macOS Sierra and QNAP SMB share - Disk does not support Time Machine backups. (error 45) Quote from macOS Sierra: Disks you can use with Time Machine

  If your backup disk is on a network, the network server can use Server
  Message Block (SMB) file sharing. Your Mac must be connected to the
  SMB server when you set up Time Machine. After you select the network
  disk in Time Machine preferences, Time Machine automatically connects
  to the disk when it’s time to back up or restore your data.

> sudo tmutil setdestination "/Volumes/$NAME/"
Password:
/Volumes/$NAME: Disk does not support Time Machine backups. (error 45)
The backup destination could not be set.

I use QNAP TS-251 with latest firmware. The SMB share is working fine with Finder.

Any idea? I don't wish to use AFP.

I followed the instructions How do I set up Time Machine backups between my Mac and NAS on a domain via the SMB protocol?. When mounted as SMB it doesn't work, but with AFP it works.


My app is showing install size instead of download size in App Store My uploaded iOS app is showing 28.3 MB size in the App Store app on an iPhone 5s. As per the Estimated App Store file size from iTunes Connect, my app size will be as shown in the image.

My concern is that it is showing the install size (28.4 MB, the amount of disk space that the app will take on the customer's device) in the App Store app on the iPhone 5s.

I think it should be Download Size instead of Install Size. Is anything wrong with the size showing in the App Store? Or is it so?

The App Store shows the install size because this is the amount of storage space the user requires on the device once the app is installed. The download size is rarely useful. There is nothing you can do to change what is shown on the App Store page.

This is due to download size for different device is variant . So before build for appstore check that you are build for universal ipa.


iCloud Photo Library fills entire phone with remaining storage in 'System' Help! For the past year, it seems that enabling the "iCloud Photo Library" feature on my phone causes the entire phone's storage to fill with "System".

I've checked the Storage summary and Photos is currently using 278.2 MB.
Scrolling all the way down shows System as using 15.13 GB.

Nothing helps with clearing this storage other than restoring my phone. The second I enable 'iCloud Photo Library' the entire phone's remaining storage begins to fill-up.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Any ideas on how to fix this?

In Settings > Photos > Turn on Optimize iPhone Storage. This should prevent full resolution photos from being stored on your device and should remove content from local storage when your device fills up.

It feels like they collecting your metadata then upload it to their servers if you don’t have a good WiFi connection or only mobile it’s harder to upload so they keep it on your phone if you connect it to iTunes your metadata will be able to upload faster also with the developing new technology of metadata collection there’s probably a huge bottle neck so you have to affect the priority mechanism somehow


How can I run Windows applications on a MacBook Pro? I have a friend that wants to buy a Mac Book Pro and he has some windows applications that he needs to run. He doesn't want to buy the applications again.

Can he run the Windows applications on his MacBook Pro? What ways to accomplish this are available?

You have three choices. They all come with pros and cons

Run a Virtual Machine

You have VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop in the commercial space to chose from when it comes to virtualization software. And if you're comfortable tweaking and fiddling you can use VirtualBox for free.

Pros:

Near native speeds for your applications
Your OS X-based data can be accessed from your Windows programs
Can pick between running them in a full Windows desktop-in-a-Window or in integrated mode where the Window apps appear as windowed apps right in your OS X desktop
Decent support in the commercial offerings at least for graphics acceleration so you can run some graphics intensive programs
You get a bunch of neat things with virtual machines including the ability to pause applications mid-run and snapshot the state of your virtual machine

Cons:

You have to buy a copy of the Windows operating system
The Windows OS installation will take up a lot of space on your hard drive, plus the Windows application space
If your Mac is older, doesn't have much RAM, the VM approach can drag down your system a bit but most, if not all, new Macs can handle VM hosting duties without much of any issue

Run Wine

Wine is a translation layer for Windows applications. It's a bit like a virtual machine but doesn't require the Windows OS. It sits between the Windows application and OS X and makes the application think it's running on Windows by translating all the Windows calls its making to OS X calls.

There are two choices of know of here. The free WineBottler and the paid-for CrossOver Mac from CodeWeavers.

Some commercial software is delivered for OS X this way -- I know The Sims 3 game that my wife likes to play on her MacBook Pro is actually the Windows version of the game running under the Wine emulator.

Pros:

You don't need to buy a copy of Windows
Your OS X-based data can be accessed from your Window programs

Cons:

Application support under Wine can be hit-and-miss. Some apps work well, some don't. Check at http://appdb.winehq.org/ to see if your applications are on the list of tested, supported applications if you're going to try WineBottler. CodeWeavers keeps their own list.
Because the Windows applications think they're running on Windows, and not everything Windows does translates perfectly to OS X, some applications can behave erratically.

Run Windows Native with BootCamp

Windows can actually be installed your Apple hardware directly and usually runs just fine. Apple even provides a utility called BootCamp that lets you keep a Windows and OS X installation available to your Mac and pick which OS to boot in to when you start up your machine.

Pros:

That's the fastest you can get for Windows apps on Apple hardware. It's the OS running on bare metal. If you need every last little bit of performance for your applications, this will be your best bet.
Your Windows partition stays separate from your OS X partition so changes to one rarely impact the other

Cons:

You have to buy a copy of the Windows operating system
Moving data between the Windows side to the OS X side is hard and in some cases impossible, for the most part the OS'es and their programs are completely silo'ed

Have you heard of software called Parallels Desktop?  http://parallels.com
It has some great features; not just not having to reboot your computer every time you switch from to Mac to Windows or vice versa but also being able to use so many programs with speed and efficiency, being able to access your document created in Windows from your Mac without any hassle and also sync Mac browsers such as Safari bookmarks with Windows browser bookmarks.


How to prevent Matlab from GPU switching? MATLAB 2014a always uses the discrete GPU only, which is not necessary. (2013a didn't do this, therefore I think there might be an easy solution.)

How could I prevent this? I tried setting the NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching flag in Info.plist, but this didn't help.

I don't want to force it using gfxcardstatus as I often work with an external monitor.

Disable automatic graphics switching in the Energy Preferences Panel of System Preferences. This will force your MBP to only use the dedicated GPU, not the discrete GPU.


Reusing iMac Fusion Drive as external drive The logic board of my iMac 27" Retina broke and I find it impossible to get a new one in the country where I'm living in.

I wonder if it's possible to access the data in the Fusion hard drive,
 connecting both SSD+HDD as external drives in another Mac OSX system.

Some people say it's impossible, some very few others say it can be done. I wonder if you can give me some advice before I go and buy this super expensive SATA-to-USB Apple adapter.

Best regards!

you can put the old fusion drive in a usb enclosure then you should be able to boot to it by pressing the Option key when the boot chime rings. you can also use the drive in the enclosure to setup a new Mac. Using Migration Assistant you can import your entire old file system just as if you were using a Time Machine backup. The question of what to do with the drive AFTER you successfully accomplished moving your old file/apps/etc to the new Mac. All of a sudden you've got a 1.12TB or bigger drive on your hands. On Disk Utility it will show up as Fusion Drive and having the Core system with 2 partitions. I'm not sure if you can actually format the Fustion Drive as one unit and use the entire thing for whatever you wanted, like storing all your media files to be streamed from anywhere in the house.

Target Disk Mode is probably what you're looking for.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462


Any shortcut to go to user account window? Is there any keyboard shortcut to go here?

EDIT: This script does not work

on run {input, parameters}

    (* Login menu has to be the last! *)

  tell application "System Events"
    tell process "SystemUIServer"
      set n to number of menu bar items of menu bar 1
      tell menu bar item n of menu bar 1
        click
        repeat with i from 1 to 10
          try
            if name of menu item i of front menu contains "Login Window" then
              click menu item i of front menu
              exit repeat
            end if
          end try
        end repeat
      end tell
    end tell
  end tell

  return input
end run

EDIT2: I made this Automator Script (when I execute it, it works) but when I try to assign it a keyboard shortcut it does not work.

If you are trying to bring up the Login Window via a keyboard shortcut the answer is, there is not a default keyboard shortcut to invoke the Login Window. However one can create an Automator Service which can then have a keyboard shortcut assigned to it.

The problem with that method is finding a globally responsive keyboard shortcut that will trigger without interference and work consistently regardless of what has focus when the keyboard short is triggered. In some cases it may be advantageous to use a third-party app, e.g Karabiner, to accomplish the task.

What I'm presenting here is a command that can be executed, a number of different ways, and incorporated into an Automator Service and or an AppleScript Application, etc.

As an Automator Service, all that is required is adding a Run Shell Script Action with the command. You might also be able to use the command in conjunction with a third-party app that can be triggered by a keyboard shortcut.

Personally, whenever applicable, I like to use an AppleScript Application because I can trigger it using Spotlight or place it on the Dock, etc. It may be a few extra keystrokes however for me it just works better and I avoid what can be problematic with trying to assign an Automator Service a global keyboard shortcut.

The command that will invoke the Login Window is:

As a Terminal command and or a Run Shell Script Action in Automator:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend

In AppleScript the command is:

do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend"

If you'd like to switch directly to a different user you can use the following command as an example.

As a Terminal command and or a Run Shell Script Action in Automator:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -switchToUserID 502

In AppleScript the command is:

do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -switchToUserID 502"

My primary login User ID ($UID) is 501 and I have a Test Account which has a $UID of 502. So the above command enables me to invoke Fast User Switching to my Test Account using Spotlight (Command-Space) and the AppleScript app named TA.app. It is the top hit in Spotlight so if I type Command-Space-T-A-Enter I get my Test Account Login Window quickly and easily.

So with the commands provided, you should be able to utilize what's appropriate to your needs/wants to code with in a much easier way then the code you've shown in your question.

Note: Make note of the double-backslash in the AppleScript do shell script command line to escape the space in the shell command line vs. the single-backslash as a normal command in Terminal.

You will find the user accounts system preference pane here on OS X 10.11 (El Capitan):
Press cmdshift+ G in Finder, and paste the following path:

 /System/Library/PreferencePanes/

The one you´re looking for is called "Accounts.prefPane". To make it real easy to access by keyboard shortcut, you can start Automator, click "New" and choose "Service". Set it to "not receive data from a application", and add the Automator action "Open Finder objects" from the "Files and folders" category. From there, browse to the path I described above and choose the "Accounts" prefpane.

