Running an iOS Emulator on Mac I can't seem to find any updated (or reliable) sources of iOS emulators for Mac, I am running Sierra.

At first I believed that in Xcode, when I went to run my app, was running an emulator, but I was mistaken. I guess it's a simulator. The difference is they have different compatibilities, so if you take an .ipa (iOS app) file and install it onto the Simulator, the app will crash.

My question is are there any iOS emulators out there where I can install real apps from the App Store, or from an .ipa file.

I couldn't find anything so any help or suggestions would be much appreciated, thanks!

There is a recently announced service Corellium that offers virtualised cloud instances of iOS.  It's not publicly available yet though and no word of how much it will cost.  I'm not aware of any way of running them on your desktop though other than the Xcode simulator.

It is the kind of thing I imagine Apple would have been quick to clamp down on in the past although there is lots of talk about the two app stores converging in the near future so who knows what will happen.

See these links for more info on that:

https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/21/apple-cross-platform-apps-opinion/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-20/apple-is-said-to-have-plan-to-combine-iphone-ipad-and-mac-apps

UPDATE:

Apparently a number of researchers have had varying degrees of success booting iOS in QEMU.  Here is an article providing a guide on getting iOS 12 to the point of launchd and recoveryd running:

https://worthdoingbadly.com/xnuqemu2/

In it's current state it will not allow you to run apps but very interesting none the less and worth keeping an eye as Corellium still appears to be invite only.

UPDATE 2:

Apple is attempting to slowly destroy Corellium. The user daeken on Twitter has been developing an emulator for iOS simulator on macOS that they have stated they are close to releasing (May 2020) though, but will be a commercial product.  They appear to have put in a huge amount of work and have demonstrated a number of apps working on it.

On your Mac terminal, type the following:

open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app/

It will open an iOS simulator that allows you to select which specific iOS device you want to emulate.  This works in the latest versions of Mac (I'm using High Sierra).


iMessage screen sharing is greyed out Why is the iMessage screen sharing option not available?
What causes it to be greyed out?

(see screenshot, green arrow)

Make sure the person is signed into iCloud (check System Preferences>iCloud). This fixed it for me.

I was troubleshooting a friends MacBook (Sierra) and could not get my El Capitan to work but my MacBook Air on High Sierra did.... suppose to work on anything over Yosemite.

Sharing On
iCloud logged in and Messages sent and received via El Capitan but grey video on my side. His "Invite" from MacBook was live but failed with no error message


Files stuck in Trash So I recently had to reinstall my OS on my MBP.  After the reinstall I attempted to open Chrome, but it would not open...I forget the error message.  It was like there was a file missing or something.  So, I tried to reinstall it and this was a struggle too, since I had to do it multiple times before it took.  One of the things I had to do was delete the old copy of Chrome and I used App Zapper for that, since I could not remove it any other way.  After deleting the App, I ended up with a bunch of folders in the Trash that I cannot delete no matter what I try.  These folders are mostly empty with the exception of one which is basically full of what appears to be folders containing all the various languages that Chrome supports, however those folders are all empty too.  When I try to delete these files, I get a message saying that they cannot be deleted because they are being used, yet when I check Activity Monitor, I cannot find them anywhere.  I do not use Chrome often, so i don't understand how these files can be in use but they can't be found running anywhere.  I have taken them out of Trash, put them in a different folder that I renamed and tried to delete them, but nothing.  I have tried commands from the Command Prompt, like -rm and I don't remember what else, but that doesn't work.  I have uninstalled Chrome again, and tried to delete them and nothing.  What can I do?
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And this just continues through all the language files, so you get the idea...  So let me reiterate, NONE of these files are actually in use no matter where I search for them, I can't find them.  So how do you delete files that not being used but the OS claims they are....?

Here is the result of the rm -r * Terminal command:

How about:

Type the following with empty space at the end into Terminal:

  sudo rm -rf

Drag the files you want to delete (from the trash) into the Terminal window and hit ender.
Enter your password. Done?

Disclaimer: Caution! The in this way deleted files are deleted forcefully and cannot be back easily. But I think you want exactly that...

Try using /Applications/Automator to create a System Service to delete items immediately.

When you create a new document in Automator, choose Service as the type. For "Service receives..." in the pop-up at the top, select "Files or Folders", and in the App pop-up choose Finder.app.

Add the "Run shell script" action. Settings:

Shell: /bin/bash

Pass input: As Arguments

script contents:

for f in "$@"
do
rm -r "$f"
done

Save the service with a name you can find easily, such as "Multi_instant_delete". Open the trash folder, select the unwanted items, perform a contextual click on one of them, and choose "Multi_instant_delete" from the Services item in the pop-up menu. You'll be prompted for your admin password.

If nothing happens, you could try executing the same steps while logged in as root. To temporarily enable the root user with /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Directory Utility.app, open Directory Utility, click the lock and authenticate, then choose "Enable Root User" from the Edit menu. You will now see "Other" in the login window, which you will choose, then enter "root" as the user name, and the password you assigned using Directory Utility. After you have logged in as root, you can view the .Trash folder in the home folder of the account of the user with the issue. You may then be able to select the items and move them to the trash then delete. If you can't see the items, you may need to search for .Trash folders that exist elsewhere on your boot volume. You may want to create the Service as the root user. When you create the Service, you may need to move it from "/var/root/Library/Services" to "/Library/Services" for it to appear in Root's contextual menu. Use ⇧⌘+. to see the .Trash folder(s).

Try leaving the original user logged in first, and if that doesn't work, then try by logging out of that user's account before logging in as root.

Be very careful when using that Service while logged in as root!
Don't forget to disable the root user in Directory Utility, if desired.


WiFi connection problem (iPhone to TP-Link router) I'm having trouble connecting 2 iPhones 6 and one iPhone 5 to a TP-Link TD-W8901N wireless router.

When I click on the Join button on the iPhone it tries to join (upper side of pic) and then it stops (down). It's like a circle and repeats over and over....

I am able to join via Wifi with my laptop.

I can connect to another router with my iPhone.....

I did restart router several times.

Router settings:

Channel: 1, 6, 11, auto (have been tried)
Wireless Mode: 802.11 b+g+n
Channel bandwidth: 20/40 MHz
Authentication Type: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
Encryption: TKIP/AES
Transmit Power: High
Beacon Interval (ms): 100
RTS/CTS Threshold: 2347
Fragmentation Threshold (bytes): 2346
DTIM (ms):1

I had the exact same issue with a tplink access point and this made me crazy. Nothing worked for me, until i found the solution:

Disable WMM in the wireless advanced settings!!!

1) changed channel to 11
2) disabled QSS
3) disabled WMM
PROFIT!!!
Thank you all


How to add OneDrive as an attachment location in iPad Gmail app? I have an iPad Air that has Office 365 applications installed on it. I use MS Word very frequently and my files are all saved to OneDrive.

I use the iPad Gmail application to send emails and I would like to attach my Word files (saved on OneDrive) to emails, but the iPad Gmail app does not let me select OneDrive files, just Google Drive.

I figured out that I can 'export to Gmail' Word files from my iPad Word or OneDrive app which is great, but there is no 'Save draft' option if I do not want to send the email right away.

