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d390ffc247f4417f55463c4231ffc4df4279da90 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unable to extend my partition I have searched through this site alot and i wasn't able to find any solutions.
My situation is the following:
I decided to install linux to dual boot with OSX at my 1TB fully encrypted with FV2 hard drive.
I opened the disk utility and i shrinked the main partition to 500GB. I created another one with 500GB to install linux there.
Right after i did that, i changed my mind :S and wanted to expand the OSX partition again to be 1TB.
This is what I get - everything is greyed out and I'm not able to do anything:
I 've tried to reboot and boot with cmd+r to enter the system recovery and run disk utility from there - the results are the same. I 'm desperate:/
A: It seems that i did it using this post Unable to Resize Partitions and your comment.
Although it wasn't obvious for me, what I did was this:
diskutil corestorage resizeStack LOGICAL_VOLUME_UUID 0G
0G to expand it to the maximum available space that is free.
diskutil corestorage resizeStack
can provide with info.
| Q: Unable to extend my partition I have searched through this site alot and i wasn't able to find any solutions.
My situation is the following:
I decided to install linux to dual boot with OSX at my 1TB fully encrypted with FV2 hard drive.
I opened the disk utility and i shrinked the main partition to 500GB. I created another one with 500GB to install linux there.
Right after i did that, i changed my mind :S and wanted to expand the OSX partition again to be 1TB.
This is what I get - everything is greyed out and I'm not able to do anything:
I 've tried to reboot and boot with cmd+r to enter the system recovery and run disk utility from there - the results are the same. I 'm desperate:/
A: It seems that i did it using this post Unable to Resize Partitions and your comment.
Although it wasn't obvious for me, what I did was this:
diskutil corestorage resizeStack LOGICAL_VOLUME_UUID 0G
0G to expand it to the maximum available space that is free.
diskutil corestorage resizeStack
can provide with info.
| apple | {
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293ff0caaf30d7e5f09ccc1e96a7f40156a63bdd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sometimes clicking won't work for tabbed items on latest Mac OSX Basically, when I go to click on the x in a tab in google chrome (or just the tab in general), click on tabs in my terminal, or any other program, sometimes the left click just won't register at all. It's not specific to a program, just tabs within any program. Well, also sometimes hitting the back arrow or refresh for google chrome doesn't respond either. What I usually do to fix this is click somewhere within the web page again, and then it will respond just fine. However, this happens so often that it is a hassle. It usually has no problem clicking things on webpages or within programs.
I've tried the basics, restarting, reinstalling programs, playing with mouse settings, etc, but nothing has fixed this. This happens both on an external mouse and using the trackpad.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
| Q: Sometimes clicking won't work for tabbed items on latest Mac OSX Basically, when I go to click on the x in a tab in google chrome (or just the tab in general), click on tabs in my terminal, or any other program, sometimes the left click just won't register at all. It's not specific to a program, just tabs within any program. Well, also sometimes hitting the back arrow or refresh for google chrome doesn't respond either. What I usually do to fix this is click somewhere within the web page again, and then it will respond just fine. However, this happens so often that it is a hassle. It usually has no problem clicking things on webpages or within programs.
I've tried the basics, restarting, reinstalling programs, playing with mouse settings, etc, but nothing has fixed this. This happens both on an external mouse and using the trackpad.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
| apple | {
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6b96b02baea54e62205476c69be152851f9ccff2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Merging multiple AIFF files from the command line Is there a way to put multiple commands in different voices into the same audio file. I know you can do this:
say -v "Cellos" "la di da" -o ex.aiff
But I have multiple commands in different voices such as:
say -v "Cellos" "la di da"
say -v "Bells" "di da da"
Is there a way to have say put multiple phrases using different settings in to the same aiff or mp3 file? (If not, can I merge the individual files programmatically using terminal tools and commands?
A:
Using sox:
sox 1.aif 2.aif output.aif
Using ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -f concat -i <(printf %s\\n "file '$PWD/"{1,2}.aif\') -c copy output.aif
| Q: Merging multiple AIFF files from the command line Is there a way to put multiple commands in different voices into the same audio file. I know you can do this:
say -v "Cellos" "la di da" -o ex.aiff
But I have multiple commands in different voices such as:
say -v "Cellos" "la di da"
say -v "Bells" "di da da"
Is there a way to have say put multiple phrases using different settings in to the same aiff or mp3 file? (If not, can I merge the individual files programmatically using terminal tools and commands?
A:
Using sox:
sox 1.aif 2.aif output.aif
Using ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -f concat -i <(printf %s\\n "file '$PWD/"{1,2}.aif\') -c copy output.aif
A: You can use FFmpeg. Create a file named input.txt with the contents (one line for each file):
file 'ex.aiff'
file 'ex2.aiff'
Then run ffmpeg -f concat -i input.txt -c copy output.aiff.
| apple | {
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/148563"
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cc964b7c6ae33e9da0b3facc33146e5c6e8a4cb9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple Care email + payment request Just got this email.
Did not open the link (since the price looked ridiculous).
The link would lead to a look a like the Apple Log In window.
What is up with that? someone trying to collect Apple ID information for next stage of criminal activity.
It looks like (bad) SCAM to me!?
A: Wouldn't trust it as far as I could spit it.
But don't ignore it - that just lets them keep doing it to other people for longer.
Forward the email to [email protected]
as per this Apple KB article - Phishing & Other Suspicious Emails
I recently learned that many of the spelling & grammatical mistakes in such phishing attempts as this are specifically designed to keep 'smart people' away & prey only on the less savvy.
A cruel way to think.
| Q: Apple Care email + payment request Just got this email.
Did not open the link (since the price looked ridiculous).
The link would lead to a look a like the Apple Log In window.
What is up with that? someone trying to collect Apple ID information for next stage of criminal activity.
It looks like (bad) SCAM to me!?
A: Wouldn't trust it as far as I could spit it.
But don't ignore it - that just lets them keep doing it to other people for longer.
Forward the email to [email protected]
as per this Apple KB article - Phishing & Other Suspicious Emails
I recently learned that many of the spelling & grammatical mistakes in such phishing attempts as this are specifically designed to keep 'smart people' away & prey only on the less savvy.
A cruel way to think.
A: The fact that the email originates from [email protected], and the misspelling (responsinility) and grammar mistake ("In case of not paying") tells me it is a SCAM.
Delete and move on.
| apple | {
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/148573"
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45c29046de6e4c3692eb9272b9fbb5c4c319d46f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable Automatic Gain control in Google Hangouts I'm using the latest version of OSX with Google Chrome and Hangouts. I'm having trouble with the Hangout's automatic gain control, in that I don't want to use it. The gain control is too dumb to understand that we're using a table top mic and that background noise isn't relevant.
I have found guides that tell you to edit com.google.GoogleTalkPluginD.plist, and I've followed them to a T, but they haven't affected the issue. It seems that hangouts is now separated from the Google Talk Plugin. All the information related to this issue was from 2011, and hangouts have changed vastly since then.
Is there any new settings file? It seems like the only option might be an inline level mixer. Thanks!
A: There is an extension available for this: Disable Automatic Gain Control
| Q: Disable Automatic Gain control in Google Hangouts I'm using the latest version of OSX with Google Chrome and Hangouts. I'm having trouble with the Hangout's automatic gain control, in that I don't want to use it. The gain control is too dumb to understand that we're using a table top mic and that background noise isn't relevant.
I have found guides that tell you to edit com.google.GoogleTalkPluginD.plist, and I've followed them to a T, but they haven't affected the issue. It seems that hangouts is now separated from the Google Talk Plugin. All the information related to this issue was from 2011, and hangouts have changed vastly since then.
Is there any new settings file? It seems like the only option might be an inline level mixer. Thanks!
A: There is an extension available for this: Disable Automatic Gain Control
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66be69fe7f57e49758540362f4e396c333ec077d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to save contacts on iPhone with broken screen? I dropped my iPhone and broke the screen (is just black). So I bought a new iPhone but I want to sync all my contacts and of course the screen is locked and moved to the side. It looks something like the image below.
On the lock screen I can only see numbers given below.
12
45
78
0
Now I can't unlock my phone to sync to iCloud. How can I save my contacts ?
A: If you're not already syncing your contacts via iCloud, then you can sync them to your computer in iTunes in the Info screen. Then you can sync the computer's contacts to iCloud and so get them onto your new phone that way.
Alternatively, you could try backing up your current phone (Summary screen) and then restoring the backup to your new phone.
Good luck.
| Q: How to save contacts on iPhone with broken screen? I dropped my iPhone and broke the screen (is just black). So I bought a new iPhone but I want to sync all my contacts and of course the screen is locked and moved to the side. It looks something like the image below.
On the lock screen I can only see numbers given below.
12
45
78
0
Now I can't unlock my phone to sync to iCloud. How can I save my contacts ?
A: If you're not already syncing your contacts via iCloud, then you can sync them to your computer in iTunes in the Info screen. Then you can sync the computer's contacts to iCloud and so get them onto your new phone that way.
Alternatively, you could try backing up your current phone (Summary screen) and then restoring the backup to your new phone.
Good luck.
| apple | {
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00e482008fc199e3b384c116b4299c1f43c0e0a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I back up a single folder on time machine? Basically, I do a lot of work from home, some of which is confidential work. My company has a policy which restricts me from using any form of 'Cloud' to back my files up, so I have set up my time machine to a partition drive on a work server. This however tries to back up my whole Macbook, but I only want to back up the folder which contains my work.
Is there anyway I can set it up to just back up the single folder, as the partition will not have enough space to back my whole Macbook up, and I also have personal files on which would not be required.
A: You can specify folders to be excluded from your Time Machine backup, specifically, you could specify everything BUT your specific files. You can access this by going to system preferences > time machine > options.
For example, I have an SD card that's always in my MacBook Air missing from my time machine backup, because I prefer to keep that separated. So I added that device as excluded.
| Q: Can I back up a single folder on time machine? Basically, I do a lot of work from home, some of which is confidential work. My company has a policy which restricts me from using any form of 'Cloud' to back my files up, so I have set up my time machine to a partition drive on a work server. This however tries to back up my whole Macbook, but I only want to back up the folder which contains my work.
Is there anyway I can set it up to just back up the single folder, as the partition will not have enough space to back my whole Macbook up, and I also have personal files on which would not be required.
A: You can specify folders to be excluded from your Time Machine backup, specifically, you could specify everything BUT your specific files. You can access this by going to system preferences > time machine > options.
For example, I have an SD card that's always in my MacBook Air missing from my time machine backup, because I prefer to keep that separated. So I added that device as excluded.
A: Short answer... "Get Backup 3" from the Mac Apps Store.
I'm looking for the same solution, (Or was). Basically I want to back up just one folder multiple times a day to a flash drive, similar to the way Time Machine does. BETTER YET! (Million $ idea here...) I would like a local cloud, i.e. I make a change, it updates my local backup on my flash drive to be in sync right then and there when I make the change (Like drop box does). The closest thing I have found is "Get Backup 3" on the Mac App store. You can choose an Origin folder and a destination folder and set it to synchronize the two. You can choose the direction as well which is great, : Folder A to Folder B, or Folder B to Folder A, or even Bi-Directional updates. You can also schedule sync times. I set mine up for close to the end of the day. It backs up and I leave my thumb drive at work in case my laptop ever gets stolen at least I have a copy of my files backed up (Network here is very restrictive and painfully slow).
Hope that helps.
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7de7f162e15939c7afbece8a158c9028d4b926eb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does uploading new binary to iTunes Connect lose our place in the review queue? Our iOS app is "Waiting for Review" on the iOS App Store.
While "waiting for review," do we lose our place in the "waiting for review" queue each time we upload a new binary?
A: From Apples Documentation (it puts you in back of the queue):
Removing a Build from Review
Removing a build removes your app version from Apple’s review queue and changes its status to Developer Rejected. When you resubmit your app, the review process starts over from the beginning.
You can remove the build you’ve submitted if its status is any of the following:
Waiting For Export Compliance
Waiting For Review
In Review
Pending Developer Release
Pending Apple Release
| Q: Does uploading new binary to iTunes Connect lose our place in the review queue? Our iOS app is "Waiting for Review" on the iOS App Store.
While "waiting for review," do we lose our place in the "waiting for review" queue each time we upload a new binary?
A: From Apples Documentation (it puts you in back of the queue):
Removing a Build from Review
Removing a build removes your app version from Apple’s review queue and changes its status to Developer Rejected. When you resubmit your app, the review process starts over from the beginning.
You can remove the build you’ve submitted if its status is any of the following:
Waiting For Export Compliance
Waiting For Review
In Review
Pending Developer Release
Pending Apple Release
| apple | {
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34b782cd3af16bb9545a1cf5e0bc1abd891a009c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: SSH to device via USB When I try to SSH over USB to my device running linux, I get "ssh: connect to host 10.90.1.2 port 22: Network is unreachable"
Mind you, I can run the same command "ssh [email protected]" on my linux machine and another mac, but on my boss's brand new machine OSX, no dice.
If I type "ifconfig" on the working mac, I get an entry like
en2: flags=...
ether 5a:...
inet 10.90.1.1
On the non working machine, running if config shows a similar block except the part where I have "inet 10.90.1.1..." is missing.
On both machines I have gone to Network and set my RNDIS/Etho Gadget to configure IPv4 manually and have an IP address of 10.90.1.1.
Can anybody point me to a setting that might cause the ifconfig outputs to be different? I'm just not proficient with Macs.
Thanks.
| Q: SSH to device via USB When I try to SSH over USB to my device running linux, I get "ssh: connect to host 10.90.1.2 port 22: Network is unreachable"
Mind you, I can run the same command "ssh [email protected]" on my linux machine and another mac, but on my boss's brand new machine OSX, no dice.
If I type "ifconfig" on the working mac, I get an entry like
en2: flags=...
ether 5a:...
inet 10.90.1.1
On the non working machine, running if config shows a similar block except the part where I have "inet 10.90.1.1..." is missing.
On both machines I have gone to Network and set my RNDIS/Etho Gadget to configure IPv4 manually and have an IP address of 10.90.1.1.
Can anybody point me to a setting that might cause the ifconfig outputs to be different? I'm just not proficient with Macs.
Thanks.
| apple | {
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990bf32320b58b9f2b24cfbf35963a6e76de5c58 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Swift on Xcode 6 I'm trying to use Swift on Xcode 6 for an OS X application, but it defaults the language to Objective-C and won't let me switch it to Swift. I can use Swift for iOS but not OS X. I have the latest software so I'm not sure what the problem is. Can someone help?
A: The current version of Xcode doesn’t support Swift for OS X… yet.
The App Store update description says:
* NOTE: Swift support for OS X is coming in a future Xcode update
So you'll either have to download the beta version from http://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads or wait for support to be added for the release channel.
| Q: Swift on Xcode 6 I'm trying to use Swift on Xcode 6 for an OS X application, but it defaults the language to Objective-C and won't let me switch it to Swift. I can use Swift for iOS but not OS X. I have the latest software so I'm not sure what the problem is. Can someone help?
A: The current version of Xcode doesn’t support Swift for OS X… yet.
The App Store update description says:
* NOTE: Swift support for OS X is coming in a future Xcode update
So you'll either have to download the beta version from http://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads or wait for support to be added for the release channel.
A: Swift is currently supported by 2 versions "XCode Ver. 6.4" and the latest "XCode 7 Beta 2 Ver."
Download Either of them from http://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads
XCode 6.4 Recommended as of now due to stable release.
| apple | {
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/148734"
} |
0f0a8faf1f737928e33e3064f1c193f7087fddeb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Update apps with home-brew (youtube-dl) Mainly i want to update youtube-dl on my mac. I have used Linux so for that updating any app is very simple: apt-get update youtube-dl. But how to do it on Mac using home-brew. Is there any kind of general command or something which will work for all the apps?
A: Not for brew, but from the documentation, you can run youtube-dl -U to update.
| Q: Update apps with home-brew (youtube-dl) Mainly i want to update youtube-dl on my mac. I have used Linux so for that updating any app is very simple: apt-get update youtube-dl. But how to do it on Mac using home-brew. Is there any kind of general command or something which will work for all the apps?
A: Not for brew, but from the documentation, you can run youtube-dl -U to update.
A: Run brew update first, then you can use brew upgrade to update all packages, or brew upgrade youtube-dl to update only youtube-dl.
| apple | {
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/148740"
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2b5ab0764449b6c83822307304abedb333e8bdf2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Xcode Beta "Verifying Xcode.app" I just installed Xcode beta, and when trying to open it, it stays on "Verifying Xcode.app" and does not proceed. Why is that? I have the latest OS X mavericks.
A: Open terminal and run below commands
cd /Applications
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine Xcode.app
This will bypass Gatekeeper in OS X and launch Xcode quickly.
| Q: Xcode Beta "Verifying Xcode.app" I just installed Xcode beta, and when trying to open it, it stays on "Verifying Xcode.app" and does not proceed. Why is that? I have the latest OS X mavericks.
A: Open terminal and run below commands
cd /Applications
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine Xcode.app
This will bypass Gatekeeper in OS X and launch Xcode quickly.
A: You said you are stuck with Xcode beta.
Then the command will be
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Xcode\ Beta.app
A: It seems there's a global switch for the verifying in com.apple.LaunchService.
❯ defaults read com.apple.LaunchServices{
LSQuarantine = 1;
}
❯ defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO
❯ defaults read com.apple.LaunchServices
{
LSQuarantine = 0;
}
It should take effect after a rebooting.
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6f9a1c5efc034ac12a7dfdf8b83c38bec9654d5f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is keyboard shortcut to cycle through worksheets in excel (office 2011) workbook on mackbook air? It looks like the shortcut is listed as Command+PageDown, but there's no "page down" on a mackbook air. how can I cycle through the tabs (worksheets) in an excel workbook?
A: According to Apple's Mac notebooks: Key placement and functions:
Page Up key functionality is performed by pressing Fn and Up Arrow key.
Page Down key functionality is performed by pressing Fn and Down Arrow key.
| Q: What is keyboard shortcut to cycle through worksheets in excel (office 2011) workbook on mackbook air? It looks like the shortcut is listed as Command+PageDown, but there's no "page down" on a mackbook air. how can I cycle through the tabs (worksheets) in an excel workbook?
A: According to Apple's Mac notebooks: Key placement and functions:
Page Up key functionality is performed by pressing Fn and Up Arrow key.
Page Down key functionality is performed by pressing Fn and Down Arrow key.
A: this reference sheet may help:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/wsp_sample_file/excel_mac_shortcuts.pdf
Perhaps : fn-ctrl-up / fn-ctrl-down
Try this way: Ctrl+Page UP/Page Down to move Right/Left Tab
A: option button and up or down arrow
| apple | {
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c6b559a0c6163fea56589f6790be390de937825a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Installed provision profiles not seen on iOS8? I have installed a few profiles from third-parties, now I'd like to remove them from General - Settings - Profiles, which is the way I did before prior to iOS 8. However, I don't see them there on my iPhone/iPad(iOS 8.0.2) any more.
Is this something new from iOS 8? Any clue how to remove my installed profiles?
ps. I know I can remove profiles from Xcode - Devices. But that's only for the ones installed with my associated development account. I need a general way to remove all of them.
A: I know this is an old thread. I have been experiencing the sam issue with students downloading apps through 3rd party. The provisioning profiles are still on the device, despite them being removed through settings etc..
Once the update 10.2.1 was complete they no longer exist on the device as seen through the our MDM, Xcode or the device itself..
So updating to new OS worked for me.. Hope this helps anyone
| Q: Installed provision profiles not seen on iOS8? I have installed a few profiles from third-parties, now I'd like to remove them from General - Settings - Profiles, which is the way I did before prior to iOS 8. However, I don't see them there on my iPhone/iPad(iOS 8.0.2) any more.
Is this something new from iOS 8? Any clue how to remove my installed profiles?
ps. I know I can remove profiles from Xcode - Devices. But that's only for the ones installed with my associated development account. I need a general way to remove all of them.
A: I know this is an old thread. I have been experiencing the sam issue with students downloading apps through 3rd party. The provisioning profiles are still on the device, despite them being removed through settings etc..
Once the update 10.2.1 was complete they no longer exist on the device as seen through the our MDM, Xcode or the device itself..
So updating to new OS worked for me.. Hope this helps anyone
A: According to a StackOverflow answer here, "If the provisioning profile is expired, iOS should get rid of it automatically. As apps are deleted, iOS should properly deal with the provisioning aspects automatically. This philosophy is mentioned in WWDC 2014's talk on Managing Apple Devices around ~42 minutes in."
I just uninstalled GBA4iOS and the provisioning profile is still there, even after a reboot. I don't know where to look to see it on the iPad without connecting it to a computer w/ XCode, so I ask my MDM to report on it. Still researching..
[edit] here is the phrase from the WWDC talk: "Provisioning profiles no longer appear at all in Settings because its handled completely automatically. The device will automatically prune expired provisioning profiles when they are no longer needed."
Still looking for a way to UnTrust a Provisioning Profile without xCode..
A: in order to see "profiles" again in settings, I went to beta.apple.com/profile & it installed a profile in order to update to software 9.1 (Beta).
Profiles is showing again in settings!!!
Note: I'm using iOS 9.0.2 & this method worked for me (:
A: Device restoration might just be the only answer, as I've had the same problem when upgrading from iOS 6 to iOS 7. I tried everything, to no avail.
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3553bbe9e5cc57fd87cf4b6b4c110dc8f3beeeb0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change user name I had to change the admin user name of a new Macbook because his sons name kept showing up, Home Folder etc, So I used,
'sudo mv /Users/oldusername /Users/newusername'
and Advanced Options in User account.