Save the service, and go to System Preferences -> Keyboard. Select "shortcuts", and choose "Services". From the list on the right, scroll until you see the name of the service you just made. Select it, and click in the right field to assign a new shortcut.

Run the service once from the Finder->Services menu, and now you have just made yourself a keyboard shortcut to the user accounts area in OS X. Voilá.

You can of course also make an alias to that one, or any of the other prefpanes - and even drag it to the Finder toolbar for quick access, quite handy.


How do I turn off drawing mode in iOS 10's Messages? I want to turn off the little squiggle in the bottom right corner of the Messages keyboard (the one that activates drawing mode). How can I do this? Is there a setting?

(I know the keyboard in the bottom right screen turns off drawing in landscape mode, but I want to permanently disable the feature.)

To Turn off handwriting in landscape mode go turn your phone to the side to activate it. Then tap on the keyboard in the bottom right. This should keep the iPhone to a keyboard when you go to landscape.

Go to a message, turn it sides to get the canvas, then press the keyboard button in the corner. This now makes the landscape mode the keyboard instead of the canvas.


How to avoid iTunes' "Do you want the application iTunes.app to accept incoming network connections?"? The last few releases of iTunes 12.5.x.y ask, every time iTunes is launched:

Do you want the application "iTunes.app" to accept incoming network connections?

Is there a way to select either answer as a default and avoid getting constantly asked that question?

El Capitan

Uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes is the only way I could solve this issue.

As this (battery-draining, maldesigned) page warns you, you can't just drag iTunes to the Trash. El Capitan will warn you that it's part of the OS. Get Info, clicking on the padlock, and giving everyone read+write permission will get over that.

The next step is to download it. Surprise: iTunes is not available on the App Store. But you can download a dmg just fine here.

After 5 minutes of use I can confirm the message no longer appears.

I can also confirm that the music collection appears unharmed.

Pre El Capitan

Thanks to owlswipe's hint, the solution follows.

In System Preferences, under Security & Privacy

Click "Firewall Options"

and allow incoming connections for iTunes.

It's not clear why "incoming connections" is an option for iTunes.

You can use this command line in terminal

sudo codesign --force --sign - <full path to application>

It works for me


Photos won't let me edit anything / Same problem on Sierra So (my mom) is trying to edit photos in OS X El Capitan's Photos app and can't seem to do so, all the options are just greyed out. This is true of all the photos in the app.

I looked around online and found a couple of people who had the same issue but no-one ever seemed to have solved it.

I was having the same problem.  I do notice a (barely visible against light background) exclamation mark in a circle in the lower right corner of the photo, which indicates that my disk is full. (I'm using apple cloud storage.)  So that could be it.


How to connect iPhone with MacBook using AirDrop? I have MacBook pro and iPhone 5S. when I tried to send file from MacBook to iPhone using AirDrop my laptop not finding my iPhone. Is there is any solution or additional settings needed?

Sometimes you need to turn off and back on AirDrop on both the Mac and the iPhone, while at it you should do the same for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, that should solve the problem, it works every time for me.


How does air-drop detect other air-drop devices? It is clear from other posts that AirDrop "uses" Bluetooth Low Energy to "find" other AirDrop enabled devices. How does it do this? Specifically, how does an apple device differentiate between just another bluetooth device and one with airdrop enabled?

It could 1) try to pair with every transmitting device, 2) use the bluetooth friendly name, 3) additional data in the radio without pairing?

The BluetoothDeviceInfo structure that comes back from creating a radio on the Microsoft stack doesn't include any identifying info besides the Friendly Name: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa362924%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

The other possibility is that it tries to pair with all broadcasting bluetooth devices - but that could be slow.

Thanks for any help and/or insight!

I thought I would share what I found in case this information can shortcut someone else's learning.

Bluetooth Low Energy is a completely different Spec than older versions of bluetooth. There are completely different APIs from Microsoft to support BT LE: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/jj159880%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Unlike older versions of bluetooth, a BT LE "Peripheral" device (sending device) can advertise it's capabilities so that a connecting device (Also known as a "Central") can tell what the Peripheral is capable of without actually connecting/pairing with the Peripheral.

The capabilities of a Peripheral are communicated using a Generic Attribute Profile, or GATT for short.

Per my previous question, the BluetoothDeviceInfo structure is part of the older Microsoft API for bluetooth supporting non-BT LE devices: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363058%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Also, the C# 32feet.net library to help with Bluetooth does not support BT LE.

I hope that helps someone.


Finder view like FTP clients - two columns Is here possible to have OS X (10.10) view like in FTP clients (e.g FileZilla) I mean two columns with list view, and of course without need of opening two seperate windows. I am aware of tabs, but can one show to tabs at once?

No dual mode in OS X Finder

There is no native dual mode in OS X Finder. You can replace Finder with software like 'TotalFinder' (image below). Or you can use window managing software, like ShiftIt or mjolnir, to place your Finder windows side-by-side.

Mjolnir (donation ware) is highly scriptable and should be capable of doing exactly this.

This feature is requested lots of times, but for now we are stuck with the classic Finder as we know it. Besides tabs, the only view options we have are:

Command1 - icons
Command2 - list
Command3 - columns
Command4 - Cover Flow

TotalFinder, dual mode:

Command + T creates two tabs that you can toggle between.


How do I find out what serif font is being used in the Day One mac app? I use the Day One regularly and love it. I also write a lot (for work) and have found that Day One serif font and style making writing such a pleasure. I'd like to use the font in my other word processors (particularly Scrivener) and am willing to purchase it but can't figure out what it is. How would I go about finding out what it is?

I've emailed the app author but got no response from him.
I've poked around the Contents/Resources folder in the application but only found a fixed-with font.
Here is a screenshot (but I can't imagine that's very helpful).

I appreciate any leads.

This application on the web helped me out a couple of times:

http://www.whatfontis.com/

Just take a screenshot of some words which are typed with a particular font (preferably with a big size) and upload the screenshot.

I am not affiliated with the site in any way, I'm just a satisfied user. Give it a try. Otherwise you could try to mail the developers of Day One.

It's called "Anonymous Pro" on the iPhone app


How can I stream tv shows on my iPhone 5s (without downloading)? I've looked everywhere for an answer to my question but I can't seem to find one:

I'm trying to watch a tv show on my iPhone 5s that I bought on my account via the computer. However, the only way it lets me watch them by downloading the episodes, and I want to just stream them on my iPhone because downloads use too much data. How do I fix this problem? Is it possible to stream tv shows on your iPhone?

I'm sure there is an answer for stuff downloaded from iTunes, but since you didn't specify, then the standard solution you are looking for is PLEX MEDIA SERVER -- https://plex.tv.

They offer a Plex Pass, which you have to pay for in order to receive extra features, but I believe the free version has everything you need.

Setup the media server on your home computer.  You can even setup a NAT port on your router to access it externally, and it can either support authentication via Plex Pass or there is a hackish script somewhere on Github that allows authentication without having to purchase a Plex Pass subscription.

Then download the app on your smart phone, and you will be able to stream all of your downloaded movies that you are sharing from your Plex Media Server.  I do this all the time, and it works perfectly.  It supports transcoding on-the-fly, so you never have to worry about buffering and such.

XBMC, which is called something else now, is also an alternative, as well as OpenElec.  I've done my research though, and Plex is the definitely the most full-featured of them all.

The setup is even simpler if you only plan to watch on your own wireless network and not over the Internet.  Your mobile app (or smart TV) can find the server on its own, and it's pretty much set it and forget it.

There are multiple apps that you can download for Plex as well that integrate with Couch Potato, Sickbeard, etc.  I do this all the time for my kids in the morning when I'm making their breakfast and they want to watch something that's not OnDemand or DVR.  I just have all of their favorite shows downloaded to a folder on a Mac Mini running Plex Media Server.

I fire up the app on the iPad and get a few minutes of morning peace and quiet while getting breakfast ready.  It's pretty much perfect in all aspects.

Also, to answer your question in regards to using data, if you stream over your wireless network, you will not use any additional mobile data, as long as your mobile device is connected to WiFi.

I know your question is regarding watching on your mobile device, but here's some additional helpful info for other users:

It should be known, that not all smart TV apps offer full integration with the free version of Plex.  For instance, my parents Samsung smart TV has full Plex app integration, no problem (as does Google Chromecast).  However, my Vizio smart TV requires a Plex Pass subscription in order for the app to even work at all.

Instal FileBrowser App connect it to your computer using the same network and yhen you can stream it on your iPhone by selecting the file


How to show passwords in Keychain Access? Is there any setting that is supposed to cause the macOS Keychain Access app to show, in the password area, not the passwords themselves but instead random-looking capital alphanumeric characters?

This is what I'm seeing but I'd rather see the passwords.

I'm not sure if this is a setting I don't know about or if something is broken.

Okay, I figured out why this is happening, after reading this article and this answer.

If you have access to a WiFi network because at one point or another you or someone else explicitly shared the password with you using the "Share Password" feature on iOS 11+ and macOS High Sierra+, then you never actually received the true plaintext password and so it is not saved in your keychain.

Instead, you get a kind of alphanumeric hash that was based on that password. Your device can use that hash to connect to the WiFi, but it's not feasible to reconstruct the original password from it.

So:

I am seeing these alphanumeric hashes for certain WiFi networks because I must have entered the true password on iOS and then explicitly shared it to my Mac (instead of relying on iCloud Keychain sync, to sync the true passwords across devices).
since that hash is all that's saved in my keychain, I have no way to recover the true password
whenever you use the "Share Password" feature to share a WiFi password to nearby devices, you're not actually sharing the password but only access to the network.

This is a really simple guide to view your macOS keychain passwords:

https://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/mac-101-retrieve-your-keychain-passwords/


Discrepancies in available capacity of Macbook Air SSD I bought a MBA with an SSD advertised to be 256GB.

