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ab0d00725cf4cf17f7ea4353944133061f27ffed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Whats a good software title to take video (mp4, avi, other..) and burn it to DVD I got some home brew videos from my webcam, and I got a couple movies on the drive I'd like to burn to DVD. The thing is, I don't know what's a good product for that, being a recent Mac convert and formally a heavy Windows user.
I keep finding things about iDVD when I search but from further reading iDVD is no longer available. So doing a quick search on google you get your standard "This app will do it all" type sites, usually really crappy software so I don't want to waste 20, 50, 100+ dollars on an app that I'll use once in a blue moon or on an app that's actually worthless.
A: If you're going to burn to DVD, you need a replacement for iDVD, and you don't want to spend beau coup cash, use Burn. Burn is free, and works swimmingly.
| Q: Whats a good software title to take video (mp4, avi, other..) and burn it to DVD I got some home brew videos from my webcam, and I got a couple movies on the drive I'd like to burn to DVD. The thing is, I don't know what's a good product for that, being a recent Mac convert and formally a heavy Windows user.
I keep finding things about iDVD when I search but from further reading iDVD is no longer available. So doing a quick search on google you get your standard "This app will do it all" type sites, usually really crappy software so I don't want to waste 20, 50, 100+ dollars on an app that I'll use once in a blue moon or on an app that's actually worthless.
A: If you're going to burn to DVD, you need a replacement for iDVD, and you don't want to spend beau coup cash, use Burn. Burn is free, and works swimmingly.
A: *
*To burn DVDs: Toast Titanium
*To rip DVDs: RipIt or Mac The Ripper
*To convert between video formats: Handbrake, ideally together with VLC
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5e811bf213f46017580532a777a72db6d993b67d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I get songs previously purchased on my old iPhone onto my new iPhone? I just got a new iPhone as my old one was broken. My old one was a iPhone 4 and this new is a 4S. Now I purchased songs from on my old phone and when I look at these songs on the iTunes music store it says they are purchased but they are not in my iTunes library, how do I get them there?
A: The iTunes store has a 'Purchased' section that you can use to view and re-download purchased music.
Open up iTunes on your computer and select iTunes Store in the sidebar. In the iTunes Store homepage, click the Purchased link in the Quick Links box on the right:
Once on the Purchased page, select the Music tab on the left and the 'Not on This Computer' tab on the right. Select All Songs in the list on the left and click the Download All button at the bottom of the page.
Once your downloads finish you should have all your music in your library, ready to be synced to your new iPhone.
| Q: How do I get songs previously purchased on my old iPhone onto my new iPhone? I just got a new iPhone as my old one was broken. My old one was a iPhone 4 and this new is a 4S. Now I purchased songs from on my old phone and when I look at these songs on the iTunes music store it says they are purchased but they are not in my iTunes library, how do I get them there?
A: The iTunes store has a 'Purchased' section that you can use to view and re-download purchased music.
Open up iTunes on your computer and select iTunes Store in the sidebar. In the iTunes Store homepage, click the Purchased link in the Quick Links box on the right:
Once on the Purchased page, select the Music tab on the left and the 'Not on This Computer' tab on the right. Select All Songs in the list on the left and click the Download All button at the bottom of the page.
Once your downloads finish you should have all your music in your library, ready to be synced to your new iPhone.
A: On your iPhone, in iTunes.app, on the bottom navigation bar click the button labeled More. There should be a Purchased table cell there. Tap it, then, on the top right side tap where it says "Not on this phone". Now tap on the top right side (again) where it says "Download All". This should initiate a download of all the songs you purchased through iTunes.
A: I solved the same thing when it happened to me.
Go to iTunes Store on your new iPhone and you should find it, I think.
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0d78c55834ad94a57b0d33f7164583acfd862207 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: how to force sync of calendars on iPhone? I have various calendars from iCloud and Google and it's very often that an event will be deleted from Google calendar but the iPhone will still show it. The same calendar is on iCal on my Mac and it shows it correctly there. If it doesn't, I can ⌘ + R or ⇧ + ⌘ + R to update it.
Maybe I'm missing the place or configuration to do the same on the iPhone calendar application.
A: EDIT: This has been fixed in recent versions of iOS. Please see Freewalker's answer which describes simply pulling to refresh the calendars in the Calendars list.
For deprecated versions of iOS:
As of iOS 5 there is no super easy/obvious way to do this. What I have found that works, is opening Settings > Mail, Contacts, and Calendars > Tapping the email account you'd like to refresh > turn the calendar off > wait while it deletes it > turn the calendar back on.
sometimes by forcing a New Event, it triggers syncing.
| Q: how to force sync of calendars on iPhone? I have various calendars from iCloud and Google and it's very often that an event will be deleted from Google calendar but the iPhone will still show it. The same calendar is on iCal on my Mac and it shows it correctly there. If it doesn't, I can ⌘ + R or ⇧ + ⌘ + R to update it.
Maybe I'm missing the place or configuration to do the same on the iPhone calendar application.
A: EDIT: This has been fixed in recent versions of iOS. Please see Freewalker's answer which describes simply pulling to refresh the calendars in the Calendars list.
For deprecated versions of iOS:
As of iOS 5 there is no super easy/obvious way to do this. What I have found that works, is opening Settings > Mail, Contacts, and Calendars > Tapping the email account you'd like to refresh > turn the calendar off > wait while it deletes it > turn the calendar back on.
sometimes by forcing a New Event, it triggers syncing.
A: On iOS 6 or earlier, my experience is that the easiest way to sync the calendars is, from within the Calendar App on the iPhone, tap the Calendar Button in the upper left corner. You now have a display with a grey Edit button in the upper left, A blue Done button in the upper right, and down at the bottom on the left is a white clockwise circular arrow. Tap it and it will sync the calendars.
A: In iOS 7 and later:
*
*Open Calendar app
*Tap Calendars
*Drag down to refresh
A: I had this problem in iOS 8. For some reason, all the events from my work Gmail calendar disappeared. What I did was go into the settings then into mail contacts and calendars and then selected my work Gmail account. I turned off the calendar, then turned it back on. Then I went back to the calendar, and it started to sync. Hope that helps
A: I was able to refresh my google calendars on iOS 8 by clicking on "Calendars" on the bottom of the screen, then just swiping down, just like you would when refreshing your mail inbox.
A: If you open the iCal app on your phone, go to "Calendars" and swipe/pull down it will refresh it (you'll see the spinning circle thing). Refreshed and updated it right away.
A: I had this problem today and the solutions above did NOT work.
In my case the problem was I did not have calendars enabled for cellular data. Since I wasn't on Wi-Fi, my calendar was not updating.
The solution was:
*
*Go to Settings > Cellular
*Make sure Cellular Data toggle is turned on (shows green).
*Scroll down to Calendars & Reminders. Make sure toggle switch is turned on (shows green).
That solved it for me!
A: What solved this for me was:
*
*Turn calendar sync off and back on again.
*Re-enter your Apple ID password in settings.
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6d5d3934f9bccfdf0e915d98756786a4e76b5451 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to securely erase an SSD on my MacBook Air? I have a late 2011 MacBook Air with an SSD and Lion. I used it for a while and then I activated FileVault 2. Now the data is encrypted, but I need to securely erase it so I can sell the computer.
I thought about erasing it with gparted by installing it on a USB.
Any suggestions?
A: You can do this by booting into the Recovery partition, launch Terminal from the Utilities menu and use the diskutil command.
Enter diskutil secureErase or man diskutil for some explanation how erasing with diskutil works. To find the diskidentifier of the volume you want to erase (for instance disk0s2), enter diskutil list.
The following example will erase a volume with US DoE 3-pass secure erase:
diskutil secureErase 4 disk0s2
| Q: Is there a way to securely erase an SSD on my MacBook Air? I have a late 2011 MacBook Air with an SSD and Lion. I used it for a while and then I activated FileVault 2. Now the data is encrypted, but I need to securely erase it so I can sell the computer.
I thought about erasing it with gparted by installing it on a USB.
Any suggestions?
A: You can do this by booting into the Recovery partition, launch Terminal from the Utilities menu and use the diskutil command.
Enter diskutil secureErase or man diskutil for some explanation how erasing with diskutil works. To find the diskidentifier of the volume you want to erase (for instance disk0s2), enter diskutil list.
The following example will erase a volume with US DoE 3-pass secure erase:
diskutil secureErase 4 disk0s2
A: If you have a USB Flash Drive of 8 GB of size, you can make a Lion Installer and use it to securely erase the Drive.
http://macintoshhowto.com/osx/how-to-make-an-os-x-lion-usb-thumb-drive.html
You can also make a USB Bootable Recovery Disk as explained here by Apple:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433
Once you have done either you can hold down the OPTION key while restarting your computer and booting from it.
When it loads up, it will give you a few different options, you will need to use the Disk Utility part and highlight your HD and choose the Erase Tab. Under the erase settings will be a security option when you can write the disk to 0 once or even multiple times.
There is a guide on it here:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3251
See the part where it says
How to Zero erase and install OS X
I hope that helps you out.
Updated
The guy at the bottom of this post:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1267158
points out a work around to securely erase the SSD drive in the MacBook Air through encryption.
This is what he says:
cmace127
I found a workaround.
Restart the computer and hold option to enter the setup screen. Go
into disk utility and select the drive. Erase the drive using "Mac OS
Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted). Make a password for
the encryption, it doesn't matter what it is because you won't need
it. Hit "Erase". Now select the volume and the "Erase Free Space" and
"Security Options" buttons should no longer be grayed out. Click and
select your level of security and off you go. I presume "Erase Free
Space" and "Security Options" should do the same thing because you
just erased the drive so all space is considered free. This worked for
me so let me know if it helps.
Let me know if that's works, this should securely erase the drive since it will then be encrypted.
Also, in the future with Lion be sure to use FileVault 2 so that you don't have to worry about this again.
A: It looks like securely erasing an SSD is a different chore than erasing a traditional hard drive. Unconfirmed, but it looks like Apple is actively disabling the legacy erase techniques for SSD drives, since they don't work as noted in Ask Ars: How can I securely erase the data from my SSD drive?
As pointed out in a recent research article, there isn't a standard method for securely deleting data from a solid state drive. Hard disk drives have had this problem solved for ages, and can execute a secure delete by filling the space occupied by an incriminating file with zeroes or multiple writes of different characters...
The overwriting procedure that works so well for HDDs doesn't work as well for SSDs for a couple of reasons. One is that many SSDs have extra storage space that's not accessible by users. This is called over-provisioning, and some deletion tools won't give you access to this area (if you can go through the BIOS and uninstall your drive, you can get full access). While the research paper noted above that overwriting did obscure all of the data in some of the SSDs they tested, some still had old readable data on them after twenty overwrites. This can happen because of firmware bugs, and unless you're able to physically confirm that this procedure works on your SSD of choice, it's not reliable enough for a real secure erase.
...
Likewise, it is almost impossible to securely delete an individual file on an SSD, because the way that SSDs write and delete files is scattered, and a user has no control over what an SSD is doing where. If that's the kind of security you're looking for, your best bet is encryption, which we will cover in a little bit.
...
Many SSDs today also come preinstalled with secure wiping utilities that are meant to actually eradicate data from cells. But of the twelve drives tested by those researchers, only four of twelve erased their data reliably, and one that claimed to be securely erasing everything was just doing the old "forget where everything is and leave it there for now" trick, and all the data was still retrievable. Some drives are known to have better erase tools than others—for instance, drives with Indilinx controllers have a "Sanitary Erase" that deletes all data and restores drives to their out-of-the box condition.
Your best bet going forward is to use encryption and then throw away the encryption key to "securely erase" it. So going forward, if you are concerned with security and you're using SSD, you may want to enable FileVault2 immediately before you start putting data on the SSD. Unfortunately, for data that's already on the drive, it may be extremely difficult to securely delete it, depending on the SSD used in the MacBook Air. There maybe be a reset tool for the SSD from the manufacturer, but seeing how it's an Apple OEM specific part from a 3rd party vendor, it's probably going to be unlikely to exist.
If security is an issue, you may want to hang onto the SSD or destroy the SSD to be the most secure.
If your MacBook Air supports Lion Recovery Mode, and you're using full disk encryption such as FileVault2, you will not need anything else to do it other than following the steps below.
*
*Boot your MacBook Air into Recovery Mode by holding down Command+R while booting it.
*Open the Disk Utility Program, select the drive you want to securely erase.
*Select the "Erase" tab.
*Click "Security Options..."
*Drag the slider to the Most Secure setting or somewhere in between and then select "OK".
*Then click "Erase..." and follow the remaining on-screen prompts.
Note: For more information on how secure the Disk Utilities Secure Erase feature is, see About Disk Utility's erase free space feature
A: You should enable FileVault encryption, then erase the drive the standard way. Erasing the drive the standard way erases the metadata, but not the actual files, but if the drive is encrypted before it is erased, someone tying to recover the erased files would just find jibberish.
The term for this is cryptographic erasure and the huge benefit of this is the erase is basically instantaneous when you wipe the keys that can unlock the data.
A: If you're on Lion, odds are you have the new recovery partition installed.
What you can do to erase your hard-drive is to boot into the Recovery partition by holding down command-R when you start your notebook.
This will boot your computer into a limited mode, where you will be able to access Disk Utility. From there, select the partition you want to erase, and then Erase it. Select Security Options... to make the erase complete and secure, so that the data won't be accessible again.
A: If you boot from an external drive or recovery mode it is also sufficient to zero the internal disk if it's an SSD. One pass is enough. Use Disk Utility to discover what device the internal disk uses (probably /dev/disk0). If you see a partition like /dev/disk0s2 then the disk is /dev/disk0). Use "Get Info" to find out the mount point.
Then quit Disk Utility and load the Terminal and do:
diskutil zeroDisk /dev/disk0
Afterwards it will be necessary to repartition and format the disk, which you can do from Disk Utility or the command line.
A: The wipe options were not visible for me in any of the other answers. Here's a simple way that worked on my Macbook 12.
Boot into recovery by holding Command+R on startup.
From the utilities menu, choose Terminal. Use the following command to wipe the main disk:
diskutil secureErase 0 /dev/disk0
It took about 10 minutes on a 250gb SSD.
Also see diskutil list and just diskutil secureErase for more options.
A: So you mean if you format the drive, someone may use the recovery software to see your data?
Just delete the files you don't want anyone to see then copy dummy data until the disk is full, delete the dummy data, and your previous data is completely gone.
A: Go to Recovery by pressing CmdR while restarting and erase your Mac's disk in Disk Utility. Then, reinstall the OS.
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4ae9431d79f10c6d7af08992ecaed9e245a2bf53 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any free software for writing HTML? I've written some Objective-C in Xcode before, but I can't find any free software for writing HTML! I need to create a small website for an online course I'm taking, and figured that HTML is the way to go. Thank you for your help!
A: TextWrangler is free, but packed with a lot of features.
| Q: Any free software for writing HTML? I've written some Objective-C in Xcode before, but I can't find any free software for writing HTML! I need to create a small website for an online course I'm taking, and figured that HTML is the way to go. Thank you for your help!
A: TextWrangler is free, but packed with a lot of features.
A: Now I'm using Aptana- there is a stand alone version, and also just a eclipse-plugin.
For HTML you don't need a special software, you can write it on every text editor. but it's really better and faster using a IDE
A: Personally I use a basic text editor with syntax highlighting, Tincta is my favorite, but try and find the best fit for you. Any text editor that can save plain text files would work, anything from echoing into a file to a commercial product like BBEdit or Textmate. If you're hunting for a free editor I'd check the Mac App Store, check out some classics like Emacs and ports (Aquamacs and Emacs for MacOS X), Vim, and GEdit, try TextWrangler, a stripped down version of BBEdit, and test out your google-fu. I'd put links in, but it only let's me put two per answer.
A: As noted you can use any editor for html but ones like Kompozer also provide some form of interactive GUI layout as well as text editing. (For more complexe text manipulation I would also use Aquamacs with the nxml-mode or other css/html modes)
A: Mozilla SeaMonkey
which is based on FireFox, and is free, has a Composer mode, which is a fine basic WYSIWYG tool for HTML authoring with some code-editing tools as well.
SeaMonkey is kept up-to-date and receives updates whenever there is a new version of FireFox. It is much more up-to-date than Kompozer, which has not been significantly updated in several years and has always been referred to as a "beta" product.
A: HTML is a simple markup language and doesn't, arguably, require an IDE like Xcode. I'd recommend anyone starting to learn HTML (and related web tools like CSS and JavaScript) to start with a simple text editor. Learn your skills manually before relying on an app to speed up the process. Most of the time you'll find you can do a lot faster with a really good text editor than an all-in-one IDE. For something free on Mac try TextWrangler.
To be honest there aren't that many amazing and free editors/IDEs for websites on Mac OS. For some money there are a lot of amazing tools such as Sublime Text, Coda and Espresso to name a few. If you just need it for a short time it's not likely worth it however all of them currently provide some form of trial period.
Edit: Changed scripting language to markup language. Not sure what I was thinking.
A: Technically, HTML can be coded using any plaintext editor, like TextEdit (which — strictly speaking — is a Rich Text editor, but can be forced to save as .html). While that's all well and good, it's really no fun. In fact, it's terrible. You don't see what your design looks like, and believe me when I say that coding without visual feedback is the worst.
If you want an alternative with a preview, I'm not sure there's a free one. There are some cheap ones, like Coda; while I've never tried it, apparently, it's quite good.
If you just want an alternative with code hinting, MonoDevelop has an HTML document creation mode, with appropriate code hints, and HTML5 compatibility.
Best f luck!
A: Personally
I try:
*
*Smultron, also known as Fraise – version 3 is free and open source (for greater compatibility with features of Lion, there's more modern version 4 at low cost in the App Store) – not a fan, just nice preview and clip
*Komodo Edit – not beautifull but a lot of functions for free
*jEdit (in java) – not really fast but open source!
I use Coda 2, it's not perfect but really smart!
More generally
A comparison of HTML editors on Wikipedia with an option to sort by cost and software license. Some of the comparisons are with titles that are both free and open source.
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653b858319d6de3cb236aea1b9ce5f521c798769 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Outlook 2011 Keyboard Shortcut for going to Inbox Is there a keyboard shortcut in Outlook for Mac 2011 that allows me to jump back to the main Inbox folder? Under my Inbox, I have a long list of folders that spans more than a full screen. If I'm at one of the folders close to the bottom of the list, let's say Sent Items and want to quickly go back to the Inbox folder, I have to use the mouse to scroll up in the folder list and then click on Inbox.
Is there a way to go there faster? I remember there being a shortcut for this on Windows if I'm not mistaken.
A: I wrote a little AppleScript to do this. If you copy it to your "~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Outlook Script Menu Items" folder you can assign a shortcut key to it using System Preferences/Keyboard.
Works like a charm.
The script is:
on run {}
tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
set selected folder to inbox
end tell
end run
| Q: Outlook 2011 Keyboard Shortcut for going to Inbox Is there a keyboard shortcut in Outlook for Mac 2011 that allows me to jump back to the main Inbox folder? Under my Inbox, I have a long list of folders that spans more than a full screen. If I'm at one of the folders close to the bottom of the list, let's say Sent Items and want to quickly go back to the Inbox folder, I have to use the mouse to scroll up in the folder list and then click on Inbox.
Is there a way to go there faster? I remember there being a shortcut for this on Windows if I'm not mistaken.
A: I wrote a little AppleScript to do this. If you copy it to your "~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Outlook Script Menu Items" folder you can assign a shortcut key to it using System Preferences/Keyboard.
Works like a charm.
The script is:
on run {}
tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
set selected folder to inbox
end tell
end run
A: I dont think there is any shortcut available for it. But still here is a list of shortcuts for your reference.
A: I modified the post from thatdamncat a little so that it will change to the mail view if the window is not on there. although if you have multiple main windows this may mess with your flow.
on run {}
tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
tell the first main window
set view to mail view
end tell
set selected folder to inbox
end tell
end run
A: I've been trying to emulate Outlook for Windows' SHIFT-CTRL-I (Go to Inbox) command and came across this script. I modified the post from @greenwar because it was throwing errors if the main windows was not mail view AND the Inbox was not selected. Here goes:
on run {}
tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
if view of the first main window is not equal to "mail view" then
set view of the first main window to mail view
if selected folder is not equal to inbox then
set selected folder to inbox
end if
end if
-- end tell
end tell
end run
I'm still looking for a way to make this a keyboard shortcut ONLY when Outlook is running. I found this article on Apple.com but it requires you know the keyboard entry for the script menu. How the heck do you find that?
A: ⌘ Command + 1 takes you to the inbox
⌘ Command + 2 takes you to the calendar
⌘ Command + 3 takes you to the address book
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e9a5034f7e3ff5cdc94c3cda9bd31469f3e2013c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Several users simultaneously on a Mac mini We are a small team of developers and we would like to buy a Mac mini in order to develop for iOS.
We would like to know if it is possible for several users to log in remotely to the Mac mini (using VNC or something similar), each of us having his own desktop (not as VNC does by default).
Is this possible? If yes, which software does it require? (The client machines run on Windows.)
A: Yes, it is possible. But both computers must be running Lion.
In the Host Mac go to System Preferences > Sharing > Screen Sharing and enable it. Check the preferences, too.
In the Remote Mac just hit Command+K and type vnc:// and the IP address of the Computer.
| Q: Several users simultaneously on a Mac mini We are a small team of developers and we would like to buy a Mac mini in order to develop for iOS.
We would like to know if it is possible for several users to log in remotely to the Mac mini (using VNC or something similar), each of us having his own desktop (not as VNC does by default).
Is this possible? If yes, which software does it require? (The client machines run on Windows.)
A: Yes, it is possible. But both computers must be running Lion.
In the Host Mac go to System Preferences > Sharing > Screen Sharing and enable it. Check the preferences, too.
In the Remote Mac just hit Command+K and type vnc:// and the IP address of the Computer.
A: Yes, you can do this in Mac OS X 10.7 and later. Just set up an account for each user and enable VNC (System Preferences => Sharing => Screen Sharing).
A: Late 2012 Mac Mini with 16GB using RealVNC. On LAN have run 3 active users at once running Xcode 6 simultaneously. Biggest problem is in setting varying screen resolution since Mac has multiple giant screens and The Windows PCs don't. Works great. We could add another user if we wanted to with 16 gigs.
As to how this applies to the original question, while one person works on the Mini, two others can log in from Windows workstations on the LAN, all running xcode. From Windows workstations. I think that was the original question if I understand correctly.
I would just add that the setup was remarkably easy. Install VNC on the mini and on each PC. That's pretty much it. Took about 30 minutes to get the kinks worked out.
A: Not sure how it was 2 years ago when this question was asked but I confirmed that this work out of the box for me now.
Mid 2010 Mac Mini running OS X Mavericks 10.9
Client machine tested: Windows 7 Pro using TightVNC Viewer, iPad using iTeleport.
Both client devices were able to connect to Mac Mini via VNC and log in to different user accounts at the same time.
On every VNC session, it will show the mac login window which user can choose to access specific user accounts.
Though I would agree that it might be using up more resources when multiple users are connected at the same time, furthermore using for development.
A: Mac OS X doesn't support this out of the box, as far as I know, at least not for Windows clients.
Because of that you will want 3rd party software such as Aqua Connect or iRAPP terminal server.
Apple have screen sharing, but it is VNC-based (the extensions to 'screen sharing' to allow more than one connection requires a mac client, I believe) and all indications are that the Lion implementation of VNC is broken, especially when trying to access it from Windows clients.
A: You can login several user at a time by enabling "Remote Login", however this will enable many user to login via ssh / scp means. Which might be workable if you want access to terminal tools including xcode's command line interface for building projects you can use things like gcc or xcodebuild via a ssh session.
If getting each additional user access to their own GUI is your goal, I am not sure that is possible with the built in VNC server. There is an interesting solution
10.4: Use multiple simulataneous GUI accounts noted on Mac OS X Hints that may be the answer to your question, however it was tested on Mac OS 10.4, not sure if it sill works on OS X Lion, etc.
Their solution is:
After you have two or more accounts set up on one Mac, install OSXvnc and start the server. Once started, Fast User Switch to the other user on the machine.