Now this has worked very well apart from iBooks!
iBooks still has the 'oldusername' in it's path.
Don't know what I've done wrong!!!
sudo mv /Users/oldname/Library/Containers?com.apple.BKAgentService?Data?Documents?ibooks/books/ Users/newname/Library/Containers?com.apple.BKAgentService?Data?Documents?ibooks/books
Would this work ?, I am not very good with terminal.
Any help would be appreciated.
A: The command should be:
$sudo mv /Users/oldname/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/ibooks/books /Users/newname/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/ibooks/books
This is assuming that there was not an existing user "newname" with it's own uid. Then you may run into permissions problems.
Hope this helps!
| Q: Change user name I had to change the admin user name of a new Macbook because his sons name kept showing up, Home Folder etc, So I used,
'sudo mv /Users/oldusername /Users/newusername'
and Advanced Options in User account.
Now this has worked very well apart from iBooks!
iBooks still has the 'oldusername' in it's path.
Don't know what I've done wrong!!!
sudo mv /Users/oldname/Library/Containers?com.apple.BKAgentService?Data?Documents?ibooks/books/ Users/newname/Library/Containers?com.apple.BKAgentService?Data?Documents?ibooks/books
Would this work ?, I am not very good with terminal.
Any help would be appreciated.
A: The command should be:
$sudo mv /Users/oldname/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/ibooks/books /Users/newname/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/ibooks/books
This is assuming that there was not an existing user "newname" with it's own uid. Then you may run into permissions problems.
Hope this helps!
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7f542c231a3955aad08502b7a6cb59fa4278c516 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Scriptable menu bar icons Is there an easy way I can add custom icons to the menu bar status area? Ideally something like Growl (e.g., where you can just execute a command) but instead of notifications, just renders icons in the menu bar.
I'm mainly looking to draw numbers that I'd use to alert me of various things. For example, I can configure my email client to run a command/AppleScript to update the numbers when an certain kind of email arrives.
Something like this:
A: I would suggest starting with this thread, which describes using Cocoa Objective-C calls from within AppleScript. There is an example Xcode project here.
And Launch is a complete application written in AppleScript that functionally does this. Its Xcode project file is here.
The basic premise is to generate NSMenuItem instances and add them to the system's NSStatusBar:
set statusMenu to (NSMenu's alloc)'s initWithTitle_("Launch")
-- (build and do stuff with the statusMenu here)
set sysStatusBar to NSStatusBar's systemStatusBar
set statusItem to sysStatusBar's statusItemWithLength_(32)
tell statusItem to setMenu_(statusMenu)
tell statusItem to setHighlightMode_(1)
set menuImage to NSImage's imageNamed_("icon.png")
tell statusItem to setImage_(menuImage)
AppleScript excerpt from Launch's source code, Copyright © Lee Hanken
| Q: Scriptable menu bar icons Is there an easy way I can add custom icons to the menu bar status area? Ideally something like Growl (e.g., where you can just execute a command) but instead of notifications, just renders icons in the menu bar.
I'm mainly looking to draw numbers that I'd use to alert me of various things. For example, I can configure my email client to run a command/AppleScript to update the numbers when an certain kind of email arrives.
Something like this:
A: I would suggest starting with this thread, which describes using Cocoa Objective-C calls from within AppleScript. There is an example Xcode project here.
And Launch is a complete application written in AppleScript that functionally does this. Its Xcode project file is here.
The basic premise is to generate NSMenuItem instances and add them to the system's NSStatusBar:
set statusMenu to (NSMenu's alloc)'s initWithTitle_("Launch")
-- (build and do stuff with the statusMenu here)
set sysStatusBar to NSStatusBar's systemStatusBar
set statusItem to sysStatusBar's statusItemWithLength_(32)
tell statusItem to setMenu_(statusMenu)
tell statusItem to setHighlightMode_(1)
set menuImage to NSImage's imageNamed_("icon.png")
tell statusItem to setImage_(menuImage)
AppleScript excerpt from Launch's source code, Copyright © Lee Hanken
A: Okay, I have made an app for this. It is on GitHub: 0942v8653/ScriptableStatusBar. Just keep the app running and use the sbar tool to set and remove items.
As the readme says:
sbar set face 'Bye!:sbar remove face'
Creates a face in the status bar. The menu will have an option Bye! that runs sbar remove face getting rid of the menu it creates.
You can download a compiled version from https://github.com/0942v8653/ScriptableStatusBar/releases.
A: You can also use RubyCocoa:
require "osx/cocoa"
include OSX
app = NSApplication.sharedApplication
statusitem = NSStatusBar.systemStatusBar().statusItemWithLength(NSVariableStatusItemLength)
statusitem.setTitle("aa")
app.run
A: Another option is to use Rumps, a Python library that uses the Obj-C classes and functions.
http://rumps.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
A: Yes, you can create a Cocoa app for this purpose in Xcode. No, you cannot do it with applescript.
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d2e912ccade354b205963ffb3aa9701e2ce7d295 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX 10.9.5 - different keyboard layouts per application From what I see in the Googles, there used to be a way to set it so that each application/window could have its own keyboard layout. I have two different apps, and I need different layouts for each one (Dvorak for one, and US for the other).
It seems like that feature may have been removed sometime between the stuff I'm seeing in Google and the current 10.9.5 version. Is there another way to accomplish this now?
A: If you're using Keyboard Maestro for this, use the action called "Set keyboard layout to" instead of the applescript. It instantly changes the layout without pulling down the menu.
| Q: OSX 10.9.5 - different keyboard layouts per application From what I see in the Googles, there used to be a way to set it so that each application/window could have its own keyboard layout. I have two different apps, and I need different layouts for each one (Dvorak for one, and US for the other).
It seems like that feature may have been removed sometime between the stuff I'm seeing in Google and the current 10.9.5 version. Is there another way to accomplish this now?
A: If you're using Keyboard Maestro for this, use the action called "Set keyboard layout to" instead of the applescript. It instantly changes the layout without pulling down the menu.
A: As @LeeJoramo suggested, you can use Keyboard Maestro and some AppleScript to turn on the desired layout when switching to a certain app. For example, here's a KM macro that sets my keyboard layout to "Greek" when I switch to TextMate:
The script, borrowed from this StackOverflow answer:
tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer"
tell (menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1 whose description is "text input")
select
tell menu 1
click (first menu item whose title contains "Greek")
end tell
end tell
end tell
A: There is an app which is aupposed to be able to do this, but I have not tried it mayself: AutoKeyboard
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/51829/autokeyboard
A: I use the keyboard switching as well.
To do that I just click on the menu bar Input source name Icon and select the keyboard I need.
That assumes you set the Input Sources in your sys pref key board, and you can choose the Automatically switch to documents input source as well if you prefer.
Auto switch:
Choose an input source for a document and have it used every time you
work in the document until you close it, even if you switch to other
documents that use other input sources in the meantime.
This option appears only when you add a second input source.
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f0c8e0433b6f430d300e9281197cdb54081ae477 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone: Disable vibration for all notifications except for phone calls How can I disable vibrations for all notifications except for phone calls on an iPhone? This is for an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.
For instance, if I receive a notification such as a new email, my phone vibrates. And when I get phone calls, my phone vibrates. But when I disable vibration, it disables vibration for both notifications and phone calls.
So I'd like to separate the two, so that I don't get vibrations for notifications, but I do get vibrations for phone calls.
Is there a way to do this, without needing to enable vibrations and disabling vibrations on an app-by-app basis?
A: You can turn off vibrations for individual events from Settings > Sounds.
You can turn them all off, turn off all but Ringtone (receiving phone calls), or keep them all on.
Note: Any events that are not listed here can be turned off from the apps that produce them.
| Q: iPhone: Disable vibration for all notifications except for phone calls How can I disable vibrations for all notifications except for phone calls on an iPhone? This is for an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.
For instance, if I receive a notification such as a new email, my phone vibrates. And when I get phone calls, my phone vibrates. But when I disable vibration, it disables vibration for both notifications and phone calls.
So I'd like to separate the two, so that I don't get vibrations for notifications, but I do get vibrations for phone calls.
Is there a way to do this, without needing to enable vibrations and disabling vibrations on an app-by-app basis?
A: You can turn off vibrations for individual events from Settings > Sounds.
You can turn them all off, turn off all but Ringtone (receiving phone calls), or keep them all on.
Note: Any events that are not listed here can be turned off from the apps that produce them.
A: The only way I know is to go to iPhone Settings > Notifications and modify the settings for each app so that Vibration is set to None.
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57bc6352322e8e7d47c5c36190436f16d2300a4f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Unzipping an archive, the folder icon appears under the archive I double-click the .zip, and the resultant folder shows up here:
Annoying, but eh. Is there any way to fix this? Similarly, anything downloaded to the folder shows up in the top left, piling on top of anything else that might be there. This ends up in a giant stack of mess that's annoying and cluttered. How do I fix such problems?
A: You could change the "view" of the ~/Downloads folder to something other than "as icons" from the Finder menu "View". In "list" or "column" mode, they would not be on top of each other.
Alternatively, under the "View"->"Show View Options" you could set it to "Sort By" -> "Snap to Grid" and all new icons would be nicely arranged it a grid. Additionally "Arrange by" -> "Name" would put things in alphabetical order, and not all on top of each other.
| Q: Unzipping an archive, the folder icon appears under the archive I double-click the .zip, and the resultant folder shows up here:
Annoying, but eh. Is there any way to fix this? Similarly, anything downloaded to the folder shows up in the top left, piling on top of anything else that might be there. This ends up in a giant stack of mess that's annoying and cluttered. How do I fix such problems?
A: You could change the "view" of the ~/Downloads folder to something other than "as icons" from the Finder menu "View". In "list" or "column" mode, they would not be on top of each other.
Alternatively, under the "View"->"Show View Options" you could set it to "Sort By" -> "Snap to Grid" and all new icons would be nicely arranged it a grid. Additionally "Arrange by" -> "Name" would put things in alphabetical order, and not all on top of each other.
A: Change sort by to something other than none or snap to grid, e.g. change it to name or creation date.
(I am new to macos and expected "snap to grid" to actually keep the icons in a grid but with this option set it behaves just as in your screenshot. I don't really understand why, but using another sorting option fixes it, so whatever)
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d707ff87ef9ef0d88ef2d8c6fd4dad3d96713129 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Turn off all connectivity except GPS I am leaving on a camping trip tomorrow. I have an iPhone 6 from my employer. I would like to use the phone for GPS (vis Google Maps) over the weekend, but do not want to receive a single notification for a phone call, text message, calendar invite or email (I am using the Good app). Is there any way to put my phone on airplane mode but keep GPS on? Thanks in advance.
A: If you want to completely disable all cellular abilities (calls, texting, data) you could simply take out the SIM. True GPS still works fine, as that does not use the cellular network.
| Q: Turn off all connectivity except GPS I am leaving on a camping trip tomorrow. I have an iPhone 6 from my employer. I would like to use the phone for GPS (vis Google Maps) over the weekend, but do not want to receive a single notification for a phone call, text message, calendar invite or email (I am using the Good app). Is there any way to put my phone on airplane mode but keep GPS on? Thanks in advance.
A: If you want to completely disable all cellular abilities (calls, texting, data) you could simply take out the SIM. True GPS still works fine, as that does not use the cellular network.
A: You can go to Settings and turn Cellular Data off (turn WiFi off for good measure also in case you wander past a WiFi network). Also turn on Do Not Disturb mode. You still use the cell radio to locate your position, unlike in Airplane Mode.
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3df0ba6551c3b6fdc6d8dacdb9800850eb320f9e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does my brew installation not work? I installed brew before, but it does not work now.
When I run brew, it gives me the error -bash: brew: command not found
So I tried to reinstall using the code
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
But it gives me another one :
It appears Homebrew is already installed. If your intent is to reinstall you
should do the following before running this installer again:
rm -rf /usr/local/Cellar /usr/local/.git && brew cleanup
If I use the command rm -rf /usr/local/Cellar /usr/local/.git && brew cleanup, it gives back the first error : -bash: brew: command not found
What should I do now?
A: echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
This code works for me on a MacBook Pro M1.
| Q: Why does my brew installation not work? I installed brew before, but it does not work now.
When I run brew, it gives me the error -bash: brew: command not found
So I tried to reinstall using the code
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
But it gives me another one :
It appears Homebrew is already installed. If your intent is to reinstall you
should do the following before running this installer again:
rm -rf /usr/local/Cellar /usr/local/.git && brew cleanup
If I use the command rm -rf /usr/local/Cellar /usr/local/.git && brew cleanup, it gives back the first error : -bash: brew: command not found
What should I do now?
A: echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
This code works for me on a MacBook Pro M1.
A: If your shell is zsh and your Mac is M1-based
edit .zshrc
nano .zshrc
add
export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
Quit terminal and re-open
try with
brew
A: "Command not found" indicates that the brew binary isn't on one of the directories listed in your PATH environment variable. To check what your path is currently, run echo $PATH. By default, brew installs to /usr/local/bin. To set the path permanently, you should edit your ~/.bashrc file to contain the line export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH".
On Aplle Silicon machines brew by default install path is /opt/homebrew/bin
A: I had the same problem—installed brew, used it, but now it doens't work, ie, brew command not recognized anymore.
The context of my brew-not-recognized-anymore problem is a bit more specific: I'm using iTerm instead of Terminal, I installed brew in the standard way to the standard place, I used brew to install zsh and oh-my-zsh, and at that point the brew command stopped working.
I wasn't able to find the solution to my subset of the brew-not-recognized-anymore problem anywhere, so I'm posting the solution in case anyone else has this sort of brew-not-recognized-anymore problem.
Adding this to my .zshrc solved the problem on a machine with Apple M1 CPU:
eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)
Note that this is not the same as adding to the PATH variable. The brew command is indeed located in those standard locations listed in other solutions. It turned out not to be a PATH variable thing that was causing this subset of the brew-not-recognized-anymore problem.
A: the -bash: brew: command not found error means that it didn't find the brew environment variable on your Mac.
The correct environment configuration in .bash_profile file should be like this:
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
So if you haven't config the brew environment variable, the correct step to config the brew environment variable on your Mac is:
*
*add the environment variable to your mac, the correct command is:
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
*Now we need to activate the changes. Type this command to activate and try drew doctor again:
source .bash_profile
Or if you had config the environment, you can use this command to open the file to check if the environment configuration is correct:
/usr/bin/open ~/.bash_profile
and then fix it to the correct text and then save and quit.
*Don't forget to activate your changes also. Still this command:
source .bash_profile
A: If your shell is zsh and your Mac is M1-based, enter these two commands after installing brew:
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
The first command adds:
*
*an expanded PATH variable that includes the directories where brew and commands installed with brew are located
*several shell variables used by brew
to the .zprofile initialization file.
The second command adds those same variables to the current shell, so that you can start using brew without re-reading .zprofile.
PS: For Intel Macs, use /usr/local instead of /opt/homebrew.
PPS: If you are running bash, use .bashrc instead of .zprofile.
A: The FAQ has a section on this and a specific uninstall script, start there to get a clean system and then install again.
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/share/doc/homebrew/FAQ.md
To uninstall Homebrew, paste the command below in a terminal prompt.
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"
Download the uninstall script and run ./uninstall --help to view more uninstall options.
A: Might be that you just never downloaded.. I made that mistake. Thought I'd downloaded right, but found out I hit something other then return when it says to "press return to continue or any other key to cancel"
A: This is what I did on Ubuntu 20:
echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"'>> ~/.bashrc
in contrast with what brew documentation suggests:
==> Next steps:
Run these two commands in your terminal to add Homebrew to your PATH:
echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >>
/home/user/.profile
eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
It seems .profile does not get read when .bashrc is there.
A: Following command doesn't work if your are under proxy.
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Instead use following -
ruby -e "$(curl -x http://DOMAIN%5cUSER_NAME:PASSWORD@PROXY:PORT -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Note we have to use %5c instead of "\" Similarly if your password has any special character replace it with unicode e.g for @ use %40
Refer this Unicodes
Replace above command with your own params
DOMAIN - Your Domain
USER_NAME - Your User Name
PASSWORD - password
PROXY - 10.10.10.10
PORT - 8080
A: sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/bin/brew /usr/local/bin/brew
This line bind homebrew from /opt with /usr/local, so you can use brew command everywhere.
This is the only thing that helped me.
source
A: I chased my tail with the "command not found" error. I thought upgrading to Catalina might have borked my Homebrew installation (upgrading OSX requires you to upgrade MacPorts).
Half-Broken:
I checked my path and /usr/local/bin was there and an ls -al of that directory listed the installed Homebrew packages. So why was Homebrew still not happy?!?!? I tried another Homebrew command and that command SUCCEEDED. So Homebrew was half-broken: some things work, some things don't. Drat.
Solution:
The command puking the error command not found was mtr which requires sudo access. Although the Homebrew documentation and every other answer I found on this error tells you to add /usr/local/binto your path, executables requiring sudo access live in the path:
/usr/local/sbin
Add this to:
/etc/paths
And things will work as expected.
A: the easy answer here is: you need to read the output of the installation.
after your run the brew command it will guide you what to do next.
In my case it did tell me to run the following 2 commands to make brew available at the PATH
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/moelwekil/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
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bd83cac8e8253bdd14f23e7f1d0db71a4c647344 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Preview can't find fonts used in eps file generated by gnuplot I am trying to use TimesNewRoman.ttf as the font for *.eps files generated by Gnuplot. I am running OS X 10.9.5 on a 2010 Macbook Pro. Here is my gnuplot script.
set terminal postscript eps enhanced size 5,5 font 'TimesNewRoman.ttf,20'
set output "./test.eps"
plot sin(x)
When I open this file with Preview, I get the error:
PostScript Conversion Warning
Converting the PostScript file “test.eps” produced the following warnings:
· TimesNewRoman.ttf not found, using Courier.
TimesNewRoman.ttf is an exact copy of Times New Roman.ttf. Gnuplot has problems trying to find files with spaces in the file name. So I copied the /Library/Fonts/Times New Roman.ttf to /Library/Fonts/TimesNewRoman.ttf and
~/Library/Fonts/TimesNewRoman.ttf. I believe this trick worked when I was using OS X 10.6.8, but it appears not to work in Mavericks.
How can I fix this?
A: Preview's postscript conversion doesn't use Times New Roman, but you (probably) can use Times Roman. I'm not familiar with Gnuplot, so I'm not sure how to set fonts, but the name is "Times-Roman"
| Q: Preview can't find fonts used in eps file generated by gnuplot I am trying to use TimesNewRoman.ttf as the font for *.eps files generated by Gnuplot. I am running OS X 10.9.5 on a 2010 Macbook Pro. Here is my gnuplot script.
set terminal postscript eps enhanced size 5,5 font 'TimesNewRoman.ttf,20'
set output "./test.eps"
plot sin(x)
When I open this file with Preview, I get the error:
PostScript Conversion Warning
Converting the PostScript file “test.eps” produced the following warnings:
· TimesNewRoman.ttf not found, using Courier.
TimesNewRoman.ttf is an exact copy of Times New Roman.ttf. Gnuplot has problems trying to find files with spaces in the file name. So I copied the /Library/Fonts/Times New Roman.ttf to /Library/Fonts/TimesNewRoman.ttf and
~/Library/Fonts/TimesNewRoman.ttf. I believe this trick worked when I was using OS X 10.6.8, but it appears not to work in Mavericks.
How can I fix this?
A: Preview's postscript conversion doesn't use Times New Roman, but you (probably) can use Times Roman. I'm not familiar with Gnuplot, so I'm not sure how to set fonts, but the name is "Times-Roman"
A: This is still a problem six years later on macOS Big Sur 11.1.
Using brew install gnuplot 5.4 patchlevel 1, without any set terminal command, gnuplot's generated EPS defaults to the font Time-Roman, which Preview version 11.0 of course cannot find and replaces arbitrarily with Courier. To make such a file displayable properly:
sed -i -e "s/Time-Roman/Times-Roman/" my_file.eps
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b91de81594bae1145953e40af123606f3537d7f5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Launchd starts event 40 seconds later? I've created a .plist file, which should act as system daemon (global with root user). This .plist file listens to the settings directory for changes like changing network settings. When this happens it should start a Bash script.
However, it works but not as expected. When I open a VPN connection it takes about 40 seconds until the Bash script will be executed. I would like it to be executed right after I open the VPN connection.
How to remove the delay before the launch?
Here is the code of .plist file:
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>lucafuhl.vpnhelper</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Users/vpnhelper.sh</string>
<key>WatchPaths</key>
<string>/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration</string>
</dict>
</plist>
A: Two things:
Try placing your
<string>/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration</string>
inside an
<array>
</array>
Additionally you may be able to watch to see when the change actually happens with the below command.
sudo fs_usage -f filesys | grep /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
| Q: Launchd starts event 40 seconds later? I've created a .plist file, which should act as system daemon (global with root user). This .plist file listens to the settings directory for changes like changing network settings. When this happens it should start a Bash script.
However, it works but not as expected. When I open a VPN connection it takes about 40 seconds until the Bash script will be executed. I would like it to be executed right after I open the VPN connection.
How to remove the delay before the launch?
Here is the code of .plist file:
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>lucafuhl.vpnhelper</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Users/vpnhelper.sh</string>
<key>WatchPaths</key>
<string>/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration</string>
</dict>
</plist>
A: Two things:
Try placing your
<string>/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration</string>
inside an
<array>
</array>
Additionally you may be able to watch to see when the change actually happens with the below command.
sudo fs_usage -f filesys | grep /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
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7eaffea63736287723f838ac795ea4a3a3225ee6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Run script before every Time Machine backup? I would like to be able to run a bash script just before Time Machine runs, every time
This script generates some content to be written on a file which needs to be backed up by TM.