The actual unformatted capacity, according to the system info tool, is only 251000193024 bytes.

This is only 233 Gibi (2^30) bytes, or 251 Giga (10^9) bytes. Regardless of whether Apple means Giga or Gibi in their spec sheets, this capacity is still outrageously lower than advertised.

Is a part of the SSD reserved for some hidden function and is subtracted from the size that appears in the system info?

Or is Apple consciously cheating its customers?

It is interesting to note that Hard Drive Manufacturers use the correct meaning of "Gigabytes" when referring to hard drives, and not what most people think of as a GB which is actually a Gibibyte:

Gigabyte = 10 to the 9 bytes = 1000000000bytes = 1000 megabytes

Gibibyte = 2 to the 30 bytes = 1073741824bytes = 1024 mebibytes

Since Mac OS X also switched to this "proper" definition for storage units such as Gigabytes as of Snow Leopard, then the size of the drive should be understood in these terms, noting that on a Mac the OS and the Hard Drive will be talking the same language, there is no need to do the conversion from Gibibytes to Gigabytes.

The given size should be correct and accurate as reported on a Mac as they have a common understanding of what a Gigabyte is, and incorrect on Windows which uses the commonly misused Gibibyte structure on it's filesystems whilst users incorrectly assume it is measured in Gigabytes.

Technically manufacturers should use GiB not GB when marketting and packaging their drives, but they don't/won't, and use Gigabyte which they know practically everyone uses incorrectly.

In your case the available unformatted capacity is indeed low even for using the correct maths, but as referenced in another answer the size of 256Gb refers to the total storage capacity of the drive, and you have to not only accept that formatted capacity is lower, but also that the capacity that is available to format can also be lower, if portions are reserved for the purposes of replacing bad blocks through the lifecycle of the drive.

Lengthy comment follows after the first 2 comments below - too long for a comment tho, but not really part of the answer other than background info perhaps

The space reservation thing is not something I feel I can be canonical about, I know the theory, I can't really backup it up once and for all, especially because this is an Apple non-consumer drive.  However, almost all drives over provision, providing more space than they state in order to have capacity for replacing worn areas.

It's not 100% clear, but it certainly appears to be the case, that in the case of these Apple supplied drives, the provision of "backup" blocks is taken from the stated capacity from the off.  I think this is how most manufacturers do it, hence the fact that you see way more 60Gb drives than 64Gb etc.  The implication being that there is 64Gb of storage capacity, and 60 of it us user addressable.  Whether you call that a 60 or a 64Gb drive could potentially be taken either way.  I would call it a 60, but from a legal perspective I would imagine both cases are arguable accurate.  As for the instances you see where the available capacity is equal to or greater than the nominal capacity (in the case of the 128Gb drives you see) then it could simply be the case that some manufacturers are either more generous, or more worried about failure, than others and genuinely put in more chips worth, say 132Gb for example.

So in you case, you likley have a 256Gb drive in terms of chips, the fact that the user addressable space is lower, even before formatting is likely just how it is.  I have an Apple supplied 128Gb Air SSD which shows much the same behaviour:

APPLE SSD TS128C:

Capacity: 121.33 GB (121,332,826,112 bytes)
  Model:    APPLE SSD TS128C

All this over ?
base 10 and base 2 math.!
and formatted and un-formatted capacity which in fact varies by , drum roll...?
the actual format you used or picked day one. (wiki that, and learn)

if anyone read the product data sheet (yes, try that...) it's all there clear as day. RTM Read the data sheet,...
but nobody likes to read. facts.
just cry/guess and beg and read rumors.

and point 2, old mag, media is not in binary, it's a linear magnetic medium.
and the size varies a bit (no pun) based on how many bad sectors their are day  one . (and new HDD have spares cylinders, to help)

it's not binary, so 1gb means base 10,  it not in binary because the media is not binary nor is it solid state , nor is it binary memory at all,
only when asked what size it is , it reports size in binary. (the interface)
1024 = 1k.
and why others cant see the hidden partitions, and recovery partitions, well
you need to look at the HDD with partitioning tools and learn what is there.
sorry, "MY  COMPUTER" DON'T CUT THE MUSTARD.

Even the very first HDD by Seagate ST506 and lower formatted capacity.
and for the same reasons.... i still have one as a wall art.

there is no lack of information on this...
it's like the oldest cry story on the net....

not only that. consider the maker of your mass storage
guess what , they sell them to all uses.
not just computers.

the don't dictate at all the end uses.  (try to think out of your PC box?)
imagine a toy that talks.
and stores the words in the SSD or HDD, in a serial stream. (begin to end)
with zero format. (imagine that?) and that the toy has a crude processor and look up table (rom) that has only sector counts for the talking words.
so no format all is needed. guess what, ?
the capacity will be the base 10 stated capacity.
The maker of the HDD dont care at all what the engineer does with it, period.
its just mag memory or ssd memory.
use it as you want, and stop asking bad questions.... from ignorance.
IMO.
PS:
not only that, the maker of said hdd, does not say how many words the hdd can speak,  do you know why???  (hint audio codec format)

A larger issues is why does windows (or HP or ?) have so much bloat.
like 2 times what is needed..
now there you have a gripe, not base 10.


My WD drive is not showing in finder but I can see it in disk utility with a grey color I can't see my external Hard Drive in finder but i can see my hard drive in disk utility but in a grey almost transparent color. When I try to run a "first aid" this is what i get as an error:
Running First Aid on “BENJA'S HD” (disk2s2)

Repairing file system. Volume is already unmounted. Performing fsck_exfat -y -x /dev/rdisk2s2 Checking volume. Checking main boot region. The volume  could not be verified completely. File system check exit code is 1. Restoring the original state found as unmounted. File system verify or repair failed.
Operation failed…

Any idea what I can do? thanks!

As the message said your drive is connected but it's not mounted. I recommend the 3rd party app Mountain which gives you better access to all your volumes. You can mount, unmount, and eject volumes by just clicking. The app is not free but there may be a free trail period. Using Mountain you can mount your volume.

I am in no way affiliated with this software. I'm just a happy customer.


How to figure out what is causing the ownership of /usr/local to change from my-username to root I use homebrew as a package manager for certain web development app. To keep brew up-to-date I run update brew every couple of days and also run brew doctor. Usually, this is fine and brew tells me I'm ready to brew.

Every now and then, however, I get the following error:

  Warning: /usr/local/etc isn't writable.

  This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed by
  by Homebrew. If a formula tries to write a file to this directory, the
  install will fail during the link step.

  You should probably chown /usr/local/etc

  Warning: The /usr/local directory is not writable.
  Even if this directory was writable when you installed Homebrew, other
  software may change permissions on this directory. Some versions of the
  "InstantOn" component of Airfoil are known to do this.

  You should probably change the ownership and permissions of /usr/local
  back to your user account.

It's easy enough to reset the permissions back to my username. Afterwards brew seems to be fine.

But what is causing this to happen?

Is there a log that shows what is causing the permissions to change?

I had this exact same issue, and it turns out Sophos auto-update was to blame. I figured this out by running: sudo fs_usage | grep "usr/local"

It took a while, but eventually I saw Sophos's helpfully named "Installation" daemon messing with /usr/local's permissions.

I'm still trying to figure out an appropriate work around for this behavior.

EDIT: I believe Sophos has fixed this issue, see the link in the comments of this answer. It seems to be fixed for me at least!

Have you used Disk Utility select Macintosh HD then run Verify Disk Permission and then Repair Disk Permission if needed, rather than doing it manually?

Now this shouldn't fix on your issue, but it's a good 'known' starting point to see when home-brew changes the permissions.  It could show up the underlying issue if you are luck.

Also new update -v for more verbose output, plus old logs are here ~/Library/Logs/Homebrew as per Where does homebrew log?


How to make Safari open all PDFs in-browser? For the majority of PDFs I view in Safari, they are opened in-line, which is what I want. For example, these all open in Safari:

MSP430F665x Data Sheet
MCP1700 Data Sheet
BAT54 /A /C /S Data Sheet

However, some PDFs, for reasons I have not been able to determine, are instead downloaded. For example, when I click on each of the following links, a PDF is immediately downloaded, instead of being displayed in-browser.

1825910 Drawing
OS Series Data Sheet

I suspect that the servers for the last two links are doing something like what is described in the StackOverflow question "force a pdf download automatically", but I'm not sure. I have already removed the last vestiges of Adobe's PDF reader, which I regret ever installing, including the internet plugin in the /Library/Internet Plugins directory.

How can I make sure that whenever Safari encounters a PDF, it is opened in the browser, and not downloaded?

As pointed out, the first three examples are direct links to the PDF files in question while the other two are controlled by a server script in the background.

There is nothing what you can do about it on your side since the server fully controls the distribution of documents in the two last example links you provided.

Recently I was not able to open any pdf inside safari-12 on Mojave, I tried a lot of things and spent lot of time with apple support. After two days the support was able to resolve my issue, here is what they did.

Quit Safari
Go to ~/Library/Containers
Delete com.apple.safari

Reopen safari. This fixed the issue for me. Leaving it here if some one else faces this problem.


Open iBooks files in other PDF viewers in iPad iBooks permits easy file sharing and import of Pdf files to iPad through iTunes, however it lacks annotation/highlighting. After import, I prefer to open PDF file with 3rd party PDF viewers like Foxit. However I have no idea how to bring my PDF file from iBooks to Foxit reader.

Do you have any idea?

I'm afraid it's not possible. I tried several times to do that.
Maybe you'll want to use an app like Documents by Readdle on your iPad? That way you can manage your books from there and open them everywhere you want to.

There is great program called Diskaid check it out. you can put files directly to foxit.


Can't install inkscape on Yosemite with homebrew It seems like I should be able to install inkscape with something like

brew install inkscape

based on what I've seen online. Unfortunately, when I try this I get

Error: No available formula for inkscape
Searching formulae...
Searching taps...

What am I doing wrong?

Update 2017:

The preferred method to install Inkscape with homebrew in 2017 is:

brew update
brew cask install xquartz
brew cask install inkscape

Previous Answer:

Inkscape is a cask that you need to tap first before installing.

