice, 148apps), it seems that none of them offer this kind of specific customised search.
So my question is whether there is an App Store search service that allows such specific queries as this.
A: There is a way now: https://appapp.io/us/has_iap=false/search
(Full disclosure - I made it)
A: In short: No, there's currently no query for that. At least, none of them are published.
I doubt Apple want to display those without in-App purchases, as they make them money when people buy it.
I seriously hope someone will proof me wrong in the nearby-future, but currently there's no option available for this. I've been searching around for a while for those filter-criteria.
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cfb056a5cf9c5a53c3f2522a7065fa7779f1a6ee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to print PDF documents without highlights in Preview.app I was trying to print a PDF document in which I highlighted some texts. In the printing preview, I saw those highlights, which I didn't really want for the printed document. I tried to disable the highlights but didn't find such an option, and ended up removing all the highlights before printing. So, does such an option (hiding highlights for printing) exist in Preview at all? Thanks.
By the way, I'm using Preview 7.0 (826) on OS X 10.9.1.
A: In Preview.app there isn't an option, although there is a way:
*
*Open your .pdf document
*Select All (Command A)
*Everything should be highlighted
*Control mouse click on any page
*From the popup menu > select the circle with a slash through it
*Print your document
*Press Command Z to undo (re-enable highlights)
| Q: How to print PDF documents without highlights in Preview.app I was trying to print a PDF document in which I highlighted some texts. In the printing preview, I saw those highlights, which I didn't really want for the printed document. I tried to disable the highlights but didn't find such an option, and ended up removing all the highlights before printing. So, does such an option (hiding highlights for printing) exist in Preview at all? Thanks.
By the way, I'm using Preview 7.0 (826) on OS X 10.9.1.
A: In Preview.app there isn't an option, although there is a way:
*
*Open your .pdf document
*Select All (Command A)
*Everything should be highlighted
*Control mouse click on any page
*From the popup menu > select the circle with a slash through it
*Print your document
*Press Command Z to undo (re-enable highlights)
A: There is a slightly complicated way that still works: go to the top menu Tools and open Inspector. A small window pops up, select the icon at the far right in the window ('Annotations Inspector').
In the list of all annotations select one and press command+a (select all) and then delete (backspace) to delete all annotations.
After printing (without closing the document in between!) you can get your annotations back through command+z (undo) - for this it should not matter if the inspector is selected or the main preview window.
I found the guide here in this five year old post here: https://protips.maxmasnick.com/preview-dot-app-remove-all-highlights-and-annotations-quickly
But it still works now (version 10.1).
Edit: Just found out - with this method you actually have to scroll down the document and repeat the deletion steps for every page.
A: There no easy way to do this with Preview as of v8. You should request the feature with Apple.
The best way to do this is to print the PDF with Acrobat instead. I'm testing with Acrobat Standard Pro v10.1. There, in the print dialog, you can can choose to print only the document or the document with markup.
The solution by I'L'I will only remove highlights in Preview but not comments. Those will still be printed.
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2e01f0cc96ab06de4ba6950c209c19f1f8ca4204 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I disable smart quotes, apostrophes in Mac Outlook 2011? In Mac Outlook 2011, when I type a message that contains an apostrophe or a quotation mark, Outlook corrects it to a "smart" apostrophe or a "smart" quotation mark, and I'd rather it didn't.
Is there any way to disable this feature? So far, I've unchecked all the autocorrect and autoformat preferences, and I've set my composition settings to plain text and my encoding settings to UTF-8 (two suggestions I saw elsewhere). None of those worked.
What else should I try?
A: You can turn Smart Quotes off by unchecking "Smart Quotes" under Edit > Substitutions > Smart Quotes
| Q: How do I disable smart quotes, apostrophes in Mac Outlook 2011? In Mac Outlook 2011, when I type a message that contains an apostrophe or a quotation mark, Outlook corrects it to a "smart" apostrophe or a "smart" quotation mark, and I'd rather it didn't.
Is there any way to disable this feature? So far, I've unchecked all the autocorrect and autoformat preferences, and I've set my composition settings to plain text and my encoding settings to UTF-8 (two suggestions I saw elsewhere). None of those worked.
What else should I try?
A: You can turn Smart Quotes off by unchecking "Smart Quotes" under Edit > Substitutions > Smart Quotes
A: The Mac has global settings for smart quotes. Even if you click them off in Outlook's Edit > Substitutions menu, you may still get them in your email.
With an email open, go
Edit > Substitutions > Show Substitutions > Text Preferences
that takes you straight to the global
System Preferences > Keyboard > Text
where there is a global option to turn smarties off. You may also be able to go directly to System Prefs from the Finder, and they may stick in Outlook. I am hedging because I remember doing this a while back, but I just checked and they're magically turned back on. I don't know when or how that might have happened. One must be ever-vigilant against attacks of the Zombie Smart Quotes!
A: The latest version of Outlook now overrides the system default mentioned above. In the Outlook Preferences / AutoCorrect settings (shown below), uncheck the "Straight Quotation marks" with "smart quotation marks" option.
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ca32265b36b8829cd8e8949b0e22403ef753f56a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I obtain app energy impact data from the command line or applescript? Does anyone know how to access the "Energy Impact" data used to determine "Apps Using Significant Energy" displayed in the battery menu bar? I'd like to use it in a shell-script/applescript.
A: As far as I know, the raw data used for the Energy calculations can be obtained using the powermetrics CLI:
*** Running tasks ***
Name PID CPU ms/s User% Deadlines (<2 ms, 2-5 ms) Wakeups (Intr, Pkg idle)
kernel_task 0 41.14 0.00 267.46 0.20 2290.48 1533.24
WindowServer 186 99.50 73.47 54.93 15.58 73.51 67.31
Terminal 53513 105.38 88.85 0.00 0.00 12.78 10.99
| Q: How can I obtain app energy impact data from the command line or applescript? Does anyone know how to access the "Energy Impact" data used to determine "Apps Using Significant Energy" displayed in the battery menu bar? I'd like to use it in a shell-script/applescript.
A: As far as I know, the raw data used for the Energy calculations can be obtained using the powermetrics CLI:
*** Running tasks ***
Name PID CPU ms/s User% Deadlines (<2 ms, 2-5 ms) Wakeups (Intr, Pkg idle)
kernel_task 0 41.14 0.00 267.46 0.20 2290.48 1533.24
WindowServer 186 99.50 73.47 54.93 15.58 73.51 67.31
Terminal 53513 105.38 88.85 0.00 0.00 12.78 10.99
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cf99b92938efcf53d09fa961661100b14d8c059a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I watch a video on my Mac but have the audio go through my iPhone? I would like to get the sound from my MacBook Pro to play on my iPhone. For example if I watch a video on my Mac I would be able to view it on my Mac but get the audio through my iPhone. Is this possible?
A: Yes, you can do it.
You need to be on the same WiFi network and use a pair of matched applications on your Mac and iPhone.
The best known of these are Airfoil (for the Mac) and Airfoil Speakers Touch on your iPhone. See this: http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/
Note that Airfoil Speakers Touch does not turn your iPhone into Airplay speakers so you can only stream to it from a computer running Airfoil and not, for example, your iPad.
| Q: Can I watch a video on my Mac but have the audio go through my iPhone? I would like to get the sound from my MacBook Pro to play on my iPhone. For example if I watch a video on my Mac I would be able to view it on my Mac but get the audio through my iPhone. Is this possible?
A: Yes, you can do it.
You need to be on the same WiFi network and use a pair of matched applications on your Mac and iPhone.
The best known of these are Airfoil (for the Mac) and Airfoil Speakers Touch on your iPhone. See this: http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/
Note that Airfoil Speakers Touch does not turn your iPhone into Airplay speakers so you can only stream to it from a computer running Airfoil and not, for example, your iPad.
A: Yes, you can do this with Airplay if jailbroken.
If your application cannot do this by default, you could use a program like AirFoil / AirFoil Speakers - you only have to be connected on the same wifi network.
This is something I use in my own situation.
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b86872b3ddc70e4330bd235c3c5c893cbf25cfb2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's a good long-exposure app for the iPhone? I'm looking for an app that lets me take long exposures of 10 seconds or more. This can either be one long exposure, or multiple shorter exposures, like 0.5 seconds, combined together by the app.
This is on the iPhone 5s running iOS 8. Not jailbroken, and don't intend to.
The app needs to have a timer to avoid camera shake caused by pressing the shutter button.
A: If you're on iOS 8, the new camera API made possible by Apple allows true manual exposure control over the pictures taken. I would suggest Manual - Custom exposure camera. It's a really good replacement for the native camera app as well.
| Q: What's a good long-exposure app for the iPhone? I'm looking for an app that lets me take long exposures of 10 seconds or more. This can either be one long exposure, or multiple shorter exposures, like 0.5 seconds, combined together by the app.
This is on the iPhone 5s running iOS 8. Not jailbroken, and don't intend to.
The app needs to have a timer to avoid camera shake caused by pressing the shutter button.
A: If you're on iOS 8, the new camera API made possible by Apple allows true manual exposure control over the pictures taken. I would suggest Manual - Custom exposure camera. It's a really good replacement for the native camera app as well.
A: I use NightCap. Did you tried it?
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68cea5e1bf85a939b889de7e3e1426c198e8ced8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Perform two keystrokes successively in AppleScript I want to perform two keystrokes in AppleScript, successively.
The script should perform Command+Shift+J and after that Command+W in the application Google Chrome.
Can this be done with AppleScript?
A: Try using a script like this:
activate application "Google Chrome"
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "j" using {shift down, command down}
delay 1
keystroke "w" using command down
delay 1
end tell
| Q: Perform two keystrokes successively in AppleScript I want to perform two keystrokes in AppleScript, successively.
The script should perform Command+Shift+J and after that Command+W in the application Google Chrome.
Can this be done with AppleScript?
A: Try using a script like this:
activate application "Google Chrome"
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "j" using {shift down, command down}
delay 1
keystroke "w" using command down
delay 1
end tell
A: Yes, you need to script the System Events application.
There is a good start here
There is a good detailed answer here with lots of required details.
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6a59dfcf1037a28ca642fa9d87044ff81e0c3e3b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to run programs from an external hard drive on MacBook Pro? I need to know how to install and run applications from an external hard drive on my MacBook Pro.
A: You just need to copy the application to the external drive. Mac apps can actually run from anywhere, it is merely convention to keep them in the /Applications folder.
Of course all the preferences will still be in your home Library folder but the app will be on the external drive.
| Q: How to run programs from an external hard drive on MacBook Pro? I need to know how to install and run applications from an external hard drive on my MacBook Pro.
A: You just need to copy the application to the external drive. Mac apps can actually run from anywhere, it is merely convention to keep them in the /Applications folder.
Of course all the preferences will still be in your home Library folder but the app will be on the external drive.
A: It is possible (with conditions). You need to take care of:
*
*The external drive must be formatted in some Apple/Mac Filesystem like HFS+ or APFS. If you try to run those external apps from an exFAT or some other non-Apple/non-Mac file system, macOS will complain about a "corrupt or broken" app, even though the app itself would be totally fine.
*Be careful when the apps on the external drive want to self-update. Those updates may or may not land in the Application folder on the main mac drive (and not the external drive).
*Unlike the .apps applications which you can just drag and drop out of your Applications folder onto an external drive, some apps have installers instead (e.g. often the ones where the setup comes with .pkg extensions, and NOT .dmg extensions). Those often want to install themselves on the disk where the macOS itself also resides (e.g. Labview, MacTeX, R).
*Some apps, even though they may say that they have an "installation path" option (e.g. Microsoft Visual Studio), they still install 90% of their stuff onto the main drive where macOS resides. So you earn next to nothing from using an external drive for such apps.
The following are not deal breakers and are self-obvious but just to be complete:
*
*Speed could be an issue, in general. Some apps might behave sloppy.
*You can use the apps only as long as you have the external drive. (Convenience factor?)
*For some apps, even on an HFS+/APFS formatted disk, the macos throws an error that the app cannot be verified. You can still go to the Settings->Security/Privacy->General and launch the app anyway though. Depends on how you feel about that viz-e-viz security, app-verification, etc.
*Macbooks (especially the newer models) have fewer ports (USB, SDCard, etc). I have not tested it (cause thankfully my macbook is old and hence has enough ports), but I can imagine that the performance of an external drive connected to a shared USB port over an external Dongle or USB hub would suffer when other USB devices also want a piece of the action with the macbook, over that USB port.
p.s. like the Answer from Tony mentions, this all affects only the executables. The preferences, etc don't get moved (with exceptions again! I noticed the Tor Browser puts its data right there on the external drive. But then again Tor Browser is aiming for something else than most other apps).
Last word: For convenience' sake, one can even make links to the external apps from the Applications folder, like so:
$ cd /Applications
$ ln -s /Volumes/<EXTERNAL DRIVE NAME>/dosbox.app dosbox.app
and henceforth you can launch those apps from the Launchpad.
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c94629d3c2f7efc2e5ebeaeba2d6a6adcc50a6a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: App Store notifications regarding price drops? I've placed a few apps on my Wish List in the (iOS) App Store.
Will I get some kind of automatic notification in case of a price drop? Or: Can I make it so, without using a third party app?
A: You can do it via the web site AppShopper. Sign up for a free account to get started.
While it can't read your Apple wish list, you can create a wish list on that site and it will notify you of price drops of your wish list items via email. It will also email you about updates for your wish list and your "My Apps" list. Personally I don't keep any apps in "My Apps" list, since Apple updates them for me every night on all of my devices.
I have no professional affiliation with this web site. I'm just a satisfied user.
Note: Checking "Notify me of price drops by E-mail" and unchecking "Share My Wishlist" on the Wish List page of AppShopper didn't seem to be "remembered" by the site (perhaps due to my browser settings), but it does work on the My Profile page.
| Q: App Store notifications regarding price drops? I've placed a few apps on my Wish List in the (iOS) App Store.
Will I get some kind of automatic notification in case of a price drop? Or: Can I make it so, without using a third party app?
A: You can do it via the web site AppShopper. Sign up for a free account to get started.
While it can't read your Apple wish list, you can create a wish list on that site and it will notify you of price drops of your wish list items via email. It will also email you about updates for your wish list and your "My Apps" list. Personally I don't keep any apps in "My Apps" list, since Apple updates them for me every night on all of my devices.
I have no professional affiliation with this web site. I'm just a satisfied user.
Note: Checking "Notify me of price drops by E-mail" and unchecking "Share My Wishlist" on the Wish List page of AppShopper didn't seem to be "remembered" by the site (perhaps due to my browser settings), but it does work on the My Profile page.
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104bb33512fa2abb198df3effb7513e3f26fe4e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Reinstall Mountain Lion on an older mac I bought a new mac and want to sell my old one. It came with Snow Leopard but I upgraded a few times since I bought it. I have deauthorized, reformatted and reinstalled OS X on my mac following the instructions here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5189
When I reinstalled, it installed Mountain Lion (not Snow Leopard) and asked me for my iTunes account to verify that I purchased Mountain Lion. I used Command-Q to quit after the install, so it is at the factory default welcome screen at the moment.
My question: if I sell it, is my iTunes account tied to the computer now since it asked for that during installation? And if so, is it possible to return it to an identity-free state to sell?
A: I just saw this article this morning that might be helpful: How to Prepare a MacBook Pro For Sale that was Upgraded to Mavericks by Scott Williams
| Q: Reinstall Mountain Lion on an older mac I bought a new mac and want to sell my old one. It came with Snow Leopard but I upgraded a few times since I bought it. I have deauthorized, reformatted and reinstalled OS X on my mac following the instructions here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5189
When I reinstalled, it installed Mountain Lion (not Snow Leopard) and asked me for my iTunes account to verify that I purchased Mountain Lion. I used Command-Q to quit after the install, so it is at the factory default welcome screen at the moment.
My question: if I sell it, is my iTunes account tied to the computer now since it asked for that during installation? And if so, is it possible to return it to an identity-free state to sell?
A: I just saw this article this morning that might be helpful: How to Prepare a MacBook Pro For Sale that was Upgraded to Mavericks by Scott Williams
A: As to whether the Apple ID persists on the reinstalled drive using the approach I did: I don't know.
A better way is probably to install Mavericks from a USB thumb drive, described here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=18081307&postcount=3
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
Assuming "Install OS X Mavericks.app" is in your Applications folder and your thumbdrive is called "Untitled".
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045c352b96c9433682597d2fd767e74e5522d310 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: The backup on Server is already in use I have OS X Mavericks with the Server software installed. The server machine is an iMac with a Drobo attached via USB. I use the Server Time Machine service to create a backup server on the network, using the Drobo as the storage device for backups.