I have looked around, but surprisingly no one seemed to have asked this before. Any idea?
A: That's not possible as far as I know. There aren't any real “hooks” into Time Machine.
However, you can do something nearly as good: you can disable the automatic backups that Time Machine does and run it manually instead:
#!/bin/sh
run_your_command_here
run_another_command_here
and_so_on
tmutil startbackup --block --auto
exit 0
Note this bit from man tmutil
The --auto option provides a supported mechanism with which to
trigger "automatic-like" backups, similar to automatic backups
that are scheduled by the system. While this is not identical
to true system-scheduled backups, it provides custom schedulers
the ability to achieve some (but not all) behavior normally
exhibited when operating in automatic mode.
It is not clear to me what the difference is, but it's worth noting that one exists.
| Q: Run script before every Time Machine backup? I would like to be able to run a bash script just before Time Machine runs, every time
This script generates some content to be written on a file which needs to be backed up by TM.
I have looked around, but surprisingly no one seemed to have asked this before. Any idea?
A: That's not possible as far as I know. There aren't any real “hooks” into Time Machine.
However, you can do something nearly as good: you can disable the automatic backups that Time Machine does and run it manually instead:
#!/bin/sh
run_your_command_here
run_another_command_here
and_so_on
tmutil startbackup --block --auto
exit 0
Note this bit from man tmutil
The --auto option provides a supported mechanism with which to
trigger "automatic-like" backups, similar to automatic backups
that are scheduled by the system. While this is not identical
to true system-scheduled backups, it provides custom schedulers
the ability to achieve some (but not all) behavior normally
exhibited when operating in automatic mode.
It is not clear to me what the difference is, but it's worth noting that one exists.
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9e5031ea7007af175c89213aeb73c229f9be3aa2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Removing trusted certificate from Mail in iOS 8 My IMAP (and SMTP) server used a self signed certificate.
Once I marked the certificate as "trusted" in the Mail app, is there a way to remove that trust again?
I tried deleting and re-creating the email account, but the certificate is still trusted afterwards.
The certificate does not show up in the Profiles section of the Settings app.
A: It looks like you might not have actually "trusted" it, but rather made "exception" for it as detailed here: https://blog.httpwatch.com/2013/12/12/five-tips-for-using-self-signed-ssl-certificates-with-ios/
If you did import the certificate, then the above website shows how to remove the "profile" that contains the certificate. To remove the exception, it looks like you need to reset all settings (General > Reset > Reset Settings). Unfortunately it deletes all your settings.
There is further discussion here:
How do you remove SSL certificate exceptions on iOS?
| Q: Removing trusted certificate from Mail in iOS 8 My IMAP (and SMTP) server used a self signed certificate.
Once I marked the certificate as "trusted" in the Mail app, is there a way to remove that trust again?
I tried deleting and re-creating the email account, but the certificate is still trusted afterwards.
The certificate does not show up in the Profiles section of the Settings app.
A: It looks like you might not have actually "trusted" it, but rather made "exception" for it as detailed here: https://blog.httpwatch.com/2013/12/12/five-tips-for-using-self-signed-ssl-certificates-with-ios/
If you did import the certificate, then the above website shows how to remove the "profile" that contains the certificate. To remove the exception, it looks like you need to reset all settings (General > Reset > Reset Settings). Unfortunately it deletes all your settings.
There is further discussion here:
How do you remove SSL certificate exceptions on iOS?
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} |
56f426a07468106dec6e8b86bf4f926a538bcbab | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iOS 8 Health data: backup and iCloud I hat to bring in my iPhone for repair and I backed up all the data on iCloud and with iTunes (just to be sure). I then got a replacement phone for one week.
I was not able to recover my Health data:
*
*The data seems not to be synchronised with iCloud (no other device as my iPad or the replacement phone see anything)
*The data was not backed up. I got everything back but for the Health data
Is there a way to back Health data up?
A: Looks like you need to encrypt your iPhone backups for your local backups to retain health data:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6357
Hope this helps?
| Q: iOS 8 Health data: backup and iCloud I hat to bring in my iPhone for repair and I backed up all the data on iCloud and with iTunes (just to be sure). I then got a replacement phone for one week.
I was not able to recover my Health data:
*
*The data seems not to be synchronised with iCloud (no other device as my iPad or the replacement phone see anything)
*The data was not backed up. I got everything back but for the Health data
Is there a way to back Health data up?
A: Looks like you need to encrypt your iPhone backups for your local backups to retain health data:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6357
Hope this helps?
A: Update: iOS 11.0 has an option to sync Health.app data instead of just backing it up. So now you can perform a clean install and still have your health data.
iOS 8.0 doesn't backup Health.app data to iCloud but iOS 9 does.
You can save the information stored in your Health app by backing up
your iOS device with iCloud. Your information gets encrypted as it
goes between iCloud and your device, and while it's stored in iCloud.
If you aren't using iCloud, you can back up your Health information by
encrypting your iTunes backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6357
A: iTunes and iCloud are good tool for iPhone data. You can backup your iphone with iCloud or iTunes. If you lost data, you can recover from them
You can restore iTunes backups to your iPhone at any time. Follow these steps to choose a backup and sync the data to your iPhone.
*
*Connect the iPhone to the computer with a USB cable.
*Open iTunes.
*If you have a new or erased iPhone, iTunes will prompt you to restore from backup.
*Otherwise, Control-click on your iPhone under DEVICES in the left menu.
*Select Restore From Backup...
*Choose the backup you wish to sync and click the Restore button.
You will be prompted by Setup Assistant by a new iPhone to set up as a new phone or restore from backup.
Make sure your iPhone is connected to Wi-Fi and plugged into the charger.
Select the option Restore From iCloud Backup.
Enter your iCloud account and password.
Choose the recent backup you wish to restore to your iPhone.
Enter any passwords required when prompted.
Or you can use some third-party programs like Tenorshare iPhone Data Recovery, you can check it on Google
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08a22cb4ebdf1fbf478b217644ef89d1615437b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to transfer a app from one ipod to an iphone? Ok so I want to transfer an app from my IPod to my IPhone. The only problem is that that app got deleted off the App Store so I cant just download it directly to my phone. Is there any way to transfer over the app onto my computer and then transfer it onto my IPhone? Also I am not on a Mac, I am using a Dell Intel PC so the ITunes looks differently then it would on a Mac.
A: *
*Connect the device with the app to the PC with a USB cable.
*Right click on the iPod and select "transfer purchases"
*Once the app is on the computer, then connect the iPhone.
*Set up that app to sync and you should be done.
| Q: how to transfer a app from one ipod to an iphone? Ok so I want to transfer an app from my IPod to my IPhone. The only problem is that that app got deleted off the App Store so I cant just download it directly to my phone. Is there any way to transfer over the app onto my computer and then transfer it onto my IPhone? Also I am not on a Mac, I am using a Dell Intel PC so the ITunes looks differently then it would on a Mac.
A: *
*Connect the device with the app to the PC with a USB cable.
*Right click on the iPod and select "transfer purchases"
*Once the app is on the computer, then connect the iPhone.
*Set up that app to sync and you should be done.
A: Yes it is certainly possible. You need to sync your iPod via iTunes on your PC. All purchased apps should then appear in iTunes. You can then transfer them from iTunes to your iPhone.
Additionally, I recommend syncing with a computer regularly to ensure you have a backup of all your data. You are backing up right?
Here is Apple's support documentation on syncing: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386
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1a3cf75110f38c7cceda10ea4d69acee42e006c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to get the amount of selected files in automator I created a workflow to move items from one folder to another and I want to get a notification when it's done. I could create the workflow without problems but now I would like to show the number of moved files on the notification pop-up.
How can I get the number of files?
Basically I'm copying downloaded files to a "Downloads" folder on iCloud Drive. After the files are copied, I would like to show a notification saying "{NumberOfFiles} moved successfully."
A: You can use the following Apple Script to set a variable (named item_count) to the number of items returned from the previous action:
on run {input, parameters}
set (value of variable "item_count" of front workflow) to (count of input)
return input
end run
The list of items is simply passed through.
You could use it like this:
| Q: How to get the amount of selected files in automator I created a workflow to move items from one folder to another and I want to get a notification when it's done. I could create the workflow without problems but now I would like to show the number of moved files on the notification pop-up.
How can I get the number of files?
Basically I'm copying downloaded files to a "Downloads" folder on iCloud Drive. After the files are copied, I would like to show a notification saying "{NumberOfFiles} moved successfully."
A: You can use the following Apple Script to set a variable (named item_count) to the number of items returned from the previous action:
on run {input, parameters}
set (value of variable "item_count" of front workflow) to (count of input)
return input
end run
The list of items is simply passed through.
You could use it like this:
A: Not sure if the way Automator handles variables in Apple scripts has changed since @hop answered in '14, but setting the item_count variable as an action seems to work better.
on run {input, parameters}
return count of input
end run
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02eddb9846087b31af05e571ca5a7f92bb8c4de6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Issues with Screen Scaling on External Monitor I am using a 2011 Macbook Pro and a horrible Dell Display for some extra space. Because the resolution is horrible on the extra screen, the windows are larger then I would like and Mac OS X does not let me change the scale for it.
Is there an app of something else I could use to solve my problem?
A: I think changing the screen resolution on the external display could help you in this case. Initially when you open up the Displays Settings from System Preferences. It would look something like this below with a limited set of display resolutions.
This list of resolution is what OS X thinks is the best for your Display. When connecting an external monitor/display, there are chances the aspect ratio is wrong because it's a widescreen monitor.
Solution
*
*Open the Display Settings from System Preferences on the second monitor.
*Hold the Option key and click on the Scaled button. It should open up a lot more Display resolutions.
Try finding what's the best option for your display/monitor by trial and error.
| Q: Issues with Screen Scaling on External Monitor I am using a 2011 Macbook Pro and a horrible Dell Display for some extra space. Because the resolution is horrible on the extra screen, the windows are larger then I would like and Mac OS X does not let me change the scale for it.
Is there an app of something else I could use to solve my problem?
A: I think changing the screen resolution on the external display could help you in this case. Initially when you open up the Displays Settings from System Preferences. It would look something like this below with a limited set of display resolutions.
This list of resolution is what OS X thinks is the best for your Display. When connecting an external monitor/display, there are chances the aspect ratio is wrong because it's a widescreen monitor.
Solution
*
*Open the Display Settings from System Preferences on the second monitor.
*Hold the Option key and click on the Scaled button. It should open up a lot more Display resolutions.
Try finding what's the best option for your display/monitor by trial and error.
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c4d2c702418ff2856242bbecb2e66cac62e5728b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes starts playing when disconnecting Bose Soundlink Mini i have a Bose Soundlink Mini connected to a Macbook Air. When the Soundlink turns off after a time (because of energy saver mode), iTunes automatically starts playing music. I didn't find any option to disable that, nor any information about others with the same problem. Do you have any idea, why this happens and how i can solve it?
A: This (http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-stop-itunes-from-opening-with-bluetooth-speakers.1666895/) worked for me --
In Finder go to Applications and show package contents on iTunes.app. Inside the MacOS folder there is a unix script called iTunes, I renamed it iTunesclosed. Also renamed ituneshelper.app to ituneshelpdisabled.app
Remove the iTunesHelper.app from starting on login via System Preferences -> Users and Groups
Also kill the iTunesHelper process via Activity Monitor.
Edit: Note that you may have to do this every time iTunes is updated.
| Q: iTunes starts playing when disconnecting Bose Soundlink Mini i have a Bose Soundlink Mini connected to a Macbook Air. When the Soundlink turns off after a time (because of energy saver mode), iTunes automatically starts playing music. I didn't find any option to disable that, nor any information about others with the same problem. Do you have any idea, why this happens and how i can solve it?
A: This (http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-stop-itunes-from-opening-with-bluetooth-speakers.1666895/) worked for me --
In Finder go to Applications and show package contents on iTunes.app. Inside the MacOS folder there is a unix script called iTunes, I renamed it iTunesclosed. Also renamed ituneshelper.app to ituneshelpdisabled.app
Remove the iTunesHelper.app from starting on login via System Preferences -> Users and Groups
Also kill the iTunesHelper process via Activity Monitor.
Edit: Note that you may have to do this every time iTunes is updated.
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3b17bdee0eb7bd41e0fcc680b8d2959e2d1e464a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: File size per video minute on iPhone 6? What would be an average file size if recording 1 minute of video on the iPhone 6? Normal speed, no slow motion.
A: I checked now and it is 130 MB / minute.
| Q: File size per video minute on iPhone 6? What would be an average file size if recording 1 minute of video on the iPhone 6? Normal speed, no slow motion.
A: I checked now and it is 130 MB / minute.
A: 60 FPS 10 minutes video 1.3 GB.
A: My iPhone6 22 minute video is 3.1GB. 3100/22 = 140MB per minute.
This is 1920 x 1080 (1080p) @ 30 fps.
I checked the Frames Per Second in Settings>Photos & Camera>Record Video in my iPhone6 menu. I saw it was 1920x1080 pixels per frame when I imported the video to my Macbook using a program called Image Capture.
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ac4ef4af06548e7f6ac6e80ff017885c09c227e3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Healthkit Sync? Does Healthkit sync between devices? For example, if I have IOS 8.02 installed on iPhones 4S and 5S, should I expect that data on the 5S Health Dashboard will appear on the 4S Health Dashboard?
A: On iOS 8.0.x the health app does no syncing of any health kit data or configuration.
You only get the app on iPhone and iPod builds and there is no cloud component of the data. It resides on each device and only gets backed up to iCloud as a device backup and not synced like other things can in iCloud such as calendar and contacts data.
| Q: Does Healthkit Sync? Does Healthkit sync between devices? For example, if I have IOS 8.02 installed on iPhones 4S and 5S, should I expect that data on the 5S Health Dashboard will appear on the 4S Health Dashboard?
A: On iOS 8.0.x the health app does no syncing of any health kit data or configuration.
You only get the app on iPhone and iPod builds and there is no cloud component of the data. It resides on each device and only gets backed up to iCloud as a device backup and not synced like other things can in iCloud such as calendar and contacts data.
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919b7fc3456d0c4891c4acfa9b8f1f896d5494e2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I search Recent Calls on iPhone? I am looking for a phone number in my history. All I know is the area code 808, which will narrow it down immensely, and its having occurred between a month and two months ago.
How can I search the call history for the area code?
iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.2
A: Searching for contact numbers is possible through FaceTime. Type some digits of the that contact number into the address bar and Facetime will automatically search recent calls. You have to connect your iPhone to a Mac where your iCloud account should be logged in then FaceTime will automatically sync all your call history from your iPhone and then your are able to search a contact number through typing some digits in recent dial call's text field inside FaceTime.
| Q: How do I search Recent Calls on iPhone? I am looking for a phone number in my history. All I know is the area code 808, which will narrow it down immensely, and its having occurred between a month and two months ago.
How can I search the call history for the area code?
iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.2
A: Searching for contact numbers is possible through FaceTime. Type some digits of the that contact number into the address bar and Facetime will automatically search recent calls. You have to connect your iPhone to a Mac where your iCloud account should be logged in then FaceTime will automatically sync all your call history from your iPhone and then your are able to search a contact number through typing some digits in recent dial call's text field inside FaceTime.
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159fa709b8f81dcd976e01b05c7b40ab126f3f4a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bluetooth Dongle Connection "Failed to open an RFCOMM serial channel" on MacBook Pro I tried to setup another computer with a Bluetooth dongle to connect my Macbook Pro (OS X Mavericks). I managed to pair them and ever since then I get these messages every 10-30 seconds and often they crash and freeze the BT:
A bluetooth serial failure has occurred.
Failed to open an RFCOMM serial channel.
Check if authentication needs to be enabled in your device.
I removed the offending Bluetooth dongle from the favourites and deleted the com.apple.bluetooth.plist file, yet the dongle keeps trying to connect and the error messages keep popping up.
How can I block that dongle from connecting?
| Q: Bluetooth Dongle Connection "Failed to open an RFCOMM serial channel" on MacBook Pro I tried to setup another computer with a Bluetooth dongle to connect my Macbook Pro (OS X Mavericks). I managed to pair them and ever since then I get these messages every 10-30 seconds and often they crash and freeze the BT:
A bluetooth serial failure has occurred.
Failed to open an RFCOMM serial channel.
Check if authentication needs to be enabled in your device.
I removed the offending Bluetooth dongle from the favourites and deleted the com.apple.bluetooth.plist file, yet the dongle keeps trying to connect and the error messages keep popping up.
How can I block that dongle from connecting?
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7316d0ecf02340f7c98c1cae35d97217a458d27f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to repair Homebrew permissions after installing as root? I run brew as root, now it's defunct. No updates anymore. How to fix?
$ brew update && brew upgrade
error: Unable to append to .git/logs/HEAD: Permission denied
error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/master: Permission denied
Error: Failed to update tap: caskroom/cask
$ brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry and just ignore them. Thanks!
Warning: Your XQuartz (2.7.4) is outdated
Please install XQuartz 2.7.7:
https://xquartz.macosforge.org
A: Reset the permissions of /usr/local and Homebrew's caches to the current user:
sudo chown -R $USER:admin /usr/local /Library/Caches/Homebrew
| Q: How to repair Homebrew permissions after installing as root? I run brew as root, now it's defunct. No updates anymore. How to fix?
$ brew update && brew upgrade
error: Unable to append to .git/logs/HEAD: Permission denied
error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/master: Permission denied
Error: Failed to update tap: caskroom/cask
$ brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry and just ignore them. Thanks!
Warning: Your XQuartz (2.7.4) is outdated
Please install XQuartz 2.7.7:
https://xquartz.macosforge.org
A: Reset the permissions of /usr/local and Homebrew's caches to the current user:
sudo chown -R $USER:admin /usr/local /Library/Caches/Homebrew
A: Worst case, just reinstall Homebrew. It has helped in my case:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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6c93283eae8c685f49199d95998176a20f1ba1cf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I sign out of all devices currently using my Apple ID? I have an ex that is using my Apple ID, and I want to get him off my account. I have changed my password, but as he was already signed in, it appears that he is still using my account.
I remember once in the past when I changed my password, I was given the option to sign out of all devices currently using that Apple ID, but that option seems to have disappeared.
A: Go to https://www.icloud.com/#settings & hit "Sign out of all browsers' then change your password again.
| Q: How do I sign out of all devices currently using my Apple ID? I have an ex that is using my Apple ID, and I want to get him off my account. I have changed my password, but as he was already signed in, it appears that he is still using my account.
I remember once in the past when I changed my password, I was given the option to sign out of all devices currently using that Apple ID, but that option seems to have disappeared.
A: Go to https://www.icloud.com/#settings & hit "Sign out of all browsers' then change your password again.
A: https://www.icloud.com/#settings
Using this I have sign out from all the browsers and simultaneously in the same browser I was signed in https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage here, but this sign out does not work, because still I was able to access my account on different tab. Not sure for the iPhone.
A: Go to itunes official site
You will see the bag icon on the top right corner
press account (log in necessary)
edit apple ID (you will be asked to re-enter your password)
click devices (you will have to answer 2 of your security questions)
see all the devices that are using your apple ID
click the remove maked red below the device
If you forgot the answers to the security questions, you can reset it by sending a verification through email. Re-answer your security questions then go through the process again.
I used my iPhone6 in doing this so using other devices might have a different format or placement of the icons.
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d7766305b52b356db8f4db7b4f1414d14b23036c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: View passwords of all Wi-Fi networks my Mac has connected to in the past I have connected my Mac to lots of public Wi-Fi networks. I want to know their passwords. What should be the terminal command to list all the Wi-Fi networks whom I connected with in the past with their passwords.
A: Open Keychain Access from /Applications/Utilities and search for AirPort. All the network passwords are listed as 'AirPort network password' entries. Double-click an entry, then select Show Password and enter your login password to view it.
| Q: View passwords of all Wi-Fi networks my Mac has connected to in the past I have connected my Mac to lots of public Wi-Fi networks. I want to know their passwords. What should be the terminal command to list all the Wi-Fi networks whom I connected with in the past with their passwords.
A: Open Keychain Access from /Applications/Utilities and search for AirPort. All the network passwords are listed as 'AirPort network password' entries. Double-click an entry, then select Show Password and enter your login password to view it.
A: *
*Open Keychain Access app. It is located in the Applications >
Utilities folder.
*Select the System keychain in the left menu bar, and select
Passwords from the category menu. This will filter the keychains to
just your stored passwords
PFA below.
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af8cbd3f96240d43c477694decb49a81b742a0d3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to set positioning/filling of desktop background image with AppleScript How can I set the positioning/filling of the desktop background image from the command line with one of the available options listed in the Desktop & Screen Saver preferences:
Crop, SizeToFit, FillScreen, Centered, Tiled
I can set the desired background image itself using:
osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\" to set desktop picture to POSIX file \"/Library/Desktop Pictures/Beach.jpg\""
However I'm not sure how to set the positioning/tiling.
A: According to
'AppleScriptEditor' > File > Open Dictionary >
Finder > Legacy Suite > Application > desktop picture
all you can do is set the picture.
There are references to messing about with the .plist file, but the internet (and Apple) are silent on an Applescript-approved route.
This plist is empty for me in Sierra: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist so I imagine Apple have hidden what used to be there inside one of their even less well documented databases.
| Q: How to set positioning/filling of desktop background image with AppleScript How can I set the positioning/filling of the desktop background image from the command line with one of the available options listed in the Desktop & Screen Saver preferences:
Crop, SizeToFit, FillScreen, Centered, Tiled
I can set the desired background image itself using:
osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\" to set desktop picture to POSIX file \"/Library/Desktop Pictures/Beach.jpg\""
However I'm not sure how to set the positioning/tiling.
