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5b7b39ffb6593df30be7bbd789aa9f5e2ba01e8e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I prevent keyboard shortcuts being synced from my iPhone to my Mac? I use some keyboard shortcuts on my iPhone. This helps a lot, e.g. when typing gn which is replaced by Good night!. These shortcuts are synchronised to my Mac via iCloud. On my Mac I use TextExpander as a sophisticated keyboard shortcut tool and don’t need these iOS shortcuts, as I have hundreds of Mac abbreviations and don’t need shortcuts that work on a phone but not elsewhere.
The answer to my question is pretty obvious: All I have to do is to unable System Preferences → iCloud → Documents & Data. However, a lot of apps rely on this setting being enabled.
What else can I do to prevent the synchronization/use of these abbreviations on my Mac?
A: You have answered your own question, the syncing is included with lots of other things and granular settings are not available. The only way around it is to use just text expander on both iOS and OSX, or just the default text substitution tools, but not a mix. Sorry!
| Q: How do I prevent keyboard shortcuts being synced from my iPhone to my Mac? I use some keyboard shortcuts on my iPhone. This helps a lot, e.g. when typing gn which is replaced by Good night!. These shortcuts are synchronised to my Mac via iCloud. On my Mac I use TextExpander as a sophisticated keyboard shortcut tool and don’t need these iOS shortcuts, as I have hundreds of Mac abbreviations and don’t need shortcuts that work on a phone but not elsewhere.
The answer to my question is pretty obvious: All I have to do is to unable System Preferences → iCloud → Documents & Data. However, a lot of apps rely on this setting being enabled.
What else can I do to prevent the synchronization/use of these abbreviations on my Mac?
A: You have answered your own question, the syncing is included with lots of other things and granular settings are not available. The only way around it is to use just text expander on both iOS and OSX, or just the default text substitution tools, but not a mix. Sorry!
A: Yes there is a quick solution.
On any Apple app: Go to Edit>Substitutions and UNCHECK "Text Replacement".
Hope this helps!
A: I agree with you. I'm not a fan of turning off a primary feature of an unrelated service to solve an issue like this. It's not really a solution.
According to TextExpander's support there's no mention of official iCloud syncing. You may want to check to see if you have the Local Network syncing option on by mistake.
TextExpander's page on syncing
If that doesn't do it, here's the reality and this will probably come as a surprise to you... iCloud syncs all kinds of settings & data between devices (iOS & Mac) without you knowing it or explicitly allowing it. I've done a great deal of digging lately into how & what iCloud syncs and it's pretty upsetting. I'm seeing documents & preferences being pushed to iCloud for apps that don't have any official iCloud support. I've yet to figure out why some of these apps are immune to the situation, but I'm guessing that apps developed using newer versions of Apple's development software (XCode) are putting their settings/documents in places that get picked up by iCloud without the developer even realizing it.
In my experience, Mac apps that have an iOS counterpart are sharing information without being listed under Documents & Data in System Preferences. Basically Apple seems to be automating some syncing for newly developed apps on all their platforms and they've either failed to prevent inadvertent sharing that the developer didn't intend or they're intentionally doing this in silent thinking they're doing someone a favor. Either way, it's pretty sloppy on Apple's part.
I'd suggest contacting the developer of TextExpander so they're aware of the issue. In the meantime, if it is silent syncing, there's nothing you can manually do to stop it other than your above solution.
This next part I only offer as evidence of what I'm talking about, not to suggest you delete anything from the location I mention. Doing so could create problems and in my tests things just came back during the next sync.
None of the next steps will harm or change anything on your computer. It just opens a folder that's typically hidden. You can close the Finder window when done and no harm will be done.
On your Mac make the Finder active. Select Finder from the Dock or any window or just an empty area of your Desktop and press:
COMMAND+SHIFT+G
Then copy and paste this into the text box and press GO
~/Library/Mobile Documents
You'll see a list of a bunch of data being shared between your devices you probably didn't know about. Sadly this isn't the only place on the system where this tuff is tracked & synced, which is why deleting stuff here won't always do anything. But at least you can see if a folder exists regarding TextExpander.
Oh, remember when you turned on syncing of stuff related to "Finder"? Yeah, neither do I.
Good luck!
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ba46b54694c67367c385627eeb4ab893b6d585c4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I remove Finder tags from all files in a folder and its subfolders? How can I remove Finder tags from all files in a given folder and in its subfolders?
A: You can use Homebrew's tag:
brew install tag
tag -r /path/*
You can combine this with a find command to find specific files/folders + recursive.
find . -exec tag -r {} \; -print
| Q: How do I remove Finder tags from all files in a folder and its subfolders? How can I remove Finder tags from all files in a given folder and in its subfolders?
A: You can use Homebrew's tag:
brew install tag
tag -r /path/*
You can combine this with a find command to find specific files/folders + recursive.
find . -exec tag -r {} \; -print
A: You can also use xattr:
xattr -dr com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags ~/folder
xattr -dr com.apple.FinderInfo ~/folder
If you don't delete the com.apple.FinderInfo extended attributes, Finder keeps showing the color labels for tags with colors. If you don't want to keep any extended attributes, you can just run xattr -cr ~/folder.
You can use find -xattrname or mdfind to find files with tags:
find ~/folder -xattrname com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags
mdfind -onlyin ~/folder kMDItemUserTags=\*
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647747410dedf22838aedb7424eced838b6f8f74 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you remove SSL certificate exceptions on iOS? When connecting to a URL via HTTPS and the SSL certificate doesn't match (such as at a paid Wi-Fi hotspot), iOS shows a dialog asking whether the certificate should be accepted. If you accept the certificate, iOS adds an SSL exception and will never ask about that certificate again.
There are possibly two aspects to this: certificates accepted in Safari, and certificates accepted for network services in other apps.
The question is, how does one remove these exceptions, short of a full device reset? There seems to be no way to view or remove exceptions in the device settings.
A: You can delete the SSL certificate.
Go to Settings → General → Reset → Network Settings.
This resolves the problem.
[EDIT]
As of iOS 10.3.2 this does NOT work. Instead it wipes out your network settings, but does NOT remove certificate exceptions.
| Q: How do you remove SSL certificate exceptions on iOS? When connecting to a URL via HTTPS and the SSL certificate doesn't match (such as at a paid Wi-Fi hotspot), iOS shows a dialog asking whether the certificate should be accepted. If you accept the certificate, iOS adds an SSL exception and will never ask about that certificate again.
There are possibly two aspects to this: certificates accepted in Safari, and certificates accepted for network services in other apps.
The question is, how does one remove these exceptions, short of a full device reset? There seems to be no way to view or remove exceptions in the device settings.
A: You can delete the SSL certificate.
Go to Settings → General → Reset → Network Settings.
This resolves the problem.
[EDIT]
As of iOS 10.3.2 this does NOT work. Instead it wipes out your network settings, but does NOT remove certificate exceptions.
A: I found a nice blog post that gives some good information and tips regarding ssl certificates.
Once the SSL exception is added there doesn’t seem to be a way to remove it in iOS 7. In previous versions going to Settings->Safari and selecting ‘Clear Cookies and Data’ would delete it. This no longer seems to work in iOS 7....
--
To remove the SSL exception on Safari on iOS 7.0.4 you can reset all settings (General > Reset > Reset Settings). Unfortunately it deletes all your settings (go figure); but it's one huge step better than a full restore that makes you lose your text messages.
I found instructions on how to do this in iOS 6 here and also here with pictures. This probably also works in iOS 5 but I cannot confirm (the Profiles page mentioned below likely doesn't appear until there are installed certificates to view or delete). See information about how this changed iOS 7 below if this doesn't also work there.
Remove Security Certificates
from the first link above:
*
*Turn on your iPhone and click on the "Settings" icon in the main menu screen. Select "General" from the list of options that appear in the drop-down menu.
*Select "Profiles" from the list of options that appear and a list of all the certificate on your iPhone will appear on screen.
*Scroll through the list of certificates until you come to the one you would like to remove from your iPhone and click the "Remove" button on the screen. The certificate will then be removed. Repeat the process for any other certificates you would like to remove.
You can also manage certificates with the Apple Configurator in Mavericks, the iPhone Configuration Utility in Mountain Lion, Lion and Snow Leopard, and there is a Windows version. There are instructions available.
Information on how this changed in iOS 7.
SSL Detective
From my comment above, check out SSL Detective for iOS. As far as I've seen, it's the only iOS app of it's kind, and may help you determine which certificates you'd like to delete.
A: Another one for SSL Detective. For some reason the last iOS 6 compatible version of an app I use daily suddenly stopped working with an Untrusted Root Certificate error saying "The authenticity of "GeoTrust Primary Certification Authority - G3" cannot be verified." I could have used SSL Detective's "Email Certs" feature to just install the cert and trust it myself, but that wouldn't have gotten to the ROOT Cause of the issue. (no pun intended)
The necessary Root Certificate was found here:
I browsed that website from Safari on my iPhone and clicked to install the G3 (SHA256) root certificate and it totally solved my problem.
Also, this GeoTrust utility will come in handy for future readers to verify the website they're visiting has correctly configured SSL in the first place: SSL Certificate Checker
A: For iOS Safari 9.0 Mobile/13E230 Safari/601.1 running in an iOS 9.3 (13E230) Simulator, the only option I've found is "Reset Content and Settings" from the "Simulator" menu in the toolbar.
A: I found the answer at http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Deleting%2BPersonal%2BCertificates%2Bfrom%2Ban%2BiOS%2Bdevice
Settings > General > Profile
Profile is near the bottom, right under VPN.
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0d6bd6e959317c4f4dee706e41cefaacb6c10748 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Using Charles web proxy with iPhone hotspot I've been using Charles to sniff the requests that my iPhone is making for some time now. I've always got it to work by connecting both my iPhone and my MacBook to the same wireless network and then entering my computer's local IP address along with port number 8888 in the proxy settings in my iPhone. But, my internet is down and I need to use AT&T's hotspot on my iPhone for internet instead of my apartment's wireless.
After looking at my Mac's system preferences, it appears that I'm connected to the IP 127.0.0.1 with my Mac. Does anyone know if Charles can be used to sniff traffic with a person hotspot?
| Q: Using Charles web proxy with iPhone hotspot I've been using Charles to sniff the requests that my iPhone is making for some time now. I've always got it to work by connecting both my iPhone and my MacBook to the same wireless network and then entering my computer's local IP address along with port number 8888 in the proxy settings in my iPhone. But, my internet is down and I need to use AT&T's hotspot on my iPhone for internet instead of my apartment's wireless.
After looking at my Mac's system preferences, it appears that I'm connected to the IP 127.0.0.1 with my Mac. Does anyone know if Charles can be used to sniff traffic with a person hotspot?
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7d70559c4f3283f4a9a5728ab2f64a252a42b243 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Understanding the 'staff' user group It's known that all users are members of the 'staff' group. If you setup a standard user and create any file, a list of that file in the terminal with 'ls -la' shows the user group to be 'staff'.
Using the dscacheutil command, we can see information about groups. For example: -
dscacheutil -q group -a name admin
This returns information about the admin group, including all the members.
However, when used to look at the 'staff' group, I expected to see standard users as members of the group, but this is not the case: -
dscacheutil -q group -a name staff
name: staff
password: *
gid: 20
users: root
So, if all standard users are members in the staff group, why do they not appear here?
Is there another command which can show the real members of the staff group?
A: What exactly do you want to achieve/do?
This command lists all users in the staff group:
dscl . -list /Users PrimaryGroupID | grep ' 20$'
Source
Explanation: The staff group has the PrimaryGroupID of 20.
| Q: Understanding the 'staff' user group It's known that all users are members of the 'staff' group. If you setup a standard user and create any file, a list of that file in the terminal with 'ls -la' shows the user group to be 'staff'.
Using the dscacheutil command, we can see information about groups. For example: -
dscacheutil -q group -a name admin
This returns information about the admin group, including all the members.
However, when used to look at the 'staff' group, I expected to see standard users as members of the group, but this is not the case: -
dscacheutil -q group -a name staff
name: staff
password: *
gid: 20
users: root
So, if all standard users are members in the staff group, why do they not appear here?
Is there another command which can show the real members of the staff group?
A: What exactly do you want to achieve/do?
This command lists all users in the staff group:
dscl . -list /Users PrimaryGroupID | grep ' 20$'
Source
Explanation: The staff group has the PrimaryGroupID of 20.
A: There's only one reliable way to get all members of a group in OS X and the reply from 2DD8847 covers that. As for "why" I can't offer a logical explanation. All I can tell you is what differentiates the results.
These approaches fail to include users that are only members of the group via PrimaryGroupID. One way to think of it is that these users not listed weren't officially added to the staff group. They were just given a PrimaryGroupID that matches the staff gid. Therefore they're not officially listed with some commands. I know, it's absurd.
INCOMPLETE RESULTS:
dscl . -read /Groups/[groupname]
dscl . -read /Groups/[groupname] GroupMembership
dscacheutil -q group -a name [groupname]
COMPLETE RESULTS:
dscl . -list /Users PrimaryGroupID | grep [gid]
All I can really tell you is that without looking up group members by their PrimaryGroupID (instead of listing members of a group) it won't give you complete results. Chalk it up to the oddities of Unix. There are many.
Hope that helps!
Source
A: Why everyone here sticks to those cumbersome dscl and dscacheutil commands?
Why not use the much simpler id command (and its even simpler group friend command) ?
id - Gn <user>
will give you what you want for any Mac user, including those 50x "normal" Mac users.
eg.
> id -Gn 501 staff everyone localaccounts
_appserverusr admin _appserveradm _lpadmin com.apple.sharepoint.group.2 com.apple.sharepoint.group.1 _appstore
_lpoperator _developer _analyticsusers com.apple.access_ftp com.apple.access_screensharing com.apple.access_ssh com.apple.access_remote_ae
or, if you want the group ids instead:
> id -G myusername
20 12 61 79 80 81 98 702 701 33 100 204 250 395 398 399 400
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5c1f9c0f41a4eee1dc88945745bc94fb75a0097c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I recalculate in Excel for Mac? This is driving me a little bit crazy. In my old PC days I used to press either F5 or F9 (I can't remember) to have Excel recalculate.
What is the Mac equivalent?
PS: Perhaps this is not the place to ask. If so, please redirect me. :)
A: To recalc in Mac:
Command + =
You can try also changing Excel preferences:
Command ,
Calculation
"Manually" radio button
| Q: How do I recalculate in Excel for Mac? This is driving me a little bit crazy. In my old PC days I used to press either F5 or F9 (I can't remember) to have Excel recalculate.
What is the Mac equivalent?
PS: Perhaps this is not the place to ask. If so, please redirect me. :)
A: To recalc in Mac:
Command + =
You can try also changing Excel preferences:
Command ,
Calculation
"Manually" radio button
A: AFAIK it's F9 on Windows .
So did you try the keystrokes Fn+F9 ?
A: fn + f9 works if you disable mission control shortcut (it is defined as F9 by default)
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996d4f3c4abd57aae5c0c4e7463630d4c62cd061 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is /Users/me/Applications? I am on Mavericks (1.9.2) and I just noticed a folder called Applications in my home folder, i.e. I have a folder /Users/me/Applications. This folder is empty:
cd Applications
pwd
/Users/me/Applications
ls -a
./ ../ .localized
cat .localized
[nothing]
cd
ls -lh
drwx------ 3 me staff 102B 19 Apr 21:08 Applications/
I was wondering how did this folder came into being... this is admittedly a purely academic curiosity before I get rid of it.
A: Anything can create ~/Applications.
It's usually used to store apps that you don't want to (or can't because you're not admin) install globally on the system. The folder doesn't exist by default, but if created it will be given a custom icon like /Applications. Any app on the system can create this folder and since no record of what app created it exists you probably won't know.
| Q: What is /Users/me/Applications? I am on Mavericks (1.9.2) and I just noticed a folder called Applications in my home folder, i.e. I have a folder /Users/me/Applications. This folder is empty:
cd Applications
pwd
/Users/me/Applications
ls -a
./ ../ .localized
cat .localized
[nothing]
cd
ls -lh
drwx------ 3 me staff 102B 19 Apr 21:08 Applications/
I was wondering how did this folder came into being... this is admittedly a purely academic curiosity before I get rid of it.
A: Anything can create ~/Applications.
It's usually used to store apps that you don't want to (or can't because you're not admin) install globally on the system. The folder doesn't exist by default, but if created it will be given a custom icon like /Applications. Any app on the system can create this folder and since no record of what app created it exists you probably won't know.
A: /Users/<username>/Applications or ~/Applications is your user's Applications folder. Much like your Desktop, Documents, et al., this folder is local to the user and can be changed by (natively) only that same user. Very nice if you want to install an application for only yourself and no one else.
/Applications is your system-level Applications folder, visible and accessible by all users on the system. To make changes on the system-level, you must authenticate as an admin.
grgarside is right: the folder isn't there by default. You can add it yourself or an installer (e.g. Spotify's installer) can create it for you.
A: Just to add a little more context to the answers above... The only time I've ever seen any apps appear in here was when I installed older Adobe Air apps. I think the new Air subsystem properly places apps in the primary Applications folder. If you want an application only available to you (your user account) and not to other users you'd want to put the Application ~/Applications instead of the globally accessible /Applications folder. On OS X you can run an application from anywhere, so these aren't really super special folders as much as they're default folder locations with the purposes listed by "thankyour" already.
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7918c012b770eaa2c7a2bd82dd5397925bb0e5ca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: VNC Client that can send Ctrl+Alt+Delete? Is there a VNC Client for OS X that can send Ctrl+Alt+ Delete? I've googled, searched have not found. I frequently VNC into Windows machines and need to send this key combo in order to log in.
A: If you are using a Mac and screen sharing on a Windows machine, use fn+ctrl+option+delete.
| Q: VNC Client that can send Ctrl+Alt+Delete? Is there a VNC Client for OS X that can send Ctrl+Alt+ Delete? I've googled, searched have not found. I frequently VNC into Windows machines and need to send this key combo in order to log in.
A: If you are using a Mac and screen sharing on a Windows machine, use fn+ctrl+option+delete.
A: Apple Remote Desktop can send Control Alt Delete:
If you use Remote Desktop to administer a PC that's running VNC, you may be wondering how to send the Ctrl-Alt-Del command (Control-Alternate-Delete) from a Mac to the PC. Though Mac and PC key mapping differs, you can use an alternate key combination in Remote Desktop 2.0 and later to send the command.
For full-size (desktop) keyboards, use Control-Option-Forward Delete.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22781
A: After a day of trials this worked for me FnControl Option Delete
A: iTeleport is my VNC client of choice, and does precisely this.
A: The built-in Screen Sharing application on OS X is a VNC client that can send Ctrl-Alt-Del:
Laptop keyboard: fn+control+command+delete
Full-size keyboard: control+option+delete
A: Here is an alternative. This worked for me in a slightly different and more complicated setup (connecting from a Mac to a Linux server through SSH and then from the Linux server to a Windows Server 2016 server through Remote desktop protocol using the rdesktop Linux RDP command line client).
In Windows:
*
*Click Start menu
*Click in the search bar
*Type "powershell"
*In the search results, click "powershell.exe"
*In the PowerShell shell that opens, type the following:
Powershell -noprofile -nologo -noninteractive -command "(new-object -ComObject
shell.application).WindowsSecurity()"
If PowerShell is not available, instead search for "cmd.exe" and in the cmd prompt, type:
explorer shell:::{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Taken from: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/9c2ea402-087a-40a0-83de-170b49fdaac5/how-to-change-password-in-rdp-session?forum=winserverTS
Note: if your Mac keyboard layout is not English US, it might be hard to get the {, } characters in cmd.exe. In that case try the following:
*
*Change you keyboard layout on your Mac to English US (use System Preferences)
*In X11's preferences, check "Use system keyboard layout"
*In Windows, make sure to also set the keyboard layout to English US.
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3b997544c0abd4bcbf7677a1b303c8b46d0e29b6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I upgrade my iOS on my iPad 1st generation? How do I upgrade my ipad 1st generation ios from iOS 5.1.1 to iOS 6.0 so that I can use more apps from the app store?
A: You cannot. The first generation iPad simply does not support later iOS versions than 5.1.1.
| Q: How do I upgrade my iOS on my iPad 1st generation? How do I upgrade my ipad 1st generation ios from iOS 5.1.1 to iOS 6.0 so that I can use more apps from the app store?
A: You cannot. The first generation iPad simply does not support later iOS versions than 5.1.1.
A: Besides that you can't do that, you really don't want to do that. The reason is the original iPad only has 256MB of DDR RAM. It's pretty amazing that Apple squeezed out so much wonderful functionality out of that puny amount of RAM (by today's standards). Subsequent versions of iPads doubled and quadrupled the amount of RAM, and subsequent versions of iOS has added many new and exciting features that would, if capable of running on the original iPad, cause it to slow it to a crawl and cause many "out of memory" crashes and reboots.
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c8eda62446686d20614a4a9043c4f4958fe286d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does "Tap to click" not work in many games? I have enabled "Tap to Click" in the trackpad options in OSX (10.9.2), but it doesn't work in many games that I play. Instead, I have to physically press the trackpad which is really inconvenient for me...
Are there any settings to fix/change this behavior?
EDIT: I forgot to mention that sometimes it does work but requires two or more taps to register as a click...
| Q: Why does "Tap to click" not work in many games? I have enabled "Tap to Click" in the trackpad options in OSX (10.9.2), but it doesn't work in many games that I play. Instead, I have to physically press the trackpad which is really inconvenient for me...
Are there any settings to fix/change this behavior?
EDIT: I forgot to mention that sometimes it does work but requires two or more taps to register as a click...
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48151a30f6a4ec0b376b9e374ad7ddacc62c2e05 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to switch Preview's full screen default setting from "two-pages" to "continuous scroll"? Whenever I open a pdf, Preview.app opens it in "continuous scroll" mode. However, when going into fullscreen mode, it switches to "two-pages" when, really, I want it to use whatever view mode I had it, in this case: "continuous scroll".