Now from another computer, use a VNC viewer like Chicken of the VNC and point it to the Mac. Even though the Mac is logged in as another user, your VNC session goes to the original account, allowing both of you to use the machine at the same time.
When testing, this is seemed to work well, although you have to wonder if there will be problems with system calls from the same programs happening simutaneously. I've only been running this for about two hours, but no problems so far.
A: Ok, so it's possible, but there are some issues to do it in a workable way.
First option: Native OS X Screen Sharing feature
*
*In the Host Mac go to System Preferences > Sharing > Screen Sharing and enable it.
*In the remote windows machine use a vnc software (client or viewer) such as TighVNC, UltraVNC and RealVNC. They work mostly the same, with some different drawbacks each.
You will have problems with windows vs mac keyboard layout and some keys wont't work. Mostly the Mac alt / Option explained here: Can't get Alt (Option) key to work while remote controlling a Mac from Windows with VNC
The performance (speed) will be terrible. And the viewer speed settings won't do anything due to poor compatibility with the mac implementation of VNC.
To activate the multiple-user concurrently / simultaneously function, you may need to activate fast user switching functionality on OS X.
Second option: 3º Party VNC Server software
I used RealVNC. Others may workout the same:
*
*Install RealVNC server on the host mac
*Install RealVNC viewer on the windows
Performance will improve considerably, better keyboard compatibility including the missing keys and Copy and Paste support across host and client computers. (server and viewer)
But you won't have the multiple users option. Every viewer will connect to the same user on the mac.
Third option: 3rd Party VNC Server software together with Native OS X Screen Sharing feature
*
*Do option 1 and option2
*Change the port option 2 uses to allow both vnc software to be enable at the same time.
*Login with option 1
*Start realvnc usermode , not the serive mode (It's located in Application folder > RealVNC folder > Advanced folder > VNC Server (User Mode) )
*Connect with option 2
*Close the option 1 client.
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51711fd3a7495539a173fd8f9a8e195a7b1eefda | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I create and save multiple iPhone backups in iTunes? I had a near death experience this weekend. After purchasing a new 13" MacBook Pro I migrated all my data from my old MacBook Pro over to the new one and in the process with iTunes auto-backup/auto-sync I almost lost all of my iPhone data. By going back to a full back up that I preformed right before the migration I was able to recover the iPhone data but it was too scary for comfort.
By default iTunes keeps only one backup of the iPhone or iPad data. I would feel a lot more comfortable if I knew that I had at least one archive version of my data. Is there a way to create and save multiple backups? If so how is it done?
Thanks.
A: Well, there is always the option to copy the contents of
~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
to some other place on a regular basis.
| Q: How do I create and save multiple iPhone backups in iTunes? I had a near death experience this weekend. After purchasing a new 13" MacBook Pro I migrated all my data from my old MacBook Pro over to the new one and in the process with iTunes auto-backup/auto-sync I almost lost all of my iPhone data. By going back to a full back up that I preformed right before the migration I was able to recover the iPhone data but it was too scary for comfort.
By default iTunes keeps only one backup of the iPhone or iPad data. I would feel a lot more comfortable if I knew that I had at least one archive version of my data. Is there a way to create and save multiple backups? If so how is it done?
Thanks.
A: Well, there is always the option to copy the contents of
~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
to some other place on a regular basis.
A:
Is there a way to create and save multiple backups? If so how is it
done?
Other than manually or programmatically copying the files from ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup to some other location, Time Machine is your best solution here, and will provide months of mobile device backups. You are running Time Machine on your Mac, yes? If not, a small external USB hard disk is really cheap insurance. Purchase 2 of them and have rotating backups. Keep one drive off-site for peace of mind.
A: In iTunes, choose Preferences.
Next, choose the Devices tab. You'll be presented with a list of Device backups. Select the most recent backup for the device in question.
Invoke the popup menu for that backup; three choices are available.
Select Archive and the backup will be archived with date and timestamp.
Now you have an archive that won't be overwritten on the next backup cycle. Do this with every backup you want to archive and you'll have a library of multiple backups.
See example here:
A: Using the latest realise of 3rd party soft DiskAid you can keep versions of your backups by choosing the Backup & Archive feature.
...and also define whichever location you want to store those.
A: Correct me if I'm wrong but I have a mac and I have never had to manually save or copy multiple back-ups to iTunes. This has always been done automatically. When I click to restore a previous back-up, I have the ability to select which one I would like to restore. I once restored five different back-ups (some were from several months to almost a year earlier) in the same night.
A: As far as I know, you can't have multiple iPhone backups on one and the same computer unless, you create multiple iTunes libraries and back up the iPhone via a new library each time (which is in itself a PIA). On PC there is a workaround worth checking out
How to save multiple iPhone backups without overwriting the old ones
but the method uses neither iTunes, nor iCloud.
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d479d7d15204fd9609cd24b0cb3f8308d13141cb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Deleting completed reminders Over time I end up with a lot of completed reminders, and I haven't found an easy way to delete them out. Right now I have to go into each reminder and delete it - something that is particularly cumbersome on the iPad, but easier on the iPhone.
Is there an easy way to delete completed reminders, or have it do that automatically?
A: There is an option in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars
You can set it to only Sync Reminders 2 Weeks Back
That's the lowest value you can set.
| Q: Deleting completed reminders Over time I end up with a lot of completed reminders, and I haven't found an easy way to delete them out. Right now I have to go into each reminder and delete it - something that is particularly cumbersome on the iPad, but easier on the iPhone.
Is there an easy way to delete completed reminders, or have it do that automatically?
A: There is an option in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars
You can set it to only Sync Reminders 2 Weeks Back
That's the lowest value you can set.
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d56ad65ea5c70e4ddfb8650c6ffee48e90fd1f3d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can Lion support resolutions higher than 1920 by 1200 on the retina MBP main display? The new retina display MacBook Pro is advertised to have a native display resolution of 2880 by 1800. On the Lion 10.7.4 build, the system preferences limits the highhest resolution at 1920 by 1200.
Can this be raised easily in Lion? (and are there any undesirable side effects to changing this?)
A: On new hardware, this is displayed differently than the traditional Display preferences pane. So yes, but you won't see the traditional n x n resolution listed. Here's what it will look like on a retina-enabled MacBook Pro:
| Q: Can Lion support resolutions higher than 1920 by 1200 on the retina MBP main display? The new retina display MacBook Pro is advertised to have a native display resolution of 2880 by 1800. On the Lion 10.7.4 build, the system preferences limits the highhest resolution at 1920 by 1200.
Can this be raised easily in Lion? (and are there any undesirable side effects to changing this?)
A: On new hardware, this is displayed differently than the traditional Display preferences pane. So yes, but you won't see the traditional n x n resolution listed. Here's what it will look like on a retina-enabled MacBook Pro:
A: What gives you the idea that Lion is restricted to 1920x1200?
A: Yes, with a little help you can get to the native resolution and a few others as well.
Have a look at: http://osxdaily.com/2012/06/18/3-ways-to-run-a-retina-macbook-pro-at-2880x1800-native-resolution/
The article mentions 4 software products that allow easy setting of the resolution without using Apple's display pane.
*
*SwitchResX
*SetResX
*scrutil
*ChangeResolution
Good luck reading small type, though ;)
A: As you know, the new Mac OS X Mountain Lion is coming and it will release before Retina MBP. That mean every Retina MBP will run Mountain Lion. You won't get Retina MBP running Lion. It's like you cannot get a "The new iPad" (iPad 3) running iOS 5.0.1.
A: The maximum resolution in Lion, as in most operating systems, depends on your graphics adaptor and monitor, so the answer is different for different hardware configurations.
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e3d7e8c4d2570b13935bf3beb39dc63150696f30 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sendmail Error on OS X Mountain Lion I get an error when trying to run sendmail. I am on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
sendmail: fatal: chdir /Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool: No such file or directory
A: Just execute in terminal
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool
sudo /usr/sbin/postfix set-permissions
sudo /usr/sbin/postfix start
That did the trick for me.
| Q: Sendmail Error on OS X Mountain Lion I get an error when trying to run sendmail. I am on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
sendmail: fatal: chdir /Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool: No such file or directory
A: Just execute in terminal
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool
sudo /usr/sbin/postfix set-permissions
sudo /usr/sbin/postfix start
That did the trick for me.
A: The solution appears to also fix an error in 10.8 where the fax service has stopped sending emails after the 10.8 upgrade.
A: In order to get rid of all warnings I had to do the following:
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool
sudo gzip /usr/share/man/man1/{postalias.1,postcat.1,postconf.1,postdrop.1,postfix.1,postkick.1,postlock.1,postlog.1,postmap.1,postmulti.1,postqueue.1,postsuper.1,sendmail.1}
sudo gzip /usr/share/man/man5/{access.5,aliases.5,bounce.5,canonical.5,cidr_table.5,generic.5,header_checks.5,ldap_table.5,master.5,mysql_table.5,nisplus_table.5,pcre_table.5,pgsql_table.5,postconf.5,postfix-wrapper.5,regexp_table.5,relocated.5,tcp_table.5,transport.5,virtual.5}
sudo gzip /usr/share/man/man8/{anvil.8,bounce.8,cleanup.8,discard.8,error.8,flush.8,local.8,master.8,oqmgr.8,pickup.8,pipe.8,proxymap.8,qmgr.8,qmqpd.8,scache.8,showq.8,smtp.8,smtpd.8,spawn.8,tlsmgr.8,trivial-rewrite.8,verify.8,virtual.8}
sudo /usr/sbin/postfix set-permissions
sudo chmod 700 /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta
sudo /usr/sbin/postfix start
A: TLDR: Change the queue_directory variable in /etc/postfix/main.cf to /var/spool/postfix.
Full answer:
The mkdir -p approach likely works, but I suspect there's a simpler solution. Fair warning, I am new to Postfix, and this may all be incorrect.
It seems various editions of Mac OS X use one of two root directories for mail:
*
*/var/spool/postfix
*/Library/Server/Mail
These two seem to have been muddled over time. (Note /var is actually a symlink to /private/var, so you often see those used interchangeably.)
From what I can tell, /Library/Server/Mail is a directory that Mac OS X Server uses for its Mail services, which depend on, but are not the same as, Postfix. /var/spool/postfix, on the other hand, is the preferred directory (p. 14) for Postfix's internal operations.
There are two major configuration files which references these directories:
*
*/etc/postfix/main.cf
*/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist
You're seeing the "No such file or directory error," I suspect, because the queue_directory variable in Postfix's main.cf refers to /Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool, which does not exist. On regular Mac OS X (unlike Server), the entire /Library/Server directory doesn't exist. Instead of creating it, try correcting the queue_directory variable to be /var/spool/postfix.
A second point of inconsistency is in the default settings for launchd, Mac OS X's daemon manager. It isn't necessary to run Postfix all of the time, as launchd can watch a directory for outgoing mail and only run Postfix when there's something to send. To make sure this will happen, the QueueDirectories key in org.postfix.master.plist needs to list the maildrop subdirectory of the directory in main.cf's queue_directory variable. For example, I changed my org.postfix.master.plist file to include:
<key>QueueDirectories</key>
<array>
<string>/var/spool/postfix/maildrop</string>
</array>
With these two directories consistent, Postfix should launch. You should be able to watch /var/log/mail.log while you run:
$ sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist
$ sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist
$ sudo launchctl start org.postfix.master
The last of these commands kick-starts Postfix, so you can watch mail.log for immediate debugging feedback, but again it isn't necessary to execute on a normal basis. Launchd will run Postfix as needed. (If you are certain you want Postfix running all the time, use the KeepAlive key detailed in the launchd.plist man page.)
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6eaafc497670ac6073ea69d92e0f98a68450bab4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Permission denied error when copying to /usr/local/bin The GitHub setup page at https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git has a section on password caching. It states to download the osxkeychain and copy it to /usr/local/bin. I downloaded the file, but get a permission denied error when I try to copy it to the directory specified. How can I get this file copied?
A: You will need to use sudo cp instead of just cp to copy a file to /usr/local/bin because /usr/* is only writable for root.
| Q: Permission denied error when copying to /usr/local/bin The GitHub setup page at https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git has a section on password caching. It states to download the osxkeychain and copy it to /usr/local/bin. I downloaded the file, but get a permission denied error when I try to copy it to the directory specified. How can I get this file copied?
A: You will need to use sudo cp instead of just cp to copy a file to /usr/local/bin because /usr/* is only writable for root.
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6e4148aad59cf50706349aa0d4e584787fd414e0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Email "from" is not using Default account My email replies default to my Gmail account even though the "from" line and the "default account" in the Settings are my main (preferred) account address. How do I fix this?
A: It's a known bug introduced in Mountain Lion and was submitted to Apple by several people.
Mail ignores the Send new messages from: Account of selected mailbox setting.
See for example:
*
*https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4148125?start=0&tstart=0
*http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1414206
*http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/08/03/mail-mountain-lion-reply-account/
I submitted the bug and is now marked as duplicate (but Apple's reporting tool does not allow you to see the duplicated entry).
| Q: Email "from" is not using Default account My email replies default to my Gmail account even though the "from" line and the "default account" in the Settings are my main (preferred) account address. How do I fix this?
A: It's a known bug introduced in Mountain Lion and was submitted to Apple by several people.
Mail ignores the Send new messages from: Account of selected mailbox setting.
See for example:
*
*https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4148125?start=0&tstart=0
*http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1414206
*http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/08/03/mail-mountain-lion-reply-account/
I submitted the bug and is now marked as duplicate (but Apple's reporting tool does not allow you to see the duplicated entry).
A: If you're in an account's Inbox, it'll send from that account. Go to the All Inboxes general inbox or the main account-selection screen to hit the "Compose new email" button.
A: In brief, though this isn't an Apple-specific answer, check your settings to see what SMTP servers (not POP3 or IMAP4) you're using and see if it isn't gmail. I'm pretty sure if you use Gmail to send an email, the return path is set to that gmail account. This helps bring down the usefulness of a zombie Gmail account for spammers.
See a little bit about From, Reply-To, and Return Path here.
The deal is that the server stamps the Return Path; it's not something you can edit with your mail handler. As the above post says, Return Path isn't a client-set header.
So to build off of @CajunLuke, if you're reading an email that went to your Gmail account in Mail, then reply using, by default, Gmail, even if you have From and Reply-To set to [email protected], you'll receive replies via a return path set for Gmail (depending on the replyer's mail hander).
Note that anything sent with Gmail's SMTP server will return path to your gmail account. If you use Gmail's SMTP server as your default SMTP server, it'll stamp that gmail return path no matter what your client uses as its mail headers. Try another SMTP server as your default and see if that doesn't work.
Iirc. IANAL. ;) I do recall having a similar problem with Gmail as the default SMTP server [for me, on Thunderbird, but it's the same in Mail.app].
A: I looked at my outgoing settings and the port had changed. Not sure why, but when I changed it back to the correct one, it's working again.
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6aaf64f86c770e4ad1d689e67467aec4238544da | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How many monitors can the new retina MacBook Pro handle and at which pixels resolutions? How many monitors can the new retina MacBook Pro handle and at which pixels resolutions?
e. g. Does it support three cinema displays?
A: The Other World Computing Blog shows that the new MacBook Pro 15" with Retina Display Can Run 3 External Displays:
image source: http://blog.macsales.com/
These resolutions were used:
*
*Retina on laptop @ “best for Retina”
*iMac used as a display @ 2560 x 1440 via Thunderbolt
*iMac used as a display @ 2560 x 1440 via Thunderbolt/DisplayPort
*LG monitor @ 1920 x 1200 via HDMI
Quote from the MacRumors news article on that:
This makes the Retina MacBook Pro the first Mac -- other than a tower-based workstation like the Mac Pro -- to natively power four displays simultaneously.
| Q: How many monitors can the new retina MacBook Pro handle and at which pixels resolutions? How many monitors can the new retina MacBook Pro handle and at which pixels resolutions?
e. g. Does it support three cinema displays?
A: The Other World Computing Blog shows that the new MacBook Pro 15" with Retina Display Can Run 3 External Displays:
image source: http://blog.macsales.com/
These resolutions were used:
*
*Retina on laptop @ “best for Retina”
*iMac used as a display @ 2560 x 1440 via Thunderbolt
*iMac used as a display @ 2560 x 1440 via Thunderbolt/DisplayPort
*LG monitor @ 1920 x 1200 via HDMI
Quote from the MacRumors news article on that:
This makes the Retina MacBook Pro the first Mac -- other than a tower-based workstation like the Mac Pro -- to natively power four displays simultaneously.
A: No, the Macbook Pro Retina can support:
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on up to two external displays, at millions of colors
(emphasis mine)
Source: http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/
update: It has been dully noted that using the included HDMI connector one can run a third display using a max resolution of 1920 x 1200.
It is important, however, to note that one cannot daisy chain more than two thunderbolt displays (at least according to Apple so far).
A: It would appear that when using 60Hz 4K and display port MST on my late 2013 MBP, the "MST" feature actually consumes both displayport connectors into a single cable.
So when I enable MST, the second displayport connector goes dead. I have not tried the HDMI connector yet.
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0193e93e973e24da4d29d01362481154f0a6be10 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: 3G Speed on Verizon 4 vs 4S I need to outfit some of my field staff with iPhones. They will primarily be used as hot spots. On Verizon, is there any appreciable gain in OTA network speed between the 4 and 4S? I know the AT&T version is faster, however I need to stay on Verizon.
A: Since you appear to only want the gains to be for tethering, then I would say no, the 4S would not be worth the money for you.
The higher capacity of the 4S antennae's HSDPA is not supported on CDMA, you would need a supporting GSM carrier to take advantage of this. So no, you will not see a difference in network speed itself.
HOWEVER! Much of the sense of speed is in the phone hardware itself. Your phone needs to render the data it receives in browsers and apps. So you would still likely see performance gains that may appear to be network related, but are not, from upgrading to 4S.
Caveat: Might as well wait for the new iPhone model this year if you're going to be throwing down any money for handset upgrades.
| Q: 3G Speed on Verizon 4 vs 4S I need to outfit some of my field staff with iPhones. They will primarily be used as hot spots. On Verizon, is there any appreciable gain in OTA network speed between the 4 and 4S? I know the AT&T version is faster, however I need to stay on Verizon.
A: Since you appear to only want the gains to be for tethering, then I would say no, the 4S would not be worth the money for you.
The higher capacity of the 4S antennae's HSDPA is not supported on CDMA, you would need a supporting GSM carrier to take advantage of this. So no, you will not see a difference in network speed itself.
HOWEVER! Much of the sense of speed is in the phone hardware itself. Your phone needs to render the data it receives in browsers and apps. So you would still likely see performance gains that may appear to be network related, but are not, from upgrading to 4S.
Caveat: Might as well wait for the new iPhone model this year if you're going to be throwing down any money for handset upgrades.
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3f24b69a68de58956ea0305fd9c6e7e5b67f5d62 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I log in to ICQ using Messages? It used to be possible to log in to ICQ accounts with iChat by using your ICQ login info as an AIM account. However, that functionality seems to have been removed - if memory serves, with the introduction of Lion.
Is there any way to use ICQ with Messages under Mountain Lion?
A: Setting Server to login.icq.com and Port to 5190, unchecking SSL in Server Settings tab should help.
Add:
Enter only the first eight characters of your password, leaving off any extras. This consistently worked for me. I use OSX 10.9 Mavericks and Messages.
Some have had results leaving the last character off their password.
| Q: How can I log in to ICQ using Messages? It used to be possible to log in to ICQ accounts with iChat by using your ICQ login info as an AIM account. However, that functionality seems to have been removed - if memory serves, with the introduction of Lion.
Is there any way to use ICQ with Messages under Mountain Lion?
A: Setting Server to login.icq.com and Port to 5190, unchecking SSL in Server Settings tab should help.
Add:
Enter only the first eight characters of your password, leaving off any extras. This consistently worked for me. I use OSX 10.9 Mavericks and Messages.
Some have had results leaving the last character off their password.
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a691d30e9196b741fe2163c892c3d9035f230e3f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to find the source of a sound on an iPhone? In the last few weeks my iPhone occasionally makes some kind of notification sound. It's not any of the built-in sounds, and I've gone through all the "Sounds" settings just to make sure. It's a two-step tone on a marimba or something like it, but not the built-in one. It happens about once every 10 minutes.
How do I figure out which app is causing the sound? There is no other notification. It's infrequent enough that it's hard to tell whether killing any particular app fixes it, and I use enough apps that killing them is impractical.
A: Try disabling sound notification permissions for all apps that you don't need sound notifications for in your notification settings (Settings > Notifications, scroll down to Apps and disable from there)
| Q: How to find the source of a sound on an iPhone? In the last few weeks my iPhone occasionally makes some kind of notification sound. It's not any of the built-in sounds, and I've gone through all the "Sounds" settings just to make sure. It's a two-step tone on a marimba or something like it, but not the built-in one. It happens about once every 10 minutes.
How do I figure out which app is causing the sound? There is no other notification. It's infrequent enough that it's hard to tell whether killing any particular app fixes it, and I use enough apps that killing them is impractical.
A: Try disabling sound notification permissions for all apps that you don't need sound notifications for in your notification settings (Settings > Notifications, scroll down to Apps and disable from there)
A: I just went through this. I had a sound which was incredibly infrequent (1-4 times a day), not a standard sound, and seemingly random.
It was driving me batty. Here's my process:
Get the iPhone Configuration Utility (near the bottom). This will let you look at recent log entries from your phone's console log --- analog to Console.app.
When your phone is connected, in the left sidebar a "Devices" section will appear. Select the phone, and then in the top-tabs, you'll see "console" at the far right (see here for a screenshot).
The next time a sound occurs, take note of the time, then plug it in, and save the console log to a text file.
Open the saved log file in your editor of choice. You'll want to focus on the time the sound happened -- for me, I only knew the time down to the minute, but it sufficed. I think my job was made easier by the fact that my phone was idle at the time.
Here's what I saw in my log:
Sep 25 15:24:28 CommCenter[68] <Notice>: Release assertion for reason: operation queue is empty
Sep 25 15:24:28 backboardd[28] <Notice>: MultitouchHID: device bootloaded
Sep 25 15:24:28 backboardd[28] <Notice>: MultitouchHID: detection mode: 6->6
Sep 25 15:24:28 configd[55] <Notice>: network changed: v4(en0:142.244.166.94, pdp_ip0) DNS Proxy
Sep 25 15:24:28 wirelessproxd[66] <Warning>: CoreBluetooth[WARNING] <CBCentralManager: 0x17e88250> is disabling duplicate filtering, but is using the default queue (main thread)
Sep 25 15:24:28 kernel[0] <Debug>: launchd[4555] Container: /private/var/mobile/Applications/DF67F833-5955-4E49-8101-87B804F5C04C (sandbox)
Sep 25 15:24:30 locationd[52] <Notice>: need a scan, count, 0, 0, lwatchdog, 0.0, interval, 60.0, needWatchdog, 1
Sep 25 15:24:30 locationd[52] <Notice>: scan result, count, wait, 1, retry, 0, error
Sep 25 15:24:30 locationd[52] <Notice>: scan result, count, wait, 1, retry, 1, error
Sep 25 15:24:30 locationd[52] <Notice>: scan result, count, wait, 1, retry, 2, error
Sep 25 15:24:31 mediaserverd[45] <Warning>: 15:24:31.746 [0x379e000] Sub_AudioSessionSetActiveWithFlags: WARNING translating CMSession error: -16980
Sep 25 15:24:34 locationd[52] <Notice>: loc watchdog expired, count, 1, 3
Sep 25 15:24:34 locationd[52] <Notice>: scan result, count, wait, 2, retry, 0, error
Sep 25 15:24:34 locationd[52] <Notice>: scan result, count, wait, 2, retry, 1, error
Sep 25 15:24:34 locationd[52] <Notice>: scan result, count, wait, 2, retry, 2, error
Sep 25 15:24:37 backboardd[28] <Notice>: ALS: SetDisplayFactor: factor=0.0000
Sep 25 15:24:37 kernel[0] <Debug>: AppleMultitouchN1SPI: updating power statistics
Sep 25 15:24:37 backboardd[28] <Notice>: MultitouchHID: detection mode: 6->255
Sep 25 15:24:37 kernel[0] <Debug>: ALS: AppleARMBacklight::setBacklightEnableGated 0 (set level to 0x1d7)
The key line here is this: Sep 25 15:24:31 mediaserverd[45] <Warning>: 15:24:31.746 [0x379e000] Sub_AudioSessionSetActiveWithFlags: WARNING translating CMSession error: -16980. That's the audio system starting to play the sound.
