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6fbe511d25a4a272b5c8b441ca8c61afd6a692e1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to update an iPhone 4 to iOS 6.1.6? I need the latest SSL security fix, as I'm running iOS 6.1.3. But, I don't have enough space to go to iOS 7 which is the only option iTunes and my phone are giving me to upgrade.
I have an 8 GB iPhone 4 with usually less than 100-200 MB free, and have deleted all apps and non-essential music/photos so I really don't have the space to go all the way to iOS 7 (I understand iOS 7 only takes a few hundred MB beyond that which iOS 6 occupies, but every little bit counts and I'm already driven crazy downloading photos of my daughter every few days because I've run out of room.)
Am I completely out of luck?
| Q: Is it possible to update an iPhone 4 to iOS 6.1.6? I need the latest SSL security fix, as I'm running iOS 6.1.3. But, I don't have enough space to go to iOS 7 which is the only option iTunes and my phone are giving me to upgrade.
I have an 8 GB iPhone 4 with usually less than 100-200 MB free, and have deleted all apps and non-essential music/photos so I really don't have the space to go all the way to iOS 7 (I understand iOS 7 only takes a few hundred MB beyond that which iOS 6 occupies, but every little bit counts and I'm already driven crazy downloading photos of my daughter every few days because I've run out of room.)
Am I completely out of luck?
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0e5d7fa6c467671f525a3de40203da59d5f8dbe5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Automatically assign DNS How do I ensure that the DNS is being set by the network?
On Windows I would check here and make sure that Obtain DNS server address automatically was selected:
A: Open System Preferences and click the Network icon.
Select your network in the list on the left, and make sure that it says "Using DHCP" in the drop-down list after "Configure IPv4:"
If you've made any changes, click the "Apply" button and then the "Show All" button to make sure everything is saved.
| Q: Automatically assign DNS How do I ensure that the DNS is being set by the network?
On Windows I would check here and make sure that Obtain DNS server address automatically was selected:
A: Open System Preferences and click the Network icon.
Select your network in the list on the left, and make sure that it says "Using DHCP" in the drop-down list after "Configure IPv4:"
If you've made any changes, click the "Apply" button and then the "Show All" button to make sure everything is saved.
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d716f9b2fe94afe4b9de1078d09e1efd3b569a02 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Taking a screenshot of a tooltip I am attempting to take a screenshot of a tooltip that appears when a user hovers over it, and immediately disappears upon any key press or cursor movement. Unfortunately, this means the typical shortcut I use for screenshots (⌘+SHIFT+4) causes the element to disappear.
Is there any way I can capture this tooltip, preferably without installing any third party software?
A: You can do this using the screencapture CLI:
screencapture -T 5 -C ~/Desktop/screencapture.png
Define a delay using -T <seconds>. Use -C to capture the cursor too.
Add -i to capture interactively. This uses the normal capture region selection available from ⌘⇧4, however you can combine this with -T to add a delay so that it captures the tooltip in the region.
| Q: Taking a screenshot of a tooltip I am attempting to take a screenshot of a tooltip that appears when a user hovers over it, and immediately disappears upon any key press or cursor movement. Unfortunately, this means the typical shortcut I use for screenshots (⌘+SHIFT+4) causes the element to disappear.
Is there any way I can capture this tooltip, preferably without installing any third party software?
A: You can do this using the screencapture CLI:
screencapture -T 5 -C ~/Desktop/screencapture.png
Define a delay using -T <seconds>. Use -C to capture the cursor too.
Add -i to capture interactively. This uses the normal capture region selection available from ⌘⇧4, however you can combine this with -T to add a delay so that it captures the tooltip in the region.
A: ⌘+shift+3 should do the trick, it captures the entire screen. The only downsides are that it doesn't grab the cursor as well and depending on what you want you may have to crop it a bit in Preview afterwards.
That's how I grabbed this image.
A: The trick is simple, you have to keep press (⌘+SHIFT) first. Then hover mouse to make tool tip appear and press (4).
A: You can do this with the Capture > Timed Screen option in the Grab utility. After starting the timer, you'll have 10 seconds to get back to what you want a shot of (including getting the tooltip to reappear). Also, you can use the Grab application's preferences to control whether (& how) the mouse pointer appears in the shot. What it doesn't let you do is choose which region to take a shot of, it just grabs the entire screen; you'll have to crop it appropriately yourself.
A: If you only want the tooltip in the screenshot (without capturing anything else in the background), a faster way would be to use the keyboard shortcut ⌘⇧4, then position the crosshair over the tooltip, then press space (the crosshair should now turn into a camera). Then simply click on the tooltip, and you’ll get a nice screenshot of it with a transparent background and even its shadow to boot!
An example:
A: I was having the same issue & discovered that the 'disappearing' screen shots were being saved to Dropbox.
Can't remember setting up that save-to destination... But worth a look if the answers above don't help. Only a problem on my MacBook Air running 10.9.4
A: Weird. I had no trouble with (⌘+SHIFT+4) in Safari (7.0.2).
This was taken from this site.
A: Simple way to do this : a small trick
1. just open you screen , for which you want to take screen shot
2. point to tool-tip , it will show that tooltip .
3 then capture whole screen by Command+Shift+3
4. preview above captured image , and expand to full screen
5. now use Command+Shift+4 to capture tool-tip
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de5632e6593870fb51609c9ecf4ea2d02fc1bc2e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to rename all images together in OS X Mavericks? I am looking for the easy way to rename all images, or other groups of multiple files, together in OS X Mavericks.
Is it possible with Preview or any other standard OS X application?
A: Automator
You can use OS X's Automator.app to quickly rename batches of images. The Actions you want are:
*
*Get Selected Finder Items
*Rename Finder Items
Using this approach you can rename files, change the case, or append/remove specific parts of the original file name.
You can create droplet like applications using Automator to make the whole process a single drag-and-drop. Alternatively you can set up a folder action to rename any image dropped into a folder.
To learn more about using Automator, see Apple's Mac Basics: Automator.
| Q: How to rename all images together in OS X Mavericks? I am looking for the easy way to rename all images, or other groups of multiple files, together in OS X Mavericks.
Is it possible with Preview or any other standard OS X application?
A: Automator
You can use OS X's Automator.app to quickly rename batches of images. The Actions you want are:
*
*Get Selected Finder Items
*Rename Finder Items
Using this approach you can rename files, change the case, or append/remove specific parts of the original file name.
You can create droplet like applications using Automator to make the whole process a single drag-and-drop. Alternatively you can set up a folder action to rename any image dropped into a folder.
To learn more about using Automator, see Apple's Mac Basics: Automator.
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f986d2c416ee9bfc6f093cf9d45213156fd92335 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Removing shutdown and sleep button from the Apple menu on Mavericks I'm trying to remove the "Sleep" and "Shutdown" entries from the Apple menu.
So far I managed to do it by editing /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/StandardMenus.nib/objects.xib but that solution is quite ugly.
It can be a cause of some instabilities?
I tried the following commands:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow ShutDownDisabled -bool true
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow ShutDownDisabledWhileLoggedIn -bool True
but they don't seem to work anymore (I used this in Mountain Lion).
I wondered if there was any better way to do disable those entries.
A: Not sure about Shut Down but you can disable Sleep using pmset:
sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1
This will gray out the Sleep menu item as well.
Source: OS X Server: How to prevent sleep
| Q: Removing shutdown and sleep button from the Apple menu on Mavericks I'm trying to remove the "Sleep" and "Shutdown" entries from the Apple menu.
So far I managed to do it by editing /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/StandardMenus.nib/objects.xib but that solution is quite ugly.
It can be a cause of some instabilities?
I tried the following commands:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow ShutDownDisabled -bool true
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow ShutDownDisabledWhileLoggedIn -bool True
but they don't seem to work anymore (I used this in Mountain Lion).
I wondered if there was any better way to do disable those entries.
A: Not sure about Shut Down but you can disable Sleep using pmset:
sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1
This will gray out the Sleep menu item as well.
Source: OS X Server: How to prevent sleep
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c8dc7526a9f804ce53fe466693525a451fbc98fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Tool to monitor home network traffic & stats? I have a home network with several users, using both LAN & Wifi. I have a Billion 7800N router which is also my ADSl2 modem.
Is there a tool or something I can use that monitors all traffic going through the router, including capturing packets? Some features im looking for is broadband usage per user/ip, packet inspection (not required but handy) and other general network stats.
I was looking at Netuse network monitor from AppStore as it also uses the SNMP data on the router, but with no trial version im not willing to buy just yet.
Thanks
A: You could put a hub on the outgoing port (ensuring all packets are visible) and hook a Mac up along with the modem and router WAN connection.
Your mac could then run Wireshark to perform deep packet inspection and analysis on all the traffic for as long as you care to collect the statistics.
| Q: Tool to monitor home network traffic & stats? I have a home network with several users, using both LAN & Wifi. I have a Billion 7800N router which is also my ADSl2 modem.
Is there a tool or something I can use that monitors all traffic going through the router, including capturing packets? Some features im looking for is broadband usage per user/ip, packet inspection (not required but handy) and other general network stats.
I was looking at Netuse network monitor from AppStore as it also uses the SNMP data on the router, but with no trial version im not willing to buy just yet.
Thanks
A: You could put a hub on the outgoing port (ensuring all packets are visible) and hook a Mac up along with the modem and router WAN connection.
Your mac could then run Wireshark to perform deep packet inspection and analysis on all the traffic for as long as you care to collect the statistics.
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10d43db70d83b1836af90051458884b6ec0bd3f8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook Pro volume greyed out -- no internal speakers available The volume on my macbook pro has suddenly become greyed out. I haven't installed any updates or made any modifications to the computer, it just suddenly became greyed out after waking the macbook up from sleeping.
I've tried resetting the PRAM, but I don't hear any chime at all when I start up my computer, no matter how long I wait/how many times the computer re-restarts itself.
There also seem to be no internal speakers detected when I go into system preferences. For both input and output the computer detects 0 devices.
Thanks so much in advance for any help!!
A: I just had this same problem. I didn't realise straight away but it must have happened after taking out my headphones. I accidentally solved it by doing the following:
*
*Make sure your headphones are plugged in and sound is working.
*Alt-click the speaker icon at the top of the screen, then click on 'Sound Preferences'.
*On the sound preferences screen, unplug your headphones.
| Q: Macbook Pro volume greyed out -- no internal speakers available The volume on my macbook pro has suddenly become greyed out. I haven't installed any updates or made any modifications to the computer, it just suddenly became greyed out after waking the macbook up from sleeping.
I've tried resetting the PRAM, but I don't hear any chime at all when I start up my computer, no matter how long I wait/how many times the computer re-restarts itself.
There also seem to be no internal speakers detected when I go into system preferences. For both input and output the computer detects 0 devices.
Thanks so much in advance for any help!!
A: I just had this same problem. I didn't realise straight away but it must have happened after taking out my headphones. I accidentally solved it by doing the following:
*
*Make sure your headphones are plugged in and sound is working.
*Alt-click the speaker icon at the top of the screen, then click on 'Sound Preferences'.
*On the sound preferences screen, unplug your headphones.
A: Try switching back to your internal speakers with [alt]-clicking on the speaker icon in menubar. Many interfaces don't support volume adjustment and thus the control becomes greyed out.
A: Try picking up some compressed air and using it to blow out any dust or debris that might be in the headphone jack. Make sure to first expel any liquid build (white frost-like substance) before you spray in the headphone jack.
You can also try fishing around in there (gently) with a ridiculously small flathead screwdriver.
One question for you, is there a red light coming out of the headphone jack? That's usually a bad sign that the audio jack thinks there's an optical audio device plugged in (permanently.) If you're MacBook is under warranty the Genius Bar will replace the Main Logic Board for free (or about $300 if it is Out of Warranty.)
Otherwise, the simple and inexpensive Griffin iMic will provide USB audio input & output.
A: I had no output from speakers, or headphones. And the System Preferences - Volume was greyed out.
I tried everything up to including a PRAM reset and nothing worked.
Took it to the company tech and after awhile he figured out what was wrong.
The inner head phone jack was dirty. He cleaned it with a qtip or a special computer cleaning device. Apparently there’s a internal sensor in the jack that will prevent the internal output from functioning if it’s to dirty. It’s not like a dropped the computer in a dirty pond. I would have never figured that out.
Anyways, that’s what fixed it for me with the same symptoms as listed.
A: I just blew into the headphone jack - problem solved!
A: The switch in the headphone input could be stuck, you can put in a headphone jack and wiggle it around.
Don't be afraid to use a little force, just don't break of the plug.
I had this problem too and this solved it for me at least.
A: I had this same problem with my MacBook Pro, and used the technique described by dennismuys. I inserted and removed my headphone plug about a dozen times, and the internal speakers started working again. I have no idea what could possibly have gotten in the jack to keep the switch from closing. Lint maybe.
A: I have had the same problem twice. And what I did was (for the first time[i am listing two so there are more possibilities])
1st. restart my laptop. I know that it sounds cliche. But it works most of the time.
2nd. If all else fails. Try playing with the volume buttons on the keyboard. And this one sounds silly but it helps. Try the second one and then restart your laptop. That is what I did.
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30ac1df05f151c43d200fe084799d12ba3602405 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Hide Applications from other Spaces in Application Switcher With System Preferences->Mission Control->"When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application" disabled, I would really like the application switcher (cmd+tab) to hide applications from other spaces.
Is this possible in Mavericks or is there a third-party application that provides this? Note, I would prefer the application switcher to remain as it is, just hide the applications only active on other spaces.
A: Windowflow - free for a limited time and gives some options for different spaces and such.
Witch - 12,99 € and has an option that will only show apps in the current space.
WindowSwitcher - 3,59 € and it comes very close to your needs, check it out.
As far as an native solution to your problem: I don't think there is a setting or command that makes the application switcher behave like this.
Definitely check out WindowSwitcher I honestly think it is what you are looking for!
p.s. prices were correct at the time of posting.
| Q: Hide Applications from other Spaces in Application Switcher With System Preferences->Mission Control->"When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application" disabled, I would really like the application switcher (cmd+tab) to hide applications from other spaces.
Is this possible in Mavericks or is there a third-party application that provides this? Note, I would prefer the application switcher to remain as it is, just hide the applications only active on other spaces.
A: Windowflow - free for a limited time and gives some options for different spaces and such.
Witch - 12,99 € and has an option that will only show apps in the current space.
WindowSwitcher - 3,59 € and it comes very close to your needs, check it out.
As far as an native solution to your problem: I don't think there is a setting or command that makes the application switcher behave like this.
Definitely check out WindowSwitcher I honestly think it is what you are looking for!
p.s. prices were correct at the time of posting.
A: In my application Command-Tab Plus for this function is responsible for this option in the settings
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567fecd9a97a89770b92b108d44c0e19dff0ec6c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where on the OSX Mavericks is the Applications folder supposed to be? All my Music, Movies, Documents etc, are stored under /Users/myusername/
But it seems that Applications are stored under: /Macintosh HD/Applications
Is there something wrong with my installation ? Is it supposed to be there ? I don't recall moving the applications folder there. It just seems weird that it isn't stored in my user directory.
Could parallels have done this?
A: There is absolutely nothing wrong. That is how your Apple is suppose to be. /Applications , /Library , and /System are managed and used primarily by the OS. Your files should be in your user folder /Users/john for example. If you want you can create another folder in your home folder (user folder) called Applications or Programs or "whatever" and put third party apps in there. It is your choice but you shouldn't remove any applications from the /Application folder should they automatically be installed there or be default programs, doing so will result in issues.
| Q: Where on the OSX Mavericks is the Applications folder supposed to be? All my Music, Movies, Documents etc, are stored under /Users/myusername/
But it seems that Applications are stored under: /Macintosh HD/Applications
Is there something wrong with my installation ? Is it supposed to be there ? I don't recall moving the applications folder there. It just seems weird that it isn't stored in my user directory.
Could parallels have done this?
A: There is absolutely nothing wrong. That is how your Apple is suppose to be. /Applications , /Library , and /System are managed and used primarily by the OS. Your files should be in your user folder /Users/john for example. If you want you can create another folder in your home folder (user folder) called Applications or Programs or "whatever" and put third party apps in there. It is your choice but you shouldn't remove any applications from the /Application folder should they automatically be installed there or be default programs, doing so will result in issues.
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6f53c9b6296cd88fdf05d5acddf4c23638848149 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is happening when my Mac is being optimized after an OS X update? I have just updated to 10.9.2 and after the installation reboot this little message shows up:
What exactly is happening in the background here?
A: Here's how I would determine what's running when you see messages like that:
*
*Check the battery icon if you have a portable.
*Check if Spotlight has queued a large reindex from spotlight
*Check Activity Monitor - look in the Energy tab and sort on Avg Energy Impact descending
| Q: What is happening when my Mac is being optimized after an OS X update? I have just updated to 10.9.2 and after the installation reboot this little message shows up:
What exactly is happening in the background here?
A: Here's how I would determine what's running when you see messages like that:
*
*Check the battery icon if you have a portable.
*Check if Spotlight has queued a large reindex from spotlight
*Check Activity Monitor - look in the Energy tab and sort on Avg Energy Impact descending
A: It's Spotlight reindexing. The same notification appears after OS X 10.8.x → 10.9 update, as well as after all 10.9.x updates so far.
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6fd9e20cbe768a4d378ddbef2698462c992c4bd2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I upload a new version of an app after an App Transfer? I know how to transfer an app from one account to another account as I have read the whole procedure for transfering apps from Apple's Documentation.
However, if I want to upload a new version of the app after transferring I need the bundle identifier to be the same as the previous version of the app. I don't have that same identifier.
How can I upload a new version of that app? Do I need to create a new provisioning profile?
A:
I need the bundle identifier to be the same as the previous version of the app. I don't have that same identifier.
The identifier is transferred along with the app, so once the app is transferred you continue to use the old identifier which has been transferred along with it. Therefore you are free to submit updates as if you were submitting updates to the old app.
Do I need to create a new provisioning profile?
Yes you will. You can do this from the Member Centre or Xcode as you would have done for the app on the old account.
| Q: How do I upload a new version of an app after an App Transfer? I know how to transfer an app from one account to another account as I have read the whole procedure for transfering apps from Apple's Documentation.
However, if I want to upload a new version of the app after transferring I need the bundle identifier to be the same as the previous version of the app. I don't have that same identifier.
How can I upload a new version of that app? Do I need to create a new provisioning profile?
A:
I need the bundle identifier to be the same as the previous version of the app. I don't have that same identifier.
The identifier is transferred along with the app, so once the app is transferred you continue to use the old identifier which has been transferred along with it. Therefore you are free to submit updates as if you were submitting updates to the old app.
Do I need to create a new provisioning profile?
Yes you will. You can do this from the Member Centre or Xcode as you would have done for the app on the old account.
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ab954746ec8e5a23dd264fb43f674ea838e9ba2f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get Cmd-Tab (Mapped to Alt-Tab) in a Parallels Windows VM to cycle just Windows Apps? I have a Windows VM running in Parallels and is working just fine. I have mapped Apple-⌘ Cmd key to Windows-Alt and Apple-⌥ Opt to Windows-⊞ Win.
When I press ⌘ Cmd-Tab - even in full screen mode - I cycle through all Apps running in both Windows and MacOS. How do I get it to just be Windows?
A: To disable the OS X system keyboard shortcuts while the focus is on your VM, just change the setting under Shortcuts labelled "Send OS X system shortcuts" to Always. This will send all keystrokes only to the VM when it has the focus.
| Q: How to get Cmd-Tab (Mapped to Alt-Tab) in a Parallels Windows VM to cycle just Windows Apps? I have a Windows VM running in Parallels and is working just fine. I have mapped Apple-⌘ Cmd key to Windows-Alt and Apple-⌥ Opt to Windows-⊞ Win.
When I press ⌘ Cmd-Tab - even in full screen mode - I cycle through all Apps running in both Windows and MacOS. How do I get it to just be Windows?
A: To disable the OS X system keyboard shortcuts while the focus is on your VM, just change the setting under Shortcuts labelled "Send OS X system shortcuts" to Always. This will send all keystrokes only to the VM when it has the focus.
A: This has moved again in Parallels 13. You can now find it by:
*
*Clicking on the settings gear icon in the Control Center
*Click the Hardware Tab
*Click the Mouse & Keyboard entry
*Select the maxOS System Shortcuts
*Change the "Send MacOS system shortcuts" from Auto to Always
*(if needed) Allow Parallel to control System Accessibility and enter in your password
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98fe6e06bc1e01213695ff5c1f6231ea15e72455 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove an autocomplete suggestion from Safari's address bar? A site that I visit frequently used to be located at:
http://www.site.com/sub/dir
But now it's just located it:
http://www.site.com/sub
The problem is, I visited the original location so often that Safari suggests it as the Top Hit and autocompletes it, even though it no longer exists (it returns a 404). So I start typing http://www.site.com/sub... and Safari fills in the rest with the old URL that no longer works.
How can I remove the old URL so Safari no longer autocompletes it? I already went and found the URL in my history and deleted it, but it still suggests it as the Top Hit.
A: deleting it from my bookmarks worked for me.
backstory: typing yah for yahoo.com autofilled yahooligans.com (safari 8.0.7 on yosemite 10.10.4).
fix: found it deep in a sub menu in the bookmarks folder and erased it. now typing yah fills yahoo.com. woo hoo and thanks!
| Q: How can I remove an autocomplete suggestion from Safari's address bar? A site that I visit frequently used to be located at:
http://www.site.com/sub/dir
But now it's just located it:
http://www.site.com/sub
The problem is, I visited the original location so often that Safari suggests it as the Top Hit and autocompletes it, even though it no longer exists (it returns a 404). So I start typing http://www.site.com/sub... and Safari fills in the rest with the old URL that no longer works.
How can I remove the old URL so Safari no longer autocompletes it? I already went and found the URL in my history and deleted it, but it still suggests it as the Top Hit.
A: deleting it from my bookmarks worked for me.
backstory: typing yah for yahoo.com autofilled yahooligans.com (safari 8.0.7 on yosemite 10.10.4).
fix: found it deep in a sub menu in the bookmarks folder and erased it. now typing yah fills yahoo.com. woo hoo and thanks!
A: *
*Start by typing in the website into the Safari URL bar "example Gmail".
*Then at the bottom of the suggestions it'll show you Search for 'gmail' in History.
*Click that option and then select all and press delete.
Worked like a charm for me.
A: *
*Open Safari.
*From the “History” menu, choose “Show All History”.
*
*keyboard shortcut: ⌘ Y
*In the Search field in the top right corner, enter the web site you want to remove.
*In the list of search results, click on the web site you want to remove.
*
*To select multiple sites, hold the command ⌘ key while clicking on the sites you want to delete. Or, to select a range, hold the shift key, click the first item to delete, then click the last item to delete.