To summarize:

Is there a way to add OneDrive as an attachment selection option in the iPad Gmail app?
When 'exporting files to Gmail' how can the email be saved as a draft without sending?

I'm doing this via iPhone but the same findings should hold.

Question 1: I believe no is the answer, unfortunately. The closest you could get to having this button is also having Google Drive, sending from OneDrive to GoogleDrive from inside of OneDrive or a third party multi-cloud app and then using the Google Drive attachment button which exists within the Gmail app. The 'export to Gmail' option you've already found within OneDrive seems like the much better solution to me.

Question 2: I believe the answer to this one is that it's not possible to save the drafts. If you want to work on the email later and hence don't want to send it immediately, the best work-around is to send it to yourself and then edit it and send to the final recipient from your inbox.

Sadly I can't offer a better solution but hopefully this is of some help or at least offers some closure to your query.

Best wishes,

JB_199

I have the same problem but I work around it by using "Mail" app from iPad.


Unresponsive iMessages and FaceTime on Mojave I have this issue with Messages, FaceTime when it gets unresponsive on start. Same issue was with Contacts, but following some recommendations on the web i've reset the Contacts database and it works now. But with messages/facetime no luck, tried many solutions, resetting nvram/pram, deleting configs and databases, etc.

Is there a way to reinstall iMessages and FaceTime completely?

Have you tried deleting files in the ~/Library/ folder? ('~/' means your user folder)
search facetime there, try deleting what you find.
It might sign you out, at the same time it might solve your problem.
You can search 'Messages' there as well.

I don't guarantee it won't do any harm. Yet it's what I usually do when I run into problems. It's sort of DIY mentality.

If you don't see the Library folder, it's because it's hidden by default.
You can change that in "Show View Options" menu in "View" option of Finder. Or by pressing command and j at the same time. (You should be at ~/ for this option to be shown).


Is it possible to identify what the parent program/app is from a running process? I'm able to find processes using top or ps. That's no problem.

Sometimes I find that some processes are taking up a lot of memory or cpu and I'm trying to identify what the root program is.

For instance, the process sort sometimes just ends up taking 2-3 gigs of memory over like 4 hours. I'd like to know what program initiated the sort process so I can try and fix it.

ps has an option to access the PPID/parent PID of a process:

$ ps aux -o ppid
USER               PID  %CPU %MEM      VSZ    RSS   TT  STAT STARTED      TIME COMMAND           PPID
admin            65694  10.9  0.1  4385132  13340   ??  UN    9:32PM   0:00.07 /System/Library/     1

PPID is the last column in this case.

(Or use Activity Monitor by selecting View -> All Processes, Hierarchically)

MacOS users, in accordance to @nohillside answer, please use:
ps auxo ppid

This will simply add the ppid column to the default "u" columns.
flags explanation:

a (other users process)
u (columns: user, pid, %cpu, %mem, vsz, rss, tt, state, start, time, and command)
x (also non terminal processes)
o (specify keywords for extra columns)


How can I keep my system clock in sync under Mavericks? I have a mid 2011 27" iMac running Mavericks (10.9.1). I updated from Mountain Lion this Fall when Mavericks was released. I never had any problem before with my system clock.

Since installing Mavericks my clock consistently gains about 20 seconds per day. I have my Time Zone correctly set and "Set Date and Time Automatically" is checked in my Date & Time system preferences. It is set to use "Apple/Americas/U.S. (time.apple.com)"

When I open the Date & Time System Preferences pane my clock gets adjusted immediately to the correct time, but without opening the pane, it gets off track pretty quickly.

I have rebooted, checked and unchecked the box to set the date and time automatically and neither seems to have helped.

Any solutions or ideas?

UPDATE:

I have made what feels like progress. Question: How can I tell if my mac is keeping the clock updated properly? and its accepted answer by grgarside provided a lot of helpful troubleshooting help. My drift is a whopping 499.988 (gains 43.19 seconds per day)!

Most importantly, pacemaker is running every 5 - 15 seconds, as evidenced by my stem log, however, every time it runs it gets an error:

Feb  1 11:53:29 jsw.local pacemaker[19928]: adjtime: Operation not permitted
Feb  1 11:53:39 jsw.local pacemaker[19928]: adjtime: Operation not permitted
Feb  1 11:53:51 jsw.local pacemaker[19928]: adjtime: Operation not permitted
Feb  1 11:53:59 jsw.local pacemaker[19928]: adjtime: Operation not permitted
Feb  1 11:54:09 jsw.local pacemaker[19928]: adjtime: Operation not permitted
Feb  1 11:54:19 jsw.local pacemaker[19928]: adjtime: Operation not permitted

It seems I have a permission problem, but I cannot figure it out. I have unloaded and reloaded the pacemaker plsit via launchctl

sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.pacemaker.plist
sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.pacemaker.plist

here is a text export of my com.apple.pacemaker.plist

{
    Label = "com.apple.pacemaker";
    ProgramArguments = (
        "/usr/libexec/pacemaker",
        "-b",
        "-e",
        "0.0001",
        "-a",
        10,
    );
    KeepAlive = {
        PathState = {
            "/private/var/db/ntp.drift" = YES;
        };
    };
}

my /private/var/db/ntp.drift file is owned by root:wheel and its permissions are 644, /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.pacemaker.plist has exactly the same ownership and permissions.

I hope this update provides enough additional information so that someone can get me past this issue.

these seem to work ok on my iMac, running Mountain Lion:

  0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org time.apple.com

simply copy/paste the space-separated line above into the ’Set date and time automatically’ field, in Date & Time preferences. remember to press Enter after typing the ntp server names, so that ntp.conf gets updated.

If you call Apple, they will suggest that you do a reinstall preserving the operating system.

My guess is that you have a corrupted preference. You can try changing every setting in the Date and Time preference panel to something else, reboot, then set it to what you want. If that doesn't work go into the Preferences directory and remove anything preference plist that has something to do with Preferences Date and Time.


Mac start up - Flashing Folder Basically, tonight my mac crashed so I re-started and got a flashing folder.

I have searched around online for the commands that I need to press when I first hear the chime to get into the disk utilities so I can do a fresh install. What are they?

I have not got the fresh install disks, however, I do have Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 installed onto the system.

Hope someone can help.

Try OS X Recovery, which is supported in Lion and later and hopefully on your Mac (if your Mac shipped with Lion it is supported, otherwise see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4904 for a list of older Macs that support Lion Internet Recovery. If your Mac is not listed you will need the OS X Recovery Disk Assistant, see http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433).

To start up into OS X Recovery you need to turn on your Mac while holding down ⌘R (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718):

  OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion includes a built in set of utilities
  in the Recovery System. Restart your Mac and hold down the Command key
  and the R key (Command-R), and keep holding them until the Apple icon
  appears, indicating that your Mac is starting up. After the Recovery
  System is finished starting up, you should see a desktop with a OS X
  menu bar and a "Mac OS X Utilities" application window. Note: If you
  see a login window or your own desktop and icons, it is possible that
  you didn't hold Command-R early enough. Restart and try again.

  In order to reinstall OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion, you will need
  to be connected to an Ethernet or Wi-Fi network. The Wi-Fi menu item
  is in the upper-right corner of the screen. Click the icon to display
  all available Wi-Fi networks. Click your preferred network name and,
  if needed, enter a username and/or password.