Anyone know how to remedy this? Or perhaps suggest an alternative to Preview.app?
I'm on Mavericks OSX 10.9.2.
A: This worked for me.
defaults write com.apple.Preview kPVPDFDefaultPageViewModeOption 1
| Q: How to switch Preview's full screen default setting from "two-pages" to "continuous scroll"? Whenever I open a pdf, Preview.app opens it in "continuous scroll" mode. However, when going into fullscreen mode, it switches to "two-pages" when, really, I want it to use whatever view mode I had it, in this case: "continuous scroll".
Anyone know how to remedy this? Or perhaps suggest an alternative to Preview.app?
I'm on Mavericks OSX 10.9.2.
A: This worked for me.
defaults write com.apple.Preview kPVPDFDefaultPageViewModeOption 1
A: As you know, per your question, the preferences in the Preview app only apply to documents when first opened. It seems that OS X has a built in default view for full screen documents. I tried a couple things...
*
*I opened a PDF to Full Screen and set the view to Continuous to see if this would stick and that view would be chosen next time I went full screen. Not the case.
*I searched every preference file related to Preview (also using 10.9.2) and found no setting even indirectly related to a view setting specifically when in full screen.
I'd say, doing what you want is either not possible at all or at best it'd require getting into a preference setting somewhere you wouldn't want to poke around with. My guess would be it's a setting inside Preview.app's package contents. Fooling around in there can get hairy
As an alternative to setting a new default, the keyboard shortcut to switch to Continuous view is:
CMD+1
So you can just quickly hit that each time you go full screen and the view changes immediately. It's not exactly what you wanted, but it's a very fast alternative.
Hope that helps!
A: defaults write com.apple.Preview kPVPDFDefaultPageViewModeOption
this setting is the same as "Opening for the first time" setting in PDF pane of Preview's Preferences.
0 Continuous Scroll
1 Single Page
2 Two Pages
It didn't work for me in macOS 10.15.3 (19D76) as change this setting doesn't affect fullscreen PDF display mode. And I doubt this would work in other macOS versions as well.
A: I do realise this is an old question, but I managed to solve this at least on Catalina (10.15.4) but probably on older versions too.
If you try to enter full screen using the shortcut CMD + Option + F, you are actually entering presentation mode. You will notice that the slides flow automatically (or you can pause this) and you can also switch which pages you are seeing, but other options you can normally do are not available.
Instead, if you use the correct shortcut to enter full screen Ctrl + Cmd + F you enter full screen while respecting your preference, whatever that might be.
A: You're better off opting for Cmd+1 than Cmd+2.
Cmd+1 would change to continuous scroll, while Cmd+2 changes to one-page.
A: MacJournal is an exceptional blogging application, that I use for gathering snippets because it's far superior to Evernote, that has scalable and editable full screen viewing (light blue and dark grey or whatever combo you wish. You can drag and drop a PDF or highlight and right click text to add content to a Library.
A: Pressing Cmd 2 at the beginning of the presentation in Full Screen Mode seems to solve this problem
A: CMD+2 will show one image per screen.
A: Just press Cmd ⌘ + 2 or Cmd ⌘ + 1 while in full screen mode.
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a55542af4c87a5d55fcf23ad232893b8b28ad589 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I activate an iPhone 3Gs without iTunes or WiFi? Is it possible to activate and use my iPhone 3Gs (A1303) without using iTunes?
I think it is important, not to connect it to a WiFi cause I don't want to update it in any way.
When I connect to a working WiFi and continue the activation process, it says:
Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting your iPhone to iTunes to activate it, or try again in a couple of minutes.
If this problem persists, contact Apple Support at apple.com/support
No matter, where and when I try that, it is the same message since months :)
When I connect it via iTunes, iTunes complains that there ought to be no SIM card in it.
So maybe it is better to find out to How do I jailbreak an iphone 3gs without activating it?
A: The only way you can activate your iPhone is using a sim-card. You don't have to connect to iTunes or WiFi.
It will show you alerts whether you want to upgrade or not, you can simply decline these.
| Q: How do I activate an iPhone 3Gs without iTunes or WiFi? Is it possible to activate and use my iPhone 3Gs (A1303) without using iTunes?
I think it is important, not to connect it to a WiFi cause I don't want to update it in any way.
When I connect to a working WiFi and continue the activation process, it says:
Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting your iPhone to iTunes to activate it, or try again in a couple of minutes.
If this problem persists, contact Apple Support at apple.com/support
No matter, where and when I try that, it is the same message since months :)
When I connect it via iTunes, iTunes complains that there ought to be no SIM card in it.
So maybe it is better to find out to How do I jailbreak an iphone 3gs without activating it?
A: The only way you can activate your iPhone is using a sim-card. You don't have to connect to iTunes or WiFi.
It will show you alerts whether you want to upgrade or not, you can simply decline these.
A: You can create a activated custom firmware using Sn0wbreeze. Then restore the device with the custom firmware using Shift+Restore via iTunes.
A: Yes you can solve this problem by downgrading your iPhone. Download iOS 4.2 from redsn0w and then downgrade it by iTunes.
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0b5aeb20056a4ef5a6ad841675c7ec52f2811567 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unable to increase partition size with subsequent blocking partition
I can't make my main Macintosh HD partition bigger. It's limited by the partition in the middle, which seems to be frozen, I can't move it down to make space for my main partition. Also I can't seem to delete it. The format of disk0s4 is Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Some background, I created a partition to experiment with bootcamp to use windows. Once done I deleted that new partition, it became a no-man's land that neither partition can claim.
As a seperate issue, boot camp assistant has been giving me this error:
Anyone has any ideas? Much appreciated!
The closest problem I've found is here, this is a FAT partition.
Unable to increase Macintosh HD partition size with data in a subsequent partition
A: iPartition
For all my partitioning, I use and recommend iPartition. It will allow you to resize partitions without deleting any data. It will automatically move partitions if necessary to allow resizing into free space that is located after the partition.
iPartition’s ability to automatically rearrange your existing partitions when necessary, makes iPartition the easiest partitioning tool that you’ll ever use.
| Q: Unable to increase partition size with subsequent blocking partition
I can't make my main Macintosh HD partition bigger. It's limited by the partition in the middle, which seems to be frozen, I can't move it down to make space for my main partition. Also I can't seem to delete it. The format of disk0s4 is Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Some background, I created a partition to experiment with bootcamp to use windows. Once done I deleted that new partition, it became a no-man's land that neither partition can claim.
As a seperate issue, boot camp assistant has been giving me this error:
Anyone has any ideas? Much appreciated!
The closest problem I've found is here, this is a FAT partition.
Unable to increase Macintosh HD partition size with data in a subsequent partition
A: iPartition
For all my partitioning, I use and recommend iPartition. It will allow you to resize partitions without deleting any data. It will automatically move partitions if necessary to allow resizing into free space that is located after the partition.
iPartition’s ability to automatically rearrange your existing partitions when necessary, makes iPartition the easiest partitioning tool that you’ll ever use.
A: GParted
iPartition has a non-functional demo mode, which is quite misleading. If you don't want to pay the $50 for it, the GParted live CD/USB is a good Free alternative.
It can't resize HFS+ partitions according to Wikipedia but it can copy and move them, and then you should be able to resize using the built-in Disk Utility.
A: If you can format the blank space as MS-DOS, then Bootcamp Assistant should give you the option to "Remove Windows 7", and it should resize all your partitions back for you automatically.
The error you're getting is because it doesn't see a Windows installation to remove, and it doesn't support creating a new Windows installation in the situation you have.
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e6faef5e3ee46ec9187957fafbcb5add22f5ce91 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Audio player that can adjust playing speed Please recommend an audio player for Mac that has features like
*
*freely available
*can play .wav files
*Adjust the playing speed (ex. 1.1x speed etc)
*(if possible) truncate the audio file (ex. removing the last 5 minutes from the meeting recording)
A: The VLC media player is probably best suited.
*
*It is Free
*It plays .wav (and almost 100% of anything else out there)
*It shows the Playback Speed settings.
*
*It allows speed setting as fine as 0.04 X increments.
| Q: Audio player that can adjust playing speed Please recommend an audio player for Mac that has features like
*
*freely available
*can play .wav files
*Adjust the playing speed (ex. 1.1x speed etc)
*(if possible) truncate the audio file (ex. removing the last 5 minutes from the meeting recording)
A: The VLC media player is probably best suited.
*
*It is Free
*It plays .wav (and almost 100% of anything else out there)
*It shows the Playback Speed settings.
*
*It allows speed setting as fine as 0.04 X increments.
A: You can use -r to change the playback rate with afplay:
afplay -r 1.1 file.wav
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17e2e75a8b1d0aed37bfeed54f398f13462048d3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Get contact photo iOS I took a photo using the contact app on my iPhone 5. I would like to copy that photo, but there doesnt appear to be an easy way to get it.
I did some googling, but all the answers were several years old - and all of them said you could not do it.
There was one answer that required programming that the poster said "supposedly could do it", but I dont have the development tools (or working Mac) to even try.
Anyone know of a way to extract the contact photos?
A: You can hold down on the contact photo to copy it:
| Q: Get contact photo iOS I took a photo using the contact app on my iPhone 5. I would like to copy that photo, but there doesnt appear to be an easy way to get it.
I did some googling, but all the answers were several years old - and all of them said you could not do it.
There was one answer that required programming that the poster said "supposedly could do it", but I dont have the development tools (or working Mac) to even try.
Anyone know of a way to extract the contact photos?
A: You can hold down on the contact photo to copy it:
A: Paste in a text message to yourself. Send it. Then you can copy it to photos.
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172393d362955326b238c592159117693f64f020 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Permissions of /Users keep changing back to drwxrwxrwx I use the Disk Utility to repair it. But the permissions change back after reboot.
Permissions differ on “private/etc/aliases”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ;
they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “Users”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are drwxrwxrwx .
Permissions differ on “Users/Shared”; should be drwxrwxrwt ; they are drwxrwxrwx .
System: Mac OS X 10.9.3
A: This problem was caused by a bug introduced by an Apple software update. iTunes 11.2.1 has been released to fix the issue.
iTunes 11.2.1
Impact: A local user can compromise other local user accounts
Description: Upon each reboot, the permissions for the /Users and /Users/Shared directories would be set to world-writable, allowing modification of these directories. This issue was addressed with improved permission handling.
This vulnerability was assigned the security identifier CVE-2014-1347.
| Q: Permissions of /Users keep changing back to drwxrwxrwx I use the Disk Utility to repair it. But the permissions change back after reboot.
Permissions differ on “private/etc/aliases”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ;
they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “Users”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are drwxrwxrwx .
Permissions differ on “Users/Shared”; should be drwxrwxrwt ; they are drwxrwxrwx .
System: Mac OS X 10.9.3
A: This problem was caused by a bug introduced by an Apple software update. iTunes 11.2.1 has been released to fix the issue.
iTunes 11.2.1
Impact: A local user can compromise other local user accounts
Description: Upon each reboot, the permissions for the /Users and /Users/Shared directories would be set to world-writable, allowing modification of these directories. This issue was addressed with improved permission handling.
This vulnerability was assigned the security identifier CVE-2014-1347.
A: This is a problem where iCloud's Find My Mac interacts poorly with an iTunes update. (Specifically iTunes 11.2)
The fix and cause are documented expertly on Rich Trouton's blog:
*
*http://derflounder.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/users-folder-being-hidden-with-itunes-11-2-installed-and-find-my-mac-enabled/
The fix is to disable find my Mac and then run a script to repair the permissions and visibility of the potentially affected folders. This will likely be fixed rapidly by Apple since it can cause some serious issues and confusion when the /Users folders are incorrectly secured.
A: I've exactly the same problem after updating to 10.9.3 yesterday but with slightly different folders...
Users folder same problem as with yours
Users/Shared same problem as with yours
and
Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Safari.help/Contents/Resources/index.html
should be: Irwxr-xr-x
is: -rwxr-xr-x
Doesn't matter what I'll try, after the next reboot the problem say's hello again.
Well I've not the chance to test it yet but you might wanna give the following a try:
Start your computer with Alt + CMD + P + R in order to a PRAM reset.
Start your computer with CMD + R for recovery partition boot Launch Disc Utility and repair the permissions. Quit Disk Utility and open the Terminal (Utilities -->> Terminal) and type:
cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD (or the name of your partition)
chmod 755 Users
chmod 755 Users/Shared
chflags nohidden Users
chflags nohidden Users/Shared
Restart, normally everything should be back to normal
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24bf9e8f5dcaffdaac5908a3d903989e0367859f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to open fiddler saz files on mac or online? a friend sent me a fiddler record for me to watch.
I have mac and the file he has sent is X.saz
I could install fiddler on mac. How can i open these files to watch?
A: TextWrangler is a free piece of text editing software that is capable of opening these files.
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/
You can also unpack them by changing the extension to .zip and unzipping normally.
http://fiddler.wikidot.com/saz-files
| Q: how to open fiddler saz files on mac or online? a friend sent me a fiddler record for me to watch.
I have mac and the file he has sent is X.saz
I could install fiddler on mac. How can i open these files to watch?
A: TextWrangler is a free piece of text editing software that is capable of opening these files.
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/
You can also unpack them by changing the extension to .zip and unzipping normally.
http://fiddler.wikidot.com/saz-files
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b3e774346a50e44be5dbaeba30e2f3656fdc320e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where does OS X store my Adobe product keys? I know that Keychain holds my WiFi and other passwords, but I'm curious to know where my Adobe and Microsoft product keys for things like CS6 and Office live. I'm using OS X Mavericks.
A: There's no generic OS X place for storing product keys. It is up to each individual software supplier to decide where they want to store the products. Usually it is done in ordinary files stored in the file system.
For Microsoft they reside in /Library/Preferences/ under a name such as com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist.
Similarly for Adobe I think they are in /Library/Application Support/Adobe/<product>/<product> Registration
As a user you don't really need to know where it is stored as the programs handle product key management themselves.
| Q: Where does OS X store my Adobe product keys? I know that Keychain holds my WiFi and other passwords, but I'm curious to know where my Adobe and Microsoft product keys for things like CS6 and Office live. I'm using OS X Mavericks.
A: There's no generic OS X place for storing product keys. It is up to each individual software supplier to decide where they want to store the products. Usually it is done in ordinary files stored in the file system.
For Microsoft they reside in /Library/Preferences/ under a name such as com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist.
Similarly for Adobe I think they are in /Library/Application Support/Adobe/<product>/<product> Registration
As a user you don't really need to know where it is stored as the programs handle product key management themselves.
A: For adobe CS5, look in /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PCD/cache/cache.db: this is a sqlite database (you can open it with sqlite3).
sqlite3
.open "cache.db"
Then run the query:
select * from domain_data where key='SN';
This should give you a 24-numbers encrypted serial number. You must then decrypt it (the "SoftKey Revealer" freeware for Windows has a decryption tool, you can also run it using wine on Linux and possibly Mac OS).
If you re-install, you might need to enter your trial serial key at installation, and then enter your product key at the activation step. For the trial serial, see the other answer from mspasov.
A: Another way to decrypt the serial number, as opposed to downloading freeware tainted by evil payloads (at least one download site for "Softkey Revealer" has taint) is to run a simple JavaScript function (copied from elsewhere, but tested and works):
function DecodeAdobeKey(sAdobeEncryptedKey) {
var regex = /[0-9]{24}/g;
if (!regex.test(sAdobeEncryptedKey)) {
return 'corrupted serial';
}
var AdobeCipher = new Array(), index = 0, sAdobeDecryptedKey = '';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '0000000001';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '5038647192';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '1456053789';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '2604371895';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '4753896210';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '8145962073';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '0319728564';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '7901235846';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '7901235846';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '0319728564';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '8145962073';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '4753896210';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '2604371895';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '1426053789';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '5038647192';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '3267408951';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '5038647192';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '2604371895';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '8145962073';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '7901235846';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '3267408951';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '1426053789';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '4753896210';
AdobeCipher[index++] = '0319728564';
//decode the adobe key
for (var i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
if (i % 4 == 0 && i > 0)
sAdobeDecryptedKey += '-';
sAdobeDecryptedKey += AdobeCipher[i].charAt(sAdobeEncryptedKey.charAt(i));
}
return sAdobeDecryptedKey;
}
You can copy this to the Chrome or Firefox debugger console, then type:
console.log(DecodeAdobeKey('[put the encrypted number here without the square brace]'))
A: Adobe registration info (for most recent Adobe CC products) is stored at /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PCD/. There is a SQLite file, containing the keys. Here is a partial dump:
...
INSERT INTO "domain_data" VALUES('1','V7{}Lightroom-6-Mac-GM','EPIC_APP','Adobe Lightroom');
INSERT INTO "domain_data" VALUES('1','V7{}Lightroom-6-Mac-GM','EPIC_APP_160','Adobe Lightroom');
INSERT INTO "domain_data" VALUES('1','V7{}Lightroom-6-Mac-GM','TrialSerialNumber','9732070344xxxxxxxxx8');
INSERT INTO "domain_data" VALUES('1','V7{}Lightroom-6-Mac-GM','ExpirationDate','');
INSERT INTO "domain_data" VALUES('1','V7{}Lightroom-6-Mac-GM','NTL_WO_SN','');
...
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b3eaeca997184f417630e8e6e3e54c163abc55ff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook discharging while plugged in under load I have the latest Retina MacBook Pro MacBookPro11,2
I quite often have the CPU at about 400%-500% usage (e.g. 4-5 cores at 100%) and also do GPU intensive tasks. While this is happening, the battery can actually discharge even though it is plugged in. This has happened since I first got the MacBook and is not something which has developed over time.
I have the model without a dedicated GPU (Intel Iris Pro only), and I have an 85 watt power supply which came with the MacBook
This is very irritating for me, is this a fault or normal behaviour?
A: It is a known problem: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3069428
Someone has calculated the max wattage draw of a MBPr, but I can't find that a.t.m.
| Q: MacBook discharging while plugged in under load I have the latest Retina MacBook Pro MacBookPro11,2
I quite often have the CPU at about 400%-500% usage (e.g. 4-5 cores at 100%) and also do GPU intensive tasks. While this is happening, the battery can actually discharge even though it is plugged in. This has happened since I first got the MacBook and is not something which has developed over time.
I have the model without a dedicated GPU (Intel Iris Pro only), and I have an 85 watt power supply which came with the MacBook
This is very irritating for me, is this a fault or normal behaviour?
A: It is a known problem: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3069428
Someone has calculated the max wattage draw of a MBPr, but I can't find that a.t.m.
A: I see this as a design choice - works as designed and functioning as built situation. All engineering and hardware design is an exercise in tradeoffs and many of the goals compete against each other:
*
*reliability of the parts as they age
*ability of manufacturing to make the device reliably and repeatably
*cost of parts
*cost of manufacture
*speed to diagnose and repair
*durability of repair (nothing makes us mad like looping repairs when the issue isn't fixed or more issues are caused by a repair for something else)
I haven't even got into the more relevant design decisions like which CPU chip to put it and whether the higher CPU model gets the same power supply and battery as the lowest performing CPU model. Or whether the CPU you chose can out run the power supply since the battery can and has always for the last 10 years been able to supply far more current on demand than the charge rate of the battery from the AC power supply transformer. The only intel based Mac product that can't outspend their power supply are ones that plug into mains. No portable Mac can keep up with a fully running CPU/GPU when cooling is good enough to keep thermal throttling from kicking in.
I'm not at all saying you are wrong to be irritated, just that this was a conscious decision made by teams of people knowing some times their design won't keep up and then management trusting / approving those design decisions and shipping years of product with that decision. When viewed from the lens of CPU shouldn't outpace the power supply, this is a compromise. When viewed from other lenses (lightness, parts management, reliability, supply chain management), this is an excellent/beneficial decision (or still compromise). I hope this helps you know you're not wrong and that this would be something you consider when you choose how your processing load gets run. Whether you can offload some tasks to the cloud or if you need to be tied to mains power since you can't accept this sort of tradeoff for your needs.
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4177570840f350f8afa535d85f0b6641cd217ca9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard Maestro interfering with control-tab action in browsers - how to disable? I've just purchased Keyboard Maestro, and now when I am in a browser and click control-tab, I can no longer advance through the open tabs of the browser the way I did before. That key combination must be used in KM to do something, and that's pre-empting the system shortcut.
How can I find out what action is attached to that keystroke in KM (so I can either change it or disable it)?
A: Open Maestro Switcher
All Macros -> Activate Window Swicher
And you can change or remove it from there. (click at "-" at the bottom)
| Q: Keyboard Maestro interfering with control-tab action in browsers - how to disable? I've just purchased Keyboard Maestro, and now when I am in a browser and click control-tab, I can no longer advance through the open tabs of the browser the way I did before. That key combination must be used in KM to do something, and that's pre-empting the system shortcut.
How can I find out what action is attached to that keystroke in KM (so I can either change it or disable it)?
A: Open Maestro Switcher
All Macros -> Activate Window Swicher
And you can change or remove it from there. (click at "-" at the bottom)
A: Are you using Keyboard Maestro 6? According to their website, ctrl + tab is for windows switcher.
I don't have keyboard maestro, but if you can disable the window switcher, that will fix it.
Alternatively, follow this to re-replace that shortcut. I'll copy and paste that here, with a few differences for your case:
Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts
Then, click the "+" button. Select your browser as the Application
on the Window that pops up. Type Select Previous Tab, or whatever
it says under Window > Select something tab. in the 'Menu Title'
field. Then, press ctrl+tab to set the shortcut
and click 'Add' to save.
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26fdba798c84a8c6305652874b0bfcbdee52bda0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unable to access SimpleHTTPServer with ip I created a python http server with
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 5555
I can access it using http://localhost:5555 but not using http://my-macbook-ip:5555 from a different machine.
I'm on Mavericks and firewall is turned off.
