Address Book won't restore contacts from .abbu My Address Book won't restore contacts from my address book archive (.abbu).  I sync my address book with iCloud.

A couple weeks ago, Address Book told me there were some inconsistancies in my contacts.  It said that 12 of my contacts were outdated. The "updated" versions that it presented were actually versions that were older by several weeks or months.

I told Address Book repeatly to ignore the changes so it kept on asking me.
I exported my correct contacts as a .abbu file.
I also back up with Time Machine so I should have a good copy there.
I deleted a "bad" contact from my Address Book, and then tried to import the .abbu file, the contact I deleted appeared for a second and then disappeared.
I then deleted my entire Address Book.
I tried again to import the .abbu file.  All the contacts appeared for a  second and then disappeared.

This happen when iCloud was added in perferences and syncing and when it wasn't.  Deleting the file AddressBook folder in ~/ApplicationSupport/ also didn't help.

It was caused by iCloud.  Went offline, opened .abbu file, exported as vCards, went online, cards removed themselves.  Deleted iCloud account from Mac, added vCards, readded iCloud to Mac.   Fixed.

Export Address Book Archive..., or vCard), so restore them whichever way you backed them up. ....


How to make iMac lock itself if left for 2 minutes? So users need to insert password to login to my iMac

If you follow the below 2 steps, you can set your machine to require a password after 2 minutes of inactivity.

Within the Desktop & Screen Saver System Preference, set the screen saver to come on after 2 minutes of inactivity.
Within the Security & Privacy System Preference, set the option to require a password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins.

Control Panel, the Energy setting, set the minutes you want your Mac into sleep mode.


How do I move a third-party application's menulet from one location to another in the menu bar? I bought QuickCal 3 from the Mac App Store recently.  Now, when I boot my Mac, the QuickCal menu icon shows on the menu bar, and where it wants to by default, I suppose.

Since QuickCal has the ability to show the current day of the month within its icon, I thought it would work best if positioned next to my clock.

I'm trying to save space in my menu bar (I have a lot of crap there already, you'll see), so I have "Show date" turned off for the built-in clock.  But, since I want to have the QuickCal icon, I figure it can do double-duty and add back in the day of the month .. my aging brain can still remember the month, anyway.

So, how can I accomplish this:

That is, how can I reposition a menu icon in the OS X menu bar?

I tried dragging, but that didn't work.  Is there a way to do this in OS X (e.g. is there a keystroke I need to use while dragging?), or some preferences I'm not aware of?

I realize my specific request may be a challenge because I want to move a 3rd party menu item in between two OS X built-in ones (The clock, & battery status.)

Failing that, is there a third party tool I need to add to the multitude I installed already?  In the olden days on Windows XP, I used to have a tool called Taskbar Shuffle that permitted rearrangement of icons in the taskbar and system tray .. anything similar for OS X (but for the menu bar)?

Thanks!

You can't move it into the same area as the OS icons.  The only way to rearrange the third-party apps is to close programs and re-open them, because they appear in the order the programs were opened.

Two possible items found at cnet.com ... I haven't tried them myself.

Login Items Engine

Login Control


What is the best app for controlling the time of kids spend on iPad? My kids spend way more time on ipad. I want to limit the time each child spends on iPad on a daily basis. Any apps? They yell at us for taking away the iPad.

Here are a few:

ParentKit
Parental Timelock
TimeLock (I couldn't post link)

You can also restrict and block internet usage during certain days and time blocks for each device in your home that uses your wifi. You can do this through your wifi router.


Simple encryption software for the Mac I am looking for an application which would allow me to encrypt either a file or a folder. Something like right click on a file/folder, select Encrypt, give it a password and ready.

Of course, it should also be able to afterwards decrypt the said file/folder.

Is there such a thing?

You can do it with a .dmg.

Open Disk utility
Select New Image or File > New > Blank disk image
Choose the name, where to put it, the size (it will be pre-allocated)
Choose an encryption
Leave the other settings by default
Choose a password

Now, all you have to do when you want to access that folder, is open the .dmg file.

And it's free.

I found an app that took care of all of that in 2-3 easy steps but can't seem to find it again. You might have more luck.

I usually recommend Espionage to my clients :)

It's awesome and easy to use.

http://www.taoeffect.com/espionage/


iCal iPhone change Exchange calendar color First of all I want ask you how I can change my Exchange Calendar colors to a non-default color.

If I click Calendars in iCal on my iPhone, I get a list of all Calendars. If I click on the blue/white arrow to change the color to red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple or brown. However, this is not the color I'm looking for. I've created an own color in iCal (blue-green combined, like an old GameBoy Color)

Is there any way to set this color in iCal on my iPhone?

If you have any questions about my issue, please ask and I'll update :)

On iOS 6 and Office 365 - exchange calendars are fully customizable as long as you like the 7 default colors. :( - which means, you can't customize the colors on iOS as you clearly stated in the question

The only interface for changing colors uses the default picker - Go to the Calendar app, tap Calendars in the top left, scroll to the calendar you want to modify, tap the blue circle with the white > symbol and then choose any of the colors that are listed.

Perhaps an update to exchange or to iOS will fix this in the future, but you're not missing anything obvious. Even using alternate apps like Fantastical or Agenda on iOS won't help you escape the limited color palette.

The Week calendar app allows you to define a long range of calendar colors, including exchange, google etcetera.


Corrupt Photos in Photos_Private.photoslibrary When I try to open a photo in Photos_Private.photoslibrary, its corrupted. However, if I select Show Package Contents and open the Originals folder, everything is fine. So the question is, where do I need to copy the folder Originals to, to be able to view the images in Photos?

Open Photos.app
Select the photos you’re interested in.
Menu-select Export, submenu export originals
Put them anywhere you want.
Edit: Having been alerted that I haven’t answered the question at the end, I decided to not delete this as it may be useful to someone else.


Where is the App Store wishlist in iOS 11? Ever since updating to iOS 11, I haven’t been able to locate my wish list anywhere in the App Store.

I had quite a few apps saved that I was planning on purchasing once the price dropped, but any trace of my wishlist seems to have vanished.

How do I access my App wishlist in iOS 11?

The wish list has been completely removed from iOS 11 and iTunes 12.7.

This article confirms my statement:

  With iOS 11, you get a truckload of new features but you also lose some pretty useful things. Having already killed 32-bit apps on iOS, Apple has now removed wish lists from the App Store. Since Apple removed iOS apps from iTunes as well, there’s now no way to add apps to your wish list or to see which apps were there in your wish list on iOS 10.

You can share apps into Notes as a workaround.

We made a simple app as a replacement:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/your-app-wishlist/id1287493475?l=de&ls=1&mt=8
free & no ads :)


Positioning desktop icons on the left instead of right Any way to automatically make alias or icons to show up on the left side of apple desktop. By default they go to the right.

There is no way to force icons to go to the left automatically (and stay arranged by the criterion you choose).

As a workaround, you can change the View Options in Finder to not arrange items by any criterion and place icons manually on the left.

Click on an empty space on the desktop.
Press Cmd+J or use the mouse to go to the Finder's View > Show View Options menu.
In the Sort by: dropdown in the dialog, choose either None or Snap to Grid.
You'll be able to drop files anywhere on your desktop and they'll stay there.

See Mac Basics: Modify your windows for more information.

Also go through the Mac Basics pages to learn more about using a Mac.

I just highlighted all the folders from the right hand side, then grabbed them all and pasted to the left.


Can't disable "Press the Option key five times to turn Mouse Keys on and off" Apple lets users who occasionally want the use of Mouse Keys to enable/disable it by pressing Option (⌥) five times. I use Maya, so I'm constantly using the Option key to manipulate the camera, and this usage often triggers Mouse Keys. Unfortunately, this disables the rest of my keyboard (see this Apple KB page) and I can't use other helpful shortcuts. I can of course disable it again, but it's annoying when I have to do it again and again.

I went to the appropriate place in System Preferences to disable this (Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad), but it's greyed out. I've done extensive searching and haven't found anyone with a similar problem.

Why is this happening, and how can I stop it?

Change the value of useMouseKeysShortcutKeys to NO in 'com.apple.universalaccess.plist'. I believe you will find the files in ~/Library/Preferences/. When you're done, don't forget to reboot ;)

Also, you can do this via Terminal by typing defaults write com.apple.universalaccess useMouseKeysShortcutKeys NO and pressing enter. You may need admin rights to do this.

timothy go to accessibility in system preferences and then mouse and track pad then click options and it is the first option


Windows installation via bootcamp on a MBA mid-2013 without USB or DVD I need to install Windows 10 on my Macbook Air Mid-2013 (MacBookAir6,1) via bootcamp, for various reasons I cannot use USB, as far as I know since El Capitan it's possible to install Windows without using a USB or DiskDrive, however only on some newer 2015 models.

As you can see OSX tells me to insert the installer disk, I also tried to mount the ISO (no luck even there). Can I spoof my model id to look like a 2015mba? As far as I know no hardware is pulling back this "no-usb" procedure that is available on newer macbooks so it should work even on older MACs.

In order to install Windows via Boot Camp on Mac follow these steps:

Download the Windows iso:

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10ISO

Open Boot Camp and select the first option.

Open the downloaded iso.

You have to select the size of the partition, after that it should automatically install the drivers and reboot on the Windows installation.


Sometimes Mail.app doesn't automatically apply rules, although all rules are active I have a pack of rules, which are intended for automatically marking as read & deleting messages when some criteria is met. They work fine when applied manually, but sometimes they are not applied automatically when new messages are received and I have to run them manually. And as I wrote, all rules are active. Is it possible to fix this behavior?

Probably related: Rules in Mail randomly don't apply

upd.: All rules that I have are simple and not using AppleScript or anything similar.

What i did was to delete all the rules.
Quit Mail.
Restart mail.
Create and apply rules again.

Alternatively, you can right click on a particular email, and choose apply rules (if there are rules already configured, of course).