*Press the Delete key on your keyboard.
A: Go into your history and delete all visits to the website. Alternatively, it may be easier to just delete all of your history instead.
A: This is for OSX10.10.1 Yosemite
*
*In Finder, hold down "option" key and click on "Go"
*Select Library
*In Library, go to Safari
*In Safari, click on History.plist; this should open up "Pref Setter" App
*In the App, the History window should open.
*Type in the website you want to delete in the search field in top right.
*Delete the entry. I only deleted the actual String and not the Item.
*Save and close.
*Close Safari and re-open Safari.
A: If you don't want to delete all your preferences and history and bookmarks, and instead only delete the saved url (as posed in the original question), then the following shortcut might be helpful:
*
*type the following to open safari: ⌘-space, safari, enter
*once safari is open/active, type this to enable searching of history: ⌘-y, ⌘-f
*start typing whatever url you wish to delete from your autocomplete, it will start filtering the displayed list.
*select entries to be removed: (shift + scroll); or just use the mouse.
*press the delete key
A: To remove an address from the auto fill listing, click on the ! Mark at the end of the listing. The pop-up menu asking to "Create New Contact" or "Add to Existing Contact" can be scrolled down further to the option "Remove from Recents". This option will remove the address.
Why they hid this option is any bodies quess.
A: Alright- I've figured it out. I'm not even remotely bright, but here is the problem:
The reason that autocomplete keeps filling in the websites and bringing it up as a "top hit" and suggesting things is because you have a link to that site saved in your bookmark folder.
Step 1: Delete all the sites from your bookmark folder that you do not want to show up in autocomplete.
Step 2: Clear all history, restart Safari, and Voilà - Autocomplete shows nothing.
A: Preferences > Search > smart search field: manage websites
A: Go to Settings -> Autofill -> Other Forms, Tap Edit and remove your site and restart browser. It helped me.
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8c11378ab56646d12e79ae7d9bdd9bdad989abff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Force Preview to open all selected images in one window Before mavericks, selecting several images in Finder and choosing Open on them would open them in Preview in one window, with all image thumbnails nicely on the left hand side bar.
Since Mavericks, this is no longer the case. Sometimes the selected images all appear in one window, sometimes Preview arbitrarily open some images in one window and other images in another window...
How can I force Preview to open all in one again?
A: Short answer: you can’t. This is a bug in Mavericks.
What I do is:
*
*Open the group of images
*Close all windows in Preview if it has opened more than one window (shortcut: ⌘altw)
*Re-open the same group of images
Most of the time, I have all my images in one window the second time I open them.
| Q: Force Preview to open all selected images in one window Before mavericks, selecting several images in Finder and choosing Open on them would open them in Preview in one window, with all image thumbnails nicely on the left hand side bar.
Since Mavericks, this is no longer the case. Sometimes the selected images all appear in one window, sometimes Preview arbitrarily open some images in one window and other images in another window...
How can I force Preview to open all in one again?
A: Short answer: you can’t. This is a bug in Mavericks.
What I do is:
*
*Open the group of images
*Close all windows in Preview if it has opened more than one window (shortcut: ⌘altw)
*Re-open the same group of images
Most of the time, I have all my images in one window the second time I open them.
A: Before reading zinne's answer, I avoided the problem by using Quick Look instead of Preview. It can be found in the context menu of selected images, between Make alias and Share, at least in my Maverics 10.9.5.
A: Had the same problem. It's simply in the prefernces setup "open images in one window"
A: I keep the Preview.app icon in my dock (OS X 10.9.5). Drag and drop a folder of images onto the Preview.app icon. This will open all images in a single Preview window.
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104571e05f4c8f58562717f054581c9f11afb0a4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: In Mail is it possible to copy the date and time to the clipboard from a mail message In my todo list, I like to refer to email messages based on the date they were received so I can simply find the message at a later point.
For example,
*
*Follow up locking issue (see Peter's email 25th Feb 2014 18:04)
Rather than transcribing the message date by hand, I'd rather copy it from the mail message and paste it into Notes but this doesn't seem possible.
There is no selection cursor when I hover over the date, just a "grab hand".
Are there any tricks to copying a mail message's date to the clipboard?
A: This doesn't get you the date in text format, but when I grab using that grab hand cursor I can drag it into notes. There is then an icon with the subject of the email which, when clicked opens that email (albeit in a new window).
Might be helpful.
| Q: In Mail is it possible to copy the date and time to the clipboard from a mail message In my todo list, I like to refer to email messages based on the date they were received so I can simply find the message at a later point.
For example,
*
*Follow up locking issue (see Peter's email 25th Feb 2014 18:04)
Rather than transcribing the message date by hand, I'd rather copy it from the mail message and paste it into Notes but this doesn't seem possible.
There is no selection cursor when I hover over the date, just a "grab hand".
Are there any tricks to copying a mail message's date to the clipboard?
A: This doesn't get you the date in text format, but when I grab using that grab hand cursor I can drag it into notes. There is then an icon with the subject of the email which, when clicked opens that email (albeit in a new window).
Might be helpful.
A: Apparently there is no option to copy date directly from mail message, neither in regular view, nor in "sort by thread" view.
The fastest method that I came up with was to reply to the email message and copy date from quoted part of it and discard draft afterwards
A: You could use the messages show Header to copy that and more or any information from.
Originalarrivaltime: 26 Feb 2014 14:05:34.0926
You could use the screen shot of the mail and paste that in notes.
A: As you mention that you use the date to find the message later another method is also possible.
If you use a Cocoa app (e.g. TextEdit) for the todo list you can make a link to the actual message such that you don't have to search anymore.
This is done through the message-id of the message, found in the raw source. This old hint explains how it works, and here an Applescript is shown that copies the message id of a selected message to the clipboard.
The Applescript looks as follows:
tell application "Mail"
set _sel to get selection
set _links to {}
repeat with _msg in _sel
set _messageURL to "message://%3c" & _msg's message id & "%3e"
set end of _links to _messageURL
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return
set the clipboard to (_links as string)
end tell
Now if you paste the link in your todo list in TextEdit you can right click it, hit Open URL and the message will pop-up in Mail.
A: The following Applescript gets the date and time of the selected message and places it in on the clipboard. Copy/paste it in the Applescript editor and hit run to see what it does (make sure Mail is open and has a message selected).
tell application "Mail"
set theSelection to selection
set theMessage to item 1 of theSelection
set theDate to date received of theMessage
end tell
set theDateFormatted to (short date string of theDate & " " & time string of theDate)
set the clipboard to theDateFormatted as string
get the clipboard
To make the script useful you should make a service out of it using Automator and assign a keyboard shortcut to it.
Or, if you're using a launcher like Quicksilver or Alfred, you can save the script somewhere and launch it using the launcher. How to do that is content for another (probably already answered) question though.
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e5a65cbb08c8f188905e8ab1a573b16cb64f63b5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to add wiktionary as a source to the default dictionary.app? How to add wiktionary to dictionary.app?
For older versions of OS X, there is a method available here Dictionary.app: how to change from wikipedia.org to wiktionary.org. But in the latest system, there are only one field available, as mentioned in the last post.
A: You can use DictUnifier to convert any StarDict format dictionary into a mac format dictionary. You can then download wiktionary in StarDict format here:
http://www.dictinfo.com/
Extract the 7z file with Keka or similar. You will get three files, a .ifo, a .dictz, and a .idx.
Drag the resulting .ifo file onto the DictUnifier drop location and it will convert and import it into your Dictionary. You can then go into preferences and check the new dictionary and drag it into the right position for how you want results.
Now you have offline wiktionary access in every language that is available at that dictinfo site (Gobs of them!!).
| Q: How to add wiktionary as a source to the default dictionary.app? How to add wiktionary to dictionary.app?
For older versions of OS X, there is a method available here Dictionary.app: how to change from wikipedia.org to wiktionary.org. But in the latest system, there are only one field available, as mentioned in the last post.
A: You can use DictUnifier to convert any StarDict format dictionary into a mac format dictionary. You can then download wiktionary in StarDict format here:
http://www.dictinfo.com/
Extract the 7z file with Keka or similar. You will get three files, a .ifo, a .dictz, and a .idx.
Drag the resulting .ifo file onto the DictUnifier drop location and it will convert and import it into your Dictionary. You can then go into preferences and check the new dictionary and drag it into the right position for how you want results.
Now you have offline wiktionary access in every language that is available at that dictinfo site (Gobs of them!!).
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795d61b9ac3105443ffd91cb86535814df1309b5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Fluid not support web fonts? I am right in saying that Fluid.app does not support Web Fonts?
The fonts on this page looks nothing like in Safari or Chrome:
http://www.typography.com/cloud/welcome/
And I have tried whitelisting the following domains in the Preference, but without luck.
*cloud.typography.com*
*typography.com*
*cloudfront.net*
| Q: Does Fluid not support web fonts? I am right in saying that Fluid.app does not support Web Fonts?
The fonts on this page looks nothing like in Safari or Chrome:
http://www.typography.com/cloud/welcome/
And I have tried whitelisting the following domains in the Preference, but without luck.
*cloud.typography.com*
*typography.com*
*cloudfront.net*
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/122498"
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7220c1c4d2828d625470ecce7fd7f7f28ccb727c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Scripting Timemachine exclusion lists Is it possible to script the exclude lists for Time Machine when setting up a new machine?
For example, for a new machine I would like to setup the following exclusion list:
A: The tmutil command line tool, included with OS X, supports the ability to add and remove items from the exclusion list.
sudo tmutil addexclusion ~/.ivy2
See the tmutil manual page for more information about this tool's options.
As tmutil is a command line tool, it can be incorporated into AppleScripts using do shell script, combined with Automator workflows using the Run shell script step, or as part of a traditional shell script.
| Q: Scripting Timemachine exclusion lists Is it possible to script the exclude lists for Time Machine when setting up a new machine?
For example, for a new machine I would like to setup the following exclusion list:
A: The tmutil command line tool, included with OS X, supports the ability to add and remove items from the exclusion list.
sudo tmutil addexclusion ~/.ivy2
See the tmutil manual page for more information about this tool's options.
As tmutil is a command line tool, it can be incorporated into AppleScripts using do shell script, combined with Automator workflows using the Run shell script step, or as part of a traditional shell script.
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bc1cce0ad1b0e0d971c25a7eb92f66101b65c684 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I do a diagonal-arrow keyboard shortcut? Occasionally, you see a keyboard shortcut for something in an app's menus that shows a diagonal-pointing arrow (one that points 45, 135, 225, or 315 degrees) rather than your standard up, right, down, or left arrow keys. Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about:
How do I accomplish that key chord?
A: These are the home and end keys on OS X.
*
*On full keyboards, there are keys designated to home and end.
*On notebooks you can press home by pressing fn+left and end by pressing fn+right.
Additional key behaviors
*
*The Numlock key has been removed on Late 2007 and later Mac notebooks.
*Home key functionality is performed by pressing Fn (Function) and Left Arrow key.
*End key functionality is performed by pressing Fn and Right Arrow key.
*Page Up key functionality is performed by pressing Fn and Up Arrow key.
*Page Down key functionality is performed by pressing Fn and Down Arrow key.
Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3164
| Q: How do I do a diagonal-arrow keyboard shortcut? Occasionally, you see a keyboard shortcut for something in an app's menus that shows a diagonal-pointing arrow (one that points 45, 135, 225, or 315 degrees) rather than your standard up, right, down, or left arrow keys. Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about:
How do I accomplish that key chord?
A: These are the home and end keys on OS X.
*
*On full keyboards, there are keys designated to home and end.
*On notebooks you can press home by pressing fn+left and end by pressing fn+right.
Additional key behaviors
*
*The Numlock key has been removed on Late 2007 and later Mac notebooks.
*Home key functionality is performed by pressing Fn (Function) and Left Arrow key.
*End key functionality is performed by pressing Fn and Right Arrow key.
*Page Up key functionality is performed by pressing Fn and Up Arrow key.
*Page Down key functionality is performed by pressing Fn and Down Arrow key.
Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3164
A: I suggest you to open your keyboard visualizer (by clicking on the flag that is near the clock in the menu bar).
This will make appear a window with a keyboard representation.
If you press the fn key, you'll see that the ← will become a ↖︎ (Home key) in this window while → will become ↘︎ (End key).
That's it: just press the fn+← or fn+→ to obtain the diagonal-arrow.
A: As of macOS 10.13.5, the "keyboard and emoji viewers" are accessible from a checkmark in:
System Preferences -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Keyboard (tab)
Then check the box next to "Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar"
(screenshot from macOS 10.13.5)
A: Following up on @lauhub's answer, you enable the system's Keyboard Viewer in the Keyboard system preferences. In the "Input Sources" tab, check "Show input menu in menu bar." (In older versions of OSX, this is International system preferences' "Input Menu" tab.) The newly-enabled menubar menu includes "Show Keyboard Viewer."
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f3c2ec6e54a27caf92a7446c07ae4f585d468986 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple Mail opening mail in new window when clicking notification When clicking the notification from Apple's Mail client it opens the mail in a new window, instead of showing the mail window (Which is in its own separate space) like it has done previously. Does anyone know if this behavior can be changed?
I have verified on another computer that this is a "feature" in the latest version of OS X (10.9.2). So my question is now how to disable it?
A: This is a feature of OS X Mavericks (10.9.2) and cannot be disabled
| Q: Apple Mail opening mail in new window when clicking notification When clicking the notification from Apple's Mail client it opens the mail in a new window, instead of showing the mail window (Which is in its own separate space) like it has done previously. Does anyone know if this behavior can be changed?
I have verified on another computer that this is a "feature" in the latest version of OS X (10.9.2). So my question is now how to disable it?
A: This is a feature of OS X Mavericks (10.9.2) and cannot be disabled
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185aa82bfa277126c6fd9cc548facee728248bf8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remove the white background from a profile picture? I want to set a profile picture that has a transparent background, but when I do it gets a white circle in the background that I do not want. Is there a way to prevent this from happening, or maybe just set the alpha value of the colour it uses?
The original image does not have the outer white circle.
| Q: How can I remove the white background from a profile picture? I want to set a profile picture that has a transparent background, but when I do it gets a white circle in the background that I do not want. Is there a way to prevent this from happening, or maybe just set the alpha value of the colour it uses?
The original image does not have the outer white circle.
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1ee8f34cf1626ee265ba62a0b45c5587fbbc4ed6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Teamviewer scrolling speed Back To My Mac recently stopped working for me, so I started using TeamViewer to access my home Mac from the outside world.
It works great, for the most part. One thing that is frustrating me though is scroll speed. Regardless of what I use (magic mouse, track-pad), scrolling in the remote computer is too fast. It just jumps from the top of the list to the bottom instantly. I don't see any speed tuning controls in TeamViewer, and when I'm connected remotely there are no mice or track-pads displayed in System Preferences, so you can't adjust speed there either.
Can I slow down the scroll when my network connection has delays to avoid over shooting?
A: I have a temporary solution. You can install "Smart Scroll mac" and add specific setting for Teamviewer like follows (all other settings=off).
Then, you can use the trackpad in teamviewer normally. Btw, I recommend you buying this app.
| Q: Teamviewer scrolling speed Back To My Mac recently stopped working for me, so I started using TeamViewer to access my home Mac from the outside world.
It works great, for the most part. One thing that is frustrating me though is scroll speed. Regardless of what I use (magic mouse, track-pad), scrolling in the remote computer is too fast. It just jumps from the top of the list to the bottom instantly. I don't see any speed tuning controls in TeamViewer, and when I'm connected remotely there are no mice or track-pads displayed in System Preferences, so you can't adjust speed there either.
Can I slow down the scroll when my network connection has delays to avoid over shooting?
A: I have a temporary solution. You can install "Smart Scroll mac" and add specific setting for Teamviewer like follows (all other settings=off).
Then, you can use the trackpad in teamviewer normally. Btw, I recommend you buying this app.
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b842898cb16d1f23b8ec943f99803e7b26b5bdca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Both: Key Repeat & Press and Hold Is it possible to use both the Key Repeat & the Press and Hold functionality in OS X Mavericks? How?
I write in English, French and German on a Macbook's US keyboard often. I really like the Press and Hold accent popups, but I also need the Key Repeat functionality to work decently with iTerm2, ssh, vim, sublime and so on.
A: For every app you want key repeat to work in, run
defaults write <bundle-ID> ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
…then restart the app.
| Q: Both: Key Repeat & Press and Hold Is it possible to use both the Key Repeat & the Press and Hold functionality in OS X Mavericks? How?
I write in English, French and German on a Macbook's US keyboard often. I really like the Press and Hold accent popups, but I also need the Key Repeat functionality to work decently with iTerm2, ssh, vim, sublime and so on.
A: For every app you want key repeat to work in, run
defaults write <bundle-ID> ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
…then restart the app.
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937590844f569aabaf1e7d4739b76441cfbbe049 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't load contacts from iPhone to iCloud account I have an iPhone 5S and I cannot seem to get my contacts loaded from my iPhone to my iCloud account.
I have reset the iCloud and also deleted the account on my phone and reset etc. but nothing has happened.
A: On your iPhone be sure the following is set:
*
*Go to Settings
*Tap iCloud
*Set the slider beside Contacts to green [on]
| Q: Can't load contacts from iPhone to iCloud account I have an iPhone 5S and I cannot seem to get my contacts loaded from my iPhone to my iCloud account.
I have reset the iCloud and also deleted the account on my phone and reset etc. but nothing has happened.
A: On your iPhone be sure the following is set:
*
*Go to Settings
*Tap iCloud
*Set the slider beside Contacts to green [on]
A: If you have a mac computer you can sync your contacts to your computer using iTunes, then export them, and then import them into iCloud. See http://discussions.apple.com/message/23278838#23278838.
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9ab7111aef717bc40fbf35a9f41f407fa91c2aa8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to switch from Spotlight to Alfred via Terminal? I installed Alfred through homebrew-cask. I want to disable Spotlight and let Alfred be opened with Cmd+S.
The first Terminal-based solution I tried was unloading Spotlight with sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist. However, this makes homebrew fail with "couldn't get the client port", and it's known.
The second one was to change Spotlight shortcut by accessing System Preferences -> Spotlight and disabling the option "Spotlight menu keyboard shortcut". It worked.
What I still don't like is that this solution isn't portable, and I can't add that to my dotfiles. Also, Spotlight still runs, but I think I will have to deal with it because I need homebrew to work.
A: Alfred requires Spotlight to function properly.
Alfred relies on the same OS X metadata index as Spotlight. As such, it's important for you to let Spotlight run on your Mac to maintain an index of the files on it.
http://support.alfredapp.com/kb:spotlight
This answer to a similar question provides a shell command to stop Spotlight's GUI only, which will disable Spotlight's shortcut.
| Q: How to switch from Spotlight to Alfred via Terminal? I installed Alfred through homebrew-cask. I want to disable Spotlight and let Alfred be opened with Cmd+S.
The first Terminal-based solution I tried was unloading Spotlight with sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist. However, this makes homebrew fail with "couldn't get the client port", and it's known.
The second one was to change Spotlight shortcut by accessing System Preferences -> Spotlight and disabling the option "Spotlight menu keyboard shortcut". It worked.
What I still don't like is that this solution isn't portable, and I can't add that to my dotfiles. Also, Spotlight still runs, but I think I will have to deal with it because I need homebrew to work.
A: Alfred requires Spotlight to function properly.
Alfred relies on the same OS X metadata index as Spotlight. As such, it's important for you to let Spotlight run on your Mac to maintain an index of the files on it.
http://support.alfredapp.com/kb:spotlight
This answer to a similar question provides a shell command to stop Spotlight's GUI only, which will disable Spotlight's shortcut.
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73c7b6169ea3dfe00533b3f865d5caed10e35950 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to Page Up/Down on Anker Bluetooth Keyboard? I've got the Anker Bluetooth keyboard and I'm using it with my Macbook Pro. I used to press Fn+<Arrow Up> to do a page up, but that doesn't seem to happen with this keyboard. Does anyone know how to do a page up with this keyboard?
A: Karabiner and BetterTouchTool can remap keys to do this, but since the Fn key doesn't seem to be standard you may have to remap it to another key. BetterTouchTool is much more simple by the way.
| Q: How to Page Up/Down on Anker Bluetooth Keyboard? I've got the Anker Bluetooth keyboard and I'm using it with my Macbook Pro. I used to press Fn+<Arrow Up> to do a page up, but that doesn't seem to happen with this keyboard. Does anyone know how to do a page up with this keyboard?
A: Karabiner and BetterTouchTool can remap keys to do this, but since the Fn key doesn't seem to be standard you may have to remap it to another key. BetterTouchTool is much more simple by the way.
A: You might have figured it out by now, but just in case...
My keyboard has 3 keys marked to use with your Operation System. A is for IOS/Mac, S is for Android, and D is for Windows/PC. In my case, I have a Windows. I hold Fn + D(the key the match my OS) and click arrow key I'd like to use.
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e2b2aa3a37593c78327e73110e4e13b613c9f9a1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Trash missing from Dock I can't find my Trash folder on my Mac — it isn't on my Dock and I really don't know where to find it. I'm new to OS X.
Does anyone know where I can find my Trash? I can put items in my Trash, but I want to empty some files not all of the files that are in there.
A: I think you should first use killall Dock using Terminal.
This will reset your dock. If this doesn't work then you should download a 3rd party application such as DragThing.
Then logout and log back in, and start using DragThing.
If you need more help you can go on these websites : http://mac.bigresource.com/OS-X-Leopard-System-and-Trash-icons-gone-from-dock--t9R58eDJO.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1494553?tstart=0
| Q: Trash missing from Dock I can't find my Trash folder on my Mac — it isn't on my Dock and I really don't know where to find it. I'm new to OS X.
Does anyone know where I can find my Trash? I can put items in my Trash, but I want to empty some files not all of the files that are in there.
A: I think you should first use killall Dock using Terminal.
This will reset your dock. If this doesn't work then you should download a 3rd party application such as DragThing.
Then logout and log back in, and start using DragThing.
If you need more help you can go on these websites : http://mac.bigresource.com/OS-X-Leopard-System-and-Trash-icons-gone-from-dock--t9R58eDJO.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1494553?tstart=0
A: You shouldn't be able to delete the Trash folder from your Dock. To put it back, reset your Dock settings:
*
*Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
*Run the following command to delete the Dock preferences file:
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
*Log out and back in.
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02eccbe2b2dfea259bc4b97427148b640c9325e2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to transfer iMessages to the computer for archival? My iPhone storage space is almost all used up, mostly because of my messages. I don't want to just delete all my conversations.
Is there a way I can transfer my messages onto my PC?
A: You can create a PDF archive of your messages on your iOS device using PhoneView:
Export messages as beautiful PDF files. PhoneView also automatically backs up your messages whenever your iPhone is connected.
| Q: How to transfer iMessages to the computer for archival? My iPhone storage space is almost all used up, mostly because of my messages. I don't want to just delete all my conversations.