What might be blocking incoming connections to this port? Is there any way to tell my mac to accept http connections on this port?
| Q: Unable to access SimpleHTTPServer with ip I created a python http server with
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 5555
I can access it using http://localhost:5555 but not using http://my-macbook-ip:5555 from a different machine.
I'm on Mavericks and firewall is turned off.
What might be blocking incoming connections to this port? Is there any way to tell my mac to accept http connections on this port?
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d91e0f6f1da5c45763a5500cedcd36305380b208 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable volume adjustment sound effect while audio is playing When there is currently no audio playing, the 'blip blip' sound effect is useful to know where the volume is currently set. But when there IS audio playing, you don't need the sound effect, yet is plays anyway. It is annoying, especially if you are using your computer for a presentation, or music at a party, etc.
Has anyone found a way to disable the volume adjustment sound effect for when audio is already playing?
A: Hold down the Shift key when clicking the Volume Up/Down keys to disable the volume adjustment notification sound.
| Q: Disable volume adjustment sound effect while audio is playing When there is currently no audio playing, the 'blip blip' sound effect is useful to know where the volume is currently set. But when there IS audio playing, you don't need the sound effect, yet is plays anyway. It is annoying, especially if you are using your computer for a presentation, or music at a party, etc.
Has anyone found a way to disable the volume adjustment sound effect for when audio is already playing?
A: Hold down the Shift key when clicking the Volume Up/Down keys to disable the volume adjustment notification sound.
A: Under System Preferences / Sound / Sound Effects unmark Play feedback when volume is changed.
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e5e46f58d5b3c5d924b46693aa1b8b4f565ef218 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change the color of text highlighting in Preview using a shortcut? I need to highlight/underline a lot of text and tend to use specific colors for different things. Accessing via the dropdown menu in Preview is very slow, does any one know a way to change the color of highlighting/underlining by pressing a shortcut?
I'm using Mavericks.
A: As you probably know the Preview does not have the short cut for that function.
Here is the list of shortcuts that Preview does has.
And many other OS applications shortcuts.
| Q: How to change the color of text highlighting in Preview using a shortcut? I need to highlight/underline a lot of text and tend to use specific colors for different things. Accessing via the dropdown menu in Preview is very slow, does any one know a way to change the color of highlighting/underlining by pressing a shortcut?
I'm using Mavericks.
A: As you probably know the Preview does not have the short cut for that function.
Here is the list of shortcuts that Preview does has.
And many other OS applications shortcuts.
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2635f0bd06b1c2d420e4439aa6f25adfdaa352a3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: deleting app from terminal from the /Applications folder, I can launch apps on my Mac using the open command in the terminal like this
open xcode.app
open firefox.app
Is there a way to delete apps from the terminal? This question/answer doesn't provide the answer to this question
A: This isn't built into OSX, but a guy wrote a cli tool called trash that is cross platform and is intended as a safe alternative to rm. As it seems it should, it moves the target to the trash rather than deleting it immediately.
There is more information and instructions on how to install at the trash github page
| Q: deleting app from terminal from the /Applications folder, I can launch apps on my Mac using the open command in the terminal like this
open xcode.app
open firefox.app
Is there a way to delete apps from the terminal? This question/answer doesn't provide the answer to this question
A: This isn't built into OSX, but a guy wrote a cli tool called trash that is cross platform and is intended as a safe alternative to rm. As it seems it should, it moves the target to the trash rather than deleting it immediately.
There is more information and instructions on how to install at the trash github page
A: It is not recommended to use the rm method since you can mistakenly remove wrong file and it is no longer in trash.
But if you must:
Instructions
Type sudo rm –f (with a space after the f and not including the
quotes) to delete a file.
Type sudo rm –rf to delete a folder.
Drag and drop the files you wish to delete onto the open Terminal
window. The files you drop on the Terminal window will be deleted. You
can drag and drop multiple files and folders onto the Terminal window.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how_4530950_delete-terminal-mac-os-x.html#ixzz324fT3H5z
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !
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0856ab7cfcf18850693c954fb6230b27a68cf315 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do I need a credit card on file to get free apps? I am going to preface this by saying I don't think it is duplicate because the other questions are older and ever so slightly different.The only question that really might be a duplicate was asked three years ago and based on someone who is in Argentina.
Do I need to provide a credit card number to get a free app in the United States? I am asking because I want to buy and iPod touch and do not have a credit card!
A: You can set your payment details to none when you set up your Apple ID. This way you can download free content without the use of a creditcard.
| Q: Do I need a credit card on file to get free apps? I am going to preface this by saying I don't think it is duplicate because the other questions are older and ever so slightly different.The only question that really might be a duplicate was asked three years ago and based on someone who is in Argentina.
Do I need to provide a credit card number to get a free app in the United States? I am asking because I want to buy and iPod touch and do not have a credit card!
A: You can set your payment details to none when you set up your Apple ID. This way you can download free content without the use of a creditcard.
A: download a free app first, then when prompted, create a new account. Because this app is free you do not need to put in CC info.
A: the none feature itself is only available when making in on a portable i device such as an iPod or iPad when going in through the iTunes app before creating your account.
A: HERE is Apple's page on this.
In particular: create a new Apple ID without a credit card or other payment method.
also: remove the payment method from an already existing Apple ID.
and: what to do if "none" isn't showing, or you can't select it.
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f6a8929d0f05b4b25e2a04e148b8a9937cac18cd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are the software for translation on Mac? I want to translate a long text and I am looking for a software that shows the text and the translation I write at the same time, in two windows and with possibly a synchronization. Does it exist? Otherwise, what are the existing softwares and what do they do ?
PS: I want to translate a 250 page book... I am not looking for a software that does the translation, but for an nice interface where I can do the translation.
A: If you are asking about professional translation tools (rather than machine transation sites), there is a useful survey that includes some for Mac at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_translation
Also can ask on the list devoted to Mac pro translators
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MacLingua/info
(Relying on machine translation inevitably involves substantial risks of potentially embarassing errors, I recommend that the results should always be edited by a pro or native speaker)
| Q: What are the software for translation on Mac? I want to translate a long text and I am looking for a software that shows the text and the translation I write at the same time, in two windows and with possibly a synchronization. Does it exist? Otherwise, what are the existing softwares and what do they do ?
PS: I want to translate a 250 page book... I am not looking for a software that does the translation, but for an nice interface where I can do the translation.
A: If you are asking about professional translation tools (rather than machine transation sites), there is a useful survey that includes some for Mac at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_translation
Also can ask on the list devoted to Mac pro translators
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MacLingua/info
(Relying on machine translation inevitably involves substantial risks of potentially embarassing errors, I recommend that the results should always be edited by a pro or native speaker)
A: I've used http://www.acetools.net/ and it works pretty good. It has pretty basic text editing. Also Microsoft Word can translate up to 400 words at a time via its reference tools.
A: I find that Google Translate, free online at https://translate.google.com/ is the best I have used.
A: Try Overspot - https://www.redactry.com/overspot
Really good translation app for macOS.
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cb0e51ca3726fcdba8dea4ca79be2b6b43a886b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can someone describe the purpose of OSX root level folders in laymen's terms? Simple and concise documentation on the OSX folder hierarchy is sparse. I'm looking for a simple description of each - what are the functions of each?
*
*/private
*/var
*/usr
*/tmp
*/etc
*/bin
*/sbin
*/fseventsd
I don't plan to modify them in any way, I just want to understand the FS hierarchy.
A: See man hier:
*
*/private: this is undocumented
*/var: multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
*/usr: contains the majority of user utilities and applications
*/tmp: temporary files
*/etc: system configuration files and scripts
*/bin: user utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
*/sbin: system programs and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
*/fseventsd: I believe you mean /.fseventsd. It is documented here. gzipped data relating to file deletion and file system events is stored in a series of files in /.fseventsd.
| Q: Can someone describe the purpose of OSX root level folders in laymen's terms? Simple and concise documentation on the OSX folder hierarchy is sparse. I'm looking for a simple description of each - what are the functions of each?
*
*/private
*/var
*/usr
*/tmp
*/etc
*/bin
*/sbin
*/fseventsd
I don't plan to modify them in any way, I just want to understand the FS hierarchy.
A: See man hier:
*
*/private: this is undocumented
*/var: multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
*/usr: contains the majority of user utilities and applications
*/tmp: temporary files
*/etc: system configuration files and scripts
*/bin: user utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
*/sbin: system programs and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
*/fseventsd: I believe you mean /.fseventsd. It is documented here. gzipped data relating to file deletion and file system events is stored in a series of files in /.fseventsd.
A: It's a bit messy, and there is a degree of cross-overs, but the quick tour, without really going into the subfolders of these:
/etc, /tmp and /var are just symbolic links to subfolders in /private.
/etc generally contains configuration files.
/tmp is for temporary files used by running processes (also see /var/tmp)
/var is also used for somewhat temporary files used by running processes, but these tend to be less temporary and more often preserved between runs - e.g. logfiles which are usually in /var/log.
/usr contains binaries (executables) and developer-related files for core unix/BSD utilities. Things the user installs themselves should end up in /usr/local.
/bin also contains binaries but they tend to be more OS-fundamental than those in /usr - such as cp, cat, bash.
/sbin is as above but focused on routine administrative tasks such as mount and shutdown. The s=system/superuser, usually you need root/superuser rights to use these commands.
/.fseventsd is used by the OS to log file-system change events (such as folder creation) so that interested parties can be notified when the filesystem changes.
However, to run the risk of saying what you didn't want me to say - most of these are of little interest, and if you were to use any, you'd be most likely to be in /usr/local, /var/log or /tmp.
Additional information with a focus on the common Unix structure can be found on Wikipedia (Unix File System).
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8cd74ac006cd19d9b35e762acd75aaf560a9bbdd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook Pro Charging Issues Last night I plugged in my MacBook Pro, and I noticed the light on the charger was a very faint green, hardly visible in bright light.
Today I opened my Mac and noticed it stated 'batteries not available.' Reading forum posts online I decided to reset the SMC, so I turned it off, pressed the required key combination for the reset and then tried to turn it on. The Mac won't power on. I've tried multiple chargers.
A: Since the problem isn't the charger - try wiping down the magsafe contacts on your Mac with a medical alcohol pad, if they get too dirty it won't charge. I had a similar issue (green light while discharging) and cleaning the contacts improved the connection for a few days till I could replace the charger.
| Q: MacBook Pro Charging Issues Last night I plugged in my MacBook Pro, and I noticed the light on the charger was a very faint green, hardly visible in bright light.
Today I opened my Mac and noticed it stated 'batteries not available.' Reading forum posts online I decided to reset the SMC, so I turned it off, pressed the required key combination for the reset and then tried to turn it on. The Mac won't power on. I've tried multiple chargers.
A: Since the problem isn't the charger - try wiping down the magsafe contacts on your Mac with a medical alcohol pad, if they get too dirty it won't charge. I had a similar issue (green light while discharging) and cleaning the contacts improved the connection for a few days till I could replace the charger.
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044aa543468b7f1e1609653be5267a57bb32348f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to turn off "Enable WiFi" alert message on iOS? When I disable Wi-Fi and open "Maps" I get the message:
Location Accuracy
Turning on Wi-Fi will improve
location accuracy.
Can this message be disabled?
I know, I can just leave WiFi enabled, but I don't want to do this. When I am in airplane mode, I don't want to get notified that I am offline.
Is there a way to prevent this? I don't want to jailbreak my iPhone. I am currently running iOS 7.1
A: Yes this works
Settings>Privacy>Location Services>System Services (all the way at the bottom) and toggling wifi networking.
| Q: How to turn off "Enable WiFi" alert message on iOS? When I disable Wi-Fi and open "Maps" I get the message:
Location Accuracy
Turning on Wi-Fi will improve
location accuracy.
Can this message be disabled?
I know, I can just leave WiFi enabled, but I don't want to do this. When I am in airplane mode, I don't want to get notified that I am offline.
Is there a way to prevent this? I don't want to jailbreak my iPhone. I am currently running iOS 7.1
A: Yes this works
Settings>Privacy>Location Services>System Services (all the way at the bottom) and toggling wifi networking.
A: You could try turning off location services. This is a setting under Settings:Privacy:Location Services.
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ab6d92ee1aa9d646deb0ea8596298f316e0e9c08 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Prevent facetime from asking for password in Mavericks Some time ago I've updated to OSX Mavericks. Since then each time after the system starts I get a prompt to enter Facetime password. How to disable this?
A: Found the solution:
*
*Open FaceTime,
*Open "FaceTime" menu,
*Choose "Turn FaceTime off" option.
| Q: Prevent facetime from asking for password in Mavericks Some time ago I've updated to OSX Mavericks. Since then each time after the system starts I get a prompt to enter Facetime password. How to disable this?
A: Found the solution:
*
*Open FaceTime,
*Open "FaceTime" menu,
*Choose "Turn FaceTime off" option.
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af5336dd8650a56e7643e26a5e6496314d37b75f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Scrolling of the terminal does not always stick to the bottom When my terminal gives lots of output (for example when I am compiling something), by default the scrolling automatically sticks to 'bottom' of my terminal window.
But when I scroll within my output, and then scroll back to the bottom using my trackpad, this sticking effect is sometimes gone and sometimes it persists.
When I use the slider on the right hand side, the sticking effect persists, just like I would expect it to be.
Is this expected behaviour or a bug? Should the terminal stick to the bottom when I scrolled all the way down?
I created this terminal oneliner to try it out for yourself (downloads the linux kernel at 10k and outputs it to the terminal):
curl --limit-rate 10k https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/linux-3.15-rc5.tar.xz
A: Not related to the trackpad, but you can use your keyboard to scroll to the bottom of the document and be sure it sticks to it!
Press fn + RightArrow
| Q: Scrolling of the terminal does not always stick to the bottom When my terminal gives lots of output (for example when I am compiling something), by default the scrolling automatically sticks to 'bottom' of my terminal window.
But when I scroll within my output, and then scroll back to the bottom using my trackpad, this sticking effect is sometimes gone and sometimes it persists.
When I use the slider on the right hand side, the sticking effect persists, just like I would expect it to be.
Is this expected behaviour or a bug? Should the terminal stick to the bottom when I scrolled all the way down?
I created this terminal oneliner to try it out for yourself (downloads the linux kernel at 10k and outputs it to the terminal):
curl --limit-rate 10k https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/linux-3.15-rc5.tar.xz
A: Not related to the trackpad, but you can use your keyboard to scroll to the bottom of the document and be sure it sticks to it!
Press fn + RightArrow
A: The issue here is that the scroll is still going when the text continues to be output. The trackpad is still in a "scroll mode" in which Terminal doesn't check the position and waits until it's done.
This was originally so it would wait until your fingers are off the trackpad/you stop scrolling. With inertia scrolling, this scroll mode doesn't end until the velocity reaches 0. So, the terminal waits until it is 0, by which time the output has increased and it won't stick to the bottom. (This isn't as noticeable in Terminal due to the lack of rubber banding.)
So I guess it would technically be expected behavior but it is still undesired behavior :P
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f19e1743e3102eba470d8ad8914ebda3dd68c8f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is CUPS on port 631? I recently ran an NMAP scan of my Mac's open ports and discovered port 631 (ipp) was open. Intrigued, I saw it was for the CUPS web interface, and after enabling it I found it had something to do with printing. But what exactly is CUPS?
A: From the CUPS website:
CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple Inc. for OS X and other UNIX®-like operating systems.
On OS X it provides local printer services as well as shared printer services for other Macs to access your printer via the service if the printer doesn't have its own sharing capabilities. CUPS has become fairly ubiquitous across the Linux/UNIX contingent of OSes as the print server if choice.
That open port you found is because printer sharing is turned on on your machine. You can close port via System Preferences > Sharing and uncheck Printer Sharing.
| Q: What is CUPS on port 631? I recently ran an NMAP scan of my Mac's open ports and discovered port 631 (ipp) was open. Intrigued, I saw it was for the CUPS web interface, and after enabling it I found it had something to do with printing. But what exactly is CUPS?
A: From the CUPS website:
CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple Inc. for OS X and other UNIX®-like operating systems.
On OS X it provides local printer services as well as shared printer services for other Macs to access your printer via the service if the printer doesn't have its own sharing capabilities. CUPS has become fairly ubiquitous across the Linux/UNIX contingent of OSes as the print server if choice.
That open port you found is because printer sharing is turned on on your machine. You can close port via System Preferences > Sharing and uncheck Printer Sharing.
A: Actually CUPS (the Common Unix Printing System) was an open source project that Apple bought. Contrary to what is listed at CUPS.org, CUPS existed long before Apple bought it.
I understand that CUPS remains Open Source and that (some?) code contributed by Apple works it's way back into the Open Source version available to and used by other O/S'
Note that CUPS is an excellent (though somewhat complicated) web interface to the printing subsystem on the Mac. In some rare cases it is possible to add and manage printers that do not offer a printer driver for the current version of Mac O/S but do offer one that works with CUPS.
A: The open port is for internal (localhost) services only. It should not be visible to a remote host, e.g. via the 'nmap' utility.
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47854a8aa2a242a25fc18f1e069af58904cb2ddf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make command apm available after installing atom? I have installed github's editor atom into /Application. I now expected to have the command apm at my disposal to be able to install further packages. Yet:
$ apm
-bash: apm: command not found
How do I get the apm command?
A: Atom->Install Shell Commands would install atom and apm commands.
| Q: How to make command apm available after installing atom? I have installed github's editor atom into /Application. I now expected to have the command apm at my disposal to be able to install further packages. Yet:
$ apm
-bash: apm: command not found
How do I get the apm command?
A: Atom->Install Shell Commands would install atom and apm commands.
A: By opening atom and going via Atom > Install Shell Commands you will get atom and apm commands.
A: After the Shell Commands installation:
*
*MacOSX: Open Terminal and run the "sudo apm install package-name"
*Windows: Open CMD as administrator and run the "apm install package-name"
A: In addition to other answers', if you are using Atom Beta and shell commands don't work, pay attention to the names of the installed commands:
It's not apm, it's apm-beta!
The last step is to create an alias in ZSH (or similar way in other shell), edit .zshrc adding a new line:
alias apm=apm-beta
Of course, ensure "normal" Atom is not installed to prevent clashes. After this, apm should work.
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73bb4d8a18736d0eee1c99c93aeeb57ecf095cae | Apple Stackexchange
Q: App Store and Mavericks I run 10.8.5 on one of my Macs, because some of the software I use doesn't seem to get on well with Mavericks.
Is there any way of stopping App Store from repeatedly asking me to update to Mavericks? In general I appreciate the update suggestions from App Store, but not this one.
A: You could purchase (for want of a better word) Mavericks from the app store, and just pause the download, or let it download and then bin the installer (you can get it back later).
| Q: App Store and Mavericks I run 10.8.5 on one of my Macs, because some of the software I use doesn't seem to get on well with Mavericks.
Is there any way of stopping App Store from repeatedly asking me to update to Mavericks? In general I appreciate the update suggestions from App Store, but not this one.
A: You could purchase (for want of a better word) Mavericks from the app store, and just pause the download, or let it download and then bin the installer (you can get it back later).
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32d2e22641c14395013997880ed1c96602f2a6b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is the diagnostic message history not writable as normal user? When I use normally the OS as a plain user I get frequent console messages like:
20/05/14 08:21:28,194 SubmitDiagInfo[5376]: Launched to submit Diagnostics and Usage
20/05/14 08:21:28,735 SubmitDiagInfo[5376]: Diagnostic message history store was not writable. Will not submit diagnostic messages.
When I give myself admin permissions and boot up I get instead:
20/05/14 09:02:44,979 SubmitDiagInfo[432]: SubmitDiagInfo successfully uploaded 2241 diagnostic messages.
However when I get back to a normal user I keep getting the former messages, suggesting that disk permissions are somehow broken. Disk Utility doesn't fix them. What magical terminal chmod or chown incantations should I use to give my plain user access to submit bug reports?
| Q: Why is the diagnostic message history not writable as normal user? When I use normally the OS as a plain user I get frequent console messages like:
20/05/14 08:21:28,194 SubmitDiagInfo[5376]: Launched to submit Diagnostics and Usage
20/05/14 08:21:28,735 SubmitDiagInfo[5376]: Diagnostic message history store was not writable. Will not submit diagnostic messages.
When I give myself admin permissions and boot up I get instead:
20/05/14 09:02:44,979 SubmitDiagInfo[432]: SubmitDiagInfo successfully uploaded 2241 diagnostic messages.
However when I get back to a normal user I keep getting the former messages, suggesting that disk permissions are somehow broken. Disk Utility doesn't fix them. What magical terminal chmod or chown incantations should I use to give my plain user access to submit bug reports?
| apple | {
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f858c2b560282f68629e40501137b5f919b7b4c9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What folders can be safely excluded from Time Machine backup? I want to know list of folders that can be safely excluded from Time Machine backups while ensuring that full restore can get me a same machine running immediately.
The reason why I want to do this is because Time Machine will backup all the files no matter what it contains. So far, I’ve excluded these paths from my backup:
~/Library/Caches
~/Library/Logs
~/Downloads
Caches and Logs don’t need to be backed up because they’re generated when needed. I’m also excluding ~/Downloads folder because those files are usually stored temporarily.
Is there any more folders that I can exclude? What is your Time Machine’s exclusion rules?
A: If you're using services such as Dropbox and Google Drive, then it's safe to exclude these from the Time Machine backups since they will be retrieved from the Internet in case you need to recover your system.
| Q: What folders can be safely excluded from Time Machine backup? I want to know list of folders that can be safely excluded from Time Machine backups while ensuring that full restore can get me a same machine running immediately.
The reason why I want to do this is because Time Machine will backup all the files no matter what it contains. So far, I’ve excluded these paths from my backup:
~/Library/Caches
~/Library/Logs
~/Downloads
Caches and Logs don’t need to be backed up because they’re generated when needed. I’m also excluding ~/Downloads folder because those files are usually stored temporarily.
Is there any more folders that I can exclude? What is your Time Machine’s exclusion rules?