I am currently backing-up two Macbooks to this Time Machine Server. Some backups will succeed but every other day or so, I will get an error on both laptops that the backup failed with the following reason: The backup on Server is already in use.
I have only been able to clear this problem by restarting the server.
Does anyone know why this might be occurring and what I might be able to do in order to prevent it from happening?
Thank you.
A: Just for the completeness of this issue. If you land here and do not use MacOS Server, but a Synology DiskStation, do the following:
*
*Login to your DiskStation as root
*Open the main menu
*start the resource monitor
*switch to connected users
*select the blocked user and press disconnect
| Q: The backup on Server is already in use I have OS X Mavericks with the Server software installed. The server machine is an iMac with a Drobo attached via USB. I use the Server Time Machine service to create a backup server on the network, using the Drobo as the storage device for backups.
I am currently backing-up two Macbooks to this Time Machine Server. Some backups will succeed but every other day or so, I will get an error on both laptops that the backup failed with the following reason: The backup on Server is already in use.
I have only been able to clear this problem by restarting the server.
Does anyone know why this might be occurring and what I might be able to do in order to prevent it from happening?
Thank you.
A: Just for the completeness of this issue. If you land here and do not use MacOS Server, but a Synology DiskStation, do the following:
*
*Login to your DiskStation as root
*Open the main menu
*start the resource monitor
*switch to connected users
*select the blocked user and press disconnect
A: I have got this problem since I got my OS X Server, and still do get this error. Whenever my router disconnects, it causes this until I fix it. However, instead of restarting the server, there's a workaround:
*
*Open Server.app (I do this on the client that I'm using, but you could do it on the server itself) and login.
*Select the File Sharing service.
*Go to the Connected Users tab.
*Select each connected user and click Disconnect.
I have to do this so often I wrote a Keyboard Maestro macro for this, but any scripting software would do this.
A: If disconnecting users "fixes" the problem then it's almost certainly somewhere in the AppleFileServer process.
Have a look at the AFP access and error logs and see if you can find a better error message than the one you get on the client Mac and you may well be closer to a solution. Click on Logs in the left hand pane of the Server app and then select AFP Error in the pop up below the log window.
The problem might also be with the RAID in the Drobo. Have you tried another hard drive just to see if the problem goes away? Which model Drobo is it? Drobo support mutters under its breath about Lion and Time Machine so may well also have problems with Mavericks and Time Machine. (I get around the problem by having a single 2TB drive with 3 partitions as my TM target and then back that up to my Drobo using Carbon Copy Cloner.)
A: @grgarside is on the money - this happens when there are two connections to the backup from the same IP.
On my network I stopped it from happening by disabling guest access to the backup drive(s).
On the server machine,
*
*Login to OS X Server
*click File Sharing
*click on the settings tab
*select the backup drive in question
*uncheck the box Enable Guest Access
*click the connections tab
*then disconnect all users.
Login to the server on the client machine again and you're good to go. Once guest access was disabled, the client won't automatically connect to the server using the guest protocol, thus preventing multiple connections.
A: I had a similar issue with my Synology NAS after having followed Synology's Time Machine guide. When trying to connect to the Backup Disk, Time Machine said "You do not have the necessary read, write and append privileges on the selected network backup disk."
The only solution that worked for me was to restart Synology DSM by clicking on the person/user icon in the top right and selecting "Restart"
A: If you get the error message "Time Machine could not complete the backup. The backup disk image “/Volumes/mac-backups-1/machine-name.sparsebundle” is already in use." and you are using a Synology DiskStation DSM 5.2 (NAS) as the destination for Time Machine backups, the following steps resolved the issue:
*
*Login to your DiskStation as admin
*Select the Options icon (at the
top right -- looks like a person's head)
*Options > Account > Account
Activity > Connected Users
*For each user on AFP Service and
Resource: mac-backups, press disconnect (red circle with white
horizontal bar). The issues seems to be that there are two or more
connected users both connected to AFP > Resource: mac-backups.
There should only be one.
*Click Refresh. There should now only be
one user connected to AFP > Resource: mac-backups.
*On your MacBook > Time Machine icon > Start Backup. Time Machine backup begins (circling counterclockwise) and you no longer get the above error message.
I am not sure exactly how this situation occurs, but here is my theory: After disconnecting the MacBook and reconnecting to another network (moving my MacBook to another location while traveling), the connection to the synology resource: mac-backups (used by Time Machine) did not get properly disconnected, so when the machine was reintroduced into the network, another new connection was established, even though the existing connection was still present, creating a conflict and the subject error message.
To Be Tested: To prevent this error from happening again, if Time Machine is in-progress doing a backup, try doing a "Stop Backing Up" command in Time Machine before moving your MacBook to another location off-network. Hopefully, when you bring the machine back to the network where the synology NAS is located, the error should no longer occur.
A:
What worked for me was to reboot the DS, delete and recreate the Time Machine share.
From this post on Synology Forum https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=159&t=86535&start=15#p512709
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69b7f620e525b3be8e9e145ce2dacabbcfcf4951 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Pages 5: Increase indentation in table of contents? Is it possible to have multiple indentations in the table of contents (auto-generated according to the paragraph styling)?
E.g.
•Header 1
....•Header 2
....•Header 2
........ •Header 3
....•Header 2
•Header 1
Sort of thing? I'm only able to get up to the second indentation.
Thanks in advance.
A: You can set the indentation for each heading type in the TOC in Pages 5. Select a heading in the TOC then open up the Format Panel, go into the Text tab and change the Indents/First value (see pic). This updates the TOC's indentation for that type of header.
| Q: Pages 5: Increase indentation in table of contents? Is it possible to have multiple indentations in the table of contents (auto-generated according to the paragraph styling)?
E.g.
•Header 1
....•Header 2
....•Header 2
........ •Header 3
....•Header 2
•Header 1
Sort of thing? I'm only able to get up to the second indentation.
Thanks in advance.
A: You can set the indentation for each heading type in the TOC in Pages 5. Select a heading in the TOC then open up the Format Panel, go into the Text tab and change the Indents/First value (see pic). This updates the TOC's indentation for that type of header.
A: I wanted to know how I could define the order and layout of paragraph styles I added. Didn't find anything useful and Landed on this page. So I started to experiment and found it.
Go to the table of contents you generated, click on it. Click on the format inspector (the paintbrush). You can individually format every line, including indents. So put in whatever format/indent you like for a specific paragraph style and every other entry in that style will inherit that format.
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b7ff47bc43bef78375a78d34f61ae09233b8ba48 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Find My Friends shows my old phone I traded in my 4S recently to upgrade to a 5S, and restored the 5S from the last 4S backup, so they both share the same phone name ("Adam's iPhone"). However, when I use the "Find My Friends" app, it displays "Share my location from:" and shows "Adam's iPhone" twice.
I visited this Apple Support page, which suggested to log into iCloud and disable the second phone from there, but only one phone is listed on that page (along with my iPad and iMac). Is there another link that explains how to remove the old phone from "Find My Friends"?
A: I found the way to do it on iOS 8:
Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Share My Location > From
Then is will show the list of current and old phones. It has instructions: "If you're no longer using a device, swipe left on the device name, then tap Delete."
It worked for me!
| Q: Find My Friends shows my old phone I traded in my 4S recently to upgrade to a 5S, and restored the 5S from the last 4S backup, so they both share the same phone name ("Adam's iPhone"). However, when I use the "Find My Friends" app, it displays "Share my location from:" and shows "Adam's iPhone" twice.
I visited this Apple Support page, which suggested to log into iCloud and disable the second phone from there, but only one phone is listed on that page (along with my iPad and iMac). Is there another link that explains how to remove the old phone from "Find My Friends"?
A: I found the way to do it on iOS 8:
Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Share My Location > From
Then is will show the list of current and old phones. It has instructions: "If you're no longer using a device, swipe left on the device name, then tap Delete."
It worked for me!
A: In addition to what's on that Apple page, here's what's going on: Your two devices have the same name, so you need to change the name of the iPhone 5S: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3965
Once you see the both devices showing on iCloud with different names, then you should be able to 'eliminate' the other device per the instructions on that page on removing Apple devices from 'Find My...'.
Tech aside: Different UDIDs, same 'device name' causes headaches...
A: had same issue tried all hove. went into settings and location services and i noticed i had find my friend app unchecked needs to be checked to locate
A: I've had the same issue and I can say that iCloud does show duplicate names for different devices with the same name. Furthermore, removing the old device from iCloud still leaves it displayed in the Find Friends app.
However, removing it from Privacy > Location Services > My Devices takes care of it.
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8aa5eedbd66795a04ae9a48326c2c6a069ce3375 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Find files modified today, using command line (bash) As we all know, despite being named "Finder", the Finder is virtually useless at finding files.
In Mac OS X 10.6 (or any version), how can I use the command line (bash in Terminal) to find files modified today?
A: There are several ways to do this in bash from the terminal - depending on exactly what you want to find:
Find files modified in the last 24 hours
find / -mtime -1 -print
Find files modified today (likely what you want)
find / -newerct 'yesterday' -print
or, using Spotlight
mdfind date:today
This can also be done from the GUI with Spotlight.
*
*Open Spotlight (option-command space by default).
*Add a criteria to search for, by hitting the Plus sign near the top
right of the Spotlight window.
*Change the criteria to "Last modified date" is "today."
| Q: Find files modified today, using command line (bash) As we all know, despite being named "Finder", the Finder is virtually useless at finding files.
In Mac OS X 10.6 (or any version), how can I use the command line (bash in Terminal) to find files modified today?
A: There are several ways to do this in bash from the terminal - depending on exactly what you want to find:
Find files modified in the last 24 hours
find / -mtime -1 -print
Find files modified today (likely what you want)
find / -newerct 'yesterday' -print
or, using Spotlight
mdfind date:today
This can also be done from the GUI with Spotlight.
*
*Open Spotlight (option-command space by default).
*Add a criteria to search for, by hitting the Plus sign near the top
right of the Spotlight window.
*Change the criteria to "Last modified date" is "today."
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e338dced40b734f4232da17bf8de3327f7c2851b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Frequent locations not remembering any location? I had this option activated months ago and it registered my home location and some other random location. But I decided to turn all system services off and delete it's history.
Two weeks ago, I have turned system services back on and only activated frequent locations . But unfortunately no location has been registered yet, and I have been going to work everyday at the same time (+- 5 mins ).
Not sure why this is happening, how can I fix this ?
EDIT
It's been 10 days since I posted this, and no frequent locations have been saved yet.
| Q: Frequent locations not remembering any location? I had this option activated months ago and it registered my home location and some other random location. But I decided to turn all system services off and delete it's history.
Two weeks ago, I have turned system services back on and only activated frequent locations . But unfortunately no location has been registered yet, and I have been going to work everyday at the same time (+- 5 mins ).
Not sure why this is happening, how can I fix this ?
EDIT
It's been 10 days since I posted this, and no frequent locations have been saved yet.
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8086bd90e95944a486d1c5639d335bd61c71398f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I focus a specific window with applescript without doing an activate and bringing other windows to the front? I'm looking for a method w/ AppleScript to select/focus a specific window of an application without actually doing an "activate" which brings all windows to the front.
Here's what I have so far:
tell application "Google Chrome"
set windowTitle to title of first window whose title contains "whatever"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Google Chrome"
click menu item windowTitle of menu 1 of menu bar item "Window" of menu bar 1
end tell
tell application "Google Chrome" to activate
The problem is the "activate" in the last line. That brings everything to the front, but I just want the one window.
A: You're right that the activate command raises all windows. The open shell command only raises one window though:
tell application "Google Chrome" to set index of window 1 where title contains "whatever" to 1
delay 0.05
do shell script "open -a Google\\ Chrome"
| Q: How do I focus a specific window with applescript without doing an activate and bringing other windows to the front? I'm looking for a method w/ AppleScript to select/focus a specific window of an application without actually doing an "activate" which brings all windows to the front.
Here's what I have so far:
tell application "Google Chrome"
set windowTitle to title of first window whose title contains "whatever"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Google Chrome"
click menu item windowTitle of menu 1 of menu bar item "Window" of menu bar 1
end tell
tell application "Google Chrome" to activate
The problem is the "activate" in the last line. That brings everything to the front, but I just want the one window.
A: You're right that the activate command raises all windows. The open shell command only raises one window though:
tell application "Google Chrome" to set index of window 1 where title contains "whatever" to 1
delay 0.05
do shell script "open -a Google\\ Chrome"
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bf4bfa631c881b7e238848529ccd07b9231eae01 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shortcut to Eclipse in /Applications I just downloaded Eclipse for OS X. I managed to run it, but I want to put it directly in /Applications:
I don't want to place the eclipse folder, which has inside it the Eclipse.app, inside /Applications, but I want to place a shortcut to Eclipse.app directly into /Applications (so I can run eclipse with one click, as if it was any other app inside /Applications).
Any ideas how to do so? Tried a symlink but doesn't seem to work.
A: A symlink won't work as at the command line level an application is a directory.
Make an alias to the Eclipse application in the Finder and drop that into /Applications and it will work fine.
By the way, you will see in the eclipse folder a file eclipse which is a link to the actual Eclipse unix executable that lives in Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS alongside the eclipse.ini file that defines all the startup options. You might want to replicate that link to somewhere in your PATH so that you can run Eclipse from the command line.
| Q: Shortcut to Eclipse in /Applications I just downloaded Eclipse for OS X. I managed to run it, but I want to put it directly in /Applications:
I don't want to place the eclipse folder, which has inside it the Eclipse.app, inside /Applications, but I want to place a shortcut to Eclipse.app directly into /Applications (so I can run eclipse with one click, as if it was any other app inside /Applications).
Any ideas how to do so? Tried a symlink but doesn't seem to work.
A: A symlink won't work as at the command line level an application is a directory.
Make an alias to the Eclipse application in the Finder and drop that into /Applications and it will work fine.
By the way, you will see in the eclipse folder a file eclipse which is a link to the actual Eclipse unix executable that lives in Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS alongside the eclipse.ini file that defines all the startup options. You might want to replicate that link to somewhere in your PATH so that you can run Eclipse from the command line.
A: *
*Right clic on Eclipse.app > Make alias
*Move the alias into /Application
A: Simple steps to follow:
*
*Open Finder
*Click Go (option at top of screen)
*Click Home
*Double click Eclipse folder and find your eclipse app
*Now select Eclipse app, hold command key and drag and drop it
in Application folder (showing left side panel in Finder)
All done.
A: Using the ln command will indeed create an alias to an app in /Applications, provided you use sudo.
You might want to try:
sudo ln -s <full path to Eclipse.app> /Applications
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9c40620a1128b422cf9b321990138521f697bd93 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I create a keyboard shortcut to lock a file in Finder? I'm constantly opening Info panes so that I can lock the currently selected files in Finder. Keeping the Info pane open is no longer good enough; it gets cumbersome to manage with multiple desktops and screens.
Can I assign a keyboard shortcut to do this?
A: Keyboard Maestro can do this with a macro such as this, which will run chflags uchg on every file in the current Finder selection:
| Q: Can I create a keyboard shortcut to lock a file in Finder? I'm constantly opening Info panes so that I can lock the currently selected files in Finder. Keeping the Info pane open is no longer good enough; it gets cumbersome to manage with multiple desktops and screens.
Can I assign a keyboard shortcut to do this?
A: Keyboard Maestro can do this with a macro such as this, which will run chflags uchg on every file in the current Finder selection:
A: You can actually accomplish this without any extra software by using Automator and System Preferences (at least as of macOS Catalina).
Automator
Open Automator and choose "Quick Action" as your document type (button looks like a gear). On the top you should see the following configuration settings; fill in the drop-downs as displayed below:
*
*Workflow current files or folders in Finder
*Input is entire selection
There are also options for Image and Color which I don't think are relevant.
Then you need to add in the Run Shell Script Action which you can locate via the search bar; simply drag into the workflow.
Keep Shell as /bin/bash, but change Pass Input to as arguments. This enables Automator to capture the selection and pass into the shell script code as a variable.
It will populate some sample code for you, which you can delete. For the Locking script, use this code:
chflags uchg "$@"
For unlocking:
chflags nouchg "$@"
Save the workflows with names like "Lock File" and "Unlock File" and then close.
You can right click files in Finder at this point to check that the quick actions are now available.
System Preferences
Navigate to System Preferences, then Keyboard. Hit the Shortcuts tab, then click App Shortcuts in the left side. Hit the "+" button to add a new shortcut. Fill out the next options:
*
*Application: Finder
*Menu Title: This should be the exact name of the service you created, so for instance, `Lock File'
Then click the text box next to Keyboard Shortcut, and type in whatever shortcut you want. For instance, I did Ctrl-Opt-Shift-L for Lock and Ctrl-Opt-Shift-U for Unlock.