(You will be given the chance to restore from a Time Machine backup, which works very nicely and I'd highly recommend.)

Read the rest of the article for more information on how to proceed.

Been having the same exact issue with my Macbook Pro, I spent several weeks researching this.

I decided to put my Macbook to sleep using the dropdown menu under the Apple icon on the top left corner instead of putting it to sleep via the hot corner (upper right hand corner).  Voila!  I stopped getting this dreaded folder with a question mark upon waking my Macbook from sleep and haven't for over a week.


iTunes iPhone Update Error Code 45 I'm trying to update my iPhone 5S to iOS 10.1.1 (current: iOS 9.3.2). I downloaded the ipsw through iTunes and tried updating my iPhone.
However, I am getting error code 45 after iTunes says "extracting software".
My iTunes is up-to-date, and so is my Mac. I did check Apple's error code page but 45 isn't listed there.

Any idea what I could do w/o restoring my iPhone? (I forgot to back it up before updating)

Take a look at The iPhone Wiki's website where it states that Error 45 is:

  Same with Error 6, in terms of resizing partition issue. But this may occur at the very beginning of restore process.

Whereas on Error 6 they write:

  Not enter the downgrading mode, change USB port (the back one of chassis is better) and restart computer.
  Unable to resize partition due to full storage problem at final stage of updating firmware. The error may be bypassed (restart and do exit recovery) but you probably need to re-update it one more time.

Error 45 could be done by restore, if you are updating so it will give you the same error 45, so restore your phone.


Length of an email list in sent mail I want to send an email to a large list, using Mac Mail. How many email addresses can I have in To: or cc: or bcc:? I recall there is a limit.

I'm not sure if there is a hard limit in Mail for the number of recipients in any of the particular fields. The larger obstacle may be your mail service blocking the message because of the number of recipients: their spam filters tend to flag messages as spam when the number of recipients goes over a certain number.

What you can try - and I have had this work - is to use an Address Group. Put the contacts you are sending to in a Group in your Address Book, then enter then name of the Group in the To: field. It masquerades the email addresses to the recipients and may get it past the spam filters.


How can I list all the installed printer drivers on Mac OS 10.6? I am trying to troubleshoot printer issues and I figured it would be best to see all the printer drivers (and versions thereof) as a starting point, before I try reinstalling said drivers.

I would like to see all the printer drivers I have installed on my Mac. Where are they installed? What directory? What is the best way to uninstall them, if I so wished?

Since Mac OS 10.2, printing is handled by the CUPS system. While drivers are typically found in /Library/Printers, the folder can contain support files and many other things which are not themselves print drivers, and in the real world there is no canonical location within the folder where the actual driver files are stored.

The only authoritative list of available print drivers on OS X is that returned by lpinfo -m (specifying the host is not necessary for the local machine). CUPS specifies that drivers can consist of an arbitrary number of files, but they must all be declared in a central PPD file. lpinfo -m will parse any valid PPDs found; if it doesn't have a PPD that CUPS can parse, then it isn't a valid print driver. A sample of the output:

MacBook-Pro:~ user$ lpinfo -m
Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/CNPZUD450ZU.ppd.gz Canon D400-450
Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/CNPZUD490ZU.ppd.gz Canon D460-490
Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/CN6300.ppd.gz Canon iPF6300(CUPS)
Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/CN6300S.ppd.gz Canon iPF6300S(CUPS)
Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/CN6350.ppd.gz Canon iPF6350(CUPS)
Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/CN8300.ppd.gz Canon iPF8300(CUPS)
Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/CN8300S.ppd.gz Canon iPF8300S(CUPS)
[...]
drv:///sample.drv/okidata9.ppd Oki 9-Pin Series
drv:///sample.drv/okidat24.ppd Oki 24-Pin Series
raw Raw Queue
[...]

Each line specifies the path to that driver's PPD file, followed by the display name of the printer as declared in the PPD. As you can see, some drivers are internal to CUPS and do not even have a PPD file in /Library/Printers, so lpinfo -m is the only way to be certain of everything available to the printing system.

There doesn't seem to be much consistency regarding version numbers; I've seen some vendors include the version in the make-and-model string that's returned by lpinfo -m (Xerox, for example), but it's certainly not universal. However, the PPD file is just plaintext (optionally compressed). If you open the PPD in a text editor you should find a *FileVersion line that lists the driver version.

Deleting a printer using the 'minus' button in System Preferences does not delete/uninstall the driver, it just deletes the queue that has been created for the printer in question. (Technically, when you create a printer queue, a copy of the PPD is created for that printer, which will be deleted when deleting the queue.) The 'Reset printing system...' option will also not remove any drivers; it will only delete all configured print queues and reset some CUPs configuration to defaults.

Deleting a PPD file listed by lpinfo will effectively delete the driver, as it will no longer be loaded by the CUPS system, though as explained above there may be additional support files left behind. There is no standard way to remove these because each driver can include support files in different places, but there is no cause to delete them unless you are intending to reinstall the driver. In that case, the original installer package from the manufacturer should handle re-installation of all relevant files.

I have sometimes seen people manually copying PPD files as a means of installing printers; do not rely on this! Some drivers require only a PPD but others may need support files as well. The only way to be sure all necessary files are installed is to use the original installer package.

Not very sure, but I am using the Gutenprint Printer drivers for my office's Sharp printer.  Maybe you can look at here for more information.


Don't want my email contacts in my contact list My native iPhone Contacts show not only my contacts with phone numbers, but also any email address I’ve ever sent an email to or received an email from. I really would rather not have email contacts save into my contact list automatically. Is there a way to stop this from happening?

In Gmail Settings, under General, check the following option:

Then go to Contacts and delete all the Other Contacts that were previously added automatically. Performing this action in Gmail will be faster than on your iPhone because you can select all those contacts with a single click. Then, just wait for the deletions to propagate to your iPhone.

Go to Contacts app. On the left side at the top you will find Groups. If you select ‘Show all contacts’ you will have all the accounts of contacts, whereas if you select only the iCloud option you will only have phone contacts.


How to move not copy files into iTunes I have a folder containing all my Music, Movies etc. This contains various formats of music file, including some that iTunes cannot play (i.e. flac and oggs) but a lot of mp3s.

I'd like to have iTunes import all the formats it can play, moving those files into the iTunes Media folder, but leaving behind the files in formats it isn't able to play.  That way I can decide what to do with those files later, but the rest of my media is managed through iTunes.

The option in iTunes preferences copies files into the iTunes Media folder, but leaves behind a duplicate.

Am I missing something, or is there a trick to this?

iTunes never deletes original files. But you could use a simple script to remove the mp3/aac files (which are supported by iTunes).

But if you uncheck "Keep iTunes Media folder organized", files will be read from their original location without being copied;

In the end I let iTunes copy all the media.  Then I could search for all files that contained .mp3 in the source folder, and move them to trash.


Vimeo embedded videos don't show in Safari Vimeo embedded videos do not appear in Safari although they appear in all other browsers on the same machine. Not only do the video not play but the placeholder where the video should be on the page is blank. This seems to be Safari 5 related.