As I wrote on the Apple forum, if you have rules that run AppleScripts, it may help if you add 'Stop evaluating Rules' to those rules, as I suspect that Applescripts won't always run if further rules keep getting evaluated.


Cannot setup two-factor authentication I'm trying to set up 2FA on my iCloud account but I get this message:

Any ideas on a solution? There's also no option in the security settings on my iPhone to enable it. I'm running the latest versions of iOS and macOS.

Thought I'd share because I went down the rabbit hole on this and it turned out pretty simple.

I was not able to turn on two factor authenication because I had a couple of old apple devices (an old iphone 4 i was using for music and a phone that hadn't been charged in 5 years) that DID NOT HAVE A PASSCODE ENABLED.

Apple wasn't able to turn on two factor unless every device on my appleid account had a password set.

I just deleted from my account and it worked.  This took a week of back and forth with (a very nice) apple rep.

Good luck!

If you have enabled two-step-verification you need to disable it first.
Go to your AppleID website, login and edit the security section. Disable the two-step-verification.

If you're ready with that, you can try to enable the two-factor-authentication on your device.

AppleID Website: https://appleid.apple.com/#!&page=signin


OS X 10.9.4 shows wrong used disk space The used disk space reported in About My Mac is inconsistent (MacBook Air, mid 2012).

Notice that the used space for Apps is greater than my disk size. I tried different ways to fix it (Disk Utility, fsck command, etc.), but nothing helps.

Any suggestions?

These values come from the Spotlight index. So you could try rebuilding the Spotlight index to fix these values.

There are simple instructions from Apple here on how to rebuild the Spotlight index.

You can also do it from the command line using the mdutil command. You'll be prompted for your password to run this command.

sudo mdutil -E /

Please note, whichever way you perform this task, it will take a while to run.

See here: 500gb take up space on my HD, but don't belong to any visible file or folder

In short:

not all apps report files moved to trash, but trahs not emptied
not all apps report backup files (esp. local snapshots of time machine)
not all apps report ther caches and indexes


MZFinance.BadLogin.MacAppStore_message error when signing into Apple ID I get the above error message when trying to sign in to my Apple ID when trying to do a fresh install of OSX on my mac mini. It is an old version of OSX (Mavericks).

Seems to be very little info on the web about this error in this situation in particular.

Mavericks does not support asking for two-factor authentication. However, you don't need to disable two-factor authentication to log in to services which don't support it.

Attempt to log in as usual. You will receive an error message which may vary depending on the service and version of OS you are using.
Choose to allow the login on another device and note the code given.
Append the code to your password, then log in again.

No need to turn off 2FA. Just insert the six numbers on the end of the password (no space) that you get from Apple on your iPhone (or other Apple Device); and that will allow you to confirm you're the one logging in to your ancient OS that can't handle 2FA properly.


Sending HTML mails (without a 3rd party app) I've been trying to send an html mail with images embedded.

Same as you would do if you embedded items into your stationary folder in outlook.

I don't want to use a 3rd party app...because i need to send this to a client and then they will forward to a whole bunch of people...so i can't send it via a 3rd party app because once you do, if you try forward it then all the images and formatting etc don't come with the mail.

Any ideas?

You can do this relatively simple from the command line. Save your HTML, but also include the necessary SMTP headers at the top in the source. For this example I'll save the source as example.html in my home directory.

~/example.html:

From: sender@example.com
To: recipient@example.com
Subject: Test email
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html

Hello world!

Now you can send this e-mail from Terminal.app by executing the following command:

cat ~/example.html | sendmail -t

Does it have to be HTML? I find that PDFs are best for such things. Take your HTML, load it in a browser, and save as a PDF using the free Paparazzi, which can save a web page as a single PDF, no matter how long it is.


What does the 's' character mean in iPhone 5s and 6s series I found a similar question for iPhone 3Gs and iPhone 4s here. So what about the 's' character meaning in 5s and 6s series of iPhone?

The iPhone 5s "s" apparently stands for security (they added touch ID), but the "s" in iPhone 6s is still largely debated, though some have speculated that it might be for sensitivity (as per the new 3D Touch features)

However, apple has never really released any official information regarding what the s stands for in any models other than the 3GS and 4s.

But really, I don't think apple plans what the s stands for, it is just a symbol to show that this model has improvements upon its predecessor, but is not altogether different.

s stands for "We don't really have enough features to release a new iPhone, but we're gonna do it anyway."


How to change folder access if it says "You have unknown access"? I installed OSX Server and activated FTP for Downloads folder. Now folder looks like file in Finder and Downloads info looks badly. Also when i trying to delete Downloads, OSX required password and then said The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003).

Screenshots:

Of course, first of all I disabled FTP and rebooted computer. It didn't helped.
I google the problem and found a solution, it says i would need perform couple command in terminal:

sudo chmod -R 755 /Users/evlogii/Downloads
sudo chown -R evlogii:staff /Users/evlogii/Downloads

As you understand "evlogii" is my username. It performed without any errors but didn't helped. Please help me recover normal condition of my Downloads folder.

I have encountered this problem before, on the Downloads folder, and on other folders. Removing the directory and it's contents, and recreating the directory worked for me.

The commands below are to be entered in the Terminal

Copy content before deleting:

mkdir ~/Temp
sudo cp -R  ~/Downloads ~/Temp/
sudo chmod -R 755  ~/Temp

To remove your damaged Downloads folder:

rm -rf ~/Downloads, or if that doesn't work, sudo rm -rf ~/Downloads

To recreate a new empty one after removal:

mkdir ~/Downloads; chown $USER ~/Downloads


imei check said server down on a imei check it said server down, please could someone tell me what it means, as I bought a sencond hand iphone 3gs and cannot get it set up, plus I need it unlocked as its on at&t network to work in the uk, all help would be appreciated, thanks

Activation failed when a communication with Apple servers was expected.

(Official unlocks rely on having Apple send your device a list of approved SIMs during activation, and thus having the unlocker request Apple to approve your device for all cards).

This sounds like an occasional, temporary error: if it persists, I would be inclined check the hosts file on your computer to make sure it isn't redirecting any Apple servers, although I haven't ever heard of a modification that would break activation in this way.

The "043" in your serial number stands for "made in year (201)0, week 43": you can use the jailbreak tool redsn0w to install and then remove the iPad baseband, enabling you to software-unlock your iPhone as described in this guide: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-downgrade-iphone-3gs-3g-06.15.00-to-05.13.04-baseband-for-unlock-and-working-gps/

Sometimes the Apple Activation servers are under serious DDoS attack


How do I run a .sh or .command file in Terminal I've always wanted to be able to run a script I've downloaded online directly from the Finder but just double clicking the file does not work.

Open Terminal, type in sh /path/to/file and press enter.

Faster is to type sh and a space and then drag the file to the window and release the icon anywhere on the window.

The reason it doesn't work after downloading is the file permissions don't allow it. To enable execute permissions, open Terminal and type
chmod 755 /path/to/script.
Instead of typing the full path, you can drag the script onto the Terminal window from Finder.
Then, to execute, just enter
/path/to/script.
Again, you can drag and drop the file onto the Terminal window. This syntax should execute the script using the correct shell as defined on the first line of the script.


Is there a real benefit to removing applications from the iOS multitasking bar? Sometimes, if my iOS device (ipad or ipod touch) is acting sketchy or slow, I will bring up the multitasking bar (double-press the home button) and then remove items from that multitasking bar (do a long touch on one until they jiggle, then press the red delete spot on them.)
I imagine that this is somehow saving memory or freeing up the device somehow.

But is that true?  or are all those multitasking icons simple shortcuts, and deleting them has no real effect?

(bonus side question -- if it does really have no effect, what is a way to free up memory or complexity on the device other than shutting down and restarting?)

In a word, No.

Apple didn't want to hand over the responsibility of application and memory management to the user, and personally I'm glad that they made that decision.

The purpose of the multitasking bar is to allow users to switch between apps and to quit apps in order to open them afresh (in case of crashes or weird behaviour).

iOS doesn't actually allow 3rd party apps to continually run in the background. There are several methods that Apple have provided to developers which allow a sort of pseudo background tasking functionality.

Long and short is, iOS is pretty damn good at managing memory usage and will kill applications in situations where RAM is running extremely low to prevent a total OS crash.

My advice is, let the OS handle it.

I too have found it's a useful trouble shooting technique and have read more than 1 (credible) blog post suggesting quitting all listed apps improves battery life.


The system preference panes will not load When I open System Preferences and click on an item it says 'Loading Users & Groups' at the top of the window, but will not load the pane.

I've tried deleting the property list file:

 /library/preferences/com.apple.systempreference.plist

I also tried clearing the PRAM and booting in Safe Mode.

Sometimes it's just enough to quit the System Preferences app. Check if the process was ended well, i.e. use Activity Monitor (also to quit "System Preferences" app). In my recent case it was not necessary to force quit, just select the process and quit was enough.
Alternatively Force Quit if System Preferences is open and in the Doc, just do a secondary click on the System Preferences icon, hit [alt] key "Quit" will change got "Force Quit" and click that.
After restarting the app the preference pane (in my case time machine pane) could be loaded as expected.
Lately it happened, that the described method didn't work, after force quit I still couldn't open the preference pane. I found that waiting a little (few minutes) before reopening helped, because when I was not able to reopen the pane I searched for a different solution, coming back to System Preferences – without doing anything else – was able to open the desired pane.

Restart, Hold Shift key right after your screen shut down to run safe mode, go to display preferences again to check if is can be opened, and then restart -> Done, I tried and it worked on OS 10.12.3.
p/s: I found out this solution of Claeton in this post. Thanks a lot!


How to unstyle incorrect (bold and italic) font display in Safari and Firefox? I recently noticed that some sites/blogs I visit using either Safari or Firefox are showing fonts incorrectly. My site is included which is why I realised this was a problem.  Instead of the correct styles the main font of the page is displaying bold and italic. Is this a problem on my system? How can I fix it?

Here is a picture of problem — fonts are showing in bold and italic when they should be unstyled.