Is there a way I can transfer my messages onto my PC?
A: You can create a PDF archive of your messages on your iOS device using PhoneView:
Export messages as beautiful PDF files. PhoneView also automatically backs up your messages whenever your iPhone is connected.
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b743a974f28db3aae875795bae2175d62c1db3c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Writing to an NTFS volume is disabled on 10.9.2? Hi I recently upgraded to 10.9.2 and I cannot write to NTFS anymore - in fact I cannot mount NTFS anymore unless I removed the the lines that allow me to write NTFS in the past in /etc/fstab...
I also tried NTFS-3G and it's the same result - the system won't mount my NTFS drive unless I reverse to the default system files or settings (which only allow me to read NTFS, without enabling the write feature).
Did Apple disable NTFS write? Why?
Also I tried Tuxera NTFS and it gives me this error message:
A: I updated my guide - turns out the issue is that osxfuse is just needed with ntfs-3g - fuse4x has to be removed.
http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/how-to-write-to-a-ntfs-drive-from-os-x-mavericks/
| Q: Writing to an NTFS volume is disabled on 10.9.2? Hi I recently upgraded to 10.9.2 and I cannot write to NTFS anymore - in fact I cannot mount NTFS anymore unless I removed the the lines that allow me to write NTFS in the past in /etc/fstab...
I also tried NTFS-3G and it's the same result - the system won't mount my NTFS drive unless I reverse to the default system files or settings (which only allow me to read NTFS, without enabling the write feature).
Did Apple disable NTFS write? Why?
Also I tried Tuxera NTFS and it gives me this error message:
A: I updated my guide - turns out the issue is that osxfuse is just needed with ntfs-3g - fuse4x has to be removed.
http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/how-to-write-to-a-ntfs-drive-from-os-x-mavericks/
A: In my experience, using paragon NTFS drivers works perfectly.
A: no paragon NTFS doesn't work either. The solution I had was:
In the terminal:
brew remove osxfuse
brew remove fuse4x
brew remove NTFS-3G
*
*Then remove everything in /etc/fstab
*Restart the computer
*Install Tuxera
*Plug in the hard-drive, get an error message
*Eject the hard-drive
*Restart the computer
*Plug in the hard-drive, now it works!
I think 10.9.2 installs some additional files that removed the support for NTFS-3G. For now I am happy with using Tuxera - and if anyone finds out how to use NTFS-3G, please share!
A: I found a description on how to use NTFS-3G.
According to this source updated March 2014, the package ntfs-3g is updated and you have to sym link the mount_ntfs file to a new destination, so if you have set up before and have updated your brew you may need to unlink a few dependencies and definitely link to the new destination mount_ntfs destination. Also on completion when a ntfs disk is mounted a new error is displayed but the disk still mounts and is read/writable.
http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/how-to-write-to-a-ntfs-drive-from-os-x-mavericks/
I personally updated to 10.9.2 without problems with my NTFS drives. The only problem copying onto an NTFS Drive takes very long.
I have installed in my system preferences OSXFUSE 2.6.2 and NTFS-3G 2010.10.2
Yogi
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2bc87deffb805aa8b7534fef8b7f7f5244e07adc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Folders in Finder not showing This may be a total noob question, but this is my first apple product, please bear with me.
I'm not seeing certain folders, like "movies", "music", and "pictures" in finder.
Is there a way to activate these folders?
I'm running osx mavericks on a late 2013 mbp.
A: Pull down the Finder menu and select Preferences...
In the Preferences dialog, along the top row, click on the Sidebar tab.
Check the boxes next to the items you want to see in the sidebar of every Finder window.
Close the Finder Preferences window and you are good to go.
| Q: Folders in Finder not showing This may be a total noob question, but this is my first apple product, please bear with me.
I'm not seeing certain folders, like "movies", "music", and "pictures" in finder.
Is there a way to activate these folders?
I'm running osx mavericks on a late 2013 mbp.
A: Pull down the Finder menu and select Preferences...
In the Preferences dialog, along the top row, click on the Sidebar tab.
Check the boxes next to the items you want to see in the sidebar of every Finder window.
Close the Finder Preferences window and you are good to go.
A: Nothing to these critical stuffs.
Just Try This
for OS X EI CAPITAN 10.11.6
Move the " Cursor" on to the folder Like " Favorite". there will appear " Show" or "Hide" option.
Click on " SHOW " option. All the functions will appear.
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c5102eab7bf71ed8540cc5654377a516832a23f3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Adobe Illustrator alternative for the Mac? I need to be able to view and edit AI files on OS X.
How can do that without Adobe Illustrator?
A: Affinity Designer, which is an amazing vector app
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/
| Q: Adobe Illustrator alternative for the Mac? I need to be able to view and edit AI files on OS X.
How can do that without Adobe Illustrator?
A: Affinity Designer, which is an amazing vector app
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/
A: You can use Inkscape (Open source/Freeware) to open .AI-Files.
A: Preview.app can view AI files, if anyone needs just read them.
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f24ed6c5920380de0b4aedfa84f4d4b36d5c6eb1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't find "Find my iPhone" app on OS X I have attempted all the suggestions listed in Apps on my MacBook Pro but I still can't find the app I am looking for: Find my iPhone.
I have checked Applications, Downloads, Spotlight, Finder, and Launchpad.
I went to download it, iTunes says I have already downloaded it, have tried everything to find it on my computer. I can't find it and I cannot apparently download it again. I am completely stumped with this one and desperately need to find my phone.
A: There is no native Find my iPhone OS X app.
You mention that you have downloaded the app using iTunes, in which case you have downloaded the iOS app. The app will show in iTunes and will only be available on iOS devices.
To access Find my iPhone on OS X, you need to go to iCloud.com.
| Q: Can't find "Find my iPhone" app on OS X I have attempted all the suggestions listed in Apps on my MacBook Pro but I still can't find the app I am looking for: Find my iPhone.
I have checked Applications, Downloads, Spotlight, Finder, and Launchpad.
I went to download it, iTunes says I have already downloaded it, have tried everything to find it on my computer. I can't find it and I cannot apparently download it again. I am completely stumped with this one and desperately need to find my phone.
A: There is no native Find my iPhone OS X app.
You mention that you have downloaded the app using iTunes, in which case you have downloaded the iOS app. The app will show in iTunes and will only be available on iOS devices.
To access Find my iPhone on OS X, you need to go to iCloud.com.
A: Open Safari or another web browser and go to:
*
*https://www.icloud.com/#find
I believe you can also use Linux and Windows browsers to locate devices through iCloud but haven't tested that recently. The app you downloaded in iTunes only runs once you sync it to an iOS device and won't help locate a lost device from your Mac.
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49ab91f370dac25301cd35518d4537da0db5c4ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Spotlight in Mavericks does not search Tags - how to enable? I have defined a couple of tags in Mavericks. If I search inside Finder, tags work as expected:
It recognizes that "Firma" is a tag.
If I select it and press enter, it turns into "Tag:Firma".
However if I do the same in the global search (CMD+SPACE), it seems to have no idea about tags:
Is there a way to fix this or is it a known bug?
A: Tags have never worked that way for me. I don't know if they should, but they work for me if I prefix the tag with tag: like this:
tag:Firma
| Q: Spotlight in Mavericks does not search Tags - how to enable? I have defined a couple of tags in Mavericks. If I search inside Finder, tags work as expected:
It recognizes that "Firma" is a tag.
If I select it and press enter, it turns into "Tag:Firma".
However if I do the same in the global search (CMD+SPACE), it seems to have no idea about tags:
Is there a way to fix this or is it a known bug?
A: Tags have never worked that way for me. I don't know if they should, but they work for me if I prefix the tag with tag: like this:
tag:Firma
A: I repeated your steps in renaming one of my Tags.
My MBA with 10.9.2 does exactly the same as yours.
The Spotlight does following:
By entering the Tag name it sorts and shows the actually tagged files first in the search window.
So it knows those files were tagged by that tag.
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7345bc7e232a886837ea438ff6d20daa4a3ccb83 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Parallels Help moving ISO image I installed http://www.parallels.com/ on my Macbook Pro. Using an ISO image I installed windows on it.
I have an ISO image on my desktop. If I delete it, Parallels says: it's missing, but shall turn on (the operating system).
Is the ISO needed? If so, can I move it to another folder so my desktop stays clean of ISO images? Or do I not need it? (ISO)
I am using OS X 10.9.2 (Mavericks)
A: The iso is no longer necessary.
In the bottom of the virtual-machine-window there's a icon that looks like a CD
if you click it you can de-select the .iso (by either choosing disconnect or use phyical drive)
| Q: Parallels Help moving ISO image I installed http://www.parallels.com/ on my Macbook Pro. Using an ISO image I installed windows on it.
I have an ISO image on my desktop. If I delete it, Parallels says: it's missing, but shall turn on (the operating system).
Is the ISO needed? If so, can I move it to another folder so my desktop stays clean of ISO images? Or do I not need it? (ISO)
I am using OS X 10.9.2 (Mavericks)
A: The iso is no longer necessary.
In the bottom of the virtual-machine-window there's a icon that looks like a CD
if you click it you can de-select the .iso (by either choosing disconnect or use phyical drive)
A: The iso is used during the installation process. It does not need to remain connected once the installation is complete, however if you have not installed all packages from the installation that you wish then it is useful to keep the iso around to allow for repairs etc, although it is not required to be connected.
You can then move it to another folder, burn it to dvd or whatever action you want and reaccess it at a later date.
You could even reaccess it from the new location as an image once you have moved it.
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554874bf3918ef8669dc6ef39ba99c39da87467a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Block calls from unknown and withheld How can I block calls from the "Unknown" caller? I have iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. Does any other version of the iPhone offer this ability?
I've checked the question Call blocking for iPhone?, but it doesn't seem to work for "Unknown" callers.
I found the following question: Cannot answer unknown calls on my new iPhone 4S.
I want to do the opposite. I want to stop unknown callers from coming up on the phone, and I would rather not know that they are calling.
A: Sorry, but true call blocking can be only done by a carrier. However, if you wish to allow calls only from your contact list, and exclude everyone else, you can use Do Not Disturb feature on your iPhone 4s.
| Q: Block calls from unknown and withheld How can I block calls from the "Unknown" caller? I have iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. Does any other version of the iPhone offer this ability?
I've checked the question Call blocking for iPhone?, but it doesn't seem to work for "Unknown" callers.
I found the following question: Cannot answer unknown calls on my new iPhone 4S.
I want to do the opposite. I want to stop unknown callers from coming up on the phone, and I would rather not know that they are calling.
A: Sorry, but true call blocking can be only done by a carrier. However, if you wish to allow calls only from your contact list, and exclude everyone else, you can use Do Not Disturb feature on your iPhone 4s.
A: Well, as of 2021 iOS can block unknown (not in address book) calls completely
or use external apps to look-up for phone numbers
See https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207099
A: For saved contacts, its easy task to block any contacts from Settings > phone > blocked option.
But for Unknown number call block follow the below steps,
Phone app > Recent > (i) symbol > Recent option (Blue watch icon) > Block this caller.
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ab216b70b674c9c49acf8f0ebbabd70550c59a65 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I permanently allow a website to access my location? In iOS, I only need to be asked once whether I want to allow a website to share my location data. Is it possible to permanently do this in OS X version of Safari as well?
A: In your Safari preferences > Privacy :
Select Prompt for each website one time only
| Q: How do I permanently allow a website to access my location? In iOS, I only need to be asked once whether I want to allow a website to share my location data. Is it possible to permanently do this in OS X version of Safari as well?
A: In your Safari preferences > Privacy :
Select Prompt for each website one time only
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42ef83b401c4345cbb8cad6fffacce038d2caa3a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you uninstall Keynote 6 but leave Keynote 5? I installed Keynote 6.x recently, and decided I want to use the old version (5.3) - commonly known as iWork '09 instead.
I have deleted 6.x Keynote using Finder, but it comes back when the App Store does software updates (which also sets *.key files to open in Keynote 6.x). I can't figure out how to get the App Store to prevent Keynote from coming back...
A: Open System Preferences and click on App Store
Uncheck "Install app updates" (and probably "Download newly available...")
| Q: How do you uninstall Keynote 6 but leave Keynote 5? I installed Keynote 6.x recently, and decided I want to use the old version (5.3) - commonly known as iWork '09 instead.
I have deleted 6.x Keynote using Finder, but it comes back when the App Store does software updates (which also sets *.key files to open in Keynote 6.x). I can't figure out how to get the App Store to prevent Keynote from coming back...
A: Open System Preferences and click on App Store
Uncheck "Install app updates" (and probably "Download newly available...")
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cbde68e7c4e53d574a097de3d71918d9bd537a4d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Numbers: Countif with condition the content of a cell I am struggling to come with a solution on this problem, making me wonder if the Countif function is designed to work this way, or what is wrong with my syntax at the end.
I have my first table with the data and the second where I want to count data.
In the second table I have columns with the "strings", which their appearance I want to count on my first table.
My formulas is the following:
=COUNTIF(table1 :: B5:B7;"=T(C9)")
I have tried also
=COUNTIF(table1 :: B5:B7;"=C9")
But I am getting syntax error. Can someone give some insight ?
A: I managed to find the syntax that works, but I was not allowed to post the answer. It should look like this:
=COUNTIF(Table 1 :: B2:B337;"="&T(A3))
| Q: Numbers: Countif with condition the content of a cell I am struggling to come with a solution on this problem, making me wonder if the Countif function is designed to work this way, or what is wrong with my syntax at the end.
I have my first table with the data and the second where I want to count data.
In the second table I have columns with the "strings", which their appearance I want to count on my first table.
My formulas is the following:
=COUNTIF(table1 :: B5:B7;"=T(C9)")
I have tried also
=COUNTIF(table1 :: B5:B7;"=C9")
But I am getting syntax error. Can someone give some insight ?
A: I managed to find the syntax that works, but I was not allowed to post the answer. It should look like this:
=COUNTIF(Table 1 :: B2:B337;"="&T(A3))
A: Seems like you are using wrong argument in condition part of formula - meaning that you should put there string that you are looking for not the address of the cell because Numbers thinks that you are looking for string "C9" and not value from C9.
A: simply =COUNTIF(table1 :: B5:B7; C9 )
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b497c2fd27cc760daa52090ef4cc9d908d02b315 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to turn WiFi on\off based on location Applications such as WiFi Matic on Android allow you to turn on\off your WiFi automatically depending on location. Even though this disables assisted GPS which uses WiFi to help the GPS lock, it's still a nice battery saver trick which I loved while in the Android world.
I couldn't find any iPhone app that does the same. Does it exist?If not, is it because apple restricts such app control?
A: There is no public API to control the Wifi on iOS. Therefore Apple won't allow it on the AppStore.
If such an app exists then maybe on Cydia.
| Q: How to turn WiFi on\off based on location Applications such as WiFi Matic on Android allow you to turn on\off your WiFi automatically depending on location. Even though this disables assisted GPS which uses WiFi to help the GPS lock, it's still a nice battery saver trick which I loved while in the Android world.
I couldn't find any iPhone app that does the same. Does it exist?If not, is it because apple restricts such app control?
A: There is no public API to control the Wifi on iOS. Therefore Apple won't allow it on the AppStore.
If such an app exists then maybe on Cydia.
A: I know this question was asked 6 years back but I thought I should comment. With the latest IOS 14 update and the new Shortcut app. you can create an automation based on location. For example, when I leave X do the following action like turn WiFi Off. I have done this but did not get the opportunity to try it out due to the current restrictions on travel pandemic related and being a person with a disability I don't want to risk my behind.
My thoughts are till you are in that WiFi network and leave it; it should disable WiFi but I have also created an automation to turn WiFi On once I come back to that location. My dilemma is WiFi is turned off and I don't use Data much unless critical e.g. booking a Uber ride so when I arrive at my location, Data is switched off. Will my phone know where I am with this disabled; if not I think it will fail in connecting to WiFi when I have reached the location. The second automation of turning WiFi On would not work I guess
A: It does not exist without jailbreak, (and if it does) checking (and saving!) your location each time waste alot of battery resulting in the opposite of what you're trying to achieve.
Besides, on iOS 7 if you open Control Center (by moving your finger from the bottom of the screen to the middle), you can uncheck WiFi very easily.
A: Another, semi-manual solution is to create a reminder for when you leave / arrive at a particular location to enable/disable your Wi-Fi.
A: Siri: "Turn Wifi OFF"
Siri: "Turn Wifi ON"
As Siri requires a data connection, turning WiFi on will only work if you have a cellular connection.
A: As noted, only a jailbroken phone allows this capability.
As a workaround:
Use IFTTT and use the iOS location channel. Use Launch Center Pro to open the URL prefs:root=WIFI.
This will open the WiFi settings preference page.
Also have a look at this overview of iOS Settings URLs
A: I use recipes from IFTTT.com and get notifications to remind me what to do, based on my location.
A lot of restrictions on iOS, compared to android, but a location based notification is better than a reminder.
If entered location, turn off WiFi.
If left location, turn on WiFi.
I don't need to turn off, other times, so, YMMV here on the recipes.
You need to install "IF" app from the AppStore.
A: If you switch off “Ask to Join Networks” your WiFi won’t chew up as much battery. That being said, the WiFi on iPhones doesn’t use a significant amount of power anyway.
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8b5ead0d820930f003decc6c1d01ba8fa2a23ef3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get OS X Server (for OS X Mavericks) for free (as Mac or iOS Developer)? The Server.app for OS X Mavericks has a price tag of $19.99. Some websites mention it to be free for Developers who joined as iOS Developer or Mac Developer.
How do I get the redemption code for the OS X Server.app on Mavericks?
Here are two Articles on the topic:
Apple promoting automated continuous integration to iOS developers, providing free OS X Server copies | 9to5Mac.com
A power user’s guide to OS X Server, Mavericks edition | Ars Technica
A: 9 To Mac states this clearly:
To download OS X Server, developers should access the iOS or Mac developer portal to retrieve an App Store redemption code.
*
*If you have iOS development program go to:
https://developer.apple.com/osx/download/
*Scroll down
*Click Get download code
*Redeem the code
*Download your free version of OS X Server 3.0.3
This text is next to the button:
OS X Server 3.0.3 Includes Xcode Server to enable continuous
integration. Works with Xcode 5 to configure bots that automatically
build and test your apps. Requires OS X Mavericks.
| Q: How to get OS X Server (for OS X Mavericks) for free (as Mac or iOS Developer)? The Server.app for OS X Mavericks has a price tag of $19.99. Some websites mention it to be free for Developers who joined as iOS Developer or Mac Developer.
How do I get the redemption code for the OS X Server.app on Mavericks?
Here are two Articles on the topic:
Apple promoting automated continuous integration to iOS developers, providing free OS X Server copies | 9to5Mac.com
A power user’s guide to OS X Server, Mavericks edition | Ars Technica
A: 9 To Mac states this clearly:
To download OS X Server, developers should access the iOS or Mac developer portal to retrieve an App Store redemption code.
*
*If you have iOS development program go to:
https://developer.apple.com/osx/download/
*Scroll down
*Click Get download code
*Redeem the code
*Download your free version of OS X Server 3.0.3
This text is next to the button:
OS X Server 3.0.3 Includes Xcode Server to enable continuous
integration. Works with Xcode 5 to configure bots that automatically
build and test your apps. Requires OS X Mavericks.
A: For some reason I don't get it on the iOS website but you can get it on the OS X OSX Dev Center and down you have the code.
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99c47488df61ac21396916efb418de7024949bee | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I turn my top menu bar and all the window bars dark? Is there a way to invert the colors on the menu bar at the top of the screen, as well as the title bars of all the windows is OS X? I have a lot of Terminals open usually, and the the light menu bar stands in the way of the vibe I want.
A: You can do this with Obsidian Menu Bar:
Obsidian Menu Bar
A hack that makes your OS X menu bar black. And yes, it blends.
Ready for 10.9.2!
| Q: How can I turn my top menu bar and all the window bars dark? Is there a way to invert the colors on the menu bar at the top of the screen, as well as the title bars of all the windows is OS X? I have a lot of Terminals open usually, and the the light menu bar stands in the way of the vibe I want.
A: You can do this with Obsidian Menu Bar:
Obsidian Menu Bar
A hack that makes your OS X menu bar black. And yes, it blends.
Ready for 10.9.2!
A: With OS X Yosemite, you can change a setting in System Preferences so that the menu bar and Dock appear dark.
Go to System Preferences → General and check Use dark menu bar and Dock.
The menu bar looks like this when in Dark Mode:
The Dock looks like this when in Dark Mode:
A: There is also a hidden preference for using a black menu bar in full screen:
defaults write -g NSFullScreenDarkMenu -bool true
It only affects full screen windows though. Some menu extras and status menus don't have graphics for a black background:
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0ae38d91943888e46ab250150f4a6fce7b8ff10f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS 7 upgrade - how much space will I get back? I've got an iPhone 5 running iOS6 and I'm considering upgrading to 7.0.6. I see I need 3.9 GB to run the update and I'm pretty sure I'm going to get some of that back, but don't know how much.
How much space does an iOS 6.1.4 to iOS 7.0.6 take?
A: You'll get back all but about 60 MB of space. (Which is about the same space as all four movements of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 take up when copied to my iPhone.)
On my 32 GB iPhone 5, I now have 27.94 GB free space under iOS 7.0.6 instead of 28.00 GB that I had on iOS 6.
| Q: iOS 7 upgrade - how much space will I get back? I've got an iPhone 5 running iOS6 and I'm considering upgrading to 7.0.6. I see I need 3.9 GB to run the update and I'm pretty sure I'm going to get some of that back, but don't know how much.
How much space does an iOS 6.1.4 to iOS 7.0.6 take?
A: You'll get back all but about 60 MB of space. (Which is about the same space as all four movements of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 take up when copied to my iPhone.)
On my 32 GB iPhone 5, I now have 27.94 GB free space under iOS 7.0.6 instead of 28.00 GB that I had on iOS 6.
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3bc2a23186927d1b2efac8d859e2b0befb7b6246 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will 'Internet Recovery' necessarily erase my hard drive? My Mac is booting to the 'question mark' folder. I option-booted to 'Internet Recovery'. Before I proceed, I would like to know: Will 'Internet Recovery' necessarily erase my hard drive? Can anyone confirm this (maybe even provide a source link)?
A: No, doing an Internet Recovery will not erase your hard drive (unless you explicitly choose do to that using Disk Utility). It will only reinstall the OS for you. You should get your drive checked to see if it's just data corruption or a deeper hardware issue that has resulted in the question mark folder icon being shown.
Also, this question has been answered on superuser - see "Does Internet Recovery erase everything on my Mac?"
| Q: Will 'Internet Recovery' necessarily erase my hard drive? My Mac is booting to the 'question mark' folder. I option-booted to 'Internet Recovery'. Before I proceed, I would like to know: Will 'Internet Recovery' necessarily erase my hard drive? Can anyone confirm this (maybe even provide a source link)?