I tried a few of the suggestions given on this page, and the only thing that worked for me is a minor variation to jherran's answer:

$ brew search inkscape
$ brew tap homebrew/gui
$ brew install inkscape

At that point, I got the response Installing inkscape from homebrew/homebrew-x11 and the installation completed successfully. The result from the brew search command has changed a few times so be on the guard for it to change again and just tap the correct reply from the search command if it's not homebrew/gui next time you search.

I have installed it successfully with the following command line:

brew install caskformula/caskformula/inkscape


Deleting individual messages on Apple Watch How do I delete individual text messages from my watch? I can delete them from my iPhone but I can't delete from my watch.

Per the user manual, deleting texts is an all-or-nothing action. It removes the whole conversation. There does not appear to be an option to remove a single text. (Similarly, you cannot delete one email out of a thread, only the whole thread.)

On the text page (with multiple conversations) swipe to the left the conversation you wish to delete, then tap TRASH, and TRASH again.


Terminal Error: pointer being freed was not allocated *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug - Unable to Repair Permissions I'm getting an error when I open Terminal saying:

login(495,0x7fff77186000) malloc: *** error for object 0x7f8cdad0b780: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug

[Process completed]

I've read in several forums that this is usually a permissions issue and used to be able to be solved by using the Repair Permissions functionality in Disk Utility. Unfortunately, as of El Capitan, this functionality has been removed and is only accessible via Terminal by default. This has left me with a bit of a cyclical problem.

As an alternative, I have tried repairing permissions with Onyx, however this simply freezes midway through the process.

I'm not sure if this is related but I'm also unable to download an OS X El Capitan (10.11.4) update from the Mac App Store - I click update, click Download & Restart from the dropdown, it says "0 bytes of 1.56 GB - Calculating..." then nothing happens and the Update button reappears. I've read that OS X has started trying to repair permissions during updates which is why I suspect this may be related.

I've made a few efforts to use the repair permissions terminal command from Recovery Mode however Terminal has told me that it doesn't recognise the command - perhaps I'm doing something wrong here.

Please let me know if anyone has come across this issue before or has any advice - thanks very much!

I had the same problem with my dev machine. After several hours of trying anything other than a reinstall I finally realized that was the only choice. It should have been the FIRST choice. SO EASY!

Back up the critical data (just in case)
Enter the recovery mode by pressing cmd+r at start up
Choose "Reinstall Mac OS X"

That's it. When my computer restarted I was prompted for my Apple ID credentials and then my user loaded like normal, with a working Terminal, even. I didn't need to reinstall / restore anything. The whole process (including the user folder backup) took about 45 min.

Final step, remove all of the sketchy utilities installed trying to fix this without a reinstall.

This software save me, check it, onyx couldn't solve it but this does.

https://www.firewolf.science/2016/09/kcpm-utility-pro-v6-brand-new-kexts-ezinstaller-macos-sierra-supported-repairing-permissions-configuring-rootless-and-more/#more-636


git auto-complete for *branches* at the command line? On my Linux machine I have autocomplete for branches with Git.

[Note we are talking about git branch completion, not bash completion (e.g. commands, files, etc).  Thus NOT Lane's answer at all]

For example I can type git checkout+TAB and get a list of branches.

Or I can type git checkout feb*+TAB to get all branches that begin with "feb".

How can I get this functionality on a Mac?

I tried downloading and running bash-completion/bash_completion and bash-completion/bash_completion.sh.in but no joy.  The first gave error messages about declare: -A invalid_option.  The second gave no errors.   When I git checkout+TAB though I am still getting a list of files in the directory, not branches.  I am in the project root.

Auto-complete for directories and bash commands are working ok, so it's specific to Git.

ok, so I needed the git autocompletion script.

I got that from this url:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash -o ~/.git-completion.bash

No need to worry about what directory you're in when you run this as your home directory(~) is used with the target.

Then I added to my ~/.bash_profile file the following 'execute if it exists' code:

if [ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ]; then
  . ~/.git-completion.bash
fi

Update: I'm making these bits of code more concise to shrink down my .bashrc file, in this case I now use:

test -f ~/.git-completion.bash && . $_

Note: $_ means the last argument to the previous command. so . $_ means run it - "it" being .git-completion.bash in this case

This still works on both Ubuntu and OSX and on machines without the script .git-completion.bash script.

Now git Tab (actually it's git TabTab ) works like a charm!

p.s.: If this doesn't work off the bat, you may need to run chmod u+x ~/.git-completion.bash to grant yourself the necessary permission:

chmod is the command that modifies file permissions
u means the user that owns the file, by default its creator, i.e. you
+ means set/activate/add a permission
x means execute permission, i.e. the ability to run the script

Locate your .bashrc file.

Open it and add this line at the bottom:

source /etc/bash_completion.d/git


Repair an exFAT drive on Mac OS X after it's been improperly disconnected Very often an exFAT external disk stops appearing in OS X. It doesn't appear in Disk Utility, Finder, diskutil list or About this Mac/System Report/USB.

The only way I have found to fix it is to boot into Windows and run the standard 'Scan disk for errors' function that pops up on connecting the drive. It never finds any errors. The disk then appears fine in OS X again.

Is there a way I can run this repair in OS X? It seems it is just a flag, possibly to indicate the drive was unplugged without first being ejected.

I've been having the same problem with my 128GB thumb drive. Turns out, it just takes a while (10-15m) for it to appear in Disk Utility, almost certainly on account of its size. Running First Aid after that gives me no errors (though it takes a similar amount of time to run). Try waiting longer next time, and avoid disconnecting the drive without ejecting first.

Same problem here, took a few minutes to load the external drive, but after a long (and tense) time, it finally loaded.

My conclusion is that the problem are the not emptied trash files. The drive was working just fine, then I had to delete a lot of files and ejected it without emptying the trash. Next time it was not loading, so I tried in a different MacBook, tried Disk Utility First Aid, tried other solutions found on the internet but nothing worked. After reading the answer here I plugged it and wait a few minutes and it loaded. Then I emptied the trash and everything was back on tracks.

Hope it helps.


Terminal says permission denied My external usb wont open or i cant do anything on it. I have tried to restore it using disk utility but i doesnt work either. PLease help me

If I see your screen correctly, it's a syntax error. Your problem was you had the DMG file as the 'command'.

If disk2 is your destination (the 4.2gb disk), then the following should work for you.

First, make sure your command prompt has nothing typed by you in it, either press Ctrl-C or Return a couple times then:

sudo dd if=/Users/rabika_1/Desktop/USB\ disk\ 4\ gb.dmg of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m conv=sync

That will erase disk2 (rdisk2) and replace it with whatever "USB disk 4 gb.dmg" is.

You will need to enter your administrator or root password when it prompts you for it. You won't see any feedback until it's done, you'll be at another command prompt.

After that you should be set.

Now there is another way of doing this where you can see the progress, if you want, then use this command instead of the prior one:

sudo dd if=/Users/rabika_1/Desktop/USB\ disk\ 4\ gb.dmg of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m status=progress conv=sync

Your user "rabika_1$ does not have user rights to that file.


Should I upgrade my iPad 2 to iOS 9.3 from iOS 5.1.1? ( Late March 2016) I recently recovered my lost iPad 2. I cannot afford a new tablet at the moment and I will use my iPad 2 as a daily driver (to browse the web, read books, college lectures, play games and other light applications). My biggest concern is that the iPad might become unusably slow with iOS 9. It runs smoothly with iOS 5 at the moment but most of the applications are not compatible and many features are not functioning (mail etc.).

This Wikipedia Page states that "Although the A5-based iPad 2 is relatively archaic, showing signs of its age in iOS 8, iOS 9 is said to feature performance improvements that may help the aging device function more smoothly, and initial tests suggest that it did not significantly impact available space."

I upgraded three iPad2s last week, and did not notice any degradation in the short time I had for testing. I was making sure that they could be managed by our MDM and that a small set of common apps we use worked.

Do not install iOS 8 or 9 on your iPad 2 !!!
I was very happy for my iPad 2 with iOS 6, but after upgrading, it is slow as f...
Apple makes sure, we cannot install older software, so now my tablet is almost useless.
That policy makes me an Android user.
I will never buy an iOS device again.


Prevent Mac Terminal from reverting to default theme I can't find any way to change the Terminal theme and have that theme applied permanently.

I want to change to another darker theme other than the default 'basic' theme, and (most importantly) have it remain as the theme every time I open Terminal.

You need to select which profile you want to be your default in the preferences for the Terminal application. Here is a way you do that:

Open the Terminal.app
Select "Terminal" Menu then "Preferences..."
Select the "Profiles" tab (labelled "Settings" before Yosemite)
Click and highlight a theme listed under Profiles.
Press the "Default" button near the bottom of the window.
Open a new Terminal window, it should now have the theme that you selected as the new default.

Note: Existing terminal windows will not change to the newly selected default theme, you will need to close and re-open terminal windows to get the theme to be applied.

Note you cannot set the 'On start up, use' profile to be the default.

You need to set 'On start up...' to a profile other than the one you want to be default (or leave it on basic). Then go to the profiles tab and select a new default profile.

Once the new default is set you can go back to the general tab and set your new default to be the 'On start up...' profile as well.

A minor but important point. Especially as the preferences for 'On start up, use' and 'New windows open with: Same Profile' seem to make setting a new default unnecessary.


Connect New MacBook (USB-C) to Apple Cinema Display 30" (Dual-Link DVI) Because Apple Thunderbolt Display reflects the whole room, I still use the matte 30" Apple Cinema Display. (Two cables are required for 2560 resolution due to some obscure technical constraints!)

MacBook Air (Mini DisplayPort + USB)
Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
Apple Cinema Display 30" (DVI)

How do I connect the MacBook (USB-C) to the 30" screen with 2560 resolution?

MacBook (USB-C)
(What goes here?)
Apple Cinema Display 30" (DVI)

There IS a solution to this problem, I searched and purchased quite a few adapters but finally I got it to work:

1) Purchase this USB-C to Display Port adapter:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00YBH6WDM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

2) Purchase this Display Port to "Active Dual Link DVI". It is important that it is an active converter and not a passive one:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00856WJH8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sorry for the German pages but I am sure you can find it also in other countries' stores.