A: According to
'AppleScriptEditor' > File > Open Dictionary >
Finder > Legacy Suite > Application > desktop picture
all you can do is set the picture.
There are references to messing about with the .plist file, but the internet (and Apple) are silent on an Applescript-approved route.
This plist is empty for me in Sierra: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist so I imagine Apple have hidden what used to be there inside one of their even less well documented databases.
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14d2191053fb71245c072ee335d8c86c48945e21 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to move a video from photo to icloud I have very little space on my 16Gb iPhone, however I have a ton of space now in iCloud, how can I move videos from my iPhone to iCloud?
A: Unfortunately, iCloud will not sync your videos from your iPhone. They will not be available in your photo stream or when you do a restore.
Check out For more reference
| Q: how to move a video from photo to icloud I have very little space on my 16Gb iPhone, however I have a ton of space now in iCloud, how can I move videos from my iPhone to iCloud?
A: Unfortunately, iCloud will not sync your videos from your iPhone. They will not be available in your photo stream or when you do a restore.
Check out For more reference
A: You could use a different cloud service.
Dropbox offers 2GB of free space (or 1TB for $9.99 a month or $99 a year) When you connect your phone, it will sync your photos & videos under a folder called "Camera Uploads". Once your videos are in your dropbox account, you can safely delete them from your phone and get that space back.
Also, Google Drive is very reasonable. 100GB for $1.99 a month. Connect your phone and manually copy your videos.
A: Assuming you are talking about videos that are in Photos:
You need at least iOS 8.0.2 to do this.
Go to Settings -> iCloud -> Photos -> Enable iCloud Photo Library
(yes it works for videos as well)
It's still in beta so read the warning it will show you carefully.
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b4055966351d8241863476519cd26dbfac5fcc11 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an OSX shortcut to highlight the cursor position? I have recently moved from Windows to OSX. I work with multiple screens, so was used to losing the cursor on occasion.
There was a setting in Windows to highlight the cursor location by pressing Ctrl. Is there a similar setting in OSX?
| Q: Is there an OSX shortcut to highlight the cursor position? I have recently moved from Windows to OSX. I work with multiple screens, so was used to losing the cursor on occasion.
There was a setting in Windows to highlight the cursor location by pressing Ctrl. Is there a similar setting in OSX?
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f9689797d28ffbbec564c63d9bdeecdfb1a9202b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Upgrade OSX GM to final version I want to install OSX Yosemite GM, but final version will release soon, can I upgrade Yosemite GM to final through Appstore when apple release final version?
or I have to download another 5GB ?
A: You don't need to.
Apple is regarding the last GM and last public beta as the final release of Yosemite and not offering an update path. Instead, wait for 10.10.1 and the Mac App Store will include this as an update path putting you back on track.
| Q: Upgrade OSX GM to final version I want to install OSX Yosemite GM, but final version will release soon, can I upgrade Yosemite GM to final through Appstore when apple release final version?
or I have to download another 5GB ?
A: You don't need to.
Apple is regarding the last GM and last public beta as the final release of Yosemite and not offering an update path. Instead, wait for 10.10.1 and the Mac App Store will include this as an update path putting you back on track.
A: You have to download 5GB ;)
However a clean install can be a great idea after a Dev Preview...
A: As you have the GM, I assume you have access to the Developer Panel. If so, download the final release they publish there, as the App Store thinks you've already got it installed. You need to run the newly downloaded install, maybe from the OS, maybe from boot.
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8b8893c504913c607d45a3e2a065fcde2f90aa03 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does "Open With" display so many instances of an app? When I select a file and right click on it to use the "Open With" option I see a list of the most likely applications for opening that file, but in my case, running 10.9.5, I see three and sometimes four instances of each recommended application for opening that particular file - see attached screenshot. Why is this? Is there a way to reduce that to one instance per app? If so, how?
A: This is a long-standing bug in OS X. You can fix it with lsregister:
/Sy*/L*/Fr*/CoreS*/F*/L*/S*/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
| Q: Why does "Open With" display so many instances of an app? When I select a file and right click on it to use the "Open With" option I see a list of the most likely applications for opening that file, but in my case, running 10.9.5, I see three and sometimes four instances of each recommended application for opening that particular file - see attached screenshot. Why is this? Is there a way to reduce that to one instance per app? If so, how?
A: This is a long-standing bug in OS X. You can fix it with lsregister:
/Sy*/L*/Fr*/CoreS*/F*/L*/S*/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
A: In addition to the other answers, it can show multiple copies that exist on other hard drives or backup copies. An external hard drive that you use for Time Machine backups may show up as an option if your Applications are backed up to that drive.
If you're curious where the apps are coming from, open up one of the other applications. Then from the Dock, control+click on the apps icon and choose: Options > "Show in Finder".
This will show you where the application is.
Use the command line provided by Buscar웃 to update your system's LaunchServices.
A: To expand on the answers provided by grgarside and Buscar, you can make it slightly less of a pain by defining an alias in your .bashrc script. To do that, open Terminal.app and with you favourite text editor (vi, nano, emacs if you're so inclined) edit .bashrc to add the following line at the very end:
alias rmdup="/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain user; killall Finder"
Note, that the rmdup is just an alias name I've chosen to easily remember the command later (it's meant to expand to 'remove duplicates'). You can choose any other alias name you like, just be careful you don't use a name already used for another command.
After having changed your .bashrc, when you notice duplicate applications again, you can just open Terminal.app and type rmdup or whichever other name you chose, instead of the full path to the lsregister command with all its arguments, etc.
A: Rebuild LaunchServices to Fix Duplicate Entries in OS X’s ‘Open With’ Menu
To fix this, we need to reset OS X’s LaunchServices database. As is the case with most actions in OS X, there are multiple ways to accomplish this task, but the fastest is to simply use a Terminal command.
From that article- Copy following in to your Terminal
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
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7090bac5debc6ea9c4333161f84b48ce4514a1fb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Print file from terminal via smb So UI printing fails with no reason as always.
I hope that I can get more details by printing from command line.
Tried
smbutil print //user@host/share file
got:
smbutil: unknown command print
Do I have to install something?
(I have OS X 10.10)
A: What you are really looking for is a smbclient alternative using smbutil but just like you, I couldn't make it work.
So what you can do is to install samba with homebrew like this:
brew install samba
If brew link complains with:
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink lib/auth
/usr/local/lib is not writable.
you can link smbclient manually:
cd /usr/local/bin
sudo ln -sfv ../Cellar/samba/3.6.25/bin/smbclient smbclient
sudo chown -R your_user /usr/local/bin/smbclient
Now you should be able to print like this:
smbclient "\\\\your.server.com\\YourSharedPrinter" -U "Domain\User" -c "print YouFileToPrint"
| Q: Print file from terminal via smb So UI printing fails with no reason as always.
I hope that I can get more details by printing from command line.
Tried
smbutil print //user@host/share file
got:
smbutil: unknown command print
Do I have to install something?
(I have OS X 10.10)
A: What you are really looking for is a smbclient alternative using smbutil but just like you, I couldn't make it work.
So what you can do is to install samba with homebrew like this:
brew install samba
If brew link complains with:
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink lib/auth
/usr/local/lib is not writable.
you can link smbclient manually:
cd /usr/local/bin
sudo ln -sfv ../Cellar/samba/3.6.25/bin/smbclient smbclient
sudo chown -R your_user /usr/local/bin/smbclient
Now you should be able to print like this:
smbclient "\\\\your.server.com\\YourSharedPrinter" -U "Domain\User" -c "print YouFileToPrint"
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65c495871a31bc26fcf9ed5fb8909617b494ad79 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to have two phones (one of which an iPhone) on the same number without changing the SIM card? I have always wondered whether it was possible to use the same phone number on an "emergency phone" in case the main one gets lost.
A: Yes
Yes it is possible. I think they developed this for the fixed car-phones. Some providers support 2 simcards with the same number. How it works:
*
*The phone that had a connection and some communication to the cell-tower last will be the primary phone.
*When you make a call, that phone becomes the primary phone.
*When you change locations (change cell-tower), that will be your primary phone.
*If your primary phone is not on the network, your secondary phone will become the primary phone.
The primary phone is the only phone that can receive calls. Both phones can call.
Ask your provider for more info.
This is based on my experience (Vodafone, Netherlands). And I am sure there are better descriptions out there ;)
| Q: Is it possible to have two phones (one of which an iPhone) on the same number without changing the SIM card? I have always wondered whether it was possible to use the same phone number on an "emergency phone" in case the main one gets lost.
A: Yes
Yes it is possible. I think they developed this for the fixed car-phones. Some providers support 2 simcards with the same number. How it works:
*
*The phone that had a connection and some communication to the cell-tower last will be the primary phone.
*When you make a call, that phone becomes the primary phone.
*When you change locations (change cell-tower), that will be your primary phone.
*If your primary phone is not on the network, your secondary phone will become the primary phone.
The primary phone is the only phone that can receive calls. Both phones can call.
Ask your provider for more info.
This is based on my experience (Vodafone, Netherlands). And I am sure there are better descriptions out there ;)
A: I was always under the impression that only one SIM card at a time could be registered to any given phone number, but another answer suggests otherwise.
If you lose your phone and contact your network to report it missing then it would be technically possible for them to transfer your number to a different SIM card that you already possessed on the same network, but it would be a matter of their policy whether they were willing to do that. Obviously they would be able to transfer your number to a new SIM card that they would send out to you, but you'd have to wait to receive it and I'm sure they would make a charge for this.
It should be possible to set up call diversion to a different phone number if your phone is lost, but again this depends on whether your network chooses to offer the service - you can normally do this from the phone number you are diverting calls from but obviously in the situation you suggest you wouldn't have that phone.
This is really a question to ask your network as the answer will come down to what they are able or willing to provide.
A: Your cellphone company probably has a way to forward your calls. For example AT&T (who I use) says that you need to call them to forward your number to another phone.
Phone companies use to offer the ability to ring multiple phones simultaneously or in rotation, but I don't see that AT&T offers this. (Although maybe they do offer it in business plans.)
Other options are to use a service like Line2 or SendHub however these would be expensive options if you don't need their other services.
A: The short answer is no.
Strictly the phone does not have a number. It has an International Mobile Subscriber Identity or IMSI which serves to identify the SIM to the network. These must be globally unique.
The "number" which people call is the MSISDN.
The network uses the IMSI to locate and communicate with the phone and the Home Location Register HLR (which is a database) to translate between MSISDN and IMSI.
When I last worked as a mobile network planner, I was not aware of any standard way of having a relationship between MSISDN and multiple IMSI, but it is trivial to change which IMSI is related to a MSISDN. This is how carriers can change your SIM and the basis of Mobile Number Portability.
I have not kept up with the latest standards, but the only way you could find out is to contact your network operator.
As mentioned by others you could have 2 subscriptions, and forward a single MSISDN to the 2nd backup service, but this usually involves additional call charges.
A: It is possible since it is available service over seas.
"It used to be that you had to go overseas to see and enjoy the latest in mobile phone technology. The playing field has certainly leveled, but there are still some practices that have yet to be adopted by the United States. One such practice is the ability for a user to have more than one SIM card for one mobile phone number." Read More here http://www.geek.com/mobile/do-you-want-two-sim-cards-for-one-phone-number-1024011/
A: A number of providers (e.g. ATT's NumberSync, Telstra's 'One Number') are offering this service now and with the advent of cellular enabled Things (e.g. Apple Watch 3, Samsung Gear S2 etc) it seems it's only going to grow - see Apple's list of supported cellular carriers for their Watch 3. Though there seem to be some limitations as to which devices are compatible with these services. It also seems that some are relying on OS based services (e.g. like Facetime) but others may use VoLTE, or WiFi-Calling...
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70b904b7ca80280c6347bcfd05f610977a67b077 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the OS X equivalent to the free command to show buffer and cache memory? The free command displays the buffer and cache memory on Linux. What is the command to show the equivalent information for an OS X machine?
A: vm_stat may just show you what you need. As per the man page:
vm_stat -- show Mach virtual memory statistics
It can show you the following:
*
*Pages free
*Pages active
*Pages inactive
*Pages speculative
*Pages throttled
*Pages wired down
*Pages purgeable
*"Translation faults"
*Pages copy-on-write
*Pages zero filled
*Pages reactivated
*Pages purged
*File-backed pages
*Anonymous pages
*Pages stored in compressor
*Pages occupied by compressor
*Decompressions
*Compressions
*Pageins
*Pageouts
*Swapins
*Swapouts
| Q: What is the OS X equivalent to the free command to show buffer and cache memory? The free command displays the buffer and cache memory on Linux. What is the command to show the equivalent information for an OS X machine?
A: vm_stat may just show you what you need. As per the man page:
vm_stat -- show Mach virtual memory statistics
It can show you the following:
*
*Pages free
*Pages active
*Pages inactive
*Pages speculative
*Pages throttled
*Pages wired down
*Pages purgeable
*"Translation faults"
*Pages copy-on-write
*Pages zero filled
*Pages reactivated
*Pages purged
*File-backed pages
*Anonymous pages
*Pages stored in compressor
*Pages occupied by compressor
*Decompressions
*Compressions
*Pageins
*Pageouts
*Swapins
*Swapouts
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03b18aca2c9680beab36977ee754ec3ae01b7b30 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't create new notebook in Microsoft OneNote for Mac When I try to create a new notebook in OneNote for Mac, I receive the following error:
Cannot Create This Notebook
The location may not be available at
this time, or you might not have permission to save files on it. Also
try using fewer characters in your notebook name.
A: Simple solution just found it:
*
*Go to onenote.com and log in.
*Make a new notebook from the webpage.
*Then wait a minute or two.
*Then quit OneNote.
*Then re-open it and try it again. Should work.
Seems to be a problem with university-sponsored 365 accounts.
| Q: Can't create new notebook in Microsoft OneNote for Mac When I try to create a new notebook in OneNote for Mac, I receive the following error:
Cannot Create This Notebook
The location may not be available at
this time, or you might not have permission to save files on it. Also
try using fewer characters in your notebook name.
A: Simple solution just found it:
*
*Go to onenote.com and log in.
*Make a new notebook from the webpage.
*Then wait a minute or two.
*Then quit OneNote.
*Then re-open it and try it again. Should work.
Seems to be a problem with university-sponsored 365 accounts.
A: Well, I experienced the same issue, It wouldn't login to my Microsoft account from the desktop application no matter how many times I tried. So, I tried to open it from the web application from onenote, created a new note and clicked on the option called 'Open in Desktop App' then it automatically logged in on my desktop application.
A: OneNote for the Mac is designed to work with Microsoft's (free) cloud service. Have you signed up for an account and linked OneNote to that account?
https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/
I am thinking that is the most likely cause of that error.
A: I was getting the exact same error message when I just set up OneNote through my University, and it kept asking me to sign in repeatedly.
Turns out, at least for me, the OneDrive cloud service that it was using wasn't actually set up yet even though I'd registered. I had to go to the OneNote website online to get to the OneDrive for Business and sign in there to get the drive set up. Once I did that I didn't have any problems!
A: I went through this as well with the same message. It would only show the OneDrive as my uni's. What you need to do is download the app OneDrive and then sign up. Works a treat now!
A: It may help if you log in to OneNote via your browser, create the new notebook, then click the tab (top right of browser page) to "open in OneNote, then it will open the app and force the app to open the new notebook. It's a Microsoft problem with syncing, where even if you're signed in to OneDrive, it won't let you create a new Notebook...alternatively, there is always Evernote!
A: For the people having problems with say the uni accounts.
I kept having this issue and couldn't get around it for ages. In the end what I decided to do is set up a microsoft account using my zmail (or whatever email you're using), go to onedrive and set it up for that email. Then connect the service in one note and it should allow you to create a workbook for that onedrive.
A: Found a solution: Start by signing out and singing back in with your school/work email. Seems to be a problem with school and work accounts.
A: At the time of the occurrence of the error, all the recommendations given in the above answers were already tried with no luck. This was due to a Microsoft bug which has been addressed a while ago.
Thanks to all of the contributors, anyway.
A: Had the exact same problem, mine is not a university account, but a personal 365.
One of the solutions above helped. I logged into one note from browser and then changed the note save location - it prompted me to login again and the problem was gone.
A: For me it was the online privacy preference setting in the office suite. I had everything toggled off and that must have prevented the sync with MS one drive. Once activated and then one note closed and restarted - all worked.
A: Sign out of your OneNote account then log back in. That should fix the issue.
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69150f0dd1870ff661de24b5f353165005bbf126 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does Time Machine use internet? I'm not very computer savvy. I recently got my MacBook back after getting a new hard drive. I've now just starting using Time Machine to back up everything. I live in rural Texas and I only have 10 GB of satellite internet data to use each month and I've used it all in 2 days while barely using the internet.
Does Time Machine use data? If not, any ideas on what could be eating all of my data up? My Wi-Fi is secure, even if it wasn't there is no one around to use it anyway.
A: Time Machine does not use the internet, but iCloud does. If you use an iPhone or iPad, iCloud will backup the images to iPhoto, and that can use significant bandwidth.
Calendar, Mail, Contacts, Messages, Notifications, Twitter, etc all use bandwidth, and all are on by default. iCloud will also backup your documents and data, if you have configured this. If you have more than 10GB of files in your Documents folder, iCloud could be simply backing them up from the new hard drive.
| Q: Does Time Machine use internet? I'm not very computer savvy. I recently got my MacBook back after getting a new hard drive. I've now just starting using Time Machine to back up everything. I live in rural Texas and I only have 10 GB of satellite internet data to use each month and I've used it all in 2 days while barely using the internet.
Does Time Machine use data? If not, any ideas on what could be eating all of my data up? My Wi-Fi is secure, even if it wasn't there is no one around to use it anyway.
A: Time Machine does not use the internet, but iCloud does. If you use an iPhone or iPad, iCloud will backup the images to iPhoto, and that can use significant bandwidth.
Calendar, Mail, Contacts, Messages, Notifications, Twitter, etc all use bandwidth, and all are on by default. iCloud will also backup your documents and data, if you have configured this. If you have more than 10GB of files in your Documents folder, iCloud could be simply backing them up from the new hard drive.
A: I feel your pain. I spent the past few years on satellite and it was very unpleasant.
Your best bet for monitoring and controling your Internet usage is buy LittleSnitch. It will monitor your Mac and tell you every time that it is trying to make a connection, allowing you to allow or deny the request.
For some apps (such as email, web browser, etc), you may want to allow access anytime it wants it so you don’t have to approve each time.
The first few days of using LittleSnitch will be frustrating, as you start to set rules and tell it what to do, but after you get past that, it will be a big help in keeping your usage in check.
Unfortunately OS X is not very good about telling you everything that it is doing, and it assumes that any available Wi-Fi connection can be used without limits. Until recently iOS was much better about this, but it now allows much more background activity, so if you have an iPad and/or iPhone/iPod touch you need to watch out for those as well.
When you are not using MacBook, I recommend closing the lid so that it will sleep.
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1f51e13a667f1b5849b07d001a2288552ea17ff7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I configure Midnight Commander to execute "open %file_name%" command every time when I press Enter Can I somehow configure Midnight Commander to execute "open %file_name%" command every time when I press Enter? If so, how can I do it?
A: You could edit the extension file (Menu → Command → Edit extension file). I couldn´t test it on OSX but this should work:
regex/\.(.*)$
Open=(open %f &)
| Q: How can I configure Midnight Commander to execute "open %file_name%" command every time when I press Enter Can I somehow configure Midnight Commander to execute "open %file_name%" command every time when I press Enter? If so, how can I do it?
A: You could edit the extension file (Menu → Command → Edit extension file). I couldn´t test it on OSX but this should work:
regex/\.(.*)$
Open=(open %f &)
A: Improvement on UsersUser's answer: Use %s instead of %f to be able to open multiple files at once. Refer to the explanation inside the mc.ext config file.
Excerpt:
%s -> "selected files", i.e. space separated list of tagged files if
any
or name of the current file.
Ergo:
regex/\.(.*)$
Open=(open %s &)
A: Updating this for 2023, the regex line is now unnecessary, thus only this should be added for images and some other files (PDF for example):
Open=(open %s &)
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18913e46edafd74482763c3d2a869c89a417640e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the difference between rainbow and regular spinning wheel? I usually see the well known rainbow colored spinning wheel when the Mac is working on something, but sometimes there is a blue one. What is the difference between them? Do they come from the OS and have a special meaning or is it application dependent?
A: *
* The rainbow spinning pinwheel is usually controlled by the OS.
* The blue pinwheel is shown by an app to indicate loading.
The spinning wait cursor (shown below) is also standard, but it is displayed automatically by the window server when an app can't handle all of the events it receives. In general, if an app does not respond for about 2 to 4 seconds, the spinning wait cursor appears. If the app continues to be unresponsive, users often react by force-quitting it.
Source: OS X Human Interface Guidelines: Use the Right Pointer for the Job
The blue pinwheel is sometimes called the JavaScript pinwheel as JavaScript in websites are one of the primary ways a user will see this cursor, for cross-platform reasons, as in OS X a 'waiting' cursor is generally not recommended.
| Q: What's the difference between rainbow and regular spinning wheel? I usually see the well known rainbow colored spinning wheel when the Mac is working on something, but sometimes there is a blue one. What is the difference between them? Do they come from the OS and have a special meaning or is it application dependent?
A: *
* The rainbow spinning pinwheel is usually controlled by the OS.