When I view this page in Firefox (12.5 beta) I am seeing this text as you probably intended it - no bold and/or italic. Since you reported that the problem is occurring in both Safari and Firefox, it likely is not user preferences in both browsers, which can be set to use user-defined fonts instead of those dictated by CSS or HTML instructions. Nevertheless, I'd check each browser's display preferences first to see if this isn't the case.

Otherwise, this may be a problem with your fonts cache, so clearing it may solve your problem. You can easily do this by opening up Terminal.app and entering the following command (this clears the font cache for the current user account; if you have other accounts, they won't be affected):

atsutil databases -removeUser

Some times it is the problem with registry.You could take backup of registries so that if you face something like this then you can revert the changes by applying the old settings.
Or secondly make system restore points time to time, and when you feel problem restore it to earlier time.


How to change PATH environment variable to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion that will be visible to GUI applications? I tried all methods I heard of for setting environment variables on OS X 10.8 but none of them seems to work.

To test, run a bash script from inside a gui application like Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA.

#!/bin/bash
set|grep PATH

Things I tested and that are not working even after reboot:

/etc/paths and /etc/paths.d/something
/etc/launchd.conf
~/.bash_profile
~/.MacOSX/environment.plist (binary plist made as recommended)
running launchctl setenv PATH $PATH from the command line, this was supposed to update the PATH for GUI apps, at least for current session. Guess what, no change.

It seems that PATH is always PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin for GUI apps.

With Mountain Lion /etc/launchd.conf is where you should set the GUI applications Path. Remember it's not a script file; it only supports launchctl commands so you should write something like:

setenv PATH /new/path:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

Note also that it doesn't support shell environment variable substitutions (like $PATH) so you'll have to set every path that you want to include. It's a good idea to keep the original paths that you've mentioned (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin).

You'll have to reboot after changing (or creating) the file for the changes to take effect.

Supposedly, launchctl provides PATH to GUI Apps. To set the path to that of shell path, add the following to your shell rc file after setting your path:

launchctl setenv PATH $PATH


Can iOS 7 folders and dock be skinned to be totally black? I've just upgraded to iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. I prefer a completely black wallpaper, but I noticed that making it so will turn the backgrounds of folders and the dock grey.

I am looking for a combined wallpaper color and folder/dock background to make them as close as possible to all black. If someone has a jailbreak solution, that's great, but that won't work for me as I prefer not to change the OS in that way.

Are there solutions to achieve this visual effect?

As far as I know, there is really no way to do what you are asking. Both the dock and the folder backgrounds are a result of the "frosted glass" effect that Apple has introduced with iOS 7. No matter what color background you are using, the dock and folder backgrounds are going to lighten and blur whatever is behind them to achieve that effect.

I took a picture of a black piece of glossy paper and then used that photo as my wallpaper. Makes it look good as I have a Black iPhone 5


How come YouTube videos play without Flash support in OS? A relative told me that iOS can playback YouTube videos.

I thought that YouTube requires Flash. How come this is possible without Flash in iOS?

YouTube videos are offered in multiple formats, not only Flash. If viewing on an iOS device, then you get H.264 format.

There is a Youtube app built in which does not require flash. It probably makes use of HTML5 markup.


How can I keep my Macbook Pro cool and avoid fan noise? I use my MacBook pro for audio recording. With the summer coming up, the fans tend to come on more often, which can be a problem. Recording audio is fairly processor-intensive (especially when using plug-ins for monitoring), making this problem worse. This was actually less of an issue with my iMac G5 than it is with the Macbook Pro that's replacing it.

The obvious solution is to record in an air-conditioned room with good ventilation. However, that's not always possible.

It would at least be nice if I had some warning so this doesn't happen without warning in the middle of a take. How would I monitor this situation? Do the fans come on when the temperature gets to a certain point? Is it strictly related to CPU and hard drive load? Is it possible for me to install something that will let me know how long I have until the fan noise starts?

I'm using a Macbook Pro 13" 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5, with conventional hard drives (i.e., not SSDs), 8MB RAM, OSX 10.6.7

Fan speeds are related to the temperature of your laptop.  If you're just interested in monitoring the temps, iStat Menus ($16) has an excellent temperature monitor that sits in your menu bar and can track any of the dozen temperature sensors built into your MBP.

There are a few apps which purport to allow you to control your Apple laptop fan speeds.

EDIT: Updated Aug 2018

Macs Fan Control -- $15, last updated Mar 2018
smcFanControl -- Free, last updated Oct 2016, many users report that they can set fan speeds high, but not low

I've found that the best solution to keeping my computer cool and the fans off, even when really tasking the processor, is to put it on a little stand to allow plenty of airflow underneath.  The one I swear by is a Podium Pad from 2004 which was discontinued long ago -- but there are many alternatives.  If you keep your laptop on your lap, almost any simple lap desk can help a lot, keeping the computer on a firm surface to let the fans do their work without smothering them with fabric/skin.  There are also active cooling pads with fans in them, some of which are very well-reviewed.

Finally, I'm not sure what you're recording, but you could try using a directional USB microphone to eliminate extraneous noise from your recording environment.  There are many excellent options on Amazon for under $100 (be sure it is Mac-compatible before purchasing).

Use Ice.

If you don't know what I mean, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VblFBTDw8U


speedup macOS Sierra startup I just installed MacOS Sierra on my macBookPro , I realised startup is slower than in Mavericks, can anyone direct me how can I or what Can I do to speed up boot and after booth startup. My MacBook RAM is 4GB, I hope this is not a problem otherwise.

I don't know if this is reliable, but I saw on macxdvd.com (I am not recommending their software) that if boot time is slow on Sierra, to try the following:

  Many users reported that updated macOS Sierra boot-up time increased a lot. How to speed up macOS Sierra? It's quite easy. Head to System Preferences > Startup Disk > primary disk and click "Restart" the Mac computer. If it doesn't fix slow Mac macOS Sierra after upgrading to macOS Sierra, reset PRAM.

Apple has instructions to reset PRAM:

  Shut down your Mac.

  Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R.
  Turn on your Mac.

  Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys immediately after you hear the startup sound.

  Hold these keys until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for a second time.

  Release the keys.

  After resetting NVRAM, you may need to reconfigure settings for speaker volume, screen resolution, startup disk selection, and time zone information.

Please comment if this had any effect.

Get an SSD! It is the best sub-$500 investment you will make for your computer!


TextEdit paragraph numbering - number on paragraph break NOT on line break I need to number my paragraphs but still be able to have un-numbered line breaks inside the paragraph; putting in a soft return (command-return) should work but doesn't; when I re-number the paragraphs through the List Bullets/Numbers menu, it always numbers the line breaks as well as the paragraph breaks.

Has anyone found a work around for this?

I've been using Macs since 1984, and command+return has never produced a line break. The correct combination for a line break is option+return.


How do I disable Bonjour visibility after Yosemite install? Since upgrading to Yosemite (from Mavericks) my MacBook Pro (Retina mid-2014) advertises itself on Bonjour (with "whats-my-name"). It was not visible in this way prior to Yosemite, and I have no sharing features enabled on my Mac.

How do I hide it again or turn off the "whats-my-name" service?

There is no more com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist in OS X 10.10.  The service that controls mDNSResponder is now discoverd. The plist file you are looking for is actually:

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.discoveryd.plist

You want to add --no-multicast to the ProgramArguments in that file.

    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
            <string>/usr/libexec/discoveryd</string>
            <string>--udsocket</string>
            <string>standard</string>
            <string>--loglevel</string>
            <string>Basic</string>
            <string>--logclass</string>
            <string>Everything</string>
            <string>--logto</string>
            <string>asl</string>
    </array>

Becomes

    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
            <string>/usr/libexec/discoveryd</string>
            <string>--udsocket</string>
            <string>standard</string>
            <string>--loglevel</string>
            <string>Basic</string>
            <string>--logclass</string>
            <string>Everything</string>
            <string>--logto</string>
            <string>asl</string>
            <string>--no-multicast</string>
    </array>

You'll want to be very careful when editing that file. You can also use this script to do it for you - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MacMiniVault/Mac-Scripts/master/disablebonjour/disablebonjour.sh

In OS X 10.9, Bonjour advertising can be disabled by following the steps listed at "How to disable Bonjour service advertising":

  Make a back up copy of the mDNSResponder.plist file as a precaution.
  Open the mDNSResponder.plist file in Terminal using your preferred text editor. Here is a sample command:

  sudo nano "/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist"
  Add "-NoMulticastAdvertisements" to the array in the "ProgramArguments" section.

Example:

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder</string>
    <string>-launchd</string>
</array>`

becomes...

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder</string>
    <string>-launchd</string>
    <string>-NoMulticastAdvertisements</string>
</array>

  Save the file.

  Important: If you edited this file using emacs, you must remove the emacs backup file (the file with a tilde at the end of the name, "/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist~") or your Mac will not start up.
  Restart your Mac.


Play/Pause Key get disabled or delayed I'm on Lion and I like to use the multimedia Next Track, Play/Pause, and Previous Track keys to control iTunes.

Every once in a while, these keys basically stop working.  Sometimes they just don't work and sometimes the action is delayed by minutes.  I'll hit the key out of habit and then nothing will happen, so I'll go into iTunes and pause.  Then maybe 5 minutes later, it will unpause (presumably because the key event finally made it to iTunes.)

Any idea what in the world is going on?  The only thing that seems to fix it is a reboot (though a log out and log in might do it as well.  Not in a position to try that at the moment.)

Argh! It just happened again.  Super annoying.

I finally just figured it out!  It turns out that I had a Quicktime process that was stopped  (I had done an open on an avi file on the command line.)  A kill -CONT on the pid allowed it to continue so I could close it and now I have my keys back!

I fixed my delay by running this command in terminal:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -seed -r -f -v -domain local -domain user -domain system

This function resets user domains. Reset Launch Services...

http://ss64.com/osx/lsregister.html


How to zip from terminal without creating folder structure of path to folder? It is possible to zip a target folder with encryption by the terminal command

zip -er ~/Desktop/myzippedfolder.zip ~/Documents/myfolder/

However, the contents of myzippedfolder will be a folder called Users containing a folder called username containing a folder called Documents containing the folder myfolder and its contents.