Connect that combination and also don't forget to connect the active converters power through USB.

If it starts with a scaled resolution, don't worry, there is a key combination (option or command scaled resolution) and you get the highest one.

Works like a charm!
I know it's pricey but I love my 30" Cinema Display.
I also got my old MOTU Firewire audio interface with apples TB3 to T2 and then TB2 to FW and an additional FW cable from Belkin to run.

Now I use my exact same setup as with my old MacPro but it's the MacBook Pro 15" with Touch bar. Logic Pro with a Project of 40+ Audio Tracks does put a load of 50% to the system :-)

If you need more info just answer here, I can help :-)

UPDATE: The following item is USB-C to Dual Link DVI-I (which can take DVI-D). No need for multiple adapters. Alas, this does not support the 30" Cinema Display, according to the product page:

  "The USB-C to DVI adapter will not work with Apple Cinema Displays or the Dell 3007WFP. These monitors require a true DVI-D signal. Please
  note this before purchasing"

https://www.pimfg.com/product-detail/USB31C-DVIF-1

I believe there's current no way of doing this :(

New Solution! January 2020: I have the 30" Cinema Display connected to new a new MacBook Pro 16" at full resolution and all controls can be accessed. This requires the Apple DisplayPort to dual-link DVI adapter and this thunderbolt 3 to DisplayPort/Thunderbolt 2 adapter that has full support for video up to 4K @60hz. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017TZTMBG?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
This $20 adapter seems to recreate a fully functional Thunderbolt 2 port like the older MacBook Pro's had. The Apple Thunderbolt 2 to DVI adapter must have it's USB cable plugged in to power its conversion electronics. If it doesn't immediately sense the Cinema Display unplug the power cord from the small cord from the Cinema Display power supply, wait a few seconds then pug it back in. Mine worked perfectly after that. It is instant sleep and instant on.


Built-In Trackpad and Keyboard Unresponsive after Sleep or Restart I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2008) that's currently running 10.7.3. I've been finding that it will intermittently freeze and then I have to shut down and restart the computer, but sometimes that will not fix the problem.

If I plug in an external mouse and keyboard, then I can move the cursor and type again, but as soon as I remove them, the problem persists.

I've tried resetting the P-RAM, reinstalling Lion, installing a new HD, and I've had the graphics chip tested and it's performing properly. If you have any suggestions on how to fix or diagnose, that would be very helpful. Thank you.

So, correct me if I'm wrong, your problem occurs when you open your MacBook Pro?

Resetting your PRAM won't work. Try resetting your SMC. This is responsible for the responses when opening and closing your lid.

I had this same problem.

Installing OS X 10.9 Mavericks resolved it for me.


How to change icon of an app through Terminal I want to customize my app icons, but there's a lot of them, and I don't want to be tedious and go through the whole Get Info process over and over again.

Is there any way to write a program, preferably in Terminal using the command line, that will change the icon of an app?

If you want to easily change the icon of the applications its best to use an application like liteicon You can just drag and drop the icon you want to use.


Unable to add account in Google Hangouts I've been unable to login to Google Hangouts via the iPhone mobile app. I keep getting "Unable to add account". I've tried restarting my phone, nothing changes. If it helps, I am using a legacy business account from Google.

iPhone: 5s
OS: iOS 7.1.2
App: Hangouts from Google Inc, 2.1.0

If the account you're trying to login with us managed with Family Link, then you cannot access Hangouts on an iPad or iPhone. See https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/2944865

I also tried Google Duo, but that silent fails to login and just boots you back to the login screen.

You have to enable Google+ in your Google App account to let your phone use Hangout. Login to Google App admin, then choose "More controls" at the bottom and choose "Other Google Services". Then you can see Google+ in the list.


Can I clear my iPhone camera roll without losing any photo? It seems to me that all photos taken with the iPhone go into:

the iPhone Camera Roll
the iCloud photo stream
iPhoto/Aperture projects (e.g. "Photo stream for Decembre 2014")

Can I clear completely my iPhone's camera roll without losing any photo?

I.e. will the duplicates in the iCloud stream and in iPhoto/Aperture projects will be deleted or not?

My goal is to free some space on the iPhone while, of course, not losing anything.

Edit: when I say iPhoto/Aperture projects I mean that there are projects automatically created in Aperture for every month and my iPhone's photo are automatically added to it. I don't know how/why it works…

I haven't imported my phone's photos manually.

Screenshot:

("flux de photos" means photo stream, "févr" means february, "janv" means january)

Some explanations about where your iPhone photos are stored:

the iPhone Camera Roll
Sure. This is the only standard thing that happens.
the iCloud photo stream
Happens only when you have enabled the My Photo Stream option in Settings->iCloud->Photos
iPhoto/Aperture projects
Will be the case if you connect your iPhone to you Mac and sync/export your photos.

Now based on the above, deleting photos from you Camera Roll do the follow in each case:

will simply... delete them from your Camera Roll. They may still be in the Recently Deleted Album of your phone for some days.
will also delete them from your Photo Steam since this is something for sharing, not storing/backing-up. Do not confuse this with the iCloud Photo Library (Beta)
will not affect your photos in the iPhoto projects, since these are not synced automatically or something.

Edit after your explanations:

Deleting a photo from your Camera Roll will also delete it from the Photo Stream. And this applies to all your linked devices.

One should think the Photo Stream as a single common Album that all the devices have access to. Hence, any change to it, is reflected to all devices.

Long story short, if you have your photos saved in your mac you can safely delete them from your iPhone. If you feel uneasy with that, you can simply try it with a couple of photos and make sure that everything worked as you expected

Easiest thing on the world: start using Dropbox, automatically upload your photos there. Never lose a photo and you can delete all photos and videos from the iPhone and still access those uploaded photos via Dropbox app.


How to adjust the left margin in Pages' Business Resume template In the screenshot below, can someone tell me please how to shift the main text area to the left?

From the ruler, one can see the text begins at about 6.7 cm.

Changing Document Margins from the default 2.12 cm to 0 cm helps, but still a long way from 2 cm.

No adjustment of text columns, tabs and indents proved fruitful.

Similar in nature to How to move "section"/change "section" margin in Pages but this one is tougher — not even an Apple Support rep knew how to get around it other than to use "Convert to Page Layout" which removes body text altogether.

Thanks to anyone's efforts to solve the mystery.

As posted in the original question, I was not able to move the left margin for body. What I did was selected other resume type (modern resume) that had the body already in the left. Also there you can further reduce the margin all the way to the edge. Then I copied the bits that i needed from business resume over it. Kind of a hack but it works.

Click on "Document" menu item at top right, then "Document" in the right tab view, then you can control the placement under "Document margins" at the bottom.


Can I connect Amazon fire TV/fire TV stick to my Macbook Pro instead of TV? If I just replace a TV with Macbook Pro, does it work? I haven't tested it yet. Please give me some suggestions. Thanks.

Amazon Fire TV requires a TV with an HDMI input channel to display video, something MacBooks (or pretty much any computer) are lacking. So no, this will not work (it won't work with an Apple TV/MacBook combination either).

Yes, as long as you have an HDMI port in your Mac. If you don't, you can buy a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter.


Touch Bar Media Play/Pause button controls Safari, not iTunes I often want to pause my iTunes music when watching a video in Safari. Currently on some sites (but not all) the Pause button starts controlling the video in Safari in stead of iTunes.

How to permanently link the buttons to iTunes?

BeardedSpice, solved this for me. It was intended to allow the media keys to control services in Chrome, but it also can lock the media keys to iTunes.

The touch bar is context sensitive and changes depending on which app is running. The touch bar will control the foreground application or the one that is currently active active. If you are watching a video on Safari the toucher will control Safari, to get it to control iTunes you will need to make iTunes the active application.


How can I open a photo in mail that is missing it's extension? My security camera sends jpgs that are missing the filename extension ".jpg" Is there any way to view these images on my iPhone?

One way is try to "rename it" add .jpg If the file is not corrupted it will work.


What is Safari Safe Browsing Data and why does it need to copy every time I sync my iDevice? Whenever syncing iDevices to iTunes, I always see "Safari Safe Browsing Data" being copied. This naturally sounds alarming. Is Apple tracking my browsing history‽

What exactly is it, and why does it need to copy every time?

Google Safe Browsing Data Syncs to iOS Devices Via iTunes explains what it is:

  This database, provided by Google, is used by mobile Safari to check for known malicious web sites. To check if this is activated on your iOS device, go to Settings > Safari, then look for the Fraud Warning slider. If it’s not set to “On,” do so; it’s a good way to protect your device and yourself from known malicious websites.

Go on your iPod to

SETTINGS > SAFARI > FRAUD WARNING and if it's turned on, turn it off. Then go to ADVANCED > WEBSITE DATA click edit, scroll to the bottom and click remove all website data. Turn FRAUD WARNING on again and you are ready to go.


Can I make unlocking the screensaver also unlock the login keychain? I have the screen saver on my Mac password protected, but unlocking the screen saver does not unlock the login keychain.  I know this because I get asked to unlock the login keychain shortly after unlocking the screensaver.

Yes, my login password and keychain password have been synchronized.

Yes, I've run Keychain First Aid and confirmed there are no problems.

The workaround is to change the Keychain Settings so the login keychain never automatically locks, but I'd prefer to have it lock automatically, especially on my laptop when it goes to sleep, but now with Mountain Lion and iCloud that means typing my password twice every time I wake my laptop: once for the screensaver and once for the keychain.

There should be a way to make the screensaver also unlock the keychain just the way the normal login also unlocks the keychain. Is there?

This usually happens when you change your login password without changing your keychain password.

Open Keychain Access
Click Edit -> Change Password for Keychain 'Login'
Match the password to the one you log into the computer with.

If you firmly believe "this is not the problem", please try to delete your keychain and recreate it in order to get the link between the login and keychain to properly function. (thanks @dragon788)

I have read that you ran Keychain First Aid,

but you were not clear about checking your "Keychain First Aid" preferences (under Keychain Preferences):  you can choose there to never lock the keychain while logged in, and re-run First Aid.