Looking a little further back, this line shows the last launched application: kernel[0] <Debug>: launchd[4555] Container: /private/var/mobile/Applications/DF67F833-5955-4E49-8101-87B804F5C04C (sandbox).
A reasonable assumption is that this is the culprit. I'd be interested in hearing anyone provide an easier way to map the application UID (DF67F833-5955-4E49-8101-87B804F5C04C) back to an actual name. For me, I started opening applications at random, looking for the culprit hash. About 10 applications later, I'd found it: Downcast.app. Quickly digging into the settings, I found my culprit: A feed update notification sound was enabled.
Ugly, but it worked for me. Best of luck to those tearing their hair out trying to find something similar.
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ee49d59a68da69daac38b792e62da1a604a7a59b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What keyboard command can be used to move the cursor to the end of the next word on the Mac? In Windows and Ubuntu one can move the cursor to the end of the next word in text by pressing ctrl+ left or ctrl+right.
What's the equivalent of this on the Mac?
A: option + left and option + right
| Q: What keyboard command can be used to move the cursor to the end of the next word on the Mac? In Windows and Ubuntu one can move the cursor to the end of the next word in text by pressing ctrl+ left or ctrl+right.
What's the equivalent of this on the Mac?
A: option + left and option + right
A: This is a late return from an outlying precinct on this question, but on my 2014 MacBook Pro using Word 2011, I stumbled on to how to move to the beginning and the end using
"fn" + option + Left arrow, and Rt arrow respectively.
These combinations also work for the Word for Mac Preview v 15.8.
A: It's really quite simple: just us Command + right or left.
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a21814275530e1e37c8f717cdcf19ce1b7686294 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do any USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet adapter work with OS X? Yes, I know there is a solution available from Apple for Thunderbolt. Yes, I know there is a solution available from Apple for USB 2.0 to fast Ethernet (10/100).
I am looking for an adapter to plug into a USB 3.0 port, providing me Gigabit (10/100/1000) LAN capability via wired ethernet.
A: StarTech makes the USB31000S, which is a USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet adapter with support for VLANs, jumbo frames and checksum offloading. List price is about USD 55.
These are based on the ASIX AX88179 chip, which has drivers for OS X 10.6 - 10.8 available (bottom of previous link). Any other product using this chip would also work.
| Q: Do any USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet adapter work with OS X? Yes, I know there is a solution available from Apple for Thunderbolt. Yes, I know there is a solution available from Apple for USB 2.0 to fast Ethernet (10/100).
I am looking for an adapter to plug into a USB 3.0 port, providing me Gigabit (10/100/1000) LAN capability via wired ethernet.
A: StarTech makes the USB31000S, which is a USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet adapter with support for VLANs, jumbo frames and checksum offloading. List price is about USD 55.
These are based on the ASIX AX88179 chip, which has drivers for OS X 10.6 - 10.8 available (bottom of previous link). Any other product using this chip would also work.
A: It's not USB 3.0, but the Belkin F5D5055 USB 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet adapter is supported out the box by 10.7 (haven't checked 10.6) and delivers better performance than the Apple 10/100Mbps adapter. I can get speeds of around 35MB/s with my mid-2011 i7 Air.
A: Yes. I have used Anker's USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter on my MBP (2008 and 2011), iMac, Surface Pro and various laptops. As far as OS X goes, it worked with 10.8 through 10.10
Update: It has been tested to work on El Capitan (10.11) and macOS Sierra (10.12) with no issues. It was tested on a MacBook Pro 2011 and a 2012 iMac.
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61b0cffde63ea85a4a797841bfd97060b34dd2fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can you connect iPhone/iPad to Apple TV without WiFi network in place I would like to make a presentation from an iPhone or iPad using an AppleTV and projector. Is it possible to do so without either a WiFi or LAN network in place (like in a bad hotel)? Is the AppleTV able to act as a WiFi/Bluetooth access point so that iDevice can connect to it and show the presentation? Or is that not possible?
Are there any workarounds for this, or do I have to bring wireless router with me as well?
A: You cannot connect directly to the Apple TV, so you will have to bring a router.
| Q: Can you connect iPhone/iPad to Apple TV without WiFi network in place I would like to make a presentation from an iPhone or iPad using an AppleTV and projector. Is it possible to do so without either a WiFi or LAN network in place (like in a bad hotel)? Is the AppleTV able to act as a WiFi/Bluetooth access point so that iDevice can connect to it and show the presentation? Or is that not possible?
Are there any workarounds for this, or do I have to bring wireless router with me as well?
A: You cannot connect directly to the Apple TV, so you will have to bring a router.
A: If you have a laptop, you could set it up as a DHCP server, and run an Ethernet cable from the laptop to the Apple TV. Theoretically.
A: You can with a 3G + Data Plan iPad 2 / iPhone and above.
Create a Personal Hotspot wifi with a certain name and password.
Have the Apple TV connect to it.
Now take you Apple TV anywhere with you.
To setup an airplay/projector broadcast.
Start the Personal Hotspot wifi.
Connect the Apple TV to any hdmi projector.
Done. You can airplay your keynote or video to the projector.
NEXT...
This will work with any AirPlay enabled app. Using Keynote with AirPlay is no different.
Tap Keynote to launch it on the iPad, and then open the presentation you want to give.
Double tap the Home button on the iPad itself, and the multitasking bar will appear at the bottom of the screen.
Swipe to the right to reveal the media bar, which has the AirPlay button just to the left of the Volume slider.
Tap the AirPlay button and select Apple TV, then tap the Mirroring switch to turn that on. The TV screen should now have your presentation on it, ready to go.
You can also use this method to send the signal from any AirPlay enabled app video-out to an AppleTV.
Enjoy a "walk around, ipad in hand" wireless presentation.
PS. There are also some older VGA projectors, for those you might need an hdmi to vga "active" converter cable to hook the apple tv to it. Haven't tested this, and that cable is around 40-50$.
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dc9ac92b8c959049eff5cb22c8a9aa9319f9a5c1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I kill pboxd? The "com.apple.security.pboxd" process is taking 10-20% CPU, and has been for a while now.
From searching around, it seems that this is responsible for showing the "open file" dialog boxes on behalf of sandboxed apps.
It seems odd that it needs 40+ MB of RAM and 20% of my CPU to do this, especially since there don't seem to be any such dialog boxes visible right now.
Is it safe to kill this process?
A: Probably not a good idea. It has a very important job, displaying open and close dialog boxes in sandboxed apps (Most app store apps and some built-ins). Sandboxed apps cannot acess the filesystem directly and rely on this daemond to do it for them. Even if it relaunches, force killing parts of the OS can lead to instability and is generally a bad idea.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7/9/ (search page for "pboxd")
| Q: Can I kill pboxd? The "com.apple.security.pboxd" process is taking 10-20% CPU, and has been for a while now.
From searching around, it seems that this is responsible for showing the "open file" dialog boxes on behalf of sandboxed apps.
It seems odd that it needs 40+ MB of RAM and 20% of my CPU to do this, especially since there don't seem to be any such dialog boxes visible right now.
Is it safe to kill this process?
A: Probably not a good idea. It has a very important job, displaying open and close dialog boxes in sandboxed apps (Most app store apps and some built-ins). Sandboxed apps cannot acess the filesystem directly and rely on this daemond to do it for them. Even if it relaunches, force killing parts of the OS can lead to instability and is generally a bad idea.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7/9/ (search page for "pboxd")
A: If it lets you kill it without being root, odds are that yes.
The "safe" alternative would be to restart, I guess...
A: As @houbysoft mentioned above, it is safe to kill this app. How do I know? I just did it. My MB Pro fan spun up this morning with a bunch of apps going over 100% CPU usage in Activity Monitor. I killed all of them, but it looks like pboxd was the source as it was still over 100%.
I had to Force Quit it in Activity Monitor to get it to go away and once I did it was completely gone, not running. I opened Textedit and did a cmd-O to open a file and pboxd came back at a much more reasonable 2-3% CPU usage while it was open.
So yes, there is a higher process (securityd?) that governs the state of pboxd and it will get restarted if it is not running (or you Force Quit it).
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427f0194d236f04fb5d8f695df19120ff944b454 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Fix Better Touch Tool so that it doesn't prevent sleep? I noticed that the application Better Touch Tool is preventing my Mac from going to sleep. The screen will shut off, but the computer won't go to sleep. Is there a way to disable any of the settings to not cause this behavior, or do we need to wait for a fix from the developer?
I'm hoping to avoid a solution such as running Please Sleep.
(I reported this bug to the developer.)
A: After a year, you might need to publish the bug report and see if others are seeing similar problems. Has the developer responded to your bug report?
I can't reproduce this behavior, so perhaps it's related to your OS or something else on your setup that's interacting poorly with this software.
| Q: Fix Better Touch Tool so that it doesn't prevent sleep? I noticed that the application Better Touch Tool is preventing my Mac from going to sleep. The screen will shut off, but the computer won't go to sleep. Is there a way to disable any of the settings to not cause this behavior, or do we need to wait for a fix from the developer?
I'm hoping to avoid a solution such as running Please Sleep.
(I reported this bug to the developer.)
A: After a year, you might need to publish the bug report and see if others are seeing similar problems. Has the developer responded to your bug report?
I can't reproduce this behavior, so perhaps it's related to your OS or something else on your setup that's interacting poorly with this software.
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12fac2d84b2e210b82d009cd203cacf7abcf2c70 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I get Command-H to hide an Emacs window? I'm using GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of 2012-01-29 on bob.porkrind.org on a MacBook Air.
Can I set Command-H to hide Emacs? I currently use M-x customize-group ns and set Command Modifier to no value. I already have a standard key binding to iconify-frame, but that is different from hiding; I'd rather use the native OS X hide capability so I can unhide by clicking on the Emacs icon in the dock.
A: If emacs is built with Cocoa (e.g via brew install emacs --cocoa), by default s-h (Cmd+h) should be bound to ns-do-hide-emacs
If somehow it is not, you can do this manually with:
(global-set-key [(super h)] 'ns-do-hide-emacs)
| Q: Can I get Command-H to hide an Emacs window? I'm using GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of 2012-01-29 on bob.porkrind.org on a MacBook Air.
Can I set Command-H to hide Emacs? I currently use M-x customize-group ns and set Command Modifier to no value. I already have a standard key binding to iconify-frame, but that is different from hiding; I'd rather use the native OS X hide capability so I can unhide by clicking on the Emacs icon in the dock.
A: If emacs is built with Cocoa (e.g via brew install emacs --cocoa), by default s-h (Cmd+h) should be bound to ns-do-hide-emacs
If somehow it is not, you can do this manually with:
(global-set-key [(super h)] 'ns-do-hide-emacs)
A: I'm trying to solve the same problem. The best I've been able to come up with is the following, which will iconify (like CMD+M) the frame:
(global-set-key (kbd "M-h") 'iconify-frame)
Not ideal, but better than nothing.
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5ebbd34bd8b12cd31c218e17e7b6c55309388f4e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does the new Air (2012) support Daisy Chaining to two Thunderbolt Displays? Does the new MacBook Air (mid-2012) support Daisy Chaining to two Thunderbolt Displays? I'm trying to decide between a fully-loaded MacBook Air and a Retina MacBook Pro, and this is a big breaking point for me.
A: Yes you can.
Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219?viewlocale=en_US#11
| Q: Does the new Air (2012) support Daisy Chaining to two Thunderbolt Displays? Does the new MacBook Air (mid-2012) support Daisy Chaining to two Thunderbolt Displays? I'm trying to decide between a fully-loaded MacBook Air and a Retina MacBook Pro, and this is a big breaking point for me.
A: Yes you can.
Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219?viewlocale=en_US#11
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07a3cdcc10cdbb79cc67bffa9bcf705edddd72bf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Synchronize from iPhone to Mac The situation: My HDD crashed, I didn't have any backups. I get a new SSD. I had my iPhone synced with the old HDD as usual.
The problem: How can I sync Apps/Music/Podcasts from my iPhone (where everything is normal) back to my Mac (where iTunes is clean)?
If I just check the boxes for synchronisation in the "new" iTunes, it will override the data on my iPhone.
The solution: ?
A: You can easily take a backup of your iPhone on your new Mac.
To transfer your media to your new iTunes, follow this tutorial in order to do so. If I understand your question correctly, this is what you need.
| Q: Synchronize from iPhone to Mac The situation: My HDD crashed, I didn't have any backups. I get a new SSD. I had my iPhone synced with the old HDD as usual.
The problem: How can I sync Apps/Music/Podcasts from my iPhone (where everything is normal) back to my Mac (where iTunes is clean)?
If I just check the boxes for synchronisation in the "new" iTunes, it will override the data on my iPhone.
The solution: ?
A: You can easily take a backup of your iPhone on your new Mac.
To transfer your media to your new iTunes, follow this tutorial in order to do so. If I understand your question correctly, this is what you need.
A: You can transfer purchased apps or just re-download the latest versions from the App store. For music files on stock OS iOS devices, you may need to find a backup of your downloads somewhere (Time Machine, et.al.).
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edab30a24a26a37445751b2d73ca8ad4ce653b3e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Downgrade to Lion from Mountain Lion OS One of my friend bought his MacBook Pro with preinstalled Mac OS X Lion (10.7.2). Afterwards, he installed the Mountain Lion (10.8) developer preview in it.
He wants to downgrade the OS to Lion (10.7). One option I see is using the Lion recovery suggested at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718.
But, he had not purchased Lion before as it was preinstalled on his MacBook Pro. Does he need to purchase Lion now from the App Store while in the recovery mode OR if he doesn't have to buy it, will he get it free?
A: That's why they say not to install the Developers Preview on your daily machine (as only OS...)
Nevertheless, not having the a Lion disk isn't a obstacle. You should do fine with a decent backup and Lion Recovery Disk Assistance.
If you follow these 7 easy steps, your friend will have his Lion back in no-time.
| Q: Downgrade to Lion from Mountain Lion OS One of my friend bought his MacBook Pro with preinstalled Mac OS X Lion (10.7.2). Afterwards, he installed the Mountain Lion (10.8) developer preview in it.
He wants to downgrade the OS to Lion (10.7). One option I see is using the Lion recovery suggested at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718.
But, he had not purchased Lion before as it was preinstalled on his MacBook Pro. Does he need to purchase Lion now from the App Store while in the recovery mode OR if he doesn't have to buy it, will he get it free?
A: That's why they say not to install the Developers Preview on your daily machine (as only OS...)
Nevertheless, not having the a Lion disk isn't a obstacle. You should do fine with a decent backup and Lion Recovery Disk Assistance.
If you follow these 7 easy steps, your friend will have his Lion back in no-time.
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72b25c07ca5721f1132430adabf9c6a35279b9d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Code completion in TextWrangler I've been looking for it, but I can't seem a way to enable it. Is there a way to enable code completion in TextWrangler?
I need it for C/C++.
A: TextWrangler does not natively support code completion BUT because it is so extensively
AppleScript-able, such capabilities can be added on. In particular, BBAutoComplete adds code completion features to TextWrangler. BBAutoComplete is free (donations accepted).
Disclosure: I have no connection to C-Command Software, but I did file a bug report that led to the release of the latest version of BBAutoComplete, and served as a volunteer beta tester. It's pretty amazing software.
| Q: Code completion in TextWrangler I've been looking for it, but I can't seem a way to enable it. Is there a way to enable code completion in TextWrangler?
I need it for C/C++.
A: TextWrangler does not natively support code completion BUT because it is so extensively
AppleScript-able, such capabilities can be added on. In particular, BBAutoComplete adds code completion features to TextWrangler. BBAutoComplete is free (donations accepted).
Disclosure: I have no connection to C-Command Software, but I did file a bug report that led to the release of the latest version of BBAutoComplete, and served as a volunteer beta tester. It's pretty amazing software.
A: Unfortunately, TextWrangler is not capable of code completion. Bare Bones Software considers TextWrangler to be the free "little brother" to BBEdit. BBEdit features code completion as well as other more advanced features, but requires a purchase after the initial trial.
http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/comparison.html
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7b77d6cb797955f5006dd4fe961f8e6ffe547b8a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Transfer disk image from one MacBook Air to another I'd like to migrate into a new MacBook Air I bought this week, from the previous version of MacBook Air. SSD size is the same.
Can I somehow image my older SSD and "move" it to the new SSD?
A: If both MacBook Airs have Thunderbolt, the easiest way would be to use Migration Assistant over Thunderbolt:
*
*Get a Thunderbolt cable (borrow or buy).
*Boot the old Air into Target Disk Mode (hold down T while booting).
*Connect the MacBook Airs via the Thunderbolt cable.
*On initial boot of the new Air, you'll have the option of using Migration Assistant off another Mac.
*Select the types of items you want to copy.
*Wait while Migration Assistant does its magic.
*Et voilà, your new Air is just like your old one except newer and faster.
| Q: Transfer disk image from one MacBook Air to another I'd like to migrate into a new MacBook Air I bought this week, from the previous version of MacBook Air. SSD size is the same.
Can I somehow image my older SSD and "move" it to the new SSD?
A: If both MacBook Airs have Thunderbolt, the easiest way would be to use Migration Assistant over Thunderbolt:
*
*Get a Thunderbolt cable (borrow or buy).
*Boot the old Air into Target Disk Mode (hold down T while booting).
*Connect the MacBook Airs via the Thunderbolt cable.
*On initial boot of the new Air, you'll have the option of using Migration Assistant off another Mac.
*Select the types of items you want to copy.
*Wait while Migration Assistant does its magic.
*Et voilà, your new Air is just like your old one except newer and faster.
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ea600101054aaf8a2b33716cc13a35a8af33a899 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: French canadian keyboard layout Is there a way to configure my keyboard layout in Lion to match the Windows "Français (Canada)" (or French (Canada) if you prefer!) layout?
Currently, I use the french canadian layout from Mac OS on my MacBook Pro. It's not the same as the Windows one. For instance, the pipe "|" on my macbookpro is something like "Command" + "-", and on my windows machine is mapped to the left of "1".
I do not wish to make my MBP a Windows machine or anything like that, just that I'm used to that keyboard layout for many years while programming and it's hard to switch!
A: You can use Ukelele to create your own keyboard layouts, or (more realistically) edit a copy of an existing one.
| Q: French canadian keyboard layout Is there a way to configure my keyboard layout in Lion to match the Windows "Français (Canada)" (or French (Canada) if you prefer!) layout?
Currently, I use the french canadian layout from Mac OS on my MacBook Pro. It's not the same as the Windows one. For instance, the pipe "|" on my macbookpro is something like "Command" + "-", and on my windows machine is mapped to the left of "1".
I do not wish to make my MBP a Windows machine or anything like that, just that I'm used to that keyboard layout for many years while programming and it's hard to switch!
A: You can use Ukelele to create your own keyboard layouts, or (more realistically) edit a copy of an existing one.
A: There is a custom French Canadian keyboard shared on github.
I am using it for years.
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5dd3767918bc8aebfa9d331a64972ae014313dbc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook Pro with retina display external monitor connections Is it possible to connect two external monitors to a Retina MacBook Pro without using Thunderbolt displays?
For example, one connected with HDMI and another using Apple's DVI connector and also use the screen on the laptop.
A: Yes, that should definitely be possible, as both Thunderbolt ports are also mini DisplayPort ports and the other would be connected via HDMI.
See also this answer: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/54306/14994
| Q: MacBook Pro with retina display external monitor connections Is it possible to connect two external monitors to a Retina MacBook Pro without using Thunderbolt displays?
For example, one connected with HDMI and another using Apple's DVI connector and also use the screen on the laptop.
A: Yes, that should definitely be possible, as both Thunderbolt ports are also mini DisplayPort ports and the other would be connected via HDMI.
See also this answer: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/54306/14994
A: Yes. In addition to the HDMI port, you can use either of the Thunderbolt ports as mini DisplayPort ports, just like all Thunderbolt ports.
A: I can confirm this. I have three monitors connected and running in addition to the retina screen. two via the thunderbolt ports and one hdmi
However this caused my retina display to flicker.
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7858080ee13367b8f59ab3bface0494f597eb8ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which Personal Hotspot mode uses least battery? Both iPad and iPhone's Personal Hotspot mode allows 3 ways to connect:
*
*WiFi
*USB cable
*Bluetooth
I want to use Personal Hotspot on my MacBook Pro, this means that I can use either of the three. Therefore I was wondering:
Which connection type uses the least battery of the device providing the Personal Hotspot service?
A: USB tethering will use the least battery because the phone will charge while it acts as a hotspot. Bluetooth should be next (especially if both devices go into Bluetooth 4.0's low power mode), with WiFi last.
| Q: Which Personal Hotspot mode uses least battery? Both iPad and iPhone's Personal Hotspot mode allows 3 ways to connect:
*
*WiFi
*USB cable
*Bluetooth
I want to use Personal Hotspot on my MacBook Pro, this means that I can use either of the three. Therefore I was wondering:
Which connection type uses the least battery of the device providing the Personal Hotspot service?
A: USB tethering will use the least battery because the phone will charge while it acts as a hotspot. Bluetooth should be next (especially if both devices go into Bluetooth 4.0's low power mode), with WiFi last.
A: USB uses the least power by far, only one radio working, plus the phone may run cooler, some people have had heat issues with extensive WiFi/Bluetooth use.
I did an more complete comparison of all three types here: WiFi or Bluetooth (or USB) for iPad Tethering
"Bottom Line: USB is the best if range isn't an issue, If distance is needed use Wifi with WPA2"
Sources for heat issues:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2046464
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-593613.html
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fc941c9358ab81fe702b1cfec9a7fd612f576756 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to sort the apps by usage frequncy? I want to know if there's a quick way to find out the number of times one opens each app so that we can know which apps are really used by us frequently and we can sort them in that order.
I've tried to Google it but couldn't find any information that is really useful. Is it possible to do so?
A: I haven't seen any Spotlight metadata that counts the number an app is launched, you can, however, use the Date Last opened as a reference.
Open your /Applications folder and right click on the sort bar (where it says name, date modified, Size, etc.) and select Date Last Opened. Click on that to sort by that column and that's as close as you can get.
If you're feeling fancy, you can create a smart folder that only shows the apps that you've opened in the last number of days, weeks, etc. :)
| Q: Is there a way to sort the apps by usage frequncy? I want to know if there's a quick way to find out the number of times one opens each app so that we can know which apps are really used by us frequently and we can sort them in that order.
I've tried to Google it but couldn't find any information that is really useful. Is it possible to do so?
A: I haven't seen any Spotlight metadata that counts the number an app is launched, you can, however, use the Date Last opened as a reference.
Open your /Applications folder and right click on the sort bar (where it says name, date modified, Size, etc.) and select Date Last Opened. Click on that to sort by that column and that's as close as you can get.
If you're feeling fancy, you can create a smart folder that only shows the apps that you've opened in the last number of days, weeks, etc. :)
A: No, this isn't a native feature.
As of a default installation on iOS 6, this isn't possible. Like you mentioned, desktops in OSX can automatically re-arrange due to use, but iOS does not include any features along this line.
I would really enjoy this feature. You could always recommend this to Apple.
A: The iOS multi-task bar (double tap on the home button to bring up) displays apps in the order they were last used. Not a frequency sort, but a last-used sort, which may be closer than your icon arrangement to frequency-or-use, and thus possibly a quicker way to find an app you use frequently.
A: A tool like Alfred could be nice for your workflow and another tool like Slife
Slife is an activity browser for the MacOS X. When the Slife client
runs, it observes as you interact with applications, documents and web
sites in your computer. It keeps track of when and for how long you
work on projects, read news, check email, etc.
A: I have a friend that works at Apple, he is in charge of designing the iPhone cases. I try not to annoy him on how to he should do his job and what suggestions I have, but I once mentioned about arranging the icons based on frequency of use. He said that many people have sent them letters regarding this issue. My response was well where the hell is the application, he said he didn't know. End of story
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8705668f306f78628fa41612648de3860b162426 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to choose a application without using the mouse in Lion Mission Control? While using Mission Control and pressing Control ⌃+↑, I get the tiled view of all the applications in that particular desktop. Is there a keyboard shortcut to choose an application in this view?