First thing that comes to mind for me is if you happen to have any Extensions installed in Safari. You might consider turning them off and reseting Safari from the Safari drop down in the menubar. Clear out caches and and website data.

If you are familiar with looking at the page source code and know how to enable and understand Safari 5 developer mode and debug features, you will probably be able to get a good amount of information for that. Keep me attuned and all the best!

Trial video

In my case it was an extension called 'Youtube5'.


Should i Buy SSD first or RAM for my Macbook? I have a macbook pro 15 inch mid 2010.
For school i have to use mostly Adobe applications but they take so long to boot up.
Not only these programs but other programs too.
What should i do to improve my macbook.
I was thinking to upgrade my ram from 4GB to 8GB.
I was also thinking to buy a Samsung Evo 840 128GB SSD.
But i don't know which one should i buy first.

Which one should i buy first? (SSD or Ram?)

Don't get a 128GB SSD. You don't want to run a 3rd party SSD on OS X without a decent amount of free space since you won't have TRIM support.

Does Activity Monitor show memory pressure? If not, I'd save my pennies until I could afford a 256GB or 512GB SSD. I've done both RAM and SSD upgrades many times and an SSD has always been by far the best upgrade in changing the "feel" of the computer.

Upgrade to SSD first then only come the RAM. There is software to help you enable TRIM support for third party SSD


How can I use an ADB Apple Keyboard with a modern Mac? I recently found an old Apple Extended Keyboard that uses the ADB interface. I would like to use it, but I don't have an ADB-to-USB converter. I know of only one which is the Griffin iMate. Unfortunately, it's out of production and the ones going on ebay are expensive.

Anyone know of another company that made the ADB-to-USB converters? Even better if they still do!

The iMate was the only converter available on the market.

If you do get an iMate, the only thing it will work with these days are keyboards and mice. It internally converts ADB keyboard and mice commands to USB keyboard and mice commands, so it will just make your ADB mouse and keyboard look like a USB mouse and keyboard to the computer, no drivers required.

In ~2001 there was a driver for the iMate that would actually configure it as an ADB bus the computer could see, that way anything with real ADB drivers could use it just like a builtin port. That driver has not been updated in years, and Apple dropped all ADB support from OS X, so at this point USB emulation is the only thing it does. Not that there were many (any?) interesting ADB devices that were supported under Mac OS X anyway.

ADB is over ten years old.

I would highly doubt anyone is still making a converter for it.


Never seen this before -2106F Trying to update my Mac and I’m getting  -2106F. What does this mean!?

A quick Google search led me to this : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7939592

  The suggestion on the page is to try Internet Recovery mode, and that from there to check the hard disk. There is a comment further down where the user says they were finally able to connect to Internet Recovery

However, it does sound quite possible that you have a bad drive (SSD or hard disk). Contact Apple to see what your options are regarding a replacement/repair.


Wired mouse detected but not responding I have a wired mouse connected to my Macbook Pro, OS X 10.9.5.  The mouse is powered, but completely unresponsive.  The mouse works on my windows machine, and the usb port on my Macbook works with other mouses/devices.  The mouse is detected in my System Information as

  USB OPTICAL MOUSE:
  Product ID:   0x0a4c
  Vendor ID:    0x15d9
  Version:   1.00
  Speed:    Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
  Location ID:  0x14100000 / 8
  Current Available (mA):   500
  Current Required (mA):    100

I have tried resetting my PRAM, with no effect.

Does anyone know what steps I can take to fix this?

I think your Mac book not providing proper current and voltages. A normal wired mouse requires 5 volts of voltages and 0.9 ampere of current to work properly


Cusor won't react to hyperlinks when using Safari Problem Descriptions:

Normally when hovering the mouse cursor on a hyperlink, the cursor turns into a little hand, and the link will show the CSS hover effect. But a weird Safari bug kept this from happening.

It's been almost 4 months since I first encounter this issue. Finally I found the potential cause:

Enter Safari full-screen mode.
Click any website from Bookmarks (including Favorites).
In the opened website, turn on and off the Bookmark Sidebar once.
From now on, any website that opened from Bookmarks won't trigger hover effect.

Here's the same in action:

What I've tried to solve this:

Empty cache, clear history, remove all plugins, delete relevant plist file, quit all the other apps, but to no avail.
Installed latest Safari Technology Preview, repeat step 1, but to no avail.
Created another admin account, problem persists.
Repaired disk permission in Recovery Mode, didn't fix the issue.

I am using a MacBook Pro 15, 2018, running macOS Mojave 10.14.5 (18F203). Safari version 12.1.1.

There's nothing in the release notes that would indicate this has been fixed, so it's likely a new bug. I don't do Mac OS development, but for this to work, Safari has to tell the OS 'hey, change the mouse pointer when you're over this area.'

Some things you might try:

Reset NVRAM and/or PRAM
If you have multiple monitors, unplug all but the primary one, and restart the system.
Change the size of the mouse pointer; that might force the pointer system to reset.
Reinstall the OS (Bonus: this reinstalls Safari.)
Consider updating the firmware on the monitors you have. (Instructions and links will be manufacturer-specific.)

Update: Looks like it's settable via CSS, so you've probably got a mix of buggy javascript, CSS, and maybe a bug in Safari. Here's a JSFiddle that illustrates how it works.

Finally found the culprit, as said from Simon, it is the Photoshop, just quit your photoshop and the cursor will be fine


How to block all texts from bit.ly? I have started to get text messages from bit.ly on my iPhone 6. It doesn't have a number—it just says "bit.ly".

I am confused that how can something which has no number is sending me text messages. I want to block it completely and totally. No one from bit.ly should ever be able to send me a text message.

How can it be blocked?

When I open the text message and click on bit.ly, I see the following options

send my current location
share my location
do not disturb

How to block bit.ly from sending me text messages?

To block this type of call:

Create a new contact called something like Non-Caller, No-Caller or Bit.ly
Enter 000-000-0000 for the phone number.
Scroll down and select Block this Caller

This should stop calls from calls that come from "zero" numbers.

I just remembered this tips to block No Caller calls -> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6040239?tstart=0

This is spam. It is not from bit.ly

When you get it via iMessages then it can be originated from a mobile number or an email address.

Try pressing (i) and then bit.ly in the description field, you should get the details and from there you will be able to block.


Intermittent Static / Garbage External Display On Wake and Boot? Picture included Intermittently (relatively frequent) when the MacBook wakes from sleep and it kicks the external displays on, one or all of them may be fuzzy like this.
I have one display in a Thunderbolt port, and the other one is Apple HDMI adapter in the HDMI port.

I've ruled out the adapters being the problem,
I've done a PRAM reset. (even after it booted from PRAM reset it did it at boot up on login screen)

To fix it, I have to unplug and plug it back in and cross my fingers that it doesn't happen again.

Any ideas?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

If you look in the Console log you will find that the WindowServer is having a hard time finding the right protocol for your monitor.

Usually that happens when the hardware (cable/converter) connection are not stable, to long or near interference source.

From your picture it does look like your cable is to long and to close to the external monitor screen, and the Apple adapter is pulling its weight on to the plug.

I have had the same problem with Maverick (in clamshell mode) / external monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 2443) when I lock my screen and use my bluetooth mouse or keyboard to wake up the computer.