Is it possible to zip the folder myfolder only such that when myzippedfolder is unzipped it contains only myfolder and its contents rather than the parent folders?

Simply…

cd to the correct directory first. For Example:

cd ~/Desktop

or alternatively, type cd [space], then drag your folder to terminal to auto-fill the path

zip ~/Desktop/myzippedfolder.zip --out ~/Desktop/myfolder/ -s 1m

There is for copying: fileIntoZIP.


How can I successfully export video from iMovie to a video hosting service? I've tried several times to export an iMovie project to Vimeo using iMovie '11 v9.0.9 updated May 2013. The video takes several hours to render, but fails at the end when it would follow that the video is to start uploading.

This is the error message that shows when it fails:

Unable to prepare project for publishing. The project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred. (OpWrErr: file already open with write permission)

What can I do to make thus work successfully?

This is error -49, OpWrErr: file already open with write permission.

Turns out, this is related to Time Machine running at some point while the video is rendering.

It's possible to address this in one of two ways:

Disable MobileBackups.
Disable Time Machine entirely.

I chose the latter of the two and the export succeeded fully.

Yes it does work but u can also type in in terminal: sudo tmutil disablelocal


Pinning desktops to monitors in 10.9 Is there a way to pin desktops to monitors like you can pin app windows to desktops?

Specifically my problem is I use a macbook and plug and unplug my external monitor a few times a day. Rearranging my desktops and full-screen apps every time is a pain in the rear end and so I hope there's a setting for that that I just can't find.

There was a way to do this a few years ago. I think it was on SL with some third party software, but sadly I can't remember what it was called. Could be discontinued though...

Edit: I remembered: Put the app to the desktop where you want to have it. Right click on dock icon, go to options and select the space you want to assign the app to.


I can't add events in my calendar When I got my iPhone 5, the Add Event button in Calendar was greyed out. I have tried adding events using Siri, and that doesn't work either. Why not?

I found it to be my password for iCloud.  It dropped out after the update.  I entered it back in and verified it and the calender came back online.  Stupid update errors! enough to drive you bonkers!

Make sure you have a Calendar set up in iOS, either an iCloud calendar (Settings -> iCloud) or another one (Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars). If your only calendars are read-only, like Facebook Events and Birthdays, you won't be able to create events.

In iOS 7 and 8, you can check the calendars that have been set up by tapping "Calendars" at the bottom of the calendar view. If you don't see an iCloud calendar or another one you can edit, you'll need to create one.


Disk Utility won't let me create or resize partitions My MacBook Pro 13" Late 2011 is running Yosemite. I am trying to install a Linux distribution on a partition of my hard drive. I used Disk Utility to resize the main partition on my hard drive and it completed seemingly successfully. I was left with the following:

However, as soon as the partition was created, I was left unable to rename or resize the remaining OS X partition again (all options were grryed out). Also, Disk Utility allows me to click the "+" to make a new partition, as well as name and choose the file format for the new partition, but doesn't let me resize anything (as seen below)...

Furthermore, when I click on "Apply", I get the log message "Preparing to partition disk: .. ", but this process then hangs and never terminates (as seen below).

Disk Utility also lets me click Apply again, and the same message will appear in the log again, but with no results.

If I try switching hard drives in the left pane, and clicking back to my main hard drive, it shows me that no partition was created at all.

The drive was verified and repaired boht within the OS and upon boot many times, with success each time.

What is going on here? How can I manage to fix this so that I can create a new partition, and resize them all? Is there another partition manager I can use on OS X that'll solve the problem?

I had the same problem as you, and i searched all the forums and i found that if you turn off FileVault it should work.


Is there a way to turn on and off the Mouse Keys feature using AppleScript or a terminal command? I'm running Mac OS X 10.7.2. Is there a way to run an AppleScript or terminal command that quickly turns on or off the "mouse keys" feature under the Universal Access tab? Ideally I'm looking for a solution that doesn't involve GUI scripting the System Preferences app, although that would be slightly better than nothing.

I've explored defaults write com.apple.universalaccess useMouseKeysShortcutKeys 1 and various other forms of that statement, but to no avail.

Here's the GUI scripting solution:

tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal anchor "Mouse" of pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "System Preferences"
            tell first window
                tell first tab group
                    tell radio group 1
                        if value of radio button 1 is 1 then
                            # enabled, so disable
                            click radio button 2
                        else
                            # disabled, so enable
                            click radio button 1
                        end if
                    end tell
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
    quit
end tell

It will launch System Preferences if required, but doesn't show the window and quits it afterwards, so from a UI POV, it at least doesn't show the window.

You can change the persistent setting on which the System Preferences configuration is based using the following commands:

defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess mouseDriver -bool YES
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess mouseDriver -bool NO

Unfortunately, this only changes the configuration file and does not apply the changes to the running system.

While you can programmatically press Option keys using AppleScript, like the following:

tell application "System Events"
    key down option
    key up option
end tell

The press Option five times to toggle setting is at a higher level and doesn't get triggered by this. While all regular Option key presses are ignored after you only run key down option, you can still toggle Mouse Keys.

Debugging System Preferences while changing the setting shows calls to LaunchUAServerIfNeeded and UAMouseKeysSetEnabled in the private UniversalAccessCore framework. Unless we reverse engineer that framework and write our own binaries, I don't think we'll get a proper programmatic way to do this.

Can't you use keystroke scripting in AppleScript for this?

Something along the lines of:

tell application "System Events"
    repeat 5 times
    //any of these should work
    key option
    key code 58
    key code option
    //I do not know if this works
    keystroke option
end tell


Testing an iPhone 5C without a battery or screen I have a previously broken iPhone 5c that I removed the offending parts from. The screen was shattered beyond repair, and the battery was in pretty bad condition. I'm planning to buy some new parts and repair it, but I don't want to spend around $100 and find out that other parts are broken and it's non-salvageable.

Is there a way to test the phone, maybe by making it ring or vibrate, without a battery or a screen?

Update: It works, it's charging and vibrating, but it seems to be trying to notify me of something important, as it is vibrating every 3 seconds. is this normal or what

I think on iPhones the 3 second vibratíon indicates a screen problem


What is "Other" account on OS X Yosemite login screen? I am using OS X Yosemite. I am seeing 2 accounts on my login screen. One is my account and the other has the name "Other". What account is that? When I click on it, there is no username. When I try to shut down my computer, I am now prompted to enter my username and password. Previously there is no need to do so. I have tried the suggestion here How to get rid of the "Other..."-Account on the login screen? but that only hides the "Other" account. I am still prompted for my username and password when I want to shutdown. How do I remove/disable the "Other" account, not just merely hides it? Thank you for the assistance.

This indicates you either enabled the root user or you connected to a directory service (Open Directory or Active Directory) for the ability to login with network accounts.

Directory Services:
Open System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options

Look for a Network Account Server in the main pane of Login Options and edit accordingly if one is present.

Root User:
"Open Users & Groups preferences, click Login Options, then click the lock icon to unlock it. If necessary, type your password, then click Unlock.
In the Network Account Server section, click Join or Edit.
Click Open Directory Utility.
Click the lock icon to unlock it, then enter your administrator name and password.
Do one of the following:
Choose Edit > Enable Root User, then enter a root user password in the Password and Verify fields.

Choose Edit > Disable Root User.

Choose Edit > Change Root Password, then enter a new root user password."

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH14281?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

When you bind a user to open directory you could see this as well, depending on the settings defined.


Where does Mac OS X store contacts in my Address Book? Where does Mac OS X store contacts in my Address Book? Has this changed from Snow Leopard to Lion?

The path is ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/ on both Snow Leopard and Lion.

Note that you can't see the Library in your home folder (as it is hidden by default). You can type in chflags nohidden ~/Library in Terminal to make it appear permanently, or hold down ⌥ Option while in the "Go" menu of Finder.

OSX 10.9.1 go to Contacts.app, highlight the contact(s) select more than one with the shift key, press DELETE then OK


Need a cli to check the sha256 hash of a file To check the sha1 of a file I would use openssl sha1 <file> I'm not sure what to use to check the sha256 hash of the file however, what would you recommend?

You can use

openssl dgst -sha256 <file>

Tested on LibreSSL 2.6.4 on macOS 10.14 (Mojave).

Prior to Mojave you can use openssl sha -sha256 <file> or openssl sha256 <file>.

To check command line options for the openssl sha command: openssl sha -help.

I would use this command.

shasum -a 256 -c <<<'_paste hash to compare here_ *_path to file goes here_'

Example:

shasum -a 256 -c <<< '0d2ea6de4f2cbd960abb6a6e020bf6637423c07242512596691960fcfae67206 */Users/USERNAME/Downloads/someprogram.dmg'


Black bars on external display I am connecting my 2015 MacBook Air 13" to an external display via the Thunderbolt-to-VGA adapter.  There are black bars on each side of the external display screen.  How can I remove the bars?

Macbook Air 13" (Early 2015)
LG Flatron E2360
Dell Thunderbolt to VGA Adapter.

The vertical black bars appear when the MacBook screen resolution and the external display screen resolution is not in the same ratio.

To fix that, when you connect to the screen, there is a prompt to choose which screen resolution you want to use. It’s either MacBook or the external display. This is how vanilla MacOS works.

Or, go Apple Menu --> System Preferences -->  "Displays" pane  set your preferred monitor resolutions there.

Plug and play again helps. I don't know why but it helped for me.


What are some iOS5-only and/or iPhone 4S-only Hidden Tips/Tricks? Possible Duplicate:
  What tiny thing in iOS 5 makes you smile, or has caught you off guard?