A: No. I haven't found any, but that's not surprising. Mission Control was provided for mouse / touch interaction. Have you tried using Command ⌘+Tab for app switching and Command ⌘+`for window switching?
They are much more efficient if you're interested in keeping your hands on the keys.
| Q: How to choose a application without using the mouse in Lion Mission Control? While using Mission Control and pressing Control ⌃+↑, I get the tiled view of all the applications in that particular desktop. Is there a keyboard shortcut to choose an application in this view?
A: No. I haven't found any, but that's not surprising. Mission Control was provided for mouse / touch interaction. Have you tried using Command ⌘+Tab for app switching and Command ⌘+`for window switching?
They are much more efficient if you're interested in keeping your hands on the keys.
A: Try hyperswitch (https://bahoom.com/hyperswitch) - you can switch between windows only from current desktop.
A: You can type the name of the window (not the name of the app) and it will select the windows in mission control that matchs. What I don't know how to swicth between all the coincidences.
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36bb1cd3c0e85f972031e0ad684fabdbe4cc2c54 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Snow Leopard hidden app behavior in Lion
Possible Duplicate:
Can I get back Snow-Leopard-like application hiding (Cmd-H) in Lion?
I have 10.7 running on my personal laptop and 10.6 on my work machine, and recently noticed they act differently on hidden apps.
In 10.6, when I hide an app then hold down Command ⌘-Tab, it shows a list of all the open apps and the hidden app will be at the end of the app-switcher. This way, if I just press (instead of holding down) ⌘-Tab after hiding the app, it will not switch back and show that hidden app immediately.
However, in 10.7, Apple changed things up entirely: that hidden app will stay in its position after I hide it, so if I hit ⌘-Tab, I'll immediately unhide the app I just hid, which seems to defeat the point of hiding the app.
So I am wondering if there is a way I can get that 10.6 hidden app behavior back on 10.7?
| Q: Snow Leopard hidden app behavior in Lion
Possible Duplicate:
Can I get back Snow-Leopard-like application hiding (Cmd-H) in Lion?
I have 10.7 running on my personal laptop and 10.6 on my work machine, and recently noticed they act differently on hidden apps.
In 10.6, when I hide an app then hold down Command ⌘-Tab, it shows a list of all the open apps and the hidden app will be at the end of the app-switcher. This way, if I just press (instead of holding down) ⌘-Tab after hiding the app, it will not switch back and show that hidden app immediately.
However, in 10.7, Apple changed things up entirely: that hidden app will stay in its position after I hide it, so if I hit ⌘-Tab, I'll immediately unhide the app I just hid, which seems to defeat the point of hiding the app.
So I am wondering if there is a way I can get that 10.6 hidden app behavior back on 10.7?
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d0ca694cf60f30bf73a518fef5ad04226c853c78 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Which version of gcc is on Mountain Lion? I am looking forward to migrate my c++ code to C++11, which might requires at least g++ 4.6.
So what is the GCC installed on Mountain Lion?
A: Mountain Lion doesn't ship with any GCC, but you can install GCC 4.7 . I have done this on my machine.
| Q: Which version of gcc is on Mountain Lion? I am looking forward to migrate my c++ code to C++11, which might requires at least g++ 4.6.
So what is the GCC installed on Mountain Lion?
A: Mountain Lion doesn't ship with any GCC, but you can install GCC 4.7 . I have done this on my machine.
A: Apple doesn't ship compilers with their App Store OS versions (Lion and now Mountain Lion) so the answer is none.
It does provide an llvm-gcc binary that serves as gcc as part of Xcode and the developer tools. This is a free download and you can use it to bootstrap to whatever version of gcc you please if the shipping version isn't to your liking.
Here is gcc version that ships with Xcode v4.3.3
Air:~ mike$ which gcc
/usr/bin/gcc
Air:~ mike$ gcc --version
i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.9.00)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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6e6ba248e4aa054dd9e8fd594c7154eeaa4183ef | Apple Stackexchange
Q: MacBook Pro 2012 appearance I just got the latest MacBook Pro (2.6 GHz i7 Quad Core, 8GB RAM, non-retina).
But the packaging and overall appearance looks just like the older 15" one (I don't see any HDMI and stuff). Are the non-retina 2012 MacBooks supposed to look like this?
Whenever I search for the unboxing/review videos of the newest model, they only review the retina one.
A: It's easy. The non-retina MacBook Pros didn't get a redesign on the outside. They stayed the same (so, no HDMI "and stuff"). They only got updated on the inside, so your confusion on differentiating them is reasonable.
From Apple's site - here are images of the new 15" non-retina MacBook Pro:
| Q: MacBook Pro 2012 appearance I just got the latest MacBook Pro (2.6 GHz i7 Quad Core, 8GB RAM, non-retina).
But the packaging and overall appearance looks just like the older 15" one (I don't see any HDMI and stuff). Are the non-retina 2012 MacBooks supposed to look like this?
Whenever I search for the unboxing/review videos of the newest model, they only review the retina one.
A: It's easy. The non-retina MacBook Pros didn't get a redesign on the outside. They stayed the same (so, no HDMI "and stuff"). They only got updated on the inside, so your confusion on differentiating them is reasonable.
From Apple's site - here are images of the new 15" non-retina MacBook Pro:
A: If you want an image of the non-retina 15" 2012 MBP, Apple has one here as a part of this page.
The real answer is simply open your System Information - About this Mac ⌘+I window and see that you have a Mid 2012 model.
A: You can have a look at the product pages on apple.com, which among other things, lists all tech specs and even has illustrated pictures of all connections and ports:
http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/13-and-15-inch/
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86a3851441ee751a65684cae04f2cbd1fdb002f9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can't uninstall Mac App Store apps As of late I can't uninstall any Mac App Store apps once they've been installed.
I follow the standard procedure of opening Launchpad, pressing Option ⌥, and clicking on the little x on the top left corner of the app's icon.
What happens is that the icon vanishes for a second, and then reappears in Launchpad.
This is a typical error I get in the Console right after trying to uninstall an app:
LaunchPad: Uninstall failed Error Domain=com.apple.uninstalld.request Code=2 "ErrorMissingBundle" UserInfo=0x7fa12509b4f0 {Missing bundle string=/Applications/OmniFocus.app} file://localhost/Applications/OmniFocus.app/
I am running Lion (10.7.4).
A: I finally got it fixed.
It turns out it was a Spotlight problem, caused by me adding the Macintosh HD to the Privacy exclusions list in Spotlight.
Aside from preventing the uninstallation of Mac App Store apps, it also prevented updating the already installed ones. Trying to update manually an app would give a "You have updates available for other accounts" message. The updates tab on the Mac App Store app would be empty of apps to update, even if there were in fact some with available updates.
So I deleted the exclusion, and everything went back to normal.
| Q: Can't uninstall Mac App Store apps As of late I can't uninstall any Mac App Store apps once they've been installed.
I follow the standard procedure of opening Launchpad, pressing Option ⌥, and clicking on the little x on the top left corner of the app's icon.
What happens is that the icon vanishes for a second, and then reappears in Launchpad.
This is a typical error I get in the Console right after trying to uninstall an app:
LaunchPad: Uninstall failed Error Domain=com.apple.uninstalld.request Code=2 "ErrorMissingBundle" UserInfo=0x7fa12509b4f0 {Missing bundle string=/Applications/OmniFocus.app} file://localhost/Applications/OmniFocus.app/
I am running Lion (10.7.4).
A: I finally got it fixed.
It turns out it was a Spotlight problem, caused by me adding the Macintosh HD to the Privacy exclusions list in Spotlight.
Aside from preventing the uninstallation of Mac App Store apps, it also prevented updating the already installed ones. Trying to update manually an app would give a "You have updates available for other accounts" message. The updates tab on the Mac App Store app would be empty of apps to update, even if there were in fact some with available updates.
So I deleted the exclusion, and everything went back to normal.
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4e0afb001bad639eba35bba1529e7410649db3b5 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to remove an app stuck in "waiting" mode from the Mac App Store? I've got 2 applications that I installed via the Mac App Store that are still in the "waiting" mode. How do I get these applications to finish installing? Or how do I remove them and try again?
By "waiting" mode I mean they are showing a download progress bar and have the word "waiting" overlaid their icons inside of the launchpad app. (I would take a picture but it doesn't seem to let me while showing the launchpad)
A: I had a problem with not being able to stop an old OS from downloading. In order to delete it and stop the download, once opening launchpad, I held down the 'option' on my keyboard which caused the apps to wiggle just like on the iphone. I could then click the 'x' and delete them/stop the download.
| Q: How to remove an app stuck in "waiting" mode from the Mac App Store? I've got 2 applications that I installed via the Mac App Store that are still in the "waiting" mode. How do I get these applications to finish installing? Or how do I remove them and try again?
By "waiting" mode I mean they are showing a download progress bar and have the word "waiting" overlaid their icons inside of the launchpad app. (I would take a picture but it doesn't seem to let me while showing the launchpad)
A: I had a problem with not being able to stop an old OS from downloading. In order to delete it and stop the download, once opening launchpad, I held down the 'option' on my keyboard which caused the apps to wiggle just like on the iphone. I could then click the 'x' and delete them/stop the download.
A: Do not delete or remove any downloaded part or file. Just do the following and it will resume the download.
In the Activity Monitor, for example, kill the storeagent process.
Then restart App Store and click resume. That's it.
A: The actual downloads are done by a process called storeagent, which sometimes get stuck. Exit App Store, kill storeagent (e.g. in Activity Monitor), restart App Store (which will revive store agent) and go back to the Purchases tab where you click on the app to restart it.
A: Thanks to Jason's response since it got me on the right track. The icon of the installing icon in LaunchPad would not, however, respond to double clicking. But when I selected and held the icon (as in 3 fingers on the trackpad) until all the icons started to "wiggle", then I could click on the "X" on the icon which halted the update.
The offending app was "XCode" and there is another topic on this site which refers to the problem with trying to update XCode via the App Store.
A: Here's what worked for me:
*
*Open the launchpad
*Hold down on App that is stuck in "Waiting.." mode until it displays an 'X' in the upper left corner
*Press Enter and it should finish downloading or exit the infinite loop it's stuck in
Again, this is what worked for me, may not work for everyone but I thought I'd post it.
A: Maybe another apple ID logged in to the appstore - launchpad/appstore is still trying to update software that isn't linked to your apple ID. Log in using the original ID and complete or cancel the downloads, then log in with your own ID again.
A: All my iBooks downloads where in waiting mode too so I decided to kill storedownloadd (os x 10.10.3) which unstuck both app downloads.
A: With the latest update to Mountain Lion I am now able to fix the issue with ease. Now you can double-click a partially downloaded program to throw away all the currently downloaded parts and start over. This only starts working once the computer thinks it has stopped. I'm guessing there is some hidden timeout value that needs to be exceeded to enable this feature.
In one case (ClamXav) I had to reboot to get Mountain Lion to recognize that it wasn't downloading any longer. Double-click still worked to restart the download.
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028c05a1d5b7673202f5379a7f7d8dc7991e963c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why can't I hide my active application (e.g., Chrome)? This happens from time to time: the "hide" option is just grayed out and the usual shortcut doesn't work. I'm not doing anything special or stuck in a modal window—it just isn't available.
A: This is OS X default behavior in every app if you have hidden all other apps before with "Hide Others" or ⌥+⌘+H. In such a case it's not possible to hide the front most app, that's why both options are greyed out/inactive.
| Q: Why can't I hide my active application (e.g., Chrome)? This happens from time to time: the "hide" option is just grayed out and the usual shortcut doesn't work. I'm not doing anything special or stuck in a modal window—it just isn't available.
A: This is OS X default behavior in every app if you have hidden all other apps before with "Hide Others" or ⌥+⌘+H. In such a case it's not possible to hide the front most app, that's why both options are greyed out/inactive.
A: Here's a workaround:
If you hold the ⌥-key and click the desktop, your app will hide.
A: The same thing happened to me. I figured out that Google Chrome was in full screen mode on another (secondary) display. Consequently, OS X could not hide it.
A: Go to the Chrome to and select "Show All", the option will reappear.
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8d8e72466fbca204657ac128d6f2e7f77dc9b7f7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I upload high-res photos to Facebook from my iPad I've bought the New iPad and have been using iPhoto to upload my pictures to Facebook. However, when I view them the quality doesn't look good. When browsed from the desktop Facebook site, the site does not provide a high quality version to download either.
How can I upload high quality images to Facebook from my iPad?
A: Probably the best way is to do it through Safari. As far as I know Safari doesn't change the size or quality of uploaded images.
Keep in mind that max size in pixels of an image on Facebook currently is limited to 2048x2048px. If you try to upload a bigger image Facebook will resize and reencode it automatically and the result will not be optimal.
| Q: How can I upload high-res photos to Facebook from my iPad I've bought the New iPad and have been using iPhoto to upload my pictures to Facebook. However, when I view them the quality doesn't look good. When browsed from the desktop Facebook site, the site does not provide a high quality version to download either.
How can I upload high quality images to Facebook from my iPad?
A: Probably the best way is to do it through Safari. As far as I know Safari doesn't change the size or quality of uploaded images.
Keep in mind that max size in pixels of an image on Facebook currently is limited to 2048x2048px. If you try to upload a bigger image Facebook will resize and reencode it automatically and the result will not be optimal.
A: I uploaded a photo through Facebook, but it had bad quality, so I tried uploading it with iPhoto, and it did it with the highest quality. I also compared a the quality difference between uploading it with the FaceBook app and the iPad version of iPhoto and it too looked better!
A: I think that iPhoto would not give you a choice of photo resolution. Just upload the photos through the Facebook app for iPad.
A: Here is official Facebook answer to your question: https://www.facebook.com/help/266520536764594
You may also consider this option while creating FB album:
https://www.facebook.com/help/187741037945488
Also, if you use Facebook iPad App to upload photos, make sure you have 'Upload HD' option turned on in Facebook iPad App -> Menu (upper left corner) -> Settings -> Videos and Photos -> Upload HD.
You may use any application on iPad (for instance, Snapseed, which is good), however all of them will meet same limitations caused by Facebook policies mentioned above.
A: Have you tried using the official Facebook app?
http://www.facebook.com/mobile/ipad
This allows you to upload pictures directly from your iPad photo library and providing those are of sufficient quality you should be ok.
A: The Facebook Camera app will allow you to upload photos in higher resolution. Most other apps (incl. the offical facebook app) will convert the photo to low res before uploading.
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eaa3af5bdcdb90da9e9b8ecacb713136ba84ae2c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Enable All HiDPI Modes I want to know how to enable all HiDPI modes, particularly the 1280x800 mode for my 1440x900 MacBook Air. How can I do this?
A: Yes, this is possible:
Reference
First you need to get SwitchResX.
After installation, you then click System Preferences > Other > SwitchResX > select your Mac / Monitor from the right column -> Custom Resolution > and click + button to add a new resolution.
Now you need to select "Scaled resolution" inside the select option field & enter the resolution inside the scaled to Text field. So lets say if you want a 1920 x 1080 Hidpi setting, you need to create a custom 3840 x 2160 etc.
After all, just click save and then restart it, once you restart your mac, you should be able to see the new hidpi setting under display setting.
| Q: Enable All HiDPI Modes I want to know how to enable all HiDPI modes, particularly the 1280x800 mode for my 1440x900 MacBook Air. How can I do this?
A: Yes, this is possible:
Reference
First you need to get SwitchResX.
After installation, you then click System Preferences > Other > SwitchResX > select your Mac / Monitor from the right column -> Custom Resolution > and click + button to add a new resolution.
Now you need to select "Scaled resolution" inside the select option field & enter the resolution inside the scaled to Text field. So lets say if you want a 1920 x 1080 Hidpi setting, you need to create a custom 3840 x 2160 etc.
After all, just click save and then restart it, once you restart your mac, you should be able to see the new hidpi setting under display setting.
A: The answer is that it is not possible, when the 13" MacBook Air's higest native resolution is 1440x900. It simply does not support 1280x800 or 1440x900 HiDPI modes, since it does not have a retina display or a display with enough pixels to do HiDPI. For the MacBook Air in its current form, it would need to have a LCD display with at least 2880 X 1800 pixels to enable HiDPI modes.
To do HiDPI 1280 x 800 you would need a display with resolution of at least 2560 x 1600, again, not possible on the 13" MacBook Air's display.
As noted in Signs in Mountain Lion point to "retina" display MacBooks sooner than later retina displays and graphics require 2x the resolution of normal graphics and displays.
A: You can add HIDPI on any Display Monitor with or without retina using Quartz Debug: http://www.osx86.net/view/2224-quartz_debug.html (It's official, extracted from Apple's Xcode).
The problem is that it will only enable half native resolution for HiDPI.
For instance: my MacBook Air is 1440x900; with this tweak, I could pick 720x450 (Native Resolution / 2).
The hidpi on OS X is only for 200% increased size, not just a 110%-150% to fit a resolution near your native resolution (like 1280x800, etc.).
A: It took me a while to figure it out but you need to do two things:
*
*Get Quartz Debug and enable HiDPI mode
*Get SwitchResX and then you will see the HiDPI resolution
In my case, an 11" MacBook Air, the only HiDPI resolution I get is 640x400, which is the highest resolution you can get on the 11" MacBook Air (1280x800) divided by 2 in each dimension. With a 1920x1080 external monitor, I could get 960x540 on that in HiDPI mode.
The end result is a bit small resolution for certain applications like iTunes, but otherwise looks fantastic with fonts just the right size.
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9e67a8ee2867fbb4a083edd911d9ad2787e1e1fd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does Apple Activity Monitor report that my Mac with a dual-core Intel i5 Ivy Bridge CPU has 4 cores? I just got a new Apple MacBook Pro 13", mid-2012, which has a dual-core Intel i5 Ivy Bridge CPU. When I run Activity Monitor and turn on the Floating CPU Window, it shows a 4-bar graph (indicating 4 cores).
On my older MacBook Pro with an Intel Core 2 Duo dual-core processor, Activity Monitor only showed a 2-bar graph (indicating 2 cores).
Why does Activity Monitor seem to indicate that my Mac has 4 cores, when clearly it does not?
A: This is a technology called Hyperthreading those i5 chips support.
It means two threads can run simultaneously on each core resulting in two additional virtual cores. OS X's Activity Monitor only shows virtual cores, not physical cores. Likewise, a quad-core chip has eight virtual cores and that's what's presented in Activity Monitor.
To sum it up:
*
*1 CPU
*2 physical cores
*4 virtual cores (2 per physical core)
| Q: Why does Apple Activity Monitor report that my Mac with a dual-core Intel i5 Ivy Bridge CPU has 4 cores? I just got a new Apple MacBook Pro 13", mid-2012, which has a dual-core Intel i5 Ivy Bridge CPU. When I run Activity Monitor and turn on the Floating CPU Window, it shows a 4-bar graph (indicating 4 cores).
On my older MacBook Pro with an Intel Core 2 Duo dual-core processor, Activity Monitor only showed a 2-bar graph (indicating 2 cores).
Why does Activity Monitor seem to indicate that my Mac has 4 cores, when clearly it does not?
A: This is a technology called Hyperthreading those i5 chips support.
It means two threads can run simultaneously on each core resulting in two additional virtual cores. OS X's Activity Monitor only shows virtual cores, not physical cores. Likewise, a quad-core chip has eight virtual cores and that's what's presented in Activity Monitor.
To sum it up:
*
*1 CPU
*2 physical cores
*4 virtual cores (2 per physical core)
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05c4e07f8ce74b3151dc82c3c33269187f3175e1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it better to use AirPlay to push from Mac to AppleTV, or use AppleTV to pull from a Mac? If we have an iMac and an AppleTV, is it better to use the AppleTV to pull content from the Mac to play it, or is it better to start from the Mac and use AirPlay to push to the AppleTV?
A: There's no difference in quality, so it's purely a personal choice and depends on how your home network and systems are set-up.
I have a Windows PC running iTunes 24/7 and that has my entire library of music and video on it, so the Apple TV can pull whatever I want from it.
Sometimes I'll play content such as BBC iPlayer or Youtube videos from my phone, or from my laptop if I've downloaded a video I want to watch without importing it on the other system but it really makes no difference. It's just about convenience really.
The only thing that really makes a difference is network connection for the caching, wired ethernet is obviously a lot faster than WiFi.
| Q: Is it better to use AirPlay to push from Mac to AppleTV, or use AppleTV to pull from a Mac? If we have an iMac and an AppleTV, is it better to use the AppleTV to pull content from the Mac to play it, or is it better to start from the Mac and use AirPlay to push to the AppleTV?
A: There's no difference in quality, so it's purely a personal choice and depends on how your home network and systems are set-up.
I have a Windows PC running iTunes 24/7 and that has my entire library of music and video on it, so the Apple TV can pull whatever I want from it.
Sometimes I'll play content such as BBC iPlayer or Youtube videos from my phone, or from my laptop if I've downloaded a video I want to watch without importing it on the other system but it really makes no difference. It's just about convenience really.
The only thing that really makes a difference is network connection for the caching, wired ethernet is obviously a lot faster than WiFi.
A: For many things, it doesn't matter but AirPlay only does 2 audio handles while the ATV can do multi-channel audio so it can play a 5.1 soundtrack when streaming iTunes. I encode my TV shows with both stereo and 5.1 soundtracks and the audio difference is obvious when I use AirPlay.
A: In my system, pushing from Mac works more reliably. Pulling from ATV sometimes gets drop-outs, but pushing from Mac is nearly flawless. For this setup (push from Mac):
Downside: you can't listen to iTunes on your Mac and push different iTunes content to the ATV.
Upside: you can blast the music to your Mac speakers and the ATV at the same time, and walk around your house and hear the same music in different rooms (if they are in different rooms).
A: When I play music using the ATV interface, the sound quality is horrible.
When I hit play in iTunes and route to ATV, it sounds fine.
I've done a blinded test on this, and it is horribly obvious.
I'm not going to downvote the answer that says there's no difference, since it might have something to do with which version of the ATV I have. But on my setup, there is definitely a difference.
Note: This is for streaming music from my iTunes library to the ATV. Much of my music is not on iTunes Match.
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e532845af15df91201318cb395daa47a144bb893 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to use mac trackpad gestures on, say, a linux virtualbox machine? Specifically, I would just love to use the trackpad to do "three finger swipes" and switch between Linux workspaces (desktops), that would be extremely slick.
I imagine this might require a plugin or some such thing, in addition to the disabling of the underlying Mac OS's responding to the gestures, which is what it currently does.
A: Using BetterTouchTool on the Mac host machine,use a application specific rule for the VirtualBox VM to map the swipe gesture to keyboard shortcuts to change desktops. To tie the rule to the VM and not the prefs app, issue ln -s /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app ~/Desktop/VBVM.app, to create an alias to the VM's app bundle on the desktop. Next, make the rule and set the app as the alias on the desktop. Finally delete the alias on the desktop and try it out.
| Q: Is it possible to use mac trackpad gestures on, say, a linux virtualbox machine? Specifically, I would just love to use the trackpad to do "three finger swipes" and switch between Linux workspaces (desktops), that would be extremely slick.
I imagine this might require a plugin or some such thing, in addition to the disabling of the underlying Mac OS's responding to the gestures, which is what it currently does.
A: Using BetterTouchTool on the Mac host machine,use a application specific rule for the VirtualBox VM to map the swipe gesture to keyboard shortcuts to change desktops. To tie the rule to the VM and not the prefs app, issue ln -s /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app ~/Desktop/VBVM.app, to create an alias to the VM's app bundle on the desktop. Next, make the rule and set the app as the alias on the desktop. Finally delete the alias on the desktop and try it out.
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837ec8e8536058c8b2aff3e29dfe5a8bce63ea87 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the fastest connection between two MacBooks What is the fastest way to connect two MacBooks? In my case I want to connect an MacBook Air (2011) with a Retina MacBookPro and use Screen Sharing.
Options I'm thinking of:
*
*Thunderbolt/Ethernet and connecting both MacBooks directly?
*something else?