That should do the trick!
A: You can also create a service like this in Automator:
Then give it a shortcut from System Preferences.
Alternatively, save this script in ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Finder/ in AppleScript Editor:
tell application "Finder" to repeat with f in (get selection)
set locked of f to true
end repeat
Then use FastScripts to give the script a shortcut.
You can use a script like this to toggle locking files:
for f;do [[ $(GetFileInfo -al "$f") = 0 ]]&&chflags uchg "$f"||chflags nouchg "$f";done
GetFileInfo is in /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ if you have installed Xcode and in /usr/bin/ if you have installed the command line tools package.
Or using AppleScript:
tell application "Finder" to repeat with f in (get selection)
set locked of f to not locked of f
end repeat
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af4dfb38837b02427a93199fd27652a7e18e7f49 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What happens if I interrupt a back-up from my laptop to my external hard disk? What happens if I interrupt a back-up from my laptop to my external hard disk? Do I just lose the back-up and have to start over?
A: If it's a Time Machine backup, no, you don't lose your progress if the backup is interrupted. The backup will continue from where it left off. The partial backup is kept in an .inProgress file.
| Q: What happens if I interrupt a back-up from my laptop to my external hard disk? What happens if I interrupt a back-up from my laptop to my external hard disk? Do I just lose the back-up and have to start over?
A: If it's a Time Machine backup, no, you don't lose your progress if the backup is interrupted. The backup will continue from where it left off. The partial backup is kept in an .inProgress file.
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fc811a22cfb32a984c42a10edcca2d39d624deed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Downloading videos with Safari 7.0.1 on OS X mavericks In previous versions of Mac OS X, one could download videos in Safari with ⌥⌘A. How can this be done in Safari 7.0.1 on a OS X mavericks?
A: Option-command-A is just a shortcut for showing the resources tab of the web inspector. It still works, but you have to enable the develop menu first.
*
*Check Preferences > Advanced > Show Develop menu in menu bar.
*Open the resources tab of the web inspector.
*Look for a resource for the video under the other folder. It's named videoplayback in YouTube. If it doesn't show up, try reloading the page.
*Double-click the resource to open it.
*Focus the location bar and press option-return to download the video. If you try to save the page, Safari only saves an empty file.
Note that some sites like twitch.tv use multiple resources for long videos.
Another option is to use youtube-dl. You can install it with brew install youtube-dl after installing Homebrew. Some examples:
youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1234567
youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1234567 --extract-audio
youtube-dl http://www.twitch.tv/b/1234567 -o ~/Downloads/'%(uploader)s %(title)s %(id)s.%(ext)s'
pbpaste|grep -o 'https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=[0-9]*'|parallel youtube-dl -o '%(id)s %(title)s.%(ext)s'
curl -s http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/someusername/uploads|grep -o 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[^&]*'|sort -u|parallel youtube-dl
| Q: Downloading videos with Safari 7.0.1 on OS X mavericks In previous versions of Mac OS X, one could download videos in Safari with ⌥⌘A. How can this be done in Safari 7.0.1 on a OS X mavericks?
A: Option-command-A is just a shortcut for showing the resources tab of the web inspector. It still works, but you have to enable the develop menu first.
*
*Check Preferences > Advanced > Show Develop menu in menu bar.
*Open the resources tab of the web inspector.
*Look for a resource for the video under the other folder. It's named videoplayback in YouTube. If it doesn't show up, try reloading the page.
*Double-click the resource to open it.
*Focus the location bar and press option-return to download the video. If you try to save the page, Safari only saves an empty file.
Note that some sites like twitch.tv use multiple resources for long videos.
Another option is to use youtube-dl. You can install it with brew install youtube-dl after installing Homebrew. Some examples:
youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1234567
youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1234567 --extract-audio
youtube-dl http://www.twitch.tv/b/1234567 -o ~/Downloads/'%(uploader)s %(title)s %(id)s.%(ext)s'
pbpaste|grep -o 'https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=[0-9]*'|parallel youtube-dl -o '%(id)s %(title)s.%(ext)s'
curl -s http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/someusername/uploads|grep -o 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[^&]*'|sort -u|parallel youtube-dl
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2144f37ae2386d97aa6fdca71d21d74197cc64fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Delete TotalFinder Mavericks since I updated to mavericks. I do not use totalFinder anymore. I deleted it first, but on every start i get this failure message.
I already searched the developer site for help. But nothing helped. http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/uninstallation
Do you know any trick how to delete everything from this application?
A: There is probably a login item that is attempting to run it still in your user account.
In System Preferences select Users & Groups then your account in the left hand list. To the right select Login Items and browse the list. When you find TotalFinder click on the small '-' at the bottom of the list.
This should fix it.
If that doesn't work and the Uninstaller they give you doesn't work then I suspect their uninstaller is running into a permissions problem caused by the upgrade to Mavericks. I would try a reinstall and then uninstall.
| Q: Delete TotalFinder Mavericks since I updated to mavericks. I do not use totalFinder anymore. I deleted it first, but on every start i get this failure message.
I already searched the developer site for help. But nothing helped. http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/uninstallation
Do you know any trick how to delete everything from this application?
A: There is probably a login item that is attempting to run it still in your user account.
In System Preferences select Users & Groups then your account in the left hand list. To the right select Login Items and browse the list. When you find TotalFinder click on the small '-' at the bottom of the list.
This should fix it.
If that doesn't work and the Uninstaller they give you doesn't work then I suspect their uninstaller is running into a permissions problem caused by the upgrade to Mavericks. I would try a reinstall and then uninstall.
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1cde3b6f812b5ee8f9176264195ab1e52cc3cc03 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Backup software like Time Machine and CrashPlan combined? Is there a good backup software that combines Time Machine snapshot functionality on local level with CrashPlan remote backups as well? I am currently using both, but find both unsatisfactory.
My main problem with Time Machine is that it consumes a lot of resources and not playing nice. I have a pretty new beefy MacBook and I just know when TM starts running. Everything gets slow and it heats up. Check the processes, and sure enough backupd is at the top.
With CrashPlan I have less of a problem. It is generally very nice piece of software. But recently it is getting stuck for some reason and only know when I get notification by email that there were no backups for 2-3 days. Also it is quite bulky, and also UI is very ugly and not Mac-like.
Any recommendations?
Thanks!
A: I am a big fan of Arq (http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/), which works just like TimeMachine but with remote backups on Amazon S3/Glacier.
| Q: Backup software like Time Machine and CrashPlan combined? Is there a good backup software that combines Time Machine snapshot functionality on local level with CrashPlan remote backups as well? I am currently using both, but find both unsatisfactory.
My main problem with Time Machine is that it consumes a lot of resources and not playing nice. I have a pretty new beefy MacBook and I just know when TM starts running. Everything gets slow and it heats up. Check the processes, and sure enough backupd is at the top.
With CrashPlan I have less of a problem. It is generally very nice piece of software. But recently it is getting stuck for some reason and only know when I get notification by email that there were no backups for 2-3 days. Also it is quite bulky, and also UI is very ugly and not Mac-like.
Any recommendations?
Thanks!
A: I am a big fan of Arq (http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/), which works just like TimeMachine but with remote backups on Amazon S3/Glacier.
A: Try out SuperDuper!, a free-if-you-want-it-and-paid-if-you-want-additional-features app. Go to the nearest electronic store and grab yourself a external hard drive if you don't have one. (Judging by crashplan and time machine backups, I assume you have one.)
When you come inside SuperDuper, then click from, and then choose your hard drive. At the to, click disk image.
Then, make a disk image on the new external drive or time capsule or whatever, and then name it the time and date at your time zone. Then click copy.
Now, every time you launch the app, make sure you make another disk image to prevent overwriting.
A: Time Machine supports remote backups with some limitations (many of which have workarounds). I've been using it over LAN for a while with no problems and not too much CPU usage, so I'm not sure why you're having CPU usage problems.
The best alternative IMO is Carbon Copy Cloner. It supports remote backups and gives you tons of customization including fully bootable backups (unlike TM), though it has no "snapshot" feature like Time Machine. It was freeware but is now $30, BUT you can still download the old freeware version (3.4.7) from here. It's no longer supported and claims that it's meant for 10.4 and 10.5, but I've been using it forever in 10.6 through 10.9 with no problems and have relied on its bootable backups several times.
Another answer mentions SuperDuper!. I haven't used it in a long time, but I remember it not being as good. Can't hurt to try both.
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0f98169d9294749f3de041e261f30efbee591cf2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to fix iBooks "Two pages" mode I have a number of books in iBooks on my MacBook. All of them were showing nicely in "Two Pages" mode, until I clicked the "Show Notes" button, on two of them. Those books changed to "Single Page" mode and the "Two Pages" option under "View" is now disabled, even after disabling "Show Notes Panel" under "View".
I've already tried deleting everything under the /Users/jonasmatser/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks directory and adding the books back to the emptied iBooks application, but that didn't help.
Any suggestions what other preferences or files I could try to delete or other things I could do to get those books back in "Two Pages" mode?
A: I've experienced this problem before, and I managed to get back two-page functionality by switching iBooks to full screen mode. You also might be able to get it back by adjusting the iBooks window size -- the bug appears to be triggered when iBooks assumes there isn't enough space in the window to display both pages.
| Q: How to fix iBooks "Two pages" mode I have a number of books in iBooks on my MacBook. All of them were showing nicely in "Two Pages" mode, until I clicked the "Show Notes" button, on two of them. Those books changed to "Single Page" mode and the "Two Pages" option under "View" is now disabled, even after disabling "Show Notes Panel" under "View".
I've already tried deleting everything under the /Users/jonasmatser/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks directory and adding the books back to the emptied iBooks application, but that didn't help.
Any suggestions what other preferences or files I could try to delete or other things I could do to get those books back in "Two Pages" mode?
A: I've experienced this problem before, and I managed to get back two-page functionality by switching iBooks to full screen mode. You also might be able to get it back by adjusting the iBooks window size -- the bug appears to be triggered when iBooks assumes there isn't enough space in the window to display both pages.
A: Click Zoom Out in the View drop-down menu to make the text font size smaller until Two Pages is a live button.
A: Manually drag the window corner while in single page. Once large enough, iBook will sometimes auto resize to double page. Worked for me.
A: Click and drag the border to make the book window wider. Once you get to a certain width, it will go back to two page mode.
A: *
*View -> Hide Notes Panel
*View -> Two Pages
A: Click on the aA fonts, then see if scrolling view button is on green; if so, just turn it off and you should be all set. This happened to me and I tried everything before going to Apple Store where they quickly got me back to 2 page view by doing this simple step!!!
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2bfb7ac1e349d10b961e672752ec3f39d5e4053f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Rename various folders ignoring current name with Better Finder Rename I have the following folders
trip to xxx
folder-temp
pic-temp
my-xxx-videos
I wanna rename all the folders to "my-folders1", "my-folders2" and so on.
I am using better finder rename but I don't see an option that lets me completely remove any folder name and replace it with something else. Any ideas?
I already know how the incrementing number work.
A: Maybe it's easier to open Terminal, go the the parent folder and run
i=0
for f in *; do
if [[ -d "$f" ]]; then
mv "$f" my-folders$i
((i=i+1))
fi
done
| Q: Rename various folders ignoring current name with Better Finder Rename I have the following folders
trip to xxx
folder-temp
pic-temp
my-xxx-videos
I wanna rename all the folders to "my-folders1", "my-folders2" and so on.
I am using better finder rename but I don't see an option that lets me completely remove any folder name and replace it with something else. Any ideas?
I already know how the incrementing number work.
A: Maybe it's easier to open Terminal, go the the parent folder and run
i=0
for f in *; do
if [[ -d "$f" ]]; then
mv "$f" my-folders$i
((i=i+1))
fi
done
A: You can 'completely remove any folder name and replace it with something else' using the Completely rename action, available from Advanced & Special:
This feature simply renames a file to the new name specified above. This is useful in combination with the droplet feature.
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e9f76cc6060041e8016a6c5a9d113f6ac3561b52 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS does not move mails to junk folder I'm using Mail on iOS with an IMAP account. When I flag an email and choos "move to junk" the emails disapears from my inbox. After syncing the account again the email is back in the inbox.
Checking the inbox at OSX shows it marked as spam and it's still in the inbox.
How can I make Mail on iOS doing what the label states: Mark the email as spam and move it to the junk folder?
A: I'm not at all sure this will work for you, but since nobody else has responded...
I set up a manual email account yesterday on both Mac and iOS, and my ISP warned me that both on Mac and on iPhone I needed to add "INBOX" as the IMAP Path Prefix in the Advanced Settings for the account, or else I would have trouble moving messages from Inbox to Trash and Junk. I was having a similar problem moving messages to Trash, and that did the trick. You might give it a try, since it's easy to undo if it doesn't work.
| Q: iOS does not move mails to junk folder I'm using Mail on iOS with an IMAP account. When I flag an email and choos "move to junk" the emails disapears from my inbox. After syncing the account again the email is back in the inbox.
Checking the inbox at OSX shows it marked as spam and it's still in the inbox.
How can I make Mail on iOS doing what the label states: Mark the email as spam and move it to the junk folder?
A: I'm not at all sure this will work for you, but since nobody else has responded...
I set up a manual email account yesterday on both Mac and iOS, and my ISP warned me that both on Mac and on iPhone I needed to add "INBOX" as the IMAP Path Prefix in the Advanced Settings for the account, or else I would have trouble moving messages from Inbox to Trash and Junk. I was having a similar problem moving messages to Trash, and that did the trick. You might give it a try, since it's easy to undo if it doesn't work.
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4af704b3a891f6b1ff45ac2beef522ba77f86290 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook forgetting display arrangement My Mac seems to be forgetting display arrangements for external monitors. It doesn't matter what type of connector it is (Tried Apple converter to VGA as well as non-apple to DVI). Within only a few hours after unplugging the display it will be reset.
Has anyone seen anything about similar issues? Is it maybe Mavericks-related?
A: Deleting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist as well as all files in ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost which began with com.apple.windowserver seems to have fixed the issue.
| Q: MacBook forgetting display arrangement My Mac seems to be forgetting display arrangements for external monitors. It doesn't matter what type of connector it is (Tried Apple converter to VGA as well as non-apple to DVI). Within only a few hours after unplugging the display it will be reset.
Has anyone seen anything about similar issues? Is it maybe Mavericks-related?
A: Deleting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist as well as all files in ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost which began with com.apple.windowserver seems to have fixed the issue.
A: As of 2022 the only thing that worked for me is displayplacer tool
https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer
Disclaimer: I am not the creator and I am not related to this tool
Tutorial
brew tap jakehilborn/jakehilborn
brew install displayplacer
displayplacer list
# copy the last command, it is going to be similar to this
displayplacer "id:18173D22-3EC6-E735-EEB4-B003BF681F30+F466F621-B5FA-04A0-0800-CFA6C258DECD res:1440x900 scaling:on origin:(0,0) degree:0" "id:4C405A05-8798-553B-3550-F93E7A7722BB res:768x1360 hz:60 color_depth:8 scaling:off origin:(1440,0) degree:90" "id:A46D2F5E-487B-CC69-C588-ECFD519016E5 mode:3 origin:(-1440,0) degree:270"
Now that you have this command you can run it as a shortcut (Shortcuts app from Apple) and stop wasting so much time configuring screens
Tutorial Shorcuts app
*
*Open Shorcuts built-in app
*Create a new shortcut
# source lines are needed to add programs to path in shorcuts terminal
source ~/.zprofile
source ~/.zshrc
displayplacer "id:18173D22-3EC6-E735-EEB4-B003BF681F30+F466F621-B5FA-04A0-0800-CFA6C258DECD res:1440x900 scaling:on origin:(0,0) degree:0" "id:4C405A05-8798-553B-3550-F93E7A7722BB res:768x1360 hz:60 color_depth:8 scaling:off origin:(1440,0) degree:90" "id:A46D2F5E-487B-CC69-C588-ECFD519016E5 mode:3 origin:(-1440,0) degree:270"
*
*Add a keyboard shortcut and add it to menu bar if wanted
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f39a0b6806f777cd30a37cb408414618b411d91c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Use Apple's Server Admin Tools to Force Inherit Permissions We have our work drive (let's call it Drive2014) and we have our archive drive (Drive2013). Every file on Drive2013 is read-only and must remain that way. When I drag a file from Drive2013 to Drive2014, I need the file to inherit the permissions from it's new home on Drive2014.