A: No, doing an Internet Recovery will not erase your hard drive (unless you explicitly choose do to that using Disk Utility). It will only reinstall the OS for you. You should get your drive checked to see if it's just data corruption or a deeper hardware issue that has resulted in the question mark folder icon being shown.
Also, this question has been answered on superuser - see "Does Internet Recovery erase everything on my Mac?"
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d4e64535619d6d4961b324a6d72e4b71492bae1b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change highlight color in Mavericks preview? In Preview on OS X 10.9 Mavericks, is it possible to change the color to something other than yellow, green, blue, pink, purple? I know it is possible to highlight in other colors because I did it while using Preview for the first time after upgrading to Mavericks, but now that I've changed I can't seem to change back.
A: I'm afraid this is not possbile anymore as Apple removed the workaround via the Fonts-Menu.
Discussed in the Apple Support Forum here :
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4145911?start=15&tstart=0
(same problem with underline colors)
and on MacRumors here :
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1658053
where they discussed what has changed since ML.
| Q: Change highlight color in Mavericks preview? In Preview on OS X 10.9 Mavericks, is it possible to change the color to something other than yellow, green, blue, pink, purple? I know it is possible to highlight in other colors because I did it while using Preview for the first time after upgrading to Mavericks, but now that I've changed I can't seem to change back.
A: I'm afraid this is not possbile anymore as Apple removed the workaround via the Fonts-Menu.
Discussed in the Apple Support Forum here :
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4145911?start=15&tstart=0
(same problem with underline colors)
and on MacRumors here :
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1658053
where they discussed what has changed since ML.
A: There is another workaround, which is actually a bug I think, but mah...
*
*Suppose you want to underline in blue. Highlight something in blue.
*Right-click on what you just highlighted, and make it underlined instead.
*Select the underline tool.
*Do cmd-z twice. This will remove the underline you just did.
*Underline what you want: it will be underlined in blue! :)
Steps 2 and 3 are actually interchangeable.
Edit: I have actually better:
*
*Write any text with color 1.
*Change its color to color 2.
*Select the highlight or underline tool.
*Do cmd-z. This should change the text color back to color 1. (If it is not the case, make sure the text you have written is not selected.)
*You now have the underline/highlight tool selected with the color box accessible. Select your color (even if already selected), then highlight/underline.
This was my Preview bug finding day :) Enjoy!
A: *
*Select the underline option
*Underline text by selecting
*Right click on underlined text and change it to a highlight color
*Underline text again by selecting
*Right click again on underlined text and choose a different color
The new highlighted color will be a mix of the two different colors.
Sort of like mixing food coloring; for example try mixing two yellows with a pink.
A: Unfortunately, that workaround no longer works in Yosemite.
Instead, you can use this small utility to modify the color externally.
http://qiita.com/cielavenir/items/eb9c24085c202d72c0ab
(confirmed to be working also on Mavericks)
A: To change the highlight color simply right click a highlighted selection then choose another color
A: I'm using El Capitan. In Preview choose View-->Customize Toolbar...
Select the highlight tool and add it to your tool bar.
Now you can hit the dropdown arrow and choose a color for highlighting.
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a8f3df287eaced4eb4f12b0d5d1c31b097b456a2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Force external display refresh rate I have a 27" screen which is connected to my mid-2012 MacBook Pro retina through a HDMI/DVI-D (HDMI on the MacBook Pro, DVI-D on the screen).
Before I was using a adapter DisplayPort+USB/DVI-D and I was able to get 60Hz refresh rate.
Now with the HDMI/DVI-D I have only 30Hz.
Is there any way to change (by forcing?) refresh rate to 60Hz?
Or is it a hardware limitation?
NOTE: I can't change the Refresh Rate value from System Prefs, the menu is disabled and the value is set to 30Hz.
EDIT: Here's the System Prefs window
A: If you are using a USB-C adapter (or any other adapter such as older thunderbolt), check to see if the adapter supports 60Hz. Had a similar issue with INSIGNIA Slim Profile 7-Port USB-C HUB, read the paper inside the adapter box and found that it supports 30Hz max only.
| Q: Force external display refresh rate I have a 27" screen which is connected to my mid-2012 MacBook Pro retina through a HDMI/DVI-D (HDMI on the MacBook Pro, DVI-D on the screen).
Before I was using a adapter DisplayPort+USB/DVI-D and I was able to get 60Hz refresh rate.
Now with the HDMI/DVI-D I have only 30Hz.
Is there any way to change (by forcing?) refresh rate to 60Hz?
Or is it a hardware limitation?
NOTE: I can't change the Refresh Rate value from System Prefs, the menu is disabled and the value is set to 30Hz.
EDIT: Here's the System Prefs window
A: If you are using a USB-C adapter (or any other adapter such as older thunderbolt), check to see if the adapter supports 60Hz. Had a similar issue with INSIGNIA Slim Profile 7-Port USB-C HUB, read the paper inside the adapter box and found that it supports 30Hz max only.
A: I came here searching for the answer myself because I've done it before but I installed an update and lost the settings. csreen and switchresx can both set the resolution for you, but there's a limit in OSX that needs to be bypassed in order to accomplish this. Additionally with the latest versions of OSX there's some sort of "system file protection" that prevents you from patching the relevant file. First, you have to disable that file protection (which I think gets turned on after each update) and then you have to patch the relevant file in OSX. If I find the answer for the latest version then I'll come back here and update the answer but you should google something to the effect to osx (your version) pixel clock unlock patch. Once you patched the relevant files you should be able to use utilities like switchresx (which is what I use) to set custom resolutions. I've found a patch for one version of osx here: https://github.com/Floris497/mac-pixel-clock-patch
good luck!
A: cscreen
You can use the freely available Terminal app cscreen to force display settings. The app is pretty self explanatory.
brew install --cask cscreen
cscreen -h
Usage: cscreen [-d <depth>] [-x <width>] [-y <height>] [-r <refresh>] [-s <display>] [-v] [-m] [-f] [-l] [-h]
[-d <depth>] : specifies the bit depth (bits per pixel)
[-x <width>] : specifies the width in pixels
[-y <height>] : specifies the height in pixels
[-r <refresh>] : specifies the refresh rate in Hz
[-s <display>] : specifies which display to use (defaults to main display)
use a as the option to -s to specify the action on all displays
[-i <displayID>]: picks a display based on CGDirectDisplayID (permanent per display)
continue to use '-s a' for "all displays"
[-v] : display valid modes (use -s to specify display or nothing for the default)
[-m] : require an exact match
[-f] : forces settings (ignores safety mechanisms; USE AT YOUR OWN RISK)
[-l] : lists the current displays and modes
[-p] : sets the requested display to have the menu bar
[-h] : displays the usage
Note: Using -p will change the display index so you will likely want to use -l again to show the current
displays if you wish to use -p a second time.
A: When you're on the new Macbook Pro (post 2017), and you've connected your external display to one of the ports on the right side of your MacBook, the refresh rate settings dropdown may be disabled.
This will also happen with a display that you've previously connected to the left side and later connected to the right side.
That is due to the limitations of the MacBook:
The two ports on the right side of the machine have Thunderbolt 3 functionality but with reduced PCI Express bandwidth. For that reason, Apple recommends plugging higher-performance devices into the left-hand ports on that machine.
After you've connected your external display to the left side of your MacBook, you can set it back to 60 Hz by doing the following:
*
*Open System Preferences » Display
*Hold the option key
*Click the Scaled button
*Check the "Show low resolution modes" box
*Set the Refresh rate to 60 Hz
See the example here:
A: I can only change the refresh rate for the 4K TV connected to my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016, Big Sur) by following these steps:
*
*Open System Preferences, then click Displays.
*option+click the Scaled radio button.
*Click the "Show low resolution modes" checkbox.
If steps 1-3 above are not completed, the refresh rates are not visible.
A: You should be able to change the refresh rate in System preferences- Monitor.
This is an example of my HDMI to HDMI connection.
You can try using the SwitchResX app to see if that will work.
FYI:
Something is happening with Mavericks and external display (similar to yours) but I am not qualified to talk about what.
A: After much googling and trials, I have come to the conclusion that if your hardware (both computer/screen) doesn't support higher frequency, well, you can't force it.
As for my own case, it was the both not available (old MacBook Pro + Dell cheap 27" "fake 4K")
A: RDM screen management is a simple menu bar tool that does this well. https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM
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79dda33362287eb0f9b0aa80d77b2d207a479184 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is the "Double click on titlebar to minimize" setting located in Mavericks? I just updated my MacBook Air to Mavericks and I can't find the checkbox to enable the "Double-click on window title to minimize it" feature.
I thought I was in the System preferences > General pane, when I activated it, but that was in 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
A: The setting is in System Preferences -> Dock
| Q: Where is the "Double click on titlebar to minimize" setting located in Mavericks? I just updated my MacBook Air to Mavericks and I can't find the checkbox to enable the "Double-click on window title to minimize it" feature.
I thought I was in the System preferences > General pane, when I activated it, but that was in 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
A: The setting is in System Preferences -> Dock
A: The option is 'Double click on a window's title-bar to maximize'.
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9d88099d99a019b2289f71c2ebc39b2f354fd744 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Soft switch for Mac sound output When I'm alone, I unplug my headset and let the sound output from the load speaker of my iMac, and when there are other people around, I plug in the headset in order to not bother people around me. I found myself keep plugging and unplugging my headset. What's worse is the headset jack of the iMac is on the back side of the screen.
Now I'm hoping that I could keep my headset plugged in all the time, and there would be a software switch to control the sound should be output from either load speaker or the headset. But I don't know if it is possible with a Mac. It seems to be possible with Windows, but I'm not sure. Anyone has any idea will be greatly appreciated.
A: In Preferences->Sound, select "Show volume in menu bar". You should then see a little speaker icon in your menu bar.
If you option-click that (click while holding alt/⌥), you can select the audio output right there.
Update: Only works for audio devices connected via USB or DisplayPort/Thunderbolt, not for the Headphone port.
| Q: Soft switch for Mac sound output When I'm alone, I unplug my headset and let the sound output from the load speaker of my iMac, and when there are other people around, I plug in the headset in order to not bother people around me. I found myself keep plugging and unplugging my headset. What's worse is the headset jack of the iMac is on the back side of the screen.
Now I'm hoping that I could keep my headset plugged in all the time, and there would be a software switch to control the sound should be output from either load speaker or the headset. But I don't know if it is possible with a Mac. It seems to be possible with Windows, but I'm not sure. Anyone has any idea will be greatly appreciated.
A: In Preferences->Sound, select "Show volume in menu bar". You should then see a little speaker icon in your menu bar.
If you option-click that (click while holding alt/⌥), you can select the audio output right there.
Update: Only works for audio devices connected via USB or DisplayPort/Thunderbolt, not for the Headphone port.
A: That can not be done.
There is a hardware switch in the headset plug.
It will disable the build in speakers so no software can fix that.
Apple decided that when you plug in the headset you do not want your speakers going at same time.
That is why it is not possible to use software switch.
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c3fe02f19301f5dacc7207155a1b9c8bc6f5b1f7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I set a web server in a specific directory in OSX Mavericks? I am running a web server in OSX Mavericks using the default directory location ($HOME/Sites). How can I add sites from distinct arbitrary directories ?
I have found instructions about how to change the root folder of the apache server, but I do not want to override the default location (I have things there) but to add new folders.
A: This might be overkill, or answering a slightly different question than you asked, but if you have npm, you can
npm install http-server
and then just
http-server
from the directory you want to host. http-server will reply with the path hosted and the port it is hosted on e.g.:
Starting up http-server, serving ./foo on port: 8080
Hit CTRL-C to stop the server
If you launch multiple instances it will increment the port.
| Q: How can I set a web server in a specific directory in OSX Mavericks? I am running a web server in OSX Mavericks using the default directory location ($HOME/Sites). How can I add sites from distinct arbitrary directories ?
I have found instructions about how to change the root folder of the apache server, but I do not want to override the default location (I have things there) but to add new folders.
A: This might be overkill, or answering a slightly different question than you asked, but if you have npm, you can
npm install http-server
and then just
http-server
from the directory you want to host. http-server will reply with the path hosted and the port it is hosted on e.g.:
Starting up http-server, serving ./foo on port: 8080
Hit CTRL-C to stop the server
If you launch multiple instances it will increment the port.
A: The easy way (python):
$ cd some/dir
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
The slightly less easy way (apache):
Use apache virtual hosts. Here is a guide http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/set-virtual-hosts-apache-mac-osx-10-9-mavericks-osx-10-8-mountain-lion/. Basically, it allows you to point apache to multiple directories (they can be located anywhere).
It goes something like this:
$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Uncomment this line
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Edit the vhosts
$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
There should be an example in the file, you can just edit that to fit your needs. Here is an example.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot "/Users/USER_NAME/Sites/test.com"
ServerName test.com
ErrorLog "/Users/USER_NAME/Sites/test.com/error.log"
CustomLog "/Users/USER_NAME/Sites/test.com/access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
When you want to add another site, copy those lines and append them to the bottom of the file (changing the settings for your new site)
Lastly, edit your /etc/hosts file so you can access your new site.
$ sudo emacs /etc/hosts
Add this line
127.0.0.1 local.test.com
Restart apache for the changes to take effect.
$ sudo apachectl restart
Since you said that you wanted to keep the default site, add an entry into the vhosts file that looks like this
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot /Users/USER_NAME/Sites
</VirtualHost>
Then restart apache.
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cf9397490683536726143f9b9abbf4c85ba72e2a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Spotlight index only specified folder I have found ways to disable spotlight indexing for a specific folder. But, how do I do the reverse. I want to
*
*disable all indexing
*enable for just one or two folder I specify.
is it possible? How.
Also any side effect, like slowing down some system operation (other than search results)
| Q: Spotlight index only specified folder I have found ways to disable spotlight indexing for a specific folder. But, how do I do the reverse. I want to
*
*disable all indexing
*enable for just one or two folder I specify.
is it possible? How.
Also any side effect, like slowing down some system operation (other than search results)
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ad4770a9b8954e2e40dd557167b7b29e3bb40f20 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I insert a tab character in a Google Docs document on iOS? I'm trying to insert a tab character in a Google "doc", from Google Drive on my iPhone.
I have a list
*
*Item
*Thing
and I need to insert an a. between 1 and 2 - usually accomplished by pressing the Tab, which is not present on the onscreen keyboard.
How do I accomplish this task (on iOS)?
A: In the Google Drive app, within a Google document, there are two indentation keys in the top status bar. You'll need to scroll right to get to them. The right one works just like Tab, and the other is for Shift+Tab.
| Q: How do I insert a tab character in a Google Docs document on iOS? I'm trying to insert a tab character in a Google "doc", from Google Drive on my iPhone.
I have a list
*
*Item
*Thing
and I need to insert an a. between 1 and 2 - usually accomplished by pressing the Tab, which is not present on the onscreen keyboard.
How do I accomplish this task (on iOS)?
A: In the Google Drive app, within a Google document, there are two indentation keys in the top status bar. You'll need to scroll right to get to them. The right one works just like Tab, and the other is for Shift+Tab.
A: I almost threw my phone out the window / abandoned the Docs ecosystem - thinking that you couldn't do this…
After some searching, and poking around a little bit to no avail, voila!
We're gonna "use Siri", here... so enable dictation, in iOS settings, if not already "ON".
Hit the mic, and say...
Tab Key
Drop the mic.
Hard tabs, all day long. Thank God!
A: If you just need to do one, I'd try to copy one from somewhere else in the document.
As far as I can tell there is no way to input a tab character in iOS without an external keyboard.
A: Click on symbol on top-right corner when in editing mode. Then Text/Paragraph editing option, as shown below, will open at the bottom. Click on Paragraph tab to get options for indent
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c947fdc3e9199edc37addecf217404d769a1c757 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Possible to add a password to the guest account on Mavericks? I have a very precocious four-year-old who absolutely adores computers. We gave him his own login with which we control his access carefully.
The problem is the guest account. It requires no password, so regardless of the parental controls on his account, he can always log on as guest.
Applying parental controls to the guest account defeats the purpose, as I want my houseguests to be able to use it anytime they like. I would just give them the password on their arrival.
I suppose I could disable the guest account, and create a separate account which would basically be a normal user account except named "Visitor" and with a password. But I like the automatic cleanup of the guest account, and, well, that's kind of what it's there for.
But I'm still holding out hope: is there any way to add a password to the guest account?
A: You actually can set a password for the guest account.
Use sudo passwd guest from the terminal.
| Q: Possible to add a password to the guest account on Mavericks? I have a very precocious four-year-old who absolutely adores computers. We gave him his own login with which we control his access carefully.
The problem is the guest account. It requires no password, so regardless of the parental controls on his account, he can always log on as guest.
Applying parental controls to the guest account defeats the purpose, as I want my houseguests to be able to use it anytime they like. I would just give them the password on their arrival.
I suppose I could disable the guest account, and create a separate account which would basically be a normal user account except named "Visitor" and with a password. But I like the automatic cleanup of the guest account, and, well, that's kind of what it's there for.
But I'm still holding out hope: is there any way to add a password to the guest account?
A: You actually can set a password for the guest account.
Use sudo passwd guest from the terminal.
A: Sorry, by design the Guest users are Guests (temporary visitors). They do not require password and you can not set one.
Your only other alternative is to set up a user account with password.
However, that could bring trouble and I would not trust the 4 years one, he/she could find how to change password and then you are locked out :)
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7571ad60fc05d782401a201156e8e8cbf6e8581a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Skype microphone does not work on my iPad I have ensured that the access to the microphone is allowed or turned on in the privacy settings. The mic works fine on other apps, i.e. FaceTime. So that rules out hardware failure. I have also tried reinstalling the app. Any other suggestions?
A: Try to reboot the iPad (hold the sleep button until the red slider appears, slide the red slider and once the screen is blank press the sleep button again). This has worked for me.
| Q: Skype microphone does not work on my iPad I have ensured that the access to the microphone is allowed or turned on in the privacy settings. The mic works fine on other apps, i.e. FaceTime. So that rules out hardware failure. I have also tried reinstalling the app. Any other suggestions?
A: Try to reboot the iPad (hold the sleep button until the red slider appears, slide the red slider and once the screen is blank press the sleep button again). This has worked for me.
A: this is was quite common problem with iPad 2 and in my case, trying to suck the dirt out with a vacuum cleaner worked!
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03633abf6b093a2c4ac0140ddc6dda7e063b7892 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can i delete .DS_Store? ~251 MB Once i type the code into terminal to find out what is taking up 250 MB on my desktop, the hidden files are shown, i find a file called ".DS_Store"
I'm a very cleany person, so I want to ask if I can delete this file, or is it safe?
The file is 251.66 Megabytes.
OS : Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.2
Mac Pro, new design by apple. 3.7 GHz, quad core - 6 core.
A: .DS_Store is a metadata file: it contains data about the files present in the folder.
You can delete the file without any worries, it will only delete some settings like icon position, file previews etc. But Finder recreates the file instantly.
Since 250MB seems to be way too much to me, even if Finder will recreate the file, it will most likely be way much lighter (<1MB).
| Q: Can i delete .DS_Store? ~251 MB Once i type the code into terminal to find out what is taking up 250 MB on my desktop, the hidden files are shown, i find a file called ".DS_Store"
I'm a very cleany person, so I want to ask if I can delete this file, or is it safe?
The file is 251.66 Megabytes.
OS : Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.2
Mac Pro, new design by apple. 3.7 GHz, quad core - 6 core.
A: .DS_Store is a metadata file: it contains data about the files present in the folder.
You can delete the file without any worries, it will only delete some settings like icon position, file previews etc. But Finder recreates the file instantly.
Since 250MB seems to be way too much to me, even if Finder will recreate the file, it will most likely be way much lighter (<1MB).
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3b79133a7bf1c46a7630f63505661d0ddf5d7599 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can You Make the Podcasts App Show Only Downloaded Episodes? I've never met anyone who loves Apple's podcasts app. But I could make peace with it if not for one infuriating design choice that I can't figure out how to correct.
I have set up iTunes to sync all unplayed podcast episodes to my iPhone. The Podcasts app is set to not download anything itself and keep only unplayed episodes. So, I sync an episode, listen to it on the Podcasts app, and then the file is removed from the iPhone on next sync. But it still shows up in the list, with a little cloud icon (#521):
Is there any way to prevent non-downloaded podcasts from showing up in this app?
A: I have found a solution, albeit an unsatisfactory one. The way to get the behavior I want is to uninstall the podcasts app from the mobile device, and then reinstall it during the next sync. This resets everything to how it should be in the first place.
| Q: Can You Make the Podcasts App Show Only Downloaded Episodes? I've never met anyone who loves Apple's podcasts app. But I could make peace with it if not for one infuriating design choice that I can't figure out how to correct.
I have set up iTunes to sync all unplayed podcast episodes to my iPhone. The Podcasts app is set to not download anything itself and keep only unplayed episodes. So, I sync an episode, listen to it on the Podcasts app, and then the file is removed from the iPhone on next sync. But it still shows up in the list, with a little cloud icon (#521):
Is there any way to prevent non-downloaded podcasts from showing up in this app?
A: I have found a solution, albeit an unsatisfactory one. The way to get the behavior I want is to uninstall the podcasts app from the mobile device, and then reinstall it during the next sync. This resets everything to how it should be in the first place.
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828397b0f445ad5c907ccf07656245c7b4cf20ae | Apple Stackexchange
Q: If I take the hard drive out of my macBook Pro and put it in a non-apple laptop, will it boot? I've just upgraded my (2011) macBook Pro to use an SSD. So I've now got an old hard drive laying around with OS X on it.
I've also got an old HP laptop laying around. If I put the drive in the laptop do I end up with a 'hackintosh', or will something crazy happen?
A: It won't boot, building a hackintosch machine takes more effort than just swapping a hdd.
Macs have a different bios than windows pc's and this is not stored on your hdd but in the machine itself.
Osx needs this special bios to run and "talk to" the components of your mac.
Also, osx might not have the drivers available for the components in your pc.
you could google for info to make a hackintosch
| Q: If I take the hard drive out of my macBook Pro and put it in a non-apple laptop, will it boot? I've just upgraded my (2011) macBook Pro to use an SSD. So I've now got an old hard drive laying around with OS X on it.
I've also got an old HP laptop laying around. If I put the drive in the laptop do I end up with a 'hackintosh', or will something crazy happen?
A: It won't boot, building a hackintosch machine takes more effort than just swapping a hdd.
Macs have a different bios than windows pc's and this is not stored on your hdd but in the machine itself.
Osx needs this special bios to run and "talk to" the components of your mac.