Be sure to specify if your tip or trick is for all iOS5 devices, or if it is restricted to the iPhone 4S only.

iOS5 Camera Tip: To keep your auto exposure & focus fixed at where you want it, just tap the screen & hold it until the box pulses.

via @Photojojo


Why do emoji like  appear when I use Safari, but not Chrome? Why do emoji like  appear when I use Safari, but not Chrome on the same MacBook running Lion? Both browsers use WebKit, and I'd imagine font support comes from the OS, not the application.

For reference purposes this is the page rendered in Chrome 17.0.963.56:

And this is the page rendered in Safari 5.1.3 (7534.53.10):

The difference is the rendering engines for the browser windows.

We know Safari renders the character set differently than Chrome. But the Window UI elements (the tabs in Chrome) are okay. That's our biggest clue.

The window UI elements are likely (emphasis on likely, I may not be correct here) all being rendered by the OS. So they get the full OS-level emoji-expansion treatment.

But what happens inside a web browser window is all very browser dependent. The rendering engines are a big part of each browser's secret sauce.

Both Safari and Chrome use WebKit, but the similarities between the WebKit instances they use stop somewhere around the name of the engine. They're both forks from the main version and they're both heavily customized to improve the performance in ways that each browser development team thinks is meaningful for their end users.

@JasonSalaz found a great bug in the Chrome bug database that gives us the final clue that it's down to WebKit forks: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=90177 -- that bug is talking about the differences between the fork in Chrome and the mainline of WebKit from the open source project. There are rendering differences in the mainline that have yet to make it in to the version Chrome is using. And it looks like they intend to merge the changes in at some point.

Update: Paul Irish has a great blog post on how WebKit differs for all these browsers that currently use it. If you really want to understand just how diverse the WebKit environment is, this is a great read.

The symbol is a character made by Apple. Safari uses its own character set.


my iPhone keeps losing wifi connection. Why is this? My laptop connects to my Wifi but my iPhone does not. I connect my macbook air from the basement to the wifi and i get all 3 bars, but then i connect my iPhone from same place in the basement, the iPhone keeps losing the wifi.i had an iphone 4 before so I thought it was just the Antennas of the iPhone 4 that was weak. Now I have the iPhone 6 plus and its the same issue. what do you think is the problem? is it my router? i have a netgear WNR1000v2 and it is upstairs, about 50-60 ft away from my room in the basement.

Download a wifi analyser onto your phone (plenty of good free ones) and check the signal strength your getting on it when scanning for WAP's.

This should help you rule out if its the signal strength, leaving either your netgear or iPhone as the culprit.

See this article as well

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/ios-8-problems/2/


Ripping a whole website to PDF Adobe Acrobat Pro allows the user to convert an entire website (or subset) to a PDF. Is there anything else available for OS X to do the same thing? I don't want to spend several hundred dollars.

Ideally, it would allow the user to rip a URL and all other URLs on the same "prefix" to a single PDF. For example, given the URL "http://example.com/a_web_page", it would pull "http://example.com/a_web_page/index.html", "http://example.com/a_web_page/a", "http://example.com/a_web_page/b", etc., but not "http://example.com/index.html" to a single PDF.

I have found whole books released under Creative Commons licenses as HTML pages (one per chapter, or section). I would like to capture the entire book to a single PDF to read on my iPad.

Thanks.

It doesn’t do “whole websites” because it would be hard for it to know “how deep” (tho I agree it could be configured in a way of: go down XX levels), but in any case, if your HTML pages contain a full chapter and assuming the books have about 20-30 chapters, is not that “bad”.

With that in mind, I have an inexpensive application that does this job, and it’s called Web Snapper.

  What's so special about Web Snapper?

  Web Snapper is drag and drop simple.
  When you want to grab a page, you drag
  the URL and drop it onto the drop zone
  in Web Snapper (or the app icon in the
  dock) – it really could't be any
  simpler. With the 'Snapper, you can
  save pages as scalable/vector PDFs (we
  even preserve the links!), or in any
  of the image formats that are
  supported by MacOS X. If you want to
  make a multi-page PDF - simply drag
  and drop multiple URLs and then click
  the "Save to Multipage PDF".

It may help you because the price tag is $15.

Out company developed a batch process for this at PDFmyURL - with this you can convert an entire website to PDF by using a simple API. If you have the sitemap you can just pass this to the API and otherwise you pass the list of URLs that need to be crawled.

The details are here


Google Chrome Helper (not responding) After upgrading to Yosemite, I found there are quite some Google Chrome Helper (not responding) processes after MacBook resumes from hibernate (closing the MacBook cover).

It seems to me close-and-reopen Chrome will clean up the (Not Responding) processes.

What is the problem?

You can see developers from the Google Chrome team discussing the issue here.

If I'm reading correctly, something triggers a change in the way things are drawn to the screen. The WindowServer process, which is responsible for drawing everything to the screen, issues a notification announcing that change to every process with a GUI and expects an acknowledgement of the notification. These Chrome processes don't respond, so the operating system flags the processes as "Not responding".

Long story short is that they think this is just a cosmetic problem that will be fixed shortly. It doesn't actually seem to affect performance.

They've found and fixed similar issues in the past, for example 304860. I think this is a side-effect of the multi-process architecture that they use for Chrome.

go to chrome://flags

look for something with sandbox

click disable -> restart chrome


2 Apple IDs - 90 day ban? I have 2 Apple IDs but I think I read that if you use a second ID, you cannot use the first again for 90 days. Is this true? If so, I need another solution!

95% of my app purchases have been with Apple ID #1, the original one. Apple ID #2 has only been used for a few important and more-expensive apps. I just want to log in occasionally to Apple ID #2 and download a purchased app, then go back to Apple ID #1 for all downloads, purchases, etc.

Here is what we have. It's pretty simple because I do all the setup; my husband just uses the phone, iPad, etc. My husband and I have 2 iPhones and 1 iPad. He is still using a PC after all these years, but I have a Mac desktop with an iTunes account. Over the years I have created 2 Apple IDs.

Currently the 90 day restriction is only for automatic download of additional purchased content.

This also is a per device limitation and not something about the account being banned from working elsewhere.

For 90 days after you turn on the "automatic download feature", you can't switch another account to start automatic downloads on that one device. You can always trigger updates manually. As long as you disable automatic downloads on the second account (or both) you won't have any issues with your two ID on multiple device setup until you run into the 10 total device limit for a given Apple ID for store purchases.

you can change your time zone to 90 days from now i think it should work


What's a good iTunes alternative to use with my iPod nano 6g? I'm looking for an iTunes alternative for my new iPod nano 6g.

I've used sharepod before but it doesn't work with the nano 6g—I can upload songs but they're not being recognized by the iPod database.

Any ideas on alternatives that work with the nano 6g?

Mediamonkey is a good alternative on Windows, the nano 6th gen is present in the list of compatible devices.

If you're using Windows, try DoubleTwist. (Not sure if it supports Apple products on OS X yet.)


How do I change the playback speed in iTunes? On the iPhone I can speed up the playback of podcasts to 2x.
Is there a way to do the same in iTunes?

This is not natively possible in the Mac version of iTunes (nor Windows for the matter). You don’t mention if you have OS X or Windows. If you have the former, you have two choices:

1) If the podcast is an MP3 file, you can convert the file to an AAC file in iTunes (with an extension of m4a.) and then change the extension to m4b; the file becomes an audiobook which can be played faster if I am not mistaken.

2) Another alternative is to hear it in Quicktime, which has speed controls: Right click the file in iTunes and choose "Show In Finder”. Option-click the file (right click) and select “Open With…”, select QuickTime. Once in Quicktime option-click the "Accelerate" button to change the playback speed.

Soundforge nits free and it will change tempo without changing pitch. It works well.


Why Firefox takes so long to open in Mac OS X? When I first boot my MacBook Pro with Core i7, 8 GB ram, and 7200 rpm hard drive running Mac OS X 10.6.7, it still takes a long time (10 or so dock icon bounces) for latest Firefox 4.0.1 to open.

Why is it so slow? Is it something on my part? Or is Firefox just that slow to open? Thanks!

P.S. As a comparison, it doesn't take long a all (a few seconds) for Firefox to open on my Windoze machine.

If you have installed many fonts (font packages), you should disable the ones that you don't use. Also try running Firefox in safe mode (without addons). FF4 should start for about 2-3 seconds.

Simply because it is a Mac. It takes longer to open an application than other operating systems, but once it is open it remains open so the program will load faster afterwards.
This is because on a Mac, the X button on top doesn't close the application but rather hides it (unlike a Windows which closes it with the X). Short term this can be a pain in the ass, like I always see it. It might be helpful if you do not shut down your Mac so that all the applications are still running in the background, hence opening a picture, word file or browser might be faster. But many apps running will make a Mac slower.

Mac and Windows user


Deleted com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist in Mavericks, how to get it back? I already had trouble with DNS not resolving for all apps except Chrome, in my troubleshooting I for some reason deleted com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
Deleting this file did not help in any way..
Could someone post the text to 10.9 com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist? I understand I will have to change permissions etc on the file.

Here is the contents of my /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist from OS X 10.9.1:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.apple.mDNSResponder</string>
    <key>OnDemand</key>
    <false/>
    <key>InitGroups</key>
    <false/>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>_mdnsresponder</string>
    <key>GroupName</key>
    <string>_mdnsresponder</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder</string>
    </array>
    <key>MachServices</key>
    <dict>
        <key>com.apple.mDNSResponder</key>
        <true/>
               <key>com.apple.mDNSResponder.dnsproxy</key>
               <true/>
    </dict>
    <key>Sockets</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Listeners</key>
        <dict>
            <key>SockFamily</key>
            <string>Unix</string>
            <key>SockPathName</key>
            <string>/var/run/mDNSResponder</string>
            <key>SockPathMode</key>
            <integer>438</integer>
        </dict>
    </dict>
    <key>EnableTransactions</key>
    <true/>
    <key>BeginTransactionAtShutdown</key>
    <true/>
    <key>POSIXSpawnType</key>
    <string>Interactive</string>
</dict>
</plist>

It'd probably be worth running a permissions repair after restoring the file.