* The blue pinwheel is shown by an app to indicate loading.
The spinning wait cursor (shown below) is also standard, but it is displayed automatically by the window server when an app can't handle all of the events it receives. In general, if an app does not respond for about 2 to 4 seconds, the spinning wait cursor appears. If the app continues to be unresponsive, users often react by force-quitting it.
Source: OS X Human Interface Guidelines: Use the Right Pointer for the Job
The blue pinwheel is sometimes called the JavaScript pinwheel as JavaScript in websites are one of the primary ways a user will see this cursor, for cross-platform reasons, as in OS X a 'waiting' cursor is generally not recommended.
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e3d6e6c3591dc6f7c672f0c0e436de46173f8884 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Bridge non-adjacent monitors in three monitor setup I would like to use the following 3 monitor setup because the arrangement aligns logically with the physical placement of the monitors.
Is it possible to bridge the gap between the left and right monitors, above the primary?
OR
Is it possible to detect and move the mouse via scripting?
A: Just thinking outside the box a minute…
…wouldn't this achieve something close to what you want, without the need for any external solution.
It would give you a clean 'jump' between the external screens, balanced against a slight loss of accuracy in the transition between the top left & your main screen.
| Q: Bridge non-adjacent monitors in three monitor setup I would like to use the following 3 monitor setup because the arrangement aligns logically with the physical placement of the monitors.
Is it possible to bridge the gap between the left and right monitors, above the primary?
OR
Is it possible to detect and move the mouse via scripting?
A: Just thinking outside the box a minute…
…wouldn't this achieve something close to what you want, without the need for any external solution.
It would give you a clean 'jump' between the external screens, balanced against a slight loss of accuracy in the transition between the top left & your main screen.
| apple | {
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/150502"
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a23d40c36c2d3d5de38149f135799c1cb217cd09 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: VPP app for business worldwide distribution After a long submission process Apple suggested to deliver an app via VPP for business. The app is marked as "distributable worldwide", but apparently the redeem codes are enabled only for one country.
The app is designed for different users (not employee of a single company, so no 300$/year solution) which resides in different countries.
Is there a way to give the users redeem codes when they are not necessarily in the country of the VPP store?
I've asked Apple but they REALLY didn't seem to have a clear picture of their own voucher code system.
A: After explaining a couple of times the situation, the App is now distributed on iTunes.
VPP is very country-specific, so if your client is a multi-national which has business in various countries (and some countries don't even have VPP so far, see Russia) you can still have your app published on the "public" iTunes.
Pay attention that this approval process will last at least 1 month.
| Q: VPP app for business worldwide distribution After a long submission process Apple suggested to deliver an app via VPP for business. The app is marked as "distributable worldwide", but apparently the redeem codes are enabled only for one country.
The app is designed for different users (not employee of a single company, so no 300$/year solution) which resides in different countries.
Is there a way to give the users redeem codes when they are not necessarily in the country of the VPP store?
I've asked Apple but they REALLY didn't seem to have a clear picture of their own voucher code system.
A: After explaining a couple of times the situation, the App is now distributed on iTunes.
VPP is very country-specific, so if your client is a multi-national which has business in various countries (and some countries don't even have VPP so far, see Russia) you can still have your app published on the "public" iTunes.
Pay attention that this approval process will last at least 1 month.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/150510"
} |
ba8251f752dbc47bad68bd52237c2faebbbb66d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't install Find My iPhone app on iPhone 4 as it requires iOS 8 I reset my iPhone 4 as I gave it to a friend. I am unable to install Find My iPhone as prompt says I need iOS 8 to run this app. What can I do? I know iOS 8 is not available for iPhone 4, but apps should work for the last version of iOS released for the iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.2. What can I do to get this app downloaded or this is a lost cause?
A: When attempting to download an app that has been updated and no longer supports an older version of iOS, you will receive the following prompt:
Download an older version of this app?
The current version requires iOS 8.0 or later, but you can download the last compatible version.
Cancel | Download
Tapping Download will download the last version of the app compatible with the version of iOS you are running.
| Q: Can't install Find My iPhone app on iPhone 4 as it requires iOS 8 I reset my iPhone 4 as I gave it to a friend. I am unable to install Find My iPhone as prompt says I need iOS 8 to run this app. What can I do? I know iOS 8 is not available for iPhone 4, but apps should work for the last version of iOS released for the iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.2. What can I do to get this app downloaded or this is a lost cause?
A: When attempting to download an app that has been updated and no longer supports an older version of iOS, you will receive the following prompt:
Download an older version of this app?
The current version requires iOS 8.0 or later, but you can download the last compatible version.
Cancel | Download
Tapping Download will download the last version of the app compatible with the version of iOS you are running.
A: I have tried a better way:
Use another iOS 8 iPhone to switch iTunes Store Apple ID:
Example the donor has a new iOS 8 iPhone. Log out donor Apple ID from iTunes store. Then log in using the receipient's Apple ID. Search for Find my iPhone app. If the iOS 8 iPhone has installed the app, uninstall it to make way for the "Get" process. As soon as it starts downloading, stop the process. There you have the receipient's Apple ID with the app bought.
Now the donor can log back in using own Apple ID in iTunes store and redownload the app.
Then the receipient can use his/her own Apple ID in iPhone 4 to download the app.
Both parties got what they want on their respective Apple ID and iPhones.
A: I just encountered this issue setting up my son's iPhone 4.
The important bit is to have an iTunes account that you've used to download an app in the past (in my case, my account, since I've had my account since the iPhone 3G days.)
On the iPhone 4, go to Settings > iTunes and App Store > tap Apple ID > Sign Out
Then Sign in with the other account (ie my account I've had for years).
Then go to the App Store and when you try to download an app, it will give you the "Download previous version" prompt. So go ahead and download it.
And don't forget to sign out and sign back in with the newer account (ie my son's).
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fca392a96b8e63fb9b5ac5a09d600f7f30b5b3ea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone shuts off when battery is at about 20% I have an iPhone 4S running iOS 8.0.2. For the past few days, my phone has been shutting off when the battery reaches around 20%. It will not turn back on until I plug it into a power source. When I plug it in, it automatically powers itself on, and the battery shows about 20%.
This is my battery info:
*
*CycleCount: 298
*DesignCapacity: 1430
*FullChargeCapacity: 1000
*Status: Success
*BatteryCurrentCapacity: 72
*BatteryIsCharging: true
*ExternalChargeCapable: false
*ExternalConnected: true
*FullyCharged: false
*GasGaugeCapability: true
Questions: does anyone knows why this is happening, and how can I make the battery function until 2-4% like it used to before?
A: I attempted someone else's suggestion to let the battery naturally die off (let something running without actively using it), then charge it back until 100% without unplugging. The first time it did not work, but after I did that for the second time, my phone is back to normal. So... I just needed to be patient I guess.
| Q: iPhone shuts off when battery is at about 20% I have an iPhone 4S running iOS 8.0.2. For the past few days, my phone has been shutting off when the battery reaches around 20%. It will not turn back on until I plug it into a power source. When I plug it in, it automatically powers itself on, and the battery shows about 20%.
This is my battery info:
*
*CycleCount: 298
*DesignCapacity: 1430
*FullChargeCapacity: 1000
*Status: Success
*BatteryCurrentCapacity: 72
*BatteryIsCharging: true
*ExternalChargeCapable: false
*ExternalConnected: true
*FullyCharged: false
*GasGaugeCapability: true
Questions: does anyone knows why this is happening, and how can I make the battery function until 2-4% like it used to before?
A: I attempted someone else's suggestion to let the battery naturally die off (let something running without actively using it), then charge it back until 100% without unplugging. The first time it did not work, but after I did that for the second time, my phone is back to normal. So... I just needed to be patient I guess.
A: Two likely solutions:
1) Change the battery.
2) Backup & restore.
It is unlikely to be a software problem, considering the circumstances; so there's probably not much you can do without a screwdriver. Just in case, try 2) first and if that doesn't work, take it to an Apple store, and get it looked at by an Apple genius. They will either offer a new phone, or change the battery. Both will cost unless you have a warranty.
Good luck!
A: I keep fully charging my iPhone 4s and using it throughout the day. Every couple of days my phone is dying at 7% 20% etc. I have researched this and many people are experiencing the exact same thing. The same percentages and are fully charging it! I think it is just a problem with iPhone 4s'due to reasearch.
My phone was second hand and off eBay and someone I know had the same problem with theirs. It is definitely a big problem with iPhone 4's and 4s'.
Thanks.
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374ca5d90ee06f85dc0a26f0648e27327a726da8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Dock icon not refreshing when icns file is changed on Yosemite I'm experiencing an issue where the Dock won't reload an icon I changed for one of my applications. I changed the icon by replacing the .icns file within the application package. The version I replaced it with is currently still there, but even after rebooting and killing the dock process multiple times, the old icon won't budge.
Strangely enough, I managed to change the icon for another app with no issue, following the same procedure and rebooting.
Are there any new gotchas with the way this works change in Yosemite? How can this be achieved?
A: Try to delete the icon cache:
rm /var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.dock.iconcache; killall Dock
| Q: Dock icon not refreshing when icns file is changed on Yosemite I'm experiencing an issue where the Dock won't reload an icon I changed for one of my applications. I changed the icon by replacing the .icns file within the application package. The version I replaced it with is currently still there, but even after rebooting and killing the dock process multiple times, the old icon won't budge.
Strangely enough, I managed to change the icon for another app with no issue, following the same procedure and rebooting.
Are there any new gotchas with the way this works change in Yosemite? How can this be achieved?
A: Try to delete the icon cache:
rm /var/folders/*/*/*/com.apple.dock.iconcache; killall Dock
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c5d9c076b82f90a1973198159af39b162f2e9284 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Tmux hampers osascripts display notification I like to show notifications from scripts using osascript -e 'display notification "Some text"'.
This works fine from the plain shell but it stop working when in tmux.
It just doesn't show the notification in tmux. No errors or anything else is shown.
Has anyone else had this problem and how do I fix it?
A: I don't plan to use Tmux but just from curiosity I leafed through its manual pages and saw under "Options":
focus-events [on|off]
When enabled, focus events are requested from the terminal if supported
and passed through to applications running in tmux. Attached clients
should be detached and attached again after changing this option.
You might look into Tux' options to get what you want, I guess.
| Q: Tmux hampers osascripts display notification I like to show notifications from scripts using osascript -e 'display notification "Some text"'.
This works fine from the plain shell but it stop working when in tmux.
It just doesn't show the notification in tmux. No errors or anything else is shown.
Has anyone else had this problem and how do I fix it?
A: I don't plan to use Tmux but just from curiosity I leafed through its manual pages and saw under "Options":
focus-events [on|off]
When enabled, focus events are requested from the terminal if supported
and passed through to applications running in tmux. Attached clients
should be detached and attached again after changing this option.
You might look into Tux' options to get what you want, I guess.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/150613"
} |
54244b091fc10505772e759ff203b0dec12e54cd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Energy impact from terminal Is there a command available that displays the Energy Impact from the terminal?
Top doesn't display this info.
A: Top will do it. However, this is not documented in the man page.
Example:
top -stats pid,command,power -o power -l 0
And of course you can grep the process of your choice
You can also use the powermetrics command to get some general info.
See documentation via man or here
A nice example can be found here
powermetrics -i 1000 --poweravg 1 | grep 'Average cumulatively decayed power score' -A 20
| Q: Energy impact from terminal Is there a command available that displays the Energy Impact from the terminal?
Top doesn't display this info.
A: Top will do it. However, this is not documented in the man page.
Example:
top -stats pid,command,power -o power -l 0
And of course you can grep the process of your choice
You can also use the powermetrics command to get some general info.
See documentation via man or here
A nice example can be found here
powermetrics -i 1000 --poweravg 1 | grep 'Average cumulatively decayed power score' -A 20
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"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/150617"
} |
3fa552e8fa3bee6073c8e073bea43c1568c45dd3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Best way to disable SSLv3 in Chrome for Poodle vulnerability Fixing Chrome for the Poodle vulnerability seems to be more difficult on OSX than the other Operating Systems
This seems to work...
Exit chrome
Open Applescript editor
Enter this script
do shell script "open -a /Applications/Google\\ Chrome.app --args --ssl-version-min=tls1"
click run.
Check on this page, (you may need to cmd + R) refresh the page.
https://www.poodletest.com/
But is there a better way, or have I missed something?
Source: How do I disable SSLv3 in Safari (OSX & iOS)
A: Here is a patch, which is renaming Google Chrome/Chromium inside startup file and placing a script for calling browser with --ssl-version-min=tls1 parameter. No wrapper needed.
| Q: Best way to disable SSLv3 in Chrome for Poodle vulnerability Fixing Chrome for the Poodle vulnerability seems to be more difficult on OSX than the other Operating Systems
This seems to work...
Exit chrome
Open Applescript editor
Enter this script
do shell script "open -a /Applications/Google\\ Chrome.app --args --ssl-version-min=tls1"
click run.
Check on this page, (you may need to cmd + R) refresh the page.
https://www.poodletest.com/
But is there a better way, or have I missed something?
Source: How do I disable SSLv3 in Safari (OSX & iOS)
A: Here is a patch, which is renaming Google Chrome/Chromium inside startup file and placing a script for calling browser with --ssl-version-min=tls1 parameter. No wrapper needed.
A: This seems to work:
defaults write com.google.chrome org.chromium.ssl.ssl3 -bool no
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/150647"
} |
a6470b7a9939bb775b6ab445535634d90e6f3bd4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: FaceTime not working on iPhone 6 Plus purchased from Dubai I bought my iPhone 6 Plus in Dubai. I am using the phone in Sri Lanka and I cannot use the FaceTime. How can I use FaceTime while in Sri Lanka?
A: Sorry, Facetime is not available on devices purchased in the United Arab Emirates and therefore in Dubai, as stated in these KB articles:
*
*http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367
FaceTime might not be available, or might become unavailable, on devices purchased or used in certain countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
*http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1937
I recommend that you contact Apple support in Sri Lanka at http://www.apple.com/lk/support/contact/ or a local Apple reseller, they may be able to help you.
To find a reseller near you visit https://locate.apple.com/lk/en/sales/?pt=all&lat=6.9270786&lon=79.86124300000006, press New Search:
and type in your address.
| Q: FaceTime not working on iPhone 6 Plus purchased from Dubai I bought my iPhone 6 Plus in Dubai. I am using the phone in Sri Lanka and I cannot use the FaceTime. How can I use FaceTime while in Sri Lanka?
A: Sorry, Facetime is not available on devices purchased in the United Arab Emirates and therefore in Dubai, as stated in these KB articles:
*
*http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367
FaceTime might not be available, or might become unavailable, on devices purchased or used in certain countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
*http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1937
I recommend that you contact Apple support in Sri Lanka at http://www.apple.com/lk/support/contact/ or a local Apple reseller, they may be able to help you.
To find a reseller near you visit https://locate.apple.com/lk/en/sales/?pt=all&lat=6.9270786&lon=79.86124300000006, press New Search:
and type in your address.
A: If nothing works out, You could jailbreak solution but it's just an option. This is just a suggestion. Jailbreaking has it's own set of pros and cons.
This issue can be fixed by updating the carrier.plist file. This requires your iPhone to be jailbroken on iOS 8.
*
*Download CommCenter tweak from Cydia from repo apt.chinasnow.net
*Install iFile from Cydia, now using iFile goto /var/mobile/Library/Carrier Bundle.bundle
*Open carrier.plist file using property list viewer, click on the "+" to add a new entry
*Type AllowsVoIP and set it type to boolean from string and create it
*Turn on AllowsVoIP in the carrier.plist file and click done
After you've done that reboot the iPhone and Facetime app should appear. If not, reboot the iPhone once more and check over at Settings > General > Restrictions for FaceTime option.
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9eec5ba59918d7b39756b98b9365a2712fd1fb6b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to see overall status of iCloud Drive in macOS? I have moved a large folder with many subfolders to my iCloud drive. If I dig around I can catch a status bar next to a file name (same as during a download), but it seems to be taking a lot longer to upload than I would think. Besides catching an upload in progress I don't see a way to tell what has been uploaded or is waiting. Is there anything I am missing?
Dropbox had a nifty menu bar icon that would display progress and pending files.
A: Yosemite
You can watch individual files in Finder, but there's no GUI for the progress of iCloud changes.
El Capitan
In El Capitan and later a progress bar can be accessed by clicking on the wheel in the Finder sidebar.
https://georgegarside.com/blog/macos/all-the-little-things-osx-el-capitan-hidden-features/#icloud-drive-upload-progress-indicator (my blog)
| Q: Is there a way to see overall status of iCloud Drive in macOS? I have moved a large folder with many subfolders to my iCloud drive. If I dig around I can catch a status bar next to a file name (same as during a download), but it seems to be taking a lot longer to upload than I would think. Besides catching an upload in progress I don't see a way to tell what has been uploaded or is waiting. Is there anything I am missing?
Dropbox had a nifty menu bar icon that would display progress and pending files.
A: Yosemite
You can watch individual files in Finder, but there's no GUI for the progress of iCloud changes.
El Capitan
In El Capitan and later a progress bar can be accessed by clicking on the wheel in the Finder sidebar.
https://georgegarside.com/blog/macos/all-the-little-things-osx-el-capitan-hidden-features/#icloud-drive-upload-progress-indicator (my blog)
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01789b5d04a0922f608a8f50f52b4852482e2df7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What are the most convenient keyboard/keyboard layout for programming? I do a bit of Objective-C, Matlab and Python, and start to get tired of the keyboard I use (AZERTY). It is far from being optimal as one need to press ALT+SHIFT+( to get [ for example. I think of buying a new keyboard for programming and QWERTY keyboards seem to be an obvious choice (my guess is that these language/environment were developed with such keyboards).
Which keyboard/keyboard layout allow a direct access to programming keys, such as [, { or | for example?
A: Most people use QWERTY, just because it is the most popular, but if you’re learning a new layout anyway you might want to try Dvorak.
If you don’t want to learn another alphabetic layout, you can use a tool like Ukelele to make a better programming layout for the special characters while still keeping AZERTY for the rest of the keys.
| Q: What are the most convenient keyboard/keyboard layout for programming? I do a bit of Objective-C, Matlab and Python, and start to get tired of the keyboard I use (AZERTY). It is far from being optimal as one need to press ALT+SHIFT+( to get [ for example. I think of buying a new keyboard for programming and QWERTY keyboards seem to be an obvious choice (my guess is that these language/environment were developed with such keyboards).
Which keyboard/keyboard layout allow a direct access to programming keys, such as [, { or | for example?
A: Most people use QWERTY, just because it is the most popular, but if you’re learning a new layout anyway you might want to try Dvorak.
If you don’t want to learn another alphabetic layout, you can use a tool like Ukelele to make a better programming layout for the special characters while still keeping AZERTY for the rest of the keys.
A: I made a custom azerty keyboard layout for this: https://github.com/r03/azerty/
The layout is a combination of the normal Belgian azerty and the Apple azerty.
I also mapped the {} keys to an easier location next to the enter key.
A: You can try Colemak.
It is less different from QWERTY and AZERTY then Dvorak so you will have the most used keyboard shortcuts ⌘+X, ⌘+C, ⌘+V in same place and ⌘+Q, ⌘+W, ⌘+A, ⌘+Z on the left side identical to QWERTY (though not AZERTY).
[, ], {, } and | are at the same places as in QWERTY.
Also check typing effort comparison of QWERTY, Dvorak and Colemak.
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4c267a3e9b4c123a9461c7704afee4254fec93e9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is the trackpad surface different on MacBook Air than the Pro? Is the trackpad surface on a MacBook Air different than on a Pro? I found that the trackpad on my friend's 2012 MacBook Pro is much smoother than that of my 2013 MacBook Air. Is that normal or my has my trackpad gone rough by use?
A: The trackpad surface is the same on both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. It's the iconic glass on metal design (patent D674382). The trackpad design and hardware has been the same since it's introduction in 2008 with the new MacBooks.
| Q: Is the trackpad surface different on MacBook Air than the Pro? Is the trackpad surface on a MacBook Air different than on a Pro? I found that the trackpad on my friend's 2012 MacBook Pro is much smoother than that of my 2013 MacBook Air. Is that normal or my has my trackpad gone rough by use?
A: The trackpad surface is the same on both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. It's the iconic glass on metal design (patent D674382). The trackpad design and hardware has been the same since it's introduction in 2008 with the new MacBooks.
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011859d6ffdf2dfa4ade7da857e56d35ca1724f2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Outlook 2011 for Mac "could not synchronize record"error I keep getting hundreds of these "Could not synchronize record: [...]" errors, but the meetings and emails refered to in the Errors panel do not exist - I deleted them, and confirmed that they are not in any folder, calendar, or anywhere.
They say error number: 19759
E.g.:
A: I fixed my issue by searching for the email thread in my trash and sent items. Deleted all instances and the error went away. My issue was in Outlook 2014, but I've had the same issue in 2011 before too.
| Q: Outlook 2011 for Mac "could not synchronize record"error I keep getting hundreds of these "Could not synchronize record: [...]" errors, but the meetings and emails refered to in the Errors panel do not exist - I deleted them, and confirmed that they are not in any folder, calendar, or anywhere.
They say error number: 19759
E.g.:
A: I fixed my issue by searching for the email thread in my trash and sent items. Deleted all instances and the error went away. My issue was in Outlook 2014, but I've had the same issue in 2011 before too.
A: It turns out that these meetings were still on the hard drive. I went to Finder, searched on the title of the meetings (which was in the Error message itself), and simply deleted the files in question. They were kind of "grayed out", which led me to believe they were either owned by another user or had failed to get deleted correctly.