A: If you're using services such as Dropbox and Google Drive, then it's safe to exclude these from the Time Machine backups since they will be retrieved from the Internet in case you need to recover your system.
A: The simple answer is to exclude any files that you create or download that you won't need for a restore (this includes files that you're able to re-download or restore/rebuild from another source if necessary).
Time Machine does not actually backup everything. On the contrary, by default it is configured intelligently to exclude folders like ~/Library/Caches, ~/Library/Logs and many others that are temporary in nature, can be rebuilt from available data and are not required during a system restore. Adding these folders to your exclusion list is not necessary and is redundant.
The default list of files and folders that Time Machine excludes from its backup is listed in /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/StdExclusions.plist. You can verify that the caches and logs folders are in this exclusion list.
For more information, see:
*
*What should I exclude, and what should I not exclude?.
*How can I find exactly what files are included in my last Time Machine backup?
*On OS X, what files are excluded by rule from a Time Machine backup?
Personally, I exclude two kinds of folders:
*
*Folders that contain temporarily used files that I can get from another source if I need them.
*Folders containing large files that may change frequently. For example, large media files that I may add and delete often are excluded from Time Machine because they would fill up the backup disk very quickly. Those are, however, covered in a full disk clone (that I manage with a limited backup of older files).
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d7049a26aa8efe552c18585fa2eda51116c9ea6b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's up with "paused" applications in Launchpad? When I activate Launch on both my Mavericks and Mountain Lion systems, a few of the application icons are (seemingly permanently) greyed out and marked "Paused" with an empty progress bar.
It isn't hurting anything, but it's weird.
Any idea why?
A: It seems as if the download was started from the App Store and it was paused for some reason. There are two ways that you can get it to not say that anymore.
*
*Single Click on the icon to resume the download.
*Click and hold, the press the "X" on the top left corner of the app to delete it. (Reinstall from the App Store is optional.)
Hope that helps!
| Q: What's up with "paused" applications in Launchpad? When I activate Launch on both my Mavericks and Mountain Lion systems, a few of the application icons are (seemingly permanently) greyed out and marked "Paused" with an empty progress bar.
It isn't hurting anything, but it's weird.
Any idea why?
A: It seems as if the download was started from the App Store and it was paused for some reason. There are two ways that you can get it to not say that anymore.
*
*Single Click on the icon to resume the download.
*Click and hold, the press the "X" on the top left corner of the app to delete it. (Reinstall from the App Store is optional.)
Hope that helps!
A: First, open App Store and try
Store > Check for Unfinished Downloads...
Mine said there wasn't any, but apps restarted downloading.
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cad026f3303393877fc93a7587192138387e2e4d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Missing a lot of options from Finder's right click context menu No idea what caused this or why it's happening, but when I right click something in Finder I'm missing a lot of the standard options that should be there (dropbox options, labels, etc). I've restarted several times, relaunched Finder, repaired disk permissions, and nothing's worked.
When I right click on my Desktop:
When I right click a file in Finder:
A: From your question it looks like your Dropbox is misbehaving.
Do you have the latest version of Dropbox? Reinstall Dropbox with the newest version.
Dropbox uses a "hack" which extends the Finder (in an unsupported way) to provide this "sharing" link. Because these "hacks" can cause crashes, Apple tends to disable them when newer versions of OS X ship. There's probably a newer version of DropBox that gets around these restrictions that you'll need to download.
Source: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5577081
| Q: Missing a lot of options from Finder's right click context menu No idea what caused this or why it's happening, but when I right click something in Finder I'm missing a lot of the standard options that should be there (dropbox options, labels, etc). I've restarted several times, relaunched Finder, repaired disk permissions, and nothing's worked.
When I right click on my Desktop:
When I right click a file in Finder:
A: From your question it looks like your Dropbox is misbehaving.
Do you have the latest version of Dropbox? Reinstall Dropbox with the newest version.
Dropbox uses a "hack" which extends the Finder (in an unsupported way) to provide this "sharing" link. Because these "hacks" can cause crashes, Apple tends to disable them when newer versions of OS X ship. There's probably a newer version of DropBox that gets around these restrictions that you'll need to download.
Source: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5577081
A: Will, are you using TotalFinder? I had the same problem and it was caused by TotalFinder. Upgrading to version 1.6 solved it.
A: *
*Quit dropbox.
*Terminal:
$ sudo rm -rf /Library/DropboxHelperTools
*Terminal:
$ killall finder
*Open Dropbox.
*Enter Admin PWD when prompted. (Good Signal)
Win.
A: I suddenly had the same problem of no dropbox options in right click menu, no possibility to directly attach a file to Mail app. I downloaded and installed my macOS from the App Store. At the end my files and apps were not modified and Dropbox options and Mail app restarted to work properly
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679aabe74ed8c3661a3ea0fc3d978d6f1b88eba6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone iOS Exchange not showing new folders for some reason my iPhone's Exchange account won't add new folders that I created in Outlook. Emails come in, but not new folders. I am not sure how long I've had this problem so I can't pinpoint to an iOS update or anything like that.
Things I've looked into:
*
*PUSH LIST - Everything I've searched and read mentions adding folders to a push
list, however these new folders don't even appear to add to the push
list.
*RESET ACCOUNT (works) - The only work around I have to delete the Exchange account entirely
on the iPhone and then add it again. THEN, I get my new folders.
*TOGGLE EMAIL - Turning off and then back on the "email on/off slider" in the account
settings does NOT help either.
Here is what I'm running:
*
*iPhone 4S w/ iOS 7.1.1
*Windows Server 2003
*Exchange Server 2003
*Outlook 2010
Any thoughts?
Thanks
| Q: iPhone iOS Exchange not showing new folders for some reason my iPhone's Exchange account won't add new folders that I created in Outlook. Emails come in, but not new folders. I am not sure how long I've had this problem so I can't pinpoint to an iOS update or anything like that.
Things I've looked into:
*
*PUSH LIST - Everything I've searched and read mentions adding folders to a push
list, however these new folders don't even appear to add to the push
list.
*RESET ACCOUNT (works) - The only work around I have to delete the Exchange account entirely
on the iPhone and then add it again. THEN, I get my new folders.
*TOGGLE EMAIL - Turning off and then back on the "email on/off slider" in the account
settings does NOT help either.
Here is what I'm running:
*
*iPhone 4S w/ iOS 7.1.1
*Windows Server 2003
*Exchange Server 2003
*Outlook 2010
Any thoughts?
Thanks
| apple | {
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605a637c2c8c9b276c743f2d97eec71519df5cb4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Safari does not load any site but there is Internet connection A friend of mine asked me to help with his MacBook as Safari didn't load any site.
I connected to his computer using TeamViewer (so internet is basically working), and then did a ping on Google.com, which worked. His Mac runs on OSX 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) with Safari 5.x.
I've tried a few things including:
*
*PRAM reset
*Delete cookies and browser cache
*DNS flush
*Delete cookies/cache/plist in Library
*Delete and reinstall Safari.app
Non working. I tried downloading Firefox using curl but that seems also not to work.
Any idea what could be wrong?
edit:
No proxys active
A: I solved by making sure the network settings not picking any proxy options under Network > Advanced > Proxies.
| Q: Safari does not load any site but there is Internet connection A friend of mine asked me to help with his MacBook as Safari didn't load any site.
I connected to his computer using TeamViewer (so internet is basically working), and then did a ping on Google.com, which worked. His Mac runs on OSX 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) with Safari 5.x.
I've tried a few things including:
*
*PRAM reset
*Delete cookies and browser cache
*DNS flush
*Delete cookies/cache/plist in Library
*Delete and reinstall Safari.app
Non working. I tried downloading Firefox using curl but that seems also not to work.
Any idea what could be wrong?
edit:
No proxys active
A: I solved by making sure the network settings not picking any proxy options under Network > Advanced > Proxies.
A: Is there any app such as Little Snitch that is installed? If so, it could be blocking browsers but not Team Viewer and not Mail.
A: *
*Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
*Type or copy paste the following: ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db.
*Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
*Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
A: I tried various options including the proxies The only thing that solved it was
System Preferences > Network > Assist me > Connect to the internet
And it solved it on its own
A: What about putting Firefox or Chrome on a USB stick and just copying it via Finder? If they also do not work, I would suspect something more generally wrong, not Safari itself. Might have to use portable version of those apps.
UPDATE: What about any recently installed firewall software?
Anything that might have installed a webfilter or a webfilter appliance that might sit between your Mac and the gateway?
Is NAC enabled on the network, preventing you from getting out until you hit a specific site for authorization?
A: Check the DNS server in network preferences for the network adapter you are trying to connect. Usually DNS server ip should be the same as the router ip address.
A: I encountered this issue (internet on Safari and App Store app not working), and rebooting my computer ended up resolving the problem for me.
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8f97b015dbd7a837fa83edbefd36af5cea6217d0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: AppleScript editor cannot save .scpt file I've created a simple AppleScript .scpt file, using TextEdit.
If I now open it with AppleScript editor, I can run it. But when I try to modify and save it, I get the following error:
It's frustrating that such a basic operation has got me completely stuck.
What is going wrong?
A: This is happening because .scpt extension is used for compiled scripts, just use .applescript extension and it will work just file.
Yet another example of the stupid coded error messages.
| Q: AppleScript editor cannot save .scpt file I've created a simple AppleScript .scpt file, using TextEdit.
If I now open it with AppleScript editor, I can run it. But when I try to modify and save it, I get the following error:
It's frustrating that such a basic operation has got me completely stuck.
What is going wrong?
A: This is happening because .scpt extension is used for compiled scripts, just use .applescript extension and it will work just file.
Yet another example of the stupid coded error messages.
A: In addition to @sorin's answer, the most likely cause for this error is that you do not have permission to save scripts.
By default only system is allowed the create new scripts.
The solution is to enable write access for yourself.
Open Finder
Go to folder: /Library
Right click on the Scripts folder
Get Info
expand v Sharing & Permissions:
Click on the lock to allow changes.
Add + a user (either Administrator, or your own user account)
and give that user Read & Write permissions.
Finally,
Click on the (...)V and Apply to enclosed items...
You will now be able to save new scripts.
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9daad0364abc57b0e53b5b4d50efb7841ccf6017 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Leave iPhone on when changing SIM card I have to switch quite often between 2 SIM cards on my iPhone. I always used to turn it off to do that, however, it seems to work just fine even if I leave it on. Can it harm my iPhone or SIM card or the data on in any way by not turning it off during the procedure?
A: No, this will not harm your device or SIM card. Although Apple mentions it in their manual and theoretically you can short-circuit your device (I have no clue how, but theoretically...), in practice, when done with common sense, this should not harm your device. You do need to be careful with static charges and dust.
| Q: Leave iPhone on when changing SIM card I have to switch quite often between 2 SIM cards on my iPhone. I always used to turn it off to do that, however, it seems to work just fine even if I leave it on. Can it harm my iPhone or SIM card or the data on in any way by not turning it off during the procedure?
A: No, this will not harm your device or SIM card. Although Apple mentions it in their manual and theoretically you can short-circuit your device (I have no clue how, but theoretically...), in practice, when done with common sense, this should not harm your device. You do need to be careful with static charges and dust.
A: When I went to Italy back in March I purchased a SIM card upon arrival as the cost per minute was a little less expensive than my home network. The agent popped the card right out and put a new one in all while the phone was powered on and there was no problem at all. Even so I'm more comfortable powering it off to replace the SIM card and did that when I got back to the US.
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3e00f6c66c4768adc9b52ba02809036d3255f48e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to add a shortcut to an individual iBook file to the iPad home screen? I'm currently in the process of creating an iBook for use within my company. Some of the people who will be using it aren't particularly tech-savvy, so I want to make it as easy as possible for them to access the iBook directly from the home screen of their iPads. I don't want them to have to worry about navigating into the iBooks app at all. Is there any way to save the individual iBook file directly to the home screen?
A: *
*Host your epub somewhere, preferable direct link to open the epub itself. Eg. https://epub-samples.googlecode.com/files/mymedia_lite-20130621.epub
*From the address bar, select the Share icon and add it to Home Screen, rename it to your epub name.
When they open the URL, they'll see options to open epub in supported app, with Open in iBooks on the right button.
The first time they open the epub, it'll be imported to iBooks, open them in iBooks. After that, choosing the same option will open the same epub, preventing duplicate.
| Q: How to add a shortcut to an individual iBook file to the iPad home screen? I'm currently in the process of creating an iBook for use within my company. Some of the people who will be using it aren't particularly tech-savvy, so I want to make it as easy as possible for them to access the iBook directly from the home screen of their iPads. I don't want them to have to worry about navigating into the iBooks app at all. Is there any way to save the individual iBook file directly to the home screen?
A: *
*Host your epub somewhere, preferable direct link to open the epub itself. Eg. https://epub-samples.googlecode.com/files/mymedia_lite-20130621.epub
*From the address bar, select the Share icon and add it to Home Screen, rename it to your epub name.
When they open the URL, they'll see options to open epub in supported app, with Open in iBooks on the right button.
The first time they open the epub, it'll be imported to iBooks, open them in iBooks. After that, choosing the same option will open the same epub, preventing duplicate.
A: You're mostly correct but the problem is that the home screen Web Clip (aka bookmark) will forever point to the URL. The user will always get asked whether they want to open in iBooks so it's a bit of a clunky solution if you ask me.
If it were me, I'd be considering the following options:
*
*Deploy the content using an MDM like Airwatch, specifically its Content Locker feature. It also manages updates to content very well.
*Publish your content online (in HTML) and deploy the icon pointing to your URL as a Web Clip app.
*Publish your content officially as an iBook using Apple Xcode. Pretty high end solution though and will require an Apple developer account.
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3ed3c5ce84aae13de4a8f170fb9e11cc2631a313 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to completely remove emails in OS X? I added my Google account to my MacBookPro and then I decided to fetch my Google mails by using the "Mail" application..
Then I decided to keep the Google account but remove the "Mail" application from the Google account settings and kept only Calendar and Contacts.
Now when I search for anything in spotlight, it still finds things from my previously fetched Google mails.
How can I clean all the fetched mails completely?
A: If you don't have other Mail accounts with data that you want, quit Mail.app and delete the entire contents of ~/Library/Mail/
If you do have other accounts and only want to remove your Gmail account, quit Mail.app, open the V2 folder inside the above path and delete the folder relevant to the particular account that you want removed.
| Q: How to completely remove emails in OS X? I added my Google account to my MacBookPro and then I decided to fetch my Google mails by using the "Mail" application..
Then I decided to keep the Google account but remove the "Mail" application from the Google account settings and kept only Calendar and Contacts.
Now when I search for anything in spotlight, it still finds things from my previously fetched Google mails.
How can I clean all the fetched mails completely?
A: If you don't have other Mail accounts with data that you want, quit Mail.app and delete the entire contents of ~/Library/Mail/
If you do have other accounts and only want to remove your Gmail account, quit Mail.app, open the V2 folder inside the above path and delete the folder relevant to the particular account that you want removed.
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08f42d52c4b5e9f61e1ddea80db467a5ea0ceacf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Quick Look keeps popping up I use the spacebar to preview some files with Quick Look and when I'm done with it I close the preview window.
Sometimes when I change desktops the preview window will pop up again (empty) and when I try to close it, it will put me back on the desktop where I previewed an item.
This keeps occurring and I have no way of getting rid of it... Any solutions?
I'm using a OS X 10.9.3
A: It's irritating, for sure - best workaround I've found is to relaunch the Finder...
Option Right-click the Finder icon in the Dock & you see an extra item at the bottom of the menu - Relaunch
| Q: Quick Look keeps popping up I use the spacebar to preview some files with Quick Look and when I'm done with it I close the preview window.
Sometimes when I change desktops the preview window will pop up again (empty) and when I try to close it, it will put me back on the desktop where I previewed an item.
This keeps occurring and I have no way of getting rid of it... Any solutions?
I'm using a OS X 10.9.3
A: It's irritating, for sure - best workaround I've found is to relaunch the Finder...
Option Right-click the Finder icon in the Dock & you see an extra item at the bottom of the menu - Relaunch
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19421c42548bc1444acdc90798b071b86b335595 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to take a screenshot in Recovery Mode? Or, anywhere outside "userspace?" For example, the login screen, or in Single User Mode.
A: Where OS X is booted but you can't take a screenshot because you're not logged in (e.g. the login screen, lock screen) you can take a screenshot over SSH. Connect over SSH to your Mac and run…
sudo screencapture /path/to/screenshot.png
Where OS X isn't displaying a GUI (e.g. single user mode, boot sequence), you can't take a screenshot. This doesn't apply to virtual machines though, if you're determined to get a screenshot.
| Q: Is it possible to take a screenshot in Recovery Mode? Or, anywhere outside "userspace?" For example, the login screen, or in Single User Mode.
A: Where OS X is booted but you can't take a screenshot because you're not logged in (e.g. the login screen, lock screen) you can take a screenshot over SSH. Connect over SSH to your Mac and run…
sudo screencapture /path/to/screenshot.png
Where OS X isn't displaying a GUI (e.g. single user mode, boot sequence), you can't take a screenshot. This doesn't apply to virtual machines though, if you're determined to get a screenshot.
A: You most definitely can do a screen capture from Recovery.
*
*Boot into Recovery
*Open the Terminal from the Utilities menu
*In Terminal type:
/Volumes/name_of_HD/usr/sbin/screencapture -s /Volumes/name_of_HD/Users/name_of_user/Desktop/name_for_file.png
You will get crosshairs so you can select what you want a screenshot of (like CMD-Shift-4)
name_of_HD=whatever the name of the HD is
name_of_user=any user on the system
name_for_file.png=whatever you want to name the file
When you login as that user, the screen capture will be waiting on your Desktop.
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47aea889b205ecfd4d06bcf11603aba366472858 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Accidentally clicked restore backup instead of backup! Can I still recover my recent photos? I accidentally clicked "restore backup" on iTunes when suddenly all my latest photos were deleted instead my past and deleted photos and videos were restored back and I wasn't able to backup my latest photos.
Can I recover my latest photos?
A: Your photos are probably gone from your phone, but there are a couple other places to check.
Were you backing up to iCloud? If so, you may be able to restore a backup from iCloud to your phone and with it your camera roll. Apple KB article PH12521.
Were you syncing your photostream to iCloud? If so, fire up iPhoto or the windows iCloud tool and download the photos. Apple KB article PH13693.
| Q: Accidentally clicked restore backup instead of backup! Can I still recover my recent photos? I accidentally clicked "restore backup" on iTunes when suddenly all my latest photos were deleted instead my past and deleted photos and videos were restored back and I wasn't able to backup my latest photos.
Can I recover my latest photos?
A: Your photos are probably gone from your phone, but there are a couple other places to check.
Were you backing up to iCloud? If so, you may be able to restore a backup from iCloud to your phone and with it your camera roll. Apple KB article PH12521.
Were you syncing your photostream to iCloud? If so, fire up iPhoto or the windows iCloud tool and download the photos. Apple KB article PH13693.
A: Yes Yen, whenever you sync, update or restore your iPhone, the first thing iTunes does is create a backup file. This contains settings, SMS, camera roll etc - pretty much everything except media and apps. You should be able to choose the backup date/time you want to restore from in iTunes if there's a previous backup that will have more of your content.
A: I know this is an old question, but it comes up pretty high on search results for this topic.
Most of the time, iTunes initiates a secondary backup prior to restoring a backup (presumably for situations just like the question presents.) If you perform an accidental restore:
*
*Go to the iTunes preferences from the menu. On Mac, Preferences is in the iTunes menu. On Windows, Preferences is in the Edit menu.
*Go to the Devices tab of the Preferences window.
*Look through the backups listed for one with a date appended to the name, with the date of the accidental restore. That is the emergency backup.
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873c429238db523412cab1704a2e4838011e62fb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to remove Web Searches from Spotlight? when I am searching anything with spotlight a category Web Searches appears at the bottom of the results. Clicking these links Safari opens and would search the web or wikipedia. But I never use these web searches and I would like to remove them.
Removing Webpages from the spotlight system preferences did not help.
I found several instructions on removing Developer and Others, or to rate the dictionary results up.
All these make use of ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist.
Maybe it is possible using this file, but I was not able to find out the proper value for the name key in order to remove the Web Searches category. Or maybe there is another solution to this problem?
Any suggestions? I am using OS X Mavericks 10.9.3, btw.
| Q: Is it possible to remove Web Searches from Spotlight? when I am searching anything with spotlight a category Web Searches appears at the bottom of the results. Clicking these links Safari opens and would search the web or wikipedia. But I never use these web searches and I would like to remove them.
Removing Webpages from the spotlight system preferences did not help.
I found several instructions on removing Developer and Others, or to rate the dictionary results up.
All these make use of ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist.
Maybe it is possible using this file, but I was not able to find out the proper value for the name key in order to remove the Web Searches category. Or maybe there is another solution to this problem?
Any suggestions? I am using OS X Mavericks 10.9.3, btw.
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e02fae1ef041971f69a394a9bb1550ee5119c323 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac doesn't sleep when lid is closed, but upon opening the lid it falls asleep? When I close the lid, my macbook pro does not go to sleep. However, when I open the lid, it will go to sleep. How do I correct this problem?
A: The SMC controls things like sleep, fans, etc. Reset the SMC by following the instructions here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
EDIT: In case that link dies, you restart the MacBook Pro while holding down these keys on the left side of the keyboard: Ctrl + Option + Shift
| Q: Mac doesn't sleep when lid is closed, but upon opening the lid it falls asleep? When I close the lid, my macbook pro does not go to sleep. However, when I open the lid, it will go to sleep. How do I correct this problem?
A: The SMC controls things like sleep, fans, etc. Reset the SMC by following the instructions here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
EDIT: In case that link dies, you restart the MacBook Pro while holding down these keys on the left side of the keyboard: Ctrl + Option + Shift
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63210ab5df06276cf43f57f09ee4d61c08d7cb85 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Receive StackExchange notifications Is there a way to receive notifications from StackExchange sites in the Notification Center in OSX?