I tried How do I use chmod on a Mac to make new files inherit parent directory permissions? but this is only applicable after the file has been copied.
Someone mentioned that what I want to do is feasible through Apple's Server Admin Tools. I'm running the latest version of OS X Mavericks Server all up to date.
A: *
*Open Server.app and select your server from the services list.
*Go to the Storage tab.
*Browse to the folder location that you wish to inherit permissions from.
*Click the gear at the bottom, and select Propagate Permissions…
*Choose the permissions you wish to propagate and click OK.
| Q: Use Apple's Server Admin Tools to Force Inherit Permissions We have our work drive (let's call it Drive2014) and we have our archive drive (Drive2013). Every file on Drive2013 is read-only and must remain that way. When I drag a file from Drive2013 to Drive2014, I need the file to inherit the permissions from it's new home on Drive2014.
I tried How do I use chmod on a Mac to make new files inherit parent directory permissions? but this is only applicable after the file has been copied.
Someone mentioned that what I want to do is feasible through Apple's Server Admin Tools. I'm running the latest version of OS X Mavericks Server all up to date.
A: *
*Open Server.app and select your server from the services list.
*Go to the Storage tab.
*Browse to the folder location that you wish to inherit permissions from.
*Click the gear at the bottom, and select Propagate Permissions…
*Choose the permissions you wish to propagate and click OK.
A: What you need to use is ACLs (instead of POSIX) permissions. Luckily, you don't need Mac OS server to use ACLs. They are available right from the Terminal of any recent Mac OS X version. From Terminal, you will simply use the "chmod" command to apply ACLs to your Drive2014. The ACL command you will use should include ",file_inherit,directory_inherit,".
Full details of the "chmod" command are available here:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/chmod.1.html
And, the perfect solution to your question (with command examples) has already been answered well here:
How do I use chmod on a Mac to make new files inherit parent directory permissions?
Make sure to read that post to the end as they have made a few corrections along the way.
A: sudo serveradmin settings smb:directorymask = 775
sudo serveradmin settings smb:creationmask = 775
A: I found a simple solution that allows you to designate a permission to parent folders and ensure that all contents will inherit those permissions. In your case, you want two parent folder with distinct sharing permissions (Drive 2013 and Drive 2014 folders).
*
*On your Mac, right click on the desired parent folder and select "Get Info."
*You may have to click the padlock icon located at the bottom right of the info screen and enter the admin password to make changes.
*Make the desired revisions to the sharing permissions, and remember that the next step will propagate those sharing permissions into every file and subfolder contained within the parent folder.
*Click on the utility icon at the bottom of the info screen (shaped like a gear) and click "apply to enclosed items." The system will notify you that all content within the parent folder will inherit the same sharing permissions, and this is what you want.
You can follow the same steps for both the 2013 and 2014 folders and set different permission for each. If you drag a file from the 2013 folder and drop it in the 2014 folder, the file will inherit the sharing permissions of the 2014 folder.
This link may explain this better than I did: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1549
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e128df159aaf800fed6e7de45c2245028c2c0ef0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I list my open network ports with netstat? I would like to list my open network ports in Terminal with built in commands. As what I know, netstat is the command to use. But I'm struggling to get any useful information out of it.
How can I list my open ports with netstat? Any specific flags that helps me in this case?
A: Based on @kroolk's great answer, I would suggest this one-liner:
netstat -Watnlv | grep LISTEN | awk '{"ps -ww -o args= -p " $9 | getline procname;colred="\033[01;31m";colclr="\033[0m"; print colred "proto: " colclr $1 colred " | addr.port: " colclr $4 colred " | pid: " colclr $9 colred " | name: " colclr procname; }' | column -t -s "|"
...which will not truncate the output of ps (at least on my mac) and give the full command including arguments :-)
| Q: How can I list my open network ports with netstat? I would like to list my open network ports in Terminal with built in commands. As what I know, netstat is the command to use. But I'm struggling to get any useful information out of it.
How can I list my open ports with netstat? Any specific flags that helps me in this case?
A: Based on @kroolk's great answer, I would suggest this one-liner:
netstat -Watnlv | grep LISTEN | awk '{"ps -ww -o args= -p " $9 | getline procname;colred="\033[01;31m";colclr="\033[0m"; print colred "proto: " colclr $1 colred " | addr.port: " colclr $4 colred " | pid: " colclr $9 colred " | name: " colclr procname; }' | column -t -s "|"
...which will not truncate the output of ps (at least on my mac) and give the full command including arguments :-)
A: netstat -anvp tcp | awk 'NR<3 || /LISTEN/'
Active Internet connections (including servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state) rhiwat shiwat pid epid state options
tcp46 0 0 *.62981 *.* LISTEN 131072 131072 34548 0 0x0100 0x00000006
…
sudo lsof -PiTCP -sTCP:LISTEN
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
BetterTou 34548 grgarside 20u IPv4 0xa42a1d0ade5d3585 0t0 TCP *:62981 (LISTEN)
BetterTou 34548 grgarside 21u IPv6 0xa42a1d0ad67f7a5d 0t0 TCP *:62981 (LISTEN)
…
A: First, I'm not a BSD expert, but like the OP I wanted the rough equivalent of running the following on a *nix box, or something close:
netstat -tulpn
I read other questions/answers offering lsof* and netstat* on MacOS, and I still wanted something with more compact output. So, this is what I quick put together:
netstat -Watnlv | grep LISTEN | awk '{"ps -o comm= -p " $9 | getline procname;colred="\033[01;31m";colclr="\033[0m"; print cred "proto: " colclr $1 colred " | addr.port: " colclr $4 colred " | pid: " colclr $9 colred " | name: " colclr procname; }' | column -t -s "|"
It's a bit overkill, so I added color to the output for good measure. Since I'm not going to be able to remember, or want to type, this behemoth. I put it in a bash function and then just call that when needed. Here is said bash function:
macnst (){
netstat -Watnlv | grep LISTEN | awk '{"ps -o comm= -p " $9 | getline procname;colred="\033[01;31m";colclr="\033[0m"; print colred "proto: " colclr $1 colred " | addr.port: " colclr $4 colred " | pid: " colclr $9 colred " | name: " colclr procname; }' | column -t -s "|"
}
I have a small collection of these convenience functions in a file that I source from ~/.bash_profile, or ~/.zshrc. This is being added to the collection. It'd be interesting to see other opportunities to make this nicer/slimmer.
Sample Output:
> macns
proto: tcp4 addr.port: 127.0.0.1.9999 pid: 70078 name: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_162.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
proto: tcp46 addr.port: *.35729 pid: 70078 name: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_162.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
proto: tcp46 addr.port: *.62087 pid: 70078 name: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_162.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
proto: tcp46 addr.port: *.62070 pid: 70078 name: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_162.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
proto: tcp46 addr.port: *.62085 pid: 70078 name: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_162.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
proto: tcp4 addr.port: *.61993 pid: 70043 name: /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/MacOS/idea
proto: tcp46 addr.port: *.61992 pid: 70065 name: /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java
proto: tcp4 addr.port: 127.0.0.1.42329 pid: 70065 name: /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java
proto: tcp4 addr.port: 127.0.0.1.61983 pid: 70043 name: /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java
proto: tcp4 addr.port: 127.0.0.1.63342 pid: 70043 name: /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java
proto: tcp4 addr.port: 127.0.0.1.6942 pid: 70043 name: /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java
proto: tcp4 addr.port: 127.0.0.1.3075 pid: 67931 name: /Applications/electerm.app/Contents/Frameworks/electerm Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/electerm Helper
proto: tcp6 addr.port: *.58640 pid: 320 name: /usr/libexec/rapportd
proto: tcp4 addr.port: *.58640 pid: 320 name: /usr/libexec/rapportd
proto: tcp4 addr.port: 127.0.0.1.9770 pid: 71 name: /Applications/Pritunl.app/Contents/Resources/pritunl-service
A: The simplest method is to use netstat:
$ netstat -ap tcp
Active Internet connections (including servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state)
tcp4 0 0 10.0.2.23.58792 17.172.233.109.5223 ESTABLISHED
tcp4 87 0 my_iMac__at_home.55481 stackoverflow.co.http ESTABLISHED
tcp4 116 0 my_iMac__at_home.55478 stackoverflow.co.http ESTABLISHED
tcp4 58 0 my_iMac__at_home.63452 stackoverflow.co.http ESTABLISHED
tcp4 87 0 my_iMac__at_home.63429 stackoverflow.co.http ESTABLISHED
tcp4 0 0 localhost.63173 localhost.773 ESTABLISHED
tcp4 0 0 localhost.773 localhost.63173 ESTABLISHED
tcp4 0 0 localhost.63173 *.* LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 localhost.63172 *.* LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 localhost.ipp *.* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 localhost.ipp *.* LISTEN
…without any added filtering, so as to get the correct headers, and
to see both servers listening, and connections already established in both directions.
In this example, the 1st line exhibits a connexion from my Mac toward
17.172.233.109, which a further:
whois 17.172.233.109
taught me it is located at Apple.
A: maybe you can use lsof:
lsof -Pn -i4
-i4 means only show ipv4 address and ports
-P and -n fast output
output like this
➜ lsof -Pn -i4 | grep LISTEN
QQPlatfor 22767 xxxx 15u IPv4 0x36c2bfa04e49385d 0t0 TCP *:49969 (LISTEN)
GoAgentX 33377 xxxx 4u IPv4 0x36c2bfa06e68b12d 0t0 TCP *:56154 (LISTEN)
GoAgentX 33377 xxxx 20u IPv4 0x36c2bfa04e492f8d 0t0 TCP 127.0.0.1:56155 (LISTEN)
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d14c6fc8082ff901ee634f4d15a70af7d577efdc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Piping multiple commands I would like to run the following command and pipe stout of both to TextEdit:
pmset -g; echo; pmset -g assertions | open -f -a TextEdit
This doesn't work, it only executes the latter:
How?
A: ()'s combine the commands into a single process, concatenating them to stdout:
(pmset -g; echo; pmset -g assertions) | open -f -a TextEdit
| Q: Piping multiple commands I would like to run the following command and pipe stout of both to TextEdit:
pmset -g; echo; pmset -g assertions | open -f -a TextEdit
This doesn't work, it only executes the latter:
How?
A: ()'s combine the commands into a single process, concatenating them to stdout:
(pmset -g; echo; pmset -g assertions) | open -f -a TextEdit
A: Aahhh, bash redirection :-
( pmset -g && echo && pmset -g assertions ) | open -f -a TextEdit
That runs your commands as a single bash command (that's the effect of &&) in a sub-shell (which is what wrapping it in the () does) and redirects the output of the sub-shell into TextEdit for you. You technically don't have to use && instead of ; but the effect of changing it is that if any of the commands fail it will stop the entire chain at that point.
Note: In your example all the commands are being run (as you can prove by just running pmset -g; echo; pmset -g assertions at the command line), it's just that you are applying the pipe to only the last one. That's why it needs to be run in a subshell.
Note: that you could replace the | character with > and send the output to a file if you wish.
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b1cbbb50af17a69807fd3141eff4fa2465f35463 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes starts playing music without explanation For no apparent reason, iTunes starts playing music on my iMac running OS X 10.9.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2119211?start=15&tstart=0
I have to close itunes 10 times an hour. How do I fix this?
A: First step would be to turn off the IR receiver and BlueTooth.
The infra-red receiver can be disabled in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Advanced. BlueTooth in System Preferences > BlueTooth.
You might also try cleaning out the headphone port (gently) with a toothpick and some rubbing alcohol and plugging in a set of headphones.
All of this is to make sure that some extraneous hardware input isn't causing the problem.
If that doesn't fix it then run Activity Monitor and kill the process iTunes Helper and see what happens. If it's something in the System then iTunes Helper will rerun when the problem occurs. If it's a problem with iTunes Helper then killing it should stop the problem. Of course iTunes Helper will rerun when you reboot or run iTunes manually but you will at least get more information.
| Q: iTunes starts playing music without explanation For no apparent reason, iTunes starts playing music on my iMac running OS X 10.9.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2119211?start=15&tstart=0
I have to close itunes 10 times an hour. How do I fix this?
A: First step would be to turn off the IR receiver and BlueTooth.
The infra-red receiver can be disabled in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Advanced. BlueTooth in System Preferences > BlueTooth.
You might also try cleaning out the headphone port (gently) with a toothpick and some rubbing alcohol and plugging in a set of headphones.
All of this is to make sure that some extraneous hardware input isn't causing the problem.
If that doesn't fix it then run Activity Monitor and kill the process iTunes Helper and see what happens. If it's something in the System then iTunes Helper will rerun when the problem occurs. If it's a problem with iTunes Helper then killing it should stop the problem. Of course iTunes Helper will rerun when you reboot or run iTunes manually but you will at least get more information.
A: I experienced this same problem and frustrated to no end.
Specifically for me, I have a jambox that I use for conference calling on my iphone as well as listening to music, news, etc. While the device is paired to both my iphone and my macbook, the jambox for whatever reason is telling my macbook to keep starting itunes and plying a song. I don't tell the jambox to do this by pushing any buttons, it just does it by itself. As a result, the jambox is unpaired from my macbook. something is flaky and I don't have the time to chase it down but the fix is to manually unpairing of the jabot from both devices does it for me.
Hope it helps somebody else and save you a bunch of time and frustration trying to keep the device paired with two music sources.
A: I have my Mac connected to my Bose Bluetooth speaker. After a while of non-use, the Bose automatically shuts down. For some reason, this signals iTunes to start playing through the Mac speakers. I don't know how to prevent that, but that's what I figured out was happening.
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1c87ce5798d69c78f10f84c8cc7875b6e90c551c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Connect 2 external monitors with MacBook Pro I recently got an MacBook Pro (Retina) 15" from my office. I prefer to use my laptop as a desktop. So I have a docking station for my Dell which I used to connect to 2 external monitors, keyboard and mouse. I use both OS X as well as Windows via Boot Camp.
Is there anything similar for new MacBook Pro (Retina)?
If not a docking station what would be better alternative to connect 2 external Dell monitors (supporting resolution of 1920 * 1080)?
A: You're looking for a HengeDock Retina Dock. I have one similar, except mine is for a previous version of Macbook instead of Retina.
You can pre-order them on their site.
| Q: Connect 2 external monitors with MacBook Pro I recently got an MacBook Pro (Retina) 15" from my office. I prefer to use my laptop as a desktop. So I have a docking station for my Dell which I used to connect to 2 external monitors, keyboard and mouse. I use both OS X as well as Windows via Boot Camp.
Is there anything similar for new MacBook Pro (Retina)?
If not a docking station what would be better alternative to connect 2 external Dell monitors (supporting resolution of 1920 * 1080)?
A: You're looking for a HengeDock Retina Dock. I have one similar, except mine is for a previous version of Macbook instead of Retina.
You can pre-order them on their site.
A: If you have an Apple Thunderbolt Display, then you don't need a dock at all. You simply plug the display into one of the Thunderbolt ports of the Mac, and use the display as the dock. It has lots of ports on the back - including several USB ports, a gigabit Ethernet port, another Thunderbolt port, etc.
You can plug another Thunderbolt display (daisy-chained) into the Thunderbolt port of the display, or if you have a DVI display you can plug that into the second Thunderbolt port of the MacBook Pro with an adapter, or you could plug an HDMI monitor into the HDMI port on the right-hand side of the Mac.
You can also daisy chain an HDMI or DVI monitor via the Thunderbolt display, but only if it goes via an additional device.
A: I have a MacBook Pro Retina. I connected a 27" Asus Display directly to the HDMI port, and a 27" Samsung Display to the Thunderbolt port through a DVI to VGA adapter.
I now have three displays stacked horizontally, with quite some nice real estate. Both external displays are 1920 x 1080 and have the Mac with Retina resolution of 2560 x 1600. You can do at least the same with your 15" MacBook Pro Retina.
Hope this helps!!
A: Belkin offer the Thunderbolt Express Dock which will do what you want.
http://www.belkin.com/au/p/P-F4U055/
Matrox have a similar product but it has less ports.
http://www.matrox.com/docking_station/en/ds1/
I was not able to confirm either can run two monitors but at worst you would have to plug the other monitor into the other Thunderbolt port or HDMI port on the Mac.
If you just want the two monitors then you can plug a Mini DisplayPort to DVI cable into both the Thunderbolt ports or run one monitor DVI and the other via HDMI (leaving a Thunderbolt port free).
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5dd6e25774a2db31d0c39426a196b2098e6fe5fa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Play a sound alert when Finder is done copying files I would like Finder to play a sound alert when it is done copying files. How can I do this? I'm using Mavericks.
| Q: Play a sound alert when Finder is done copying files I would like Finder to play a sound alert when it is done copying files. How can I do this? I'm using Mavericks.