Also, if you right-click on the keychain, which requires a manual unlock, and then choose keychain settings, there is an option to lock the keychain after x minutes of inactivity or at system sleep.

My guess is that the first setting might be activated.


Lost in FFMPEG (downloading & installing) i'm trying to convert some video that many people say can only be done using FFMPEG. so i go to the ffmpeg.org website and am completely confused as to what to download. i go to the downloads page, click on the Apple (since i use Mac) and it gives 2 "OS X Packages" options... "Static builds for OS X Intel 64-bit" & "Builds 32-bit and 64-bit for OS X 10.5 and above"!

if i click on the first option (Static builds for OS X Intel 64-bit), i'm then presented with 2 big green buttons to choose from for "FFmpeg", "FFserver", "FFprobe", & "FFplay" - i've not heard of the last 3 so i'm assuming the "FFmpeg" section is what i need. but then there are 2 big green buttons there: 1) ffmpeg-86281-g2413397 & 2) ffmpeg-3.3.1.

if i click on the second option (Builds 32-bit and 64-bit for OS X 10.5 and above), it takes me to a different website at ffmpegmac.net. here, i'm again given 2 choices to download: 1) "Lion_Mountain_Lion_Mavericks_Yosemite_El-Captain_15.05.2017.zip" & 2) "ffmpeg-3.3.1.tar.bz2". there is a "How To" page but that's just a bunch of gibberish to a non-programmer like me.

there's all these terms i'm not familiar with, like, compile, binary, source, snapshot, builds, etc.

i went ahead & downloaded all 4 of the above mentioned downloads but none of them are apps. one is a folder full of code files & the others are some sort of "exec" files.

so then i started google'ing & am finding seemingly conflicting instructions on how to get this program installed & how to use it...

ericholsinger.com/install-ffmpeg-on-a-mac - has a long & detailed steps on what they say to do.
but then there's,
idiotinside.com/2016/05/01/ffmpeg-mac-os-x - which claims its much easier to use something called "homebrew".
but then there's,
oodlestechnologies.com/blogs/Easiest-Way-To-Install-FFmpeg-On-Mac-OS-X - which also says to use homebrew but says you have to have "Xcode" first.
but then there's,
...take your pick; there's just way too many options & this just seems way more complex than it seems it should be.

so, can anybody boil this down to a simple/easy way to use this program on a Mac?

and yes, i've tried MANY other video converting apps (including handbrake & VLC) but none works to get an m3u8 converted to mp4. and yes, i've learned it's because it's a text file with links to segmented files - but others have said using ffmpeg in terminal with a single line of code will download these & fix them together into a playable mp4.

thanks.

The easiest way to convert video on the Mac is to use Handbrake. It is easily downloaded and installed and includes the same libraries as ffmpeg. (I know you say it doesn't work in your case but I include it here for others who might end up at this question.)

The version of ffmpeg you want is the 64-bit static build, preferably in a DMG as that is the easiest one to install. Using homebrew would be an even easier way to get it installed.

As for homebrew it is fairly well explained on their home page. You don't actually need XCode, just the XCode command line tools which homebrew will download for you the first time you use it to install something.

Once you install ffmpeg then man ffmpeg will get you the manual for it. You might prefer

man -t ffmpeg | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app/

which will open the man page in Preview where you can read it more easily, or even print it.

This can take some guess-work out of working with FFmpeg : https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/35846/ffworks


All apps wiped from jailbroken iPhone (iOS 7.0.4) after reboot from battery loss Basically I have my iPhone w/ iOS 7.0.4 jailbroken using the latest evasion software.

I recently ran out of battery, and when I had managed to recharge and get my handset back on, all of my apps (apart from the stock apps that come with the phone) are all gone. No other data is missing, e.g , music, pictures and videos.

When I go to, settings, general, and usage. I can clearly see that my memory is still being taken up by all the apps I "had" on my phone (2.1gb free) yet the apps still aren't there. I'm usually good with tech, especially Apple. But this one has me stumped.

It's a bug. Your apps aren't gone but just not visible on your Home Screen.

To restore them, reinstall a package through Cydia (either an existing one, or a new one will suffice). Then either respring (can be achieved via WinterBoard) or reboot your device (unnecessary if you reinstall a package that requires SpringBoard to restart, like ClassicDock for example).

I have unfortunately not been able to pin down the exact cause of this.

For me ipad 2 ios 7.4 after 2 Times of this fritz led to to rejailbreak 2 I uninstalled cydia substrate removing every tweak did I get my icons back! I think it's scrambled or broken extensions to lib hide but really it's all still forced together!


Can I reinstall a single iOS app without losing its data? I have a single app that needs to be reinstalled. I have tried all tricks known to man in attempts to get it to work, but all have failed. There is a lot of data in this app that I'd rather not lose. It isn't explicitly iCloud-enabled, and it's not a game, so there's no hope of Game Center restoring anything. How, if possible, can I reinstall it without losing my data?

While I never tried it myself, in theory you could use something like PhoneDisk to open the app's private folder and copy all the content to your computer. Then, after deleting and reinstalling the app, you should be able to copy the content back.

I had the same problem so I went to the app's store page thing and updated it from there


Installing MacOS via USB stick I have made a decision to install Mac OS from scratch so I have erased the disk part.(by cmd-r beginning of OS). Now, I'm using Windows(bootcamp). Is there any way to install Mac OS via USB stick and downloading, writing it into the USB on Windows?

Yes, you can create a bootable USB that can automatically install OS X. It would mimic the functionality of the Recovery Disk option when booting. Here's a link from Macworld about how to do it with the latest version of OS X, Sierra. It's less complicated than it sounds. When you start your Mac, hold down the option key to choose the USB drive that you've created.

http://www.macworld.com/article/3092900/macs/how-to-create-a-bootable-macos-sierra-installer-drive.html


Upgrade Operating System Snow Leopard to OS Sierra I know I must upgrade first to El Capitan before upgrading to OS Sierra.
But my question is will I loose installed Adobe Photoshop CS5 and my Bootcamp where I have 2 other costly programmmes installed.

Doubtful that you'll lose either Photoshop on the Mac partition or the Bootcamp partition itself while upgrading. Of course, backing up before moving forward is always the way to go.  :)


How do I unhide the desktop folder in my home folder? I've tried How to unhide files on Mac?, and chflags nohidden not unhiding hidden files to no avail. I want to unhide ~/desktop while I have iCloud desktop turned on.

While you can unhide folders, you cannot unhide the Desktop or Documents folder when using Desktop iCloud. Both it and the Documents folder are hidden by having the com.apple.iCloud.desktop extended attribute applied, remove that attribute and you are no longer using iCloud Desktop/Documents folders.
You could do something like ln -s "$HOME/Desktop" "$HOME/Desktop " (note the space) if you want to see a folder in your home folder.

Press ⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + . . This key combination will display any hidden folders in your Mac's hard drive. Any hidden folders or files will appear as grayed-out. This keyboard shortcut can be done from any Finder window.


Is there an alarm clock app to replace Sleep Cycle? I've been using the Sleep Cycle accelerometer-based alarm clock app for a while now:

But since very recently the app seems to be using up all of my battery overnight, which it didn't do before, and shuts down the phone. It also started to make my iPhone very hot to the touch in the morning.

Besides that, when the app is activated and I lock the screen (which I do obviously for security reasons) the app blocks all text message sounds, which is also bad.

So I was curious if there's any other app (paid or free) that could replace my current app without the drawbacks listed (excessive power, excessive heat, suppressing messages)

I use Sleep Better:

  Track your sleep, monitor your dreams, improve your bedtime habits & wake up better with the free Sleep Better tracker app from Runtastic!

Sleeping Cycle Tracker, Smart Alarm Clock & Sleep Diary. Love it!!

It's for free in the App Store, so try it out :-)


How do I clear the default email client? I do not want ANY email client as a default. Whenever I accidentally click on a link, Outlook comes up. I do not want ANYTHING to pop up.

Uninstalling is not an option. I want Outlook on the computer; I just do not want a default or anything to open if I accidentally click on a mail-link.

How can I clear the default?

I'm on OSX 10.9.2

The location you set your default email reader is in Mail.app:

Mail > Preferences > General

That will let you pick a different program than Outlook, but doesn't have a none option.

There is a third party system preference that I have, but I can't tell if it is discontinued or the developer's site is just down. It lets you set a default application for all sorts of "various URL schemes, file extensions, file types, Uniform Type Identifiers (UTIs), and MIME types."
RCDefaultApp

One of the options under email is <disabled> which should be what you want.


iPhone: How to restore and update without using iTunes or iCloud I decided to delete an existing iCloud account on my new iPhone SE which my deceased mom left me. After successful deletion, i changed password and forgot it. Now "iPhone is disabled connect to iTunes" is he only display i see. But whenever I connect to iTunes and software update begins to download, it pauses. And instead of resuming the download, it stops even if it is 99 % done and starts all over again.

I'm unable to pause download on iTunes and this is killing me because the file is too large for me to afford mobile data or Wi-Fi for.

Please help me with any other alternative aside using iTunes or iCloud. i have no iCloud account on my iPhone SE and i deleted the existing one.

How can I restore and update my iPhone SE without using iCloud or iTunes?

Restore iPhone not available without iTunes.
You can only do Factory Reset without iTunes.


How to check whether my Intel-based Mac is 32-bit or 64-bit I want to install new software that has these two versions, and I need to know which one to install.

How can I tell the 32 or 64 bit capabilities of my Mac?

Run this on the command line:

getconf LONG_BIT

On the command line you could run ...