A: I'm not sure why MacLemon didn't post SENotifier as a proper answer, but that's your best choice right now. Version 1.1 added the ability to send notifications about your Stack Exchange to Notification Centre.
SENotifier is a Mac OS X app that shows the current contents of your
Stack Exchange inbox in the menu bar and was inspired by Gmail
Notifier.
I created this app so the inbox notifier would be visible all the
time, instead of only when a Stack Exchange page was loaded in the
browser.
This app uses the new Stack Exchange API v2.0 with authentication, so
it can get the current contents of your inbox.
| Q: Receive StackExchange notifications Is there a way to receive notifications from StackExchange sites in the Notification Center in OSX?
A: I'm not sure why MacLemon didn't post SENotifier as a proper answer, but that's your best choice right now. Version 1.1 added the ability to send notifications about your Stack Exchange to Notification Centre.
SENotifier is a Mac OS X app that shows the current contents of your
Stack Exchange inbox in the menu bar and was inspired by Gmail
Notifier.
I created this app so the inbox notifier would be visible all the
time, instead of only when a Stack Exchange page was loaded in the
browser.
This app uses the new Stack Exchange API v2.0 with authentication, so
it can get the current contents of your inbox.
A: Any app can send notifications in Notification Center, though I'm not sure Stack Exchange has an OS X app to send notifications from, Apple's Mail.app can do it. Go into System Preferences, and to the Notification Center Preference Pane located in the Personal section, and add Mail to the Notification Center. Now, whenever you receive a notification from Stack Exchange via email, you will be notified in Notification Center.
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71aaf58bfc7c0ad2bd453364247a10b7f8642516 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Earthed (Grounded) Stubby Plug for MacBook AC Adapter Much hay has been made of the apparent grounding issue while using the stubby plug on a MacBook AC adapter.
While I understand it is completely safe to have a bit of grounding flowing through the user, those of us who live and work in the tropics would love to find a grounded (earthed) stubby plug adapter.
I see no reason this shouldn't exist, given that the longer cable is grounded via the metal stump on the AC adapter, but I haven't found one.
Notably, I am in Australia, where the plug head doesn't fold over anyhow, but I'd also love a US version.
A: I too was very annoyed about the buzzing case issue. I worked with a manufacturer to create a grounded, 3-prong Apple duckhead for the US. It is now available on Amazon.
| Q: Earthed (Grounded) Stubby Plug for MacBook AC Adapter Much hay has been made of the apparent grounding issue while using the stubby plug on a MacBook AC adapter.
While I understand it is completely safe to have a bit of grounding flowing through the user, those of us who live and work in the tropics would love to find a grounded (earthed) stubby plug adapter.
I see no reason this shouldn't exist, given that the longer cable is grounded via the metal stump on the AC adapter, but I haven't found one.
Notably, I am in Australia, where the plug head doesn't fold over anyhow, but I'd also love a US version.
A: I too was very annoyed about the buzzing case issue. I worked with a manufacturer to create a grounded, 3-prong Apple duckhead for the US. It is now available on Amazon.
A: I have only just discovered this problem with a 2017 MacBook Pro. I get a tingling feeling from the MacBook and realised that the earth part of the apple UK 13 amp plug is a dummy (not connected with the circular locking spur on the charger unit) but I noticed on my early MacBook Air that there was an earth connector on the apple plug and so I swapped it and now I do not have the tingling problem. I do have it on the Air with the new "improved" apple plug.
A: The AC cable is grounded up to the Power supply connection.
The 3 pin grounded cable goes to a 2 pin connector which then plugs into the adapter.
This means that the grounding is not even connected so there is absolutely no difference safety-wise.
Main reason is for those places where you have to rotate the wall plug to insert, or you need to insert a grounding pin into the plug to activate.
There is no grounding on the output site of the power adapter, thus your Mac is not grounded.
A: Some types of 3 pin prong are not indeed grounding. The link mainly teaches how to ground it DIY. But it needs some tools and skill that it's not easy to DIY.
Then, I tried to ground it with a little piece of tin foil, a scissor and some band to stick the tin foil which is attached to the grounding pin. And it just worked for me. I think that it will work for 2 pin prong as well with a little bit of imagination. Good luck.
A: I found a product with Grounded Plug (duckhead) as shown in the picture below that is a Schuko type for EU.
The grounding function is activated when the Apple Power Adapter ground pin and the plug ground pin are combined.
It says that you can buy it on Amazon now.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08JYWKTZ3?ref=myi_title_dp&th=1
Doodle Plug is available for Apple MacBook, iPad chargers in EU countries (Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Greece, etc.).
*
*Available for all Apple Chargers (Magsafe, USB Power adapters) with
ground pins
*Anti-static and device protection while charging Apple products
*Compatible with both Schuko type outlets, including the EU and Korea
*Significantly reduce iPad and iPhone touch errors (including Apple
Pencil) while charging
*Reduces the noise of earphones or speakers when charging
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11c8aab696a0d01aec59cd611fdb469909b4a91e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS 7 Change Carrier name/logo without Jailbreak I know it was possible in iOS 6 to change the carrier name (or logo) displayed in the status-bar.
Is there any way to do so in iOS 7, without jailbreaking the phone?
A: You can use Carrier Editor
CarrierEditor allows you to customise your iOS device’s carrier logo
Works on Mac OS X 10.6 or greater on any iOS without a jailbreak, but limited to devices that support a carrier.
CarrierEditor generates a modified version of a carrier update onto your desktop and you simply use iTunes to install it.
| Q: iOS 7 Change Carrier name/logo without Jailbreak I know it was possible in iOS 6 to change the carrier name (or logo) displayed in the status-bar.
Is there any way to do so in iOS 7, without jailbreaking the phone?
A: You can use Carrier Editor
CarrierEditor allows you to customise your iOS device’s carrier logo
Works on Mac OS X 10.6 or greater on any iOS without a jailbreak, but limited to devices that support a carrier.
CarrierEditor generates a modified version of a carrier update onto your desktop and you simply use iTunes to install it.
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86dab8a7f35a7748c7f6d6b95e88677841c9a20d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I stop GitHub Conduit? How do I stop GitHub Conduit and keep GitHub.app from reinstalling the job in launchd?
A: There are two steps to stopping GitHub Conduit: telling GitHub.app to not re-install the job with launchd and telling launchd to not run it anymore.
Disable Conduit installation:
defaults write com.github.GitHub GHShouldDisableConduit -bool yes
Remove launchd job:
launchctl remove com.github.GitHub.Conduit
| Q: How do I stop GitHub Conduit? How do I stop GitHub Conduit and keep GitHub.app from reinstalling the job in launchd?
A: There are two steps to stopping GitHub Conduit: telling GitHub.app to not re-install the job with launchd and telling launchd to not run it anymore.
Disable Conduit installation:
defaults write com.github.GitHub GHShouldDisableConduit -bool yes
Remove launchd job:
launchctl remove com.github.GitHub.Conduit
A: The Secrets Pref Pane for Mac has the ability to turn this off for you. It's an opensource tool for managing hidden things on your Mac. You can also turn it off at the Terminal with:
defaults write com.github.GitHub GHShouldDisableConduit -boolean yes
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8899b0d7abf55efa8f519fde2cd8d01d41be7bac | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How is Find my iPhone still working even when phone is turned off? My iPhone was stolen a few days ago and goes straight to voicemail when called, but still updates its location on Find my iPhone. Bottom line question is how is this possible if it is supposedly "offline"?
A: Perhaps it's out of cellular reception (or has had the SIM card removed) but has an active data connection through WiFi.
| Q: How is Find my iPhone still working even when phone is turned off? My iPhone was stolen a few days ago and goes straight to voicemail when called, but still updates its location on Find my iPhone. Bottom line question is how is this possible if it is supposedly "offline"?
A: Perhaps it's out of cellular reception (or has had the SIM card removed) but has an active data connection through WiFi.
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2c68fbb45672d1d01202787287359e24c7d40297 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac no longer saving screen shots When I try to take a screen shot (Command + Control + Shift + 4) I hear the camera shutter sound but no image appears on my desktop.
I Googled the problem and tried to change the saving location using the terminal command line as such:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/
but this did not change anything.
Would anyone know what I can do to fix?
A: If you have installed Dropbox it can change where/how screenshots are saved.
| Q: Mac no longer saving screen shots When I try to take a screen shot (Command + Control + Shift + 4) I hear the camera shutter sound but no image appears on my desktop.
I Googled the problem and tried to change the saving location using the terminal command line as such:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/
but this did not change anything.
Would anyone know what I can do to fix?
A: If you have installed Dropbox it can change where/how screenshots are saved.
A:
When I try to take a screen shot (Command + Control + Shift + 4)
That's the problem. The shortcut to put a screenshot on the desktop is just Command + Shift + 4 (or 3). Don't press the control key; when you do, it copies to the clipboard instead. That's why you're not getting a file on the desktop.
A: Same problem here: I couldn't see the screenshots on the Desktop anymore (also, I couldn't see them when I viewed the ~/Desktop directory in the finder. However, I checked the ~/Desktop via the Terminal app, and everything was there (indicating that I used the correct keys).
The simplest solution actually helped: I just relaunched the Finder and everything went back to normal!
A: You did all correct but missed the last line after changing the location.
To have the changes take effect, you then must type:
killall SystemUIServer
A: On my machine this happened (OS 10.9.5) I just had to restart (not reboot) and the desktop-save was restored. Better than that: the images that I thought hadn't been saved appeared as they should have.
A: As Mark had answered, the issue with the screenshots not saving to the desktop is that the OP was using the wrong keyboard shortcut. Command + CTRL + Shift + 4 does not save to the desktop... instead it saves to the clipboard.
A complete reference of screenshot commands is below, for those interested:
Saving to the desktop
Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Shift-4, then Space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
Saving to the clipboard
Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard
Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard
Command-Control-Shift-4, then Space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard
A: None of the previous answers worked for me but, with Mojave, this one did the trick.
Instead of doing Command+Shift+3:
*
*perform Command+Shift+5
*In the Options, make sure "Desktop" or "Other Location" is selected
*Also make sure that "Remmember Last Selection" is checked
*Perform a "Capture"
Then, next time you will do Command+Shift+3, it should be working.
A: Go to the DropBox Preferences and "unmark" 'Share screenshots using Dropbox'
A: I actually just got this problem, it was caused by my Desktop being locked for some reason. It may be worth checking whether that is the case.
More broadly, you can view your Mac's screenshot logs by launching the Console. The process you're looking for is screencaptureui. For me, with this error, I got a message:
error 07:34:49.747167 -0400 screencaptureui Failed to write screenshot to /Users/ifly6/Desktop//Screen Shot 2019-09-10 at 07.34.47.png. You don’t have permission to save the file “.Screen Shot 2019-09-10 at 07.34.47.png” in the folder “Desktop”.
A: Simply
CMD + SHIFT + 5 to pop the config bar.
Click Options and Make sure you have selected Save to Desktop or whatever you want to do every time you press CMD + SHIFT + 3
Now, some short explanation:
For my scenario, I use Quicktime a lot to record screen. Since macOS Catalina, Quicktime toolbar changed and somehow that same toolbar controls you screen-capture shortcut behavior. However, when you CMD + SHIFT + 5, that bar keeps its own configuration separate from Quicktime's.
A: At lease on Mac Yosemite, if you have Dropbox installed, this is a default setting in Dropbox. You can select if you want the older "put the screenshot on the desktop" method, or if you want to integrate your screenshots with Dropbox.
Go to Dropbox > Preferences > Import > Screenshots and check or uncheck the option to "Share screenshots using Dropbox". With this box unchecked, your screenshots will save to the desktop.
A: I upgraded to el Capitan and found the shift-cmd-4 had stopped working. Tried everything mentioned above and elsewhere. Have got it working again but only by re-programming the shortcut to Ctrl-p (reminds me of my old Microsoft days...)
via System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Screenshots. Hope this helps!
A: I have a mac mini and my screen shot stopped working this morning.
This is what I did and so far it is working:
Go to system preferences
click on spot light - at bottom I saw yellow warning symbols
click on warning symbol
new dialog appears
click on (screen shots) and DESELECT ALL but third option
(Save picture of selected area as a file) leave as command/shift/4
Snap shot now works and saves file to my desktop.
A: I was having this problem too, I was using Command-Shift-4, then select an area: It did the sound like it would take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop . . . but previously it had been linked to dropbox. So because dropbox wasn't running correctly, it wasn't doing anything. I reopened the dropbox application and that got things sorted.
A: I couldn't find my screenshots either so I asked Siri on my Mac "find last screenshots" and she took me to the latest ones I had taken. From there, I went to the Finder search and I typed in the name of the last screenshot I took, which in my case was screenshot 2017... (I still had the Siri open to see the name) and I found them on the Finder. Finally, I saved the shortcut to the desktop with a button on the right hand corner and I don't know why but now they show up directly on my desktop again. Hope this helps someone :)
A: Just relaunch Finder and you'll be back to normal. Easy peasy.
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4124e63beb1edf3618be898d51c865a1ba9e4f53 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is the screen dry or wet? I got caught in the rain yesterday, my iPhone 5 was in my pocket. Some water got into it. Here`s the picture, moisture is under screen surface:
Question is: which area is dry and which is wet? Dark one or light one?
I am asking, because the next day dark area increased in size to whole screen size. And now whole screen is dark. I wonder, is now my whole screen dry or is it wet.
A: I've once got water in a Dell (work)laptop and it started to get lighter and lighter the further water got. This is because the screen is built with multiple layers and you got water between them.
I would definately recommend you to shut down the device and put it in rice.
| Q: Is the screen dry or wet? I got caught in the rain yesterday, my iPhone 5 was in my pocket. Some water got into it. Here`s the picture, moisture is under screen surface:
Question is: which area is dry and which is wet? Dark one or light one?
I am asking, because the next day dark area increased in size to whole screen size. And now whole screen is dark. I wonder, is now my whole screen dry or is it wet.
A: I've once got water in a Dell (work)laptop and it started to get lighter and lighter the further water got. This is because the screen is built with multiple layers and you got water between them.
I would definately recommend you to shut down the device and put it in rice.
A: I think Silica gel would work also and could absorb moisture a bit faster I am not so sure because I haven't tried it yet.
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5eff44a0561af0e3100d6bc112971beba89aa2d0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to hide audio volume pop over? How can I disable/hide this automatic volume level pop over that appears when changing the sound level. Is there switch or secret flag to not show this when I change the volume using the volume keys on the keyboard (Macbook)?
A: I found an answer here
Basically it is going to
/System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin/Contents/Resources/BezelUI/HiDPI/.
You'll see there a lot of pdf-pictures, one of them volume.pdf. You'll want to overwrite that one (backup the old one!) with an empty .pdf. You can also overwrite the mute.pdf, but I dont think that is necessary in movies.
When you open this PDF in Preview, you will see a white square, by default, Preview will show transparency as 'white'. As the illustration is white, and the transparency is white, you will see a white square instead of the white volume logo. You can turn the white transparency off. Go to View, Show Image Background (AltCommandB)
| Q: How to hide audio volume pop over? How can I disable/hide this automatic volume level pop over that appears when changing the sound level. Is there switch or secret flag to not show this when I change the volume using the volume keys on the keyboard (Macbook)?
A: I found an answer here
Basically it is going to
/System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin/Contents/Resources/BezelUI/HiDPI/.
You'll see there a lot of pdf-pictures, one of them volume.pdf. You'll want to overwrite that one (backup the old one!) with an empty .pdf. You can also overwrite the mute.pdf, but I dont think that is necessary in movies.
When you open this PDF in Preview, you will see a white square, by default, Preview will show transparency as 'white'. As the illustration is white, and the transparency is white, you will see a white square instead of the white volume logo. You can turn the white transparency off. Go to View, Show Image Background (AltCommandB)
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678ee6209046ebf51d56174dd8bc244662eeb0f0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Select non-contiguous text / words anywhere How do I select text that is not together separately, for example:
ThiS is SomE sampLe teXt
or...
THIS is SOME SAMPLE text
(I want the characters in capitals to be selected).
I know I can use Option + Select text in Word and TextEdit, but I'm looking for a universal method to do this (not just in text editors - I want to do this in Safari, Chrome etc...)
| Q: Select non-contiguous text / words anywhere How do I select text that is not together separately, for example:
ThiS is SomE sampLe teXt
or...
THIS is SOME SAMPLE text
(I want the characters in capitals to be selected).
I know I can use Option + Select text in Word and TextEdit, but I'm looking for a universal method to do this (not just in text editors - I want to do this in Safari, Chrome etc...)
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/131840"
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83f9063b37a470cee517f47e7ef7bb1e1c6bf5e0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is opencv not using all cores after upgrading to Mavericks? I'm running a CPU intensive command on Mavericks (Opencv_traincasscade). Under Mountain Lion the process used to use all 8 cores all the way though. However after upgrading it drops to 1 core after a short time.
Could this be app nap? Is there anything I can do to fix this?
A: Being able to use multiple-cores or threads is dependent on the process. This is not AppNap or OS X causing the change.
Your process, opencv_traincascade, may be resource constrained after a few moments and thus reduced to queuing up tasks as it waits for disk access or another limited resource.
In this case you may need to switch to a different build of OpenCV:
Note that opencv_traincascade application can use TBB for multi-threading. To use it in multicore mode OpenCV must be built with TBB.
*
*Cascade Classifier Training
*How do I build OpenCV with TBB?
Installing OpenCV with TBB via brew:
brew install opencv --with-tbb
| Q: Why is opencv not using all cores after upgrading to Mavericks? I'm running a CPU intensive command on Mavericks (Opencv_traincasscade). Under Mountain Lion the process used to use all 8 cores all the way though. However after upgrading it drops to 1 core after a short time.
Could this be app nap? Is there anything I can do to fix this?
A: Being able to use multiple-cores or threads is dependent on the process. This is not AppNap or OS X causing the change.
Your process, opencv_traincascade, may be resource constrained after a few moments and thus reduced to queuing up tasks as it waits for disk access or another limited resource.
In this case you may need to switch to a different build of OpenCV:
Note that opencv_traincascade application can use TBB for multi-threading. To use it in multicore mode OpenCV must be built with TBB.
*
*Cascade Classifier Training
*How do I build OpenCV with TBB?
Installing OpenCV with TBB via brew:
brew install opencv --with-tbb
A: Graham Miln was correct - the OpenCV installation was wrong.
To verify this:
otool -L /usr/local/lib/libopencv_core.2.4.9.dylib
# Look for libtbb.dylib in the response,
# if missing you need to reinstall with tbb.
To fix this (assuming you installed with homebrew):
brew uninstall opencv
brew info opencv # This will tell you about other flags you might be interested in.
brew install opencv --with-tbb # Simples! :)
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9023a85feacdd032863aca33699bc39e12205077 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: GIMP doesn't open I installed gimp from macports on my MacBook Air Mavericks. When I launch GIMP 2.8 from launchpad it pops up in dock for a second and vanishes.
system log shows
26/05/14 8:43:28.086 pm com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[149]: (org.gimp.GIMP.56000[372]) Exited with code: 1
and also I did
$ /Applications/MacPorts/GIMP.app/Contents/MacOS/GIMP
(GIMP:1219): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Cannot open display:
A: The MacPORTs version of GIMP isn't really well maintained. It should be doing a native build but from your error log it looks like it's doing an X11 build. Having to run an X11 server to use GIMP would be...silly, right?
Since GIMP 2.8.2 it's been available as a native app for OS X. No need to install it via MacPORTS, no need for an X11 server to be running to use it. My suggestion is you ditch the MacPORTs version and get it directly from here: http://gimp.org/downloads -- you'll save yourself a ton of dependency headaches. It'll Just Work(tm).
| Q: GIMP doesn't open I installed gimp from macports on my MacBook Air Mavericks. When I launch GIMP 2.8 from launchpad it pops up in dock for a second and vanishes.
system log shows
26/05/14 8:43:28.086 pm com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[149]: (org.gimp.GIMP.56000[372]) Exited with code: 1
and also I did
$ /Applications/MacPorts/GIMP.app/Contents/MacOS/GIMP
(GIMP:1219): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Cannot open display:
A: The MacPORTs version of GIMP isn't really well maintained. It should be doing a native build but from your error log it looks like it's doing an X11 build. Having to run an X11 server to use GIMP would be...silly, right?
Since GIMP 2.8.2 it's been available as a native app for OS X. No need to install it via MacPORTS, no need for an X11 server to be running to use it. My suggestion is you ditch the MacPORTs version and get it directly from here: http://gimp.org/downloads -- you'll save yourself a ton of dependency headaches. It'll Just Work(tm).
A: There is no specific reason to suspect a permission from what you have described.
Could you elaborate on what exactly you have installed, from where you got it, and how you installed it?
If you download the pre-compiled binary from gimp.org for OS X (Native Build) and get version 2.8.2 or later (preferably get the newest version 2.8.10) - the installation package should be self-contained.
If you have installed an earlier version, you need to install an X11 environment first. If this is a new Mavericks installed, you need to download and install XQuartz before it will run. Note: This is only if you install an old version of GIMP - I would recommend simply installing the latest version.
If you have already installed the latest version of the native build of GIMP from gimp.org, then try this approach to finding the reason for the program not starting:
*
*Open Terminal.app
*Run command: open /Applications/GIMP.app
(or whatever the application is called on your system)
Check the terminal window for error messages that could indicate the reason for the program not starting up correctly.
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c4b6302e0e5b799f49dcb8b8a587654a681e740c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to change the default shell in iTerm? I'm having some difficulties in changing the value of $SHELL in OSX's iTerm app. iTerm is starting in /bin/zsh, but the value of $SHELL doesn't seem to change.
What I've done:
*
*Changed "command" as /bin/zsh in iTerm's configuration window.
*Executed chsh to change the shell to /bin/zsh.