Also, osx might not have the drivers available for the components in your pc.
you could google for info to make a hackintosch
A: There is a thriving Hackintosh community and some sites have lists of hardware they have found compatible. You could see if your laptop might be a candidate...
But really installing Mac O/S on a hackintosh can be quite fiddly and encourages hair tearing ;-) However if you like to fiddle around it might be a good project but the HD with Mac OS already on it, nope. To do a hackintosh you need to install from scratch with some special boot loaders that simulate the UEFI "BIOS" that Apple uses and tricks it into thinking it is booting on Apple iron.
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c08a6ffd329053ab4f5d5de283a143c7991b42cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there way to know when last logged in and out? Is it possible to know when I last time logged in and out?
I would prefer to access this information from Terminal, but a GUI tool is also okay.
A: In the Terminal application, type last and voilà, there is your answer!
| Q: Is there way to know when last logged in and out? Is it possible to know when I last time logged in and out?
I would prefer to access this information from Terminal, but a GUI tool is also okay.
A: In the Terminal application, type last and voilà, there is your answer!
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6968960ff52d96ed2fb8103ac701e477dfc81d0c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Faster than cmd+Tab way for app switching? Is there a faster way to switch between currently-open applications on the Mac than using cmd+Tab/cmd+Shift+Tab?
I tend to have a lot of different apps open at a time and I have to keep switching between three-to-four of these apps all the time. And having to repeatedly hit cmd+tab,tab,tab seems like a waste of keystrokes. It would be nice if there was a faster way to achieve this application-switching.
This does not have to be built-in Mac functionality. I'd like to know about any app that does this job better.
PS: I'm running Mavericks
PPS: I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut and not a mouse-related solution.
Thanks! :)
A: This is a really old question but just thought I would add to it anyway!
I use apptivate.
Really simple toolbar app that can open/switch to almost anything with custom keyboard shortcuts.
| Q: Faster than cmd+Tab way for app switching? Is there a faster way to switch between currently-open applications on the Mac than using cmd+Tab/cmd+Shift+Tab?
I tend to have a lot of different apps open at a time and I have to keep switching between three-to-four of these apps all the time. And having to repeatedly hit cmd+tab,tab,tab seems like a waste of keystrokes. It would be nice if there was a faster way to achieve this application-switching.
This does not have to be built-in Mac functionality. I'd like to know about any app that does this job better.
PS: I'm running Mavericks
PPS: I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut and not a mouse-related solution.
Thanks! :)
A: This is a really old question but just thought I would add to it anyway!
I use apptivate.
Really simple toolbar app that can open/switch to almost anything with custom keyboard shortcuts.
A: Here is a personnal suggestion : Use the power of Mission control.
I link to a mouse button (lateral wheel click) show All Windows / show application windows . With that shortcut it's realy fast to just from one Window/App to another.
Edit: Didn't saw your PPS. But Mission control is still a nice way to handle multiple apps/windows !
Other possibility, you could link a keyboard shortcut to an automator service which would switch to a particular app.
A: You can use KeyRemap4MacBook to for example turn the right option into an extra modifier key for opening applications:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<vkopenurldef>
<name>KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_FINDER</name>
<url>file:///System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app</url>
</vkopenurldef>
<vkopenurldef>
<name>KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_SAFARI</name>
<url>file:///Applications/Safari.app</url>
</vkopenurldef>
<item>
<name>test</name>
<identifier>test</identifier>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::OPTION_R, KeyCode::VK_MODIFIER_EXTRA1</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1, KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_FINDER</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::S, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1, KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_SAFARI</autogen>
</item>
</root>
See http://osxnotes.net/keyremap4macbook.html for more examples.
If you have bought the Powerpack for Alfred 2, you can use workflows like this:
Hotkeys have a short delay by default, but you can reduce it by changing the trigger behavior:
A: Give a try to QuickSilver, which lets you switch to or open apps and various other things through keyboard only.
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33f75f8b8f69e5899bbead3e82462f2ec7c8d8f9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Building mysql with readline instead of editline I'd really like to be able to use readline instead of editline with the mysql client, but I can't find out how to do this.
The bottled mysql that brew installs by default for mavericks is using editline.
There's no "readline" option in brew options mysql if I want to build if from source and it seems that I can't add this to the formula.
Has the readline support been dropped in mysql 5.6 ?
Should I use rlwrap as a workaround or is there a better way to do this ?
Thank you.
A: I know this question is super old, but if you use MariaDB instead it will be built with readline support. MariaDB is a fork of MySQL. brew update && brew install mariadb
| Q: Building mysql with readline instead of editline I'd really like to be able to use readline instead of editline with the mysql client, but I can't find out how to do this.
The bottled mysql that brew installs by default for mavericks is using editline.
There's no "readline" option in brew options mysql if I want to build if from source and it seems that I can't add this to the formula.
Has the readline support been dropped in mysql 5.6 ?
Should I use rlwrap as a workaround or is there a better way to do this ?
Thank you.
A: I know this question is super old, but if you use MariaDB instead it will be built with readline support. MariaDB is a fork of MySQL. brew update && brew install mariadb
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f4358a6d40354183261206fa9cf0340a39b96299 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to disable the rubber banding/elastic scroll effect in OS X Mavericks? OS X uses the rubber band effect to show users that they’ve scrolled to the end of a window’s content.
In the past (Lion) the terminal command that follows would disable this effect:
defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -int 0
I've tried using Onyx and Tinker Tools to disable this and they do not work. The above terminal command doesn't work either.
Can this scrolling behavior be suppressed or eliminated on 10.9 Mavericks?
A: There is no known solution at the moment – Apple seems to have deprecated the NSScrollViewRubberbanding command in 10.9.
You may find that it helps to do Settings > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad > Trackpad Options > Scrolling > Without Inertia. This won't actually disable the rubber band effect, but in my experience it makes it less annoying.
Source: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23778772#23778772
Supposedly Cocktail may eliminate the bouncing, but reports are mixed.
| Q: How to disable the rubber banding/elastic scroll effect in OS X Mavericks? OS X uses the rubber band effect to show users that they’ve scrolled to the end of a window’s content.
In the past (Lion) the terminal command that follows would disable this effect:
defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -int 0
I've tried using Onyx and Tinker Tools to disable this and they do not work. The above terminal command doesn't work either.
Can this scrolling behavior be suppressed or eliminated on 10.9 Mavericks?
A: There is no known solution at the moment – Apple seems to have deprecated the NSScrollViewRubberbanding command in 10.9.
You may find that it helps to do Settings > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad > Trackpad Options > Scrolling > Without Inertia. This won't actually disable the rubber band effect, but in my experience it makes it less annoying.
Source: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23778772#23778772
Supposedly Cocktail may eliminate the bouncing, but reports are mixed.
A: Just add a -webkit-overflow-scrolling: auto; to the div you want to prevent from bouncing
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3416ba660b26e20fd790505dcc0f641244d6a55a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Homebrew / link osxfuse not possible I didn't run brew doctor since a lot of time. Know it tell me I should run brew link osxfuse. Here I show you the rest:
Newton:~$ brew link --overwrite osxfuse
Warning: Could not link osxfuse. Unlinking...
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/osxfuse/2.6.2...
Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/include/osxfuse/fuse.h
When I run it with sudo, it says it is better that I shouldn't do it. So I didn't try.
Here is the permission.
Newton:~$ ls -l /usr/local/include/osxfuse/fuse.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 246 17 Dez 2011 /usr/local/include/osxfuse/fuse.h
What can I do?
A: It seems to work if you change the permissions of the parent directory /usr/local/include/osxfuse
You need to ensure that your user has write permissions to this directory and all of it's files. This should work:
sudo chown USERNAME /usr/local/include/osxfuse
sudo chgrp GROUPNAME /usr/local/include/osxfuse
sudo chmod o+w /usr/local/include/osxfuse
| Q: Homebrew / link osxfuse not possible I didn't run brew doctor since a lot of time. Know it tell me I should run brew link osxfuse. Here I show you the rest:
Newton:~$ brew link --overwrite osxfuse
Warning: Could not link osxfuse. Unlinking...
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/osxfuse/2.6.2...
Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/include/osxfuse/fuse.h
When I run it with sudo, it says it is better that I shouldn't do it. So I didn't try.
Here is the permission.
Newton:~$ ls -l /usr/local/include/osxfuse/fuse.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 246 17 Dez 2011 /usr/local/include/osxfuse/fuse.h
What can I do?
A: It seems to work if you change the permissions of the parent directory /usr/local/include/osxfuse
You need to ensure that your user has write permissions to this directory and all of it's files. This should work:
sudo chown USERNAME /usr/local/include/osxfuse
sudo chgrp GROUPNAME /usr/local/include/osxfuse
sudo chmod o+w /usr/local/include/osxfuse
A: This question is only relevant to OSX versions before Yosemite. If you have Yosemite or a newer version of OSX, it is not possible to build the OSXFUSE formula from the source. Brew suggests that you install the binary offered by Homebrew Cask:
brew install Caskroom/cask/osxfuse
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b4e68dd26d767041835cea8708afdeaa38f1b6b0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which Apple devices support OKC (Opportunistic Key Caching aka PKC/Proactive Key Caching) In enterprise wireless environments, access point roaming/hopping is very common. There exists a couple protocols/methods for making this seamless. That is, to make re-authentication when hopping to the next AP on an SSID smooth.
One is called Opportunistic Key Caching or sometimes called Proactive Key Caching, abbreviated OKC or PKC.
Here is a PDF from Aruba Networks describing OKC/PKC
Here is a Cisco page describing PMK Caching vs OKC vs CCKM
Windows and various Linux OSes support this protocol.
Apple OSX supports a similar thing called Pairwise Master Key ID Validation (PMKID Validation). From the Cisco link, we see that OKC is preferable to PMKID Caching when seamless AP hopping is the number 1 goal.
Question 1:
*
*Does current OSX support the OKC/PKC protocol/method? How about current iOS? As of 2011, according to Aruba, Apple does not support OKC/PKC.
Question 2:
*
*Is PMKID Caching the same as PMKID Validation?
| Q: Which Apple devices support OKC (Opportunistic Key Caching aka PKC/Proactive Key Caching) In enterprise wireless environments, access point roaming/hopping is very common. There exists a couple protocols/methods for making this seamless. That is, to make re-authentication when hopping to the next AP on an SSID smooth.
One is called Opportunistic Key Caching or sometimes called Proactive Key Caching, abbreviated OKC or PKC.
Here is a PDF from Aruba Networks describing OKC/PKC
Here is a Cisco page describing PMK Caching vs OKC vs CCKM
Windows and various Linux OSes support this protocol.
Apple OSX supports a similar thing called Pairwise Master Key ID Validation (PMKID Validation). From the Cisco link, we see that OKC is preferable to PMKID Caching when seamless AP hopping is the number 1 goal.
Question 1:
*
*Does current OSX support the OKC/PKC protocol/method? How about current iOS? As of 2011, according to Aruba, Apple does not support OKC/PKC.
Question 2:
*
*Is PMKID Caching the same as PMKID Validation?
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0b977830d2b7ab46daaa055b421af9100df661ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I turn a Safari Webarchive file into a folder? I understand a Safari webarchive is a single file with the source code and other resources from a web page concatenated into a single file. I found a Macworld article from 2006 describing a program that does just this, but the link to the program is no longer current.
Is there any currently available software that can convert a Safari webarchive file into a more standard format?
A: There is actually a software. The software is almost as the same as the one in the link you provided.
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/20643/webarchive-folderizer
Mac OS X 10.2 Or Later : Intel / PPC
| Q: How do I turn a Safari Webarchive file into a folder? I understand a Safari webarchive is a single file with the source code and other resources from a web page concatenated into a single file. I found a Macworld article from 2006 describing a program that does just this, but the link to the program is no longer current.
Is there any currently available software that can convert a Safari webarchive file into a more standard format?
A: There is actually a software. The software is almost as the same as the one in the link you provided.
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/20643/webarchive-folderizer
Mac OS X 10.2 Or Later : Intel / PPC
A:
Is there any currently available software that can convert a Safari
webarchive file into a more standard format?
If you are comfortable with command line, there is a tool textutil on Mac OS for converting webarchive file to txt, html, rtf, rtfd, doc, docx, wordml, or odt.
Example:
textutil -convert html /Users/USERNAME/NAME.webarchive
For converting webarchive file to pdf, try "Wondershare PDF Editor for Mac". http://www.wondershare.com/pdf/how-to-convert-webarchive-to-pdf.html
A: WebArchiveExtractor
I recommend WebArchiveExtractor. You can drag .webarchive files to this app which will extract the file into its individual files in a folder.
You can customise the output in Preferences, including setting a custom index file name:
WebArchiveExtractor is open source on GitHub
As of June 2021, it does build perfectly in Xcode (from the link above) and works very well.
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ec7b205e987c1b0c8285d0f5dd2fed31ea8df472 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cannot arrange finder files and folder by name In OS X 10.9.2, I cannot arrange finder's files and folder by name and the files are sorted by random alphabetical order. Is that a bug or any work around?
A: Turn off "Arrange By."
For me sort was unavailable, including by clicking the column headers, til I did that.
But this page got me half the way there, the rest was a random brainstorm.
So thanks, denizens of whatever apple.stackexchange.com/questions is. :-D
| Q: Cannot arrange finder files and folder by name In OS X 10.9.2, I cannot arrange finder's files and folder by name and the files are sorted by random alphabetical order. Is that a bug or any work around?
A: Turn off "Arrange By."
For me sort was unavailable, including by clicking the column headers, til I did that.
But this page got me half the way there, the rest was a random brainstorm.
So thanks, denizens of whatever apple.stackexchange.com/questions is. :-D
A: Click View > Arrange By > None.
Hold down the Option key and click View > Sort By > Name.
A: Finder offers two sorting methods: Arrange By and Sort By.
In column view:
*
*Click View > Arrange By > None
*Hold down the Option key and click View > Sort By > Name
Each folder has a hidden file .DS_Store that controls these settings, so when things don’t redraw correctly after you change a preference, consider trashing that file or making a new clean folder and moving things into a new store.
A: Have you tried changing both the Sort By and Arrange By modes? The Sort By mode can be changed from the view options (command-J), or View > Arrange By turns to Sort By if you hold option.
A: For me (OS 12.5) there was no arrange by option in View. However, I had the View/Use Groups option turned on. Deselecting this option allowed the name column to appear.
A: I got it to alphabetize by holding down Option.
A: If you're having issues with changing the sort order, first sort by "none" and then resort. Holding the option key produces different order options.
I solved my column view problem of folders being put at the bottom of the list as opposed to the top of my list using this.
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6ae3466f4241d2d480e2a6791d175fc8b4dc5eaa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Looking for a decent time-tracking application for Mac I am a freelance graphic designer and need to track the time spent on projects so I can bill my clients accordingly. There are a ton of services and applications out there but somehow none of them really fits.
Here's what I am looking for:
*
*A stable desktop app. I don't want to do my time tracking in the browser.
*Stop recording when screensaver or sleep mode starts.
*A product I can buy, not a subscription service. I feel more comfortable and in control if I pay $100 upfront than pay $10 a month
*An easy-to-use UI that tracks time by client, project and task.
*Billing support is a bonus, but not necessary.
Here is what I don't need, so if the solution contains it, at least is shouldn't interfere with a simple workflow and efficiency:
*
*Not necessary: Smartphone app, team collaboration, cloud.
All I want is a pay-once, stand-alone, well-supported and nicely designed time-tracking app. Do products exist in this space for OSX?
| Q: Looking for a decent time-tracking application for Mac I am a freelance graphic designer and need to track the time spent on projects so I can bill my clients accordingly. There are a ton of services and applications out there but somehow none of them really fits.
Here's what I am looking for:
*
*A stable desktop app. I don't want to do my time tracking in the browser.
*Stop recording when screensaver or sleep mode starts.
*A product I can buy, not a subscription service. I feel more comfortable and in control if I pay $100 upfront than pay $10 a month
*An easy-to-use UI that tracks time by client, project and task.
*Billing support is a bonus, but not necessary.
Here is what I don't need, so if the solution contains it, at least is shouldn't interfere with a simple workflow and efficiency:
*
*Not necessary: Smartphone app, team collaboration, cloud.
All I want is a pay-once, stand-alone, well-supported and nicely designed time-tracking app. Do products exist in this space for OSX?
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a7206faa3a438918f31c70f3244f42ba7c99ad73 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keynote Animations - Can they be random? I am stumped with a Keynote question (same problem in Powerpoint)—
I made a Jeopardy Board. I want people to choose questions randomly. When I click on the question, I have ANIMATED the 100, 200, etc, so the numbers fade away. Then I've hyperlinked to a slide with each question on it.
PROBLEM: Animations have to be set in a particular order! I want the questions to be chosen randomly. Do you know any way around setting up animations so they are not in order?
Any suggestions appreciated!! Thank you!
A: You may be able to achieve this behaviour using AppleScript. The questions below touch upon shuffling and randomising slides in Keynote:
*
*How to randomize Keynote slides
*Randomizing slides and duration for repeating Keynote
While Keynote is not intended for this kind of behaviour, you may have more success with other more flash card like applications.
| Q: Keynote Animations - Can they be random? I am stumped with a Keynote question (same problem in Powerpoint)—
I made a Jeopardy Board. I want people to choose questions randomly. When I click on the question, I have ANIMATED the 100, 200, etc, so the numbers fade away. Then I've hyperlinked to a slide with each question on it.
PROBLEM: Animations have to be set in a particular order! I want the questions to be chosen randomly. Do you know any way around setting up animations so they are not in order?
Any suggestions appreciated!! Thank you!
A: You may be able to achieve this behaviour using AppleScript. The questions below touch upon shuffling and randomising slides in Keynote:
*
*How to randomize Keynote slides
*Randomizing slides and duration for repeating Keynote
While Keynote is not intended for this kind of behaviour, you may have more success with other more flash card like applications.
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22a8acef3339ae727694617b3f7f85cb71c6462c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Anyone knows how to view the nice value of a process under Mavericks? Used to be able to view the UNIX nice value of a process in the top CLI utility.
I think it's gone from the top utility on Mavericks? Any other ways to view it?
A: I am using htop command.
It's very nice.
| Q: Anyone knows how to view the nice value of a process under Mavericks? Used to be able to view the UNIX nice value of a process in the top CLI utility.
I think it's gone from the top utility on Mavericks? Any other ways to view it?
A: I am using htop command.
It's very nice.
A: Use ps with a lower case L to directly view current nice values:
ps -l
or for specific process id (PID)
ps -l -p __PID___
A: Install GNU Coreutils via Homebrew, then use gnice. It only works for getting the current process' nice level though, AFAIk.
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0ffe1f6ed167c3e0b1a749c8629da50227712a0e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I hide software updates in Mavericks? In 10.9.2 (not sure about earlier versions of .9) I can find no way to stop the nagging software update requests from the App Store. I've heard of people uninstalling software which works in some cases. But for some apps I just don't want the latest version.
Has anyone found a fix? I don't care how complicated it is, I just want to stop hearing from the App Store. I really don't like the App Store.
A: Just uncheck Automatically check for updates in System Preferences > App Store
Though you might consider leaving "Automatically check for updates" and "Install system data files and security updates" checked but unchecking the rest.
| Q: Can I hide software updates in Mavericks? In 10.9.2 (not sure about earlier versions of .9) I can find no way to stop the nagging software update requests from the App Store. I've heard of people uninstalling software which works in some cases. But for some apps I just don't want the latest version.
Has anyone found a fix? I don't care how complicated it is, I just want to stop hearing from the App Store. I really don't like the App Store.
A: Just uncheck Automatically check for updates in System Preferences > App Store
Though you might consider leaving "Automatically check for updates" and "Install system data files and security updates" checked but unchecking the rest.
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58cedeb35273c9628001caa4a9c52e073c7cd9e5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can i remove OS X completely and install Windows? Can I completely remove Mac OS X from my system and install Windows 7 or 8 on it?
I do not want to use Bootcamp or create VM's. Is there any way at all?
The problem here is that i want to ditch OSX and install Windows on my mac machine forever.
Will I have to buy a Windows PC?
A: No you don't need PC hardware since Yes you can delete OS X entirely after getting the drivers installed from Boot Camp on OS X.
Follow the directions for creating the bootcamp USB key that comes with bootcamp (you'll need an 8GB key). When you boot from the bootcamp key and it gives you disk utility just delete the OSX partition (I believe this is an option, it's been a while) And make the whole thing Winders.
The Mac IS an Intel PC and Bootcamp is only the drivers and whatnot to create the bootable windows installer with the Mac drivers in it.
Hold onto that key, it's your repair disk and Windows re-installer should you need to sometime in the future.
| Q: Can i remove OS X completely and install Windows? Can I completely remove Mac OS X from my system and install Windows 7 or 8 on it?
I do not want to use Bootcamp or create VM's. Is there any way at all?
The problem here is that i want to ditch OSX and install Windows on my mac machine forever.
Will I have to buy a Windows PC?
A: No you don't need PC hardware since Yes you can delete OS X entirely after getting the drivers installed from Boot Camp on OS X.
Follow the directions for creating the bootcamp USB key that comes with bootcamp (you'll need an 8GB key). When you boot from the bootcamp key and it gives you disk utility just delete the OSX partition (I believe this is an option, it's been a while) And make the whole thing Winders.
The Mac IS an Intel PC and Bootcamp is only the drivers and whatnot to create the bootable windows installer with the Mac drivers in it.
Hold onto that key, it's your repair disk and Windows re-installer should you need to sometime in the future.
A: I've just succeeded in replacing OS X with Windows 10 on a late 2018 MacBook Pro with the touch bar.
NOTE: you'll need an external USB keyboard (and perhaps mouse) because MacBook's ones won't work before you install the drivers. Steps to follow:
*
*Open the Boot Camp application on OS X and download the Boot Camp Support Software, i.e. a package containing all the Windows drivers you'll need to install and smoothly run Windows 10. You can download that package via the Action menu entry in the Boot Camp application.
*Copy the content of the package to the root of a FAT32 USB pen (a 8GB pen will do the job).
*Create a bootable USB Windows installer. I made it on another Windows 10 machine, but I guess it's possible to make it on OS X too.
*Insert the Windows installer USB pen and reboot the MacBook Pro. Hold down the Option key until a boot menu appears. Boot from the Windows installer.
*Chose the Custom installation. You'll be asked to chose the drive where to install Windows to, but you probably won't see any storage device. Hence, insert the Boot Camp drivers USB pen and press Load drivers. There, you can browse the pen and select the Apple SSD driver (I don't remember what is the exact folder you have to select, but it's not hard to find out).
*Once the driver is installed, you can finally see your hard drive partitions. I deleted the OS X partition and created a new NTFS one.
*Complete the installation. Once Windows is booted, run the setup.exe executable in the Boot Camp USB pen. That will install all the needed drivers (network, keyboard and touch-pad, ...).