(
printf '\n\n'
echo 'System Software Overview:'
system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType | sed -n '/64-bit/s/[[:space:]]*\(.*\)/\1/p'
ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | sed -n '/firmware\-abi/s/.*"\([^"]*\)".*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1: \2/p'
printf '\n\n'
echo 'Java:'
#man java_home | cat
#/usr/libexec/java_home -h
#/usr/libexec/java_home -V
#/usr/libexec/java_home -X
/usr/libexec/java_home -d 32
/usr/libexec/java_home -d 64
printf '\n\n'
)

# sample output:
#
# System Software Overview:
# 64-bit Kernel and Extensions: No
# firmware-abi: EFI64
#
# Java:
# /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
# /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

As already stated by Gordon Davisson, fat binaries may include both 32-bit and 64-bit executables of a program (see also Multiple Architecture, Single Build).

file /mach_kernel /usr/lib/libSystem.dylib


How to backup iPhone by iTunes? I'm new to iTunes and everything doesn't make sense for me.
I need to do backup of contacts, photos and music on my iPhone.

I've tried to follow several manuals how to do backup on my Windows PC but can't pass few steps.

My iPhone is connected by USB cable and is detected by iTunes
I can't select anything from iTunes -> File -> Devices as all functions are grayed out
In many manuals peoples refer that I have to turn off iCloud. I dont't see iCloud anywhere on iTunes or iPhone

By the wording in your question - it appears that two things are in order:

Short answer on what a backup is
Short answer on how to start one

Answering the how to backup is easiest. From the view menu, be sure you choose "Show Sidebar" so that you have a place in the main iTunes window to see the device when it gets connected over USB. Make sure the main window of iTunes is visible and connect your phone. If you have a Mac, the phone usually shows up under Devices within half a second or two. On a PC, you may need to wait for antivirus scanners, or the OS to recognize the device and perform a step or two in the OS to allow the computer to talk to the phone. It too should eventually show up in the sidebar. Either way, once it appears, use the mouse to click once on it. It should show the summary tab, but if not, click that at the top of the window just below and to the right of the play/pause button.

Now iTunes will show you one of many screens to manage the device where it normally shows the store or your music library.

Here you can see on the left where the device might be configured to back up to iCloud. You can change that or leave it as it appears. On the right, you can click Back Up Now and get a local backup.

Now to answer the "what is backed up" - you can read over this article while your backup is running. HT4946: iTunes: About iOS backups In particular, music is not backed up since it either came from a computer or from the cloud, so iTunes and iOS assume you back up your computer and they back up the cloud so you don't need to waste space on your computer and time backing up something that was just synced to the iOS device as opposed to being created there or only being stored there.

Once your backup is complete - click on the info tab and perhaps consider syncing the contents from addresses and calendars which will make a copy of that data available on your computer as opposed to having it stored away in a backup file where you can't really get to the contacts other than restoring them again onto a phone (replacing the contacts that were on that device in the process).

I have a new 4s iphone. I have backed up my old phone in the cloud. I connect my new phone with usb connection. I access itunes, my device is recognized. I go to the view and open but there is no option to restore...my music will not load into my new phone...I am on a mac osx


Safari app is not opening from dock icon What could be happening? Was after latest OSX update.

Seems the app is not responding but is installed.

Still unsolved!

You should try to launch the app with command line.

/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari &


how to add ip routes with host name instead of ip address? I want to add IP routes for host that I do not have the IP address for.
I basically want tell macOS to search for a host in a specific interface:

sudo route add -host <myHostname> -iface en7

Background:
I have set up WiFi to be my primary network interface. But I want to be able to access host that are only available in the wired network with the interface en7. Therefore I wanted to add such a route to the system.

The command above results in the error: route: bad address: myHostname

Any ideas?

You can't do this; this is not the way IP routing works.

DNS is name resolution.  It's nothing more than an address book of names pointing to some numbers (IPs)

myhost.com --------> 111.222.333.444

DNS tells you what the address is, not how to get there.  IP routing is the mechanism of how you get from one point to the next.  It's the same difference between "Contacts" and "Maps" in your iPhone.

  I basically want tell macOS to search for a host in a specific
  interface:

You can't tell an interface what "hosts" (names) are there.  You tell it what networks are accessible.  Networks are defined by IP address(es).

For instance:

en0 has an IP of 192.168.1.4 and is on the network 192.168.1.0/24
en1 has an IP of 10.0.0.9 and is is on the network 10.0.0.0/24
A subnetwork, 10.0.5.0/24 is attached (via switch) on the 10.0.0.0/24 network

 en0+------------> 192.168.1.0/24

 en1+------------> 10.0.0.0/24
                             +
                             |
                             +------> 10.0.5.0/24

Now, you add a host called foo.bar in DNS and it has an IP address of 10.0.0.12.  Your system will know to go through interface en1 to get to it.

If another host, called foobar.foo had an IP address of 10.0.5.12, again, it would know to go through en1 because that route would be defined.

To accomplish what you're looking to do, your host has to be able to get name resolution across two separate domains (not interfaces).  You can accomplish this two ways:

update your hosts file manually
have a multi-horizon DNS server (aware of both domains/networks)

To the best of my knowledge setting a default next hop or interface for hostnames instead of IP addresses isn't possible.

Is there a reason you aren't creating a route pointing to the next hop or interface for the wired accessible subnet(s) instead?


iTunes keeps asking about incoming network connections Since I’ve upgraded to Mavericks (10.9, then 10.9.1), the system has been asking if iTunes (up to the current 11.1.5) should accept incoming network connections every time it launched it.

I’ve tried reinstalling the app, to no avail. Running the app on a fresh account (hence with default preferences and empty library — does it even need inbound connection by default?) doesn’t display the dialog.

I’ve tried removing the preferences file and the iTunes directory from the ~/Library folder, yet again with no result.

I’ve check the signature of the app with:

$ codesign -v /Applications/iTunes.app
/Applications/iTunes.app: a sealed resource is missing or invalid

It thus seems I have an app signature issue.

What should I try next?

I reinstalled iTunes again, and this time was successful.

First, I quit iTunes, then I went into Firewall Options. iTunes was already there and listed as allowing connections.  I deleted it by clicking on it and then clicking on the minus sign. Then I started iTunes again. No more annoying message.  I looked in the Firewall Options, and iTunes was there again -- it must have added itself.


How to fix the Cydia data problem? My iPad 2 is jailbroken and running iOS 5.0.1. When I open up Cydia, it shows me a message : The package com.teiron.pphelper needs to be reinstalled. But I can't find an archive for it.
How can I fix this problem?

This may work.  Install MobileTerminal and enter:

su (and enter password, alpine by default)

dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq com.teiron.pphelper

dpkg --configure -a

If this doesn't work, let me know, and I'll look for something else... Hope this helps!

It's easyer to find right repo for com.teiron.pphelper, add it to cydia and than will everything be ok again.


Picture-In-Picture (PIP) feature in Apple TV 4K (5th gen) Does the Apple TV 4K provide PIP feature so I can share the screen between two apps both running at the same time?

If so, how to engage?

No, there no such feature on the Apple TV 4K (or any other AppleTV product).

An app can implement PiP within the app (such as for example the ESPN app's MultiCast feature), but that is just within one app.

PiP between two apps is not yet possible on the Apple TV.

Yes there is.  All you need to do, once you're in an app is to swipe up.  It's self explanatory from there.


How can I have iOS Safari remember credentials for websites with HTTP(S) Basic Authentication? I have a HTTPS website which is protected by basic authentication. When I use Safari on macOS to access this website, it will store my credentials (in the Keychain). However, Safari on iOS (11.2.6) refuses to do so. I can click on the key icon on the top right of the keyboard, but it will show only credentials from  form-based websites (the same list as in macOS Safari -> Preferences -> Passwords). Is there any way I can force Safari on iOS to remember these basic authentication credentials?

Safari does not support saving the credentials for basic authentication. That's why you're not asked to store it.

There are basically three work-arounds you can use:

The first is simply to create a bookmark that contains your credentials. Note that this should only be done if the credentials aren't "important" - like for example if this is one of those commercial web sites that allow anyone in that knows that this year's password is "2019" or something like that. Then you can create a bookmark for the URL like this:

http://user:pass@website.com/

When you open that bookmark, you'll not be asked for credentials, but will be logged in automatically.

If you require an ordinary amount of security regarding the saved credentials, you can instead use a different work around. On your device, access Settings and then Passwords & Accounts and then App & Website Passwords. At the top is a + icon that you can click to add your web site and the username and password.

Contrary to form based password authentication, the information you enter there will not be automatically filled out. However when you get the username/password popup, you have the option of clicking the little "key" icon to select the stored credentials.

The third possible work-around is to use a Mac logged in to the same iCloud account with Keychain enabled. Access the web site using Safari on the Mac, and you'll be able to store the credentials.

On the iOS device the credentials will not be automatically filled out, but you will be able to press the "lock" icon in the popup to allow choosing the credentials you've stored on the Mac.

From this Apple Support article:

  If Safari won't save the password for one of the websites that you're using

  Some websites request that passwords not be saved. Safari won't save
  or autofill account names and passwords on those sites.

This is most likely the case here.

Also when you sign-in you for the first time you might have clicked "don't remember password"


How to completely, utterly, disable spell-check on OS X Yosemite? With the kind of writing I do, 99 out of 100 spelling "errors" aren't errors at all. Spell correction is simply incredibly unhelpful for me. I hate the distracting red dotted underline that appears in my native Mac apps.

What system settings can disable this?

I've tried unchecking the available dictionaries, and changing the auto-choose-language vs. specify language ... all through the preferences panel. But even though I've unchecked US English, the system still spell checks automatically with it in apps.

Right-click or control-click in the field where you're working and look at the Spelling and Grammar submenu. You can also disable the various substitutions from that submenu.


Does an iPad consume more battery power when there are multiple applications open? Does an iPad consume more battery power when there are multiple applications open compared to let's say, having only one application resident in memory?

If there are differences between the different versions of iPad, then I am specifically looking for the answer for the new iPad.