Label
    com.apple.mDNSResponder
    OnDemand

change falsed by true in this command


Is using a Mac mini as an iPhoto server for 2 client laptops a good idea? We have 200+ gigs of pictures and home videos on both me and my wife's laptops. This is getting unmanageable as well as taking up too much hard drive space on both of our laptops.

I am thinking about getting a Mac mini that will acts as an iPhoto server, and setting up an iPhoto share so that our laptops can still browse the pictures as well as our Apple TV always having access to that stream of photos. That way our Apple TV is not dependent on our laptops being powered on.

Is this a good idea? Anyone have a better suggestion?

You can happily place the library and have it share out.  You will need to have iPhoto running at all times in order to have the library visible to other users tho.

When you connect to the library from another Mac, you will not be able to use the same Events/Albums views that you have locally.  Some of it is available, but mainly it just throws a huge list of all your stuff that is not organised in the same way as you would expect if it was local.  Also, it's SLOW, in that it seems to almost cache the contents each time you connect which can take a while, and subsequent navigation is not quick either.

Another way to do this, is to share out the folder that the iPhoto data resides in, rather than opening iPhoto and sharing your library via the app.  This has the advantage that iPhoto does not need to be running on the Mini, although the disadvantage is your Apple TV won't connect.  This will however open the library in the same way as if it were local (in essence it is local, just on a network drive).  You can test this out by holding OPTION down as you start iPhoto, it will let you connect to a different library.

All in all, it's not a great solution either way.  I long for a sensible way of sharing in iPhoto and iTunes that does not require the apps to be running at the time (just a background sharing daemon would be great), that allows you to navigate and modify as if they were local, but it does't really exist for either app, and any solution is substandard to your local install workflows.

I have just recently found myself in the same situation, but I also wanted to share my pictures with family over the internet, so my solution is a bit different: I dedicated an external drive to storing photos and videos, in a simple file structure: Year-Month - Occasion (e.g. "2011-08 - Orlando Vacation").

Now for the sharing part: I am using the free PhotoShow gallery running on my Mac Mini's web server. The main advantage and the number-one reason I chose this software is because it takes the library directly from the hard drive, you don't need to generate galleries, thumbnails, etc. All you have to do is point it to the root of the folder structure holding your photos, and - voila! - instant photo sharing with galleries, thumbnails, ability to save the full-sized picture to the client computer, and if you have a decent internet connection and a static public IP address you can use a free DNS service to have a user-friendly website address like "myphotosite.freedomainservice.org"


Sent items listed by sender's name (my name!) not recipient in Outlook for Mac 2011 Outlook 2011 on a Mac (OS X 10.7 Lion), on a (mostly PC) office network using Microsoft Exchange server.

In Outlook 2011, in the network "Sent Items" folder, all emails are listed showing the sender's name (my name), not the recipients' names.

That means every single email is headed with my own name, like this:

My Name                     08/09/2012
Some subject line               [flag]

My Name                     08/09/2012
Re: Another subject line        [flag]

My Name                     07/09/2012
Re: different subject line      [flag]

My Name                     07/09/2012
different subject line          [flag]

...and so on. There's no clue at all as to who these emails were to, until I open each and every one.

I guess it's reassuring to be told that every email that I sent was sent by me and if I was ever to forget my own name while browsing my sent emails folder, it'd be super useful, but it's not very helpful for navigating sent emails.

Is this normal for Office for Mac 2011? How can I fix this, so that the list shows the recipients' names instead of endlessly reminding me of my own name?

Things I've found while researching this:

This can also happen in Outlook for Windows. On Windows, it's easily fixed by resetting the field. That method doesn't work on Mac because the fields can't be selected separately.
It seems this can also happen in Apple Mail too, and a lot of people seem stumped by this.
I can't find anything on this specific to Outlook 2011 or Outlook for Mac in general.

A simple guide on how to fix this would be the best answer, but I'd also welcome any knowledgable thoughts from people with experience of Macs on Microsoft Exchange Server networks on whether this sounds like an Outlook settings issue which I can fix on my machine, or some issue relating to how the Mac gets data from the server and network. The fact that Apple Mail users have encountered the same issue with no apparent fix makes me think the problem might be in the interaction with the network rather than the mail client - but that's way beyond my limited knowledge of these things.

I don't know whether the local ("On my computer") Sent Items folder has the same problem, as it's configured so that no emails except drafts are ever stored in these local folders. Drafts saved locally are listed by recipient as expected.

Changing the "Arrange By" value from "Date received" to "Date Sent" on the top of the mail list solved this issue for me.

Scroll over View → Current View and click Sent To.


Safari iPhone 6 will not load static website which is hosted on AWS Currently I am encountering an issue with loading a webpage with Mobile Safari on my iPhone5. The site was just deployed with AWS (Amazon Web Services) here is the link http://www.point.plumbing

The site works perfectly when using Safari browser with my MBP

I've done the following.

1. Reset network settings

2. Cleared my browsing cache

3. Reset iPhone5

I know that I'm due for a software update although I'm really not really sure if that's causing the issue.

Might be something with DNS settings?
Or it could be a AWS issue?

Looks like its working fine for me on iPhone 6 :


Can I block incoming calls using wildcard patterns? Recently I have been getting a few unwanted telemarketing calls, all coming from the same source. Each number though is different at the end.

For instance, if the numbers to be blocked are:

123-4567
123-7642
123-8643

It would be convenient for the future to simply block with a wildcard, such as:

123-*

Is this at all possible?

WideProtect is a pretty simple app for exactly this purpose
https://itunes.apple.com/app/wideprotect/id1171024059

It allows for specifying a wildcard pattern to block numbers, like 609-***-****. At the minimum it requires the first three digits so you should be able to block entire states with this.

CALL Protect is a free application by ATT for ATT users.
This app works great for reported numbers but does not protect against “wildcard” bot calls that switch the last four digits of your own exchange.
There are several other apps that work for this listed on this page.


FaceTime audio when blocked? If you're blocked as a contact on a iPhone can you still contact them by FaceTime audio?

No. Blocking a number will block it for normal calls, FaceTime and FaceTime audio.

You might have to pay attention to the details though to fully block someone. Anyone using FaceTime has an AppleID so you'd want to block the Apple ID (usually it's an email) and possibly also block the associated cellular number(s) since you can attach several phone numbers to one Apple ID.

Yes they can bc the kid that blocked me called me


Dictation settings with AppleScript I'm trying to create an an AppleScript to turn dictation on or off (not just make it start listening). My goal is to be able to disable dictation when I am on battery power.

I am new to AppleScript and don't know how to do this. I need this to work on macOS Sierra.

I found my answer!

Here is my code if somebody wants it:

set quitting to 0
delay 1
repeat until quitting is 1
    set PowerSource to (do shell script "pmset -g ps")
    repeat until PowerSource does not contain "AC Power" or quitting is 1
        set PowerSource to (do shell script "pmset -g ps")
    end repeat
    --START
    tell application "System Events"
        set ProcessList to name of every process
        if "System Prefrences" is in ProcessList then
            set ThePID to unix id of process "System Prefrences"
            do shell script "kill -KILL " & ThePID
        end if
    end tell

    tell application "System Preferences"
        activate
        set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
    end tell
    tell application "System Events"
        --Part 1:
        tell process "System Preferences"
            --Part 2:
            delay 1
            --Part 3:
            tell application "System Events" to tell radio button "Dictation" of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard" of application process "System Preferences" of application "System Events" to if exists then click
            tell application "System Events" to tell radio button "Off" of radio group 1 of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard" of application process "System Preferences" of application "System Events" to if exists then click
        end tell
    end tell
    tell application "System Preferences" to quit
    display notification "Hey siri is now off."
    --END
    repeat until PowerSource contains "AC Power" or quitting is 1
        set PowerSource to (do shell script "pmset -g ps")
    end repeat
    --START
    tell application "System Events"
        set ProcessList to name of every process
        if "System Prefrences" is in ProcessList then
            set ThePID to unix id of process "System Prefrences"
            do shell script "kill -KILL " & ThePID
        end if
    end tell

    tell application "System Preferences"
        activate
        set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
    end tell
    tell application "System Events"
        --Part 1:
        tell process "System Preferences"
            --Part 2:
            delay 1
            --Part 3:
            tell application "System Events" to tell radio button "Dictation" of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard" of application process "System Preferences" of application "System Events" to if exists then click
            tell application "System Events" to tell radio button "On" of radio group 1 of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard" of application process "System Preferences" of application "System Events" to if exists then click
        end tell
    end tell
    tell application "System Preferences" to quit
    display notification "Hey siri is now on."
    --END
end repeat
on quit
    set quitting to 1
    continue quit
end quit

Just open it in script editor and compile it into an application. Then launch the application. Hope this helps!


Safari and App Store missing after iOS7 upgrade I upgraded iTunes on my PC, backed up my iPhone and then upgraded my 4S to iOS7. Now I am missing the icons for Safari and App Store. Any tips on how to recover them?

One sentence answer: you accidentally turned on Restrictions. (Settings>General>Restrictions)

Just slide the switches next to Safari and App Store. That's it.

turned off restrictions safari app restored


Mounting an External HD Accessible Through Finder Good Afternoon All,

I am attempting to mount an external hard drive using ext4fuse.   I have installed ext4fuse using the following:

brew tap homebrew/fuse
brew install Caskroom/cask/osxfuse
brew install ext4fuse

mkdir /Volumes/Linux
ext4fuse /dev/disk2s1 /Volumes/Linux

This seems to work without issue and I can view the contents using sudo su, but not without.

I followed the instruction on another post which states:

"IMPORTANT: with ext4fuse by default you'll only be able to mount and see your files with sudo. To mount as regular user add your user to the operator group with sudo dscl . append /Groups/operator GroupMembership . Once you've done this you will be able to mount as a regular user and see the files from Finder."

Even following this instruction I have been unable to access this location from finder.

I would appreciate any help getting this problem fixed.