*Confirmed iTerm is started in /bin/zsh
NOTE #1: In OSX's stock terminal app, "Terminal.app":
echo $SHELL
/bin/zsh
NOTE #2: In OSX's popular terminal app, "iTerm.app":
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
$ echo $USER
$ melvkim
$ chsh -s /bin/zsh
Changing shell for melvkim.
Password for melvkim:
chsh: no changes made
A: I had a similar issue but I resolved it by executing the command chsh -s /bin/zsh in the terminal,then navigated to
Terminal -> Preferences -> General window
and changed the Shells open with: option to Default login shell while the command (complete path) set to /bin/zsh.This should solve your problem.
| Q: How to change the default shell in iTerm? I'm having some difficulties in changing the value of $SHELL in OSX's iTerm app. iTerm is starting in /bin/zsh, but the value of $SHELL doesn't seem to change.
What I've done:
*
*Changed "command" as /bin/zsh in iTerm's configuration window.
*Executed chsh to change the shell to /bin/zsh.
*Confirmed iTerm is started in /bin/zsh
NOTE #1: In OSX's stock terminal app, "Terminal.app":
echo $SHELL
/bin/zsh
NOTE #2: In OSX's popular terminal app, "iTerm.app":
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
$ echo $USER
$ melvkim
$ chsh -s /bin/zsh
Changing shell for melvkim.
Password for melvkim:
chsh: no changes made
A: I had a similar issue but I resolved it by executing the command chsh -s /bin/zsh in the terminal,then navigated to
Terminal -> Preferences -> General window
and changed the Shells open with: option to Default login shell while the command (complete path) set to /bin/zsh.This should solve your problem.
A: Look here for the excellent explanation and solution posted by @mklement0 [in relation to a bash upgrade problem.
I had a similar problem in doing the opposite on my system (OS X 10.10.1): making bash the default login shell again after I had installed oh-my-zsh, which made zsh the default, and then upgrading bash from 3.2.53 to 4.3.30 using Homebrew (why is Apple shipping Yosemite with an old bash version?).
I think the SHELL environment variable reflects but does not control the actual default login shell for the user. For example, if, say, bash was your default and you open a new bash shell window from terminal then $ export SHELL="/bin/zsh"; echo "$SHELL" would show /bin/zsh but no actual change will occur because if you open a new shell window from terminal and do $ echo $0 then you would see -bash ($0 contains the name and path of the command that started the shell window, in this case bash, and the - next to it indicates that it is a login shell).
As @mklement0 pointed out the actual default login shell for the user is controlled by the UserShell property in the user's record in the system's internal database - this can be queried and updated using the command line utility dscl. This information will passed to your terminal app when you open a shell window.
What chsh -s /bin/zsh does is change this UserShell property to set it to zsh - you can check this by doing dscl . -read /Users/$USER/ UserShell immediately afterwards, and you will see UserShell: /bin/zsh. But the change is not effected in the current window, until you do something like exec su - $USER as suggested by @mklement0, or until you close and open a shell window.
A: The problem was the "iTerm" app's conflicting settings with the shell. To resolve, I've reset "login shell" command in iTerm preference window:
iTerm.app -> Preferences -> Profiles -> General -> Command -> Click on "Login shell"
Then, I executed chsh to modify it as /bin/zsh.
To reproduce the problem (having $SHELL set as /bin/bash/, even though the login shell is /bin/zsh), I just had to change "iTerm" setting back to "Command: /bin/zsh/".
A: The -s flag for chsh only attempts to change the shell, and probably fails due to Open Directory: The usual UNIX system 'chsh' would modify the /etc/passwd entry. However, I was able to run chsh with no arguments, which gave me an editor, and the following information:
# Changing user information for nevin.
# Use "passwd" to change the password.
##
# Open Directory: /Local/Default
##
Shell: /bin/tcsh
Full Name: Nevin Williams
Office Location:
Office Phone:
Home Phone:
I was able to edit the "Shell:" entry to /bin/zsh, and subsequent Terminal windows opened with a Z-shell prompt.
A: Try executing the command: chsh -s /bin/zsh from the default Mac terminal.
A: I had a similar issue. The Terminal would open into bash. csh -s /bin/zsh would fail with an error. Examining the default shell in System Preferences->Users by control-clicking on my user showed /bin/zsh was set. dscl showed /bin/zsh was set. I tried resetting Terminal->Preferences to /bin/zsh. That also failed.
Ultimately, it turned out there was a lockfile. Going to ~/Library/Preferences, I deleted com.apple.Terminal.plist.lockfile and com.apple.Terminal.plist. That fixed the problem. On the next startup, zsh loaded correctly in the terminal.
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db6d131be2341c480888bc2afbd0284877a83a4d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you rotate a cell in Numbers (3.2)? I want to rotate the header row by 45 degrees to look like this (from Excel).
How do you do this in Numbers?
A: This is currently not possible within cells.
As a workaround, you can change the angle of the text labels for the X axis on a chart and use this as the header for your table.
Alternatively, you can create text boxes and rotate these.
You can provide feedback to Apple regarding this on the following page:
*
*https://www.apple.com/feedback/numbers.html
| Q: How do you rotate a cell in Numbers (3.2)? I want to rotate the header row by 45 degrees to look like this (from Excel).
How do you do this in Numbers?
A: This is currently not possible within cells.
As a workaround, you can change the angle of the text labels for the X axis on a chart and use this as the header for your table.
Alternatively, you can create text boxes and rotate these.
You can provide feedback to Apple regarding this on the following page:
*
*https://www.apple.com/feedback/numbers.html
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1157888ad3ca5fdead3eb44c03335879a579fcf6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to export iMessages from OS X app onto new iPhone? Just got a new iphone 5s and I'd like to export the messages from the 'Messages' OS X app on my computer to the iPhone's messages app. Any idea how to do this?
A: This is currently not possible on a non-jailbroken iOS device.
| Q: How to export iMessages from OS X app onto new iPhone? Just got a new iphone 5s and I'd like to export the messages from the 'Messages' OS X app on my computer to the iPhone's messages app. Any idea how to do this?
A: This is currently not possible on a non-jailbroken iOS device.
A: Your messages are saved on Mavericks in the
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages
You can saved them as text file (email) to your iPhone but not as individual messages that would work with iPhone message app. This way you would at least have the history if you need to look up.
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aea1182ab9880a0c790a10ad47aeaec94f54a7e4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: nvram boot-args to boot in target disk mode I'd like a Mac to always boot in target disk mode. Similarly to setting
sudo nvram boot-args="-v"
which boots in verbose mode, I tried
sudo nvram boot-args="-t"
but to no avail. Any idea?
A: From this (very useful!) page : http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-manage-os-x-boot-options-with-wireless-keyboards/
I found the answer you want. And I quote:
The "boot-args" variable can be used for setting the above modes. but in addition if you need to load the system into Target Disk mode, you can do so by setting the "target-mode" PRAM variable in the following way (this will be enabled only once for the next time the system is started):
sudo nvram target-mode=1
It looks like you can't get it to do that on every boot - but you could write a startup script that waited for a minute then set that parameter again then rebooted. Note that without the delay, you would never be able to boot the machine again :)
Then if you ever did want to start the machine not in Target Disk Mode, you would simply kill the startup script while it was waiting for the minute.
| Q: nvram boot-args to boot in target disk mode I'd like a Mac to always boot in target disk mode. Similarly to setting
sudo nvram boot-args="-v"
which boots in verbose mode, I tried
sudo nvram boot-args="-t"
but to no avail. Any idea?
A: From this (very useful!) page : http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-manage-os-x-boot-options-with-wireless-keyboards/
I found the answer you want. And I quote:
The "boot-args" variable can be used for setting the above modes. but in addition if you need to load the system into Target Disk mode, you can do so by setting the "target-mode" PRAM variable in the following way (this will be enabled only once for the next time the system is started):
sudo nvram target-mode=1
It looks like you can't get it to do that on every boot - but you could write a startup script that waited for a minute then set that parameter again then rebooted. Note that without the delay, you would never be able to boot the machine again :)
Then if you ever did want to start the machine not in Target Disk Mode, you would simply kill the startup script while it was waiting for the minute.
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56ed4de59e53c7d53d005cc3ea8dabd08807597d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to make MacBook automatically connect to different wifi networks as desired? My main router is located in the living room and creates a wifi hotspot, call it X. I've created an additional wifi hotspot in my bedroom, call it Y, using two powerline adaptors.
How do I make my MacBook automatically connect to X while I'm in the living room and to Y while I'm in the bedroom. Thanks.
A: OS X will connect to the Wi-Fi network with the strongest signal, although it won't switch immediately between networks to avoid disruption to the connection.
You can alleviate this by having the same SSID for both networks, which will cause OS X to see them as a single network and switch between them automatically.
| Q: How to make MacBook automatically connect to different wifi networks as desired? My main router is located in the living room and creates a wifi hotspot, call it X. I've created an additional wifi hotspot in my bedroom, call it Y, using two powerline adaptors.
How do I make my MacBook automatically connect to X while I'm in the living room and to Y while I'm in the bedroom. Thanks.
A: OS X will connect to the Wi-Fi network with the strongest signal, although it won't switch immediately between networks to avoid disruption to the connection.
You can alleviate this by having the same SSID for both networks, which will cause OS X to see them as a single network and switch between them automatically.
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c224dc577be63fdb5633ff40acb68c98f631d43f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bash or sh cannot execute any binary files While I am able to execute binaries, when the terminal is open, if I type:
/bin/bash make
or
/bin/sh ls
I get:
/usr/bin/make: /usr/bin/make: cannot execute binary file
Why is that? I am on Mavericks, and I have installed the latest Command Line Tools of XCode.
I want to use bash to execute make, because I want to setup external build tools for AppCode.
Cheers
A: When you call /bin/bash with only one argument, you can only run scripts. Not binaries. This has nothing to do with the tools you installed, it's just the behavior described in the man page.
/bin/bash -c ls should do what you want.
| Q: Bash or sh cannot execute any binary files While I am able to execute binaries, when the terminal is open, if I type:
/bin/bash make
or
/bin/sh ls
I get:
/usr/bin/make: /usr/bin/make: cannot execute binary file
Why is that? I am on Mavericks, and I have installed the latest Command Line Tools of XCode.
I want to use bash to execute make, because I want to setup external build tools for AppCode.
Cheers
A: When you call /bin/bash with only one argument, you can only run scripts. Not binaries. This has nothing to do with the tools you installed, it's just the behavior described in the man page.
/bin/bash -c ls should do what you want.
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2b23765724a0ee5c8b1ef3d01cc7cc9e6d31c186 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I create a Pivot Table in Numbers 3.2? I'm new to Numbers and currently using Numbers 3.2.
I already have an idea of how to use SUMIFS to create Pivot Tables in Numbers, but I'm still looking for a better way to generate the column & row names.
For example, if I have:
A B C
red left 2
red left 3
green left 4
green right 4
I want to be able to get:
red green all
left 5 4 9
right 0 4 4
all 5 8 13
When the dataset is 2x2, I can simply retype the column & row names.
But if the dataset is 20x10,000...
I read that they have this category feature in Numbers '09, but how do I implement it in Numbers 3.2?
| Q: How do I create a Pivot Table in Numbers 3.2? I'm new to Numbers and currently using Numbers 3.2.
I already have an idea of how to use SUMIFS to create Pivot Tables in Numbers, but I'm still looking for a better way to generate the column & row names.
For example, if I have:
A B C
red left 2
red left 3
green left 4
green right 4
I want to be able to get:
red green all
left 5 4 9
right 0 4 4
all 5 8 13
When the dataset is 2x2, I can simply retype the column & row names.
But if the dataset is 20x10,000...
I read that they have this category feature in Numbers '09, but how do I implement it in Numbers 3.2?
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139883eaa367d1aa55df3aa3487d541b61e0bf1e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: bonjour/mdns repeater? I would like to put my wifi network and my wired network (in a small office) on separate vlans to cut down on broadcasts/multicasts on the wifi.
(right now it's all in one big vlan, and it's getting out of hand.)
One problem that's come up is that wireless devices cannot see the Bonjour announcements of wired devices if they are on different VLANs. eg. a wired printer, or apple tv for airplay...
It seems potentially possible to setup a mdns/bonjour repeater that sits on both networks and let's some announcements flow back and forth..
Has anyone attempted this sort of setup?
Ideally I would filter/whitelist which devices would be echo'd to both networks...
A: If you have a Linux/BSD computer connected to both the networks, you can use the mDNS responder Avahi to reflect the bonjour traffic between the two networks.
The relevant Avahi configuration (avahi-daemon.conf) is a section like this:
[reflector]
enable-reflector=yes
Here's another relevant SE thread with answers:
What, exactly, is required to make Airplay work across VLANs?
I have successfully used Avahi on my Soekris router (running FreeBSD) for several years to solve this problem.
| Q: bonjour/mdns repeater? I would like to put my wifi network and my wired network (in a small office) on separate vlans to cut down on broadcasts/multicasts on the wifi.
(right now it's all in one big vlan, and it's getting out of hand.)
One problem that's come up is that wireless devices cannot see the Bonjour announcements of wired devices if they are on different VLANs. eg. a wired printer, or apple tv for airplay...
It seems potentially possible to setup a mdns/bonjour repeater that sits on both networks and let's some announcements flow back and forth..
Has anyone attempted this sort of setup?
Ideally I would filter/whitelist which devices would be echo'd to both networks...
A: If you have a Linux/BSD computer connected to both the networks, you can use the mDNS responder Avahi to reflect the bonjour traffic between the two networks.
The relevant Avahi configuration (avahi-daemon.conf) is a section like this:
[reflector]
enable-reflector=yes
Here's another relevant SE thread with answers:
What, exactly, is required to make Airplay work across VLANs?
I have successfully used Avahi on my Soekris router (running FreeBSD) for several years to solve this problem.
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d67c76485d5f9dd016ac15e57b0296aae08d9ccd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where are the popcorn time temporary files stored on OS X Mavericks? I want to find the location of temporary files created by popcorn time so that I can stream via the chromecast player to my TV. I can find that on Windows but don't know where is it located on Mac.
A: In the Popcorn Time program, click the settings Cog in the top right corner to open the settings page.
At the top of the SETTINGS page, checkmark SHOW ADVANCED SETTINGS.
Scroll down to CACHE DIRECTORY settings.
The default setting is to clear the cache folder when you close the program.
Uncheck this option so that the movies you watch will stay in the temporary folder. You can click the folder icon next to the cache filename path to open the Temporary PopcornTime folder in Finder.
| Q: Where are the popcorn time temporary files stored on OS X Mavericks? I want to find the location of temporary files created by popcorn time so that I can stream via the chromecast player to my TV. I can find that on Windows but don't know where is it located on Mac.
A: In the Popcorn Time program, click the settings Cog in the top right corner to open the settings page.
At the top of the SETTINGS page, checkmark SHOW ADVANCED SETTINGS.
Scroll down to CACHE DIRECTORY settings.
The default setting is to clear the cache folder when you close the program.
Uncheck this option so that the movies you watch will stay in the temporary folder. You can click the folder icon next to the cache filename path to open the Temporary PopcornTime folder in Finder.
A: With Popcorn Time for MacOS, version 6.2.1.17, the videos are stored in ~/Downloads/PopcornTime by default.
In Settings -> Download, there is an option to choose your own place for it. Next to it is a blue link to "Open folder", which brings up a Finder window.
A: Looks like in the latest version installed today (10/8/14, not sure how to tell version from app) there is a "PopcornTime" folder in your "Downloads" folder.
A: Folder name changed, use:
open $TMPDIR/Butter
A: Start a Terminal and use
find / -name filename.abc
find is a unix command with a large set of options but basically it is find [path...] [expression]. If you search the whole filesystem / you will get permission errors, use
sudo find / -name filename.abc
to avoid this. Here is its manpage.
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72b1fdd9d994ede167dbd12b9378a0f1620ec8a9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to backup ePubs and pdfs to iCloud Is it even possible? I have hundreds of books in all these formats sitting in my iBooks library on my Mac. Now, I do notice that I can safely delete my iBooks (purchased off iBooks Store) from my local library and the titles still show in my list, with a little cloud icon saying the book is still available for download off iCloud. Is there any way to do the same for books in other formats, i.e. PDF and ePub? I would love to move my entire library to iCloud and free up local space if this were possible.
A: Just drag your files ePub and PDF files in your iBooks and it will be synced through your devices(provided they use the same iCloud ID). ePubs should appear under books and PDF will have a category of their own.
| Q: How to backup ePubs and pdfs to iCloud Is it even possible? I have hundreds of books in all these formats sitting in my iBooks library on my Mac. Now, I do notice that I can safely delete my iBooks (purchased off iBooks Store) from my local library and the titles still show in my list, with a little cloud icon saying the book is still available for download off iCloud. Is there any way to do the same for books in other formats, i.e. PDF and ePub? I would love to move my entire library to iCloud and free up local space if this were possible.
A: Just drag your files ePub and PDF files in your iBooks and it will be synced through your devices(provided they use the same iCloud ID). ePubs should appear under books and PDF will have a category of their own.
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762431cb4a7c91fa632ac477f48b21021f8c8716 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: hdiutil: compact failed – Function not implemented When compacting a sparse image with the hdiutil compact command, it fails with the message hdiutil: compact failed – Function not implemented.
A: The error message is pretty unclear, but one reason might be that you are not connected to the power outlet. Compacting a disk image might be a long and intensive task, and sometimes the OS denies it when you are running on battery to avoid any risk of data loss.
If you are positive that you have enough battery power to complete the task, you may overrun the limitation by adding the -batteryallowed flag:
hdiutil compact my.sparseimage -batteryallowed
| Q: hdiutil: compact failed – Function not implemented When compacting a sparse image with the hdiutil compact command, it fails with the message hdiutil: compact failed – Function not implemented.
A: The error message is pretty unclear, but one reason might be that you are not connected to the power outlet. Compacting a disk image might be a long and intensive task, and sometimes the OS denies it when you are running on battery to avoid any risk of data loss.
If you are positive that you have enough battery power to complete the task, you may overrun the limitation by adding the -batteryallowed flag:
hdiutil compact my.sparseimage -batteryallowed
A: You may need to run the command as root :
sudo hdiutil compact <sparseimage>
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4dfa05e33be02221dd16909ec35c7a420808c97f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Show hidden files in SELECT folder only How do I show hidden files in one directory only? I have a development folder that I'd like to see hidden files in, but I don't want to see hidden files anywhere else on my computer.
Here is the code I tried in the terminal to show all hidden files but it's not what I want. Thanks!
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
A: This isn't possible. You can either show all hidden files or hide all hidden files. This setting can't be set for individual folders.
See this Super User question regarding .htaccess
| Q: Show hidden files in SELECT folder only How do I show hidden files in one directory only? I have a development folder that I'd like to see hidden files in, but I don't want to see hidden files anywhere else on my computer.
Here is the code I tried in the terminal to show all hidden files but it's not what I want. Thanks!
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
A: This isn't possible. You can either show all hidden files or hide all hidden files. This setting can't be set for individual folders.
See this Super User question regarding .htaccess
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fbff44a49c0389487ffe483776eca7d295f74efd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I resubmit a podcast to iTunes after Apple has rejected it once? Apple rejected my initial podcast submission but their rejection wasn't particularly informative.
The email I got from iTunes is the following
Dear podcast owner,
The following podcast has not been included in the iTunes podcast directory.
Name: The Bottom :: Radio Breakout Feed URL: http://www.radiobreakout.com.au/podcast?podcast=thebottom
Submissions may not be included in the directory for a variety of reasons. For more information, please see the podcast technical specification at http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html.
Regards,
The iTunes Store team
I can't see any errors; it is a valid RSS/XML feed. When I added it manually to iTunes it downloaded and played the show correctly so the feed does work.
The feed is available at:
http://www.radiobreakout.com.au/podcast?podcast=thebottom
I've updated the feed slightly since trying to submit the podcast and I'd like to try again but I cannot see how to resubmit the podcast once it has been rejected. Is this possible? If so, can someone walk me through the resubmission process?
A: The RSS has an invalid '.' at the end of it
</channel>.
fix that and it should be ok
| Q: How do I resubmit a podcast to iTunes after Apple has rejected it once? Apple rejected my initial podcast submission but their rejection wasn't particularly informative.
The email I got from iTunes is the following
Dear podcast owner,
The following podcast has not been included in the iTunes podcast directory.
Name: The Bottom :: Radio Breakout Feed URL: http://www.radiobreakout.com.au/podcast?podcast=thebottom
Submissions may not be included in the directory for a variety of reasons. For more information, please see the podcast technical specification at http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html.
Regards,
The iTunes Store team
I can't see any errors; it is a valid RSS/XML feed. When I added it manually to iTunes it downloaded and played the show correctly so the feed does work.
The feed is available at:
http://www.radiobreakout.com.au/podcast?podcast=thebottom
I've updated the feed slightly since trying to submit the podcast and I'd like to try again but I cannot see how to resubmit the podcast once it has been rejected. Is this possible? If so, can someone walk me through the resubmission process?
A: The RSS has an invalid '.' at the end of it
</channel>.
fix that and it should be ok
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f27354c7f5be92f319973f2fc31ef7e5d9c895c6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does my desktop picture not change correctly? If I go into the Desktop & Screensaver preference pane to change my desktop background.
The result is that my normal desktop has the old picture I wanted to change:
If, however, I go into Mission Control to change to another virtual desktop, both thumbnails show the correct wallpaper.
How can I correct this issue?
A: *
*Open Finder and press the keyboard combination: ShiftCommandG
*From the "Go To Folder" popup window that appears, enter the following bolded path (just copy and paste it):
~/Library/Application Support/Dock/desktoppicture.db
*
*Move the file to your Trash.
*Log out of the account and log back in.
Explanation:
There's no property list for Desktop settings in Mavericks, as there was in previous OSXs. Instead, the Desktop values are stored in the database file mentioned above, which I assumed (correctly, here) was corrupted. Deleting it is non-destructive, as it automatically regenerates once you log out and log back in.
| Q: Why does my desktop picture not change correctly? If I go into the Desktop & Screensaver preference pane to change my desktop background.