A: Direct wired connection is the fastest you can get, so go with Thunderbolt/Ethernet.
| Q: What is the fastest connection between two MacBooks What is the fastest way to connect two MacBooks? In my case I want to connect an MacBook Air (2011) with a Retina MacBookPro and use Screen Sharing.
Options I'm thinking of:
*
*Thunderbolt/Ethernet and connecting both MacBooks directly?
*something else?
A: Direct wired connection is the fastest you can get, so go with Thunderbolt/Ethernet.
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a9259cc4725557de3a4e3293a7a96e6776de02ec | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Sharing a folder with the terminal I'm trying to find a command to make a shared folder with the terminal to integrate in a shell script. But i couldn't find anything for making a shared folder on a MAC OS X client. Can you guys help me with this?
A: Take a look at this article by Mike Barron, NetBoot Part 4.
In the article Mike walks through the dscl commands he used to share folders on Mac OS X for the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) and Server Message Block (SMB) protocols:
The toughest one so far has been file sharing. In our lab we share all our Work partitions to the entire internal network over AFP and SMB. In the past we used SharePoints to modify the NetInfo database to do so, but this functionality has all been moved over to Directory Services. To complicate matters, SAMBA no longer relies simply on standard SMB configuration files in standard locations, and the starting and stopping of the SMB daemon is handled completely by launchd. So figuring this all out has been a headache. But I think I’ve got it!
| Q: Sharing a folder with the terminal I'm trying to find a command to make a shared folder with the terminal to integrate in a shell script. But i couldn't find anything for making a shared folder on a MAC OS X client. Can you guys help me with this?
A: Take a look at this article by Mike Barron, NetBoot Part 4.
In the article Mike walks through the dscl commands he used to share folders on Mac OS X for the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) and Server Message Block (SMB) protocols:
The toughest one so far has been file sharing. In our lab we share all our Work partitions to the entire internal network over AFP and SMB. In the past we used SharePoints to modify the NetInfo database to do so, but this functionality has all been moved over to Directory Services. To complicate matters, SAMBA no longer relies simply on standard SMB configuration files in standard locations, and the starting and stopping of the SMB daemon is handled completely by launchd. So figuring this all out has been a headache. But I think I’ve got it!
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9a931734b61d20eecb37e0eba1dbb5daac5e58e2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX Lion freeze after sleep Sometimes, after I wake up my MBP from sleep I get the screen shown in picture. Once I click somewhere in the middle of the screen I get the log in window. When I log in all the windows/apps that were open before sleep are closed. This doesn't happen always but it happens quite often. Any suggestions? Has anyone had same problem ? This started happening after installing SSD. (Crucial M4)
A: I've experienced this as well. The error is actually related to the settings of diplay sleep and computer sleep:
In System Preferences > Energy Saver the timers for display sleep and computer sleep must be greater than the time of auto logout after inactivity in System Preferences > Security & Privacy.
| Q: OSX Lion freeze after sleep Sometimes, after I wake up my MBP from sleep I get the screen shown in picture. Once I click somewhere in the middle of the screen I get the log in window. When I log in all the windows/apps that were open before sleep are closed. This doesn't happen always but it happens quite often. Any suggestions? Has anyone had same problem ? This started happening after installing SSD. (Crucial M4)
A: I've experienced this as well. The error is actually related to the settings of diplay sleep and computer sleep:
In System Preferences > Energy Saver the timers for display sleep and computer sleep must be greater than the time of auto logout after inactivity in System Preferences > Security & Privacy.
A: Before I saw this answer, I turned off automatic logout and haven't seen the problem since.
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675ab10d8fd986fd8d427b6214d2a5fdd2ec02fc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there any way to view saved wifi passwords on the iPhone? I've previously connected to a wifi network on my iPhone but I've no way of finding out the password. So is there any way to view saved wifi passwords on the iPhone?
A: As of iOS 11 devices will offer to share the password to nearby devices when they try to connect to the same WiFi SSID as it has joined, but not show a plaintext password.
| Q: Is there any way to view saved wifi passwords on the iPhone? I've previously connected to a wifi network on my iPhone but I've no way of finding out the password. So is there any way to view saved wifi passwords on the iPhone?
A: As of iOS 11 devices will offer to share the password to nearby devices when they try to connect to the same WiFi SSID as it has joined, but not show a plaintext password.
A: as answered by stuffe, one of the possibilities is to use keychain syncing.
there are 2 requirements
*
*phone must have the wifi password already
*computer must be able to access the internet
if your iPhone is able to use "personal hotspot", then you can do this:
*
*turn on personal hotspot
*connect computer to personal hotspot - this will initiate the keychain sync, which will then populate the key/password in the app
*turn off personal hotspot
*connect to the wifi with the new populated key/password
A: *
*If you have a Mac connected to the same network, you can find the stored password in it's Keychain using the Keychain Access app
*If the router is an Apple Airport based device, you may be able to log straight into it via Airport Utility (available on Mac and iOS) to see the password at source
*If you are on iOS7, then you can use iCloud Keychain Syncing to allow the stored password on your iPad to be synced elsewhere (assuming you have a Mac too), allowing you to then read it in your Keychain as per point 1. In the screenshot shown, most of these WiFi networks are in other cities that only my iPhone has connected to:
A: Unfortunately, on the iPhone it is not possible to access this information. The passwords are kept on your phone in a safe place that is not accessible through any regular means on the phone. This is done for your protection, if you were to lose your iPhone and someone picked it up, the passwords that are stored on it would be up for grabs. This would lead to a lot of security problems.
I would recommend apps like 1password or the many other pieces of software out there that do the same thing to keep your passwords safe and backed up. I have way to many passwords to remember and it has been a life saver. 1Password even has the ability to back up your passwords to dropbox just in case something happens to your phone and you need to access it from somewhere else.
There are a lot of different password managing apps out there, just find the right one for you.
As gtm above me stated, there is a way to access your passwords but it is through jailbreaking. I do not recommend jailbreaking, that is something that you have to make the decision on for yourself. Jailbreaking is not for everyone.
I know this may not have been the answer you were looking for, we have all been there when we forget a password and there isn't a way to retrieve it. The easier thing you can do is just reset the password on your router and make sure to keep that password safe.
I hope this answer helps somewhat.
A: Yes on iOS 16 this is added to see and copy the password.
*
*Go to Settings > Wi-Fi
*Tap your network
*Tap the password field and copy the text or observe it in clear text
No on iOS 15 and older, you need to use iCloud Keychain to sync it and look it up from a Mac.
A: If you have a jailbroken iPhone, check out Wifi Passwords on Cydia.
A: Using the Keychain app is a great way to organize your passwords. With Keychain you can access all passwords (including Wi-Fi passwords) from your Mac. But the Jailbreak tweak WiFi Passwords from Cydia is the best one for viewing passwords directly on your iPhone.
You just need to open the App and you can see all wifi passwords that are stored in your iPhone. Then you can share the passwords with your friends in public places. That's cool app.
Credits: http://www.unlockboot.com/2016/02/how-to-view-saved-wifi-passwords-on.html
A: I didn't try this, but it may work: if you have a Mac and sync it to the Apple ID in the iPhone then it may appear in Keychain Access > passwords in the Mac as "Airport Network password" (just search for "airport") or by searching for the WIFI network name.
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ac02a27e0fc40cc494567b1f9e5695004634818e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is it possible to have per-app network/vpn/proxy settings I have a few different applications on my Mac that ideally I would like to run with different network settings.
One app for work I need to run over my work VPN, but at the same time, I have another app I need to run over a proxy for testing. Currently, I can only work with one app at a time with the required network setup. Stop working with it, then setup my other network config.
Is there an app, or a way to specify via settings that an application should use a particular networking setup?
A: There are two premium (paid) solutions that do this well.
*
*MacProxy ($30USD)
*Proxifier ($40USD)
*TSocks is an open source solution, requires some command-line foo.
| Q: Is it possible to have per-app network/vpn/proxy settings I have a few different applications on my Mac that ideally I would like to run with different network settings.
One app for work I need to run over my work VPN, but at the same time, I have another app I need to run over a proxy for testing. Currently, I can only work with one app at a time with the required network setup. Stop working with it, then setup my other network config.
Is there an app, or a way to specify via settings that an application should use a particular networking setup?
A: There are two premium (paid) solutions that do this well.
*
*MacProxy ($30USD)
*Proxifier ($40USD)
*TSocks is an open source solution, requires some command-line foo.
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6ab5cabc00ed303bfc18f1003e45aae7633a1c12 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OSX program similar to 'Fences' Is there a Mac program resembling the Windows program 'Fences' (see screenshot below), which allows you to group icons on your screen?
A: Desktop Groups (Which I would describe as the best alternative to fences) is made by the same people who make Desktop Shelves. The product is paid, but the Lite version of Desktop Groups is free.
A good review of its features can found here courtesy of Fatima Wahib who reviewed it for Addictive Tips last month:
| Q: OSX program similar to 'Fences' Is there a Mac program resembling the Windows program 'Fences' (see screenshot below), which allows you to group icons on your screen?
A: Desktop Groups (Which I would describe as the best alternative to fences) is made by the same people who make Desktop Shelves. The product is paid, but the Lite version of Desktop Groups is free.
A good review of its features can found here courtesy of Fatima Wahib who reviewed it for Addictive Tips last month:
A: I'm not sure its exactly what you need, but how about something like DesktopShelves (there's also a free version)?
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7562996c5bd321b5f2285f62ccac22ee5e5b9a9e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I view comments in Microsoft Word 2011 for OSX? How do I view comments in Microsoft Word 2011 for OSX? I can turn on the review pane, but that shows me every edit I've done to this document and it's impossible to find the comments. I just want a quick view of all the comments in the document.
A: Here's your solution. From the Review tab, under Tracking, select the Show Markup drop down and uncheck everything but comments.
| Q: How do I view comments in Microsoft Word 2011 for OSX? How do I view comments in Microsoft Word 2011 for OSX? I can turn on the review pane, but that shows me every edit I've done to this document and it's impossible to find the comments. I just want a quick view of all the comments in the document.
A: Here's your solution. From the Review tab, under Tracking, select the Show Markup drop down and uncheck everything but comments.
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419e3d18b0e334a58bbf33271e4e2be3bab0ec60 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Completely recover space from sparse bundle when "hdiutil compact" is not enough Current situation: I have a large sparse bundle image whose size is reported as 91GB (cmd+I from Finder). Its contents, instead, are only 80GB. hdiutil compact does not shrink the image:
Starting to compact…
Reclaiming free space…
..............................................................................
Finishing compaction…
Reclaimed 0 bytes out of 25.6 GB possible.
So there are 11GB of space that I cannot recover.
How I got there: Before getting into this situation, I had ~27GB of smallish files (MP3s, from 2-8MB) that I deleted from the image. I then ran hdiutil compact, but it only recovered 16GB of those 27GB, leaving 11GB of wasted space.
Any idea? Google is failing me.
A: Either recreate the image, or defragment and repeat hdiutil compact. For defragmentation, I use iDefrag.
| Q: Completely recover space from sparse bundle when "hdiutil compact" is not enough Current situation: I have a large sparse bundle image whose size is reported as 91GB (cmd+I from Finder). Its contents, instead, are only 80GB. hdiutil compact does not shrink the image:
Starting to compact…
Reclaiming free space…
..............................................................................
Finishing compaction…
Reclaimed 0 bytes out of 25.6 GB possible.
So there are 11GB of space that I cannot recover.
How I got there: Before getting into this situation, I had ~27GB of smallish files (MP3s, from 2-8MB) that I deleted from the image. I then ran hdiutil compact, but it only recovered 16GB of those 27GB, leaving 11GB of wasted space.
Any idea? Google is failing me.
A: Either recreate the image, or defragment and repeat hdiutil compact. For defragmentation, I use iDefrag.
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7d44136566aa990bf431068a4ba9565770cb8bf9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Options for DLNA output of audio? Are there any apps which can stream my audio output (either all of it, or from a specific source/program) via DLNA so my DLNA-enabled products (TV & DVD surround-sound system) can pick it up and use it?
I've looked at Airfoil (not DLNA) and Serviio (wouldn't start on my Lion macbook air), and all the other "usual" servers just serve files on the machine - mainly I want to stream my audio for those times I'm watching youtube videos (talks/presentations mainly) and internet radio.
| Q: Options for DLNA output of audio? Are there any apps which can stream my audio output (either all of it, or from a specific source/program) via DLNA so my DLNA-enabled products (TV & DVD surround-sound system) can pick it up and use it?
I've looked at Airfoil (not DLNA) and Serviio (wouldn't start on my Lion macbook air), and all the other "usual" servers just serve files on the machine - mainly I want to stream my audio for those times I'm watching youtube videos (talks/presentations mainly) and internet radio.
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667555c8c1bcc7fcc795f5dd7987f21cf06dad2e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iCloud server side wildcard mail rules I couldn't find any information on how to set up wildcard rules in iCloud mail. I want to forward mail from any sender of a certain domain to another address.
What exactly is the syntax of the message is from field?
@domain.com or *@domain.com?
Do I need to set up another rule to remove these messages from the inbox?
Thanks
A: For these cases I just use
from domain.com
with
move to folder
as the action. You don't have to delete it from the Inbox afterwards, the move takes care of that.
| Q: iCloud server side wildcard mail rules I couldn't find any information on how to set up wildcard rules in iCloud mail. I want to forward mail from any sender of a certain domain to another address.
What exactly is the syntax of the message is from field?
@domain.com or *@domain.com?
Do I need to set up another rule to remove these messages from the inbox?
Thanks
A: For these cases I just use
from domain.com
with
move to folder
as the action. You don't have to delete it from the Inbox afterwards, the move takes care of that.
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a8560d545bbd06abf1c86de9986f3d3b11ecf775 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Connected a Cinema Display to MacBook Pro, recognizes sound output device but no sound I connected my new Cinema Display to my MacBook Pro and the audio output device shows "LED Cinema Display" in Sound Preferences, and the volume controls work, but no sound is output.
I tried unplugging and plugging back in the USB cable.
Is my device incompatible, or is something wrong?
A: (I solved my own problem right as I was about to post here.)
The Mini DisplayPort must be plugged in before the USB cable. Unplug both, plug them in in the correct order, and it should recognize the sound.
Unplugging only the USB cable will not work.
| Q: Connected a Cinema Display to MacBook Pro, recognizes sound output device but no sound I connected my new Cinema Display to my MacBook Pro and the audio output device shows "LED Cinema Display" in Sound Preferences, and the volume controls work, but no sound is output.
I tried unplugging and plugging back in the USB cable.
Is my device incompatible, or is something wrong?
A: (I solved my own problem right as I was about to post here.)
The Mini DisplayPort must be plugged in before the USB cable. Unplug both, plug them in in the correct order, and it should recognize the sound.
Unplugging only the USB cable will not work.
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ec133ef9e2274cacd6d30631b2dada888ee63b2a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How select date of full backup to restore with Time Machine - NOT the latest backup My hard drive died after files started disappearing for a couple days. I ended up getting a new Mac since the computer was old anyway.
I'm worried that the last couple days of Time Machine backups will be bad due to the dying hard drive, so I'd like to use an earlier backup date from before it started dying with Migration Assistant.
I don't see any way in Migration Assistant to select the date of the backup that I want to use.
Should I just "delete" the latest backup folder dates from the Time Machine drive? Will that screw up the backup?
Any other way to accomplish this?
A: You should temporarily move the backups from the corrupt/unwanted version of the system to a different location, and then attempt the Restore. You may also try renaming the unwanted backups. For more, please go to:
https://thedesignspace.net/2014/01/11/osx-migration-assistant-doesnt-see-all-time-machine-backups/
| Q: How select date of full backup to restore with Time Machine - NOT the latest backup My hard drive died after files started disappearing for a couple days. I ended up getting a new Mac since the computer was old anyway.
I'm worried that the last couple days of Time Machine backups will be bad due to the dying hard drive, so I'd like to use an earlier backup date from before it started dying with Migration Assistant.
I don't see any way in Migration Assistant to select the date of the backup that I want to use.
Should I just "delete" the latest backup folder dates from the Time Machine drive? Will that screw up the backup?
Any other way to accomplish this?
A: You should temporarily move the backups from the corrupt/unwanted version of the system to a different location, and then attempt the Restore. You may also try renaming the unwanted backups. For more, please go to:
https://thedesignspace.net/2014/01/11/osx-migration-assistant-doesnt-see-all-time-machine-backups/
A: It seems possible to just move away the unwanted backups and re-linking the Latest directory. A few things to know about TM first:
*
*It uses directory hard links, which are kind of black magic
*It's super fragile, and once this is done, I would format the disk and start backing up from scratch
Now, the finder is ""smart"" and tries to block the user from modifying TM backups by hand. Also the terminal does the same, so no luck. The first thing to do is to rename the backup folder so they don't think it's TM anymore:
cd /Volumes/Time\ Machine # or your disk name
mv Backups.backupdb Backups.backupdb_1
Now the folder is unprotected. You can move the unwanted backups to the parent directory (do NOT delete them), with the finder or the terminal.
Make sure to also move away the "in progress" backup and the Latest folder. You'll need to re-create it with the terminal, it's a soft link:
ln -s 2021-[the latest backup] Latest
Do not include any trailing slash, I'm not sure if this step is sufficient alone to restore from a previous backup, it's worth trying out.
Once this is done, to verify that the correct backup is loaded, check the date shown by the migration assistant.
A: Just select the drive to restore from - the Migration Assistant will then give the list of backups by date to choose from.
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2295398a984a9f8ffcafe4e27c1da612b0908cdd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I send my computer's audio to multiple outputs? I'm sending my system's audio to Soundflower, but I want to send it to my headphones at the same time. Is there any way I can achieve this?
A: That's where the Soundflowerbed application comes into play. It lets you select out of which output you would like to play the sound that the rest of the system is feeding into sound flower.
| Q: How can I send my computer's audio to multiple outputs? I'm sending my system's audio to Soundflower, but I want to send it to my headphones at the same time. Is there any way I can achieve this?
A: That's where the Soundflowerbed application comes into play. It lets you select out of which output you would like to play the sound that the rest of the system is feeding into sound flower.
A: *
*Open Audio MIDI Setup from Applications > Utilities.
*Click the + button in the bottom left corner and select "Create Multi-Output Device".
*Check “Built-In Output” (this may already be checked) and the Soundflower output of your choice.
*Right-click (or control-click) the device you just created and select “Use this device for sound output”.
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eb10c312923bcb5f204c99eb252ae002905d541c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Easiest way to browse iPhone filesystem What method of browsing the root filesystem is least likely to make any modifications to it? Hooking to a pc is an option. Jailbreaking is not an option for this question.
A: I'm using DiskAid which is a good file manager to access the iPhone file system from your desktop Mac or Windows. You can connect to your device through Wi-Fi or USB, access your App contents, Music, SMS etc. Transfers are stable and reliable, for example if you disconnect your USB cable during a transfer the transfer will automatically continue via Wi-Fi.
http://www.digidna.net/diskaid
The root file system is accessible in DiskAid but as the other similar solutions only if your device is jailbroken.
| Q: Easiest way to browse iPhone filesystem What method of browsing the root filesystem is least likely to make any modifications to it? Hooking to a pc is an option. Jailbreaking is not an option for this question.
A: I'm using DiskAid which is a good file manager to access the iPhone file system from your desktop Mac or Windows. You can connect to your device through Wi-Fi or USB, access your App contents, Music, SMS etc. Transfers are stable and reliable, for example if you disconnect your USB cable during a transfer the transfer will automatically continue via Wi-Fi.
http://www.digidna.net/diskaid
The root file system is accessible in DiskAid but as the other similar solutions only if your device is jailbroken.
A: Despite the fact Steve Jobs didn't support this idea because it's making things complicated for the users, there are some apps which will allow you to do so.
There is i-FunBox which allows you to browse through your iPhone files on your Mac. And if you're a Windows user, you've more options. There is iPhoneBrowser or iPhone Folders.
All of these solutions will allow you to browse the iPhone file systems using your computer.
If you want to be able to browse on your iPhone yourself, I'm afraid I only know one solution, called iFile. But this is only accessible on a jailbroken device...
A: Sorry to break the news...but...
You cannot reach the root directory without something being compromised on the phone itself. You may be able to access your music/photos/ringtones, but the root directory is off-limits to non-jailbroken iPhone users.
A: Theres more than 1 option. Download dropcopy on your iPhone. Press the circle. Press preview. Press Root Filesystem. There you go! You don't have to be jail broken.
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2381acdf7ead2e2aa0e9679d093264564e97c144 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What size is my iPhone 4? I always thought my iPhone 4 was only 8GB in size, does this mean it is 16GB?
A: Yes, you do have a 16 GB iPhone. The other 2.2 GB are taken up by iOS, etc. See here for more information.
Your model, MC676LL, confirms this: it indicates that you have a Black 16 GB iPhone on Verizon. See this Bestbuy page for more info. The 8 GB phones have different model numbers.
| Q: What size is my iPhone 4? I always thought my iPhone 4 was only 8GB in size, does this mean it is 16GB?
A: Yes, you do have a 16 GB iPhone. The other 2.2 GB are taken up by iOS, etc. See here for more information.
Your model, MC676LL, confirms this: it indicates that you have a Black 16 GB iPhone on Verizon. See this Bestbuy page for more info. The 8 GB phones have different model numbers.
A: Yep, looks like it's a 16GB. The reason you see a "Capacity" value less than 16GB is that the remainder of the space is used by the phone's operating system, so isn't available for your use.
AFAIK, before the introduction of the iPhone 4S, and the "low-end" 8GB model of the iPhone 4 at a reduced price, all iPhone 4 models were 16GB or higher. So if your phone is older than October 2011, there's no way it could be 8GB.
A: Indeed, you have a 16Gb iPhone right there. If it was 32Gb then the capacity would show as 28.5Gb.
You may have been confused because (perhaps) the currently selling iPhone 4 tops out at 8Gb, but if you got one when it was the most recent model (i.e. before the 4S) then it came in 8/16/32 capacities.
The actual available capacity as compared with the nominal capacity is always less, as the operating system and default apps all take up some of the avaliable space, as well as setting some aside for emergency use. It's possible to fill an iPhone such that it says 0bytes free, and still be able to take and store a screenshot of that message... - the usage stats are not necessarily to be relied upon.
A: There are only 3 sizes available for the Verizon iphone4 (reference)--8, 16, and 32 GB. Yours is clearly the 16GB. Apparently, Apple shows capacity as total-capactiy minus the size of iOS.
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7cb1b17969758a4031cd04b9e212e4ddd536e20e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is the max resolution output by the HDMI port of the MacBook Pro Retina? Does the MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) output 2560x1600 to the HDMI port?
The reason I ask is that I would like to drive 2x30 inch 2560x1600 monitors while still using the Gigabit Ethernet adapter. (My backup plan is to get the USB 2 to 100 Mbit adapter and use that and then just use the Thunderbolt for graphics). So I would appreciate any additional caveats to this plan as well.
A: If it's HDMI 1.4 as noted above, it should support "4k" resolution (4096×2160p24)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_1.4
| Q: What is the max resolution output by the HDMI port of the MacBook Pro Retina? Does the MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) output 2560x1600 to the HDMI port?
The reason I ask is that I would like to drive 2x30 inch 2560x1600 monitors while still using the Gigabit Ethernet adapter. (My backup plan is to get the USB 2 to 100 Mbit adapter and use that and then just use the Thunderbolt for graphics). So I would appreciate any additional caveats to this plan as well.
A: If it's HDMI 1.4 as noted above, it should support "4k" resolution (4096×2160p24)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_1.4
A: The hardware on the mid-2012 Retina MacBook Pro technically supports up to 4K resolution over HDMI.
However, OS X seems to limit the resolution to 1080p60 (1920x1080 at 60 hertz).
The NVIDIA drivers on Windows support higher resolutions, for example I have no problem using an Asus 27" 2560x1440 at 60 hertz over HDMI on the rMBP (Windows 8.1 in Bootcamp). The same display will only go up to 1080p when run on OS X Mavericks (10.9).
It might be possible to enable higher resoutions on OS X via HDMI using SwitchResX (I haven't tried).
A: Given that the new (late-2013) Mac Pro supports 4k over HDMI, this is wrong.
I believe HDMI is limited to full HD resolution, i.e., 1080p (1920x1080), so nothing can drive a larger screen through that.