I was able to fix the problem in 2 ways:

open the lid, login and unplu, replug the external monitor (pretty annoying)
when the multicolor static shows, press CTRL+SHIFT+Eject as if to lock the computer again, then wake up the computer again and I now have the normal login screen as normal (not ideal but less disruptive solution).

I hope this helps !


Why does my iPhone use so much "other" space after upgrade to iOS 5? After upgrading my iPhone, there is about 10 gigabytes assigned to Other that I don't remember seeing before.

What could be causing this space to be filled?

It may be leftover data from a failed upgrade/sync.  I noticed the same thing on my iPad, which then disappeared once I re-synced it.

Go to Settings > Safari and clear history, cookies, and data.


Is there a good replacement for the Dock? What are the best dock replacements?

  It's frustrating to keep track of
  windows in the dock unless they're
  minimized. For instance, I often have
  10-15 separate PDF documents open.
  It's a mess to keep track of them on
  the dock.

-- Harry Gindi

HyperDock gives you window previews for each running app in the dock, which helps tremendously.

System Preferences->Dock: set "minimize windows into application icon".


How do I delete files on a bootable osx Catalina disk from another bootup disk? My friend's 2016 iMac keeps crashing on restart after trying to install the latest Catalina update. The problem seems to be not enough disk space, he only has about 16 GB free on his internal Mac HD.

I had him boot up in recovery mode and install a fresh system on an external HD. Now I am trying to get into the MacHD drive to clean up some space but I can't get in to his files. Under 'Users' I just see 'Shared'. Nothing shows up in his application folder either. I am able to see some system files but not the personalised ones.

I tried changing permissions for the Mac HD to read & write but still no lock. I had him do it first over the phone but he is a total novice so ending up using Anydesk to access his computer remotely. Any suggestions of how I can clean up some space? Or can I cancel and ongoing update on restart with a key command?

Is your Mac running a beta version of macOS? There is a known bug where the system crashes with lower amounts of space in Catalina. You should try resetting the NVRAM first. Then, you can also try a reset of the SMC for power related issues. To delete files off of the Internal Drive, boot up on the bootable drive and go to Finder and click on the Internal Drive. If FileVault was enabled, then macOS will prompt for the login password of one of the users on the problem instance of macOS. This will unlock and mount the drive. Then, you can use Finder and Terminal to navigate the files and delete.


How do I connect a device with a lighting connect to an iPad Pro that has a USB-C connector? I have a device that was connected to an iPhone through a iOS Lighting Cable. The iPad Pro has a USB C connector.

How do I connect my device with a lighting connector to an iPad Pro that has a USB-C connector?

I've seen a few adapters but they claim only to support charging or audio but not data.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KY4W9BF

i recommend to use USB-C to Lightning Cable. Using Adapter isn't great idea especially if you want to synchronize data with Computer (iTunes).

Here's link: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX0K2AM/A/usb-c-to-lightning-cable-1-m


How to investigate Mail app's random popup bug on Mojave? My friend's computer (running the latest version Mojave) is experiencing that bug where mail.app suddenly — randomly? — and automatically takes focus while having his Google-account connected to it. I've seen others with this problem — and that it has been around for a while.

Is there a way to find out what is actually happening? A log file perhaps that shows what prompts the Mail app to take focus by itself? It only seems to happen with Google btw. So could it be something with certain Google accounts that forces Mail app to exhibit this behaviour? Any help or pointers in the right direction is much appreciated!

Suggested fixes to this that I've seen so far, have been elaborate workarounds that really doesn't deal with the problem itself, or even what the problem is.

Copying the answer I wrote for this question, Catalina has NOT solved the problem.

Looking for a solution I tried to activate the logging of the connection status (from Mail menu: Windows -> Connection Status).
Examining the log when the Mail app is popping up, I found out these error messages at the exactly same time and on every occurrence of the problem (when the app doesn't pop up the error messages don't show up):

READ Oct 10 20:41:21.323 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000003b7de0 -- thread:0x60000322d080
5.659 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)
--
READ Oct 10 20:41:21.427 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000003b7de0 -- thread:0x60000322d080
6.659 BAD Invalid SASL argument. z66mb54202756wmc
--
READ Oct 10 20:41:21.732 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000003b7de0 -- thread:0x60000322d080
7.659 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)

(Just posting the lines containing the errors)

The error messages are present only on the log file of my Gmail account, every other mail account doesn't show any error message.
So as many of you, I also think that the problem is due to the Gmail accounts.

Hope this can help to solve the problem in any meaningful way.

Your Google Account needs to reconnect with permissions.

‘I’m not sure but it seems like your Google Account is protected by two factor authentication’

Sign out of Google Account from your computer.

1) Sign in your Google Account in browser

2) Review the third party apps that have access to your Google Account.

3) Remove the ‘macOS’ app that is responsible for connecting your Mac to your Google Account.

4) Sign back in, it will ask the permission again.


How to fix mac os high sierra, freeze? My Mac laptop is freezing like age old windows laptop since I have upgrade my mac os to mac os high sierra.

Mac details : Mac book pro retina mid 2012

It just freezes and i am forced to restart my laptop, (it never ever happened before)
Is any one facing this problem, how to fix it ?

Steps done :

Run complete diagnostic test
Reset smc
Reset nvram from this
link

I was faced with the same dilemma, it seemed like my MacBook Pro (mid-2015) was 'freezing.' I stumbled across a the fix to it after seeing your post - you can read about it here: https://jrgarrigues.github.io/2017/11/05/high-sierra-freezing/

The gist of the linked article is this:

  Reset your NVRAM and the SMC [System Management Controller]

  First reset your NVRAM.
  Turn off your Mac. Then turn it on and hold Command+Option+P+R while the computer is booting up. You will
  hear two chimes or on newer MacBook Pro models you will see the screen
  come on and go off twice.

  Now, shut your computer down again and reset the SMC [System
  Management Controller].With your Mac off, press Shift+Control+Option and then hold these keys while pressing and holding the power
  button for 10 seconds.

Add the below to your /etc/nsmb.conf file. It fixed the problem for me.

[default]
streams=yes
soft=yes
signing_required=no
protocol_vers_map=2
file_ids_off=yes

Source: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT205926


Is it possible to install my iPhone's WhatsApp on Mac? I'm using iOS 8 with jailbreak on iPhone and Yosemite on Mac.

Can I install WhatsApp on my Mac?

No ,whatsapp did not create any software for the mac, so you cant install whatsapp on your system .Currently they only have developed the software for mobile devices.

You can use Whatsapp on MAC, read here how to do that: https://www.techgreet.com/whatsapp-on-mac-and-window-pc/


Hard Drive Issues with MacBook Pro 13-inch mid-2012 I'm trapped in a HDD nightmare with my MacBook Pro mid-2012.

I updated to Yosemite 10.10.3. A couple of days after the update, I was watching a movie on my TV screen via HDMI. In the middle of the movie I removed the HDMI cable from the MacBook Pro and everything freezes. I forced shut down (Note: My HDD was encrypted). After I forced shut down, I tried to turn on and the loading screen would never stop loading - like, 14 hours stuck with the progress bar. Since I have backups, I decided to access DU and format my HDD. I tried everything. For real. Every command line I could type on Terminal to format, repair, erase and/or partition. I read almost every issue-related questions on the forums and stack exchange groups for a week (even posted my issue here: Erasing and Partitioning Hard Drive from Internet Recovery).