The result is that my normal desktop has the old picture I wanted to change:
If, however, I go into Mission Control to change to another virtual desktop, both thumbnails show the correct wallpaper.
How can I correct this issue?
A: *
*Open Finder and press the keyboard combination: ShiftCommandG
*From the "Go To Folder" popup window that appears, enter the following bolded path (just copy and paste it):
~/Library/Application Support/Dock/desktoppicture.db
*
*Move the file to your Trash.
*Log out of the account and log back in.
Explanation:
There's no property list for Desktop settings in Mavericks, as there was in previous OSXs. Instead, the Desktop values are stored in the database file mentioned above, which I assumed (correctly, here) was corrupted. Deleting it is non-destructive, as it automatically regenerates once you log out and log back in.
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3a541a3ca150bca0076363ab5a8239d20ed971ca | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Multiple Airport Extremes in bridge mode slow down over time as they are used I have two Airport Extremes connected to a Vigor2820 router which acts as the DCHP server. There is not any conflict with IP addresses.
The Airport Extremes are set to create a Roaming Network and work fine for while. After a period, can be hours or even a day or so the Internet Connection slows from 6 Mbps to virtually nothing. I have established that if I disconnect the Ethernet cable or restart one of the Airport Extremes the speed goes back to normal.
Both are set to bridge mode.
I have tried swapping the location of the bases but that doesn't make any difference.
How can I stabilize this setup so I don't have the gradual slowdown and the need to restart one of the Airport Extreme stations so often?
| Q: Multiple Airport Extremes in bridge mode slow down over time as they are used I have two Airport Extremes connected to a Vigor2820 router which acts as the DCHP server. There is not any conflict with IP addresses.
The Airport Extremes are set to create a Roaming Network and work fine for while. After a period, can be hours or even a day or so the Internet Connection slows from 6 Mbps to virtually nothing. I have established that if I disconnect the Ethernet cable or restart one of the Airport Extremes the speed goes back to normal.
Both are set to bridge mode.
I have tried swapping the location of the bases but that doesn't make any difference.
How can I stabilize this setup so I don't have the gradual slowdown and the need to restart one of the Airport Extreme stations so often?
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0a8117c9df9e44b55d34ffa4c4fc4728372747bf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X Terminal displaying ö when typing | It's the first time this has happened to me. Does anyone know why this could be happening?
I think I configured something wrong in the keyboard settings.
This is working fine in Word 2011, for example.
A: It probably has something to do with the "Automatically switch to a document's input source" option in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Input Sources, which allows you to have different output sources for different applications/tabs/documents. Simply uncheck that to only use one keyboard layout for all applications
| Q: OS X Terminal displaying ö when typing | It's the first time this has happened to me. Does anyone know why this could be happening?
I think I configured something wrong in the keyboard settings.
This is working fine in Word 2011, for example.
A: It probably has something to do with the "Automatically switch to a document's input source" option in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Input Sources, which allows you to have different output sources for different applications/tabs/documents. Simply uncheck that to only use one keyboard layout for all applications
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ce61197b723cc2ca0ce6968c4e3ceb1295b9035d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I browse all the words in single list view in the Mavericks dictionary? So I'm riding the Mavericks to a rodeo - OS X 10.9.2 :)
The built-in dictionary is way cool, but is there a way to browse all the words in the dictionary? Like, there will be a list of all words on the left of the screen, from "A" to the very last word, say "zygote (or not^^)". So can I browse all words, rather than look up a certain word?
A: I think the best you can do in the built-in Dictionary.app is type a single letter in the search box, like "a" and get a list of up to a 1000 words that begin with it.
You could also write a simple app of your own and use Apple's API for accessing the system dictionaries: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/DictionaryServicesProgGuide/access/access.html
| Q: Can I browse all the words in single list view in the Mavericks dictionary? So I'm riding the Mavericks to a rodeo - OS X 10.9.2 :)
The built-in dictionary is way cool, but is there a way to browse all the words in the dictionary? Like, there will be a list of all words on the left of the screen, from "A" to the very last word, say "zygote (or not^^)". So can I browse all words, rather than look up a certain word?
A: I think the best you can do in the built-in Dictionary.app is type a single letter in the search box, like "a" and get a list of up to a 1000 words that begin with it.
You could also write a simple app of your own and use Apple's API for accessing the system dictionaries: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/DictionaryServicesProgGuide/access/access.html
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2fb72d3fe2a47f5b5bd913e31a9ab43b790df529 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Play Windows games on OS X I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro (non-Retina). I was a Windows user from 2001 until May 11th, and I used to play a lot of casual games for Windows, e.g. Big Fish's Mystery case files series (Ravenhearst 1, 2, and 3, 13th skull, Dire Grove).
What do you recommend? Boot Camp or Wine?
Thank you in advance!
EDIT
What about WineBottler? http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/
A: I'd recommend WineBottler; I have about 30 apps and games that work great with Wine. A few pointers though:
*
*Check the Wine Application Database for various apps. This shows what version of Wine, what winetricks you need and what workarounds may be required.
Disclaimer: I'm a super maintainer
*Check the official system requirements for the program/game. For older games, this will state which version of .NET or other framework is required—make sure you select the same version in WineBottler to be installed in the new prefix.
*For programs that don't work, you can create a blank prefix with various frameworks installed and try combinations of winetricks without needing a new prefix each time.
| Q: Play Windows games on OS X I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro (non-Retina). I was a Windows user from 2001 until May 11th, and I used to play a lot of casual games for Windows, e.g. Big Fish's Mystery case files series (Ravenhearst 1, 2, and 3, 13th skull, Dire Grove).
What do you recommend? Boot Camp or Wine?
Thank you in advance!
EDIT
What about WineBottler? http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/
A: I'd recommend WineBottler; I have about 30 apps and games that work great with Wine. A few pointers though:
*
*Check the Wine Application Database for various apps. This shows what version of Wine, what winetricks you need and what workarounds may be required.
Disclaimer: I'm a super maintainer
*Check the official system requirements for the program/game. For older games, this will state which version of .NET or other framework is required—make sure you select the same version in WineBottler to be installed in the new prefix.
*For programs that don't work, you can create a blank prefix with various frameworks installed and try combinations of winetricks without needing a new prefix each time.
A: I have used CrossOver, PlayOnMac, WineBottler & wine (directly from Terminal).
All of these use wine, but I would strongly recommend CrossOver, even though it isn't free. If you don't feel like spending any money, I would recommend either PlayOnMac or WineBottler as they are pretty similar in functionality.
Wineskin is also another alternative to look at.
A: If you're just playing casual games and don't need super-great FPS, Wine is the way to go. You don't need to buy Windows that way, and since it's free, it's definitely worth trying out first.
The Big Fish games are also available on Mac and the system requirements are even lower. I don't know if you have to buy them again, but that's where you'll have the best experience.
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f9a1cd06787f60cdb45dc7ce62cda1d74590d647 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I clean my iPod screen? Stating the obvious, but, how do I get all my greasy finger prints off my screen? (Or for that matter, any kind of the usual dirt).
A: Additionally, many shirts/pants work pretty well in a pinch.
Basically, if it might work to wipe fog off a mirror, it should work all right to clean the screen.
| Q: How do I clean my iPod screen? Stating the obvious, but, how do I get all my greasy finger prints off my screen? (Or for that matter, any kind of the usual dirt).
A: Additionally, many shirts/pants work pretty well in a pinch.
Basically, if it might work to wipe fog off a mirror, it should work all right to clean the screen.
A: If you have eyeglasses, then you know that dry clean does not work so well.
Go to an Optician store (where they sell eyeglasses).
Since most eyeglasses have highly sensitive coatings and are exposed to human contamination.. residues etc.. they have the right solution for cleaning.
They have a correct solution mix (in a spray bottle) with microfiber cloth to clean glasses and it is as good for the screens.
This would do the true clean.
Rubbing it on your clothes would only spread the finger's grease around but it works temporarily.
Needless to say, humans are a big source of dirt and grease. After multiple uses of microfiber cloth, wash it in a washing machine to remove all the grease it has collected.
A: Turn off the device, and use a soft, microfiber cloth. It may be slightly damp, but do not soak it. Make sure not to allow any water to seep into the device, especially through openings like ports and jacks.
Refer to Apple's cleaning instructions for more in-depth explanations.
A: I always flip mine over and rub it on my jeans - but the act of putting it my pocket is usually all the wiping it needs. Yes, it could get a scratch if my jeans had grit on or in the pocket (though it never has).
When really greasy fingers or food spills are on a screen I will use ammonia-based window cleaner, methanol (camera lens cleaning kit), ethanol (methylated spirits - same thing in the optician's spray basically), kitchen spray, isopropyl alcohol or just about anything else that will shift grease.
Nothing lasts forever and life is too short to be precious about an iPod.
A: I always use LCD cleaning spray.
A: I bought a box of 200 pre-moistened lens cleaning wipes. I always throw a few in my bag so I can clean screens whenever needed. The isopropyl alcohol cleans very well and evaporates almost instantly, so no residue or streaks.
A: I clean with wet napkin then with dry napkin. Works fine for me
A: A microfibre cloth works great for the iPhone/iPod/iPad screens. If you've purchased a Mac, the cloth that came with that works great too so you don't have to purchase a separate one.
A: This is indeed very important questions as it encompasses the very basic human affinity towards cleanliness.
A considerate individual shall always keep their iTissues handy for such an occasion. Those ingeniously designed in California pieces of space-grade cloth will leave your iMac, iPad and even the iPod's screen in showroom condition.
Now available for Retina displays as well for as low as $14.99 at your local iStore.
A: I always use the cloths that are designed for phones, tablets, tv's and such.
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0b8bcaa9d85672e62c195995b88572eb1dfd66d5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: AppleScript - Get the path to an application without opening it I need to store the path to Chromium to use later in the script, however running set chromium to (POSIX path of (path to application "Chromium")) in AppleScript Editor opens the application. How can I store the path to the application without causing the application to open. Hard coding the path worked, but I wanted to be able to find the application path instead.
A: Use Finder to get an application file object:
tell application "Finder"
POSIX path of (application file id "org.chromium.Chromium" as alias)
end tell
You can also get the bundle identifier with id of app "Chromium".
| Q: AppleScript - Get the path to an application without opening it I need to store the path to Chromium to use later in the script, however running set chromium to (POSIX path of (path to application "Chromium")) in AppleScript Editor opens the application. How can I store the path to the application without causing the application to open. Hard coding the path worked, but I wanted to be able to find the application path instead.
A: Use Finder to get an application file object:
tell application "Finder"
POSIX path of (application file id "org.chromium.Chromium" as alias)
end tell
You can also get the bundle identifier with id of app "Chromium".
A: You can also reference the applications folder path and then append the path to Chromium. The application should not open with this method either.
set chromium to POSIX path of ((path to applications folder as text) & "Chromium.app")
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e762abfc4cc6ae60197559288cbd495a63db0a5d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why do I get different Available/Used spaces with Disk Info and df? I have an early '13 MBP running Mavericks. Today, I got a SSD external drive today, and moved my virtual machines and Lightroom catalog files over to it to free up disk space, since 256GB goes fast.
However, when I run df -h in the terminal, I get the following:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2 233Gi 118Gi 115Gi 51% 31026495 30042945 51% /
devfs 187Ki 187Ki 0Bi 100% 646 0 100% /dev
map -hosts 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /net
map auto_home 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /home
localhost:/19YSQKN76Bmz377sW5fOwp 233Gi 233Gi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /Volumes/MobileBackups
/dev/disk1s2 119Gi 36Gi 83Gi 31% 9537194 21637536 31% /Volumes/Jason SSD
According to that, I have 118GB used and 115GB free. However, when I get info from the drive on the desktop, I get
That is a pretty startling discrepancy, and it exists after a reboot. What is the correct value and what is the reason why?
A: df is using Gi = Gibibytes, and "Get Info" is using GB = Gigabytes.
| Q: Why do I get different Available/Used spaces with Disk Info and df? I have an early '13 MBP running Mavericks. Today, I got a SSD external drive today, and moved my virtual machines and Lightroom catalog files over to it to free up disk space, since 256GB goes fast.
However, when I run df -h in the terminal, I get the following:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2 233Gi 118Gi 115Gi 51% 31026495 30042945 51% /
devfs 187Ki 187Ki 0Bi 100% 646 0 100% /dev
map -hosts 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /net
map auto_home 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /home
localhost:/19YSQKN76Bmz377sW5fOwp 233Gi 233Gi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /Volumes/MobileBackups
/dev/disk1s2 119Gi 36Gi 83Gi 31% 9537194 21637536 31% /Volumes/Jason SSD
According to that, I have 118GB used and 115GB free. However, when I get info from the drive on the desktop, I get
That is a pretty startling discrepancy, and it exists after a reboot. What is the correct value and what is the reason why?
A: df is using Gi = Gibibytes, and "Get Info" is using GB = Gigabytes.
A: Do you have Time Machine backups turned on? If so, the difference may be due to space used for "local snapshots" (essentially, backups to the local disk when your real backup disk is not available). Local snapshots are automatically deleted when the space is needed for something else (actually, it starts purging them when the volume reaches 80% full), so the Finder treats them as free space. du, on the other hand, sees them as used space (as do Disk Utility and System Information).
To find out if this is what's going on, take a look in System Information: From the Apple Menu, choose "About This Mac", then click "More Info", then select the Storage tab, and look for a light purple ("Backups") band on the usage chart. If it's around 47GB, this is the source of the difference.
If you want to disable this feature, you can use the Terminal command sudo tmutil disablelocal -- but I recommend leaving it enabled, as it does provide some useful protection against accidental deletion/file damage/etc when your real backup is not available.
EDIT: As @chillin pointed out, there's an additional source of confusion: df and the Finder are using different units to report the sizes. df is using Gibibytes (=1,073,741,824 bytes), while the Finder is using Gigabytes (=1,000,000,000 bytes). If the Finder had reported in GiB, it would've said Capacity: 232.96 GiB, Available: 166.41 GiB, Used: 66.55 GiB. So there was actually about 52 GiB used for the local snapshots.
A: Edit:
See Gordon Davisson's answer before going taking these steps.
*
*Attempt to reindex the volume
If that fails:
*
*Boot in OS X Recovery. Select your startup volume from Disk Utility > Repair Disk. Observe if any FS errors are found/fixed, and reboot normally. Subsequently, see if the discrepancy is gone.
A: chillin's answer is absolutely correct.
Gi = 1024^3 bytes
GB = 1000^3 bytes
If you do the math (converting from 250.14 GB to Gi), it would be
250.14 * (1000^3) / (1024^3) = 232.83
Exactly 233 Gi.
A: Trash.
No one has mentioned trash, which is just another directory to "df" and "du" but is often, confusingly, mixed in with how Finder reports free space. Did you clear trash and re-check?
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3b266be504e97f6f3b97b2121c3e022fd316e928 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Adding a username alias using the command line How do I add a username alias using the command line?
I can do it fine using the preferences dialog through the "Advanced Options", but I need to do it during an installation script.
Can someone point me the right way?
A: The information is accessible through dscl. To add the alias "visitor" and be able to use this username for guest login, use the following command:
sudo dscl . -merge Users/Guest RecordName visitor
| Q: Adding a username alias using the command line How do I add a username alias using the command line?
I can do it fine using the preferences dialog through the "Advanced Options", but I need to do it during an installation script.
Can someone point me the right way?
A: The information is accessible through dscl. To add the alias "visitor" and be able to use this username for guest login, use the following command:
sudo dscl . -merge Users/Guest RecordName visitor
A: sudo dscl . -merge /Users/usernameToAddAlias RecordName aliasName
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c9073e5f1618d00ed69d0f98abf52722313b3071 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to list bluetooth devices from command line I have to list all available bluetooth devices from command line. I tried to google it, but got only results like "how to turn on bluetooth from terminal".
Simply: bluetooth scan
Thanks for help in advance.
A: Simply typing in:
blued
bluetoothd (Mojave or newer)
Will return a list of paired devices according to to the link key. I don't know how to have it exit cleanly, so to return to the prompt you will need to press Control+c
| Q: How to list bluetooth devices from command line I have to list all available bluetooth devices from command line. I tried to google it, but got only results like "how to turn on bluetooth from terminal".
Simply: bluetooth scan
Thanks for help in advance.
A: Simply typing in:
blued
bluetoothd (Mojave or newer)
Will return a list of paired devices according to to the link key. I don't know how to have it exit cleanly, so to return to the prompt you will need to press Control+c
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d38808f030b201d44c71073a3655de1adf35d8dc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get my mac to re-scan for devices? -> Keyboard stops working after usb hub/dock with keyboard/mouse connected I have a Dock at home and work. They both use versions of the pluggable usb 3.0 chipset.
Each dock has a keyboard and trackball attached. When I move from one dock to another the keyboard and trackpad on the Macbook stop working. Is there a way to reset the device subsystem without rebooting?
Details that may be relevant:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
SMC Version (system): 2.18f6
System Version: OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)
Kernel Version: Darwin 13.2.0
Could be related to When reconnecting my laptop to an external monitor, the USB ports stop working, as I do use outlook.
Also similar to Internal keyboard and trackpad stop working after plugging in USB device
These questions do not ask how to reset the subsystem, which is a hack. I can work around the issue if I know that piece of information.
| Q: How do I get my mac to re-scan for devices? -> Keyboard stops working after usb hub/dock with keyboard/mouse connected I have a Dock at home and work. They both use versions of the pluggable usb 3.0 chipset.
Each dock has a keyboard and trackball attached. When I move from one dock to another the keyboard and trackpad on the Macbook stop working. Is there a way to reset the device subsystem without rebooting?
Details that may be relevant:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
SMC Version (system): 2.18f6
System Version: OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)
Kernel Version: Darwin 13.2.0
Could be related to When reconnecting my laptop to an external monitor, the USB ports stop working, as I do use outlook.
Also similar to Internal keyboard and trackpad stop working after plugging in USB device
These questions do not ask how to reset the subsystem, which is a hack. I can work around the issue if I know that piece of information.
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41b56b3756fcee092feef10dc567c68f402d8745 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Deactivate automatic mark as read in Apple Mail 7.3 I just changed from Windows to OS X Mavericks with Apple Mail App 7.3. The first thing I'm wondering about is that I cannot disable the automation to mark an email as read by default when I just clicked on it. Is there any way to do so?
I found TruePreview. But the tool does not support Mail 7.3 any more. Another solution would be to use a different mail client like Thunderbird. But there I miss the integration of the address book and the synchronisation with my iPhone and iPad.
A: I've been using Mail Act-On. It's overkill (does a lot more than just keep messages unread) and kind of pricey at $30 (with free trial), but since it's a paid app, they keep it up to date. Even when TruePreview was being maintained, it'd sometimes be weeks or months before it was updated to work with the latest version of OS X.
| Q: Deactivate automatic mark as read in Apple Mail 7.3 I just changed from Windows to OS X Mavericks with Apple Mail App 7.3. The first thing I'm wondering about is that I cannot disable the automation to mark an email as read by default when I just clicked on it. Is there any way to do so?
I found TruePreview. But the tool does not support Mail 7.3 any more. Another solution would be to use a different mail client like Thunderbird. But there I miss the integration of the address book and the synchronisation with my iPhone and iPad.
A: I've been using Mail Act-On. It's overkill (does a lot more than just keep messages unread) and kind of pricey at $30 (with free trial), but since it's a paid app, they keep it up to date. Even when TruePreview was being maintained, it'd sometimes be weeks or months before it was updated to work with the latest version of OS X.
A: Use the standard keyboard shortcut, cmd+shift+u to toggle between “read” and “unread”. You can also go to System Preferences → Keyboard to customise your own keyboard shortcut.
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897e28cb53af67a7fc01ff05388cc6f80d6410ff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How Do I Start Over With Backups Using Time Machine? I have a Mac Mini Server running the latest version of Mavericks and OS X Server. I would like to do a full backup of my server. I have no business need to keep the backups currently on the disk. Can I just turn off Time Machine and delete Backups.backupdb through Finder or Terminal? I also want to make sure that when I delete the backups that I can remove them from Trash.
I have done searching on this but have only found information on how to delete backups of certain files or moving the backup disk to another volume.
A: If you are backing up to an external disk, the fastest way is to
*
*disable Time Machine
*erase the backup drive/partition with DiskUtil
*re-enable Time Machine
OTOH you won't loose anything if you keep the old backups for now. As every time slice within TM is a full backup you can still recover up to "now".
| Q: How Do I Start Over With Backups Using Time Machine? I have a Mac Mini Server running the latest version of Mavericks and OS X Server. I would like to do a full backup of my server. I have no business need to keep the backups currently on the disk. Can I just turn off Time Machine and delete Backups.backupdb through Finder or Terminal? I also want to make sure that when I delete the backups that I can remove them from Trash.
I have done searching on this but have only found information on how to delete backups of certain files or moving the backup disk to another volume.
A: If you are backing up to an external disk, the fastest way is to
*
*disable Time Machine
*erase the backup drive/partition with DiskUtil
*re-enable Time Machine
OTOH you won't loose anything if you keep the old backups for now. As every time slice within TM is a full backup you can still recover up to "now".
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e19bb640dafa1203d0741ff23de3023055edf189 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: small button on the left-hand side of MacBook pro I found a small circle button on the left-hand side of my MacBook Pro (late 2011)
If I push that button, 8 green lights are turn on and then off.
What is this button?
A: These are the battery indicator lights, which show the charge level of your battery when the button is pressed:
| Q: small button on the left-hand side of MacBook pro I found a small circle button on the left-hand side of my MacBook Pro (late 2011)
If I push that button, 8 green lights are turn on and then off.
What is this button?
A: These are the battery indicator lights, which show the charge level of your battery when the button is pressed:
A: It's a way to check the battery charge level without having to wake the computer (or even turn it on). If it lights up in all green, then the battery is fully charged.