Under normal circumstances only one application is in the foreground and actually running. Of course what that app is doing can have a big effect on battery life.
Other applications may be multitasking, but only in very specific circumstances - it's rare. Most apps will actually be doing nothing, so the answer is  conditionally, "no".
When you tap the home button the foreground app receives a set of messages that allow it to prepare for and then enter a background mode. The app doesn't have to terminate completely but it is not running either. By default apps may not continue running in the background in iOS. They may request permission to run for up to ten minutes in the background (for example to complete a download) when they are notified that they are about to lose foreground status. Abusing this would be one way to get an app rejected by Apple.
Fraser Speirs recently wrote a very interesting blog post about this which was widely retweeted by developers, because it is right, and current for iOS 5.x.
Quoting from it:

There are exactly five kinds of apps allowed to run indefinitely in the Background state in iOS 5:

Apps that play audio while in the Background state. A good example is
Instacast while it's playing a podcast.
Apps that track your location in the Background. For example, you
still want voice prompts from your TomTom navigation app, even if
another app is Active.
Apps that listen for incoming VOIP calls. If you use Skype on iOS,
you can receive incoming Skype calls while the app is in the
Background.
Newsstand apps that are downloading new content.
Apps that receive continuous updates from an external accessory in
the Background.

Now if you are running an app that fits into one of the above categories it could be performing background processing. If it is a badly written app it could possibly be doing unnecessary processing. If at the same time you were running a foreground app that is demanding of processing resources then it's possible that killing the background app could make your foreground app go faster.
However! If you look at the categories you will see that these are all things that you would want to do if you were using those apps. You would not want to be able to receive a Skype call only when you brought Skype to the foreground. You would not want TomTom to stop giving you directions just because your passenger started to check email. So terminating apps is almost always a bad idea.
Now a word about the Recent Apps List that you bring up by double-clicking the home button. Notice the name is not "task list" or "multitasking list" or anything like that - it's just a list of recent apps. Some of them may be in the background, suspended and ready to run. Some may be terminated and not running at all - if tapped they would have to start running from scratch. An app from one of the listed categories may even be running in the background. But this list gives no indication of what is running right now. You can remove apps from the list but if the app wasn't running it can't be terminated. Proof: do a hard reset of your phone, letting it boot from the white apple screen. All the icons remain the same. Apps that may have been running are now not running but their icons remain.
Generally speaking there is no need to manually remove an application from the recent apps list.
If you really want to terminate an app that is currently in the foreground without switching to switch away from it before terminating it via the recent apps list, you can hold down the sleep/wake button (top of the device) until slide to power off appears. If you then hold down the home button until the device returns to the springboard, the app is terminated. (If you press Cancel and return to the app instead it is not terminated.) Proof: use an app with state - e.g. do a search in the iTunes Store app. Terminate it in this way, when you reopen the app your state is gone. If you don't terminate it your state remains.
Generally termination of the foreground app is never required - as you may have seen, an app that crashes is terminated by the phone automatically as soon as the watchdog process detects that the app is not responding to system events.
From the iPhone OS 4 press event in 2010:
    Q: How do you close applications when multitasking?
    A: (Scott Forstall) You don't have to. The user just uses things and doesn't ever
 have to worry about it.
    A: (Steve Jobs) It's like we said on the iPad, if you see a stylus, they blew it.
 In multitasking, if you see a task manager... they blew it. Users shouldn't ever have
 to think about it.

I just found out that the multitasking apps DO run down your battery. I have a 3rd Gen. I-Pad and noticed it was not charging up like it should, wasn't sure why.  As of yesterday it suddenly hit 10 % and I panicked. Talked to a nice guy at Apple tech who had me pull  up the multitask bar and then physically close all the apps and I had a bunch -- had never  heard of this.  After an hour, the battery is now up to 30% and still climbing. So folks it DOES happen and the open apps of a variety of types are what causes it.   I am now closing them on my iPad and my husband's 1st Gen. iPad which does not seem to be affected -- its battery stays on 100% almost all of the time, but the newer one -- not.


Updating iPod Touch from iOS 3 to 4 - have lost all apps and music A kid down the road asked me to update his iPod Touch from IOS v3.1.3 to v4.2.1.

I was doing this on my Windows 7 with itunes. This was a fresh install of itunes. I connected the device and the first thing i did was right click & back up. It took a while because he had filled all 7Gb of the device. Sure enough, I could tell that the music was now listed in my itunes library.

Then i started the update (which decided to do its own back up again, which seemed identical to the previous because of how long it took). The new IOS downloaded and installed and lastly it said it was restoring the apps and music. That restore process was quite quick and to my horror, ended up with almost 7Gb free. So the music and apps were gone! I look in the itunes library and the music is all gone too.

These apps and music were not purchased content (AFAIK). In particular i think the apps were free ones (little games), but all these apps will need to be re-downloaded. Plus save game files may be gone.

I do not know if the device was jail broken or anything. I am not an Apple Pro.

What went wrong?

Additional

I also tried to do a restore and there was a drop down list. In that list was:

<Name's> backup 20/Nov/2011 5:20pm <-- correct time of my backup
<Name's> backup

I did the restore using the 1st backup. However, the data did not restore and version of iOS remained at 4.2.1

An iOS device's backup typically contains just applications' settings & data. So, if you have just made a backup without saving app or music, you've lost everything.
Sorry :'(

Sometimes iTunes thinks that the iPod is yours but has stuff on it but it was synced with a different computer and a different iTunes so iTunes needed to format it.


Turn on Location Services for an app via command line (macOS) I am trying to enable Location Services for an individual app such as Weather.app etc via command line for High Sierra and Mojave macOS computers.

I was able to enable Location Services at the top level by using these two commands.

For High Sierra:

sudo -u _locationd defaults -currentHost write com.apple.locationd LocationServicesEnabled -int 1

For Mojave:

sudo defaults write /var/db/locationd/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.locationd LocationServicesEnabled -int 1

However, I haven't figured out how to enable Location Services for an individual app yet and hope the community here can help me figure out. :)

You should Click The Lock to Make Changes..enter your root passcode. Then you will see all the features (including apps) unlock & ready to accept changes. Klick to the app you’re interested to.


How do I get rid of "phantom user" after migration? I got a new Macbook so I used Migration Assistant to move all my content from the old Mac... my only used on the old mac was called 'user' and that is the only user I wanted to move to my new Mac.

Halfway through the migration, however, the connection ended, so I just decided I would start it over again. However the 2nd time I did not have the option to overwrite the half-baked 'user' account. Hmm. So I just asked it to bring over 'user' as 'user2' on the new machine... then I figured when it finished, I would delete the original 'user' folder and account, rename user2 to user and be done.

So it is done. But now on my new Mac, I have 2 users in Users & Groups:

user
user2

BUT only one user folder, /user, which appears to have all the content from the /user folder on the old Mac (i.e. it seems to have brought over everything okay there). No sign of a /user2 folder at all. Odd.

I guess it sort of figured out that the first user was already set up and just used it, which is fine. I want to delete user2 from Users & Groups but the Mac freezes whenever I try to do that.

How can I delete the "phantom" user user2? I want to keep just 'user' and the main /user folder.

It may seem like a bit of overkill, but I'd erase the new Mac, reinstall it's OS from scratch, then re-import the user again, properly, without interruption.


Is there a way to enable "Find my Mac" to locate your computer but not remotely wipe the drive? Find My Mac is a useful feature of iCloud to locate your computer. As recent events have shown, however, if bad guys gain control of one's iCloud account, they can wreak havoc, including remotely erasing the contents of your Mac.

Is there a way to enable "Find My Mac" to find one's computer but not to enable the remote wipe feature?

A good answer would point to some official Apple document about whether or not this is supported. A great answer would say no, this isn't supported, but you can modify this particular file on your computer to prevent remote wipe from happening.

In this Knowledge Base article, Apple write "With Find My iPhone set up on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or Mac, you can locate, display a message, play a sound, remotely lock, or remotely wipe (erase) your device using the Find My iPhone app from another device (such as a friend's iPhone or iPad)."

This is the closest I have found to a direct statement that it's one package: if it's set up, you can locate, display a message, play a sound, lock, or erase. None of the documentation about configuration mentions options to enable these selectively; the control is off/on.

As far as disabling remote wipe, there seems to be a strong indication that the remote wipe involves rebooting to the Restore partition. Evidences for this include the fact that "Find my Mac" will not turn on (be greyed out) if there is no Restore partition present. Also, it would be very difficult for a running process to wipe its own boot drive. The Find my Mac remote wipe causes a reboot. It seems most likely that wherever the remote wipe lives, it's somewhere on the recovery partition.

So, Find my Mac won't turn on unless there is a recovery partition. Remote wipe most likely won't work if the Recovery partition isn't bootable. To enable Find My Mac but disable Remote Wipe, you need to have a recovery partition, and it needs to not successfully boot. Sabotage the recovery system somewhere so it can't boot and thus can't be used as the plaatform to wipe your main drive. Of course you will want to keep an external bootable recovery drive (USB stick?) available if you do this.

What do you think of this:

Go to iCloud.com and sign in.

Select "Find My Phone"... FMP actually is misnamed and finds all your devices, including your Macs.

You can email yourself when the Mac is found, and you can also "remote lock" - rather than "remote wipe".

Naturally, you will also have a location.


How do I change GNU Screen's meta-key to Cmd-a? GNU Screen's default meta-key is Ctrl-a, which is really inconvenient for me because I frequently use Ctrl-a and Ctrl-e to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the line.

I'd prefer to change this to Cmd-a instead. I know this can be changed in my .screenrc file, but how do I encode the Cmd key?

I generally think the command idea is a bad one, because it is intended to be the system key for app manipulation. Cmd-l appears to be unbound in the application menus, but I couldn't use any tricks to view what it's keycode may be. Thus, I would suggest Shift-Ctrl-a.

Having said that, if I understand the man page, and a resource on the Ubuntu Forums on the topic, I believe you can change it to Shift-Ctrl-a either by using the -e flag (which I suggest you use to test with before putting it in your ~/.screenrc).

You should be able to run screen -e ^AA. ^ is a common identifier for "Ctrl", and A means capital-a (shift + a), as opposed to a lowercase a, meaning the character by itself.

If that works, you should be able to add a line into your ~/.screenrc that says: escape ^AA for it to automatically take place on any standard execution of screen just by itself.

run 'cat' in a terminal and press cmd-a to see what characters it sends. You can then use that in your .screenrc