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dea061abe26ca1d8de3f56f5db8f245c4732a85d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Finder open new Finder tab in the same directory Is it possible to configure finder in Mavericks to open new tab (by clicking plus sign or cmd+t) in the same directory by default?
A: Another similar approach to the one described by Lizzan but which doesn't need the path bar to be visible is to Cmd-click on the current folder in the title bar of your Finder window. This drops down a list of the hierarchical path to the current folder - so the 2nd entry in the list (after the current folder itself) is the parent of the current folder. If you cmd-click on the parent folder it will open in a new tab. To minimise the clicks required if you cmd-click and hold the cmd-click down then when you release it on the parent folder it will open in a new tab.
This approach is very useful if the folder you want in the new tab is actually a sibling of the current folder in the path hierarchy.
| Q: Finder open new Finder tab in the same directory Is it possible to configure finder in Mavericks to open new tab (by clicking plus sign or cmd+t) in the same directory by default?
A: Another similar approach to the one described by Lizzan but which doesn't need the path bar to be visible is to Cmd-click on the current folder in the title bar of your Finder window. This drops down a list of the hierarchical path to the current folder - so the 2nd entry in the list (after the current folder itself) is the parent of the current folder. If you cmd-click on the parent folder it will open in a new tab. To minimise the clicks required if you cmd-click and hold the cmd-click down then when you release it on the parent folder it will open in a new tab.
This approach is very useful if the folder you want in the new tab is actually a sibling of the current folder in the path hierarchy.
A: Press cmd + ctrl + o in Finder without any selection (otherwise you will open-tab to the selection if it's a folder instead).
cmd + ctrl + o will open a new tab in the same folder as the currently opened folder.
No need for any extra things in OS X for this ;-)
A: There is another way to accomplish opening a new tab in the same location, if you don't absolutely need to have it as standard.
Open a Finder window and make sure that the Path bar is shown either by going to View -> Show Path Bar or by pressing ⌥⌘P. You then get the folder hierarchy in a bar at the bottom of the window. Just hold ⌘ and double click any item in that bar to open that folder in a new tab (or new window if not using tabs).
A: It's possible to create a automator action and turn it to a service, which you can assign a keyboard shortcut too.
Open automator > select create new service > where it says "service receives selected" choose [files or folder] > where it says "in" choose [Finder.app]
Then find the automator action "reveal finder items" and drag it in. That's it. Save it as a service and then go to keyboard prefs and assign it something like ⌃⌘O. Now when you have a folder selected in finder and do that shortcut it will open a new tap to that location.
It's not perfect. I think I like the Command click title and then command click folder technique better but I thought I'd put it out there.
Please write to apple in their feedback page requesting an official finder preference for "new Finder tabs show:" [last opened directory] or [current directory] Maybe they will include in 10.10.
A: In Monterey and later versions of MacOS:
press the Command key while you double-click the folder.
The folder opens in a new tab or window, depending on your Finder preferences.
A: No, there's no option to do this. The new tab uses the following setting from Finder preferences. There's no option to use the current location or a different location for tabs.
A: There's a Finder add-on/replacement called TotalFinder, which has (among other finder tweaks) an option to open new tabs with the location of the last active tab/window.
It's commercial software ($18USD at the time of writing) so probably only worth it if you also want its other features & tweaks.
A: Add this to complex modifications in Karabiner. Basically it will simulate go up once, go down once, then cmd + ctrl + o. The first two to make sure nothing is selected.
It is a bit slow though.
If you have a better idea of how to simulate the unselecting of anything then let me know. Maybe up will not work on /.
"description": "momomo.com.karabiner.finder.new.tab.in.same.location",
"manipulators": [
{
"conditions": [
{
"bundle_identifiers": [
"^com.apple.finder"
],
"type": "frontmost_application_if"
}
],
"from": {
"key_code": "t",
"modifiers": {
"mandatory": [
"left_command"
]
}
},
"to": [
{
"key_code": "up_arrow",
"modifiers": [
"left_command"
]
},
{
"key_code": "down_arrow",
"modifiers": [
"left_command"
]
},
{
"key_code": "o",
"modifiers": [
"left_command",
"left_control"
]
}
],
"type": "basic"
}
]
}
Updated version, better, faster:
"description": "momomo.com.karabiner.finder.new.tab.in.same.location",
"manipulators": [
{
"conditions": [
{
"bundle_identifiers": [
"^com.apple.finder",
"^com.cocoatech.PathFinder"
],
"type": "frontmost_application_if"
}
],
"from": {
"key_code": "t",
"modifiers": {
"mandatory": [
"left_command"
]
}
},
"to": [
{
"key_code": "a",
"modifiers": [
"left_command",
"left_option"
]
},
{
"key_code": "o",
"modifiers": [
"left_command",
"left_control"
]
}
],
"type": "basic"
}
]
In Monterey the above no longer works, and this is an updated but with some quirks:
[
{
"conditions": [
{
"bundle_identifiers": [
"^com.apple.finder",
"^com.cocoatech.PathFinder"
],
"type": "frontmost_application_if"
}
],
"from": {
"key_code": "t",
"modifiers": {
"mandatory": [
"left_command"
]
}
},
"to": [
{
"key_code": "up_arrow",
"modifiers": [
"left_command",
"left_control"
]
}
],
"parameters": {
"basic.to_delayed_action_delay_milliseconds": 275
},
"to_delayed_action": {
"to_if_invoked": [
{
"key_code": "o",
"modifiers": [
"left_command"
]
}
]
},
"type": "basic"
}
]
Note that for monterey, you need to COMMAND + T, and then release only T, holding down command for command + o to work. This is because to_delayed_action does not generate modifiers for some wierd reason but removing the modifier part also don't work. So it has to be there, yet it does not do it basically.
Ignore the previous ones for BigSur/Monterey and use this instead:
[
{
"conditions": [
{
"bundle_identifiers": [
"^com.apple.finder",
"^com.cocoatech.PathFinder"
],
"type": "frontmost_application_if"
}
],
"from": {
"key_code": "t",
"modifiers": {
"mandatory": [
"left_command"
]
}
},
"to": [
{
"key_code": "up_arrow",
"modifiers": [
"left_command",
"left_control"
]
}
],
"parameters": {
"basic.to_delayed_action_delay_milliseconds": 300
},
"to_delayed_action": {
"to_if_invoked": [
{
"key_code": "o",
"modifiers": [
"right_command"
]
}
]
},
"type": "basic"
}
]
A: In Monterey the Finder window pull-down menu (circle with 3 dots) has an "Open in New Tab" command. I assigned that a keyboard shortcut, ^⌥⌘T, problem solved!
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8ea4ab7c124da6826be50da14d8fa881597c2829 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I install Darwin 13 on OS X 10.9.1? I've recently bought a MacBook with OS X 10.9 and I've just updated it to 10.9.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 64-bit).
I'd like to install the version 13 of Darwin.
I've done everything proposed by this website, but when I try to make xnu, I have this error message:
Generating libkern/version.h from /Users/xxxx/Downloads/xnu-2422.1.72/libkern/libkern/version.h.template
install: target ‘version.h’ is not a directory
make[5]: *** [version.h] Error 1
make[4]: *** [build_exporthdrs_mi] Error 2
make[3]: *** [build_exporthdrs_mi_recurse_into_libkern] Error 2
make[2]: *** [build_exporthdrs_mi_recurse_into_libkern] Error 2
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [build_exporthdrs_mi_bootstrap_RELEASE^X86_64^NONE] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
A: The problem is somewhere with my bash (I've brewed some GNU utils, it is maybe it). So, I've used zsh and the makecommand compiled great!
| Q: How do I install Darwin 13 on OS X 10.9.1? I've recently bought a MacBook with OS X 10.9 and I've just updated it to 10.9.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 64-bit).
I'd like to install the version 13 of Darwin.
I've done everything proposed by this website, but when I try to make xnu, I have this error message:
Generating libkern/version.h from /Users/xxxx/Downloads/xnu-2422.1.72/libkern/libkern/version.h.template
install: target ‘version.h’ is not a directory
make[5]: *** [version.h] Error 1
make[4]: *** [build_exporthdrs_mi] Error 2
make[3]: *** [build_exporthdrs_mi_recurse_into_libkern] Error 2
make[2]: *** [build_exporthdrs_mi_recurse_into_libkern] Error 2
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [build_exporthdrs_mi_bootstrap_RELEASE^X86_64^NONE] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
A: The problem is somewhere with my bash (I've brewed some GNU utils, it is maybe it). So, I've used zsh and the makecommand compiled great!
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a8a7d173df0fec0422feafbba1f14f3aba522f1a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to type a normal quotation mark without auto-substitution? Many apps offer the option to turn off auto-substitution on quotation marks (") such as TextEdit, but many other apps do not have such settings, for example LibreOffice.
So how to type a normal quotation mark in those cases?
A: In OpenOffice and LibreOffice, you go to Format > AutoCorrect > AutoCorrect Options > Localized Options and uncheck the boxes for Replace under Single Quotes and Double Quotes.
| Q: How to type a normal quotation mark without auto-substitution? Many apps offer the option to turn off auto-substitution on quotation marks (") such as TextEdit, but many other apps do not have such settings, for example LibreOffice.
So how to type a normal quotation mark in those cases?
A: In OpenOffice and LibreOffice, you go to Format > AutoCorrect > AutoCorrect Options > Localized Options and uncheck the boxes for Replace under Single Quotes and Double Quotes.
A: Hold down the control key. It works everywhere that uses the System smart quotes. I don't know if LibreOffice does or not.
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7d2a21d7ff98cee3d9380e6c3213227546cb4acf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Show table of contents when opening PDF in Preview Is there any way I can force Preview to always show the table of contents when opening a PDF? Most of the PDFs I use have a ToC, so this would save me the extra step from having to enable the ToC after opening the PDF.
A: This is currently not possible to be set as default in Preview. The closest you can get to this is Preferences → Opening for the first time: Always show sidebar. However, the sidebar that opens is the default thumbnail view, not the TOC.
You can provide feedback to Apple regarding this at the following page:
*
*http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
| Q: Show table of contents when opening PDF in Preview Is there any way I can force Preview to always show the table of contents when opening a PDF? Most of the PDFs I use have a ToC, so this would save me the extra step from having to enable the ToC after opening the PDF.
A: This is currently not possible to be set as default in Preview. The closest you can get to this is Preferences → Opening for the first time: Always show sidebar. However, the sidebar that opens is the default thumbnail view, not the TOC.
You can provide feedback to Apple regarding this at the following page:
*
*http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
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267e80d445de05a4a4d414fc305f03bd63f06d10 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Attempting to update app asks for a different iTunes account password I am trying to update WhatsApp. It is asking me for an iTunes password of a different email address and I can't change it.
I rebooted my phone, signed in and out of iTunes and it is not changing it.
What should I do?
Will I lose the existing conversations if I change the Apple ID following the instructions in the answer provided (I.e. Deleting whatsapp in the old ID and downloading it with the new Apple ID? Or is the conversation linked to the phone number, not the app?
A: The Apple ID being requested will be the Apple ID that was used to purchase the app originally. It can't be changed, since it is linked to the specific app. If you wish to use your Apple ID instead, you can delete the app from the device and re-purchase it in the App Store using the correct Apple ID.
| Q: Attempting to update app asks for a different iTunes account password I am trying to update WhatsApp. It is asking me for an iTunes password of a different email address and I can't change it.
I rebooted my phone, signed in and out of iTunes and it is not changing it.
What should I do?
Will I lose the existing conversations if I change the Apple ID following the instructions in the answer provided (I.e. Deleting whatsapp in the old ID and downloading it with the new Apple ID? Or is the conversation linked to the phone number, not the app?
A: The Apple ID being requested will be the Apple ID that was used to purchase the app originally. It can't be changed, since it is linked to the specific app. If you wish to use your Apple ID instead, you can delete the app from the device and re-purchase it in the App Store using the correct Apple ID.
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4eda21b525dfa0d30a88edc959f5bd20be418ed1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCloud for Automator and services Since Mavericks, Automator is now able to store services (.workflow) in iCloud.
The problem is that services are not available in the Services menu or contextual menu (right-click) when I store them that way.
Am I missing something? I don't see the point of iCloud for Automator if I have to duplicate the services to ~/Library/Services in order to use them.
A: You can save services anywhere, not just iCloud or the correct Service location. Because of this, I used to save services in my Dropbox and symlink them on multiple Macs. With the advent of iCloud, I use this instead, saving my services in iCloud then symlinking them on multiple machines.
Also, iCloud in Automator is not just for services — it'll sync all the Automator files, including workflows and applications.
| Q: iCloud for Automator and services Since Mavericks, Automator is now able to store services (.workflow) in iCloud.
The problem is that services are not available in the Services menu or contextual menu (right-click) when I store them that way.
Am I missing something? I don't see the point of iCloud for Automator if I have to duplicate the services to ~/Library/Services in order to use them.
A: You can save services anywhere, not just iCloud or the correct Service location. Because of this, I used to save services in my Dropbox and symlink them on multiple Macs. With the advent of iCloud, I use this instead, saving my services in iCloud then symlinking them on multiple machines.
Also, iCloud in Automator is not just for services — it'll sync all the Automator files, including workflows and applications.
A: This is how I think it works. When you have Automator services, workflows etc. On Mac1,
Open the service in Automator and click File > Export. In the 'Where' field, choose 'Automator - iCloud' and hit Save. If this is your first time, you will see a new folder under iCloud Drive called 'Automator'.
There are a couple of ways to "Import" to Mac2 based on it you know where your Services folder is located:
*
*You don't know: Open Automator, click File > Duplicate. On the new 'Untitled' window, click File > Save and give it a name. It should save to the appropriate Services folder.
*You know: Simply Open iCloud Drive, folder 'Automator' and drag the file to your Services folder.
Is this iCloud feature just a mitigation for not knowing location of the Services folder? Beats me!
A: I created an alias to the Services folder in iCloud Drive so I can simply duplicate and drag the Automator file. It's not the most elegant solution but the best I came up with.
A:
Am I missing something? I don't see the point of iCloud for Automator if I have to duplicate the services to ~/Library/Services in order to use them.
Unfortunately, this still seems to be the case as of this posting.
I, too, have elected to use symlinks as a workaround. In the spirit of automation, I have a Folder Action monitoring the iCloud Automator directory ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Automator/Documents
The action simply consists of one 'Run Shell Script' action, running /bin/bash passing input as arguments:
# Remove all existing symlinks in ~/Library/Services
find "$HOME/Library/Services" -maxdepth 1 -type l -delete
# For each item currently in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Automator/Documents
allservices=("$HOME/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Automator/Documents/"*)
for f in "${allservices[@]}"; do
# Basename of item
bf=$(basename "$f")
# Exclude all .hidden files and other exclusions
if ! [[ $bf =~ ^\..*$|^Disabled$|^Workflows$ ]]; then
# Add symlink to ~/Library/Services
ln -s "$f" "$HOME/Library/Services/$bf"
fi
done
Admittedly a quick-n-dirty solution (non-production code), I make no promises for file names with obscure characters. The Folder Action is not triggered when a file is deleted, so whenever a file is added to the iCloud Automator directory, or when a file is renamed, the script simply clears and rebuilds the symlinks in the Services directory. That way any deleted service would eventually be properly mirrored as soon as the next service is added or renamed.
I know it's a few years too late, but I just found this thread searching for the same functionality.