So, I decided that it was a HDD failure and bought a new one.

I bought the Seagate 1TB SSHD Hybrid  - ST1000LM014. Installed the new fresh disk and guess what? All those same problems again. I´m not able to restore from Time Machine because it doesn't recognize the disk in the restore page. But the disk is recognized in the DU. When I try to erase or partition the new SSHD, the same old errors: File system formatter failed. Yes, I tired GUID Partition Table, all of the security options, etc.

Please. Any light that you can throw at this issue, I'll be very grateful for. BTW, the new SSHD is recognized and the SMART Status says: Verified.

Any ideas on WTF is going on?

Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro, i7, 8GB RAM, mid-2012, 13-inch.

So, after buying a new SSHD and SATA cable, spending 3 weeks reading and writing command lines on Terminal.... this is what fixed my problem, believe it or not:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amg5w0rlwDo&spfreload=10

This video shows how an electric tape can isolate the sata cable and prevent it to touch the aluminium surface, which will cause you some problems.

I mean, seriously Apple? The design of the SATA cable path is so prone to failure....it's obvious!

You might have blown the logic board…might have.

That unit uses an integrated I/O and video controller. I'd be afraid that pulling the video cable out may have produced a transient that damaged part of it. You might want to try putting one of the drives in an external case and see if it can work that way. Another possibility could be the SATA cable itself blew somehow (once again, transient).


How to download a list of URLs saved in a text file on iOS? I have a list of URLs saved in a text file separated by spaces, and I would like to download every single one to my iPad as a zip file.
How can I do that?

There are at least a couple of ways. Unfortunately there is no command line interface on iPadOS so WGET is going to be impossible to use. And unless the text file is ENORMOUS there is no need to zip the text file, though there are zip utilities for iOS.
iCloud allows for the synchronization of data between apps on both the Mac, iPhone and iPad. If you have iCloud drive you could paste the URLs into a pages.app document and save it there. Then you can open it on pages.app on your iPad.
If, like me, you don't have iCloud drive set up you can log into iCloud.com on your Mac and paste that text into a new notes document. This will then sync to all of your iCloud devices, including your iPad.
If you have a blog you can upload the text file to the blog and then go to that file on your iPad:
http://myblogwebaddress.com/textfileiwant.txt
Also if you have iCloud drive you can put the file in one of your iCloud folders and then use the files.app on your iPad to access the text file.
There are other ways but, hopefully, that will get you started.

You can use wget CLI program.
wget -i text_file.txt


How to split data between two iCloud accounts? My daughter and I have been sharing one iCloud account for our iPhone.  She has her own Apple ID to purchase music. I need her to have her own iCloud account as mine is running out of storage. She is afraid if I delete her phone from my iCloud in my settings she will lose all of her contacts etc. Then is there a way to move items from one iCloud account to a newly created one?

When your daughter disconnects her phone from the shared iCloud account (by deleting it in Settings) she will be given the option to keep her contacts, calendar entries etc. on the phone. Afterwards just create a new iCloud account directly from the phone.

First to be sure to backup the important contacts, ask your daughter to backup contacts using a Google Account.

Steps are mentioned here

After backing up the contacts just make another iCloud account and use it on one of the phones.


Mac OS X Speech Won't Work Let's say i'm reading a book online. I wouldn't want to read i would use the Speech Feature by Apple. I open Safari, read a book, I select all using CMD+A and i right click and start the speech. I updated Safari for some new stuff and i wanted to test out the speech. It won't work for some reason.

Can anyone help me out?

Im using Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), Updated Safari to 7.0.1

You may want to check out your speech and dictation settings. Ensure that you have the language downloaded and enabled. You can access this through system preferences (Apple on top right > System Preferences > Speech and Dictation)

Default short-cut is Option+Esc but you can change it something more convenient for you.  Be sure to chose a system voice other than default which have been improved to be more natural.


How can I list all user accounts in the terminal? How can I list all local user accounts in Terminal (whether logged in or not?) The commands users or who does not provide this information. OS X version is 10.6.8.

I have seen this suggested command - dscacheutil -q group

But it only lists domain user groups and non-local accounts.

How about

dscacheutil -q user | grep -A 3 -B 2 -e uid:\ 5'[0-9][0-9]'

You can also type:

who which tells you who's logged on, and where they're coming from. Useful if you're looking for someone who's actually physically in the same building as you, or in some other particular location.

w which tells you who's logged in, and what they're doing. Especially useful: the 'idle' part. This allows you to see whether they're actually sitting there typing away at their keyboards right at the moment.


How do I move a window vertically above the menu bar? How can I move a window so that the title bar of the window is above the menu bar?

I've tried using AppleScript…

tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    set position of windows to {-100, -100}
end tell

…and whilst the x variable works, moving the window partially off-screen, the y doesn't, moving the window up to the menu bar and no further.

I've also tried Keyboard Maestro:

…but have the same problem: the x value works but the y does not.

This question is related, but opposite: How do I move a window whose title bar is off-screen?
I want to be able to cause the title bar to be off-screen.

Finder does not allow this as a general rule. Sometimes a glitch can make this possible, but relaunching Finder usually rectifies it. There's currently no known way to actually get this to happen as a desired behavior, sorry.

Try this:

System Preferences>General
Click Automatically hide and show the menu bar.
The menu bar will disappear.
Drag your window to where you want it.
Uncheck Automatically hide and show the menu bar.


Is my MagSafe covered under my MacBook's AppleCare? I have a white 2010 MacBook, and the outer casing for the wire on the MagSafe power adapter has developed a small split. Is this something that may be covered under my MacBook's AppleCare? Is it something that a genius might give me a "one time exception" for?

Troubleshooting MagSafe adapters

Whether your product is in or out of warranty, you can take your adapter to an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Apple Retail Store for evaluation and replacement if necessary. Pending the results of the evaluation, you may or may not be eligible for a replacement adapter free of charge. Signs of accidental damage would negate any coverage. Be sure to bring in the computer used with the adapter; it is required to process potential adapter replacements.

So there are competing things at play. If your cable is otherwise pristine, no bends, no mars, no scuffs and it's clearly not worn - you might think that this split could be caused by either abuse/nick/cut/carelessness or perhaps not holding up as designed. If the rest of the adapter cord is worn and starting to show normal signs that it's just wearing out (no cord lasts forever, especially when wrapped, unwrapped, tugged) you might be asked to pay for a replacement if it's not clear the physical separation was a defect in manufacturing.
If Apple didn't make the cable correctly, it's likely it would fail immediately, but the longer the time that passes until you take it in for service, it's more likely to be an external force causing the tear. Usually by inspecting the rest of the cable (not pictured) you will see other signs of excessive force so absent those signs of stretching and tearing, this might be covered despite what looks like an obvious cut/rip due to a tug.

I have the same problem except there are other signs of bulging along the cable.  The computer is less than a month old and treated like a goddess with care.  I went back to the Apple store and was accused that I damaged it.  There are no scuffs, crushes, or any sign of physical interference. This looks to me as a manufacturing fault of both the cable sheath being weak and the outer shield being wound with uneven tension.  Apple needs to make good on this and have better customer response.  Needless to say, this is my last Mac.