Even if HDMI isn't restricted to 1080p, 2560x1600 requires dual-link DVI and I'm quite certain that HDMI doesn't have those pins, restricting it to the resolutions single-link DVI is capable of (2,098 × 1,311).
Your best bet is to use the 10/100 Fast Ethernet adapter over USB.
A: DisplayPort can display without problem at 2560x1440.
Under Windows 7, you can set a personalized resolution for HDMI to use 2560x1440.
Under Windows 8, this personalized resolution didn't work :( Perhaps W8 is too young and we must wait a bit.
Under Mac, I don't know.
-> HDMI is in standard limited to FullHD, but with some tweak, you can go higher.
A: From the MacBook Pro Retina Specs Page(2013):
HDMI video output
Support for 1080p resolution at up to 60Hz
Support for 3840-by-2160 resolution at 30Hz
Support for 4096-by-2160 resolution at 24Hz
It'd be nice if they mentioned the 2560x1440 resolution at all, but they don't appear to in the official specs, despite mentioning higher resolution support.
A: Where is all this "HDMI is limited to full HD" falseness coming from? For years HDMI has supported resolutions well beyond any what TV set could display... or at least any TV set mere mortals can afford.
If you don't trust Wikipedia, then go to the source and look at the HDMI 1.4 specs for yourself. http://www.hdmi.org/download/press_kit/PressBriefing_HDMI1_4_FINAL_8_0_061809.pdf
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08515414c123807deec38b0c46dbf778d1eb13ff | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Speed up the transition between spaces? Is it possible to speed up the transition between spaces? I often open my applications in full screen mode but I would like the transition to be a bit faster, is there a way to speed this up (i.e. when I hit Ctr rightarrow it moves one space to the other quicker than the default setting).
A: What you are looking for is TotalSpaces.
The new version has the ability to remove the delay completely. Working great so far.
| Q: Speed up the transition between spaces? Is it possible to speed up the transition between spaces? I often open my applications in full screen mode but I would like the transition to be a bit faster, is there a way to speed this up (i.e. when I hit Ctr rightarrow it moves one space to the other quicker than the default setting).
A: What you are looking for is TotalSpaces.
The new version has the ability to remove the delay completely. Working great so far.
A: I'm not sure if this works, as I have not tested it out myself, but I found this terminal command here:
Disable the switching Spaces animation in the terminal by typing:
defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES && killall Dock
To enable again, type the following:
defaults delete com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off && killall Dock
This completely disables the animation, and I'm not sure if that's what you want, but I imagine that if the animation is completely disabled, the switch between spaces would be instantaeneous.
Hope this helps!
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83cd83e35acc715bb7839ce89362235dc5497bea | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I manually put an external hard disk to sleep? Is it possible to manually put an external hard disk to sleep? Right now, I've already got "Put the hard disks to sleep when possible" checkmarked in the Energy Saver preference pane, and so they should sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity, but I'm wondering if it's also possible to do this manually whenever I want.
I just bought an external hard drive and it's already spinning constantly, compared to my current external which is completely quiet, so I'm wondering if I can put it to sleep when I need to to stop it from spinning all the time.
A: Not an exact answer to your question, but when using Terminal.app there is an option to even further reduce hard disk sleep time from 10 minutes to 1 minute, with this command:
$ sudo pmset -a disksleep 1
| Q: Can I manually put an external hard disk to sleep? Is it possible to manually put an external hard disk to sleep? Right now, I've already got "Put the hard disks to sleep when possible" checkmarked in the Energy Saver preference pane, and so they should sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity, but I'm wondering if it's also possible to do this manually whenever I want.
I just bought an external hard drive and it's already spinning constantly, compared to my current external which is completely quiet, so I'm wondering if I can put it to sleep when I need to to stop it from spinning all the time.
A: Not an exact answer to your question, but when using Terminal.app there is an option to even further reduce hard disk sleep time from 10 minutes to 1 minute, with this command:
$ sudo pmset -a disksleep 1
A: On macOS, there's isn't a way to do so from the command line. To put your drives to sleep (aka spin down) you need to send an ATA command to the drive. This becomes problematic when trying to do this to USB drives because it would be dependent on what the USB to ATA bridge (controller in/on the USB enclosure/interface, not in the Mac) was capable of supporting (this is also why you can't reliably get SMART status from USB drives).
*
*In Linux, you can use the hdparm -Y /dev/sdX
*In Windows, there is an app called RevoSleep
*BSD has the atacontrol and camcontrol utilities to send ATA commands
*SpindownHD was a utility with Apple's CHUD tools, but it's last release was in 2006
Unfortunately, at current for macOS, there is nothing that allows sending ATA commands directly to drives. It would need to be embedded into something like diskutil or a 3rd party app to get the functionality you are looking for. Though (IMO) it's unlikely because with the increasing prevalence of SSDs, there's really no more need to "spin down" a drive.
For more info, see this post on SuperUser: Ways to shut down/sleep and wake up hard drives on command?
Your best bet is to either eject the disk or set the sleep timer to 1 minute.
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cf18804cfa0e8d5749fb0ae0ed0e57aba0ddbddb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Suspicious NTPD Connection I use Little Snitch on Mac OS X 10.6.8 and noticed a connection that seemed suspicious to me.
The snitch reported ntpd trying to connect to:
"$host 94.23.243.53
53.243.23.94.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer asgard.syari.net."
Why would NTPD try to connect to this host instead of time.apple.com? Is this something to be concerned about or is this an expected event?
A: NTPd can be configured to get time from any host. Notably many use http://www.pool.ntp.org
That IP is running a ntp server with accurate time; and a http server, the page is mostly invalid HTML with Google Ads. It doesn't look terribly nefarious, so I'd guess that something else is going on here. Check your configuration and see if it's set to use that IP (or a hostname other than time.apple.com).
Update:
Checked pool.ntp.org, and ntp.syari.net (94.23.243.53) is a member. Your computer must be set to use the pool. You should update your configuration to use pool members from the US (use 0.us.pool.ntp.org for example).
| Q: Suspicious NTPD Connection I use Little Snitch on Mac OS X 10.6.8 and noticed a connection that seemed suspicious to me.
The snitch reported ntpd trying to connect to:
"$host 94.23.243.53
53.243.23.94.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer asgard.syari.net."
Why would NTPD try to connect to this host instead of time.apple.com? Is this something to be concerned about or is this an expected event?
A: NTPd can be configured to get time from any host. Notably many use http://www.pool.ntp.org
That IP is running a ntp server with accurate time; and a http server, the page is mostly invalid HTML with Google Ads. It doesn't look terribly nefarious, so I'd guess that something else is going on here. Check your configuration and see if it's set to use that IP (or a hostname other than time.apple.com).
Update:
Checked pool.ntp.org, and ntp.syari.net (94.23.243.53) is a member. Your computer must be set to use the pool. You should update your configuration to use pool members from the US (use 0.us.pool.ntp.org for example).
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3b160c6ddc5acd14921ebe7c4f98714ec531980d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do you get Mac OS Finder to group folders together when sorting? I have Mac OS 10.7.4 and I'd like Finder to use "Is Folder?" as its first sort criteria, or in other words, group folders before files regardless of the sorting method.
Windows and Linux both do this by default.
A: On macOS Sierra, there is a way to group folders together. Launch the Finder. Then head to Finder > Preferences in the menu bar. Head to Advanced and check the option 'Keep folders on top when sorting by name'.
| Q: How do you get Mac OS Finder to group folders together when sorting? I have Mac OS 10.7.4 and I'd like Finder to use "Is Folder?" as its first sort criteria, or in other words, group folders before files regardless of the sorting method.
Windows and Linux both do this by default.
A: On macOS Sierra, there is a way to group folders together. Launch the Finder. Then head to Finder > Preferences in the menu bar. Head to Advanced and check the option 'Keep folders on top when sorting by name'.
A: Finder > Preferences > Advanced > Keep folders on top when sorting by name
Before macOS 10.12 Sierra, this wasn't an option.
Before 10.12, Finder just didn't have a "group the folders" at the top/bottom. There are legions of Mac users that put all sorts of characters in their folder names so that they sort above or below when sorted by name.
There are all sorts of hacky ways to manipulate the "kind" strings internally, but then everything is arranged by kind first, and secondarily alphabetically.
If this is a deal breaker - check out the many apps that run in place of the Finder. Here is a query to get you started:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/search?q=finder+replacement
A: TotalFinder also has an option to keep folders on top:
A: It is pretty simple to make it just like Windows, with folders (alphabetical) starting at the top then other files (also alphabetical). You can do it all using the regular finder application on OS X 10.9. Unfortunately, any applications (.dmg files) will still be stacked above folders.
Go into finder and under view options sort by name, then kind. It doesn't put them in the grid by type now. You'll have to make that the default and probably still change it in all of your favorites from Finder. Hope this works for others too.
A: I've put together a snippet that does this a la terminal. It uses the " Folder" trick to sort folders above files and works in list view only.
Unfortunately files are sorted by kind first then alphabetically. Check the location of bootstrap.sh in the screenshot for example.
A: In the Finder: View Menu -> Arrange -> By Kind
In Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8): View menu -> Sort By -> Kind
(Or use the Finder's shortcut keystroke Command-Option-Control-2)
A: This can be done. You have to move "Folders" to the top of the Spotlight search results list in Spotlight's preferences. Then, arrange by kind in the Finder. This works. Here is what you need to do.
1) Type something in the SPOTLIGHT search (located on on right top corner of the screen)
2) At the bottom of the search, click on Spotlight Preferences.
3) In the preference box, just drag and move the Folder to the top of the list.
4) That's it. Now no matter how you arrange or sort in Finder window, folders will be at the top followed by other documents.
5) This is amazingly simple.
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6d63a86be876ba54df60a0e2f472ce60692b997f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does File Vault store unencrypted data even if encryption is enabled in File Vault? I noticed that a new File Vault 2 Backup volume first is backed up to, than encypted (for a few hours).
So the first backup is unencrypted??? I already didn't like that about a new install of lion.
| Q: Does File Vault store unencrypted data even if encryption is enabled in File Vault? I noticed that a new File Vault 2 Backup volume first is backed up to, than encypted (for a few hours).
So the first backup is unencrypted??? I already didn't like that about a new install of lion.
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b9c69f535c3de5a28ad2fbd2a7ab0fd8ecb4acd3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I change Terminal so that I don't have to press ESC every time I want to type a meta-modified key? Currently in emacs/terminal, I have to press ESC every time I want to send an escaped keystroke, eg: to go forwards two words, I have to press:
ESC+f; ESC+f
How do I change the system so that I just have to press and hold ESC once?:
ESC+f+f
A: Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to get ESC-f to repeat and it has something to do with ESC. Here's one solution that will work:
Currently, Terminal.app is using ESC as META. You can change this to ⌥ (option) like this.
*
*Visit Terminal -> Preferences ( ⌘-, ).
*Select the Keyboard Tab on the right
*Check the "Use option as meta key" box at the bottom of the Keyboard pane
Now enjoy repeating commands that involve meta by using the option key instead of ESC.
| Q: How can I change Terminal so that I don't have to press ESC every time I want to type a meta-modified key? Currently in emacs/terminal, I have to press ESC every time I want to send an escaped keystroke, eg: to go forwards two words, I have to press:
ESC+f; ESC+f
How do I change the system so that I just have to press and hold ESC once?:
ESC+f+f
A: Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to get ESC-f to repeat and it has something to do with ESC. Here's one solution that will work:
Currently, Terminal.app is using ESC as META. You can change this to ⌥ (option) like this.
*
*Visit Terminal -> Preferences ( ⌘-, ).
*Select the Keyboard Tab on the right
*Check the "Use option as meta key" box at the bottom of the Keyboard pane
Now enjoy repeating commands that involve meta by using the option key instead of ESC.
A: Select “Use option as meta key” in Terminal > Preferences > Settings > [profile] > Keyboard. Then you can press the Option modifier key and type f twice.
The “Meta” key sends an ESC before the character you type in combination with the modifier.
Also note that you can use the Keyboard preference to map other keys to commonly used sequences like ESC f.
In fact, as of OS X Lion 10.7, Terminal's default keyboard map makes the standard Mac keys for moving left/right a word at a time (Option-Left Arrow/Right Arrow) send ESC b and ESC f, respectively.
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8365b0ee0ffce90d4e68f549ee248d827ec3de89 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X Color matching on dual displays I have an iMac and a second display - an LG 24" panel.
Using any colour picker (eg Digital Color Meter) on exactly the same colour gives a different result depending on which screen I pick the colour from.
As an example - on a web page, the body colour is defined as #c00202.
On the iMac's display, the colour picker gives me the expected value of #c00202, but on my other display, I get a different value - in this case #bc0007. If I change the display profile. I get a different value.
I get what's going on, but is there any way of just making the colour picker return the defined colour - it seems crazy that I'll get a different value depending on which screen I'm using.
A: When selecting "Display native values", the actual value depends on the color profile of the monitor, which explains the difference.
Forcing a single profile, like sRGB, should give the same result across different screens.
| Q: OS X Color matching on dual displays I have an iMac and a second display - an LG 24" panel.
Using any colour picker (eg Digital Color Meter) on exactly the same colour gives a different result depending on which screen I pick the colour from.
As an example - on a web page, the body colour is defined as #c00202.
On the iMac's display, the colour picker gives me the expected value of #c00202, but on my other display, I get a different value - in this case #bc0007. If I change the display profile. I get a different value.
I get what's going on, but is there any way of just making the colour picker return the defined colour - it seems crazy that I'll get a different value depending on which screen I'm using.
A: When selecting "Display native values", the actual value depends on the color profile of the monitor, which explains the difference.
Forcing a single profile, like sRGB, should give the same result across different screens.
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702bac55339b3f97ac18ae2247a407a3944a5d0f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Apple USB ethernet adapter is not detected I have a Macbook Air running 10.7.4 and I'm trying to connect to ethernet using the official Apple USB to ethernet adapter. However, the mac never detects the new network interface. It never displays a dialog asking me to set it up. It doesn't show up in network preferences. As far as I can tell, the mac doesn't know it's even plugged in.
I've verified both the adapter and the ethernet cable I'm using work with another mac. I've tried both USB ports on the Air.
Anyone have an idea how I can troubleshoot this? Is there a USB utility that I could check out?
A: I had the same problem and a couple of minutes ago I saw something about the "Android File Transfer Agent" having problems with the device.
So uninstalled "iSyncr" software (sync android over Wifi), disconnected the usb device, plugged it again and now it's working fine.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3941878?start=0&tstart=0
| Q: Apple USB ethernet adapter is not detected I have a Macbook Air running 10.7.4 and I'm trying to connect to ethernet using the official Apple USB to ethernet adapter. However, the mac never detects the new network interface. It never displays a dialog asking me to set it up. It doesn't show up in network preferences. As far as I can tell, the mac doesn't know it's even plugged in.
I've verified both the adapter and the ethernet cable I'm using work with another mac. I've tried both USB ports on the Air.
Anyone have an idea how I can troubleshoot this? Is there a USB utility that I could check out?
A: I had the same problem and a couple of minutes ago I saw something about the "Android File Transfer Agent" having problems with the device.
So uninstalled "iSyncr" software (sync android over Wifi), disconnected the usb device, plugged it again and now it's working fine.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3941878?start=0&tstart=0
A: I've resolved by simply create a new location in Network Preferences and then try connecting it again by clicking "Apply" on this new location.
A: Yes - you should see the hardware device in Lion's System Information pane under USB devices if it has any working pins that the computer can see and sense.
From there, it's an OS / driver / kernel issue and the simplest thing to do is often to install a clean OS on an external drive and see if it's somehow a setting or corrupt preference file.
These have been out for so long, it's very unlikely the OS doesn't have the correct driver, so it's more a glitchy or buggy situation as opposed to the very new Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet where most Macs that shipped before this last batch need a thunderbolt firmware update to make the OS see the adapter.
A: I have INSIGNIA USB to Ethernet not detected. I installed driver from here: http://www.nikvdp.com/technotes/getting-non-apple-ax88772-usb-ethernet-to-work-on-mavericks/
and it works now.
A: On my 2017 15" MacBook Pro a simple reboot solved the issue. Always try this first, before trying a crazy solution.
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e27c42d4228d0cd6435425bc7cd12653cdfe5376 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is the minimize window function disabled sometimes? Once in a while, the yellow minimize button on some windows is greyed out, and the Window → Minimize menu entry is likewise disabled. Right now, for example, this is the case with two open Terminal windows. If I open a new Terminal window, it can be minimized, but the old ones remain unminimizable (if that's a word). I tend to think of this as a bug. Or is it a feature? If so, what causes it, and what can I do to enable minimization of these windows?
A: There was an old QuickTime bug that caused the minimise button to become disabled on some windows.
But also be aware the app can disable the minimise button itself.
| Q: Why is the minimize window function disabled sometimes? Once in a while, the yellow minimize button on some windows is greyed out, and the Window → Minimize menu entry is likewise disabled. Right now, for example, this is the case with two open Terminal windows. If I open a new Terminal window, it can be minimized, but the old ones remain unminimizable (if that's a word). I tend to think of this as a bug. Or is it a feature? If so, what causes it, and what can I do to enable minimization of these windows?
A: There was an old QuickTime bug that caused the minimise button to become disabled on some windows.
But also be aware the app can disable the minimise button itself.
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698157d8d50bcc7ae88af637dff462beda3d6c83 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I lower the minimum display brightness? How? When working late, I'd like to lower the screen brightness further than the OS X allows in using the brightness keys.
While you can use ⌥+⇧+F1/F21 to change the brightness in smaller quaterish increments, this does not have an effect between 0 and 1 bars.
i.e. The values 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00 have the same brightness. The brightness only incrementally increases for quaters above 1.
In Ubuntu I've accomplished very low brightness settings by manually changing integers in the configuration files. Is there something similar that I could do in OS X?
1 - This works for the volume the same way.
A: QuickShade, available on Mac App Store is a great very simple solution.
You can add keyboard shortcuts to it (I picked Fn + Option + F1/F2).
*
*QuickShade
| Q: Can I lower the minimum display brightness? How? When working late, I'd like to lower the screen brightness further than the OS X allows in using the brightness keys.
While you can use ⌥+⇧+F1/F21 to change the brightness in smaller quaterish increments, this does not have an effect between 0 and 1 bars.
i.e. The values 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00 have the same brightness. The brightness only incrementally increases for quaters above 1.
In Ubuntu I've accomplished very low brightness settings by manually changing integers in the configuration files. Is there something similar that I could do in OS X?
1 - This works for the volume the same way.
A: QuickShade, available on Mac App Store is a great very simple solution.
You can add keyboard shortcuts to it (I picked Fn + Option + F1/F2).
*
*QuickShade
A: Check out the app called Shades:
About Shades
Shades is a FREE utility for controlling the brightness of your screen. It runs in the background providing always-available fine-grained control over the brightness of your display via a slick Mac-like interface
Though all modern Apple laptops have brightness controls for dimming the screen in dark conditions, there are several situations where the built in controls are unsatisfactory. The granularity of control is rather coarse, and the minimum brightness setting still quite bright when working in pitch darkness.
Perhaps you need to use your machine in a darkroom, or like to work late at night without disturbing your partner who sleeps beside you?
Perhaps you need to dim the screen on a desktop machine, and the display you are using offers no such facility?
If this is the case for you, then try Shades.
Note: Shades may interfere with colour calibration software, and should not be used if colour accuracy is critical.
My iMac has a "fault" in that the lower I set the brightness, the noisier the screen buzzes, due to an issue with the capacitor that does the work. But using this app I can get the brightness down way further than using hardware controls on the backlight, and the buzzing is not introduced either. Double result!
It's also useful to use this tool for altering the brightness on external displays which do not respond to the brightness key controls.
A: No longer maintained nor available
A newcomer here is Desktop Dimmer, an open source project hosted on GitHub.
It is currently actively developped and provides slidebars for each of your monitor (internal and external):
I just tried it on El Capitan but it works only on one space per monitor (which can be a huge limitation).
According to its home page, it is compatible until Sierra.
A: My recommendation is a hitherto-little known gem, called ScreenShade.
There are several decent Mac software screen dimmers out there, of which I've found the ones whose dimming method is to apply an increasingly opaque black 'overlay' over the screen to be the most superior in appearance (providing much higher quality 'low blacks' than Shades which does its dimming via color profile/gamma level tweaking) and in doing so, also playing nice with famous color temperature regulating app, f.lux.
The best examples in this group, are Shady (whose development has been abandoned by its dev and has a no better rogue clone in the Mac App Store), ScreenDimmer, Screen Shade, and Work at Night. (N.b. these last two, confusingly appear to be clones, by the same dev on the Mac App Store.)
But if you're looking to more fully emulate the Mac's in-built hardware dimming in software, you're looking for an app that can have the dimming triggered via hotkeys, system-wide.
Annoyingly, none of the just-listed quality 'overlay method' apps actually provide keyboard shortcuts (at present).
So for all the above criteria AND having keyboard shortcuts, the only one I have found is the humble Softonic-hosted ScreenShade, est. 2008!
It's working on Yosemite 10.10 no problem, and has a decent little preferences window including even customisable support for multiple/secondary monitors! Its only drawback, is that the hotkeys' granularity in dimming up and down is a little less than one would ideally want (i.e. the jumps are fairly large), but this is a small concession given it at least provides hotkeys, and it does go down to very low levels (with fairly good clarity), all the same.
So until contenders like ScreenDimmer, Shady, or Screen Shade / Work at Night do anything about it, if you want something with hotkeys and simultaneous operation with f.lux (and to do it in software), this looks to be only app that can do it.
A: Many of these answers seem rather old, https://joshjon.github.io/nocturnal/ is one I've found that be up to date and also open source.
Features include dimming, night shift, and disabling the touch bar for the newer macs.
A: Another application for decreasing brightness is Shady. But like Shades, it just draws an overlay over the screen and doesn't actually turn down the backlight.
LCDs require a similar amount of energy to display bright and dark pixels, and some LCDs actually require slightly more energy to display dark pixels, so Shady and Shades might even increase energy use.
There is a small Objective-C utility (https://github.com/nriley/brightness/) for changing the brightness of displays, but it cannot set the brightess below the normal minimum value either.
A: Discovered a better solution by modifying system kexts that doesn't rely on 3rd party apps and actually lowers the actual lcd brightness levels.
DISCLAIMER: Modifying kexts has risks and can mess up your mac. I am not to be held responsible if your your OS breaks.
I used Xcode to change the data for my lcd panel in AppleBacklight.kext/Contents/Info.plist.
In my MacBook Pro 13" 2011, the panel data is in IOKitPersonalities > AppleIntelPanelA > ApplePanels. There is a string of hexadecimal values for each panel ID, e.g. my panel is 9cc5, which shows up as F10T9cc5 and the values are
<00110000 00210029 00340042 00530069 008700ac 00d30103 013e0187 01e20252 02de038f>. (Your panel ID can be found by going to System Preferences > Displays > Color > Open Profile > mmod).
The lowest brightness starts from the second pair of hex values (0021). In this example the second step is 0029 then 0034 and so forth, up to the max value of 0x38 (038f).
You can change that string to get a wider range of brightness, e.g.:
<00110000 00100015 00250034 00490060 008000ac 00d30103 013e0187 01e20252 02de0710>
After setting the values fix permissions and rebuild cache (you can use terminal or Disk Utility to Fix permissions and DCPIManager to rebuild cache).
Make sure to allow OSX to load the modified (unsigned) kext by entering this in Terminal:
sudo nvram boot-args=kext-dev-mode=1
Note: the 0710 at the end of the data is the maximum brightness
allowed by my HD3000, meaning my color control can go much darker and
brighter than stock. I also want to point out that the values are
given above are not linear at all, I'm too lazy to work on the steps
right now. But the idea is to get your desired minimum and maximum values
and enter the proper values in between if you want a smooth
transition.
A: If you are doing a lot of typing, and not working with photos or videos, etc you could always use the color reversal trick. Just press control+option+⌘+8, and all the colors on the screen will be totally reversed. No more white screen; black instead. Much easier on the eyes.
A: I'd like to call attention to the f.lux program, which basically decreases brightness as it gets "toward bedtime" by removing blue light from the monitor. It helped me be able to see my screen at night without as much pain, since just removing the blue light has a dimming effect, and it kicks in at bed time which is when I need/want it most.