A: Seems like I have resolved the issue, by right clicking on the folder that was having issues (my Drafts folder), selecting "Properties" and under "General" clicking "Empty Cache"
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d55bf607d0118d7cdd173c68e6ce4007a5de29d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I deleted /usr/local/bin on my Mac. Is there any way I can see what was installed there? I accidentally ran rm -rf /usr/local/bin. Yes, I know, I'm an idiot.
Is there anything short of attempting to run every single application on my Mac to see what applications need to be reinstalled?
A: Most GUI Applications don't touch /usr/local/bin, so the Applications in your /Applications folder should still be in working condition. Some do install command line tools, but usually there is a menu item in the help or program menu to reinstall that command line item. Bottom line: If you don't use the command line much, you should be fine. If you use it frequently, you will see a "File not found" error when trying to run the command.
The only way to see what was in there, is indeed a backup.
| Q: I deleted /usr/local/bin on my Mac. Is there any way I can see what was installed there? I accidentally ran rm -rf /usr/local/bin. Yes, I know, I'm an idiot.
Is there anything short of attempting to run every single application on my Mac to see what applications need to be reinstalled?
A: Most GUI Applications don't touch /usr/local/bin, so the Applications in your /Applications folder should still be in working condition. Some do install command line tools, but usually there is a menu item in the help or program menu to reinstall that command line item. Bottom line: If you don't use the command line much, you should be fine. If you use it frequently, you will see a "File not found" error when trying to run the command.
The only way to see what was in there, is indeed a backup.
A: If you used Homebrew, this directory tells you what you have lost:
/usr/local/Cellar/
autoconf/ cloog/ hello/ libmagic/ libxml2/ p7zip/ ruby-build/ w3m/
autossh/ crystal-lang/ imagemagick/ libmpc/ libyaml/ pkg-config/ sdl/ x264/
awscli/ ffmpeg/ isl/ libpcl/ llvm/ pngcrush/ shiboken/ xvid/
bdw-gc/ freetype/ jpeg/ libpng/ mpfr/ pyside/ ssdeep/ xz/
binwalk/ gcc/ lame/ libtool/ openssl/ qt/ tree/
brew-cask/ gmp/ libevent/ libvo-aacenc/ optipng/ rbenv/ unrar/
To correctly execute Homebrew reinstall scripts you might also need to restart bash session if you used rbenv.
A: This is what worked for me to restore Homebrew installations:
ls /usr/local/Cellar | awk -F"/" '{ print $1 }' | parallel 'brew unlink {}; brew link {}; '
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cc55e02e993c0921a4126050b512fc97fd09ae83 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I sum values over a range of dates in Numbers? I have the following formula
SUMIFS(Daily Log::Income,Daily Log::A,"≥"&A3,Daily Log::A,"<"&A4)
that I want to sum income over the associated month. As you can see, it's not doing what I am expecting it to—how can I effect what I need?
A: It works by dereferencing the value of a cell directly to the condition
Example:
SUMIFS(Daily Log::Income,Daily Log::A,">=2014-07-01",Daily Log::A,"<2014-08-01")
Referencing the cell could also be made possible with the same construct; by adding ampersand followed by the cell name outside the double quotes.
Example:
SUMIFS(Daily Log::Income,Daily Log::A,">="&A3,Daily Log::A,"<"&A4)
| Q: How can I sum values over a range of dates in Numbers? I have the following formula
SUMIFS(Daily Log::Income,Daily Log::A,"≥"&A3,Daily Log::A,"<"&A4)
that I want to sum income over the associated month. As you can see, it's not doing what I am expecting it to—how can I effect what I need?
A: It works by dereferencing the value of a cell directly to the condition
Example:
SUMIFS(Daily Log::Income,Daily Log::A,">=2014-07-01",Daily Log::A,"<2014-08-01")
Referencing the cell could also be made possible with the same construct; by adding ampersand followed by the cell name outside the double quotes.
Example:
SUMIFS(Daily Log::Income,Daily Log::A,">="&A3,Daily Log::A,"<"&A4)
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bb06df21576d46398b6cb036cc587c941ca26e60 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to force Finder to update file thumbnails? Recently I updated album covers in most of my mp3s, but their respective thumbnails on Finder did not get updated.
Things I tried:
*
*Removed (rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist) without solving the issue at all
*"touch"(ed) the files, which refreshed some - not all - the thumbnails
Any ideas on how to force a refresh of my mp3 thumbnail icons in Finder?
See the manifestation of this issue below:
A: Option Right Click on Finder in the Dock.
Click Relaunch.
It should refresh the thumbnail icons. For sure this worked for images that I rotated with xnview.
| Q: How to force Finder to update file thumbnails? Recently I updated album covers in most of my mp3s, but their respective thumbnails on Finder did not get updated.
Things I tried:
*
*Removed (rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist) without solving the issue at all
*"touch"(ed) the files, which refreshed some - not all - the thumbnails
Any ideas on how to force a refresh of my mp3 thumbnail icons in Finder?
See the manifestation of this issue below:
A: Option Right Click on Finder in the Dock.
Click Relaunch.
It should refresh the thumbnail icons. For sure this worked for images that I rotated with xnview.
A: A combination of the previous answers worked on my MacBook Pro (mid 2012) running 10.13.6:
In Terminal:
qlmanage -r cache # qlmanage: call reset on cache
qlmanage -r # qlmanage: resetting quicklookd
Then:
[Apple] > force quit > select Finder > relaunch
After a few seconds, this refreshed the .png and .jpg thumbnails on my desktop. I don't have .mp3s there so I can't speak to that.
A: Thumbnails are generated by QuickLook. You can reset its cache by typing qlmanage -r cache.
If this didn't work reset it completly with qlmanage -r.
A: To refresh icons go to target folder (like cd /home/John/music/nocovers/ or cd ~/music/nocovers/ whatever - they mean the same for user John assuming /home/John/music/nocovers/ your target directory) in the Terminal and there execute:
qlmanage -p .
Should do the job.
A: As of Catalina, it looks like the Dock thumbnails are updated by this process:
/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLookThumbnailing.framework/Support/
com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent
killall com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent
causes the Dock stack icons to go to a generic icon.
So, what I did to fix this:
qlmanage -r cache
qlmanage -r
killall com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent
killall Dock
Voila
A: Check if the mp3 really have an artwork with some tag editor like https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/tag-editor-free/id984278082?mt=12
If there is maybe just try to re-add the artwork with the tag editor instead with itunes.. if you can see the icon now on finder so is itunes related issue and maybe the random I-heard-somebody-say is the right direction ;)
A: I found this thread on the Apple forum where one guy said he had the same problem as you with Finder not showing the cover art on MP3 icons. He said he fixed the problem by going into iTunes and deleting all his Voice Memos (apparently you have to delete them from both the Playlist and Genre sections in iTunes) and then restarting iTunes. A bunch of people replied to him saying that solved the problem for them as well. If you need your voice memos then back them up to a different location before you delete them from iTunes.
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628149f399467b354865ddba77d83034062d39fe | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disabling the dialogs shown when opening an application for the first time on OSX I am making an app on osx 10.9 using python 2.7. But when it is launched first time, warning comes.
You are opening the application MYAPP for the first time. Are you sure
you want to open this application?
The application is in a folder named Applications. To see the
application in the Finder without opening it, click Show Application.
So, how to avoid this warning. Does I need to make some changes in info.plist of app.
I had gone through this Q&A but nothing is mentioned about app side changes.
I don't want user to use any sort of command to run or do changes manually. User can disable by "com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO" for all or "xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine Application.app" for particular app.
I had also signed the app with developer ID.
So, how to disable this dialog box from popping.
A: Simply right-click your application and choose "Open". That immediately gets around Gatekeeper without disabling the feature (which is highly effective at keeping the mac safe from drive-by infections).
| Q: Disabling the dialogs shown when opening an application for the first time on OSX I am making an app on osx 10.9 using python 2.7. But when it is launched first time, warning comes.
You are opening the application MYAPP for the first time. Are you sure
you want to open this application?
The application is in a folder named Applications. To see the
application in the Finder without opening it, click Show Application.
So, how to avoid this warning. Does I need to make some changes in info.plist of app.
I had gone through this Q&A but nothing is mentioned about app side changes.
I don't want user to use any sort of command to run or do changes manually. User can disable by "com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO" for all or "xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine Application.app" for particular app.
I had also signed the app with developer ID.
So, how to disable this dialog box from popping.
A: Simply right-click your application and choose "Open". That immediately gets around Gatekeeper without disabling the feature (which is highly effective at keeping the mac safe from drive-by infections).
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3e85d2cc92929f3702c7ee10860fc7801fd77675 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I do a clean install of Yosemite? I'd like to start from scratch with Yosemite. I have Mavericks running on my iMac now but I'd like to just wipe the system and start with a clean Yosemite install.
How do I do a clean install of Yosemite on my machine, not an upgrade install?
A: I downloaded the OS X Yosemite GM from the App Store. Quit the installer that pops up with out installing and made a bootable flash drive with it on it. Used the following command below just change the paths to fit your need.
sudo /Applications/Path to *Yosemite Installer*.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/*FlashDrive* --applicationpath /Applications/Path to *Yosemite Installer*.app --nointeraction
Then booted the computer to the usb flash drive and wiped the previous partitions using Disk Utility.app and installed a fresh copy.
| Q: How do I do a clean install of Yosemite? I'd like to start from scratch with Yosemite. I have Mavericks running on my iMac now but I'd like to just wipe the system and start with a clean Yosemite install.
How do I do a clean install of Yosemite on my machine, not an upgrade install?
A: I downloaded the OS X Yosemite GM from the App Store. Quit the installer that pops up with out installing and made a bootable flash drive with it on it. Used the following command below just change the paths to fit your need.
sudo /Applications/Path to *Yosemite Installer*.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/*FlashDrive* --applicationpath /Applications/Path to *Yosemite Installer*.app --nointeraction
Then booted the computer to the usb flash drive and wiped the previous partitions using Disk Utility.app and installed a fresh copy.
A: I'd use a new HD, if you are ever thinking you may need to revert.
Yosemite appears to make your boot drive into a Core Storage Volume, making repartitioning difficult.
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8ad5752300144e661bdb268b0c4b1bbba0f2b230 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Terminal flashes on empty backspace with Yosemite Since using Yosemite, I've had the annoying problem of my current Terminal window flashing when backspacing on an empty line. I know on previous versions of OS X this flashing was not default, and could be toggled in accessibility settings, but I cannot find the same setting and I'm dying to get this turned off. Any known ways to get rid of it?
A: That is called the visual bell, and by default it’s enabled when your sound is muted. To change that setting, go into Terminal > Preferences > Profiles > <your profile> > Advanced.
You can also run
echo $'\nset bell-style off' >> ~/.inputrc
to disable Readline's use of the bell (deleting on an empty line, tab-complete, etc.). You will need to restart your session for this change to take effect.
| Q: Terminal flashes on empty backspace with Yosemite Since using Yosemite, I've had the annoying problem of my current Terminal window flashing when backspacing on an empty line. I know on previous versions of OS X this flashing was not default, and could be toggled in accessibility settings, but I cannot find the same setting and I'm dying to get this turned off. Any known ways to get rid of it?
A: That is called the visual bell, and by default it’s enabled when your sound is muted. To change that setting, go into Terminal > Preferences > Profiles > <your profile> > Advanced.
You can also run
echo $'\nset bell-style off' >> ~/.inputrc
to disable Readline's use of the bell (deleting on an empty line, tab-complete, etc.). You will need to restart your session for this change to take effect.
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51152c6ddb4e9db95a24450c9cb1ec1fd05e8aae | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will Eclipse + Android Developer Tools plugin work on OS X Yosemite? I would like to update my system to the newest 10.10 Yosemite version, but I use quite intensively Eclipse + ADT to develop apps for Android. Does anyone have any experience with running this software on Yosemite (maybe beta version)?
I am asking this question, because I would like to update, but on the other hand I don't want to mess things up with Java and ADT (btw. There were problems and I needed to use workarounds even on Mavericks).
A: I got this error
I tried updating the Java to the latest Java 8 update 25 but still didn't work.
but after going to the recommended website from apple and download and install it: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
it worked just fine again. It was able to start.
It says Java 6. I'm not really sure what other repercussions will be. It's like a downgrade.
i still do have 1.7 in my eclipse compiler though.
| Q: Will Eclipse + Android Developer Tools plugin work on OS X Yosemite? I would like to update my system to the newest 10.10 Yosemite version, but I use quite intensively Eclipse + ADT to develop apps for Android. Does anyone have any experience with running this software on Yosemite (maybe beta version)?
I am asking this question, because I would like to update, but on the other hand I don't want to mess things up with Java and ADT (btw. There were problems and I needed to use workarounds even on Mavericks).
A: I got this error
I tried updating the Java to the latest Java 8 update 25 but still didn't work.
but after going to the recommended website from apple and download and install it: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
it worked just fine again. It was able to start.
It says Java 6. I'm not really sure what other repercussions will be. It's like a downgrade.
i still do have 1.7 in my eclipse compiler though.
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705e75f7f549b1927b9af88b9aa48cfdde3b5901 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any way to reboot a iDevice that is connected to a USB port via terminal (Mac terminal)? So, I am making a program to reboot iDevices (if there power buttons are broken), is there any way to induce the iDevice to reboot via the Mac shell?
A: idevicediagnostics is a Linux tool which can help here. It is also available for macOS according to these instructions.
Once installed you can use
idevicediagnostics restart
to restart your device.
To restart a specific device connected to a macbook that has more than one device connected to, use:
idevicediagnostics -u udidnumber restart
| Q: Any way to reboot a iDevice that is connected to a USB port via terminal (Mac terminal)? So, I am making a program to reboot iDevices (if there power buttons are broken), is there any way to induce the iDevice to reboot via the Mac shell?
A: idevicediagnostics is a Linux tool which can help here. It is also available for macOS according to these instructions.
Once installed you can use
idevicediagnostics restart
to restart your device.
To restart a specific device connected to a macbook that has more than one device connected to, use:
idevicediagnostics -u udidnumber restart
A: To install this third-party program, on the Terminal:
brew install libimobiledevice
Use:
idevicediagnostics restart
A: idevicediagnostics restart
you can substitute shutdown for restart.
on
Ubuntu 14.04
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84c48a77141d8949a02969da4a5570df2d44ef6c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How many displays can a Mac Mini 2014 drive How many displays can a Mac Mini 2014 drive?
Given that the Mac Mini now has 2 thunderbolt + 1 HDMI video outputs, it would be able to drive 3 monitors right? It ofcourse depends on the resolutions. Not sure what that Intel Iris Graphics card can take.
A: I've tried it with 3 displays, but no go. Any combination of 2 displays work, but not 3 at the same time.
| Q: How many displays can a Mac Mini 2014 drive How many displays can a Mac Mini 2014 drive?
Given that the Mac Mini now has 2 thunderbolt + 1 HDMI video outputs, it would be able to drive 3 monitors right? It ofcourse depends on the resolutions. Not sure what that Intel Iris Graphics card can take.
A: I've tried it with 3 displays, but no go. Any combination of 2 displays work, but not 3 at the same time.
A: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/hd-graphics/hd-graphics-developer.html
A section in the webpage listed above states:
"View movies or presentations in ultra-high definition on Ultra HDTV or 4K resolution displays. With Intel Iris and Intel HD graphics, you can even daisy-chain up to three displays—or use collage mode to combine displays into a single unified higher resolution for larger screen sizes."
Hope this helps!
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2480b16eebe841c3c3d6da9c5011a1d30c36b498 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Upgrade iPhone 5 from iOS 7.0.4 to iOS 7.1.2 I have an iPhone 5 that I use with Straight Talk (telecom provider) and I am trying to "upgrade" it from 7.0.4 to 7.1.2, or any release with the 7.x version for that matter.
I specifically do not want to upgrade to IOS 8 just yet.
I have the file "iPhone5,2_7.1.2_11D257_Restore.ipsw" but I get the error "The device isn't eligible for the requested build." I've also hashed out the gs.apple address in my hosts file.
I know you can't downgrade from 8 to 7, but in this case is there a way I can still upgrade to a later version of 7.x?
A: Apple have stopped signing any iOS 7 for any device that can run iOS 8.
As far as I am aware, you have no other choices than to stay on 7.0.4 or go to 8.0.2
| Q: Upgrade iPhone 5 from iOS 7.0.4 to iOS 7.1.2 I have an iPhone 5 that I use with Straight Talk (telecom provider) and I am trying to "upgrade" it from 7.0.4 to 7.1.2, or any release with the 7.x version for that matter.
I specifically do not want to upgrade to IOS 8 just yet.
I have the file "iPhone5,2_7.1.2_11D257_Restore.ipsw" but I get the error "The device isn't eligible for the requested build." I've also hashed out the gs.apple address in my hosts file.
I know you can't downgrade from 8 to 7, but in this case is there a way I can still upgrade to a later version of 7.x?
A: Apple have stopped signing any iOS 7 for any device that can run iOS 8.
As far as I am aware, you have no other choices than to stay on 7.0.4 or go to 8.0.2
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2d1a15e33d51e2b39a1f208f35783cbe3a7d8565 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Make the menu bar in Yosemite opaque In Mavericks and earlier, it was possible to make the menu bar opaque, rather than the default translucent look.
Now in Yosemite, it looks like translucency is the default, and the setting is gone from where it used to be, to toggle it.
Is there a workaround for this? Such as a way to do it through Terminal?
A: In System Preferences > Accessibility > Display, enable the "Reduce Transparency" option.
(Note, though, that that disables transparency across the whole system; it doesn't seem like it's possible to disable the transparency just for the menu bar anymore.)
| Q: Make the menu bar in Yosemite opaque In Mavericks and earlier, it was possible to make the menu bar opaque, rather than the default translucent look.
Now in Yosemite, it looks like translucency is the default, and the setting is gone from where it used to be, to toggle it.
Is there a workaround for this? Such as a way to do it through Terminal?
A: In System Preferences > Accessibility > Display, enable the "Reduce Transparency" option.
(Note, though, that that disables transparency across the whole system; it doesn't seem like it's possible to disable the transparency just for the menu bar anymore.)
A: In System Preferences > Accessibility > Display, enable the "Increase contrast" option.
A: Accessibility → Display → Reduce transparency:
A: I found another way to accomplish this in newer versions of macOS (e.g. Mojave and Catalina) that doesn't require turning on "Reduce Transparency" and therefore losing all of the other transparency effects in macOS.
The idea is to make a customized background image that fills your display and has white pixels underneath the exact area that the menu bar occupies.
To do this, following these steps:
*
*In your image editor of choice (such as Photoshop, Affinity Photo, or GIMP), create a new document whose resolution matches the resolution of your display.
*Copy and paste in the image that you want to be your background, and arrange it in the document in whatever manner you choose (e.g. filling the entire document, centering it, etc.). Or, if you want a solid color background, simply fill the image with the color you want.
*Create a white rectangle at the very top of the document that stretches across the entire document horizontally. Make sure its top edge lines up exactly with the top edge of the document.
*If your display is not a retina display, make the rectangle's height be 22 pixels. If your display is a retina display, determine the rectangle's height in pixels using the following formula:
[vertical resolution of your display] * 22 / [apparent height of display in pixels (as indicated in the Displays pref pane)]
*Save the document as a png file, and make it your desktop background.
For example, if you have a 5k iMac and your main display is scaled to look like 2560x1440, your image's size would be 5120x2880 (the resolution of the display), and the white rectangle would be 44 pixels tall (or 2880 * 22 / 1440).
Here's an example image that would work for a 1080p display.
Note: this method has one important limitation, which is that if you change the resolution of your monitor, the image will no longer properly line up with the menu bar. So this method is only appropriate if you never plan to change your resolution.
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cb1a9344c5f973d95e8773396d92329a7f2f7d23 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to use Family Sharing on iPhone 4 and other devices? I have multiple devices on 1 apple ID (an iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPod Touch 5, iPhone 4) and would like the devices to have separate apple IDs. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 5s have separate apple IDs and the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 5 will have the same apple ID. How can I setup the iPhone 4 to use family sharing even though it does not have iOS 8? Is this even possible?
Thanks!
A: I turned on Family Sharing for my kids on my iPhone 5 that has iOS 8. After entering their emails, I entered their passwords. On their iOS 8 iPads, purchases from all the family members show up, but not on the iPod 4 or iPhone 4.
However, my kids on those devices still have "Ask to buy" show up. If you want them to have access to all of your apps, you could jailbreak (redsn0w for iPod 4 on iOS 6 and evasi0n for iPhone 4 on iOS 7) and install Account Changer. If it weren't for the "Ask to buy," we would have stayed with Account Changer only.
| Q: How to use Family Sharing on iPhone 4 and other devices? I have multiple devices on 1 apple ID (an iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPod Touch 5, iPhone 4) and would like the devices to have separate apple IDs. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 5s have separate apple IDs and the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 5 will have the same apple ID. How can I setup the iPhone 4 to use family sharing even though it does not have iOS 8? Is this even possible?
Thanks!
A: I turned on Family Sharing for my kids on my iPhone 5 that has iOS 8. After entering their emails, I entered their passwords. On their iOS 8 iPads, purchases from all the family members show up, but not on the iPod 4 or iPhone 4.
However, my kids on those devices still have "Ask to buy" show up. If you want them to have access to all of your apps, you could jailbreak (redsn0w for iPod 4 on iOS 6 and evasi0n for iPhone 4 on iOS 7) and install Account Changer. If it weren't for the "Ask to buy," we would have stayed with Account Changer only.