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988cc27a7cac26c959f0ae5ffd93cc3e1850a8b8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Equivalent of airodump-ng for Max OS X Is there any equivalent of airodump-ng for Mac OS X (it only runs on linux), providing an overview of the current wireless traffic on nearby Access Points, i.e:
*
*number of captured data packets
*list of devices currently associated with each AP
A: After much frustration with this same problem I found a way to actually use Airodump on my Mac terminal. What I realized is that all of the files that I can successfully execute are located in the directory path
/usr/local/bin/
And it turns out that Airodump was actually on my computer, it was just stored in the path
/usr/local/sbin
And I was unable to execute it from that path. All I did was move Airodump from the /usr/local/sbin path to the /usr/local/bin path and it now works great! I was going crazy for hours and it was that simple
| Q: Equivalent of airodump-ng for Max OS X Is there any equivalent of airodump-ng for Mac OS X (it only runs on linux), providing an overview of the current wireless traffic on nearby Access Points, i.e:
*
*number of captured data packets
*list of devices currently associated with each AP
A: After much frustration with this same problem I found a way to actually use Airodump on my Mac terminal. What I realized is that all of the files that I can successfully execute are located in the directory path
/usr/local/bin/
And it turns out that Airodump was actually on my computer, it was just stored in the path
/usr/local/sbin
And I was unable to execute it from that path. All I did was move Airodump from the /usr/local/sbin path to the /usr/local/bin path and it now works great! I was going crazy for hours and it was that simple
A: You can easily install using homebrew
Do brew install aircrack-ng
Then do
airodump-ng-oui-update to install or update airodump-ng
A: It is possible to use Wireshark with monitor mode enabled to essentially do the job of airodump-ng. This will allow for capture of raw 802.11 frames which will show the traffic from APs and clients. It needs to be remembered that the WiFi device can only listen on one channel at a time so you'll only see the traffic on the channel it's set to. You can choose the channel by associating a desired network before the capture or using the using the airport (/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport) command (e.g. to sniff channel 1 given your WiFi adapter is called en0) :
airport en0 sniff 1
Note that command this will also capture packets to a file (it's name will be printed when the sniff command exits) so one can just use airport to capture and then open the file in Wireshark or just quit the airport command after you have started monitor mode capture and let Wireshark collect them so you can see them in realtime. One can actually change the capture channel whilst Wireshark is running but you may miss packets whilst the channel change occurs.
A: As I don't have a running linix box at present I'm not up on the capabilities of aircrack-ng
Possibles: iStumbler at http:istumbler.net Of the fairly sparse field,this one is probably the most current.
KisMac is a older port of Kismet last released in 2006, but reported to work on Snow Leopard. Haven't tried it.
Another possible useful tool is WireShark. You will need to install XQuartz to use it, as it's an X11 windows app.
A final possibility is to install windows under VirtualBox, Parallels or VMFusion and give it full access to your ethernet cards.
Based on the clarification in your comment, I think wireshark would do what you want if you want to look at traffic.
If you just want to count packets, you can use netstat. This is a terminal program.
(see man netstat)
~/Webwork/sftf
647 ==> netstat -w10
input (Total) output
packets errs bytes packets errs bytes colls
73 0 17551 77 0 11256 0
31 0 4731 41 0 6891 0
-w10 gives you a record every 10 seconds. If you wanted hourly records you'd use -w3600.
Netstat is general purpose. If you have multiple interfaces, you can filter to a given one with the -I flag. You can also do some filtering by protocol, address family.
If you need serious filtering (I want to know how many packets bitorrent sent to the pirate bay last week) then you need either wireshark or tcpdump. (Tcpdump is commandline) Wireshark is basically a GUI on top of tcpdump. Both have their place.
A: I found out that pyrit can achieve a similar result:
*
*Capture wireless traffic with tshark:
sudo tshark -i en1 -I -w wlan.pcap
*Analyze capture with pyrit:
pyrit -r wlan.pcap analyze
A: You can install it using brew
brew install aircrack-ng
Or using port
sudo port install aircrack-ng
A: I am using aircrack-ng on my mac, from the terminal, not emulating another OS. Here is a good page mentioning the relation to other tools, which I think may help you : http://easymactips.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-install-aircrack-on-mac.html
By the way, maybe you already have in the system what you are looking for: hidden in your airport is, from yosemite on, a sniffer. Press option and your wifi icon, you will see the option wireless diagnostics. Command 4 is scan (you see networks, channels, MACs, and other data) and command 6 is sniffer. Give that a try too. Best greetings.
A: Since aircrac-ng lacks both airodump-ng and aireplay-ng[ref. their documentation] you should look into: KisMac2. An open source wireless stumbling and security tool for Mac OS X.
Among other things it:
*
*Shows logged in clients
*Can capture packets (PCAP export possible)
*Reveals hidden SSIDs
*Can perform various attacks like the "deauthentication attack"
They link the zipped .dmg file at the end of the README file: KisMac2.zip.
A: airodump-ng (as aireplay-ng, airbase-ng, airserve-ng, airtun-ng, …) is located in /usr/local/sbin on a Mac.
Therefore you can add this path to your $PATH env variable:
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
When running a new session (opening a new terminal or running source ~..profile) you have access to airodump-ng command and all other aircrack related.
A: Have you tried http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=install_aircrack
It has instructions to install aircrack-ng on Mac.
From the website:
Installing on Mac OSX
The simplest and easiest way to install on Mac OS X is via Macports. You simply do “sudo >port install aircrack-ng”.
Alternatively, use the following instructions:
Make sure you have Xcode installed on your Mac, which can be found on the installer >CD/DVD which came with your Mac. After getting the source you can do a simple “make && >sudo make install” from the untarred directory. When you use the stable, you need to >rename the Makefile.osx to Makefile and when you use the dev version it will autodetect you are using Darwin and compile fine.
Mind you, airodump-ng and aireplay-ng are linux only and will not work under OSX native, so for reinjecting and sniffing you will have to use other means.
If you have an intel Mac check out the VMware Fusion option which is mentioned lower on >this page.
Optional is openssl-dev and sqlite3 which can be installed through fink
A: You might want to try KisMac2 :
https://github.com/IGRSoft/KisMac2
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1a1546eaa53193430010949c676ed52f7ce374ea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does installing Wireshark via homebrew provide a graphical interface? I installed wireshark using homebrew with the command brew install wireshark. Everything seems to install fine and I can use dumpcap to capture packets but now I want to view them. Using a text editor like vi doesn't format some of the output very well due to an abundance of unreadable characters.
It looks like there should be a Wireshark.app to view the trace files with, however, I do not see how to start it.
Any ideas?
A: Type brew options wireshark to show the options provided with wireshark.
To install Wireshark with the UI :
brew install wireshark --with-qt
If you've already installed, you can use the reinstall command instead. This should only download the required qt dependencies.
brew reinstall wireshark --with-qt
| Q: Does installing Wireshark via homebrew provide a graphical interface? I installed wireshark using homebrew with the command brew install wireshark. Everything seems to install fine and I can use dumpcap to capture packets but now I want to view them. Using a text editor like vi doesn't format some of the output very well due to an abundance of unreadable characters.
It looks like there should be a Wireshark.app to view the trace files with, however, I do not see how to start it.
Any ideas?
A: Type brew options wireshark to show the options provided with wireshark.
To install Wireshark with the UI :
brew install wireshark --with-qt
If you've already installed, you can use the reinstall command instead. This should only download the required qt dependencies.
brew reinstall wireshark --with-qt
A: If you use the pre-built Wireshark binaries from http://www.wireshark.org/download.html you get the X11 GUI built in. It calls up X11 on its own (which can take a while to start and make it appear as if Wireshark is broken).
A: The new approach is to use brew install wireshark --with-qt.
The --with-x option no longer works.
More details on the switch to QT: https://blog.wireshark.org/2013/10/switching-to-qt/
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f6647cbfd7d53683696d96b47befd1a13ef32156 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Steps to be done before selling your iPhone I was curious about the things that we need to do before selling your iPhone or even before giving it back to Apple (Apple has a program where they will refund you some money if you want to get a new iPhone).
Quick googling show: 6 Steps to Prepare an iPhone for Sale the Right Way
.
I'm interested in all aspects. What to do in the iPhone itself, the associated Mac/iTunes and your account at Apple/iCloud.
A: Settings > General > Erase > Erase all content and settings
That will wipe it to factory
| Q: Steps to be done before selling your iPhone I was curious about the things that we need to do before selling your iPhone or even before giving it back to Apple (Apple has a program where they will refund you some money if you want to get a new iPhone).
Quick googling show: 6 Steps to Prepare an iPhone for Sale the Right Way
.
I'm interested in all aspects. What to do in the iPhone itself, the associated Mac/iTunes and your account at Apple/iCloud.
A: Settings > General > Erase > Erase all content and settings
That will wipe it to factory
A: I would just restore it in iTunes. That would wipe it of all data and reset it back to factory settings.
A: Regarding step 6 in the article you linked:
There is a difference between destroying the encryption key and writing over the data on your iPhone with new data a la "Secure Empty Trash" in Mac OS X. As far as I was able to find (searching a lot on the net), iOS 2.0 + on original and 3G, data was actually securely erased by writing over it. iPhone 3GS and later simply drop the encryption key and make a new one when you "Erase" from within settings. This is a 256 bit (AES i think) key, so recreating it would be challenging, though not impossible (for someone with time/resources, i.e. government agency).
I recently listed an old iphone for sale.
(In addition to unregistering it with all services, find phone, imessage, apple support, any other third party accounts you have connected to it, etc.):
If/when it sells I plan to do the following:
*
**Reset iPhone in Settings as detailed by MisterMike
**sync with iTunes and have it "Automatically fill free space with music."
*repeat both above steps 1 & 2 at least twice more (arbitrary number, not sure if more times helps or makes no difference with the type of NAND memory in my hardware version, or any other).
**Do a factory firmware restore on the iphone.
*repeat step 3
*repeat step 1
*repeat step 4
*congratulate myself on massive redundancy.
Note: if you just want to ensure the data is written over once, just do steps 1,2, and 4.
A: Before you sell your old iphone you need to make sure that your data is safe:
*
*Take A Backup of your iPhone
*Delete Apps
*Delete Photos
*Delete iCloud Accounts.
*Erase Contents from notes.
Clear everything from you iPhone erase settings, too.
Also have a look at 10 things to do Before you sell your old iPhone.
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747b7708466ca56fde814159ebfa115125a3ab36 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I enable "native" scrolling for Emacs? I have two MacBooks running Emacs (both 24.3). On one of them, I get same smooth, native scrolling like I do in Chrome, Finder, or whatever, but not on the other one.
To make it work a bit better, I set up scrolling so that it only scrolls one line at a time. The proper one scrolls pixel-by-pixel, and with the acceleration I'm used to.
Both of these computers use the same set of dotfiles (which you can browse here), e.g. Emacs - including the stuff about scrolling - is configured in exactly the same way.
Not sure if it matters, but one of these MacBooks (the one that works properly) is a 15" Retina one, the other is an older (mid 2009) model.
I have tried Emacs for OSX and emacs-app from Macports, both of them have the problem.
What am I missing?
A: I still have no idea how I managed to get it working on the Retina MBP, but I found this version of Emacs which supports native scrolling, much nicer full-screen mode, and more.
| Q: How do I enable "native" scrolling for Emacs? I have two MacBooks running Emacs (both 24.3). On one of them, I get same smooth, native scrolling like I do in Chrome, Finder, or whatever, but not on the other one.
To make it work a bit better, I set up scrolling so that it only scrolls one line at a time. The proper one scrolls pixel-by-pixel, and with the acceleration I'm used to.
Both of these computers use the same set of dotfiles (which you can browse here), e.g. Emacs - including the stuff about scrolling - is configured in exactly the same way.
Not sure if it matters, but one of these MacBooks (the one that works properly) is a 15" Retina one, the other is an older (mid 2009) model.
I have tried Emacs for OSX and emacs-app from Macports, both of them have the problem.
What am I missing?
A: I still have no idea how I managed to get it working on the Retina MBP, but I found this version of Emacs which supports native scrolling, much nicer full-screen mode, and more.
A: You can customise mouse scroll according to this Wiki article [1].
However, this article seems to be a bit outdated, e.g. with Emacs version 24.5 there is no need to set mouse-wheel-follow-mouse manually, because it is enabled by default.
Personally, I have set it to (1 ((shift) . 5)), which make scroll by 1 line at a time by default, and 5 lines at a time when ⇧ Shift key is held.
[1] http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SmoothScrolling
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a85ffb633134588a3380571d7c3091dd17a9238b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a fast way to switch System time zone from the command line? I usually do it through the System Preference panel for Date & Time, but I'd like a quicker way to do this if there is one.
A: Use the following Terminal command:
sudo systemsetup -settimezone timezone
For a list of valid timezone values, use sudo systemsetup -listtimezones.
To get the current timezone, use:
sudo systemsetup -gettimezone
| Q: Is there a fast way to switch System time zone from the command line? I usually do it through the System Preference panel for Date & Time, but I'd like a quicker way to do this if there is one.
A: Use the following Terminal command:
sudo systemsetup -settimezone timezone
For a list of valid timezone values, use sudo systemsetup -listtimezones.
To get the current timezone, use:
sudo systemsetup -gettimezone
A: Additionally:
Printing a random timezone:
ruby -e "puts `sudo systemsetup -listtimezones`.lines.sample.strip"
Setting a random timezone:
sudo systemsetup -settimezone (ruby -e "puts `sudo systemsetup -listtimezones`.lines.sample.strip")
Finding a timezone (e.g. containing "Los" in this case):
sudo printf ''; sudo systemsetup -listtimezones | grep Los
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4d6a9d1b129886e2d29a225ad01c968b27e98725 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Useless Eject key on Apple Wireless Keyboard I have an Apple Wireless Keyboard that has an eject key on the top right. It is useless because my Retina MacBook Pro does not have a CD-ROM.
My MacBook is running OS X Mavericks and I expected eject key to do some power operations, just like the power key on the top-right of MacBook keyboard.
This key is useless now. How can I get it mapped?
A: You can use Karabiner (formerly KeyRemap4MacBook) to remap the eject key. Short presses of eject won't get registered unless you also install NoEjectDelay though.
This private.xml maps the eject key to a power button or key:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>test</name>
<identifier>test</identifier>
<autogen>__ConsumerToKey__ ConsumerKeyCode::EJECT, KeyCode::VK_IOHIDPOSTEVENT_NX_POWER_KEY</autogen>
</item>
</root>
This makes pressing eject open Finder:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<vkopenurldef>
<name>KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_FINDER</name>
<url>file:///System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app</url>
</vkopenurldef>
<item>
<name>Eject to Open Finder</name>
<identifier>Eject to Open Finder</identifier>
<autogen>__ConsumerToKey__ ConsumerKeyCode::EJECT, KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_FINDER</autogen>
</item>
</root>
| Q: Useless Eject key on Apple Wireless Keyboard I have an Apple Wireless Keyboard that has an eject key on the top right. It is useless because my Retina MacBook Pro does not have a CD-ROM.
My MacBook is running OS X Mavericks and I expected eject key to do some power operations, just like the power key on the top-right of MacBook keyboard.
This key is useless now. How can I get it mapped?
A: You can use Karabiner (formerly KeyRemap4MacBook) to remap the eject key. Short presses of eject won't get registered unless you also install NoEjectDelay though.
This private.xml maps the eject key to a power button or key:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>test</name>
<identifier>test</identifier>
<autogen>__ConsumerToKey__ ConsumerKeyCode::EJECT, KeyCode::VK_IOHIDPOSTEVENT_NX_POWER_KEY</autogen>
</item>
</root>
This makes pressing eject open Finder:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<vkopenurldef>
<name>KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_FINDER</name>
<url>file:///System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app</url>
</vkopenurldef>
<item>
<name>Eject to Open Finder</name>
<identifier>Eject to Open Finder</identifier>
<autogen>__ConsumerToKey__ ConsumerKeyCode::EJECT, KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_FINDER</autogen>
</item>
</root>
A: The wireless keyboard can be used with systems that do still have an optical drive, and if you had an external USB SuperDrive for your MacBook Pro, it would function for that.
Your power operations have always been on the eject key using modifier keys; only recently was the power key introduced as part of the keyboard itself.
*
*controleject will give you a dialog box where you can choose to go to sleep, restart or shut down.
*commandoptioneject will go straight to sleep.
*controlcommandeject will restart.
*controloptioncommandeject will shut down.
*controlshifteject will sleep your display only.
A: Ejector is a paid app that repossesses the eject key for other storage volumes e.g. USB drives, SD cards and mounted disk images etc.
Image: Ejector
I have no affiliation with the developer. I discovered the app reading a Cult of Mac article.
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2c2bdc3de0427721d06074842e9ae129c13b480d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Pro won't display external monitor when lid is closed I hate that I'm having to ask this, because it's been working perfectly fine until now. I use my macbook pro as my home computer and hook it up to an external monitor and keyboard when I'm home. I do disconnect it on occasion. I unplugged it today and when I went to plug it back in and shut the lid, my monitor is saying "no connection." The monitor works fine with the lid open, but I used to be able to close it no problem.
Help!!
A: I faced the same issue few days back after being able to successfully close the laptop lid with my external monitor connected all the while. For me it started working back after connecting the power cord to the laptop. Without power, laptop does not seem to mirror the display to the external monitor with the lid closed. hope this helps.
| Q: Macbook Pro won't display external monitor when lid is closed I hate that I'm having to ask this, because it's been working perfectly fine until now. I use my macbook pro as my home computer and hook it up to an external monitor and keyboard when I'm home. I do disconnect it on occasion. I unplugged it today and when I went to plug it back in and shut the lid, my monitor is saying "no connection." The monitor works fine with the lid open, but I used to be able to close it no problem.