You can also make it "dimmer" via flux menu -> preferences -> drag the top slider to the left more. It won't get totally black (kind of a washed out red'ish) but it will be dimmer which may be easier on the eyes, i.e. easy enough.
You can accomplish similar functionality using the built-in mac "night shift" option (preferences -> displays -> night shift tab) (though flux seems more customizable somehow, like it can make it darker).
I also did find a free one that works with only one monitor ("Brightness Slider" on the app store).
A: None of the apps got the screen totally black.
Neither id using the F1 Mac screen brightness.
But using BOTH DO!
Yea
A: I only know how to lower the brightness at its lowest by the way you already mentioned on your post and just like you, it's not enough. My alternative when I work late at night is an app called Candlelight and I fairly enjoy it! It's not a free app but it's just about $1 to help your eyesight on the long run!
A: The best one that I've found, after a lot of searching, is Brightness Control:
https://www.splasm.com/brightnesscontrol/index.html
It's really small, free, simple to use, and the only one that reduces the brightness of the mouse cursor.
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374d60bfd3e1af8faa89a070ba206a37c342af65 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to unload kernel modules When I run kextstat, it gives me a list of the currently loaded kernel modules. How to I go about using the information gathered from this command to unload a kernel module?
A: You can unload kernel modules with kextunload either specifying the whole path to the kernel extension as a parameter (they reside in /System/Library/Extensions/) or by specifying the bundle identifier displayed by kextstat, e.g. if you want to unload Fuse for OS X:
sudo kextunload -b com.github.osxfuse.filesystems.osxfusefs
You can then use kextload for loading extension in the same way.
Bonus hint: If you only want to see 3rd party kernel extensions that aren’t from Apple you can use inverse grep:
kextstat | grep -v com.apple
| Q: How to unload kernel modules When I run kextstat, it gives me a list of the currently loaded kernel modules. How to I go about using the information gathered from this command to unload a kernel module?
A: You can unload kernel modules with kextunload either specifying the whole path to the kernel extension as a parameter (they reside in /System/Library/Extensions/) or by specifying the bundle identifier displayed by kextstat, e.g. if you want to unload Fuse for OS X:
sudo kextunload -b com.github.osxfuse.filesystems.osxfusefs
You can then use kextload for loading extension in the same way.
Bonus hint: If you only want to see 3rd party kernel extensions that aren’t from Apple you can use inverse grep:
kextstat | grep -v com.apple
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77487c83929d6f186dafd2ea1c1a63470b6bd61c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to make Preview not open all previously opened files? Usually when I use Preview, it is when I see a .jpg or .png and I double click on the file to take a look at the file, but sometimes Preview will open up all the .pdf and .png I opened previously, possibly taking up a couple hundred of MB and opening 7 or 8 windows.
So it is a case I hope an app will not open all previously opened files. I know it can be done by clicking File, pressing Option, and then choosing Close All, but is there a way to tell an app not to open all previously open files such as for the case of Preview?
A: In addition to the other answers you an also use Option ⌥ + Command ⌘ + Q when you close preview instead of Command-Q which will ensure that it does not remember which files it had open.
| Q: Is there a way to make Preview not open all previously opened files? Usually when I use Preview, it is when I see a .jpg or .png and I double click on the file to take a look at the file, but sometimes Preview will open up all the .pdf and .png I opened previously, possibly taking up a couple hundred of MB and opening 7 or 8 windows.
So it is a case I hope an app will not open all previously opened files. I know it can be done by clicking File, pressing Option, and then choosing Close All, but is there a way to tell an app not to open all previously open files such as for the case of Preview?
A: In addition to the other answers you an also use Option ⌥ + Command ⌘ + Q when you close preview instead of Command-Q which will ensure that it does not remember which files it had open.
A: This is part of resume. A feature introduced with Lion.
Per default, windows are restored the next time you open the application. If you want to completly close all windows just one time, you can quit an application using ⌘+⌥+Q instead of the standard ⌘+Q to quit an application.
Undo resume for a specific application
Type the following command in the Terminal. Then restart the specific application.
In general the syntax is:
defaults write com."producer"."program-name" ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES
Thus, in your case (Preview.app) it is:
defaults write com.apple.Preview ApplePersistenceIgnoreState YES
If you prefer a graphical interface, you can use TinkerTool.
This application gives you access to additional preference settings and allows to activate hidden features in the operating system.
Undo resume for all applications
In order to disable this for all applications do this:
go to System Preferences->General->Restore windows when quitting...
A: One way is to use the old adage, leave it as you expect to find it!
If you have several windows open when you close it, then those windows will open next time. If you close the windows before you close the app, then next time you should have no windows.
So, if you are using Command ⌘ + Q to quit the app with open windows, try using Command ⌘ + W before doing so to closing the currently open windows.
Other than that you are just seeing the normal "resume" features at work.
A: If you want to DISABLE restore for a particular application, you can close all open documents for a program, quit the program, then go to ~/Library/Saved Application State/«app name», Get Info, and lock the folder.
This could work to preserve the state of "no windows open", or, as a bonus, you could use this to preserve any other window state that you always want to launch into.
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097d07072e143082584cfdfa5a66712d66189b6a | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Disable Mail notifications on a per account basis In the iOS Mail app I have two accounts configured.
It is possibile to have notifications (banner and sounds) turned on only for one of the two accounts, or the setting in Notification under Settings is global for all the accounts?
I'm using an iPhone 4 with the latest version of iOS 5.
A: You can't do that, but you can set the Mail account you don't need to be notified to only fetch new mail when you open the app.
Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data > Advanced and change the schedule to Manual.
| Q: Disable Mail notifications on a per account basis In the iOS Mail app I have two accounts configured.
It is possibile to have notifications (banner and sounds) turned on only for one of the two accounts, or the setting in Notification under Settings is global for all the accounts?
I'm using an iPhone 4 with the latest version of iOS 5.
A: You can't do that, but you can set the Mail account you don't need to be notified to only fetch new mail when you open the app.
Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data > Advanced and change the schedule to Manual.
A: This is possible with iOS 6. Under Settings → Notifications → Mail, notifications can be changed or disabled on a per-account basis.
Once you select the account: Choose notification settings - Notification Center and Alert Style (Off and None, I assume). Then choose "New Mail Sound". Select the New Mail Sound and Select the Vibration (None and None, I assume).
A: you can accomplish this by holding the power button until the red dot shows up. swipe it over to the side and the notification will be disabled. thanks
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02276fd8b6579c98df43ce3e2b1953274b9f77cf | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Move apps from one Apple ID to another I have two Apple IDs and would like to close one and move the apps from one to the other. Is this possible and how?
A: Sorry, the short answer is "No".
The longer answer is "No, you cannot do this, sorry".
And last, but not least, the official answer is sadly no.
Here's the relevant text from the FAQ linked above.
I have multiple Apple IDs. Is there a way for me to merge them into a single Apple ID?
Apple IDs cannot be merged. You should use your preferred Apple ID from now on, but you can still access your purchased items such as music, movies, or software using your other Apple IDs.
| Q: Move apps from one Apple ID to another I have two Apple IDs and would like to close one and move the apps from one to the other. Is this possible and how?
A: Sorry, the short answer is "No".
The longer answer is "No, you cannot do this, sorry".
And last, but not least, the official answer is sadly no.
Here's the relevant text from the FAQ linked above.
I have multiple Apple IDs. Is there a way for me to merge them into a single Apple ID?
Apple IDs cannot be merged. You should use your preferred Apple ID from now on, but you can still access your purchased items such as music, movies, or software using your other Apple IDs.
A: I suspect it goes like this:
You can change your iTunes account ID, and still use the apps you loaded with your original account. You may have to swap back to your original ID to update the apps you bought using it. This means you can aggregate apps from different iTunes accounts to one iPad, say.
You can have two ( or possibly more) iCloud accounts (mail, calendar, address book, notes, etc) on one iDevice. These will live side by side and you can view either only one account's data, or all of the accounts' data at the same time.
These two types of account are independent, so changing one will not change the other.
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70ee671c24906f615032b51647dfa60161b048fb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Does the "purge" command damage any thing in my system? I am using OS X 10.5.8 and in spite of having 5GB of RAM memory, I face a lot of inactive RAM, and go to the terminal and purge it via the "purge" command (of course without quotes).
I do this almost every two days, some application(s) is(are) probably not freeing up memory.
I would like to know if this command is harmfull/if it can "damage" anything in the system/in open applications?
A: No harm will come to your system through using the purge command. The purge command clears out pages which have been written to memory which the system thinks it may need again. Usage of purge can cause some applications to temporarily run slowly if resources need to be reloaded.
From the purge man page for Xcode 3.2.5:
DESCRIPTION
Purge can be used to approximate initial boot conditions with a cold disk buffer cache for performance analysis. It does not affect anonymous memory that has been allocated through malloc, vm_allocate, etc.
| Q: Does the "purge" command damage any thing in my system? I am using OS X 10.5.8 and in spite of having 5GB of RAM memory, I face a lot of inactive RAM, and go to the terminal and purge it via the "purge" command (of course without quotes).
I do this almost every two days, some application(s) is(are) probably not freeing up memory.
I would like to know if this command is harmfull/if it can "damage" anything in the system/in open applications?
A: No harm will come to your system through using the purge command. The purge command clears out pages which have been written to memory which the system thinks it may need again. Usage of purge can cause some applications to temporarily run slowly if resources need to be reloaded.
From the purge man page for Xcode 3.2.5:
DESCRIPTION
Purge can be used to approximate initial boot conditions with a cold disk buffer cache for performance analysis. It does not affect anonymous memory that has been allocated through malloc, vm_allocate, etc.
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92865f88ba485d30fcc06b3e361936853e28a34c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Any way to trigger Folder Action when adding file to any subfolder? I've created a Folder Action in Automator and applied it to a folder. But it only gets triggered when a file is added to the root of that folder, not to one of its subfolders.
Is there any way to get Folder Actions be trigger when changes occur in subfolders?
(And, no, I do not want to apply the Action to each subfolder; they are always changing, so I need it to be dynamic.)
A: You should take a look at an amazing app called Hazel, from Noodlesoft which will trigger even AppleScripts to folders.
| Q: Any way to trigger Folder Action when adding file to any subfolder? I've created a Folder Action in Automator and applied it to a folder. But it only gets triggered when a file is added to the root of that folder, not to one of its subfolders.
Is there any way to get Folder Actions be trigger when changes occur in subfolders?
(And, no, I do not want to apply the Action to each subfolder; they are always changing, so I need it to be dynamic.)
A: You should take a look at an amazing app called Hazel, from Noodlesoft which will trigger even AppleScripts to folders.
A: Without writing a full-blown Objective-C app, this is pretty difficult to do well.
I wrote something you might be able to use a while back. Just put it up on Github here. It's a Ruby script that you should be able to use as long as you're comfortable in a shell and text editor. No Ruby knowledge required.
It's a bit dumb, in the sense that it just runs a shell command when a change is detected in the watched folder (or subfolders). You can use that to call an Applescript though. Should be some way to do the same for Automator workflows.
However, if you depend on the input from the folder action (i.e. the files/folders that triggered the action), this won't work.
You could probably modify the Ruby script to catch the path of the files/folders triggering the event, and then pass that to an Applescript or Automator action, but I didn't need anything that complex, so I just hacked this together.
Good luck.
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d8afd9c90fb7823ba73c7a349d4a0b8e7cfebbfb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Problems connecting to WiFi Quite often my computer has trouble connecting to my home WiFi.
Sometimes once started, the computer does not find the WiFi on available networks. Sometimes it will find it, try to connect, then get "connection timeout" and WiFi disappears. Only way to fix it is shutdown and hope next time it will work.
During that time my iPhone is connected normally. This happens with both MBPs i got. Any suggestions as to what could cause this?
The router is d-link dsl-2640r
A: I had a similar problem.
In my case when I pulled down the airport icon it saw the connection, but would then not connect. Along the way to not connecting it would ask me to enter my password. Even after entering the proper password it would not connect.
I finally solved the problem by going in to /Application/Utilities/Keychain Access.app and deleting my home wifi's stored password.
The next time I connected - it asked for the password and from that point on it has connected just fine.
| Q: Problems connecting to WiFi Quite often my computer has trouble connecting to my home WiFi.
Sometimes once started, the computer does not find the WiFi on available networks. Sometimes it will find it, try to connect, then get "connection timeout" and WiFi disappears. Only way to fix it is shutdown and hope next time it will work.
During that time my iPhone is connected normally. This happens with both MBPs i got. Any suggestions as to what could cause this?
The router is d-link dsl-2640r
A: I had a similar problem.
In my case when I pulled down the airport icon it saw the connection, but would then not connect. Along the way to not connecting it would ask me to enter my password. Even after entering the proper password it would not connect.
I finally solved the problem by going in to /Application/Utilities/Keychain Access.app and deleting my home wifi's stored password.
The next time I connected - it asked for the password and from that point on it has connected just fine.
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ff23bef03757bacb0dff8307e0f0ccb24e6067c0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the difference in range between Airport Express and Extreme? Walking in to a Apple premium reseller's store today I was told that there is no difference range-wise between Express (the June 2012 model) and Extreme.
True story?
Where can I get more detailed specs on the models? Apple's site isn't exactly thorough…
A: The Wireless specs are the same.
The Features of each one, however, are not. Here's a few differences:
*
*Packaging (obviously)
*USB connection: On Express, only printers work. On Extreme, Printers and External HDDs.
*Airport Extreme is able to create two wireless networks (one regular, one guest). Apple site states it has a guest network.
*Airport Express has a P2 connector for AirPlay audio.
| Q: What's the difference in range between Airport Express and Extreme? Walking in to a Apple premium reseller's store today I was told that there is no difference range-wise between Express (the June 2012 model) and Extreme.
True story?
Where can I get more detailed specs on the models? Apple's site isn't exactly thorough…
A: The Wireless specs are the same.
The Features of each one, however, are not. Here's a few differences:
*
*Packaging (obviously)
*USB connection: On Express, only printers work. On Extreme, Printers and External HDDs.
*Airport Extreme is able to create two wireless networks (one regular, one guest). Apple site states it has a guest network.
*Airport Express has a P2 connector for AirPlay audio.
A: I can say there is not noticeable difference between the two when it comes to signal strength and wireless performance when transferring between two wireless devices.
But concerning the spec. there is one serious gotcha with the Express, it has no Gb Port. The WAN and LAN ports are both 10/100Mbps ports. This means that if you have a 300Mbps Wireless connection to the Airport Express your real access to the network will be limited by the wired connection.
This can have a negative impact on large file transfers and Time Machine backups.
The power supply of the Express is built-in while with the extreme you need to make room for the power supply where it will be installed.
Subjectively the Express seems to be slightly better at dispatching WiFi through the floor bellow it.
A: It is True, as the technical specs are the same.
With the old Express models, what really made the difference was that while those had to be plugged into the electrical socket, Extremes could be placed in a much higher level, widely increasing their range.
A: NO.
LAN ports of both Airport Express and Airport Extreme are the same in speed, 1GMbps.
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2c8f48a064459b3e9030190294895ebbfe00639e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Issue with Java in Mac OS X 10.7.4 I bought Mac Pro, I have been trapped with Java. I am a Unix and Windows user.
I've never faced these kind of issues before with Java. Previously, I had some issues with the Java path, which I asked here and that got resolved. After that, I upgraded to 10.7 from 10.6 and I lost Java.
I had installed Java several times after that, JDK 6 and JDK 7, both. But, neither works.
Even the java -version command does not work after installing.
When I am trying to download the dmg file from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1515 and trying to install, it says "Newer version already installed".
Is there a way, I can get it resolved?
Edit: Doing ls in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework gives me no output.
| Q: Issue with Java in Mac OS X 10.7.4 I bought Mac Pro, I have been trapped with Java. I am a Unix and Windows user.
I've never faced these kind of issues before with Java. Previously, I had some issues with the Java path, which I asked here and that got resolved. After that, I upgraded to 10.7 from 10.6 and I lost Java.
I had installed Java several times after that, JDK 6 and JDK 7, both. But, neither works.
Even the java -version command does not work after installing.
When I am trying to download the dmg file from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1515 and trying to install, it says "Newer version already installed".
Is there a way, I can get it resolved?
Edit: Doing ls in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework gives me no output.
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d979a9a217e1d552e7fc4421477f6309eaf36f5e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to login to a network account on a MacBook without network? I currently have a MacBook with Lion (fully updated), using the network account from a Lion Server (also fully updates) and I'm able to login to the network account just fine.
However, when I'm offline (away from my home network), I can't login to my account. How do I make the MacBook cache the network account login information for posterior offline use?
I'm able to login at home, put the mac to sleep and use it without any network, but if I reboot it for any reason, I'm locked out (only local accounts are "loggable").
A: According to this answer in the Apple Support Communities, I'm needed to create a mobile account on my server:
In Workgroup Manager, select your username in the list of users.
Click the Preferences button.
Click the Mobility button.
Turn it on using your desired settings.
Thanks to HopelessN00b for pointing me to the right direction.
| Q: How to login to a network account on a MacBook without network? I currently have a MacBook with Lion (fully updated), using the network account from a Lion Server (also fully updates) and I'm able to login to the network account just fine.
However, when I'm offline (away from my home network), I can't login to my account. How do I make the MacBook cache the network account login information for posterior offline use?
I'm able to login at home, put the mac to sleep and use it without any network, but if I reboot it for any reason, I'm locked out (only local accounts are "loggable").
A: According to this answer in the Apple Support Communities, I'm needed to create a mobile account on my server:
In Workgroup Manager, select your username in the list of users.
Click the Preferences button.
Click the Mobility button.
Turn it on using your desired settings.
Thanks to HopelessN00b for pointing me to the right direction.
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d4897155c79b5d57bd1b3faff3e7a11928aea13d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Fast and easy OS X app, to copy and paste and store and retrieve, code and text back fast? Sometimes when coding I use TextEdit to copy and paste some snippets in it, buts it's not efficient.
So I look for some personal recommendations for a fast easy OS X app to copy and paste and store and retrieve code / text back fast?
A: You can select snippets of text and drag them to the Desktop, thus creating a Text Clipping file that you can drag back to another app.
| Q: Fast and easy OS X app, to copy and paste and store and retrieve, code and text back fast? Sometimes when coding I use TextEdit to copy and paste some snippets in it, buts it's not efficient.
So I look for some personal recommendations for a fast easy OS X app to copy and paste and store and retrieve code / text back fast?
A: You can select snippets of text and drag them to the Desktop, thus creating a Text Clipping file that you can drag back to another app.
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44d13112ed60074fef335c05abecc625a91fb61d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How much GPU memory do iPhones and iPads have? I'm wondering how GPU memory works on the iPhone and iPad. After reading the Apple tech specs on the iPad 3 (http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/) it says the A5X is a system on a chip with a dual core CPU and quad core GPU. Do they share the same system RAM? How does the GPU do fast operations if it has to work in system RAM? I'm sure it's my lack of understanding of the system on a chip architecture that is confusing me, but if someone can chime in with their knowledge that would be helpful.
A: On the newer processors such as the A5X, A6 and A6X Apple has doubled the bandwidth to memory for the GPU to 128bit whereas the CPU still has 64 bit access.
| Q: How much GPU memory do iPhones and iPads have? I'm wondering how GPU memory works on the iPhone and iPad. After reading the Apple tech specs on the iPad 3 (http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/) it says the A5X is a system on a chip with a dual core CPU and quad core GPU. Do they share the same system RAM? How does the GPU do fast operations if it has to work in system RAM? I'm sure it's my lack of understanding of the system on a chip architecture that is confusing me, but if someone can chime in with their knowledge that would be helpful.
A: On the newer processors such as the A5X, A6 and A6X Apple has doubled the bandwidth to memory for the GPU to 128bit whereas the CPU still has 64 bit access.
A: iPhones/iPod Touches/iPads all have a Unified Memory Architecture which mean that both the CPU and GPU share system memory. There is no dedicated video memory on these devices.
The advantage is that you don't need to worry about running out of video memory for your textures or vertex data (your app will be terminated by iOS for using too much memory before that happens). The disadvantage is that you share the same memory bandwidth for gameplay and graphics. The more memory bandwidth you dedicate to graphics, the less you will have for gameplay and physics
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b194294ca0f2f4bd42d3dff376f1df10824a6b4f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Cycling through Spaces? Is there a way that when you cycle through the last Space, it cycles you back to the first one?
And, if you cycle backwards and get to the first space, have it cycle back to the last?
Right now, it stops as at the end and beginning, and I'd love to just keep on swiping to cycle.
A: The cycle functionality does not exist but when you arrive to the last one you can activate the shortcut to jump to the first one from Keyboard/Shortcuts in the System Preferences.
| Q: Cycling through Spaces? Is there a way that when you cycle through the last Space, it cycles you back to the first one?
And, if you cycle backwards and get to the first space, have it cycle back to the last?
Right now, it stops as at the end and beginning, and I'd love to just keep on swiping to cycle.
A: The cycle functionality does not exist but when you arrive to the last one you can activate the shortcut to jump to the first one from Keyboard/Shortcuts in the System Preferences.
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034b01186bbd2dd20eacc915f1518ad01db272b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Best offline maps for iOS 4.2.1 (iPod 2G) I have a jailbroken iPod touch 2G running iOS 4.2.1. I tried City Maps to go and oMaps. First on did not work, second one did not offer much functionality. Is there any other app that I can try?
EDIT: Lower version of City Maps to Go works on iOS 4.2.1!!!
A: There are multiple apps you can try:
*
*OpenMaps
*OfflineMaps
*MapsWithMe
*CityMaps 2 Go (not sure if this is the one you've mentioned in your opening post)
And there is a big discussion about saving Google Maps for offline use. So maybe there's a solution for you too?
| Q: Best offline maps for iOS 4.2.1 (iPod 2G) I have a jailbroken iPod touch 2G running iOS 4.2.1. I tried City Maps to go and oMaps. First on did not work, second one did not offer much functionality. Is there any other app that I can try?
EDIT: Lower version of City Maps to Go works on iOS 4.2.1!!!
A: There are multiple apps you can try:
*
*OpenMaps
*OfflineMaps
*MapsWithMe
*CityMaps 2 Go (not sure if this is the one you've mentioned in your opening post)
And there is a big discussion about saving Google Maps for offline use. So maybe there's a solution for you too?
A: I would recommend:
Offline+Maps
Offline+Maps is the perfect tool to save maps and consult them offline.
or
City maps 2 Go
Interactive offline map PLUS Wikipedia travel guides for the whole world. INCLUDING unlimited map downloads. 100% offline. No data roaming or WiFi required. The most downloaded app of its kind. Ideal for trips abroad and at home.
A: I would recommend MotionX GPS - AppStore says it will run on iOS 4.0 but
I've never tried it myself on anything less than an iPhone 3GS.
A: I use MapsWithMe paid version. Although the app doesn't provide navigation, it's quite useful alternative to paper maps. Allows using maps offline, search for POIs and bookmark places. And the main advantage for me is the simplicity and fast work.
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597df51c3db94ea96c787e93e553d5ba97078c29 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: My computer name keeps changing when I plug it into a Thunderbolt display Every day I come into the office and plug my mac into my Thunderbolt display. It says the name "yourcomputer" is in use and renames it "yourcomputer-2" (or -3 or -4 ...). How do I make it stop?
A: Try making your hostname permanent by typing this command into the Terminal:
sudo scutil --set HostName yourcomputer
My hostname kept changing when I connected to the network because the router was broadcasting a different hostname, and this fixed it.
| Q: My computer name keeps changing when I plug it into a Thunderbolt display Every day I come into the office and plug my mac into my Thunderbolt display. It says the name "yourcomputer" is in use and renames it "yourcomputer-2" (or -3 or -4 ...). How do I make it stop?
A: Try making your hostname permanent by typing this command into the Terminal:
sudo scutil --set HostName yourcomputer
My hostname kept changing when I connected to the network because the router was broadcasting a different hostname, and this fixed it.
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5c51416e39da644edf66167d7a90f63a08084863 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Screen brightness decreases when I middle-click I have a logitech wireless mouse hooked up to a macbook pro running 10.7. Whenever I middle-click the mouse button, the laptop's display brightness decreases. It behaves just as if I had pressed the F1 key. The middle-click still works in applications (e.g. Firefox opens a new tab), it just has this annoying side-effect. How can I correct this behavior?