A: As detailed in Apple's Family Sharing page, at the end, it states
iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite or later are required to set up or join a Family Sharing group and are recommended for full functionality.
As Trig mentioned, some features may still be available on devices that are not running iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite, such as Ask to Buy and Family Photo Sharing.
A: Check if these two links can help you or not.
https://support.apple.com/en-nz/HT201088
https://support.apple.com/en-nz/HT201085
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e3241db711ffb036a0906b29aec5b62720658dc5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What features of Yosemite are beneficial to you? This question serves to share and collect the enhancements that make a large difference to how you use your Mac.
Please post one feature per answer. Please also check to see if your answer has already been posted - duplicate answers will be deleted. To search answers for this question use inquestion:this (directly from the question page) in addition to your search terms in the search box in the upper right hand corner of this page.
The best answers will not only list a feature, but provide details on how to configure that feature, and provide an image of how to use the feature to be more efficient or effective with Yosemite.
| Q: What features of Yosemite are beneficial to you? This question serves to share and collect the enhancements that make a large difference to how you use your Mac.
Please post one feature per answer. Please also check to see if your answer has already been posted - duplicate answers will be deleted. To search answers for this question use inquestion:this (directly from the question page) in addition to your search terms in the search box in the upper right hand corner of this page.
The best answers will not only list a feature, but provide details on how to configure that feature, and provide an image of how to use the feature to be more efficient or effective with Yosemite.
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30007b6fbcfedfbd3cdb42f7c4c653d3cf334ec9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Optimization notice after installing Yosemite After I installed Yosemite I got a notice saying that performance may suffer until my Mac is optimized. What exactly does it mean and do I have to do anything?
A: It's updating the Spotlight index.
There's nothing to do, just let it happen.
| Q: Optimization notice after installing Yosemite After I installed Yosemite I got a notice saying that performance may suffer until my Mac is optimized. What exactly does it mean and do I have to do anything?
A: It's updating the Spotlight index.
There's nothing to do, just let it happen.
A: Try using below links, both worked well for me
*
*http://www.cultofmac.com/299974/os-x-yosemite-tips/
*http://www.hightechdad.com/2014/10/23/13-tips-optimize-mac-yosemite-installation/
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538568c194e1edb4480dc0faa62d21f34c4b7292 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Yosemite volume up and down doesn't make a feedback sound Instead of playing a sound when volume up/down is pressed on the keyboard it now plays a sound when you hold down SHIFT + Vol Up / Vol Down. How does one configure it to work like it did before?
A: Perhaps you want to leave it as it is right now, I prefer it this way because sometimes the click sound it produces can be painful (any way, now on Yosemite it doesn't sound that loud). What I do when I want to hear the volume indicator is to press "shift + volume key" and it will play the volume indicator again just for that time.
| Q: Yosemite volume up and down doesn't make a feedback sound Instead of playing a sound when volume up/down is pressed on the keyboard it now plays a sound when you hold down SHIFT + Vol Up / Vol Down. How does one configure it to work like it did before?
A: Perhaps you want to leave it as it is right now, I prefer it this way because sometimes the click sound it produces can be painful (any way, now on Yosemite it doesn't sound that loud). What I do when I want to hear the volume indicator is to press "shift + volume key" and it will play the volume indicator again just for that time.
A: This is an intentional change of the preferences.
You can turn the audio feedback back on in System Preferences -> Sound and checking Play feedback when volume is changed
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1f95a31bfa46f4f3d0832caa73ae6e5d4066d257 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: nsurlstoraged and CPU usage Since yesterday nsurlstoraged is constantly using a huge amount of CPU. Nothing shows up in the logs but opensnoop shows that the process is accessing
/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.mail/fsCachedData
The directory contains XML files from the beginning of the month (from October 1. at 8:12) up to now (growing). I now have more than 9 GB of cached data and a new file is created every 2-3 seconds.
After a reboot the nsurlstoraged starts again with the same behaviour.
Any idea on how to stop it or on when it will stop by itself?
A: This solved the issue for me:
*
*Make sure you have a recent backup
*Quit Safari (if it is running)
*In Finder, type Shift-Cmd-G and enter ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari
*A Finder window will open, with the com.apple.Safari folder selected
*Delete the whole folder
*Restart Safari
| Q: nsurlstoraged and CPU usage Since yesterday nsurlstoraged is constantly using a huge amount of CPU. Nothing shows up in the logs but opensnoop shows that the process is accessing
/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.mail/fsCachedData
The directory contains XML files from the beginning of the month (from October 1. at 8:12) up to now (growing). I now have more than 9 GB of cached data and a new file is created every 2-3 seconds.
After a reboot the nsurlstoraged starts again with the same behaviour.
Any idea on how to stop it or on when it will stop by itself?
A: This solved the issue for me:
*
*Make sure you have a recent backup
*Quit Safari (if it is running)
*In Finder, type Shift-Cmd-G and enter ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari
*A Finder window will open, with the com.apple.Safari folder selected
*Delete the whole folder
*Restart Safari
A: I restarted my computer in Safe Mode, and that fixed the issue for me for about a week. Among other things, Safe Mode rebuilds certain caches, including (at least some of) those in the ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari folder noted in @coolbreeze's answer, so I expect this will do the same thing that does.
I didn't have to actually log in while in Safe Mode, mind you. I restarted the machine in Safe Mode, then when I saw the login screen I restarted normally and the caches had been cleared.
It may be wise to simply shut down your computer every week or so between uses.
All that said, I'd love to hear if anyone has a more permanent solution.
*
*macOS High Sierra (10.13.2)
*Mac Pro (Late 2013)
*3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5
*64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3
A: I purchase IMAC -2020,
I tried removing the wired LAN to understand the wifi connection.
then CPU's accountsd goes up 455% and pan cooler fast and disk's nsurlsotraged high.
so I TURN OFF WIFI, connect Wired LAN again.
As you might expect, the cpu and disk are back to normal, and the fan cooler is quiet. This method may vary from person to person, but please try it.
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767012ccb71aaa5675ed016f03a8d22e66c44ecc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Hidden gems or tricks in OS X Yosemite (10.10) In addition to this question I'd like to start a new question specifically for the new OS X Yosemite.
As I'm always curious about the announced items, there are many times hidden gems or nice tricks in new OS X versions.
Please share your hidden tricks (one per answer)! Please do not add "default" tricks which are available in all previous versions.
A: Using currency calculator directly in Spotlight by typing in a number and a currency. Spotlight is automatically showing the most used conversions.
| Q: Hidden gems or tricks in OS X Yosemite (10.10) In addition to this question I'd like to start a new question specifically for the new OS X Yosemite.
As I'm always curious about the announced items, there are many times hidden gems or nice tricks in new OS X versions.
Please share your hidden tricks (one per answer)! Please do not add "default" tricks which are available in all previous versions.
A: Using currency calculator directly in Spotlight by typing in a number and a currency. Spotlight is automatically showing the most used conversions.
A: Sign a PDF document with your Trackpad.
When you open up a PDF, you can click on the new Markup Icon, and then choose "Sign". You can choose between a file or create a new Signature. After you chose "New Signature", you can use your Trackpad to write your Signature.
A: Dark mode
Open system preferences, go to generals and tick use dark menu bar and dock
Now the dock, menu bar, spotlight and other UI elements are dark.
It's not a secret feature but not so easy to turn on.
A: Editing images directly in Mail
You don't have to edit images in Preview any more before you send them over to another person.
*
*Hover over the image which you included inside your E-Mail
*Klick on the arrow on the top right corner
*Click Markup
After that, you can use the same tools as in Preview:
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b8ba25fe800a9ed7c46b11fdb57927821f03289a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to reset Launchpad ordering in OS X Yosemite? Previously I can remove the files end with db in ~/Library/Application Support/Dock/ to reset the ordering of apps, but now doing the same thing doesn’t help. Do anyone know where the new path that organizes the Launchpad is located?
A: Enter this line in the console:
defaults -currentHost write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true; killall Dock
Removing the db doesn't seem to do the trick any more. So this two steps are necessary to reset the Launchpad in Yosemite:
*
*rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ; killall Dock
*defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true; killall Dock
| Q: How to reset Launchpad ordering in OS X Yosemite? Previously I can remove the files end with db in ~/Library/Application Support/Dock/ to reset the ordering of apps, but now doing the same thing doesn’t help. Do anyone know where the new path that organizes the Launchpad is located?
A: Enter this line in the console:
defaults -currentHost write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true; killall Dock
Removing the db doesn't seem to do the trick any more. So this two steps are necessary to reset the Launchpad in Yosemite:
*
*rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ; killall Dock
*defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true; killall Dock
A: rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db
rm "/$TMPDIR../0/com.apple.dock.launchpad/db/db*"
defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true; killall Dock
A: Here Launchpad resets, when deleting the three database files in...
/private/var/folders/02/yff1cxtx61v3y1pydkt96j2h0000gn/0/com.apple.dock.launchpad/db/db
/private/var/folders/02/yff1cxtx61v3y1pydkt96j2h0000gn/0/com.apple.dock.launchpad/db/db-shm
/private/var/folders/02/yff1cxtx61v3y1pydkt96j2h0000gn/0/com.apple.dock.launchpad/db/db-wal
...and restarting the Dock: killall Dock
I get there by opening
open $TMPDIR../0/com.apple.dock.launchpad/db/
A: Starting in Yosemite, simply running killall Dock wont always cut it when altering your defaults.
In Yosemite the defaults are now cached in two separate persistent processes called cfprefsd; one owned by you, $USER, and the other owned by root, so you essentially need to restart these processes.
You can verify this by opening up Activity Monitor.app and searching for cfprefsd
(There can actually be more than two of these process in some circumstances, not to worry though!)
I added the following one liner to my shell profile of choice (.zshrc) so that it is easily available to me anytime by just typing fixpref, but you also can just cut out the good parts to use it once!
TL;DR:
#!/bin/bash
# Clear defaults caches, reload them, and then kill everything!
alias fixpref='sudo killall -SIGKILL cfprefsd && killall Dock && killall Finder'
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198e778de0c313fcdb9fb61d509fbf38e8132966 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I prepare a new device in Configurator without updating the device iOS? I need to install an in-house application on a few company ipods. In order to get them into supervised mode I need to use the Perpare function of Apple Configurator. However, I cannot unselect the 'Update iOS' option, and the app to be installed is iOS7 only.
A: Place the required version iOS ipsw file here:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.configurator/Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.configurator/Firmware/
Use the Edit Custom iOS Versions command
In Apple Configurator, hold down the Option key while choosing Devices > Edit Custom iOS Versions. You can then add or remove custom versions of iOS software, such as developer previews.
source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT200241?viewlocale=en_US
| Q: How do I prepare a new device in Configurator without updating the device iOS? I need to install an in-house application on a few company ipods. In order to get them into supervised mode I need to use the Perpare function of Apple Configurator. However, I cannot unselect the 'Update iOS' option, and the app to be installed is iOS7 only.
A: Place the required version iOS ipsw file here:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.configurator/Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.configurator/Firmware/
Use the Edit Custom iOS Versions command
In Apple Configurator, hold down the Option key while choosing Devices > Edit Custom iOS Versions. You can then add or remove custom versions of iOS software, such as developer previews.
source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT200241?viewlocale=en_US
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756343603e10092e0042b238a7d08dc9dcd66564 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Mac Dictation - How to select backspace? Using OS X 10.9 and 10.10 dictation, I can find/use the various grammatical commands as shown here. Is there a way to select back, erase, cancel?
When I try these words, they are typed not implemented.
Thanks
A: Solution 1: You can say "Press backspace key" (at least with 10.10).
Solution 2: You can define the voice command "backspace" that triggers an automator workflow that sends a delete keystroke:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "System Events"
keystroke (ASCII character 127)
end tell
return input
end run
Solution 3: You can use BetterTouchTool (free):
| Q: Mac Dictation - How to select backspace? Using OS X 10.9 and 10.10 dictation, I can find/use the various grammatical commands as shown here. Is there a way to select back, erase, cancel?
When I try these words, they are typed not implemented.
Thanks
A: Solution 1: You can say "Press backspace key" (at least with 10.10).
Solution 2: You can define the voice command "backspace" that triggers an automator workflow that sends a delete keystroke:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "System Events"
keystroke (ASCII character 127)
end tell
return input
end run
Solution 3: You can use BetterTouchTool (free):
A: When I say "Press Backspace Key", the dictation system usually types "Christmas". I have to say it very slowly and deliberately, and then it works.
A: You can also add a custom Dictation Command of CTRL-H.
I'm using Mojave, but this should work for any version that has the Enhanced Dictation feature.
*
*In Preferences/Accessibility/Dictation, select the Dictation Commands button
*Under the left column click the plus (+) button
*On the right, in "When I say:" enter the word you want to use. I used "Delete"
*In the "Perform" dropdown menu, select "Press Keyboard Shortcut"
*At the prompt, press Control and H. "Press ^H" should appear
*Click Done
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b3b6790481c931825ec195ea91a26190137b8a77 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Time Machine stopped working after upgrading to Yosemite
I have upgraded my Mountain Lion system to the latest Yosemite release in the App Store.
When I click the Back Up Now link in the Time Machine menu it says it's preparing the backup but it never gets past this and actually starts backing the system up.
How do I get Time Machine working again?
A: I had the same problem. At the Apple troubleshooting site, it stated that the initial backup after an upgrade will take a long time. I hit "Back Up Now" before bed, and when I got up in the morning, it had completed the Back Up. After the initial Back Up, it works just fine now!
| Q: Time Machine stopped working after upgrading to Yosemite
I have upgraded my Mountain Lion system to the latest Yosemite release in the App Store.
When I click the Back Up Now link in the Time Machine menu it says it's preparing the backup but it never gets past this and actually starts backing the system up.
How do I get Time Machine working again?
A: I had the same problem. At the Apple troubleshooting site, it stated that the initial backup after an upgrade will take a long time. I hit "Back Up Now" before bed, and when I got up in the morning, it had completed the Back Up. After the initial Back Up, it works just fine now!
A: I had the same problem. I don't know whether turning FileVault on was related (this process was suggested during Yosemite installation). However, I retried backup when FileVault finished and it worked that time.
Remember that Yosemite installation brings around new 6 GB that will be backed up. So, the preparation of backing up will delay more than usual.
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17a8e95291e670999d6fc6dc4d191923bf72770c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is the audio is not working after upgrading to Yosemite? After upgrading my Macbook Pro to Yosemite, the volume icon at the top right is greyed out and sound does not work.
How can I fix this issue?
A: I had to open Sound Preferences, change to Output tab, and select "Internal Speakers".
| Q: Why is the audio is not working after upgrading to Yosemite? After upgrading my Macbook Pro to Yosemite, the volume icon at the top right is greyed out and sound does not work.
How can I fix this issue?
A: I had to open Sound Preferences, change to Output tab, and select "Internal Speakers".
A: This can be caused by the default sound settings being changed. If you go to System Preferences --> Sound --> "Sound Effects" you will see a pull down list labeled Play sound effects through... On my machine there was the following listed: Internal Speakers and my monitor.
For some reason after the OS upgrade my monitor (and HDMI) was selected instead of internal speakers. Switching to Internal Speakers fixed this. You should select the appropriate item for your setup. Also, you can go to the Output and Input tabs and verify that the correct item is selected as well. See this picture for additional information:
A: I had the same problem. It turned out that I had my external screen plugged in while I ran the update so the sound was defaulting to HDMI out rather than internal sound or bluetooth.
Went to sound preferences, changed it and it worked.
A: Same problem here, disabled sound control. According to this post you can run
sudo killall coreaudiod
in Terminal for a temporary fix.
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8a2d7df03be9a36d20440207526586354bc724e4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Lost ability to choose 3440x1440 resolution after Yosemite upgrade I have an LG 34UM95 connected via TB on a Late 2012 mac mini.
After the Yosemite install, I no longer have the option of choosing 3440x1440 resolution in the Displays preferences. It worked just fine prior to the upgrade.
I did do the Option->Scaled bit to see the extended list of choices, but nothing higher than 2560x1080 shows up.
Can I get my 3440x1440 resolution back?
EDIT: my colorsync profile...
EDIT 2
I just upgraded from 10.10 to 10.10.2. Resolution stayed the same! Woot!! So, either the new update fixed the issue, or it didn't touch the graphics extension.
A: A bit of a late answer, but this issue is now fixed in Yosemite 10.10.2 - full 3440x1400 (on a macbook air you have to close the lid of your laptop, but it works without hacks!)
| Q: Lost ability to choose 3440x1440 resolution after Yosemite upgrade I have an LG 34UM95 connected via TB on a Late 2012 mac mini.
After the Yosemite install, I no longer have the option of choosing 3440x1440 resolution in the Displays preferences. It worked just fine prior to the upgrade.
I did do the Option->Scaled bit to see the extended list of choices, but nothing higher than 2560x1080 shows up.
Can I get my 3440x1440 resolution back?
EDIT: my colorsync profile...
EDIT 2
I just upgraded from 10.10 to 10.10.2. Resolution stayed the same! Woot!! So, either the new update fixed the issue, or it didn't touch the graphics extension.
A: A bit of a late answer, but this issue is now fixed in Yosemite 10.10.2 - full 3440x1400 (on a macbook air you have to close the lid of your laptop, but it works without hacks!)
A: I was successful in getting the 3440x1440 resolution back in Yosemite by following the instructions from a discussion on Apple's discussion page.
The thread is a good read, to put the instructions in context, but the gist is as such...
*
*Disable the kext signature check sudo nvram boot-args=kext-dev-mode=1
*Pull in the AppleIntelFramebufferCapri.kext from TimeMachine prior to the Yosemite upgrade
*Make the small edit as described in the thread above (not going to copy/paste his post verbatim here)
*Reboot
Success!!
I had the 3440x1440 resolution in my Display preferences right away. Didn't even have to hold down Option to see it.
Broken again after 10.10.1 update...
Looking to see if the same fix can still work...
A: There seems to be a solute - see:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6240037?tstart=0
A: Just press the option key while you select "Scaled" and will appear all the compatible resolutions.
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34a2107bac0795c2d2fec847c803aef051d77e97 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where is the OS X Volume Change Feedback Sound File located? I upgraded Yosemite, and turns out they changed the "pop" sound that plays when you change the volume. I have another Mac, which is on Mavericks, and I would like to get the old sound back.
I saw Where are the Mac OS X alert sound files located?, and it is NOT there in Macintosh HD ▸ System ▸ Library ▸ Sounds
Any help would be appreciated.
A: Go to System Preference > Sound, and check "Play feedback when volume is changed".
You may have to restart your computer if it doesn't work when you check it. I did and now it works.
| Q: Where is the OS X Volume Change Feedback Sound File located? I upgraded Yosemite, and turns out they changed the "pop" sound that plays when you change the volume. I have another Mac, which is on Mavericks, and I would like to get the old sound back.
I saw Where are the Mac OS X alert sound files located?, and it is NOT there in Macintosh HD ▸ System ▸ Library ▸ Sounds
Any help would be appreciated.
A: Go to System Preference > Sound, and check "Play feedback when volume is changed".
You may have to restart your computer if it doesn't work when you check it. I did and now it works.
A: The volume up/down feedback audio file is called volume.aiff and is located in:
/System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin/Contents/Resources/
A: The volume up/down feedback audio file is called volume.aiff and is located in:
/System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin/Contents/Resources/
Then you may need to restart terminal and your computer if you are editing that file.
A: I use FindAnyFile from the app store to find any file anywhere on my Mac. I've had it for ages and couldn't live without it...
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eb93bad094608f847802cd9b1c61c79e200f0d94 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you set the maxopenfiles limit in Yosemite? How do you set a soft limit for maxopenfiles in Yosemite?
I installed Yosemite last night, and now it's ignoring my settings in my /etc/launchd.conf file:
$ cat /etc/launchd.conf
limit maxfiles 32768 65536
$ launchctl limit maxfiles
maxfiles 256 unlimited
A: I created a /etc/sysctl.conf file with the following contents:
kern.maxfiles=100000
If I run sysctl kern.maxfiles after restarting it does show the new value there.
| Q: How do you set the maxopenfiles limit in Yosemite? How do you set a soft limit for maxopenfiles in Yosemite?
I installed Yosemite last night, and now it's ignoring my settings in my /etc/launchd.conf file:
$ cat /etc/launchd.conf
limit maxfiles 32768 65536
$ launchctl limit maxfiles
maxfiles 256 unlimited
A: I created a /etc/sysctl.conf file with the following contents:
kern.maxfiles=100000
If I run sysctl kern.maxfiles after restarting it does show the new value there.
A: It looks like Apple removed support for /etc/launchd.conf for security reasons. It no longer exists on a clean Yosemite install.
From the man launchctl file:
launchctl no longer has an interactive mode, nor does it accept commands from stdin. The /etc/launchd.conf file is no longer consulted for subcommands to run during early boot time; this functionality was removed for security considerations.
A: Suggested method for most versions of macOS is to create the property list file (.pfile) of a user agent in a LaunchAgents directory.
This can be created by the following command:
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy /Library/LaunchAgents/com.launchd.maxfiles.plist -c "add Label string com.launchd.maxfiles" -c "add ProgramArguments array" -c "add ProgramArguments: string launchctl" -c "add ProgramArguments: string limit" -c "add ProgramArguments: string maxfiles" -c "add ProgramArguments: string 10240" -c "add ProgramArguments: string unlimited" -c "add RunAtLoad bool true"
Documentation page: Creating Launch Daemons and Agents.
Related: How to persistently control maximum system resource consumption on Mac?
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c9d770c3814c18e2cf8a76c9d0a03c7644417b4d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How should one correctly copy public and private keys from one mac to another? I am aware of solution for linux here.