The newer models actually don't have that feature, but they also get 30 days of standby time now, so they probably figured it wasn't necessary anymore.
A: The button is for checking the current battery level without having to boot the the MacBook Pro. 8 LEDs mean a full charge; 4 LEDs a 1/2 charge, and so on down.
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b3c47a87b0de983580df322d4ff0aed3d24354ff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook Pro locked with Find My Mac and won't let me boot I was playing around with the Find My Mac iPhone app (just testing it out) and hit the "lock" option. My MacBook Pro is now locked and I have no place to enter the 4 digit PIN.
When I start it, it shows the Apple logo with a loading circle and it shuts down. If I start whilst holding alt it asks for the PIN, which I enter, then it shows three partitions: Macintosh HD, Recovery & Windows. If I select Windows it works perfectly, but the two others show the problem with the Apple logo and loading circle before it shuts down.
A: Boot into internet recovery. Hold down option + command + R at the chime.
Use Disk Utility to repair the volume and then reboot your machine normally. You should be able to unlock it now.
| Q: MacBook Pro locked with Find My Mac and won't let me boot I was playing around with the Find My Mac iPhone app (just testing it out) and hit the "lock" option. My MacBook Pro is now locked and I have no place to enter the 4 digit PIN.
When I start it, it shows the Apple logo with a loading circle and it shuts down. If I start whilst holding alt it asks for the PIN, which I enter, then it shows three partitions: Macintosh HD, Recovery & Windows. If I select Windows it works perfectly, but the two others show the problem with the Apple logo and loading circle before it shuts down.
A: Boot into internet recovery. Hold down option + command + R at the chime.
Use Disk Utility to repair the volume and then reboot your machine normally. You should be able to unlock it now.
A: I did face similar issue on Nov 6 2014 with my existing Mac Book Air 2012 model when I got my new iPhone 6+ and was "testing" iCloud mac locate/lock feature. Man, it was frustrating and i was panicked when i could not unlock using the same "4 digit" pin that i had entered while locking the mac from my iPhone. every wrong try was penalized, i had to wait and restart again. Nothing worked and finally i saw this message " Wrong password" and no text box to enter pin [ 4 digit box] at all after 1 hr waiting..each time ..that was killing me. At some point i lost my hope.
What I did to have it worked -
"option+command+R" -> because of this i was able to get back my "4 digit pin unlock text box" ..I could not go past it.
option+command+P+R" -> pin window gone to ashes, straight to user account login screen..
Long Story...
1. Fixed an appointment with apple genius bar - Nov 6 night
2. Showed up at the store nov 7 eve, Had with me my purchase record (lucky, had my email)and photo id for verification. explained him that i could not unlock using my known pin from icloud, he said that "should have worked".
3. The guy told he is going to unlock firmware lock from backend apple servers.
4. came back after some 20mins and told me that the firmware password was unlocked.
5. And he was hoping i could now login, that didn't happen.. same message .."try after 60 mins!"
6. The fact that it is still showing locked from my iPhone, I was not convinced. He told if it did not work after 60 mins, then it could not be fixed anywhere ..huh..genius.. I was not believing him at all at that point!
7. Came back home, tried after the time passed, no result.
8. read some stuff on internet, tried internet recovery "option+command+R" while restarting before chime..after that i could see again "pin unlock" to enter the pin. obviously same issue, back to stage 1.
9. Tried NVRAM reset "option+command+P+R" while restarting again, I could see reset flicker and restart screen..and behold, the user login screen appeared..hurray :)
Long story short, don't know if apple store guy did reset the firmware lock, but my situation was only solved by this two steps at home. since i didn't try them before going to apple store, i can't be sure what expertise the guy brought to this situation.
"option+command+R" -> because of this i was able to get back my "4 digit pin unlock text box"
option+command+P+R" -> pin window gone to ashes, straight to user account login screen..
Now suddenly a happy guy - New Jersey / USA.
Class assignment due on Nov 10 and my MBAir is safe now.
My Mac is encrypted and have multiple partitions, if that is important.
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d565518aa4b5349ed0fe4f12f3b8ed6d441ce490 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How Can I Trace the Origin of Outbound Spam Mail in Mavericks Server? My Mavericks Server mail server has been compromised and has been sending reams of Nigerian royalty scam emails out. Where can I find log files which will enable me to track down the IP address these messages originated from (in case their is a machine with an infection on my network) and which credentials are being used to authenticate to the SMTP server?
A: You should be able to find that Information in /var/log/Mail.log and some more in /var/log/system.log.
| Q: How Can I Trace the Origin of Outbound Spam Mail in Mavericks Server? My Mavericks Server mail server has been compromised and has been sending reams of Nigerian royalty scam emails out. Where can I find log files which will enable me to track down the IP address these messages originated from (in case their is a machine with an infection on my network) and which credentials are being used to authenticate to the SMTP server?
A: You should be able to find that Information in /var/log/Mail.log and some more in /var/log/system.log.
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0da73a58fbc7db002ddc41686d34b35ba0d9ed55 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Constant spinning circle right hand side on iPhone 4 I have an iPhone 4 and for the last few days there has been a spinning circle in the right hand side of the status bar. I am wondering why this is.
I've tried turning off the Wi-Fi and restricting cellular data of all apps and nothing has worked. I am worried that there is something wrong with my phone. It seems to be draining my battery also.
| Q: Constant spinning circle right hand side on iPhone 4 I have an iPhone 4 and for the last few days there has been a spinning circle in the right hand side of the status bar. I am wondering why this is.
I've tried turning off the Wi-Fi and restricting cellular data of all apps and nothing has worked. I am worried that there is something wrong with my phone. It seems to be draining my battery also.
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3d49fe03cab9120f432156a043f3b6423dfe8738 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to scan an image from the command line? Is there a tool that scans images from the command line? I am looking like scanimage on linux that works like this:
scanimage > image.pnm
I've tried googling and checked if ImageCapture is scriptable via applescript but no results.
A: I don't know of a way to do it with built in tools, but there is an OS X version of SANE that should be able to do exactly what you request (scanimage > image.pnm).
SANE
This is a TWAIN datasource for MacOS X that aquires images using the SANE backend libraries. The SANE backend libraries provide access to a large range of scanners connected through SCSI or USB. For a complete list see the documentation on the SANE project homepage.
It's available at http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/
| Q: Is it possible to scan an image from the command line? Is there a tool that scans images from the command line? I am looking like scanimage on linux that works like this:
scanimage > image.pnm
I've tried googling and checked if ImageCapture is scriptable via applescript but no results.
A: I don't know of a way to do it with built in tools, but there is an OS X version of SANE that should be able to do exactly what you request (scanimage > image.pnm).
SANE
This is a TWAIN datasource for MacOS X that aquires images using the SANE backend libraries. The SANE backend libraries provide access to a large range of scanners connected through SCSI or USB. For a complete list see the documentation on the SANE project homepage.
It's available at http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/
A: You might also be interested in scanline, which does what you're requesting:
http://blog.scottkleper.com/scanline-command-line-scanner-for-mac/
(Disclaimer: I wrote scanline. It's free and open source)
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ef266ee49f0466e62171da21d366812650059e01 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will my files be deleted if I update OS X? I have version 10.6.8 now but it says that its too old when I try to buy some apps..
A: When updating OS X it only updates the system files, so all the files under /Users/ (which includes your home directory) are safe.
However, keeping a regular Time Machine backup is recommended, so that if something goes wrong you can restore your files and settings as needed.
You can go a step further and make a manual copy of your /Users and /Applications folders to a separate disk before installing major OS updates, so you can retrieve them without having to go through the Time Machine interface (for example, on a non-Mac computer, in case you ever need to.)
| Q: Will my files be deleted if I update OS X? I have version 10.6.8 now but it says that its too old when I try to buy some apps..
A: When updating OS X it only updates the system files, so all the files under /Users/ (which includes your home directory) are safe.
However, keeping a regular Time Machine backup is recommended, so that if something goes wrong you can restore your files and settings as needed.
You can go a step further and make a manual copy of your /Users and /Applications folders to a separate disk before installing major OS updates, so you can retrieve them without having to go through the Time Machine interface (for example, on a non-Mac computer, in case you ever need to.)
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506f7b7190b703deab843356a5eb30a9f53d9571 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Workflow Services not showing in Service Menu All of a sudden my Automator services are no longer showing in the Service menu in Mail.
None of them.
All I see is No Service Apply (grayed out).
I know they still work, if I open them in Automator in they saved location (Services).
| Q: Workflow Services not showing in Service Menu All of a sudden my Automator services are no longer showing in the Service menu in Mail.
None of them.
All I see is No Service Apply (grayed out).
I know they still work, if I open them in Automator in they saved location (Services).
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785b3c6aeb4948ccd4af5a4eb4df9d5e572dd22f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: A C/C++ IDE for OS X that isn't Xcode? I want a stable IDE for coding in C/C++ on Mac OS X Mavericks.
Currently I am using Code::Blocks but it sometimes closes reporting some strange list of errors. Also the Code::Blocks "logs(F2)" does some impairment to the editor area by leaving partial prints. I'm looking for an alternative now; can you suggest one?
A: The CLion cross-platform IDE by JetBrains for C and C++ was recently announced. It is only available as an “early access program” build right now, but when it’s stable, I’m sure it will be good. (Warning: it will cost money.) You might choose CLion over Eclipse for the same reasons you might choose JetBrains’ IntelliJ IDEA over Eclipse when programming Java.
| Q: A C/C++ IDE for OS X that isn't Xcode? I want a stable IDE for coding in C/C++ on Mac OS X Mavericks.
Currently I am using Code::Blocks but it sometimes closes reporting some strange list of errors. Also the Code::Blocks "logs(F2)" does some impairment to the editor area by leaving partial prints. I'm looking for an alternative now; can you suggest one?
A: The CLion cross-platform IDE by JetBrains for C and C++ was recently announced. It is only available as an “early access program” build right now, but when it’s stable, I’m sure it will be good. (Warning: it will cost money.) You might choose CLion over Eclipse for the same reasons you might choose JetBrains’ IntelliJ IDEA over Eclipse when programming Java.
A: My opinion is that IDEs do nothing good and a lot of things poorly and that you should look to build your dev environment out of a suite of tools that focus on doing small things well. But, if you're dead set on an IDE, the standard for open source, free IDEs is Eclipse.
For C and C++ development, Eclipse has the CDT framework which gives you all of its heavyweight IDE-type things for your C and C++ code: introspection, code completion, refactoring tools, syntax highlighting, debugger integration and so on.
It's been around a long time now and is both stable and robust.
The CDT Project provides a fully functional C and C++ Integrated Development Environment based on the Eclipse platform. Features include: support for project creation and managed build for various toolchains, standard make build, source navigation, various source knowledge tools, such as type hierarchy, call graph, include browser, macro definition browser, code editor with syntax highlighting, folding and hyperlink navigation, source code refactoring and code generation, visual debugging tools, including memory, registers, and disassembly viewers.
A: Pretty surprised no one said NetBeans. It has a C/C++ version like Eclipse. From what I've done with it, it works fine. Also it is pretty lightweight.
A: The Xamarin IDE also works with C/C++, and has a free version.
Of course, it's designed to be used with their C# cross-platform development system - but claims to work with C/C++ as well.
A: MacVim + YouCompleteMe
*
*CMake for project mgmt
*ninja for building (cmake -G Ninja)
*and XCode for debugging/profiling/static analysis (cmake -G Xcode)
xcode debugger uses LLVM's debugger 'lldb', shows clangs static analysis output in a nice way (btw, you can use scan-build/scan-view as an alternative)
and xcode's profiling tools are usable and nicely wrapped in gui's
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d19ee0b8d083650978aafb664da63b0dac2d6336 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Use one AppleScript to toggle on and off (1 or 0) I'm wondering if there's a simple way to use one AppleScript program to turn something on and off. Basically I want it to do this.
Check current pmset sms
if sms = 0
then
do shell script sudo pmset -a sms 1
if sms = 1
then
do shell script sudo pmset -a sms 0
How would I tell it to check the current value?
A: To get the state I would use something like:
set sms to (do shell script"pmset -g |grep \"sms\" | awk '{print $2}'")
Then:
if sms is "0" then
do shell script"pmset -a sms 1" with administrator privileges
else
do shell script"pmset -a sms 0" with administrator privileges
end if
Note the "administrator privileges" this is used because you will not be able to use 'sudo' because there will be no interface for you to type your password.
The "administrator privileges" will display a Normal OS Authentication dialogue for you to enter the user name and password.
| Q: Use one AppleScript to toggle on and off (1 or 0) I'm wondering if there's a simple way to use one AppleScript program to turn something on and off. Basically I want it to do this.
Check current pmset sms
if sms = 0
then
do shell script sudo pmset -a sms 1
if sms = 1
then
do shell script sudo pmset -a sms 0
How would I tell it to check the current value?
A: To get the state I would use something like:
set sms to (do shell script"pmset -g |grep \"sms\" | awk '{print $2}'")
Then:
if sms is "0" then
do shell script"pmset -a sms 1" with administrator privileges
else
do shell script"pmset -a sms 0" with administrator privileges
end if
Note the "administrator privileges" this is used because you will not be able to use 'sudo' because there will be no interface for you to type your password.
The "administrator privileges" will display a Normal OS Authentication dialogue for you to enter the user name and password.
A: set cur_state to do shell script "pmset -g" with administrator privileges
if cur_state = 1 then
do shell script "pmset -a sms 0" with administrator privileges
else if cur_state = 0 then
do shell script "pmset -a sms 1" with administrator privileges
end if
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78efcc33c641e029a91df138e39e3086d840b56d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I remap Caps lock to both Escape and Control? I generally run Linux. I use Vim a lot, so the Escape key is extremely important. I also use other keyboard shortcuts a lot, so Control is "key" as well. On Linux, I've solved this by using xcape to map the Caps lock key to Escape if pressed by itself, or Control if pressed in combination with another key. This puts the best of both worlds within quick reach of my pinky finger. Is there any way I can do this on a Mac?
A: To do it with Karabiner Elements, which supports macOS 10.12 and later, open ~/.config/karabiner/karabiner.json, and add the following rule to the rules array.
{
manipulators: [
{
description:
"Change caps_lock to control when used as modifier, escape when used alone",
from: {
key_code: "caps_lock",
modifiers: {
optional: ["any"]
}
},
to: [
{
key_code: "left_control"
}
],
to_if_alone: [
{
key_code: "escape",
modifiers: {
optional: ["any"]
}
}
],
type: "basic"
}
]
}
You can also try to use ControlEscape.spoon with Hammerspoon.
| Q: How can I remap Caps lock to both Escape and Control? I generally run Linux. I use Vim a lot, so the Escape key is extremely important. I also use other keyboard shortcuts a lot, so Control is "key" as well. On Linux, I've solved this by using xcape to map the Caps lock key to Escape if pressed by itself, or Control if pressed in combination with another key. This puts the best of both worlds within quick reach of my pinky finger. Is there any way I can do this on a Mac?
A: To do it with Karabiner Elements, which supports macOS 10.12 and later, open ~/.config/karabiner/karabiner.json, and add the following rule to the rules array.
{
manipulators: [
{
description:
"Change caps_lock to control when used as modifier, escape when used alone",
from: {
key_code: "caps_lock",
modifiers: {
optional: ["any"]
}
},
to: [
{
key_code: "left_control"
}
],
to_if_alone: [
{
key_code: "escape",
modifiers: {
optional: ["any"]
}
}
],
type: "basic"
}
]
}
You can also try to use ControlEscape.spoon with Hammerspoon.
A: Yes, using Karabiner (formerly KeyRemap4Macbook).
First, go into the Keyboard preference pane, click "Modifier Keys…", and change Caps Lock to Control. Then, go into Karabiner and search for this option:
Control_L to Control_L
(+ when you type Control_L only, send Escape)
Check that, and you're done. With Karabiner you can do lots more interesting things, like mapping your (now kind of useless) Escape key to a Hyper key with even more keybindings.
A: Karabiner is currently incompatible with MacOS Sierra. Another, Sierra-friendly solution, is with Keyboard Maestro (it is not free). Change the behavior of the Caps-Lock key to Control through System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys as others have suggested.
Then within Keyboard Maestro, setup a macro as follows:
*
*Triggered by USB Device Key Trigger
*Press the Caps-Lock key on your keyboard
*is tapped once
*with these modifiers: ^
*(you will need to repeat the previous trigger for each USB keyboard you use)
*Then add an action Text -> Type a keystroke
*Press Esc
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79576c188c47f6a09aee73bdaba0055514cf8eb0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do change focus from the address bar back to the document after CMD+L? CMD-L brings focus to the Address Bar. Is there are shortcut key for toggling back to the document of the current tab? How else might I achieve this other than a keyboard shortcut built in to Safari?
Context:
Safari 7
OSX Mavericks
A: You can ⇥ back, or alternatively ⇧⇥ which is usually faster.
It takes me two presses of ⇧⇥ to get back from the address bar to the page: one to move to the Add to Reading List button and one to get back to the page. This may be higher if you have the back/forward buttons on the toolbar, and lower if you have Full Keyboard Access disabled in System Preferences.
You can use Keyboard Maestro to create a macro which lets you get back to the page with a single keyboard shortcut.
| Q: How do change focus from the address bar back to the document after CMD+L? CMD-L brings focus to the Address Bar. Is there are shortcut key for toggling back to the document of the current tab? How else might I achieve this other than a keyboard shortcut built in to Safari?
Context:
Safari 7
OSX Mavericks
A: You can ⇥ back, or alternatively ⇧⇥ which is usually faster.
It takes me two presses of ⇧⇥ to get back from the address bar to the page: one to move to the Add to Reading List button and one to get back to the page. This may be higher if you have the back/forward buttons on the toolbar, and lower if you have Full Keyboard Access disabled in System Preferences.
You can use Keyboard Maestro to create a macro which lets you get back to the page with a single keyboard shortcut.
| apple | {
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/132617"
} |
598917f4d61104f96e0c8546227bb5dd0244cc7d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Restoring data from Time Machine backup created on second Mac I have a desktop Mac and MacBook Air.
The MacBook Air has decided to die, so I want to restore the back up files in my Time Machine to my Mac desktop.
How do I do that?
It must be simple, but I can only get into the data for my Mac desktop.
A: ⌥ alt/option-click the Time Machine icon in the menu bar and keep the key held whilst selecting Browse Other Backup Disks….
From there, you can select the other Mac and copy files.
| Q: Restoring data from Time Machine backup created on second Mac I have a desktop Mac and MacBook Air.
The MacBook Air has decided to die, so I want to restore the back up files in my Time Machine to my Mac desktop.
How do I do that?
It must be simple, but I can only get into the data for my Mac desktop.
A: ⌥ alt/option-click the Time Machine icon in the menu bar and keep the key held whilst selecting Browse Other Backup Disks….
From there, you can select the other Mac and copy files.
| apple | {
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"question_score": "3",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/132622"
} |
c73f534eb770be542557da37afc8eb653ffe7a66 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to download iOS 8 beta without Developer Account? My device is iPhone 5 (American version). Is it possible to get iOS 8 beta without buying access to Developer Account?
A: No.
You need to be a registered developer agreeing to the license agreements AND your device needs to be registered as a development device.
As always, there are ways around this, but that is illegal. Torrent sites sometimes offer the software and in the comments developers offer to register your device as a development device. But these developers are at risk to lose their own development access.
Furthermore the first betas tend to be buggy. Unless you have an obsessive need for the latest stuff or are a developer you don't actually want it on your phone.
| Q: Is it possible to download iOS 8 beta without Developer Account? My device is iPhone 5 (American version). Is it possible to get iOS 8 beta without buying access to Developer Account?
A: No.
You need to be a registered developer agreeing to the license agreements AND your device needs to be registered as a development device.
As always, there are ways around this, but that is illegal. Torrent sites sometimes offer the software and in the comments developers offer to register your device as a development device. But these developers are at risk to lose their own development access.
Furthermore the first betas tend to be buggy. Unless you have an obsessive need for the latest stuff or are a developer you don't actually want it on your phone.
A: yes register your udid and download it or wait a couple days or weeks perhaps and wait for the un-registered version to come out
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/132642"
} |
ac44905e020314341dd4fdd0f327fbdde7a6178c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I code using Swift on Mavericks? Is is possible to code using Swift on OS X Mavericks? I found the manual on iBooks but that's as far as I can get right now.
A: You can write iOS apps with Swift in Xcode 6 Beta. Go to the Apple Dev center to get the newest Xcode. I would keep my stable version of Xcode installed as the beta may be a little buggy, but it will get you started till a stable version gets release which will probably this fall.
| Q: Can I code using Swift on Mavericks? Is is possible to code using Swift on OS X Mavericks? I found the manual on iBooks but that's as far as I can get right now.
A: You can write iOS apps with Swift in Xcode 6 Beta. Go to the Apple Dev center to get the newest Xcode. I would keep my stable version of Xcode installed as the beta may be a little buggy, but it will get you started till a stable version gets release which will probably this fall.
A: To code using Swift you'll need Xcode 6.
Xcode 6 beta is compatible with Mavericks 10.9.3 and upwards so yes it is possible to write Swift code in Mavericks!
NB: As of July 11, Xcode 6 beta is available freely on Apple's website.
*
*Where can I download Xcode (n) Beta?
A: Currently the only way to use Xcode for Swift programming is through the Beta version of Xcode 6. However, in order to download the Beta you must join (or be a member of) the iOS Developer Program or the Mac Developer Program.
A: The final XCode 6 has released and is available in the App Store. (to be precise, I'm talking about Version 6.0.1 (6A317)).
I was surprised to see that (in contrast to XCode 6 beta) it does support Swift only for iOS!
(Look at this screenshot, this is what I see when trying to create a Swift playground; also, Swift can be choosed as a language for iOS project, but not for OS X project)
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"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/132652"
} |
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