Help!!
A: I faced the same issue few days back after being able to successfully close the laptop lid with my external monitor connected all the while. For me it started working back after connecting the power cord to the laptop. Without power, laptop does not seem to mirror the display to the external monitor with the lid closed. hope this helps.
A: If you want to disable lid sleep regardless if you're on AC or battery, install Insomniac. I use this app all of the time with my mbp, since I don't really like being connected to power all of the time.
A: This is a feature of OS X to save battery. It is the same reason you can't start charging a device without the MB being plugged in or already open.
You can try to search MacUpdate for an app that disables this. Or maybe even a Terminal command.
A: You'll need to have an external keyboard, mouse and the power cable plugged in to achieve what you're tyring to do.
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512ea0f64076bb5ace55c4a06d646278df09b3aa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple Magic Mouse is discoverable, but not pairing Just got Apple Magic Mouse from eBay. I cannot figure how to pair it with my Mac Mini: it's discovering fine, but when I click on Pair button, my Mac is thinking for a little while and says: "Couldn't connect to the device".
When I'm trying to pair the mouse with Windows 7, I get a different error: Authentication failed. The code I entered is default 0000.
The mouse was described as New (other), but it seems not. It already has a name: Cora's mouse.
Is there any way how can I get it working?
A: My issue was that my Magic Mouse was discoverable through the Bluetooth Preferences pane, but when I clicked 'Pair', it couldn't connect. After an hour, I found a solution that worked:
*
*Turn off the Magic Mouse
*Open the Bluetooth Preferences
*Delete your mouse's profile
*Be sure the Bluetooth Prefs pane is searching (indicated by the spinner)
*Hold the mouse button down, then flip the switch to turn it on (it should blink green during this time
*While still holding down the mouse button, click 'Pair' in the Bluetooth Prefs pane
| Q: Apple Magic Mouse is discoverable, but not pairing Just got Apple Magic Mouse from eBay. I cannot figure how to pair it with my Mac Mini: it's discovering fine, but when I click on Pair button, my Mac is thinking for a little while and says: "Couldn't connect to the device".
When I'm trying to pair the mouse with Windows 7, I get a different error: Authentication failed. The code I entered is default 0000.
The mouse was described as New (other), but it seems not. It already has a name: Cora's mouse.
Is there any way how can I get it working?
A: My issue was that my Magic Mouse was discoverable through the Bluetooth Preferences pane, but when I clicked 'Pair', it couldn't connect. After an hour, I found a solution that worked:
*
*Turn off the Magic Mouse
*Open the Bluetooth Preferences
*Delete your mouse's profile
*Be sure the Bluetooth Prefs pane is searching (indicated by the spinner)
*Hold the mouse button down, then flip the switch to turn it on (it should blink green during this time
*While still holding down the mouse button, click 'Pair' in the Bluetooth Prefs pane
A: I would change the batteries in the mouse and see if that fixes anything.
A: Follow these instructions:
*
*Turn off the mouse by holding down the power button until the light goes out.
*Turn on the mouse by pressing the power button, and keep the power button pressed until it is paired. The light on the mouse will start blinking, it will show up in Bluetooth Preferences, and you will be able to pair it almost immediately so long as you do not let go of the power button from the moment of turning it on until after the mouse is paired.
A: Turns out my mouse was broken. I returned it and got a refund.
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b48b846974b0037b63cdd826467e804e4ffe2b02 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple TV AirPlay other than WiFi? In the Apple TV, when enabling AirPlay it shows "step 1: connect to a wifi network".
What if I have Ethernet? Bluetooth?
Will only WiFi work?
A:
To switch back to a wired connection, connect the Ethernet cable.
Apple TV will switch to the wired connection automatically. Apple TV
prioritizes a wired Ethernet connection.
According to Apple
| Q: Apple TV AirPlay other than WiFi? In the Apple TV, when enabling AirPlay it shows "step 1: connect to a wifi network".
What if I have Ethernet? Bluetooth?
Will only WiFi work?
A:
To switch back to a wired connection, connect the Ethernet cable.
Apple TV will switch to the wired connection automatically. Apple TV
prioritizes a wired Ethernet connection.
According to Apple
A: If you turn on the ATV's "Conference Room Display" mode (and your ATV is connected via Wi-Fi), ATV shows this text with the screensaver:
AirPlay
Wirelessly send what's on your iOS device or computer to this
display using AirPlay. To learn more, go to apple.com/airplay.
1 Choose Wi-Fi Network (insert name of your network here)
2 Choose this Apple TV (insert name of your ATV here)
Based on this, it correctly explains that you can send content from iOS to ATV over Wi-Fi. It incorrectly implies that you can ONLY send content from a computer over wi-fi. This isn't true. My Mac is connected to my router via Ethernet, and the router connects to ATV over wi-fi. So, I don't actually have to do step #1 (select the wi-fi network) on my Mac, but I do need to do that on iOS.
If your ATV was connected via Ethernet, I'm sure you'd get a similar message, although it might not explicitly state which wi-fi network to use on your iOS device, since the ATV itself wouldn't be connected via wi-fi.
As long as your iOS's wi-fi network was connected to the ATV's Ethernet network "locally", it will still work. In a complex network, like in large corporation/office environment, you might not be able to get from the iOS's wi-fi to the ATV's Ethernet thru AirPlay, which might not auto-detect AirPlay devices through the various switches/routers/etc. But, in most home networks, you should be all set!
A: There is another workaround, if your ATV is latest version 6.1 software updated, and iOS devices 7.1 updated, enabling Bluetooth on both ATV and iOS devices will solve this problem.
It is enabled by Bonjour over Bluetooth functionality. Then if all devices are on same network (or even if on different subnets but routable subnets) will function Airplay even if ATV is on ethernet and iOS devices are on WiFi.
Thanks to this information http://www.afp548.com/2014/03/10/hidden-airplay-feature-in-the-appletv-6-1-ios-7-1-update/
A: Airplay won't work if ATV is connected via ethernet, and iOS-OSX devices are connected via wifi even if they are on the same network.
Disabling IPv6 on OSX devices works around this problem. But since it is not possible to do this trick on iOS devices, the only solution seems to be ATV to be connected via wifi.
This limitation only applies for AirPlay. Other functionality of ATV will work the same way (i.e. sahe an iTunes library etc.) even if the ATV is connected via ethernet and other iOS-OSX devices are either on ethernet or wifi.
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586087e0a55e9cc7628c42afd90526c9b8370845 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to use 2009-era Airport Extreme in Bridge Mode Wifi I have a 2009-era Airport Extreme that used to provide routing and WiFi for our cablemodem. Time Warner updated our cablemodem to a DG860, which comes with its own built-in WiFi.
I'd like to re-purpose the Airport Extreme as a WiFi bridge. Specifically, I'd like to be able to plug my wired ethernet devices (e.g. a printer in the basement) into a LAN port on the Airport Extreme, and have it bridge to the Time Warner WiFi network.
When I attempt this in Airport Utility the most logical option seems to be "Add to an existing network", but it seems to expect to be physically plugged into the network. I.e. it wants to be plugged into the other router:
Is there a way to bridge the Airport Extreme over WiFi?
A: What you are describing is a WiFi extender. EG extending your Wifi network over WiFi. The basic two things you need to know are:
*
*No this Airport won't do that. I don't believe any will.
*WiFi repeaters just (usually) don't work very well.
TheWirecutter.com has a good take on it AND recommendations here http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-extender/.
| Q: How to use 2009-era Airport Extreme in Bridge Mode Wifi I have a 2009-era Airport Extreme that used to provide routing and WiFi for our cablemodem. Time Warner updated our cablemodem to a DG860, which comes with its own built-in WiFi.
I'd like to re-purpose the Airport Extreme as a WiFi bridge. Specifically, I'd like to be able to plug my wired ethernet devices (e.g. a printer in the basement) into a LAN port on the Airport Extreme, and have it bridge to the Time Warner WiFi network.
When I attempt this in Airport Utility the most logical option seems to be "Add to an existing network", but it seems to expect to be physically plugged into the network. I.e. it wants to be plugged into the other router:
Is there a way to bridge the Airport Extreme over WiFi?
A: What you are describing is a WiFi extender. EG extending your Wifi network over WiFi. The basic two things you need to know are:
*
*No this Airport won't do that. I don't believe any will.
*WiFi repeaters just (usually) don't work very well.
TheWirecutter.com has a good take on it AND recommendations here http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-extender/.
A: You can extend a wireless network on an Airport Extreme, however it MAY require the old version of Airport Utility to accomplish these steps.
What you would do is under "Airport", "Wireless" change "Wireless Mode" from "Create a Wireless Network" to "Extend a Wireless Network". Then under "Internet Connection" set "Connection Sharing" from "Distribute a Range of IP's" to "OFF-Bridge Mode". Make sure it sees the network it needs to extend and that's it your done.
You can follow Apple's own K-Base docs for these steps here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259
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ed50b62b69893aff0e5420a2fd7b94ef75b967d3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bluetooth audio streaming from Android to Mac Is there any way I can Stream Audio from my Android device via Bluetooth to my Macbook Pro?
I'm using OS X 10.9.1 and Android 4.4.2.
The AUX-Port on my Android device has stopped working. Is there a way to stream audio to my Mac so that I can play audio on my Android device through my Mac's speakers?
A: After 6 years, I finally found a solution. Use sndcpy with ADB over TCP.
Ensure that you have USB Debugging on and Install via USB on.
If vlc is not found even though you installed VLC Media Player, then you can set an environment variable in your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc by adding a new line:
export VLC="/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC"
If you encounter this exception:
java.lang.SecurityException: You need the android.permission.INSTALL_GRANT_RUNTIME_PERMISSIONS permission to use the PackageManager.INSTALL_GRANT_RUNTIME_PERMISSIONS flag
then open sndcpy bash script in a code editor and remove the -g flag from the two adb install commands.
| Q: Bluetooth audio streaming from Android to Mac Is there any way I can Stream Audio from my Android device via Bluetooth to my Macbook Pro?
I'm using OS X 10.9.1 and Android 4.4.2.
The AUX-Port on my Android device has stopped working. Is there a way to stream audio to my Mac so that I can play audio on my Android device through my Mac's speakers?
A: After 6 years, I finally found a solution. Use sndcpy with ADB over TCP.
Ensure that you have USB Debugging on and Install via USB on.
If vlc is not found even though you installed VLC Media Player, then you can set an environment variable in your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc by adding a new line:
export VLC="/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC"
If you encounter this exception:
java.lang.SecurityException: You need the android.permission.INSTALL_GRANT_RUNTIME_PERMISSIONS permission to use the PackageManager.INSTALL_GRANT_RUNTIME_PERMISSIONS flag
then open sndcpy bash script in a code editor and remove the -g flag from the two adb install commands.
A: The easiest way is not to use Bluetooth but Wi-Fi nowadays, although it is not explained anywhere.
Connect to the same Wi-Fi network your Mac is connected to.
First one needs to download the AirServer Mac app which is not free. It is the only app or option that has worked for me though. Install and open it, open preferences and click the Google Cast option.
Second: on android, use the Samsung Music app, for instance, as it plays a tune find and hit the "play" icon that's within two arrows (Smart View), it looks like a repeat button but it's not, cast to your Mac. It works straight ahead but no other program does that, and the Bluetooth streaming option doesn't work on my own Android.
Although I haven't tried it yet, you can also try AirDroid Cast, that you need to to install on Android and on the Mac separately.
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3ec6d5fe0f2cacf47d730cd54164510d466969ed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I quickly find large files and folders on my mac? I need to free up space on my Mac and know there are a ton of hidden files that are eating up space (Logic for example downloads a lot of instruments... somewhere).
Is there any way I can create an interactive (or non-interactive) treemap of my hard drive?
Here is an example of a treemap from Wikipedia
A: try
du -sh * | grep -E "\dG"
to get all files and folders of size 1G and above. (Output will only show once du is done)
EDIT
Bonus variant that includes hidden files:
du -sh .[^.]* * | grep -E "\dG"
(Credits for that last asterisk go to @steveb over at superuser.com)
| Q: How do I quickly find large files and folders on my mac? I need to free up space on my Mac and know there are a ton of hidden files that are eating up space (Logic for example downloads a lot of instruments... somewhere).
Is there any way I can create an interactive (or non-interactive) treemap of my hard drive?
Here is an example of a treemap from Wikipedia
A: try
du -sh * | grep -E "\dG"
to get all files and folders of size 1G and above. (Output will only show once du is done)
EDIT
Bonus variant that includes hidden files:
du -sh .[^.]* * | grep -E "\dG"
(Credits for that last asterisk go to @steveb over at superuser.com)
A: GrandPerspective can create a Treemap:
A: I've had success using:
Disk Inventory X (free download)
It's like WinDirStat was on Windows.
A: Inspired by this answer, I came up with the following to find directories of 1 GB or greater:
du -ht 1G / 2>/dev/null | sort -nr
Breakdown
du -ht 1G / 2>/dev/null | sort -nr
du -h # print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
t 1G # exclude entries smaller than 1G
/ # system root directory
2>/dev/null # redirect stderr (error) output to /dev/null, effectively ignoring it
| sort # pipe the output into sort
-n # compare according to string numerical value
r # reverse the sort, effectively putting the largest files and directories first
Note that du's -t 1G argument can take other size parameters too (from man du):
-t exclude entries smaller than SIZE if positive, or entries greater than SIZE if negative. The SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is 10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,... (powers of 1000). Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M, and so on.
Bear in mind that sort just sorts on the numerical value, not the unit size. You might want to use du's -B option too, to round up to the nearest G, for example.
Another useful du argument might be -a to list files, not just directories.
I use the following binaries on my system:
$ du --version
du (GNU coreutils) 9.0
Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, Paul Eggert,
and Jim Meyering.
$ sort --version
sort (GNU coreutils) 9.0
Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.
A: You can use spotlight as well:
mdfind 'kMDItemFSSize > 2000000000'
Add or remove zeroes to get fewer or more files under the size limit, respectively.
A: OmniDiskSweeper
shows you the files on your drive, largest to smallest
great free tool
A: Clean Up Old and Large Files
with CleanMyMac 3
The Large & Old Files module in CleanMyMac 3 makes finding space-hoggers on your Mac simple.
Just run a scan to see all the files that are taking up the most space
— and then clean them up.
How does the Large & Old Files module help me? Everyone has (at one
time or another) thrown files into random folders. It’s easy for these
files to take up gigabytes of space without even realizing it!
CleanMyMac 3’s Large & Old Files scans your entire Mac and brings all
these files to the surface. Plus, it lets you see what’s what, based
on a file’s size, date last opened, and type.
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cb2ba7d5c90e0ab2fa04fbc2bd7fb910b392ccc9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: HEX Code in Color Chooser for Mavericks? How can I get a HEX code entry into the Color Chooser for Mavericks?
A: You can get the Hex Color Picker:
| Q: HEX Code in Color Chooser for Mavericks? How can I get a HEX code entry into the Color Chooser for Mavericks?
A: You can get the Hex Color Picker:
A: Go to the Palette Tab.
Change the selection to 'Web Safe Colors'
This will give you:
Update :
I made a quick app so I could create a custom HEX picker palette using the colours found at http://www.w3schools.com's html_colornames
UPDATE:
I found a list at : http://www.colourlovers.com ultimate-html-color-hex-code-list
I Combined the two lists : The process I use automaticlly removes repeats.
The Palette now holds about 1520 HEX Colors.
You can down load the .clr file here.
Place the file inside of you home Colors folder:
~/Library/Colors/
Some apps may need to be relaunched before their colour picker picks it up.
The New Picker can be found in the Palettes drop down menu.
If I get time I will also put on my blog the App. But I would need to change it a bit so it can be used to add any set of HEX codes. Or if any one knows where the is the ultimate HEX code list. I will try and convert that.
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498af6ca80dd4111109976c56d56e21e347b7d84 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to browse /usr in an Open File dialog? I came to the necessity of browsing and picking up a file from /usr while using some programming tools, but I cannot do so because /usr seems to be hidden from Open File dialog.
Is there any workaround?
A: Inside the Open File dialog, press : shift + command + g . This will let you enter a path.
type /usr and press return
| Q: How to browse /usr in an Open File dialog? I came to the necessity of browsing and picking up a file from /usr while using some programming tools, but I cannot do so because /usr seems to be hidden from Open File dialog.
Is there any workaround?
A: Inside the Open File dialog, press : shift + command + g . This will let you enter a path.
type /usr and press return
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12c4b98028b3b17cde85e9966f7cb17b5bf7bc21 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: App for Blocking Website in Safari (For Productivity Purposes) Are there any apps on OS X that can block certain websites ('time-wasting ones') for a certain interval?