How do I send a set of youtube URLs from a Mac to the youtube app on Apple TV? On my Macbook I note a series of youtube URLs that I would like to watch, sometime.

They are extended documentaries, and so I'd like to watch them on the TV. The TV is hooked to an Apple TV (4th gen).

I could of course use the youtube app on the Apple TV to search again for the URLs, but this is terribly tedious. It's a task best done on a computer.

How do I send a set of youtube URLs from a Mac to the youtube app on Apple TV?

Yes, I am aware that I could use AirPlay. But doing so inevitably requires me to run back and forth between the Mac and the Apple TV.

I could also send the URLs via Google Keep to my iPad, and AirPlay from the iPad to the Apple TV, but I'm hoping there is a way that turns the Apple TV into a standalone device, without requiring me to type the URLs by hand.

In your Apple TV YouTube app, you should see an option to activate.. To login to your YouTube account.  Once you follow the instructions displayed on your TV, you should then be logged into your YouTube account and on your TV you can see your favorites and playlists etc.


Finder Preferences: Unable to hide items on desktop I prefer my desktop to be as empty as possible. So the first thing I do whenever I get a new Mac is hide all items on the desktop (hard disks, external disks, CD's and servers).

On my Mac from work, I am unable to disable "Show these items on the desktop" in Finder Preferences. When clicking the checkbox to hide "hard disks", the checkbox unchecks and checks back on.

What could possibly prevent me from disabling this?

This Mac is managed and configured by our IT department, but I don't wish to contact them for this "non-issue" :)

Thanks

Your description is consistent with your IT department having deployed a configuration profile to your computer that controls your Finder preferences.    If you go into System Preferences and open the "Profiles" preferences you may see the configuration profiles installed on your computer.  I would expect to see one called "MDM Profile" and one or more that configure other aspects of your computer, such as the Finder.

Try Path Finder. But first, disable SIP in recovery terminal. (csrutil disable) Then try other things.


How to fix "Error: -5341: MediaKit reports partition (map) too small" after upgrading to a larger hard disk? I recently bought a new SSD drive, as my stored data amounts outgrew the old one a little bit. After copying all data using dd if=/dev/disk0 of=/dev/disk1, I want to enlarge my system partition, but Disk Utility is failing silently and diskutil resizeVolume /dev/disk0s2 R (first partition is the EFI boot volume), I receive following error message:

  Error: -5341: MediaKit reports partition (map) too small

How can I resize my system volume?

Your partition table does not know about the larger hard drive yet. While Disk Utility also queries the hard disk size and lets you request it to enlarge your partition, it will fail when finally changing the partition size (after doing a file system check).

This can be solved on different ways:

One is to destroy the GPT (partition table) and recreate it manually, which is a rather annoying and error-prone way of fixing the problem as it's easy to mess up when adding your partitions again.
An easier, better way is to run gparted, which is also included in current Ubuntu Desktop Live images (or is easy to install from their packages repositories) and probably lots of other Linux disks. After starting it, it will recognize the wrong disk size in your partition table and ask whether it should fix it for you. After fixing the table, reboot to OS X and finally enlarge the Volume.

I agree with Jens Erat for method 1.

For a detailed tutorial, read this topic: INCREASE DISK AND PARTITION SIZE IN OS X

Make sure that you understand what you are doing, take the time to write down the output of "gpt show dev/diskN" on a sheet of paper and double check it.

Be careful that if there is a hidden recovery partition after the "Macintosh HD" one for instance, increasing the size of this partition would overwrite the recovery partition.

I also suggest that you read the comments after the tutorial.

I did not test the lastest versions of GParted, so I cannot confirm if method 2 by Jens Erat works or not, but I assume so.


Why won't the audio switch back to my Internal Speakers after having used Apple TV? When I extend my MacBook display to my TV using my Apple TV, both the video and audio work well, being output through my TV.

However, when I disconnect my Apple TV, the video disconnects, but audio from my computer is still output through my TV.

I tried going to System Preferences > Sound and toggling the output back to my Internal Speakers, but this doesn't seem to work.

Any idea why?

I have had something similar on the Answer when directing sound vai the say command to my Apple Tv and then back to the Built in output.

I would have to run the command to switch back twice to get it back

You could open Terminal.app  and type and run

say -a 38 "I am Back"

a couple of times.

Here’s how to quickly fix the missing audio output on a Mac. And yes, this applies to all Macs with all forms of speakers; internal, external, headphones, earbuds, etc:

Head to the  Apple menu and choose “System Preferences”, then select the “Sound” panel
Choose the “Output” tab
Select “Internal Speakers” as the output device*
Adjust the sound as usual, it will now work as intended


Texting from iPad to Android device Can I send a text message from my iPad (iOS7) to someone with an Android device? (Samsung Galaxy 3).

You can't do it with the native messaging system (iMessage only works only with iOS device).

But you can do it with apps like Whatsapp.

You can send text by textfree app for iPad


How to detect whether the ios app is pirated or not? This is my first question here and iOS is something very new for me currently.
If we have an app on iTunes and same app on some third party appstore, then does it mean the app is pirated ?

How to detect if an app on Third Party Store is pirated version of the original app from iTunes ?
Any help is highly appreciable.

Thanks in advance.

You can only install apps from itunes/the build in app-store.
Some apps are/claim to be installable through safari, but I wouldn't trust that.
If you have jailbroken your phone and installed an alternative app store, that is probably illegal, and will void your warranty (because apple won't let you jailbreak).
So if you have found a third party app store, it is probably fake, or illegal.


How can I get iTunes to automatically refresh the media library? Most of the media players that have a "media library" functionality usually self-refresh the library when files are added or removed. As I share the media library with other media players (I use iTunes only to copy music on the iPod), I would like iTunes to automatically refresh when I add, remove, or rearrange audio tracks in the file system. How can I get iTunes to do this?

What you call a “design” flaw, is not such thing. It’s a design decision made by the iTunes team. Although iTunes lets you “manually manage your library”, it’s never intended to let you move things around in the filesystem, add, remove or modify files.

The premise for iTunes happiness is that you always add the items to the library and modify things from within iTunes. You have the choice to let iTunes “organize” the library (which will copy the media to the iTunes library folder and organize it there as he wants) or you can leave it wherever you originally had it, but iTunes doesn’t “read” or “monitor" the filesystem for changes. It knows things changed when the library.xml is changed, and the only application that does that is iTunes itself.

Is this the best way?

Yes and no, it has advantages, but a lot of people miss the “Winamp-like” ease of use and it’s understandable. On the other hand, it simplifies a lot of things for a lot of people. It has decently worked for quite a few years now.

But that’s the topic for another discussion. :)

if using window 7 you can move all music files o itunes . itunes media . music
then right click music library properties remove the current monitered folder change it to the itunes >itunes media > music
you will have to do something simaler with windows media player
open window media player orginize>mange librarys>music remove the current monitered folder add tunes >itunes media > music to monitered folders
To clear the Windows Media Player database, follow these steps:
a. Exit Windows Media Player.
b. Click Start, click Run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click OK.
c. Select all the files in the folder, and then click Delete on the File menu.
Note: You do not have to delete the folders that are in this folder.
d. Restart Windows Media Player.
Note: Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.