Thanks in advance.
Scott

ext4fuse /dev/disk2s1 /Volumes/Linux -o allow_other

Try with the '-o allow_other' argument? At least I can view my Ubuntu home dir in this way.

You may also want to use sudo.


Vim like navigation keys for Finder So I use vim all the time, and I've grown use to the navigation keys h, j, k, l, (especially when navigating with NERDTree).

Does anyone know if it's possible to implement this motion in macOS Finder.app?

I thought of remapping the keys using something like Karabiner or BetterTouchTool, but in either case, I would not be able to use those keys when renaming a file.

Vim can get addictive once we get the hang of it. To vim-ify the Finder is a lovely idea.

However, what features are you thinking about? For example, browsing files using the navigation keys h, j, k, l, then pressing i to enter edit mode and rename files or folders?

Vim’s power lies in text mode, whereas macOS interface is designed to be used with a mouse/trackpad. It may be better to stick with vim to process textual information, and to use mouse/trackpad in a graphical environment.

By the way, I cannot see a simple and effective way to hack the Finder (as you said Karabiner is fantastic, but it just won't do it). It would probably require to program a specific macOS Finder utility using Swift.

Alternatively:

Some code editors can be controlled the vim way, like Sublime Text with enabling the Vintage Mode.
Web browsers can be controlled the vim way: Chrome with Vimium or cVim, Firefox with Vimium-FF or Vim Vixen (thanks to @Ruslan and @wchargin for mentioning it)
The bash shell running in Terminal.app can be used in vi mode using set -o vi or set editing-mode vi.
There are great textual file managers ready to install via Homebrew that worth a try, like:

nnn. To install run brew install nnn.
lf. To install run brew install lf.
vifm. To install run brew lf.
ranger. To install run brew install ranger.
midnight-commander. To install run brew install midnight-commander. Run by typing mc.
fdclone. To install run brew install fdclone. Run by typing fd.

Just want to add SurfingKeys to the list of VIM like plugins for Chrome.


How to make Finder show icon thumbnail for some Excel documents? I have two Microsoft Excel documents that are, except for the data contained within, virtually identical. One was created as an offshoot of the other. In the Finder, the original displays a thumbnail for the icon but the offshoot copy displays the standard Excel icon with the (XLSX) "button" in the lower left corner.

I've tried:

"Save As" and giving the file a different name. That didn't work.
Checking Get Info on both and the only anomaly I see is that the offshoot is a larger file, despite containing fewer tabs and less data.

How to make the Finder show the icon thumbnail for all Excel documents?

The document filename doesn't matter as much as its extension. Usually .xls or .xlsx will preview OK where comma separated values, tab delimited documents, or something other "spreadsheet" format, which are really just text files rendered in Excel or Numbers, may not preview the way you expect in the Finder.

open Finder, locate the file and drag it to the sidebar


iPhone 4S wth update 8.1.3 I updated my iPhone with the iOS update 8.1.3, and now I am unable to activate my phone because it shows a connect to iTunes screen with no other option.

Finally, when I connect to iTunes, it gives me a message to update or, if it is still not working, completely restore to factory settings.

Although there was no warning that this update is not suitable to my iPhone, now I have no other option than restoring my iPhone to factory settings. Worse, the update fails with error -39

Question: How do I fix my iPhone since it will not start up at all and this error -39 doesn't help me know what's really wrong and if it's my iPhone or my Computer that needs fixing?

Try to put your device in DFU mode, then restore it via iTunes. This method should work with you.


Can't log in to FaceTime I have a problem with FaceTime. On my MacBook, when I try to log in into my FaceTime  it says Your Apple ID "my e-mail-address" can not be used for FaceTime.

Now, on my iPad & iPhone it does work. Any ideas?

There are a couple of things to try.

In System Preferences > iCloud, log out and then log back in.
If that doesn't work, contact Apple Support, per this post in the Apple Discussion Forums:

  You need to call Apple. The problem is NOT on your end! I spoke with an Apple representative and they said that it is a "registration issue" and that THEY need to reset security settings. I waited 14 minutes but the representative found the issue then reset it and I was able to sign in.

  Call 1-800-275-2273 (It's free in the US or on Skype if you're in Europe!)  When you call, you'll get the standard automated secretary.  DO NOT SAY ANYTHING.  If you say anything, you will be told that you either need to purchase a protection plan for $19.99 or literally "end the call". Just stay on the line until you're asked if you wish to speak with a representative. Do that and you'll be connected (for free).  They will ask for you Macbook Pro serial number and a "Customer Code" if you have one.  Tell them how long that you've had this issue and they'll confirm your Apple ID.

  Once they confirm your Apple ID, they reset everything on their end and you should be set. Make sure that you are able to send messages/make calls before hanging up.

What I did when my FaceTime was acting up I updated my software. So that would help.


Account on Mac restored from Time Machine has FileVault turned off My Mac book pro was stolen.
ML 10.8.2.
I successfully restored all system from Time Machine backup.
I remember having turned on FileVault on my user account on original system.
But on restored system that account has FileVault turned off.
Does it mean account on original system had FileVault turned off as well?

And related question. FileVault was turned on on Lion or even earlier. Usual system upgrades should keep FileVault turned on, right?

Mount the Time Machine drive / volume on your desktop and navigate to the snapshot you used to restore the Mac.

In the /Volumes/path_to_tm/Backups.backupdb/Mac_Name/Latest/HD_Name/Users folder, you will either see a directory or a file.sparsebundle named for your user's short name.

If you see a .sparsebundle, you had FileVault 1. If not, then not.

The answer here also depends on which version of FileVault (1 or 2) you were using on the missing Mac.

FileVault 1 is based on encrypting just the home folders of accounts as opposed to encrypting everything on the Disk. If you enable FileVault in OS X 10.3 - 10.6, this is what you get; upgrading to 10.7/10.8 will leave the encryption intact (now called "Legacy FileVault").

If you recover an FV1-protected account, the encryption should be maintained. Since your recovered account is not encrypted, you didn't have this enabled on your account on your old computer.

FileVault 2, on the other hand, is based on encrypting the entire startup volume -- all accounts, the OS itself, etc. If you enable FileVault in OS X 10.7 or later, this is what you get. You can also "upgrade" from Legacy FV to FV2 by disabling Legacy FV, then enabling FV2 (note that Apple recommends doing this, but it is not automatic).

If you had FV2 enabled on your computer, there's no way (at least, no easy way) to tell from the backup. 10.7 and later allow you to encrypt the backup, but that's independent of encryption on the startup volume (i.e. it's entirely possible to have an unencrypted backup of an encrypted system, or an encrypted backup of an unencrypted system). Also, the restored account will be unencrypted, unless you specifically enable FV encryption on the new computer.

FileVault is a very low-level process, meaning any installe applications does not know whether FileVault was on or off. When data is wrote or read from the disk, it is encrypted on the fly by (I believe) the kernal. THerefore, when Time Machine backed it up, it read the unencrypted files (as it didn't know the drive was encrypted).

If you turned FileVault on, you are fine. My general policy is to purchase an insurance policy through my insurance policy, and if someone was stupid enough to try and steal it, I would thrash it on the ground. I am out a Macbook wither way, but this way I get to throw a Macbook on the ground and destroy it, they do not get it, and my data is safe. It's a win-win-win.

And the insurance company buys me a new one. In short, there is NO way to tell from the TimeMachine backups. If you enabled it, then yes, it is enabled and your data is safe. Best of luck!


Is it possible to change display resolution with a keyboard shortcut? I use different screen resolutions based on the activity I'm doing during the day.
For example when I'm coding I prefer to have more space available.
Is it possible to associate a keyboard shortcut to change the scaled display resolution ?
(see the attached screenshot)

Yes you totally can achieve this without running additional apps.  On my system I created two different scripts.  One script for adjusting the display resolution higher and one adjusting display resolution lower. On my system I just enabled both scripts as dictation commands but if you create a new Service through Automator, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to those services..

First, here are the two scripts I started with.

This one is for making the display resolution higher: if my display resolution is already at the default position

tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal anchor "displaysDisplayTab" of pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences" to tell window "Built-in Retina Display"
    click radio button "Scaled" of radio group 1 of tab group 1
    click radio button 4 of radio group 1 of group 1 of tab group 1
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"

Running that script will result in this:

This next script is for making the display resolution lower: if my display resolution is not set at the default setting

tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal anchor "displaysDisplayTab" of pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences" to tell window "Built-in Retina Display"
    click radio button "Scaled" of radio group 1 of tab group 1
    click radio button 3 of radio group 1 of group 1 of tab group 1
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"

Once I made sure both scripts work correctly, I then opened up Automator and created a new service for the display resolution higher and added the appropriate script as shown in the following image.  I saved this file as rez_higher.workflow

From here, I opened up system preferences/keyboard/shortcuts/services. I located that new service I created and assigned it a keyboard shortcut

After this, just follow the same procedures to create a new workflow and service for the display resolution lower

Note @wch1zpink's answer works great, but Big Sur makes some breaking changes to it and requires revisions. This worked for me with an external display so just replace LG ULTRAWIDE with the title on the window.
compress-screen
on run {input, parameters}

    activate application "System Preferences"
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "System Preferences"
            click button "Displays" of scroll area 1 of window "System Preferences"
            delay 0.5

            tell tab group 1 of window "LG ULTRAWIDE"
                click radio button "Scaled"
                delay 0.5
                select row 4 of table 1 of scroll area 1
            end tell
        end tell
        delay 1
        quit application "System Preferences"
    end tell

    return input
end run

expand-screen
on run {input, parameters}

    activate application "System Preferences"
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "System Preferences"
            click button "Displays" of scroll area 1 of window "System Preferences"
            delay 0.5

            tell tab group 1 of window "LG ULTRAWIDE"
                click radio button "Default for Display"
            end tell
        end tell
        delay 0.5
        quit application "System Preferences"
    end tell

    return input
end run


How can I download plain .txt files in Safari/Chrome? Some data formats will not be automatically downloaded by Safari/Chrome. Usually there are other options:

.jpg → right-click will show a dialog with an option download
.pdf → when you hover over the PDF an option to download appears

How can I download a plain .txt file? (example URL)

Safari

Highlight URL in the address bar
Press ⌥ and then ↩ to download.