Preferably works for Safari.
A: SelfControl is a free app that will let you enter the websites you want blocked and for how long you want them blocked for.
| Q: App for Blocking Website in Safari (For Productivity Purposes) Are there any apps on OS X that can block certain websites ('time-wasting ones') for a certain interval?
Preferably works for Safari.
A: SelfControl is a free app that will let you enter the websites you want blocked and for how long you want them blocked for.
A: WasteNoTime is a good app for this. It is a browser extension.
A: I'm currently trying Mindful Browsing and I really like it. It's very simple to setup and does the job perfectly.
Check out the website: http://www.mindfulbrowsing.com.
A: Cold Turkey seems to work quite well and is free (although you have to pay if you want the schedule functionality)
A: I downloades SelfControl, and while it seems the only option for Safari users, it is a very limited program. You can only block up to 1 day. Unlike programs like stayfocusd, and cold turkey, which allow you to properly schedule blocking times, I might advise you to just switch to using chrome again, there seem to be more well developed programs for that, unfortunately
A: Blocker for Facebook is available for Safari: https://extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.devankuleindiren.blockerforfacebook-ZRQ35C78DB
It creates a button that, upon clicking, asks you for how many minutes you'd like to block Facebook. If you go to Facebook, it throws a popup stating Facebook is blocked and redirects you to Google.
A: I have yet to try this but you could try removing Safari completely and use Leechblock for Firefox & Chrome
Mac Mojave, how to remove Safari
A: Focus is a Website and application blocker for macOS https://heyfocus.com
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d94f540560a14a1d1457a728d82af974da521330 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable preview of pdf in Mail under OS X Mavericks Known problem: Mail previews e.g. pdf attachments. I want to see it as symbol. I could right click and choose 'Show as symbol' but I want this as default. The old solution was typing into terminal:
defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes
which seems not to work under Mavericks any more. Does anybody have a working solution for this?
A: I found this here to disable PDF preview in Apple Mail, and tested in on my Mavericks.
defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -boolean true
So your were close.
| Q: Disable preview of pdf in Mail under OS X Mavericks Known problem: Mail previews e.g. pdf attachments. I want to see it as symbol. I could right click and choose 'Show as symbol' but I want this as default. The old solution was typing into terminal:
defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes
which seems not to work under Mavericks any more. Does anybody have a working solution for this?
A: I found this here to disable PDF preview in Apple Mail, and tested in on my Mavericks.
defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -boolean true
So your were close.
A: Maybe you should have a look at a tiny plugin written by Clive Galeni. It can be downloaded from
*
*http://clivegaleni.com/posts/os-x-mail-disable-inline-attachments/
Just follow the instructions and you are good to go. I'm using OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 and Mail 8.2.
There is an updated version of the plugin. Not sure if Clive Galeni updated all of his download-links accordingly. Nonetheless, there is a link to the updated post in the link I've posted.
A: Clive Galeni has created a Mail.app plug-in that sets View as icon to be default:
This update will disable attachment auto preview feature and disable inline attachments when reading messages.
It seems that there are two points of view - when composing email and when viewing.
A: As far as I know, neither the terminal command nor the corresponding option in Tinker Tool work any longer, but I found Attachment Tamer that should be able to fix the situation.
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70f999069686b646fdfb583e0e8df43599b06bb0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I remove my network from the recovery partition before sale? I'm about to put my old MBP up for sale, so I re-installed from the recovery partition after wiping the drive. But when I rebooted from the recovery partition to double-check I'd deleted everything, it connected to my wifi network. I've got two questions:
*
*How do I remove my network credentials from the recovery partition?
*What other personal information is it storing without my knowledge, and how do I wipe it?
A: The answer was indeed to reset the NVRAM by holding cmd-alt-p-r during boot. Cheers :)
| Q: How do I remove my network from the recovery partition before sale? I'm about to put my old MBP up for sale, so I re-installed from the recovery partition after wiping the drive. But when I rebooted from the recovery partition to double-check I'd deleted everything, it connected to my wifi network. I've got two questions:
*
*How do I remove my network credentials from the recovery partition?
*What other personal information is it storing without my knowledge, and how do I wipe it?
A: The answer was indeed to reset the NVRAM by holding cmd-alt-p-r during boot. Cheers :)
A: In recent versions of macOS, the installer will boot into the setup which copies the NVRAM Wi-Fi credentials to a preferences file. Then, even if you clear the NVRAM, on the next boot, the OS will copy the Wi-Fi credentials back to the NVRAM.
To get around this:
*
*After installation, shut down by pressing Cmd-Q
*Boot into recovery mode (hold Cmd-R during boot)
*Open the Terminal from Utilities menu > Terminal
*Remove the wi-fi preferences (assuming your volume is named Macintosh HD:
cd '/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/'
# For 10.15 and earlier:
rm com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
# For 11.x (Big Sur) and later:
rm com.apple.wifi.known-networks.plist
*Clear the nvram variables:
nvram -d current-network
nvram -d preferred-networks
nvram -d preferred-count
*Reboot the computer into setup assistant. Now it will not know the network.
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b3df00afcb2ac4462bfd9edefed4c446f84942e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Slow login on OS X Mavericks The login time period (the period of time between the password is entered and the dock is shown on the desktop) is extremely slow (~3 minutes). After the system is up it behaves normally.
How can I trace what login item(s) may slow the login process down?
Gil
A: Note the time when you enter your password to login.
Once logged in, run the Console application from /Applications/Utilities and look at the All messages log. Look back to the time you entered your password and what messages appear between then and now.
Anything seem suspicious? Any entries citing errors connecting to a network share, internet resource, etc?
| Q: Slow login on OS X Mavericks The login time period (the period of time between the password is entered and the dock is shown on the desktop) is extremely slow (~3 minutes). After the system is up it behaves normally.
How can I trace what login item(s) may slow the login process down?
Gil
A: Note the time when you enter your password to login.
Once logged in, run the Console application from /Applications/Utilities and look at the All messages log. Look back to the time you entered your password and what messages appear between then and now.
Anything seem suspicious? Any entries citing errors connecting to a network share, internet resource, etc?
A: Check your Login Items
*
*Open System Preferences
*Click on Users and Groups
*Click on the Login Items tab
*Remove any entries in there that you don't recognize or don't need
A: What are your system specs? Are there multiple users that login into this machine regularly or attached to network?
Else, you could try backing up via timemachine and adding a Solid State Drive. Boot times are amazing.
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d2862f7b1196e9826feb3e7991fa9e00e81e45c0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable system-wide ctrl-click as right-click in Mavericks Disabling ctrl+click as right-click is useful because:
*
*Many web app rely on ctrl+click (typically for multiple selection).
*There is little use for this combo (mice have 2+ buttons and trackpad emulate right-click with two-finger click or clicking in the right zone).
Can it be done in OS X Mavericks?
This question has been asked before for Lion and answered negatively (i.e. a third party utility is needed). Has this improved for Mavericks?
A: Try the right option key+click
This works for me using parallels with Windows 8.1, I haven’t personally come across web apps that use this, so I can't test this.
Right click actually emulates control+click due to the history of apple sticking with a single button mouse for so long, thus the context menu used the control click method, plus Mac OS X doesn’t have a context key on the keyboard like Windows Keyboards (located on the right side of the main keyboard, in-between the control and alt (alt GR) or windows keys).
| Q: Disable system-wide ctrl-click as right-click in Mavericks Disabling ctrl+click as right-click is useful because:
*
*Many web app rely on ctrl+click (typically for multiple selection).
*There is little use for this combo (mice have 2+ buttons and trackpad emulate right-click with two-finger click or clicking in the right zone).
Can it be done in OS X Mavericks?
This question has been asked before for Lion and answered negatively (i.e. a third party utility is needed). Has this improved for Mavericks?
A: Try the right option key+click
This works for me using parallels with Windows 8.1, I haven’t personally come across web apps that use this, so I can't test this.
Right click actually emulates control+click due to the history of apple sticking with a single button mouse for so long, thus the context menu used the control click method, plus Mac OS X doesn’t have a context key on the keyboard like Windows Keyboards (located on the right side of the main keyboard, in-between the control and alt (alt GR) or windows keys).
A: I found that I can use Option+Command in lieu of Control when using online Flash training applications (I'm using 10.8.5 Mountain Lion).
A: BetterTouchTool allows ctrl-click remapping.
There is an example of ctrl-click to alt-space remapping for IDEA.
A: Option+Command+LeftClick, recommended by mvreijn for VMware Windows 7 guests, works quite nicely in Citrix connections to Windows 7 machines.
A: There is no system supported method for disabling ctrl+click from functioning as a secondary click in Mavericks.
You can use Karabiner Elements to remap "Control+LeftClick to LeftClick," which essentially disables this behavior system-wide.
Step 1:
Install Karabiner Elements:
https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
Step 2:
When you then go to open Karabiner Elements, it will have a couple security issues you need to resolve.
The first will be to allow the installation of a kernel extension:
The second will be to allow input monitoring:
Step 3:
Once those security issues are handled, you then need to add a complex modification. Visit:
https://ke-complex-modifications.pqrs.org/#control_lclick_to_lclick
Then click Import on the Disable Ctrl Click modification:
This will add the complex modification to Karabiner Elements and enable the functionality:
Addendum:
However, I don't know of any web apps (and certainly not most or many) which don't recognize and respect Command+LeftClick as a way to multi-select. That is the standard for macOS.
A: In my VMWare Windows 7 guest, I have found (after reading this post) that using Ctrl+Command+LeftClick works the same as Ctrl+LeftClick would in a hardware Windows machine.
A: I use a Linux VM in VMware Fusion for development, where I want to ctrl-click to navigate to method definitions.
In the VM settings for "keyboard and mouse", choose the "Mac" profile instead of the Standard profile. This disables the OSX stubbornness for the respective VM.
A: In System Preferences->Keyboard->Modifier Keys, you can change the function of the keys. If you switch cmd with ctrl, ctrl will work with applications as ctrl without the right click.
A: just go to Accessibility > Keyboard > Open Keyboard Preferences... > Modifier Keys > Contro (^) Key > No Action
click ok then youre done!
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68a30fa3768ea90baf498006bdceb263f40f5f7f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: `LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -1712 for the file ` when I attempt `open .` I suddenly came across this error when I attempted to do open . to open the current directory in Finder, a command that I use quite frequently:
ysim:~/Downloads$ open .
LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -1712 for the file /Users/ysim/Downloads.
It persisted for a few minutes and went away by itself. I tried googling it but the only two hits I saw had to do with ImageMagick and Automator, neither of which I use. Does anyone know why it happens and how to prevent it?
A: That error means an Apple Event timed out.
error -1712 errAETimeout: the AppleEvent timed out
You can either open Activity Monitor and look to see if you notice an Application or process that states Not responding or hit option command esc then force quit any non-responding application.
It's possible the application or process was already open and by using open . it tried to launch it for whatever reason. Often it's an Automator or AppleScript that is waiting for user interaction and "times out" waiting.
| Q: `LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -1712 for the file ` when I attempt `open .` I suddenly came across this error when I attempted to do open . to open the current directory in Finder, a command that I use quite frequently:
ysim:~/Downloads$ open .
LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -1712 for the file /Users/ysim/Downloads.
It persisted for a few minutes and went away by itself. I tried googling it but the only two hits I saw had to do with ImageMagick and Automator, neither of which I use. Does anyone know why it happens and how to prevent it?
A: That error means an Apple Event timed out.
error -1712 errAETimeout: the AppleEvent timed out
You can either open Activity Monitor and look to see if you notice an Application or process that states Not responding or hit option command esc then force quit any non-responding application.
It's possible the application or process was already open and by using open . it tried to launch it for whatever reason. Often it's an Automator or AppleScript that is waiting for user interaction and "times out" waiting.
A: The solution for me was a reboot. It was almost like I was using Windows
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35c8f975479e69cd8d437bbb315210204ddc3a29 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Add invitees to mac calendar without sending invitations I'd like do add people to events in my calendar only to have easy access to their contacts when browsing events from my phone.
Is there a way to add invitees to a calendar event without sending them invitations?
| Q: Add invitees to mac calendar without sending invitations I'd like do add people to events in my calendar only to have easy access to their contacts when browsing events from my phone.
Is there a way to add invitees to a calendar event without sending them invitations?
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2deb0e01aed5cb61d8cdf5b1512603c46a406676 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mavericks Using Up All Available Memory I upgraded to Mac OS X Mavericks. I thought that Mavericks was supposed to use memory more efficiently. It appears that the OS has memory allocation problems. My computer is using up 99.99% of my memory even when it's just sitting idle, turning my iMac into a paperweight. My computer lags and freezes even when it's not doing anything.
Is there anything that I can do, besides upgrading my physical memory?
A: Try opening Terminal and typing in:
sudo purge
or you can try Memory Clean at
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/memory-clean/id451444120?mt=12
BTW: It would be beneficial to post screenshots or use EtreCheck (created by an Apple Support Community User) and copy and paste the results. Etrecheck can be found at http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
| Q: Mavericks Using Up All Available Memory I upgraded to Mac OS X Mavericks. I thought that Mavericks was supposed to use memory more efficiently. It appears that the OS has memory allocation problems. My computer is using up 99.99% of my memory even when it's just sitting idle, turning my iMac into a paperweight. My computer lags and freezes even when it's not doing anything.
Is there anything that I can do, besides upgrading my physical memory?
A: Try opening Terminal and typing in:
sudo purge
or you can try Memory Clean at
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/memory-clean/id451444120?mt=12
BTW: It would be beneficial to post screenshots or use EtreCheck (created by an Apple Support Community User) and copy and paste the results. Etrecheck can be found at http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
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f5a2e03fe6b5917aef6346ddfc418d890293d267 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are the implications of linking your Apple ID to your Mac User Account in OS X System Preferences? What are the various effects, in terms of usability, privacy and security, of storing your Apple ID in 'Users & Groups’ in your Mac System Preferences, like so?
E.g., could one effect be not having to input your Apple ID password in the Mac App Store every time you download a new app?
What's the total list of implications of doing this?
A: After associating and Apple ID with you user account you'll be able to use it to:
*
*Reset your login password (unless FileVault is enabled)
*Establish file and screen sharing access to the computer from another computer
*Share files and screens with another computer after you log in
And for the particular case you mention regarding the Mac App Store, no, associating an Apple ID with a user account won't change the Store's password prompting.
| Q: What are the implications of linking your Apple ID to your Mac User Account in OS X System Preferences? What are the various effects, in terms of usability, privacy and security, of storing your Apple ID in 'Users & Groups’ in your Mac System Preferences, like so?
E.g., could one effect be not having to input your Apple ID password in the Mac App Store every time you download a new app?
What's the total list of implications of doing this?
A: After associating and Apple ID with you user account you'll be able to use it to:
*
*Reset your login password (unless FileVault is enabled)
*Establish file and screen sharing access to the computer from another computer
*Share files and screens with another computer after you log in
And for the particular case you mention regarding the Mac App Store, no, associating an Apple ID with a user account won't change the Store's password prompting.
A: Connecting the two allows you to use your AppleID to reset your login password and log in to the computer for file and screen sharing using your AppleID. Nothing else.
It makes no difference to the App Store, iCloud, or iTunes as they don't use this AppleID.
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403869802481889a37aa30fc35ed8e4338478424 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shorcut to pan in Preview? Is there a shortcut (or the ability to assign one) to pan in Preview app?
It is quite troublesome to keep moving the mouse to and fro the scrollbars when we want to scroll.
A: If "Rectangular Selection" is selected under Tools (not Automatic Selection nor Text Selection), then you can use Option+Space to temporarily enable the hand tool and then drag the document around to pan.
| Q: Shorcut to pan in Preview? Is there a shortcut (or the ability to assign one) to pan in Preview app?
It is quite troublesome to keep moving the mouse to and fro the scrollbars when we want to scroll.
A: If "Rectangular Selection" is selected under Tools (not Automatic Selection nor Text Selection), then you can use Option+Space to temporarily enable the hand tool and then drag the document around to pan.
A: You can use your mousewheel to pan up and down. Use Shift + mouse-wheel to pan left and right.
I just found that it may be easier to use Quick Look for the feature you're after. In finder, select your file and press the Spacebar to open it in Quick Look. Then if you use command+ you can zoom in. Then you can click and drag to pan.
Use command- to zoom out, and Spacebar or esc to exit.
A: In Preview the arrow keys on the keyboard will scroll up, down, left and right when you have any document open. command+ and command- will zoom in and out.
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