How should one correctly copy public and private keys from one mac to another?
| Q: How should one correctly copy public and private keys from one mac to another? I am aware of solution for linux here.
How should one correctly copy public and private keys from one mac to another?
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3300319553b602514127992743a99ec74b5d9716 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I share iCloud Drive folder with other iCloud user? I would like to share a folder like Dropbox does, but under Share I can not find such an option.
A: As it currently stands (March 2015) you cannot share iCloud folder, but you can share individual iCloud files. Even if your recipient does't have iCloud account they will be able to view and edit your iCloud documents.
Open a document on your iCloud site, and click share button on the top toolbar. You will be given a link and some options (readonly vs editing, password protection).
| Q: Can I share iCloud Drive folder with other iCloud user? I would like to share a folder like Dropbox does, but under Share I can not find such an option.
A: As it currently stands (March 2015) you cannot share iCloud folder, but you can share individual iCloud files. Even if your recipient does't have iCloud account they will be able to view and edit your iCloud documents.
Open a document on your iCloud site, and click share button on the top toolbar. You will be given a link and some options (readonly vs editing, password protection).
A: Since September 2017 (iOS 11), you can now share files via Files app (or on iCloud.com).
Simply navigate to the file you want to share -> click on the share icon -> click "Add People" -> then you can share a copy of the link to the file/folder.
For some reason, folders aren't supported yet.
A: Before macOS High Sierra and iOS 10 release the answer was "No - iCloud drive and its folder structure is strictly for sharing with one account." You can now share files but not entire folders easily.
Now with iOS 10 and High Sierra and newer, you can share from the share control on macOS and choose a file. You can share with the generic "add people" icon files but not folders currently. You can share from the web interface and iOS as well.
For some iWork documents and photos, you can share them individually or by adding someone to a shared photo album, but that's based on the app design and not a more general folder based file sharing idiom.
You can also avail yourself of all the share sheets when an app like Things or OneNote or Acorn can accept a shared file from iCloud.
Also - Apple's MailDrop feature to email each file to the recipient(s) that need to share the file, but it wouldn't be anything that's hosted and really shared in the sense that a change to the file by one user would then be reflected on the cloud. When that works it's great since you don't have to plan to share out the files - it just happens.
Clearly, iCloud isn't competing directly with Box.com and DropBox but it has picked up tons of useful features and the live on line collaboration for iWork documents and notes is really fantastic in 2018 now that we have some real sharing features in iCloud.
A: Jan 26 2017, you still can't share folders.
Try using insync.io you can share the folders in your icloud drive without moving the files from their original location. But it will use your google drive storage.
A: MacOS Catalina (finally) allows iCloud folder sharing.
A: Since MacOS Catalina 10.15.4 Update you could share files and directories with any iCloud user
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/share-folders-documents-icloud-file-sharing-mchl91854a7a/10.15/mac/10.15
A: Try using OS X Server for Yosemite or Mavericks.
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8db749924ca707fc01bbc8308c9aa806d634ca30 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: If Yosemite is free, why do I have to verify billing info? I am unable to upgrade to Yosemite because when I press the "Free" button it takes me to a page where I must verify my billing info., then when I press done, it gives me "your payment method was declined" !!
Since it is free, why do I have to verify my billing info ?
and if my account is verified why is it saying declined, does it try to take money out of my account ?
and how then to install the new OS ?
Note: my current OS version is 10.9.5
A: The verification is for your Apple ID for purchases. You can either set the payment option to none if you're from the US or add a credit card to it. This eases the payment option if you plan to buy apps from the store later.
But in the case of downloading Yosemite, You will not be charged for anything.
| Q: If Yosemite is free, why do I have to verify billing info? I am unable to upgrade to Yosemite because when I press the "Free" button it takes me to a page where I must verify my billing info., then when I press done, it gives me "your payment method was declined" !!
Since it is free, why do I have to verify my billing info ?
and if my account is verified why is it saying declined, does it try to take money out of my account ?
and how then to install the new OS ?
Note: my current OS version is 10.9.5
A: The verification is for your Apple ID for purchases. You can either set the payment option to none if you're from the US or add a credit card to it. This eases the payment option if you plan to buy apps from the store later.
But in the case of downloading Yosemite, You will not be charged for anything.
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bba1e1a563e35dbd607ed9e7f1f75a1aa36033b5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: PDFs looking different in Yosemite Preview.app I've just installed Yosemite on my iMac and noticed that my PDF files viewed with the Preview.app don't look the same as in Mavericks. If I view the PDF files directly in Safari, all looks like it should. Against this in the Preview.app it looks kinda trashy.
Is there anyone who can confirm this? And if it's so, how can I make Preview.app show the PDFs like Safari does?
A: For troubleshooting isolation, what if you use Adobe Reader, Is the rendering clear using a dedicated software ?
edit : It appears that Preview is no longer using subpixel rendering in Yosemite.
There is no fix for now, Apple will probably enable this in a next OS X update as the problem is quite documented over the Web
| Q: PDFs looking different in Yosemite Preview.app I've just installed Yosemite on my iMac and noticed that my PDF files viewed with the Preview.app don't look the same as in Mavericks. If I view the PDF files directly in Safari, all looks like it should. Against this in the Preview.app it looks kinda trashy.
Is there anyone who can confirm this? And if it's so, how can I make Preview.app show the PDFs like Safari does?
A: For troubleshooting isolation, what if you use Adobe Reader, Is the rendering clear using a dedicated software ?
edit : It appears that Preview is no longer using subpixel rendering in Yosemite.
There is no fix for now, Apple will probably enable this in a next OS X update as the problem is quite documented over the Web
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01c94de127af41d44b2546c9d749c1a9f6b14440 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: An unexpected error occurred while downloading the dictation language I'm on Yosemite and trying to download Enhanced dictation language files for English (USA). Default language is set to English (Australia) I don't know why.
I'm getting this error. I have also tried the solution given here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5480134 but it doesn't solve the problem.
Can anybody here help?
| Q: An unexpected error occurred while downloading the dictation language I'm on Yosemite and trying to download Enhanced dictation language files for English (USA). Default language is set to English (Australia) I don't know why.
I'm getting this error. I have also tried the solution given here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5480134 but it doesn't solve the problem.
Can anybody here help?
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0d61ef4c1369d9b1d3ecb2bd85df16142a65a3e5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Will encrypting hard drive reduce disk size? I have a 1TB harddisk that has 20GB space left. I want to encrypt this disk. Will encryption take up more space, and if so, is there an estimate, a percentage or something how much it will cost?
A: The chances are you don't have enough free space on it to allow it to encrypt at all; if it does work it will be horrendously slow.
You should always leave at least 10% free space on a hard drive, preferably 15%
Encryption is not by default also compression; the resulting file size may be no different.
For compression, if the data is predominantly 'text' then compression will save space; if it is music, pictures or video it will save none.
| Q: Will encrypting hard drive reduce disk size? I have a 1TB harddisk that has 20GB space left. I want to encrypt this disk. Will encryption take up more space, and if so, is there an estimate, a percentage or something how much it will cost?
A: The chances are you don't have enough free space on it to allow it to encrypt at all; if it does work it will be horrendously slow.
You should always leave at least 10% free space on a hard drive, preferably 15%
Encryption is not by default also compression; the resulting file size may be no different.
For compression, if the data is predominantly 'text' then compression will save space; if it is music, pictures or video it will save none.
A: When I open Diskutility, I see a change for partitions that are encrypted. They each have two entries, a parent and child. The parent is the normal partition, and inside is the encrypted child partition. As the encryption is always done by the OS, it is software encryption.
The resulting encrypted child partition is smaller than the parent. As I had several encrypted partitions, I was able to compare them using the numbers in Diskutility. I can only give you the numbers from this one example, so I don't know if they are similar on other systems. For this computer, encryption takes 320MB data. One partition (root) uses 4KB less for encryption. Disk Utility reports for the parent root partition that 4096 Bytes are free. The other parent partitions have 0 bytes free. Why this is - I have no idea.
Below you see the data in bytes for all three partitions: 150GB, 300GB, 850GB.
(A)Partition (B) Parent (C) Child (D) Difference (E) MB
1 (root) 149484212224 149148663808 335548416 320.00390625
2 (external) 300060016640 299724464128 335552512 320.0078125
3 849726693376 849391140864 335552512 320.0078125
Difference D2 - D1
335552512 - 335548416 = 4096 = 4KB
As I use 256 bit encryption, these numbers may be different for 128 bit. If anyone can confirm this, that would be nice!
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34fc857c4e0fec7935173ccef96c1f145392bd09 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Pinning the Dock to a Corner in Yosemite/El Capitan In Mavericks and prior, one could use the following commands to pin the dock to either the top or bottom corner of the screen, if the dock was placed left/right, or to the left/right corners if the dock was placed at the bottom, by using the following commands:
defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string start
or
defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string end
This is followed by killall Dock to restart the Dock. Now, in Yosemite, it appears that this option has been removed. Is there no way to get back this functionality in Yosemite?
Update: This is still not possible in El Capitan. Very disappointed in Apple.
A: I filed bug #18701500 on this problem with http://bugreporter.apple.com/
My bug was closed by Apple Engineering as a duplicate of bug #16814560, which is still marked as open.
Although Apple does not permit public viewing of the bug database—I cannot see the details on the bug that they have closed it in favor of—and thus you cannot verify my statements, this is proof to me that there is currently no solution to this problem.
| Q: Pinning the Dock to a Corner in Yosemite/El Capitan In Mavericks and prior, one could use the following commands to pin the dock to either the top or bottom corner of the screen, if the dock was placed left/right, or to the left/right corners if the dock was placed at the bottom, by using the following commands:
defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string start
or
defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string end
This is followed by killall Dock to restart the Dock. Now, in Yosemite, it appears that this option has been removed. Is there no way to get back this functionality in Yosemite?
Update: This is still not possible in El Capitan. Very disappointed in Apple.
A: I filed bug #18701500 on this problem with http://bugreporter.apple.com/
My bug was closed by Apple Engineering as a duplicate of bug #16814560, which is still marked as open.
Although Apple does not permit public viewing of the bug database—I cannot see the details on the bug that they have closed it in favor of—and thus you cannot verify my statements, this is proof to me that there is currently no solution to this problem.
A: Looks like this isn't possible as shown here. Sorry.
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da983cd6977ef6f89252e5abe805fddd901165ed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Increasing USB port Power Output I have a new (2013) 15" Macbook Pro.
The USB port provides 500mA which is not good enough for many devices I use (Hard Drive, 3G Dongle...)
Reading this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4049 it seems that these ports are capable of delivering more power, but it's limited to Apple products.
Is it possible to hack the mac, and change this default value (to something like 900mA?)
A: Apple USB 3.0 ports will output up to 1100mA if requested, USB 2.0 is limited to 500mA
You can check the current requirements for any attached device in Apple Menu > About this Mac > More Info (later macOS versions now labelled 'System Report…')... USB
I only have USB 2.0 ports on this machine, but see pic...
| Q: Increasing USB port Power Output I have a new (2013) 15" Macbook Pro.
The USB port provides 500mA which is not good enough for many devices I use (Hard Drive, 3G Dongle...)
Reading this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4049 it seems that these ports are capable of delivering more power, but it's limited to Apple products.
Is it possible to hack the mac, and change this default value (to something like 900mA?)
A: Apple USB 3.0 ports will output up to 1100mA if requested, USB 2.0 is limited to 500mA
You can check the current requirements for any attached device in Apple Menu > About this Mac > More Info (later macOS versions now labelled 'System Report…')... USB
I only have USB 2.0 ports on this machine, but see pic...
A: Thunderbolt or USB hub
You can fix this by using a powered USB hub. This way you do not have to modify your mac.
This Belking 4-Port USB hub for example.
The only negative, you need a power socket.
Another fix is to use a Thunderbolt hub, like the Matrox DS1. This is a hub with Thunderbolt input, needs no additional power, and outputs all sorts of IO, including USB 3.
A: Another possible solution, that avoids any sort of hacking, would be to use a USB-Y cable. These cables provide two usb connectors that plug into your laptop and merge to a single cable that's plugged into your external device, therefore pulling current from two usb ports on your laptop. Many external HD's come with these, they're inexpensive, and do the job. See http://www.toshiba.com/us/accessories/Cables-Adapters/Cables/USB/BA-82010 for an example.
A:
The USB port provides 500mA which is not good enough for many devices I use (Hard Drive, 3G Dongle...)
The USB 3.x ports on Apple computers are able to supply more than 500 mA. This can be demonstrated by plugging in an iPhone and see the computer report in System Information that it is supplying 12 watts. The ability of the port to supply power doesn't change with what is plugged into it.
Reading this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4049 it seems that these ports are capable of delivering more power, but it's limited to Apple products.
The power the port can supply is not limited by what is plugged in. This document is not intended for a highly technical audience so it's in a way lying by omission.
Is it possible to hack the mac, and change this default value (to something like 900mA?)
Much of this default behavior is written in the device, not the host. And Apple computers built after iPods started using USB for charging (2005 or there about) will provide at least 1500 mA from their USB ports.
You don't have to "hack" anything for it to provide 900 mA to a USB device. The USB 2.0 and USB 3.x spec allows for up to 1500 mA to devices. Apple computers since 2012 or so were built to provide 2400 mA from USB. Apple isn't doing anything "sneaky" or out of spec in providing this extra current from USB ports to Apple iDevices. They use the USB-PD and USB-BC protocols for this, and other USB devices can safely use this power too if they use the same protocol.
Few USB devices will require more than 900 mA from a USB host because for a number of reasons few USB hosts provide more than 900 mA. Apple computers will happily provide this much power without any "hack". Because this budgeting of power relies as much on the device as on the host there's ways to get more power by "hacks" to the device. That's assuming one desires well behaved USB devices. It's possible, and trivial, to create a device that will take 12 watts from a USB port like an iPhone would but without asking nicely first like an iPhone would.
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18e7fd83caa6b2278f7da01ac188f7aacdf487d6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Dragging an app's icon across in Dock without ended up pinning
I like to keep the running apps in the Dock organized in a logical fashion, so that similar apps are grouped together. I don't pin all of them permanently because that would reduce dock icon size.
When I drag a running app to a place I want it to be, the app is auto-pinned. I have to right-click and unpin the app from Dock.
I wonder if anyone knows how to stop letting Dock auto-pin apps.
A: There is no setting for this; any item on the dock that you move gets pinned to the dock. Locking the Dock's content does prevent items from being pinned, but it also prevents items from being moved/rearranged.
You could download an alternative dock replacement that looks and acts like the OS X Dock (there are a few) and hide the real Dock, but that's about it. It may be possible to somehow watch the Dock for newly pinned items and unpin them every 60 seconds or something... but that's probably more hassle than it's worth. OS X doesn't always like to be tinkered-with like that.
| Q: Dragging an app's icon across in Dock without ended up pinning
I like to keep the running apps in the Dock organized in a logical fashion, so that similar apps are grouped together. I don't pin all of them permanently because that would reduce dock icon size.
When I drag a running app to a place I want it to be, the app is auto-pinned. I have to right-click and unpin the app from Dock.
I wonder if anyone knows how to stop letting Dock auto-pin apps.
A: There is no setting for this; any item on the dock that you move gets pinned to the dock. Locking the Dock's content does prevent items from being pinned, but it also prevents items from being moved/rearranged.
You could download an alternative dock replacement that looks and acts like the OS X Dock (there are a few) and hide the real Dock, but that's about it. It may be possible to somehow watch the Dock for newly pinned items and unpin them every 60 seconds or something... but that's probably more hassle than it's worth. OS X doesn't always like to be tinkered-with like that.
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664da811b22e39ff86165ce81697f952d9470892 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Warn before quitting in Safari Is it possible to activate some safety check, like "Warn Before Quitting" in Chrome, to quit Safari? Sometimes we can press ⌘Q by mistake, and it's a pain to have the entire application closed.
A: My tweak is to use BetterTouchTools and set ⌘Q to run the following script:
tell application "System Events"
set theName to name of the first process whose frontmost is true
end tell
tell application theName
display dialog "Are you sure you want to quit?"
quit
end tell
This works fine, but it isn't neat.
A few more detailed steps for newbies:
*
*Open up script editor, paste the script above, save anywhere safe as something like "quit script"
*Open up BetterTouchTool, go to the Keyboard section,
*Select Global for ALL apps or Safari (or whatever app) for just that one
*Record a Cmd+Q as the keystroke
*In the perform action popup, search for 'script' and choose the 'launch app/script' choice.
*now select your script file.
*viola!
| Q: Warn before quitting in Safari Is it possible to activate some safety check, like "Warn Before Quitting" in Chrome, to quit Safari? Sometimes we can press ⌘Q by mistake, and it's a pain to have the entire application closed.
A: My tweak is to use BetterTouchTools and set ⌘Q to run the following script:
tell application "System Events"
set theName to name of the first process whose frontmost is true
end tell
tell application theName
display dialog "Are you sure you want to quit?"
quit
end tell
This works fine, but it isn't neat.
A few more detailed steps for newbies:
*
*Open up script editor, paste the script above, save anywhere safe as something like "quit script"
*Open up BetterTouchTool, go to the Keyboard section,
*Select Global for ALL apps or Safari (or whatever app) for just that one
*Record a Cmd+Q as the keystroke
*In the perform action popup, search for 'script' and choose the 'launch app/script' choice.
*now select your script file.
*viola!
A: Fabio's answer seems not to works as expected, not sure if I have a different version of BTT, or osx. Anyway, I found another option: simply bind Quit Safari with another keybinding.
Go to system preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts -> Add new one ('+' sign) -> Choose Safari from the Application menu -> Enter in the Menu Title the exact text: Quit Safari -> Set another shortcut than cmd-Q, I used ^-cmd-Q (option+command+q).
If you do want quit Safari, you can use this shortcut, or quit from the menu.
A: I have a quick solution for users who own Keyboard Maestro. The key idea is to prevent quitting the application when the Command + Key is pressed, and allow quitting application when you hold the key combination for a specific amount of time.
You can download the macro at https://sayzlim.net/warn-before-quitting-macro/
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/151264"
} |
d1389016dd8012df466904290d024d19f047db17 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Deleting formula sources without destroying formula output, using Numbers for Mac I would like to delete the source column for a formula in Numbers 3.2.2, without destroying values in the formula's output column. Specifically, I have a column of "Last, First" names, which I parse by comma and output to two separate columns, "Last" and "First". How can I delete the "Last, First" column without destroying the output values in the "Last" and "First" columns?
An image of the current state of things is shown in the link after this paragraph. The formula used to generate the First Name column is shown for the "Example, A" entry. I'd like to lock the output column's values in place, such that they no longer draw on the source column, "Full Name".
A: *
*Select the columns with the data that you want to preserve.
*Choose Copy from the Edit menu (or hit Command ⌘+C).
*Choose Paste Formula Results from the Edit menu (or hit Shift ⇧+Command ⌘+V).
You should end up with just the results of the formula.
| Q: Deleting formula sources without destroying formula output, using Numbers for Mac I would like to delete the source column for a formula in Numbers 3.2.2, without destroying values in the formula's output column. Specifically, I have a column of "Last, First" names, which I parse by comma and output to two separate columns, "Last" and "First". How can I delete the "Last, First" column without destroying the output values in the "Last" and "First" columns?
An image of the current state of things is shown in the link after this paragraph. The formula used to generate the First Name column is shown for the "Example, A" entry. I'd like to lock the output column's values in place, such that they no longer draw on the source column, "Full Name".
A: *
*Select the columns with the data that you want to preserve.
*Choose Copy from the Edit menu (or hit Command ⌘+C).
*Choose Paste Formula Results from the Edit menu (or hit Shift ⇧+Command ⌘+V).
You should end up with just the results of the formula.
| apple | {
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"question_score": "5",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/151284"
} |
dde5919dfa68fc3e523705006c6b310c90364a40 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Yosemite three-finger lookup not working I have enabled the three-finger lookup, but it is not working since I upgrade to Yosemite. How to fix it?
A: Are you running Scroll Reverser? It causes the bug. Just quit Scroll Reverser.
| Q: Yosemite three-finger lookup not working I have enabled the three-finger lookup, but it is not working since I upgrade to Yosemite. How to fix it?
A: Are you running Scroll Reverser? It causes the bug. Just quit Scroll Reverser.
A: The problem is with force touch if you have one of the new macbook pro - if it's on force touch under trackpad -> point and click -> Lookup and data detectors then change it to tap three fingers and it should work.
A: Have you tried looking into System Preferences > Trackpad? I can't tell if you are referring to Mission Control swipe up with three fingers, but that's definitely still under the menu in trackpad and can be enabled.
A: I had a similar issue and used these two commands to disable and then re-enable bluetooth. Seemed to revive my issues.
However I have noticed that 3-finger lookup works in some applications and not in others. For instance no problem in my web browsers but not so great in my vm or a few Microsoft products.
| apple | {
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"length": 179,
"provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:41076",
"question_score": "6",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/151289"
} |
3601b1823c9287d2d47a7f0f575c3f934156238c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone app that allows disabling upcoming alarms In Android, it's possible to dismiss an upcoming alarm before it goes off (for example, because you woke up before your alarm). Is there an iPhone alarm app that provides this functionality?
| Q: iPhone app that allows disabling upcoming alarms In Android, it's possible to dismiss an upcoming alarm before it goes off (for example, because you woke up before your alarm). Is there an iPhone alarm app that provides this functionality?
| apple | {
"language": "en",
"length": 40,
"provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:41077",
"question_score": "3",
"source": "stackexchange",
"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/151290"
} |
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