Chrome

File -> Save As

No options appear as to what the downloaded format is. For a plain .txt file it will be a simple text file.

Find the text to copy (or in this case, use ctrl+A).
Copy the whole text (= ctrl+C).
Open TextEdit and press ctrl+V to paste the text.
Vwoila!


OSX connection configuration issue to rack application I am on mac ElCapitan 10.11.6 (15G31) and running simple rack application rackup -p 5004. I can connect to it with http://localhost:5004/ and http://[::1]:5004/

But can't connect with http://127.0.0.1:5004/ and http://192.168.0.111:5004/.

This looks like mis-configuration on my machine. I get different errors when try to connect with IPv4 and IPv6.

$ nc -v -4 192.168.0.111 5004 # and nc -v -4 127.0.0.1 5004 and nc -v -4 localhost 5004
nc: connectx to 192.168.0.111 port 5004 (tcp) failed: Connection refused

$ nc -v -6 192.168.0.111 5004 # and nc -v -6 127.0.0.1 5004
nc: getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

But I can connect with nc -v -6 localhost 5004

My hosts file is pretty simple:

$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost

I need to make it work with my host machine IP address 192.168.0.111 so I can connect within Docker container. How to fix this?

Additional information I found on different topics

scutil

$ scutil -r 192.168.0.111
Reachable, Local Address, Directly Reachable Address

$ scutil -r 127.0.0.1
Reachable, Local Address, Directly Reachable Address

$ scutil -r localhost
Reachable

$ scutil -r ::1
Reachable, Local Address, Directly Reachable Address

# but note, ???
$ scutil -r qwerty
Reachable

lsof port usage

lsof shows port is by ruby executable and the interesting part is localhost:avt-profile-1. Checking what avt-profile-1 is gives results for "Real-time Transport Protocol media data". More info here. Also interesting is when I stop the rackup application there is no port usage, so this is not service/daemon running on my machine.

lsof -i :5004
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
ruby    12167 kode   16u  IPv6 0xf3c39e30b59c5321      0t0  TCP localhost:avt-profile-1 (LISTEN)

Here I have different application running on port 5000. It's reachable via the host IP at 192.168.0.111:5000. Note the NAME *:commplex-main. Addittionaly I would like to know what this is used for.

lsof -i :5000
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
ruby    12889 kode   14u  IPv4 0xf3c39e30b22fcbe9      0t0  TCP *:commplex-main (LISTEN)

host address name

host 192.168.0.111
111.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa has no PTR record

arp

$ arp 192.168.0.111
? (192.168.0.111) at a0:99:9b:17:16:1d on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]

nslookup

$ nslookup localhost
Server:     192.168.0.1
Address:    192.168.0.1#53

Name:   localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1

$ nslookup 127.0.0.1
Server:     192.168.0.1
Address:    192.168.0.1#53

1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa  name = localhost.

$ nslookup 192.168.0.111
Server:     192.168.0.1
Address:    192.168.0.1#53

** server can't find 111.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.: NXDOMAIN

The issue was rackup runs on localhost by default. To use host one must specify it with -o like rackup -o 192.168.0.111 -p 5004. Only one host can be specified.

Ah, I had that same issue a while back. It turned out to be a bad script Chrome was executing. I solved the problem by using Safari instead.


Audio Formats That Function With Multiple Streaming Devices/Software? I'd like to know which audio encoding format(s), as part of a video container file, will stream with all of the following devices/apps:

Apple TV 3
Roku 3
LG 2012 Smart TV MediaLink (Plex front end)
Plex (for OS X, iOS & Roku)
iTunes (for OS X & iOS)

Thanks

MP3 is the most common, so I'd assume it'll work on all non-Apple devices (I know it will work on Apple)


At symbol is in the wrong place on an Apple keyboard on Windows 7 We have an Apple keyboard connected to Windows 7 on a Sony laptop.

The email at "@" symbol is located on the 2 key, however when the alt key and 2 key are pressed simultaneously we don't get the "@" symbol, we get a quotation mark.

What settings need to be changed to rectify this?

Use shift + '.   At is in in quote. See onscreen keyboard. The symbols are swapped.


Can't get TV show name to display I imported a set of .mov files as a TV show, or at least I tried to.

I imported them into iTunes, set them to the same "Show" name, numbered them as season 1, episodes 1-6. I also named them "Episode One", "Episode Two", etc. I also marked them as "Media kind: TV Show".

Everything looks fine in iTunes. The problem is when I sync them to my iPhone, when I look in Videos, under TV Shows, it shows "Episode One" as the name of the show.

So for example, on my iPhone, under TV shows I might see: Breaking Bad (4 episodes), Mad Men (2 episodes), House (3 episodes), Episode One (6 episodes).

How can I make the iPhone display the show name? Both "Show" and "Sort Show" are set, but the iPhone seems to be ignoring them...

You will want to check the following fields - they are the ones I see on iOS 6 when I sync a TV show to my iPhone:

Video tab: Show and Season Number
Info tab: Name and Album

The information from the first item (Video tab) is shown in the top level view of the Videos app and the second line (Info tab) gets shown when you drill down to see the episodes that have synced over to the phone. If you sync to an iPad, more details are shown in the video app - but the core 4 items above are shown there as well.

i had exactly the same problem. i put the show name in under "director" and synched again and voila they are now in a named folder. but that may have been just because i synched it a 2nd time.


Admin can't select user to reset password This relates to a 2011 Macbook Pro running El Capitan.

I'm set up as the admin and my child has a standard account with parental controls enabled. My child forgot their password and I'm trying to reset it in System Preferences. I unlock the padlock with the admin password, but my child's account is still grayed out and I can't select it to reset the password.

This also happened about a month ago but one day suddenly I could select their user account and I successfully reset the password. I don't know why I suddenly could select it, and I don't know why I now suddenly can't select it. I tried locking and unlocking the padlock but it doesn't make a difference.

I know how else I can reset the password, but what I'm asking here is:

What circumstances could explain why I can't select the user account after unlocking the padlock with my admin password?

The system won’t let you reset the password if it detects that account is currently logged in.

Obvious cause is fast user switching and the other user is logged in.
Less obvious cause, things are messed up.

In case 2, try reboot and safe mode boot or disabling automatic log in to be sure the other account(s) are clear before going deeper.

i think it falls under the parental guidance issues play in there some more!


Not able to install .ipa via iTunes after updating to iOS 9.3.1 I used to create the ipa file from Xcode/Product/Archive and install it via iTunes. After updating the iPad to iOS 9.3.1, the app keeps showing "Installing" in iTunes and disappears the installing icon on iPad after loading but never completed.
With the Build and run the current scheme option, this app can install on iPad.

I had already updated my Xcode to 7.3 and iTunes. Any solutions to fix it? Thanks.

Finally, I know we need the enterprise account for in house distributions.

Alternate solutions are using

Using third party's solution, I used https://www.diawi.com/. It works perfect.
Using your apple developer account, add your devices' UDID number and used development team profile to install. Only 100 devices are allowed.
Good luck!

Click the project on the lefts side.. General->deployment info  change deployment target to 9.3 version...and archive the project and take ipa file once more and add ipa file to itune. hope this helps.thankz


MBP Late 2013 A1502 High fan usage and kernel_task at 300%, mobo replaced no luck My computer is super laggy after my fiancee spilled water on it. I originally bought a new motherboard but still seeing the same behavior. Hardware diagnostics show PFM006 and PPN001. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for looking.

I found a thermal sensor under the trackpad that was returning a bad temperature reading. This throttled the CPU and forced the fan to 100%. Bought a new palm rest/upper case assembly and will update if it resolves the issue.

I had same issue. After replace track pad is everything became normal.


Setting Up A Guest User Account In OS X? I have been advised that if you let people use your Mac, is it better for them to use A Guest User Account as when they have finished, all settings etc will be deleted and your Mac will be left "untouched", rather than running the risk of them changing settings etc and potentially "screwing things up" if you let them use your account - which could be a disaster.

Guidance on how to achieve/enable this, as well as disabling/deleting as necessary would be much appreciated ?

Setting up a guest account on Mountain Lion:

  Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Users & Groups.
  Click the lock icon to unlock it, and then type an administrator name and password.
  Select Guest User in the list of accounts.
  To let a guest user log in to the computer, select “Allow guests to log in to this computer.”

  However, guest users can’t log in remotely.
  If you let guests log in, you can also set up parental controls for guests by selecting “Enable parental controls” and clicking Open Parental Controls.

  For more information about the limits you can set, see this help topic:

  Set up parental controls
  To let guests use your shared folders and their contents from another computer on your network, select “Allow guests to connect to shared folders.”

Just follow this guidelines from Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4600?viewlocale=en_US


iTerm2 does not kill processes when tab is closed If I work in terminal, and, say run rails server in it attached to the current terminal and then close the tab it will not terminate the process making it hang around indefinitely without ability to bring it. Is it possible to fix it?

Steps to reproduce:

Open new terminal tab (cmd + t);
Run a process in it (e.g. irb);
Close the tab (cmd + w);
List processes to see that irb is still running (ps ax|grep irb).

Quitting iTerm doesn't finish these processes either.

I think it is supposed to be a feature instead of a problem.

Generally, to kill a process or just exit the current shell session, you should not use "cmd+w" or click the close button of the window. Instead, you should use "ctrl-c" and "ctrl-d" respectively.

Besides, the following facts may help you,

You can use "cmd+z" to fully restore a tab right after it is closed
The attached session and tasks keep run in background right after you close a tab. You can restore the tab at this point. But if you open a new tab using "cmd+t" now, the background session in the previously closed tab will be killed.

So the "restorable tab closing" is a feature of iterm2, though quite confusing.

I know its super old, but incase anyone else comes across this: Ctrl+C worked for me in iterm2