*Enjoy.
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087447d5ba259dd7b6c2890abdc1b4bb4ca31a77 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't find ⌃ symbol in keyboard I'm working in xcode and under editor>estructure there is a "re-indent" feature with this shortcut: ⌃l
It sound really stupid, but I just moved from windows and for my life's sale I cannot figure out what key ⌃ is.
What key is the ⌃ key and where it's located on the keyboard?
A: The following’s a list of the symbols in macOS and their symbols.
⎋ Escape
⇥ Tab Right
⇤ Tab Left
⇪ Caps Lock
⇧ Shift
⌃ Control
⌥ Option
⌘ Command
⏎ Enter
↩ Return
⌫ Delete
⌦ Forward Delete
↖ Home
↘ End
⇞ Page Up
⇟ Page Down
↑ Up Arrow
↓ Down Arrow
← Left Arrow
→ Right Arrow
⏏ Eject
| Q: Can't find ⌃ symbol in keyboard I'm working in xcode and under editor>estructure there is a "re-indent" feature with this shortcut: ⌃l
It sound really stupid, but I just moved from windows and for my life's sale I cannot figure out what key ⌃ is.
What key is the ⌃ key and where it's located on the keyboard?
A: The following’s a list of the symbols in macOS and their symbols.
⎋ Escape
⇥ Tab Right
⇤ Tab Left
⇪ Caps Lock
⇧ Shift
⌃ Control
⌥ Option
⌘ Command
⏎ Enter
↩ Return
⌫ Delete
⌦ Forward Delete
↖ Home
↘ End
⇞ Page Up
⇟ Page Down
↑ Up Arrow
↓ Down Arrow
← Left Arrow
→ Right Arrow
⏏ Eject
A: ^ is the Ctrl modifier key on the keyboard.
A: How to type the modifier key glyphs on MacOs:
*
*"control+command+space" in any application
*type "up arrowhead" to find: ⌃ (control)
*type "option" to find: ⌥ (option / alt)
*type "place of interest" to find: ⌘ (command / super)
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aeff67a1fd6a4806d5ab3dffb4a2f0e404fa7b62 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to edit the /etc/hosts file? When I open the file with TextEdit (I don't want (truly, I am not able) to use vim), it is seen as "locked", even if I modify the permissions of the file via the "Get Info" window.
How can I modify the hosts file with TextEdit?
A: *
*Open TextEdit as sudo
sudo -b /System/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit
*Open /etc/hosts in this new TextEdit instance using any of the following methods:
*
*Append the path to the end of the previous command
*Use File → Open
*Drag the file to the sudo'd TextEdit on the Dock
Alternatively, you can edit in Terminal using nano:
SUDO_EDITOR=nano sudo -e /etc/hosts
Using sudo -e ensures that temporary files etc. are handled in the proper way and you don't run into permission issues with them. nano is a simple console-based editor which is quite user-friendly.
| Q: How to edit the /etc/hosts file? When I open the file with TextEdit (I don't want (truly, I am not able) to use vim), it is seen as "locked", even if I modify the permissions of the file via the "Get Info" window.
How can I modify the hosts file with TextEdit?
A: *
*Open TextEdit as sudo
sudo -b /System/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit
*Open /etc/hosts in this new TextEdit instance using any of the following methods:
*
*Append the path to the end of the previous command
*Use File → Open
*Drag the file to the sudo'd TextEdit on the Dock
Alternatively, you can edit in Terminal using nano:
SUDO_EDITOR=nano sudo -e /etc/hosts
Using sudo -e ensures that temporary files etc. are handled in the proper way and you don't run into permission issues with them. nano is a simple console-based editor which is quite user-friendly.
A: You could try TextWrangler for this sort of thing; much more capable than TextEdit, and if you use the direct install from BareBones Software instead of the App Store version, it will happily open locked files. When you try, it asks permission, reminding you that you are not a member of the required group, but password entry will allow you to open and edit the file. Plus, it has optional command line additions (also not built in to App Store version) that will allow you to use TextWrangler by entering edit (name of file) to open things directly from Terminal. Open File dialog has a handy "show invisibles" option to help you open and edit hidden or dot-prefixed files too. It's a free app so no risk in trying.
A: sudo nano /private/etc/hosts
to edit the hosts file within Terminal, Control-O to save, then hit enter
A: In one line, from Terminal:
# Catalina and newer
sudo -b /System/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
# before Catalina
sudo -b /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
Make your changes, save and close.
A: If you like simple, you can research vim tool which installed on MacOS:
sudo vi /etc/hosts
A: I am in HighSierra, and I remember well from Lion and later until including HighSierra that you select "Hosts" and open it with Textedit without any ado.
A: I'm using macOS Big Sur and this is what worked for me:
sudo vi /etc/hosts
As opposed to next command that didn't work:
sudo open /etc/hosts
I got this error message
You don’t own the file “hosts” and don’t have permission to write to
it. You can duplicate this document and edit the duplicate. Only the
duplicate will include your changes. [Cancel] [Duplicate]
A: What worked for me is creating a root user following
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204012
Then simply:
su root
and do changes.
A: TextEdit will not work for this use case. Use an editor like Sublime Text and you will have fewer problems editing files like the hosts file.
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acc398dc8fb71a1c2cd5c0f06996fc78548f7679 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where are the /dev folder and the /dev/null device located on Mac OS X Mountain Lion? I am trying to find them on my Mac OS X Mountain Lion and it seems they do not exist.
I do not think it is a problem of folders privileges.
Maybe it just doesn't exit and I have to create them.
A: It should be there as a character special file:
bash-3.2# cd /dev
bash-3.2# ls -l |grep null
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 3, 2 Mar 8 11:04 null
Finder doesn't show these folders so you need to be in terminal to see them.
| Q: Where are the /dev folder and the /dev/null device located on Mac OS X Mountain Lion? I am trying to find them on my Mac OS X Mountain Lion and it seems they do not exist.
I do not think it is a problem of folders privileges.
Maybe it just doesn't exit and I have to create them.
A: It should be there as a character special file:
bash-3.2# cd /dev
bash-3.2# ls -l |grep null
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 3, 2 Mar 8 11:04 null
Finder doesn't show these folders so you need to be in terminal to see them.
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3b4b74038624380ead56615061733ef613040f1f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I turn off "Find my iPhone" on my device without wi-fi? My wifi greyed out/dimmed for no obvious reason. To restore my iPhone I am required to turn off "Find my iPhone".
Since I can't get access to wifi through my device (it needs Apple ID password), how can I turn the that off?
I tried doing it through iCloud.com but it needs to be turned off through the device itself (which then eventually shows on iTunes).
I've contacted the Apple support team but they haven't helped much.
A: You can restore your device by putting it in Recovery Mode first. This will restore your device regardless of settings on the device, including Find my iPhone.
*
*Turn your device off.
*Hold Home as you connect the USB cable until you see the following screen:
*You should see the following message in iTunes:
iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes.
*Restore the device in iTunes.
| Q: How do I turn off "Find my iPhone" on my device without wi-fi? My wifi greyed out/dimmed for no obvious reason. To restore my iPhone I am required to turn off "Find my iPhone".
Since I can't get access to wifi through my device (it needs Apple ID password), how can I turn the that off?
I tried doing it through iCloud.com but it needs to be turned off through the device itself (which then eventually shows on iTunes).
I've contacted the Apple support team but they haven't helped much.
A: You can restore your device by putting it in Recovery Mode first. This will restore your device regardless of settings on the device, including Find my iPhone.
*
*Turn your device off.
*Hold Home as you connect the USB cable until you see the following screen:
*You should see the following message in iTunes:
iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes.
*Restore the device in iTunes.
A: Oftentimes you don't need to actually restore your iPhone if the wifi switch has become disabled (grayed out).
Reset the network settings by tapping Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
This will reset all network settings, including Bluetooth pairing records, Wi-Fi passwords, VPN, and APN settings.
A: Only way I can think of right now is you getting a SIM card which has internet access on it 3G/4G, then your iPhone will be able to validate the apple id login and disable the "find my iPhone" feature.
A: Needs ID as a precaution against theft. Obviously a thief would not necessarily have ID and wish not to be tracked
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d4dcd7e99312a4ebdde486ab81d7deeacc906ee5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: External Hard disk 500 GB free but can't copy 8 GB data I have WD external hard disk, which was working fine. Its MS-DOS formatted. I have downloaded a file in .mkv, which works fine, and isn't corrupted. Upon copying the 8 gb file, it says "The file is too big to be copied", whereas its only 8 GB being copied on 500GB disk. I tried formatting it. still nothing. What else can i do?
A: The HDD is formatted using FAT32 which has a known limitation of 4GB file size. You need to format it using exFAT which is supported by OS X and Windows.
| Q: External Hard disk 500 GB free but can't copy 8 GB data I have WD external hard disk, which was working fine. Its MS-DOS formatted. I have downloaded a file in .mkv, which works fine, and isn't corrupted. Upon copying the 8 gb file, it says "The file is too big to be copied", whereas its only 8 GB being copied on 500GB disk. I tried formatting it. still nothing. What else can i do?
A: The HDD is formatted using FAT32 which has a known limitation of 4GB file size. You need to format it using exFAT which is supported by OS X and Windows.
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723ed521a6606efd6ab3b6cc7173adc5c77d39e3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do I need Wi-Fi to backup to iCloud? What is the rationale behind requiring Wi-Fi to backup to iCloud from my iOS device? What is wrong with using 3G or 4G to backup?
A: Without going into speculation, there appears to be no official word on why this has been done. There are a number of iCloud Backup KB articles, mentioning that Wi-Fi is the only way to backup your device:
*
*http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/backup/
…however, per almost all Apple documentation of this sort, there is no reasoning to their decisions.
If you need to connect over 3G/4G - you can tether to another iOS device and then backups see WiFi and progress smoothly in my experience. There doesn't appear to be any opt-in choice to self-backup. http://feedback.apple.com would be the only avenue to ask for this feature going forward.
| Q: Why do I need Wi-Fi to backup to iCloud? What is the rationale behind requiring Wi-Fi to backup to iCloud from my iOS device? What is wrong with using 3G or 4G to backup?
A: Without going into speculation, there appears to be no official word on why this has been done. There are a number of iCloud Backup KB articles, mentioning that Wi-Fi is the only way to backup your device:
*
*http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/backup/
…however, per almost all Apple documentation of this sort, there is no reasoning to their decisions.
If you need to connect over 3G/4G - you can tether to another iOS device and then backups see WiFi and progress smoothly in my experience. There doesn't appear to be any opt-in choice to self-backup. http://feedback.apple.com would be the only avenue to ask for this feature going forward.
A: Let me speculate for the logic behind the decision, since there is no published reason per @grgarside.
Making you (or forcing) to use the 3G or 4G will use your personal Telephone providers network that in all case you pay money for.
In some cases this can be expensive (depending on data plan you have), and in other cases with limitations how much can you transfer.
Using WiFi is considered open network, in many case you do not pay for it (public), and no limit how much you can transfer.
I agree Apple could make it a choice (for you to choose), but lacking that feature, the safe choice is WiFi.
A: There used to be a limit on the size of apps you could download over the cell network - I believe 10MB was the first limit. This was put in place on the device by apple because AT&T (who initially was only offering unlimited data packages) still wanted to not have people download gigantic things over the cell network. I also believe a similar thing occurred initially with a lot of streaming apps, where if they are on the cell network they'll push a lower quality video/audio, or simply say wifi-only. All these regulations don't make as much sense anymore now that many plans are pay-per-byte, but there are still many that are not (especially in the USA)
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c1b7e9642ab9869375283459b352730107f74a7a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make a playable DVD iso from a VIDEO_TS folder? I used to have a script that converts a VIDEO_TS folder into an ISO that plays ok in VLC but it's gone.
Anyway, this command gets me most of the way there:
hdiutil makehybrid -udf -udf-volume-name $folder -o $fullpath.iso $fullpath
Except that when I tried it on one DVD, it skips the menu selection. Is this likely a problem with the one DVD I tried or do I need a different tool / different options to get the menu to render properly?
A: just tried this on several VIDEO_TS and works perfectly.
hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -udf -udf-volume-name $folder -o $fullpath.iso $fullpath
ps. I've never found out how to make ISOs out of VIDEO_TS using handbrake. I don't think this is possible.
| Q: How to make a playable DVD iso from a VIDEO_TS folder? I used to have a script that converts a VIDEO_TS folder into an ISO that plays ok in VLC but it's gone.
Anyway, this command gets me most of the way there:
hdiutil makehybrid -udf -udf-volume-name $folder -o $fullpath.iso $fullpath
Except that when I tried it on one DVD, it skips the menu selection. Is this likely a problem with the one DVD I tried or do I need a different tool / different options to get the menu to render properly?
A: just tried this on several VIDEO_TS and works perfectly.
hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -udf -udf-volume-name $folder -o $fullpath.iso $fullpath
ps. I've never found out how to make ISOs out of VIDEO_TS using handbrake. I don't think this is possible.
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9b2af5b35137574b1d5233cd5ca18c0120755cd9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Inkscape on OSX copies rasterized images from SVG I'm trying to copy an object out of an SVG file using inkscape, however when I paste it back in to a new inkscape file it's no longer the svg version, but a rasterized version.
I'm not sure if it's because inkscape runs in XQuartz and the clipboard is behaving odly.
A: I solved this problem by importing another svg file into the current one.
File --> Import... --> Select "All Vectors" (or "*.svg") in the filter selection menu.
This copies the entire content of the imported file into the current one in vector format.
| Q: Inkscape on OSX copies rasterized images from SVG I'm trying to copy an object out of an SVG file using inkscape, however when I paste it back in to a new inkscape file it's no longer the svg version, but a rasterized version.
I'm not sure if it's because inkscape runs in XQuartz and the clipboard is behaving odly.
A: I solved this problem by importing another svg file into the current one.
File --> Import... --> Select "All Vectors" (or "*.svg") in the filter selection menu.
This copies the entire content of the imported file into the current one in vector format.
A: Here someone had the same problem.
They solved it by turning off X11's Pasteboard Syncing:
Disabling ‘Sync PasteBoard’ Functionality within X11 (Which is
Included in XQuartz App for OSX Mountain Lion) solves the problem of
converting vector object to Bitmap after pasting the same object in
another SVG file.
Do This (Go to): X11 > Click on ‘Preferences’ tab > Choose
‘Pasteboard’ tab > Uncheck ‘Enable Syncing’
A: This is not really a solution but a workaround I learned from this page and it requires you to flex those muscle memory of CommandC and then CommandV.
The workaround is to use ControlD to duplicate instead of copy and pasting. Off course this does not work if you want to copy from one file to another or in/out of Inkscape.
(It is a shame that Inkscape developers are ignoring all mac users. Looking forwards to see a real native implementation away from crappy X11!)
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1b15fb6c835771f2a90bffb952092a4fe352f08c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there anyway to expand my MacBook Air's hard disk? I have a 2011 MacBook Air(11-inch), I am using OS X 10.9, but I only have 64GB Flash Storage, and I want to expand the storage of MacBook Air's hard disk. I asked geniuses at Apple and they told me the answer is no. So, is this possible?
A: It is possible, although not from Apple themselves.
A company called OWC seem to specialise in SSD upgrades for macbook's and have upgrades for your model available here
These particular upgrades offer greater speed and capacity to some of the stock apple SSD's from 2011.
| Q: Is there anyway to expand my MacBook Air's hard disk? I have a 2011 MacBook Air(11-inch), I am using OS X 10.9, but I only have 64GB Flash Storage, and I want to expand the storage of MacBook Air's hard disk. I asked geniuses at Apple and they told me the answer is no. So, is this possible?
A: It is possible, although not from Apple themselves.
A company called OWC seem to specialise in SSD upgrades for macbook's and have upgrades for your model available here
These particular upgrades offer greater speed and capacity to some of the stock apple SSD's from 2011.
A: I might also recommend you check out a micro USB drive. Kingston makes one called the DataTraveler micro. It's very small and only protrudes out from the computer a little. You can get them up to size 64GB currently.
A: You could also ad a Nifty Drive to your mac. You plug that in your SD-Card reader (which is used by that then). http://eu.theniftyminidrive.com
It is slower than an SSD, but you could move some stuff over there.
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c18a3507c9842b283035f1380013da4a2355c67d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Adobe Acrobat Pro on Macbook Pro scrolls very slow Whenever I open a PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro (version of Adobe Creative Cloud) on my Macbook Pro (early 2013 Retina version with NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB) scrolling through the document is unacceptably slow.
In terms of 'frames per second' it would be about 2 fps when scrolling.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to improve the speed of this? I expect it to run about as smooth as scrolling/viewing a webpage.
Edit: added summary from comments below:
It happens with any PDF, no big difference between 'text only' PDF or one build up with images. Text PDF example: http://www.vivin.net/pub/pdfjs/TestDocument.pdf - still renders too slow.
Also tried with the laptop of a colleague, same Macbook model, same specs, same Acrobat -> same behavior :) I'm amazed why that is so slow. When I open the PDF in Chrome, it is fast (because Chrome has pdfjs integrated, a different viewer). However, I want to solve it with Acrobat.
A: Kill all smoothing options in "page Display" preferences, besides "for laptop/LCD screens", and set a custom resolution to 90 ppi. Then speed picks up nicely.
| Q: Adobe Acrobat Pro on Macbook Pro scrolls very slow Whenever I open a PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro (version of Adobe Creative Cloud) on my Macbook Pro (early 2013 Retina version with NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB) scrolling through the document is unacceptably slow.
In terms of 'frames per second' it would be about 2 fps when scrolling.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to improve the speed of this? I expect it to run about as smooth as scrolling/viewing a webpage.
Edit: added summary from comments below:
It happens with any PDF, no big difference between 'text only' PDF or one build up with images. Text PDF example: http://www.vivin.net/pub/pdfjs/TestDocument.pdf - still renders too slow.
Also tried with the laptop of a colleague, same Macbook model, same specs, same Acrobat -> same behavior :) I'm amazed why that is so slow. When I open the PDF in Chrome, it is fast (because Chrome has pdfjs integrated, a different viewer). However, I want to solve it with Acrobat.
A: Kill all smoothing options in "page Display" preferences, besides "for laptop/LCD screens", and set a custom resolution to 90 ppi. Then speed picks up nicely.
A: You have to turn on Enable Scrolling from the View menu. I also had that issue before.
A: Acrobat Reader and Pro are bloated. Apple's Preview runs circles around it and that doesn't make sense being Adobe's own Reader and file format should work flawlessly (by now). Pro can do more things like make PDF forms. But ever since Acrobat 5, it's become an overly large Application that runs unacceptably slow.
PDFs were originally intended for books. Later functionally was added for PDF forms, archiving records, printing and prepress. They are doing too much with it and there about almost 20 versions of the PDF file format if your include PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/VT and PDF/UA in addition to PDF 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7 2004, 1.7 2006, 1.7 2008, 1.7 2009, 1.7 2011, 1.8, and 1.9.
It's a shame that Adobe can't tame this its own wild beast. Adobe PhotoShop CC and Illustrator CC are excellent. Indesign CC is good with the exception that its Alpha Channel form of PDF transparency is not compatible with Firefox's builtin PDF plugin. Indesign's drop shadows will come out as boxes in both Dropbox and Firefox's internal PDF viewers. As a stone age workaround, you can use PDF 1.3 to flatten the file, but then you face unwanted lines in the web view. InDesign drop shadows have always worked in the inverse of Illustrator's drop shadow transparency which doesn't make any sense with software coming from the same vendor and both were created from scratch (to the best of my knowledge the source code to these two apps were not bought from another company). Adobe needs to get a grip on PDF. It has been too long.
Adobe Indesign was designed to become a QuarkXpress killer. But they lost sight on how its transparency should work and things like Rasterize and Keyline view were omitted. So if you need those additional tools, you have to copy and paste the elements into Illustrator. Turn on PDF in Adobe's clipboard past preferences , do you edits in AI then copy them to InDesign via the clipboard. Waste of time to get decent looking online PDFs from InDesign. It is best to not use Acrobat and InDesign and just use Preview as your viewer or Firefox, and use Illustrator to create decent PDFs that have transparency.
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0a26dbc5a5ebf6e83b5fed2b36d5e05df656f6d6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to set mac desktop background as working terminal I would like to set my background to a working Terminal window even when I minimize all applications. I would like to be able to write commands on desktop but I don't know if it is even possible.
I have done some Google searching but I could not find any clues. If this is possible, could you explain the process of setting it up?
I am using Mac OS X 10.7.5
A: You might to want to checkout this tool called GeekTool as their site states:
GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins
| Q: how to set mac desktop background as working terminal I would like to set my background to a working Terminal window even when I minimize all applications. I would like to be able to write commands on desktop but I don't know if it is even possible.
I have done some Google searching but I could not find any clues. If this is possible, could you explain the process of setting it up?
I am using Mac OS X 10.7.5
A: You might to want to checkout this tool called GeekTool as their site states:
GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins
A: iTerm2 in fullscreen does what you want. At least it does for me when I reboot when it launches on boot.
In iTerm2 you can define different window styles. I have only one defined (fullscreen, toggled with a key combination ⌥ Opt+Space). If you don't set a toggle you get a non-standard fullscreen window (chrome-less fullscreen). If you manage to get it under all other windows you get what you want.
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9cc987f1c07ecbea17c4e7e131be8d2d6ab08e2c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to generate a kernel core dump file after a kernel panic occurred on OSX? I need to debug a kernel panic and the current information in the kernel panic log file is insufficient.
The only information available on that matter is in the following link: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2004/tn2118.html
but it talks about creating a server for core dump and it must be done locally (user's computer). Both Windows and Linux support local dump file.
So, is there a way to generate a kernel core dump file after a kernel panic occurred on OSX?
| Q: Is there a way to generate a kernel core dump file after a kernel panic occurred on OSX? I need to debug a kernel panic and the current information in the kernel panic log file is insufficient.
The only information available on that matter is in the following link: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2004/tn2118.html
but it talks about creating a server for core dump and it must be done locally (user's computer). Both Windows and Linux support local dump file.
So, is there a way to generate a kernel core dump file after a kernel panic occurred on OSX?
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ba4a98a6eb40981cce230a53d844ba8855435069 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: KeePass application with synchronization support on a Mac? I'm looking for a KeePass application for use on Mac OSX.
KeePassX and KyPass 3 but both lack support for synchronization of KeePass 2 (.kdbx) databases.
*
*KeePassX will just plain overwrite the database.
*KyPass 3 will do you the courtesy of alerting you of a potential data loss before overwriting a database.
*KeePass is a third option, but I have't not been able to get the application to work, let alone test synchronization.
What Mac OS X apps support synchronization of the kdbx database that stores credentials in this open source format?