A: What you need to do is change the key mappings on your mouse. What this does is tells your computer what to do when you press key X.
For Mac…
MapKeyboard is a free program to remap your keyboard. Using MapKeyboard, you can alter any key on your keyboard to function as a different one or altogether disable it as well. This is an essential tool for laptop users and other people with keyboards whose keys differ from the standard 101 keyboard layout.
For Windows…
SetPoint Software
Logitech SetPoint™ software lets you customize your mouse buttons, keyboard F-keys, and hot keys. Use SetPoint to control tracking speeds and configure other device-specific settings. It can also notify you of our device’s battery status, and whether Caps Lock and Num Lock are on.
| Q: Screen brightness decreases when I middle-click I have a logitech wireless mouse hooked up to a macbook pro running 10.7. Whenever I middle-click the mouse button, the laptop's display brightness decreases. It behaves just as if I had pressed the F1 key. The middle-click still works in applications (e.g. Firefox opens a new tab), it just has this annoying side-effect. How can I correct this behavior?
A: What you need to do is change the key mappings on your mouse. What this does is tells your computer what to do when you press key X.
For Mac…
MapKeyboard is a free program to remap your keyboard. Using MapKeyboard, you can alter any key on your keyboard to function as a different one or altogether disable it as well. This is an essential tool for laptop users and other people with keyboards whose keys differ from the standard 101 keyboard layout.
For Windows…
SetPoint Software
Logitech SetPoint™ software lets you customize your mouse buttons, keyboard F-keys, and hot keys. Use SetPoint to control tracking speeds and configure other device-specific settings. It can also notify you of our device’s battery status, and whether Caps Lock and Num Lock are on.
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27f05da6cd8c580da1978756748f39d0bf818479 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do Apple Geniuses check if computers are "lost" with iCloud's Find My Mac before performing firmware password resets? Firmware password protection1 is nice, but would the Genius Bar actually mind my "lost" status noted online if my computer ends up in a store to reset the firmware password (which is the easiest method to reset it)? Do they match the serial this way?
A: I doubt it, and even if they did, you should not rely on it.
I assume you are concerned about the case where your laptop gets stolen; you want to protect your data. In that regard, the firmware password is utterly useless, the thief could just pull the drive out and access your data anyway.
I suggest you look into something like FileVault 2 instead.
| Q: Do Apple Geniuses check if computers are "lost" with iCloud's Find My Mac before performing firmware password resets? Firmware password protection1 is nice, but would the Genius Bar actually mind my "lost" status noted online if my computer ends up in a store to reset the firmware password (which is the easiest method to reset it)? Do they match the serial this way?
A: I doubt it, and even if they did, you should not rely on it.
I assume you are concerned about the case where your laptop gets stolen; you want to protect your data. In that regard, the firmware password is utterly useless, the thief could just pull the drive out and access your data anyway.
I suggest you look into something like FileVault 2 instead.
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85ce272fa4c56b1b1a1bc4918528eb4b86da4969 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I empty my Camera Roll from my iPhone? I don't want to save anything—just wipe out the Roll like one would reformat a digital camera's memory card. Is there any easy non-computer route? If there aren't any system settings, do any apps do this?
Assume I have too many to delete individually (1,000+).
A: I'm afraid there isn't an easy way to do so. As far as I know, there is no app which can do what you want... So I've come up with two alternative solutions.
The most easy one is to connect your iPhone to your Mac, launch Image Capture (which comes by default on your Mac), select all the photos and delete them. Here is a tutorial how to do so.
You can do this on your iPhone as well, without a Mac, but you'll have to do it manually. Which isn't a grateful job if you've got over a 1,000 photos...
Open the camera app, hit the upper-right icon (share), tap all the photos you want to delete (they are marked with a red check-icon) and then hit delete.
| Q: How can I empty my Camera Roll from my iPhone? I don't want to save anything—just wipe out the Roll like one would reformat a digital camera's memory card. Is there any easy non-computer route? If there aren't any system settings, do any apps do this?
Assume I have too many to delete individually (1,000+).
A: I'm afraid there isn't an easy way to do so. As far as I know, there is no app which can do what you want... So I've come up with two alternative solutions.
The most easy one is to connect your iPhone to your Mac, launch Image Capture (which comes by default on your Mac), select all the photos and delete them. Here is a tutorial how to do so.
You can do this on your iPhone as well, without a Mac, but you'll have to do it manually. Which isn't a grateful job if you've got over a 1,000 photos...
Open the camera app, hit the upper-right icon (share), tap all the photos you want to delete (they are marked with a red check-icon) and then hit delete.
A: There is no feature to do this with one tap. With the advent of iCloud photos, you could conceivably enroll in that to convert the camera roll into cloud backed storage and once that processing is done, sign out of iCloud / disable photos on that device.
To start, make a backup of your phone (just in case iCloud fails you) and then open the settings app. Go to iCloud and then tap on Photos. Enable iCloud Photo Library and then connect to a fast WiFi network to allow all the photos to be removed from the camera roll.
It's not going to be faster than connecting to a computer in 99% of the time, but for the stated goal of doing it all without a computer, it's now possible.
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1a0185ae228d87f837a4faff58e91b422ccab049 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Go to beginning of text field in Mac. What's the keyboard combination to use to go to the very beginning of a text field?
Tried Fn+Up and it scrolls the document up but doesn't move the cursor.
A: Command+Up or Command+Left will take you to the beginning of the text field, while Command+Down or Command+Right will take you to the end of it.
| Q: Go to beginning of text field in Mac. What's the keyboard combination to use to go to the very beginning of a text field?
Tried Fn+Up and it scrolls the document up but doesn't move the cursor.
A: Command+Up or Command+Left will take you to the beginning of the text field, while Command+Down or Command+Right will take you to the end of it.
A: Use Ctrl + A to move to the beginning of the text field, and Ctrl + E to move to the end. This works in all Cocoa-based apps.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55055"
} |
ec016d38c27ef620f138a6889073d93e5395555f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Don't show a particular user account on the login page I created a new user account that I needed for a specific program, but it doesn't represent a regular user. How do I prevent this user from showing up as an option on the login page?
A: Both in 10.7 and 10.6 you will need their shortname then just run this command in Terminal.app
$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add user1 user2 user3
To remove them from the hidden user list:
$ sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList
| Q: Don't show a particular user account on the login page I created a new user account that I needed for a specific program, but it doesn't represent a regular user. How do I prevent this user from showing up as an option on the login page?
A: Both in 10.7 and 10.6 you will need their shortname then just run this command in Terminal.app
$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add user1 user2 user3
To remove them from the hidden user list:
$ sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55056"
} |
222fe08eb1faa4ec9578757785c97a2975b3fd7c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I sync iPad to iTunes without losing iCloud stuff I have an iPad that has never been synced, It was just set up with an iCloud account originally. I now want to sync it to my laptop to get my photo albums on it, but when I plug it into itunes I am given the option to restore from a backup (taken from my iPhone, so I don't want that) or to set up as a new iPad (I also don't want that, because it sounds like it will wipe the contents (any iCloud data and any apps, etc.).
How do I go about syncing it to this computer without wiping it?
A: Setting up the iPad as new on iTunes will not wipe your data. Just make sure if you have an older version of iTunes to uncheck "automatically sync apps". Once you go through that step, click on the photos tab and select the albums you would like to sync from your computer.
| Q: How do I sync iPad to iTunes without losing iCloud stuff I have an iPad that has never been synced, It was just set up with an iCloud account originally. I now want to sync it to my laptop to get my photo albums on it, but when I plug it into itunes I am given the option to restore from a backup (taken from my iPhone, so I don't want that) or to set up as a new iPad (I also don't want that, because it sounds like it will wipe the contents (any iCloud data and any apps, etc.).
How do I go about syncing it to this computer without wiping it?
A: Setting up the iPad as new on iTunes will not wipe your data. Just make sure if you have an older version of iTunes to uncheck "automatically sync apps". Once you go through that step, click on the photos tab and select the albums you would like to sync from your computer.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55061"
} |
6d5881bb3db2104f50ea0d467f6aa717565f1cb9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Shortcuts to label files in Finder
Are there any shortcuts to label a file in Finder?
The fastest way i know is to place an icon in the menubar, but it would be much better when i can do it with the keyboard.
A: You could make your owns, creating an Application with Automator and then assigning a Shortcut to it.
To create the Aplication just:
*
*Go to /Aplications/Automator and create a new Work Flow.
*Select Get Selected Finder Items.
*Then select Label Finder Items, and choose the color you want to label with.
*Save as Aplication.
Now, you could assign a shortcut to it with an application such as QuickSilver, for instance.
You could, too, create a Service in Automator, which, as Daniel points out, can get a shortcut assigned directly. This post, shows you how.
| Q: Shortcuts to label files in Finder
Are there any shortcuts to label a file in Finder?
The fastest way i know is to place an icon in the menubar, but it would be much better when i can do it with the keyboard.
A: You could make your owns, creating an Application with Automator and then assigning a Shortcut to it.
To create the Aplication just:
*
*Go to /Aplications/Automator and create a new Work Flow.
*Select Get Selected Finder Items.
*Then select Label Finder Items, and choose the color you want to label with.
*Save as Aplication.
Now, you could assign a shortcut to it with an application such as QuickSilver, for instance.
You could, too, create a Service in Automator, which, as Daniel points out, can get a shortcut assigned directly. This post, shows you how.
A: I had assigned shortcuts to scripts like this in FastScripts, but I stopped using them because getting the selection does not work reliably in 10.7 or 10.8.
try
tell application "Finder"
repeat with f in items of (get selection as alias list)
try
set label index of f to item 1 of {2, 1, 3, 6, 4, 5, 7}
end try
end repeat
end tell
end try
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55064"
} |
bf6feb29d89cc213af6c70273aa87d941fe8e248 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What format does Apple Mail store its emails in? We're trying to convert a user's email mailbox from Apple Mail to Outlook 2010.
We copied the files off the mac, and they are mostly directories that end in .mbox and contain a folder called Messages containing .emlx files.
The .mbox extension on the folders initially made me think that these messages were in the mbox format, but after some research I found that the mbox format is actually a single file, so that rules out it being in that format.
A: You can find a description of the format based on an reengineering effort here:
It has three parts:
*
*The length of part 2, in bytes
*The message itself
*Message metadata (XML Property List)
| Q: What format does Apple Mail store its emails in? We're trying to convert a user's email mailbox from Apple Mail to Outlook 2010.
We copied the files off the mac, and they are mostly directories that end in .mbox and contain a folder called Messages containing .emlx files.
The .mbox extension on the folders initially made me think that these messages were in the mbox format, but after some research I found that the mbox format is actually a single file, so that rules out it being in that format.
A: You can find a description of the format based on an reengineering effort here:
It has three parts:
*
*The length of part 2, in bytes
*The message itself
*Message metadata (XML Property List)
A: There was a question on Stack Overflow where the answer linked to a program to convert to mbox format.
It appears to be proprietary and therefore not well documented in the public domain.
A: The vengefulcow site's code is nice, but needs a slight modification if you're messing with newer OSX mail.app versions and imap mailboxes, here's a unified diff:
$ diff -u emlx2mbox/emlx2mbox.rb emlx2mbox-works/emlx2mbox.rb
--- emlx2mbox/emlx2mbox.rb 2006-12-13 12:02:41.000000000 -0500
+++ emlx2mbox-works/emlx2mbox.rb 2014-02-16 01:28:38.775293976 -0500
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
# Compile messages in mbox directories.
mbox_dirs = Dir.entries(source_dir).find_all do |entry|
File.directory?("#{source_dir}/#{entry}") and
- (entry[-5..-1] == ".mbox")
+ (entry[-9..-1] == ".imapmbox")
end #find_all
mbox_dirs.each do |dir|
if File.directory?("#{source_dir}/#{dir}/Messages")
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
subdirs = Dir.entries(source_dir).find_all do |entry|
File.directory?("#{source_dir}/#{entry}") and
entry[0, 1] != "." and
- entry[-5..-1] != ".mbox"
+ entry[-9..-1] != ".imapmbox"
end #do
subdirs.each do |dir|
self.convert_mailboxes("#{source_dir}/#{dir}", "#{dest_dir}/#{dir}")
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75999eadf0329636019a02ab7a380345dd2838b2 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does Google Chrome require a Force Quit when Restarting OS X I am very rarely able to close Google Chrome on my Macbook Pro without force quitting the application. Is there a way to detect why this is happening?
A: *
*What Extensions do you have installed in Google Chrome?
*Check for updates for Google Chrome - By going to Help > About Google Chrome, and the application will automatically check for updates.
If none of the above work, remove Google Chrome and re-install it (check or any saved passwords etc., before removing Google Chrome).
| Q: Why does Google Chrome require a Force Quit when Restarting OS X I am very rarely able to close Google Chrome on my Macbook Pro without force quitting the application. Is there a way to detect why this is happening?
A: *
*What Extensions do you have installed in Google Chrome?
*Check for updates for Google Chrome - By going to Help > About Google Chrome, and the application will automatically check for updates.
If none of the above work, remove Google Chrome and re-install it (check or any saved passwords etc., before removing Google Chrome).
A: Yes try checking in the Console application logs for a crash reporter log for Google Chrome.
Additionally I would try pulling the Preference files relating to Google Chrome to verify if there is a problem with corrupt preferences that Chrome is having trouble with.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55089"
} |
d3f46c9559b1797c2646b95bb2d35477ed28c660 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Concern with location sevices on previously owned iPad I bought an iPad off of Craigslist, I wiped it clean and set it up as my own. Is there any way that the previous owner can view my location? Either with MobileMe or find my iPad?
A: No. Since you (presumably) set up your account on the device, they no longer have control over it via Find My iPad.
| Q: Concern with location sevices on previously owned iPad I bought an iPad off of Craigslist, I wiped it clean and set it up as my own. Is there any way that the previous owner can view my location? Either with MobileMe or find my iPad?
A: No. Since you (presumably) set up your account on the device, they no longer have control over it via Find My iPad.
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"timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00",
"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55095"
} |
a2dc45d035753d99158283e0abd309cecc27ea7f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Transferring contacts from iCloud to Android I have a Samsung Android phone and need to transfer my iCloud contacts to that phone. How do I accomplish this?
A: You can use the app SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts to accomplish that. The app will just add another standard sync account in Android under System settings > Accounts & sync where you can login with your Apple ID:
After you've setup the new account all your iCloud contacts will be synced down to the Android device and appear in the People app. Moreover, it's a full two-way sync so you can edit your iCloud contacts from your Android phone and the changes will get pushed to iCloud and your iDevices immediately.
| Q: Transferring contacts from iCloud to Android I have a Samsung Android phone and need to transfer my iCloud contacts to that phone. How do I accomplish this?
A: You can use the app SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts to accomplish that. The app will just add another standard sync account in Android under System settings > Accounts & sync where you can login with your Apple ID:
After you've setup the new account all your iCloud contacts will be synced down to the Android device and appear in the People app. Moreover, it's a full two-way sync so you can edit your iCloud contacts from your Android phone and the changes will get pushed to iCloud and your iDevices immediately.
A: Simple and no need for additional apps:
*
*Export of your iCloud contacts to your computer in vCard form.
*Connect your Android to your computer and once it appears as a device, go to your Android "Storage"
*Drag and drop the vCard file containing all your iCloud contacts to your Android Storage
*On your Android, go to your Contacts app, tap the "Menu" and tap on "Import/Export > Import from USB storage > Import all vCard files". Your iCloud contacts are imported to your Android
A: You can use the Google Drive app to perform a backup of your iOS device. Your contacts will be added to Google Contacts when you perform the backup.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55098"
} |
05cf5e0a420c556c3938583a5d0574b09dd6c378 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Recovering iWork from backup I recently changed my MBP 13" 2009 to the newer MBP 13" 2012.
I decided not to recover from Time Machine and install everything manually as to make a clean start.
Although I do not have my iWork '09 disk with me. Is there a way to
recover it from the backups? Simply copying the application does not
work.
Also I am not able to download it from App Store, because I bought it from a retail store and not online.
A: You also need to recover library files:
/Library/Application Support/iWork'09
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork09.installer.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork09.plist
In my case, this was the minimum requirement to get Keynote starting again.
Additionally, you might want to recover user-specific files from your user directory:
~/Library/Application Support/iWork
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork.*
| Q: Recovering iWork from backup I recently changed my MBP 13" 2009 to the newer MBP 13" 2012.
I decided not to recover from Time Machine and install everything manually as to make a clean start.
Although I do not have my iWork '09 disk with me. Is there a way to
recover it from the backups? Simply copying the application does not
work.
Also I am not able to download it from App Store, because I bought it from a retail store and not online.
A: You also need to recover library files:
/Library/Application Support/iWork'09
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork09.installer.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork09.plist
In my case, this was the minimum requirement to get Keynote starting again.
Additionally, you might want to recover user-specific files from your user directory:
~/Library/Application Support/iWork
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork.*
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55107"
} |
adc6adc7772838b2a87418aa6d486f709e3f0c87 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to delete leftover files from aborted migrations? I recently got a new MacBook Air and used Migration Assistant (henceforth abbreviated as MA) to transfer my stuff from my old MacBook Pro. However, until MA actually worked all the way, I had to abort it and restart both machines three times. This resulted in around 50GB of wasted space in my new macbook (but no extraneous user accounts, as I read elsewhere) that I don't know how to eliminate. I assume there are some cache files that MA creates & uses until the entire migration is complete.
Where can I find these files, to delete the leftover ones from the incomplete migrations?
A: For me it was in /var/folders/zz/, but all you need to do to reclaim space is reboot your computer and it gets deleted automagically for you.
| Q: How to delete leftover files from aborted migrations? I recently got a new MacBook Air and used Migration Assistant (henceforth abbreviated as MA) to transfer my stuff from my old MacBook Pro. However, until MA actually worked all the way, I had to abort it and restart both machines three times. This resulted in around 50GB of wasted space in my new macbook (but no extraneous user accounts, as I read elsewhere) that I don't know how to eliminate. I assume there are some cache files that MA creates & uses until the entire migration is complete.
Where can I find these files, to delete the leftover ones from the incomplete migrations?
A: For me it was in /var/folders/zz/, but all you need to do to reclaim space is reboot your computer and it gets deleted automagically for you.
A: You could use OmniDiskSweeper (free to download and use) to search for and remove big folders. To find the problematic area fast, run it in parallel on both your macs (to see the differences) and start at the top level.
If you don't want to install additional software, you can start by running du -sg /* on both Macs, drilling down into the directories with the biggest difference and repeating du until you found the problematic files.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55135"
} |
b07d6fdd70ccbccc588deec0e699023567aafb01 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Where does Transmit 4 store temporary downloaded files? If you have two remote locations in Transmit 4, say an S3 and an FTP location, and you move a file between these two locations, Transmit will automatically download that file, and then upload it.
Where does Transmit 4 store these temporary files?
A: The opensnoop program is remarkably useful, but to answer the actual question in case somebody is in a quick bind, for Transmit 4 the location of the temporary files is:
/Volumes/<Macintosh HD>/Users/<current user>/Library/Caches/Cleanup At Startup/Transmit/server-to-server-B18AC7A9-81C6-4AAD-8F2C-6CD70E65D7FD/data-file-being-transferred
Transmit appears to clean up after itself within a second or two of the upload completing. The name and path of the folder implies to me that the system might clean it up if Transmit doesn't get the chance.
Update 26th July 2018:
Latest version (5.1.5) appears to store a file at a time in:
/Volumes/<Macintosh HD>/Users/<current user>/Library/Caches/Transmit/[UUID]/<host server>/path/to/file
The files are cleaned up more or less immediately after uploading to the destination server (afaict) but the subdirectories seem to stick around for some period of time (such that I now have ~600 files in the Caches/Transmit directory. Perhaps this is used for some logging or history, etc.
| Q: Where does Transmit 4 store temporary downloaded files? If you have two remote locations in Transmit 4, say an S3 and an FTP location, and you move a file between these two locations, Transmit will automatically download that file, and then upload it.
Where does Transmit 4 store these temporary files?
A: The opensnoop program is remarkably useful, but to answer the actual question in case somebody is in a quick bind, for Transmit 4 the location of the temporary files is:
/Volumes/<Macintosh HD>/Users/<current user>/Library/Caches/Cleanup At Startup/Transmit/server-to-server-B18AC7A9-81C6-4AAD-8F2C-6CD70E65D7FD/data-file-being-transferred
Transmit appears to clean up after itself within a second or two of the upload completing. The name and path of the folder implies to me that the system might clean it up if Transmit doesn't get the chance.
Update 26th July 2018:
Latest version (5.1.5) appears to store a file at a time in:
/Volumes/<Macintosh HD>/Users/<current user>/Library/Caches/Transmit/[UUID]/<host server>/path/to/file
The files are cleaned up more or less immediately after uploading to the destination server (afaict) but the subdirectories seem to stick around for some period of time (such that I now have ~600 files in the Caches/Transmit directory. Perhaps this is used for some logging or history, etc.
A: You can find this out by yourself:
*
*Start Transmit
*Execute sudo opensnoop -n Transmit in Terminal
*Initiate transfer from S3 to FTP
This will list all created/opened files, it shouldn't be difficult to identify the temporary files.
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"url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55139"
} |
91ac6914ec305a08e40f187738a93c4412e8c5b4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an easy way to clear/empty the clipboard? I would like to find a combination of keys to clear the contents of the clipboard or better yet an application that can configure a timer to clear it automatically one minute after last paste operation.
A: Yes, you have a choice of three built in methods for clearing the clipboard.
AppleScript/Automator are two simple methods for programmatically manipulating the clipboard.
Here's a little script that does what you want.
tell application "System Events"
try
set the clipboard to ""
on error err_message
display dialog err_message
end try
end tell
Also, Automator allows the same. You'll need to define a variable, double click on the name text to set it to null, and then drag in the set clipboard action before running / saving it. The benefit of using automator is that you can assign it as a service and then use system keyboard shortcuts to call it.
For AppleScript or one of the nice terminal answers here that use pbpaste you might want to look at a free tool like FastScripts to launch the action from anywhere.
| Q: Is there an easy way to clear/empty the clipboard? I would like to find a combination of keys to clear the contents of the clipboard or better yet an application that can configure a timer to clear it automatically one minute after last paste operation.
A: Yes, you have a choice of three built in methods for clearing the clipboard.
AppleScript/Automator are two simple methods for programmatically manipulating the clipboard.
Here's a little script that does what you want.
tell application "System Events"
try
set the clipboard to ""
on error err_message
display dialog err_message
end try
end tell
Also, Automator allows the same. You'll need to define a variable, double click on the name text to set it to null, and then drag in the set clipboard action before running / saving it. The benefit of using automator is that you can assign it as a service and then use system keyboard shortcuts to call it.
For AppleScript or one of the nice terminal answers here that use pbpaste you might want to look at a free tool like FastScripts to launch the action from anywhere.
A: This terminal command replaces the clipboard with an empty string:
echo -n '' | pbcopy
You could put this in a script, then use cron or make a launchdaemon to automate the execution and timing.
Credit for the solution goes to: ShadowOfGed @ Applenova Fora
A: https://langui.net/clear-clipboard/
Clear Clipboard allows you to clear the clipboard content manually or
automatically, preventing your clipboard data from being peeped while
you are absent.
You can chose to clear the clipboard content every few seconds and
enable clearing clipboard on computer sleep / display sleep / screen
lock to maximize protection of your sensitive clipboard data.
A: To set a combination of keys to clear the clipboard, you can create a Service using Automator.
Your service will have a single action, Run Shell Script
The shell script you will use is this:
pbcopy </dev/null
Then save the service and assign it a keystroke using System Preferences » Keyboard » Keyboard Shortcuts » Services.
The challenge of an application that automatically clears the clipboard one minute after the last paste operation is that said application would have to monitor all the copy and paste events across all applications; presumably you would want the action cancelled if you pasted and then copied new text (you wouldn't want to clear the new content from the clipboard one minute after the last paste of the previous clipboard contents). Such a program could be written, but implementing it with AppleScript or Automator would be a challenge.
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