A: MacPass is an open-source KeePass client for OS X that is able to sync KDBX files. I came across this looking for an answer to this question myself, finding no real satisfactory answers elsewhere.
| Q: KeePass application with synchronization support on a Mac? I'm looking for a KeePass application for use on Mac OSX.
KeePassX and KyPass 3 but both lack support for synchronization of KeePass 2 (.kdbx) databases.
*
*KeePassX will just plain overwrite the database.
*KyPass 3 will do you the courtesy of alerting you of a potential data loss before overwriting a database.
*KeePass is a third option, but I have't not been able to get the application to work, let alone test synchronization.
What Mac OS X apps support synchronization of the kdbx database that stores credentials in this open source format?
A: MacPass is an open-source KeePass client for OS X that is able to sync KDBX files. I came across this looking for an answer to this question myself, finding no real satisfactory answers elsewhere.
A: The problem is the .kdbx-file.
The solution is to download and install KeePass Classic 1.27 on your Windows machine, which still saves the database file in the older .kdb format. This .kdb file can be cross-opened in both Keepass Classic and KeePassX on your Mac.
To make them synced across devices I would recommed using Dropbox in which you save your .kdb database file. Obviously this is not a real-time syncing application so you cannot have the apps open on all devices at the same time and see the changes. It is a save-close-sync procedure inbetween. However it works flawlessly this way.
Equally, now this dropbox-synced .kdb-file now works on iOS through the excellent little PassDrop app :-)
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a7cd217aaadd8b829ba74b599f26e32f8b2316ea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Replace Text Edit as the default text editor I've seen questions like this which don't quite solve my problem.
I'd like to make Sublime Text 3 the default file viewer/editor for all files that currently use textedit.
Most of these files can be command+i'd, but the ones that have no extension cannot. They give all sorts of permissions errors such as the ones in this image
Is there any way to just never use textedit, and instead set sublime as the default editor for all files?
A: To set Sublime Text as the default handler for public.plain-text:
Mavericks (10.9) and earlier
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices \
LSHandlers -array-add \
'{LSHandlerContentType=public.plain-text;LSHandlerRoleAll=com.sublimetext.3;}'
Yosemite (10.10) and later
Use com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure \
LSHandlers -array-add \
'{LSHandlerContentType=public.plain-text;LSHandlerRoleAll=com.sublimetext.3;}'
Remember to restart to pick up the changes.
| Q: Replace Text Edit as the default text editor I've seen questions like this which don't quite solve my problem.
I'd like to make Sublime Text 3 the default file viewer/editor for all files that currently use textedit.
Most of these files can be command+i'd, but the ones that have no extension cannot. They give all sorts of permissions errors such as the ones in this image
Is there any way to just never use textedit, and instead set sublime as the default editor for all files?
A: To set Sublime Text as the default handler for public.plain-text:
Mavericks (10.9) and earlier
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices \
LSHandlers -array-add \
'{LSHandlerContentType=public.plain-text;LSHandlerRoleAll=com.sublimetext.3;}'
Yosemite (10.10) and later
Use com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure \
LSHandlers -array-add \
'{LSHandlerContentType=public.plain-text;LSHandlerRoleAll=com.sublimetext.3;}'
Remember to restart to pick up the changes.
A: I centralize all my default apps management with Magic Launch. You can configure it to open all txt with Sublime Text as default without command line (beside, you can change it easily from System Preferences).
One more exceptional useful Magic Launch’s feature is you can set rules based on filename, folders location, which I use intensively to choose different apps for development and writing.
A: I tried grg's solution in the past and I believe it worked. However, on Yosemite and El Capitan, I ran into problems.
DonnaLea's comment in that solution clued me in on creating a solution. I added the folder path before com.apple.launchservices additionally the file had a slightly different name com.apple.launchservices.secure.
You can see the file/folders being modified in the following path:
/user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist
Screenshot for reference:
Here's the command I used in terminal:
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure LSHandlers -array-add \
'{LSHandlerContentType=public.plain-text;LSHandlerRoleAll=com.sublimetext.3;}'
Lastly, after a restart to my machine it worked as advertised.
A: *
*Right click on a .txt file in Finder.
*Choose "Get Info".
*Expand "Open with:" and choose your preferred text editor in the
drop-down.
*Push the "Change All..." button below the drop-down and then confirm
in the dialog that pops up with "Continue".
This works on Yosemite (OS X 10.10).
A: RCDefaultApp still works on macOS Sierra. You can easily select what program is default for plain text (BBEedit in my case).
A: The solutions proposed here work perfectly for Sublime, but I wanted to do this for Visual Studio Code. The only difference is that you have to find the "application bundle identifier" for whatever text editor you use. I ran this command:
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print CFBundleIdentifier' /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Info.plist
link for reference
to get the identifier "com.microsoft.VSCode". Then I installed "duti" and ran this command:
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode public.plain-text all
This should work for any text editor you want that is installed under /Applications. I hope this helps non-Sublime users.
A: Another option is to use duti (https://github.com/moretension/duti).
Run brew install duti, save a filetype like this as:
duti -s com.sublimetext.4 public.plain-text all
The changes should be applied immediately, so you don't have to restart like when editing com.apple.LaunchServices.plist.
To also change the default application for executable scripts with no filename extension, add a line like this:
duti -s com.sublimetext.4 public.unix-executable all
Some files are also considered 'public.data', not 'public.plain-text', so you can do this as well:
duti -s com.sublimetext.4 public.data all
A: I am using Catalina 10.15.6. Taking the following two steps worked for me.
Save SublimeText files with ".txt" extension by default
*
*Open SublimeText.
*Go to SublimeText > Preferences > Settings.
*Add the following line into the "Preferences.sublime-settings--User" file: "default_extension": "txt",
*Save and close the updated settings file.
Configure your Mac to open all ".txt" files with SublimeText by default
[Follow these steps, as posted by David Resnick in a prior answer]
*
*Right click on a .txt file in Finder.
*Choose "Get Info".
*Expand "Open with:" and choose your preferred text editor in the drop-down.
*Push the "Change All..." button below the drop-down and then confirm in the dialog that pops up with "Continue".
A: First do get info on the file that you want to set sublime text as the default. Then go to the open as section and choose sublime. After that press change all then continue on the popup menu and you're done
A: Rightclick on the file --> Other --> Choose your favorite text editor (I choose Sublime text in my Applications folder) --> Check the 'Always Open with' checkbox --> Open.
This setting will be automatically applied to all other files in the machine.
No need of any restart or no need of any 3rd party software.
A: This solution is ripped from a YouTube video, but it works perfectly for my situation (I'm just using Sublime to edit files in languages like Python, Java, and Ruby).
For any particular file, right-click, select "More Info", and click on the "Open with" tab. You can select what text-editor you want here, and use "Change-all" to use the editor for all files of this type. Obviously, this doesn't work for files with no extension, but it's been an easy quick-fix for me.
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057e416d44268a7272b6b8f177d2f8e9346c1492 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to copy plain text from web pages in Safari? When using Safari, I find no plug-in to force copied text from web pages to not include rich-text formatting and only copy the raw ascii characters.
How can I, using Safari, only copy plain text into the clipboard from web pages?
If that is not possible, is there a way in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 to only paste plain text?
A: Whilst copying from Safari as plain text is not possible as far as I know, the OS X system shortcut for pasting as plain text is ⇧⌥⌘V.
For Microsoft Word, go to Edit → Paste Special → Unformatted Text or Edit → Paste and Match Formatting.
| Q: How to copy plain text from web pages in Safari? When using Safari, I find no plug-in to force copied text from web pages to not include rich-text formatting and only copy the raw ascii characters.
How can I, using Safari, only copy plain text into the clipboard from web pages?
If that is not possible, is there a way in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 to only paste plain text?
A: Whilst copying from Safari as plain text is not possible as far as I know, the OS X system shortcut for pasting as plain text is ⇧⌥⌘V.
For Microsoft Word, go to Edit → Paste Special → Unformatted Text or Edit → Paste and Match Formatting.
A: Drag text into a plain text application such as Text Wrangler (free), BBEdit etc.
A: If you already have formatted text in your clipboard, and you want its unformatted version in your clipboard, you can run this command from Terminal.app:
pbpaste | pbcopy
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45a341715b5edfb9ae9caad82e087ba99da7c4fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone 5 iOS7 no sound only vibrates when ringing? Here is what I tried...
*
*Do Not Disturb is off
*In Settings -> Sounds, Vibrate on Ring is off and Vibrate on Silent is off
*The switch on the side is set to silver not red.
*The music will play over the headphones and over the speaker.
*The keyboard click sound will play over the headphones and over the speaker.
*I looked in Settings -> Accessibility and there doesn't seem to be anything in there (however whenever I got the phone the zoom was turned on)
I don't know what else there is to try, but it doesn't play the ring tone when the phone rings.
A: moving mine in and of the holster moved the ringer button to the off position accidently. Glad it was something that simple....but sure stumped me for a while.
the ringer button is the one above the volume buttons on the left side
| Q: iPhone 5 iOS7 no sound only vibrates when ringing? Here is what I tried...
*
*Do Not Disturb is off
*In Settings -> Sounds, Vibrate on Ring is off and Vibrate on Silent is off
*The switch on the side is set to silver not red.
*The music will play over the headphones and over the speaker.
*The keyboard click sound will play over the headphones and over the speaker.
*I looked in Settings -> Accessibility and there doesn't seem to be anything in there (however whenever I got the phone the zoom was turned on)
I don't know what else there is to try, but it doesn't play the ring tone when the phone rings.
A: moving mine in and of the holster moved the ringer button to the off position accidently. Glad it was something that simple....but sure stumped me for a while.
the ringer button is the one above the volume buttons on the left side
A: I believe this is fixed in the latest iOS 7 update.
A: I had the same problem with my iphone 6 plus Im on ios 8.3. My phone would only vibrate no ringtone. My fix: Toggle the ringer button on the left side of my phone OFF and ON.
Additional settings (if it would help you):
Settings>Do Not Disturb>
Manual (Off)
Scheduled (Off)
Allow Calls From (Everyone)
Repeated Calls (On)
SILENCE>
Only while iPhone is locked (check)
****and****
Settings> Sounds>
Vibrate on Ting (on)
Vibrate on Silent (on)
RINGER AND ALERTS (set in the middle)
Change with Buttons (on)
SOUNDS AND VIBRATION PATTERNS
Ringtone (summit)
Text Tone (hello)
New Voicemail (Tri-tone)
New Mail (Ripples)
Sent Mail (Popcorn)
Tweet (keys)
Facebook Post (swish)
Calendar Alerts ( Hello)
Reminder Alerts (Chord)
AirDrop (pulse)
Lock sounds (off)
Keyboard clicks (off)
Hope this helps anyone.
A: Try this, hold on home and lock button for 10 second,
Mine would vibrate for incoming calls but would not ring. This fixed mine right away.
A: There is a ring/silent switch on the left side of the iPhone 5s, (right side for iPhone 6), just above the sound up and down arrows. Slide it up, and that should turn your ringer back on, you should be able to hear your phone ring.
A: I had the same problem - everything looked right in settings but my iphone5 still only vibrated. The ring tone that I had it set to indeed had stopped working when I tested it, so I switched to another ring tone and it works.
A: Power volume flex cable is damaged, change it
A: For iPhone 6plus:
- locate volume control on left side of phone
- find small silver switch just above that
- use your fingernail to switch it in the direction of your screen.
- test to see if your phone ringer is working
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d1c5ca9177eed8c9d5f585cc7104b61917fbe6a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mavericks installation stuck at 18 minutes mark I am trying to reinstall Mavericks an 27 inch, Mid-2011 iMac
The hardisk has been reformatted, and I have created one partition Mac-HDD in it.
I have created a Mavericks usb installer using this command:
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia \
--volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
Can you suggest anything I can try?
A: You can show the install log by pressing cmd-L. Make sure you're showing all messages and look at the bottom of the log. This may give you a hint as to what's happened (or happening).
| Q: Mavericks installation stuck at 18 minutes mark I am trying to reinstall Mavericks an 27 inch, Mid-2011 iMac
The hardisk has been reformatted, and I have created one partition Mac-HDD in it.
I have created a Mavericks usb installer using this command:
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia \
--volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
Can you suggest anything I can try?
A: You can show the install log by pressing cmd-L. Make sure you're showing all messages and look at the bottom of the log. This may give you a hint as to what's happened (or happening).
A: You might also want to repartition the HD and then do a repair. It is possible you have some bad blocks on the HD and it needs to be replaced.
You could also do a secure wipe and do a one pass wipe with zeros, under security options. If that stops partway through I would blame the drive.
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6045d6659687a9817e348aa8722defaa41ee106d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you make Mac's Menu Bar hide? We all know you can simply click "turn hiding on" in Dock's Preferences, but can you do the same thing to Mac's Menu Bar?
A: As of OS X El Capitan (10.11), this functionality is built in to the operating system. Go to System Preferences > General and turn on "Automatically hide and show the menu bar."
Here is how it works:
| Q: Can you make Mac's Menu Bar hide? We all know you can simply click "turn hiding on" in Dock's Preferences, but can you do the same thing to Mac's Menu Bar?
A: As of OS X El Capitan (10.11), this functionality is built in to the operating system. Go to System Preferences > General and turn on "Automatically hide and show the menu bar."
Here is how it works:
A: From my dear friend Google :
You can't hide menu bar without using other apps. See > http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/24/hide-mac-menu-bar/ Note that when you are using a full-screen application, menu bar is hidden and it appears when you move the cursor to the top of your screen
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63733ac2bb8f50976a420b7cf7f4a02e224167a6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Macbook hangs at startup I've been having problems occasionally starting my Macbook Pro Retina. It just hangs on the gray screen with the activity indicator. When I launch in verbose mode it stops at this line.
AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::checkStatus - received Status Packet, Payload 2: device was reinitialized
How do I determine what's causing the issue?
A: How long have you left it at that point? Another user reports the same issue, but they left it for another 15-20 minutes and then another message appeared highlighting a disk failure.
Try creating a bootable back up on an external drive ASAP and test it. Then at your leisure investigate further, that is leaving it on the start up verbose message screen.
I personally would recommend using carbon copy cloner as it was quite useful, but super duper has a free mode that should work for you.
| Q: Macbook hangs at startup I've been having problems occasionally starting my Macbook Pro Retina. It just hangs on the gray screen with the activity indicator. When I launch in verbose mode it stops at this line.
AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::checkStatus - received Status Packet, Payload 2: device was reinitialized
How do I determine what's causing the issue?
A: How long have you left it at that point? Another user reports the same issue, but they left it for another 15-20 minutes and then another message appeared highlighting a disk failure.
Try creating a bootable back up on an external drive ASAP and test it. Then at your leisure investigate further, that is leaving it on the start up verbose message screen.
I personally would recommend using carbon copy cloner as it was quite useful, but super duper has a free mode that should work for you.
A: I finally found a solution. This happened to me again and I could not even get my computer to startup. I found this website for repairing your disk in single user mode.
http://www.everythingmacintosh.com/tech-notes/repair-your-hard-disk-in-single-user-mode/
The solution is to run /sbin/fsck -fy in single user mode.
A: Have you tried booting from a different installation?
It might be driver-related, which could be ruled out when running from a fresh version of the OS.
Connect an empty USB drive, download the latest version of OS X from the App Store, and install it onto the external hard drive.
Please report back if the error still appears, in that case it seems to be hardware-related.
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d1743980143ee10bc316f54b0d51c7fdd3a5f4b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is iphoto creating un-deletable albums? When I sync all my photos to my mac mini iphoto then goes and creates albums on my iPhone like: Events, Last 12 Months and Last Import among others. I do not want these albums on my iPhone at all....
How do I get rid of them
A: If you go to iTunes and select your device there is a tab called "Photos"
If you check and uncheck the boxes as shown:
*
*Check "Sync Photos"
*Chose "Selected albums, Events..." radio button
*Un-check "Last 12 Months" and "Last Import" and any you don't want
*Then check any albums you do want
You should be set.
| Q: Why is iphoto creating un-deletable albums? When I sync all my photos to my mac mini iphoto then goes and creates albums on my iPhone like: Events, Last 12 Months and Last Import among others. I do not want these albums on my iPhone at all....
How do I get rid of them
A: If you go to iTunes and select your device there is a tab called "Photos"
If you check and uncheck the boxes as shown:
*
*Check "Sync Photos"
*Chose "Selected albums, Events..." radio button
*Un-check "Last 12 Months" and "Last Import" and any you don't want
*Then check any albums you do want
You should be set.
A: These 'albums' aren't real albums and can't be deleted. If you're desperate to remove them, stop syncing with iPhoto.
You can provide feedback to Apple regarding this at the following page:
*
*http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
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5318e7f0abef4303c05747dff7589ffa60e4fd9b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable automatic iTunes launch when iPhone is plugged in via USB How do I disable automatic iTunes launch when iPhone is plugged in via USB (for charging)? In fact, I would like to disable automatic launch of anything when an iPhone is plugged in (including photo sync).
A: *
*iTunes
Open iTunes, select your device, go to the Summary tab and unselect either Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected, or Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected depending on your version of iTunes.
Also, you might wish to disable iTunes Helper. Go to System Preferences → Users & Groups → Login Items and delete iTunes Helper from the list.
*iPhoto
Open iPhoto, open Preferences (iPhoto → Preferences or ⌘,). Select General tab and set Connecting camera opens to No application.
*Photos (new version of iPhoto)
Let Photos open when you connect your device, select the "Import" tab and untick the box for "Open Photos for this device"
| Q: Disable automatic iTunes launch when iPhone is plugged in via USB How do I disable automatic iTunes launch when iPhone is plugged in via USB (for charging)? In fact, I would like to disable automatic launch of anything when an iPhone is plugged in (including photo sync).
A: *
*iTunes
Open iTunes, select your device, go to the Summary tab and unselect either Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected, or Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected depending on your version of iTunes.
Also, you might wish to disable iTunes Helper. Go to System Preferences → Users & Groups → Login Items and delete iTunes Helper from the list.
*iPhoto
Open iPhoto, open Preferences (iPhoto → Preferences or ⌘,). Select General tab and set Connecting camera opens to No application.
*Photos (new version of iPhoto)
Let Photos open when you connect your device, select the "Import" tab and untick the box for "Open Photos for this device"
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5325885a2c01779480937b87effd3083d2827fc5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to add a .crt certificate to iPhone's keychain? I moved a .crt certificate file onto my iPhone device via Dropbox and tried following these instructions to add it to the device keychain:
It suggests to open the certificate file but my iPhone doesn't know what to open the .crt with?
How should I proceed from here to add the certificate to my keychain?
A: Copied from the site you linked
If you wish to use your certificate for S/MIME after you have followed this guide, please visit https://support.quovadisglobal.com/KB/a353/how-do-i-sign-and-encrypt-on-an-apple-iphone.aspx.
Important Note: Apple recommends that a *.p12 or *.pfx file is sent to your device as an attachment in an email. QuoVadis does not recommend this approach unless email access to your mail server is encrypted using SSL.
You need to e-mail yourself the certificate, other 3PP programs are sandbox'd from accessing the iOS keychain.
| Q: How to add a .crt certificate to iPhone's keychain? I moved a .crt certificate file onto my iPhone device via Dropbox and tried following these instructions to add it to the device keychain:
It suggests to open the certificate file but my iPhone doesn't know what to open the .crt with?
How should I proceed from here to add the certificate to my keychain?
A: Copied from the site you linked
If you wish to use your certificate for S/MIME after you have followed this guide, please visit https://support.quovadisglobal.com/KB/a353/how-do-i-sign-and-encrypt-on-an-apple-iphone.aspx.
Important Note: Apple recommends that a *.p12 or *.pfx file is sent to your device as an attachment in an email. QuoVadis does not recommend this approach unless email access to your mail server is encrypted using SSL.
You need to e-mail yourself the certificate, other 3PP programs are sandbox'd from accessing the iOS keychain.
A: From iOS 11, if the .crt file is in a location accessible using the Files app, then you just need to tap on it from within Files to install the certificate.
This also applies to other types of certificates supported by iOS.
A: Be advised that iOS 12 will reject root certificates that do not have a 'common name'.
https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/89568
Also make sure the cert has Subject Type=CA or it can't be installed as a root cert to be used for https.
A: Updated for iOS 12.0.1
As Andrew and Michal mentioned, apparently iOS only allows the Mail and Safari apps to open and install certificates. Other apps are blocked from opening certificates.
So here is how I got mine working:
*
*Put my certificate file (mycertificate.crt) on my private local server temporarily.
*Using iOS Safari (very important), browse to my https://mylocalsite.test/mycertificate.crt
*You'll probably see a "This Connection Is Not Private" warning and need to click "Show Details" > "visit this website".
*When prompted with "This website is trying to open Settings to show you a configuration profile. Do you want to allow this? [Ignore or Allow?]", choose "Allow".
*You'll now be in your iPhone Settings > Install Profile. Click "Install" to install the certificate.
*Enter your passcode to confirm.
*You'll see a warning telling you "This certificate will not be trusted for websites until you enable it in Certificate Trust Settings." Press "Install" to proceed.
*Press "Done".
*Visit Settings > General > About > Certificate Trust Settings
*"Enable full trust for root certificates" for the newly-installed certificate.
*(Restarting the phone does not seem to be necessary.) I was immediately able to use Chrome to browse to my site using https, and it worked as I hoped.
These other links helped me, too:
*
*https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204477
*https://support.securly.com/hc/en-us/articles/206978437-How-to-deploy-Securly-SSL-certificate-to-iOS-
*For generating a local Certificate Authority and self-signed certificate, my favorite approach as of 2020-09-14 is https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert
A: Since you're using Dropbox, you don't need a web server of your own to solve this.
*
*Find the cert in the Dropbox iOS app.
*Tap the ellipsis in the upper right and select Copy Link.
*Open Safari, paste in the link, and go.
*If Dropbox offers to open it in the Dropbox app, say no.
*Click the link to Download the file.
From there on out, it's the normal steps for loading it from Mail or Safari.
A: On IOS 16.1 airdrop, email or text did not work, used free "Personal Web Server" Mac app, Thanks!
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5115df139acc0ad063f4926696fbc3fdbed973c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Custom keyboard shortcut not executing service I have a custom keyboard shortcut created for a finder service to compress selected files.
However despite working once or twice when I first created it, it has no effect now. The service works perfectly if I manually select it but not with the shortcut. As you can see from the screenshot the shortcut is definitely assigned...
Edit:
Just discovered that it actually works in all finder views except column view...
What's going on here?
A: Usually this happens when there are conflicting keyboard shortcuts with other apps. Here is how I troubleshoot this type of problem.
*
*Restart and prevent all login items from running.
*Try the shortcut you’ve assigned, in this case, Option+Command+C.
*If it works, that means there are other apps that prevent you from running the service.
*Run the apps in login items one by one and test the shortcut until you find the conflicting apps.
Most of time it solves my problem. If it’s not conflicting keyboard shortcuts form other apps, you might use Key Codes to check the state of each key when pressed.
| Q: Custom keyboard shortcut not executing service I have a custom keyboard shortcut created for a finder service to compress selected files.
However despite working once or twice when I first created it, it has no effect now. The service works perfectly if I manually select it but not with the shortcut. As you can see from the screenshot the shortcut is definitely assigned...
Edit:
Just discovered that it actually works in all finder views except column view...
What's going on here?
A: Usually this happens when there are conflicting keyboard shortcuts with other apps. Here is how I troubleshoot this type of problem.
*
*Restart and prevent all login items from running.
*Try the shortcut you’ve assigned, in this case, Option+Command+C.
*If it works, that means there are other apps that prevent you from running the service.
*Run the apps in login items one by one and test the shortcut until you find the conflicting apps.
Most of time it solves my problem. If it’s not conflicting keyboard shortcuts form other apps, you might use Key Codes to check the state of each key when pressed.
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0e5543b797d841a3347540e4237b4e439d85340f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Textwrangler Open File in New Tab I just become a Mac user and I've been looking for a decent free code editor, thus I found Textwrangler.
However, I like it a lot, I only have one problem with it. How does one open a new file in a new tab rather than a new window?
I open a directory with it and have the tree, but each time when I click on a file it closes the current file I am viewing and opens the new one.
Is it possible to have things open in a new tab as when you one a link in a new tab in Chrome or more exactly how you open a new file in Notepad++ on Windows.
A: Command + Option + [
or
Command + Option + ]
to navigate between open documents in the single window.
| Q: Textwrangler Open File in New Tab I just become a Mac user and I've been looking for a decent free code editor, thus I found Textwrangler.
However, I like it a lot, I only have one problem with it. How does one open a new file in a new tab rather than a new window?
I open a directory with it and have the tree, but each time when I click on a file it closes the current file I am viewing and opens the new one.
Is it possible to have things open in a new tab as when you one a link in a new tab in Chrome or more exactly how you open a new file in Notepad++ on Windows.
A: Command + Option + [
or
Command + Option + ]
to navigate between open documents in the single window.
A: Forgive me if it this is off-topic, but have you tried Sublime Text yet? I used to use textwrangler, but I haven't looked back since I switched to Sublime. A must have for me is the multiple cursors, which I have not seen anywhere else. By the way, Sublime is not (technically) freeware, but they let you download and install it for free, just bugging you from time to time, asking you to buy, but without limiting any features. Off course, in case you adopt it it would be fair to purchase it, but if you are on a budget it is ok to postpone. Hope it helps.
A: I realize I'm necroposting a little, but to do this is BBEdit (which ate TextWrangler a while back):
When you have a file open, you want to use the View >>> Window Appearance >>> Show Sidebar menu option or hit Command-0 (zero).
Then profit. (See "Currently Open Documents" tab showing, below.)
Sublime is a great app, as is VIm, as is whatever Panic calls Coda next, as is WebStorm, as is VS Code, as is...
... but if you want to use BBEdit with tabs, that's how. ;^D
A: TextWrangler has a separate disk browser and editor view.
In your image above you are in the disk browser. From the disk browser press return when you are showing the file you want to edit. It will open in a new window.
Go back to the disk browser and when you hit return it will load a second document into the same editor window.
Now you will see a sidebar that allows you to move between your open documents. There are also menu commands and keyboard shortcuts galore to move between documents in the current window and move documents between windows.
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c9b957f29c6a99b250ea3a4ae3322dfc7ad457a2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How does FeaturePoints.com distribute its iOS app to the public without the App Store On featurepoints.com, a free iOS app is offered for direct download.
The download link uses an itms-service URL. (itms-services:///?action=download-manifest&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffeaturepoints.com%2Fenroll%2FFeaturePoints.plist)
If you click on the download link, the app is downloaded and installed on your iDevice without using the App Store (the app is installed without entering the iTunes password even if you are logged out of your iTunes account).
Also a Provisioning Profile is installed named "TapGen InHouse" expiring 2014-06-30.
I wonder how this app is distributed to the public and to non-jailbroken iDevices effectively circumventing Apple's review process and the App Store?
The only way (I know of) to distribute an unlimited number of apps without the App Store is the iOS Enterprise Developer programm. However, this program limits distribution to "in-house iOS apps for internal deployment within the company", see Apple's FAQ and other discussions (which I can not link to since I have not enough reputation).
A: They probably use the iOS Enterprise Developer program you mentioned. This happened before, for example with GBA4iOS. When this comes to Apple's attention they usually do something about it though.
http://readwrite.com/2013/07/17/apple-slams-the-door-on-super-mario#awesm=~oyiYU7RMNByRFi
| Q: How does FeaturePoints.com distribute its iOS app to the public without the App Store On featurepoints.com, a free iOS app is offered for direct download.
The download link uses an itms-service URL. (itms-services:///?action=download-manifest&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffeaturepoints.com%2Fenroll%2FFeaturePoints.plist)
If you click on the download link, the app is downloaded and installed on your iDevice without using the App Store (the app is installed without entering the iTunes password even if you are logged out of your iTunes account).
Also a Provisioning Profile is installed named "TapGen InHouse" expiring 2014-06-30.
I wonder how this app is distributed to the public and to non-jailbroken iDevices effectively circumventing Apple's review process and the App Store?
The only way (I know of) to distribute an unlimited number of apps without the App Store is the iOS Enterprise Developer programm. However, this program limits distribution to "in-house iOS apps for internal deployment within the company", see Apple's FAQ and other discussions (which I can not link to since I have not enough reputation).
A: They probably use the iOS Enterprise Developer program you mentioned. This happened before, for example with GBA4iOS. When this comes to Apple's attention they usually do something about it though.
http://readwrite.com/2013/07/17/apple-slams-the-door-on-super-mario#awesm=~oyiYU7RMNByRFi
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b16c54081054e71e96511933a84693609fe8ace5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Deselect text using keyboard shortcut or prevent selection of word/link on right click I often copy links in Chrome with the context menu, to paste into a chat window (Adium). This process selects the link on copy. When I cmd+tab back to my browser window, the text is still selected and it interferes with keyboard control of the given website. This forces me to move my hand back to the trackpad, find some non-active space (page bg usually), and click to deselect. I'd rather not have to move my hand from the keyboard to do this.
I've tested this in Chrome, Safari, and TextEdit. I could maybe solve it in Chrome with a userscript, but I'd like a more general solution for other programs as well.
edit Another way of looking at this problem is that OSX selects the word or link on right click with a context menu, but doesn't clear the selection when the context menu is closed. Is there a way to force deselection of text on context menu close?
A: cmd+a (select all)
cmd+shift+home [at least tested on PC with control+shift+home]
| Q: Deselect text using keyboard shortcut or prevent selection of word/link on right click I often copy links in Chrome with the context menu, to paste into a chat window (Adium). This process selects the link on copy. When I cmd+tab back to my browser window, the text is still selected and it interferes with keyboard control of the given website. This forces me to move my hand back to the trackpad, find some non-active space (page bg usually), and click to deselect. I'd rather not have to move my hand from the keyboard to do this.
I've tested this in Chrome, Safari, and TextEdit. I could maybe solve it in Chrome with a userscript, but I'd like a more general solution for other programs as well.
edit Another way of looking at this problem is that OSX selects the word or link on right click with a context menu, but doesn't clear the selection when the context menu is closed. Is there a way to force deselection of text on context menu close?
A: cmd+a (select all)
cmd+shift+home [at least tested on PC with control+shift+home]
A: Tapping an arrow key will deselect the text.
A: Hold down the control key and single mouse click on the page.
A: Holding down the insert key deselected the item.
A: On Ubuntu Chrome Ctrl+A(Shift+a) deselects text.
(This shortcut also toggles tab list, but not whilst text is selected.)
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44a1e5eaf600251942199dbf01eeb5fac6476131 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you paste syntax highlighted code into Keynote '13? I give a lot of code heavy presentations with Keynote. Syntax highlighting makes these readable.
In the past I've used web based syntax highlighting tools, and then pasted the easier-to-read code into my presentation.
When I upgraded to iWork '13, which includes Keynote 6.1, pasting content strips the font style and color.
For example, if I take this colorful code from GitHub and paste it into Keynote it removes all the formatting as shown here:
Is there a way to get syntax highlighted code into these presentations?
A: This is probably the online highlighter you are using.
I use http://markup.su and it works fine with Keynote 6.1 - it autodetects a number of languages and has a number of "themes".
If it isn't the highlighter then it may be your template or browser. I was able to take your code and paste it from markup.su in Safari into Keynote perfectly.
| Q: How do you paste syntax highlighted code into Keynote '13? I give a lot of code heavy presentations with Keynote. Syntax highlighting makes these readable.
In the past I've used web based syntax highlighting tools, and then pasted the easier-to-read code into my presentation.
When I upgraded to iWork '13, which includes Keynote 6.1, pasting content strips the font style and color.
For example, if I take this colorful code from GitHub and paste it into Keynote it removes all the formatting as shown here:
Is there a way to get syntax highlighted code into these presentations?
A: This is probably the online highlighter you are using.
I use http://markup.su and it works fine with Keynote 6.1 - it autodetects a number of languages and has a number of "themes".
If it isn't the highlighter then it may be your template or browser. I was able to take your code and paste it from markup.su in Safari into Keynote perfectly.
A: If you don't like the idea of pasting your code online, consider installing the Pygments python package and generating your highlighted syntax at the command line:
pygmentize sms_me_last_line.sh
Copying from Terminal and pasting into Keynote worked for me. But it took me a while to find the formatting control for removing the background text color. (Click Format in the toolbar to show the formatting options, click Text, click Style, then click on the gear to show advanced formatting options. In that pop-up you will find "Character Fill Color".)
A: I'm using Vim. I found this plugin super useful:
https://github.com/zerowidth/vim-copy-as-rtf
In This way I can keep my codes the same look when I was writing and presenting them.
A: It's a bug in Keynote '13:
Pasting rich text from Xcode to Keynote works when you paste in an existing text box.
It doesn't when you paste into a new text box.
A: The 'short' answer
... is that different apps copy formatted text to the clipboard in different ways, and different apps support pasting from different formats. Typically you'll get some kind of 'plain text' format, as well as maybe HTML or RTF formatted text in the clipboard, and it's up to the pasting app to choose which it likes best.
Keynote 6.1 definitely supports some kind(s) of formatted text pasting, as I can get this to work with Safari. But it doesn't seem to work with Firefox or Chrome (at the time of writing). From a bit of testing, it seems the Apple apps all play nicely together (no surprise there), and a few others will copy/paste to/from the Apple apps too (including Microsoft Office products). Unfortunately when you copy from Chrome, you only get plain text & HTML-formatted text copied to the clipboard, so it would appear Apple's iWork apps don't support pasting HTML formatted text.
So if copy/paste doesn't include formatting, you can either:
*
*Try a different browser to copy from, such as Safari; or
*Find an intermediate app to paste into (which 'speaks' both HTML formatting and can re-copy into a format Keynote/etc understand), such as Apple's own TextEdit.app
Surprisingly, Apple's own TextEdit.app will happily paste formatted text from Chrome, and it can be re-copied to the clipboard and pasted with formatting into Keynote/Pages/etc.
Depending on your point of view, this may seem a limitation (or fault) in Chrome/Firefox or in Pages/Keynote/etc, but in the end they simply don't speak the same formatting languages (at present).
I'd encourage anyone experiencing this to send feedback to the developers on both 'sides' in the hope of getting this fixed—either with Chrome/Firefox supporting RTF/RTFD copying (or whatever is most standard/appropriate beyond HTML), or by Apple's iWork apps supporting the pasting of HTML content.
More than you want to know about copying to the clipboard
When you copy some text to the clipboard, depending on the application, it may get copied in a few formats. You can see these using Apple's Clipboard Viewer application (requires building in Xcode).
For example, copying from Google Chrome, the clipboard gets populated with four separate copies of the information I copied—two plain text (public.utf8-plain-text, NSStringPboardType), and two HTML formatted (public.html, Apple HTML pasteboard type).
Copying from other apps gives various combinations of format types, with some other common ones being 'TEXT' (CorePastboardFlavorType), com.apple.traditional-mac-plain-text, Apple PDF pasteboard type, Apple PICT pasteboard type, public.rtf, NeXT Rich Text Format v1.0 pasteboard type, NeXT RTFD pasteboard type, com.apple.flat-rtfd, com.apple.iWork.TSPNativeData, com.adobe.pdf, com.adobe.indesign-import-ustl, and so on...
As you can see there are a variety of plain text formats (with various encodings like UTF8/UTF16), RTF types, PDF and Adobe types, image types. There's also a bunch of metadata types that describe the application that copied the data (e.g. com.apple.iWork.TSPNativeMetadata), or the features of the copied text (e.g. com.apple.iWork.TSPDescription), and what appear to be separated text and style data (ustl and TEXT as CorePasteboardFlavorTypes, and their com.adobe.indesign-import- equivalents).
I don't know any way of seeing which format types are supported by which applications for pasting, but using the Clipboard Viewer you can quickly see which format types are generated on copying.
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967f5fc09014a250c2db57611cec552d75d63585 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: String of variable has a space - how do I escape spaces? I'm working on an applescript that pulls old Time Machine backups and places them into a new folder. But if the old computer name has a space in it, that causes an issue in the do shell script command.
Here's an example:
set old_hdd_name to text returned of result
display dialog "Input your Time Machine (external)'s Name *Case sensitive*
e.g.,
-Time Machine
-My External Drive" default answer ""
set old_time_name to text returned of result
So lets say the old_hdd_name is Conners Mac. How could I tell it to look for a space and then add it so it turns out to be Conners\ Mac. If it would work better in C, I could do that there, too.
How would I escape that space?
A: How about
set a to choose folder with prompt "Select your Time Machine backup:"
set p to quoted form of POSIX path of result
This will produce a string with the full path in single quotes: '/path/to/Conners Mac'.
| Q: String of variable has a space - how do I escape spaces? I'm working on an applescript that pulls old Time Machine backups and places them into a new folder. But if the old computer name has a space in it, that causes an issue in the do shell script command.
Here's an example:
set old_hdd_name to text returned of result
display dialog "Input your Time Machine (external)'s Name *Case sensitive*
e.g.,
-Time Machine
-My External Drive" default answer ""
set old_time_name to text returned of result
So lets say the old_hdd_name is Conners Mac. How could I tell it to look for a space and then add it so it turns out to be Conners\ Mac. If it would work better in C, I could do that there, too.
How would I escape that space?
A: How about
set a to choose folder with prompt "Select your Time Machine backup:"
set p to quoted form of POSIX path of result
This will produce a string with the full path in single quotes: '/path/to/Conners Mac'.
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b8b4db269c18e7f64a46600f782afde266fa9062 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is my Mac Mini HDD about to fail? I carried my Mac Mini while traveling a few times, once to a different country and couple of times to different cities.
I once noticed the hard disk inside makes noise like its about to fail. But the noise is not noticeable unless the room is very very quiet, or when I keep my ear on the Mac Mini hardware and I can clearly hear the creeking noise from HDD.
But running disk verify shows no error. Will the apple store replace it for me due to bad health of the HDD? I am still under warranty.
A: I suggest taking a backup and going to an Apple Store soon.
I had two situations like this with funny creeking noises, the hard drive eventually slowed down and stopped working - no bad sectors or anything. It just eventually stopped.
It was not an Apple drive, but I am sure it's worth asking. Worst case scenario you will have to come back when drive eventually dies.
| Q: Is my Mac Mini HDD about to fail? I carried my Mac Mini while traveling a few times, once to a different country and couple of times to different cities.
I once noticed the hard disk inside makes noise like its about to fail. But the noise is not noticeable unless the room is very very quiet, or when I keep my ear on the Mac Mini hardware and I can clearly hear the creeking noise from HDD.
But running disk verify shows no error. Will the apple store replace it for me due to bad health of the HDD? I am still under warranty.
A: I suggest taking a backup and going to an Apple Store soon.
I had two situations like this with funny creeking noises, the hard drive eventually slowed down and stopped working - no bad sectors or anything. It just eventually stopped.
It was not an Apple drive, but I am sure it's worth asking. Worst case scenario you will have to come back when drive eventually dies.
A: Tiny clicking noise is normal for HDD since it is a mechanical head moving up and down during read and write process.
The Disk verify is not 100% checking every single sector.
To see if there are problems Open your console and type Error in the search window and look for Disk I/O errors.
If you have them, those are the first signs of disk failure.
A: The other thing to think of is that sometimes a noisy/failing HD noise is sometimes actually fan noise.
Especially if you have been carrying it around. Fans tend to be much more fragile than hard drives and fans in computers NOT designed to be carried around may experience bumps that could eventually damage them.
If it is possible to run the Mini with is partially disassembled (basically out of the case) you might be able to be sure where the noise is coming from.
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03fc9f98665c952f392b30c7b8617d899f71470b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't delete preferred networks from wireless settings (comes back up) I am having an issue with preferred networks in WiFi settings. There are few networks I want to delete - when I do so, the disappear temporarily, but will eventually come back. I believe is to do with iCloud saving passwords.
Let's say I delete network from my iPhone (also on my macbook), after day or two I will notice my iPhone or Macbook connecting to the same hotspot again (shared, so this is a security issue), and I will go in to preferred network settings and will see all the networks I have already deleted.
Do any of you have a similar issue?
Because of security issue I had to enable password protection for network switching on my macbook, and keep wifi disabled when unused on my iPhone.
I have also submitted bug report to Apple, but did not get any response or comments back.
| Q: Can't delete preferred networks from wireless settings (comes back up) I am having an issue with preferred networks in WiFi settings. There are few networks I want to delete - when I do so, the disappear temporarily, but will eventually come back. I believe is to do with iCloud saving passwords.
Let's say I delete network from my iPhone (also on my macbook), after day or two I will notice my iPhone or Macbook connecting to the same hotspot again (shared, so this is a security issue), and I will go in to preferred network settings and will see all the networks I have already deleted.
Do any of you have a similar issue?
Because of security issue I had to enable password protection for network switching on my macbook, and keep wifi disabled when unused on my iPhone.
I have also submitted bug report to Apple, but did not get any response or comments back.
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41768183d5d9d88bf21b6a2a94a8b8e5330156c6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Distribute iOS app without human interaction Is there a way to deploy an iOS app to a device without requiring human interaction.
By 'no human interaction', for instance, consider an automated scenario (in a CI environment) where the server can deploy an app to a device and there is no need to have a person to go to the device in order to open an URL and click 'install'.
Following image shows what I want to avoid.
A: Yes it is possible. You need to create a profile for said device(s). Profile Manager and Apple Configurator are your friends for such tasks.
| Q: Distribute iOS app without human interaction Is there a way to deploy an iOS app to a device without requiring human interaction.
By 'no human interaction', for instance, consider an automated scenario (in a CI environment) where the server can deploy an app to a device and there is no need to have a person to go to the device in order to open an URL and click 'install'.
Following image shows what I want to avoid.
A: Yes it is possible. You need to create a profile for said device(s). Profile Manager and Apple Configurator are your friends for such tasks.
A: Yes, you can do unattended (or silent) installs from iOS 7 onwards on supervised devices. For iOS 6, the user will see the install/cancel prompt and unattended installs without user intervention is not possible.
From Apple Launches "Managed Distribution" for App Store Volume Purchase Program (VPP) for Business and Education (Submitted by Aaron Freimark on November 4, 2013 - 11:08pm):
Apple tonight updated its app Volume Purchase Program with several long-anticipated and important additions. The updates introduce a new "managed distribution" of apps to iOS 7 devices, allowing assignment and revocation' through Mobile Device Management.
...
Assigned apps are installed automatically on supervised devices. Unsupervised devices show a prompt to install.
From iOS 7: What it means for Enterprise, Education, and Government (
By Craig Johnston, Thursday, Sep 19, 2013 a 11:16 am )
With iOS 7 the following has been added:
Silent app installation. Now via the MDM API, an IT administrator can send an app to the device and have it installed silently in the
background. There is no need to ask the user which delays compliance,
the app just installs itself. This works both for apps in the iTunes
App Store that the company may have purchased a volume license for and
apps developed by the company itself for internal use, that are not
stored in the iTunes App Store.
Contrast this with what iOS 6 provides (described in the same article), which is (italics mine):
In iOS 6, through the use of MDM APIs you could:
Install Apps via MDM. This feature tells the user that they must install an app. The user could ignore this message and the
administrator will have to decide how to handle this. They could set
the MDM system to automatically lock their device out until they
install the app. They could keep calling the user asking them to
install the app. Either way, the app cannot be installed for the user
by the IT team.
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cae6ea8edca95a197f0c3570b3852676a51f1cc2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: The C key stopped working, any workaround to emulate 'Command + C'? On a macbook, the C key isn't working anymore, so i was wondering if there was a way to trigger the command + c shortcut other than pressing the command and C keys
Thanks a lot
A: Yes, you can use the Edit menu and select copy
| Q: The C key stopped working, any workaround to emulate 'Command + C'? On a macbook, the C key isn't working anymore, so i was wondering if there was a way to trigger the command + c shortcut other than pressing the command and C keys
Thanks a lot
A: Yes, you can use the Edit menu and select copy
A: This page tells you how to pick a different keyboard shortcut for Copy: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13911
To address the larger issue of not having a C key anywhere else, you can use the Keyboard Viewer (search for it in Finder Help) to press any key that's malfunctioning when an external keyboard isn't convenient or at hand. Adding c to the special characters window might also work better for some than summoning the keyboard viewer.
A: Quick and easy:
Use Right-Click, or the trackpad two-finger-click gesture, or the Control+Click keyboard shortcut (all of which do the same thing effectively) to invoke a context menu on whatever you have selected, and you can choose Copy from the context menu.
Also quick and easy:
Invoke the Edit menu from the keyboard and select Copy from there, as Maximus has proposed. Or go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts to create a new shortcut for Copy, as Nik M has helpfully proposed.
Neither quick nor easy:
If you enjoy Rube Goldbergian solutions, you will love this:
Change your keyboard layout to Dvorak. System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources. If you tick "Show input menu in menu bar" you can even get a lovely drop-down menu in the menu bar for fast switching between layouts. You can use standard QWERTY most of the time and switch to Dvorak when you need the C key.
But why switch back and forth? Just commit, and learn Dvorak for all your typing needs!
Dvorak puts the C on a key you haven't broken yet, and moves the—well, that letter after I and before K, you know the one—to where the C used to be.
And really, who ever uses that letter? You'll be totally fine without it.
Sincerely, your friend...
facepalm onathan
p.s. I jest. Do the first one. It's what I've always done in a broken-key situation.
A: I believe the solution Apple recommends is to buy a new MacBook.
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