Call Shell script from Automator on Catalina I created a Automator Program wich connect me with vpn an sets routes for split tunneling via Shell script.

The Program works fine on Mojave - now with Catalina the call

do shell script "sudo /Users/XXX/Desktop/routen_VPN.sh" with administrator privileges

produces an error

sh: /Users/XXX/Desktop/routen_VPN.sh: Operation not permitted

Now I have a solution that works for me. If I put the content of the routen_VPN.sh in Automator in AppleScript like this
do shell script "content of routen_VPN.sh" with administrator privileges
it works fine.
Thanks to all who tried to help me with this! :-)

You've created file routen_VPN.sh with the root user as the owner (because you used sudo), which is why you're not permitted to change the permissions as yourself.

Thus, use sudo chmod u+x routen.sh, but note that that will make the file only executable for the root user.

To make the file executable by everyone, use sudo chmod a+x routen.sh.


Can you sync an iPhone to the new MacBooks wirelessly? I recently bought a new MacBook and it doesn't have a usb port (I knew this when I bought it) I assumed there was a way to sync my iPhone to it wirelessly but I'm not sure if you can, Im just wondering if I'm going to have to buy the extension for the usb?

Are you talking about the MacBook that has exactly one port that handles everything, including power? That actually is a USB port, it just uses a USB type-C connector, which is not what your iPhone cord has.

You will need to buy the USB to USB-C adapter. Virtually 100% of USB devices sold today use the connector before type-C, the one that has been standard for nearly two decades (like the one on your iPhone cord), and so buying the adapter will likely become necessary at some point regardless of your iPhone's need for it.

Once you plug the iPhone into the MacBook for the first time, you can modify the settings so you can sync wirelessly with iTunes in the future - see Tetsujin's answer for instructions.

if you wanna sync your pictures and videos just log in to your iCloud from MacBook and retrieve them !
now USB cable is necessary for backing up and restore your iPhone .


Trying to remove "FDisk_partition_schem" from USB drive I'm trying to reset this USB drive so that I can use the 64.2 GB of space.
I've tried diskutil unmount and it didn't work.

I fiqured it out. I used this:

diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ Emptied /dev/disk3


KeePass 2.17 fails to start I installed the newest Mono framework on Lion. After that I tried installing KeePass 2.17 from http://keepass2.openix.be/. When I try to start the application it probably fails, silently (it looks as if nothing happened). How can I check what happened?

Does anybody know how to use KeePass 2.x on MacOS Lion?

I found the problem and have a workaround until the developer publishes a fix.

In your Applications folder, right click on the app and choose Show Package Contents.
Navigate to the Contents/MacOS folder and open startkeepass.sh in TextEdit.

Change this line:

path="/Applications/KeePass2.16.app/Contents/MacOS"

to this:

path="/Applications/KeePass2.17.app/Contents/MacOS"

(Replace the 6 with a 7).
Save and close.

Now the application should start up.

I resolved my issues by using KeepassX (version 2.0 alpha 4), which appears to have less functions, but is natively integrated in OsX and copy-and-paste works as expected.


Terminal: I press "@" or "#" and terminal write "?" I have this problem only on the terminal.

When I would like to write these symbol, for example "@" or "#" the Terminal write this "?" and a do a sound bell.

screenshot:

I don't understand why.

thank you

Solved !

Open the Terminal preferences, go to "Keyboard" tab and unpin the

Use option as meta key

:)


My iPad won't turn on I turned my iPad off fully (with the whole "slide to shut off" thing) and then turned it back on. After a few minutes the lock screen came up, showing 86% battery, but the finger controls weren't working. now i can't even get it to turn on. What do I do?

Hold the Home and Power buttons at the same time.  Keep holding until the Apple logo appears.  Release the buttons and it should reboot.  That might fix yor problem.


I have to turn my Apple TV on to make it discoverable by laptops/phones Whenever I want to share my screen to my apple tv, I first need to find the apple tv remote and turn it on.  I used to be able to, at anytime, go to the displays dropdown and select my Apple TV to share to.  Now, my ATV only shows up when I turn it on first.

I see the setting "sleep after X" on my ATV but I don't think this setting is the solution.

Is there a setting I'm missing?

My macbooks and iphone are all running the latest software, and no programs see it at all until I turn it on. ( itunes, beamer, display port, popcorn time )

In my experience, the "sleep after X" is the solution. If I can't see on my apple tv the power diode on - the device is at sleep and I will not be able to use it as a target for airplay.

It should be said my apple tv is only connected through wifi. I wonder if connecting it through ethernet would make any difference (although I suspect it wouldn't).


Tried to do a complete fresh install of Sierra. "Permission Denied" when I go to Install So I wiped my computer at work using the disk utility. I went to install the OS again and when I select the drive and hit "install" I get "The operation couldn't be completed. Permission Denied"

When I search for this problem it looks like most people aren't reinstalling the OS and just installing a program so their issue seems to be they are not using an Admin account or what not.

With my issue I'm not exactly logged in to any account and don't know how to give myself permission.

Does anyone have any ideas to fix this issue?

Heres a link to a reddit thread I made where some one tried to help me out so you can see what I've tried. Theres also some more screen shots in that thread.

Edit: I should add that I tried restarting and holding CommandOptionRto do an Internet recovery but when do it takes me back to macOS Utility. I assume as soon as I and it goes to that progress bar which makes me unable to hold Command to choose a boot location. I do have macOS installer on a USB drive but again, when I restart and hold Option it does the progress bar. I do have another Mac and a Thunderbolt cable but I'm not quite sure of the process to use another computer to install the OS. I'll be searching that now.

This one should help it

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7860429

Needed to erase and rename the Drive to Macintosh HD

The operation couldn't be completed permission denied, I Am Facing the same Problem. And I Find what the issue, it's HDD Cable connector not working properly. Please replace & try again hope problem is resolved.
without any Issue,


Why does iOS insist on using my Facebook email address? I fill out webforms on my iphone fairly often. I use autocomplete to speed this process along, and it works pretty well for the most part. However, for some reason, it always insists on using an @facebook.com email address in the email field.

I do not use Facebook for email. I never have, never will, and never want to. I do use Facebook for lots of other things, and thus, would prefer not to turn off iOS's Facebook integration, which seems to be the only workaround that googling has offered me.

How can I force auto-complete to use my preferred email address, rather than the one associated with my Facebook account?

Go to account settings in Facebook (web) -> general -> email

Untick "use your Facebook email"

You may need to then re sync your Facebook contacts.

Hey presto... It's sorted!!

Remove the facebook email address from your facebook account. then resync contacts.


I need a pdf reader for my 4th Gen iPod Touch iBooks will not download to it, as it requires OS7,which the iPod 4th Gen cannot accommodate... I downloaded Adobe Reader, but can't locate the file on my iPod for it to open (when it's attached iTunes tells me the file is in "Books", but I can't find "Books" on the iPod itself)

As of version 4.4.1 (current latest version), Documents by Readdle only requires iOS 6, and therefore should work on your device.

The books in the iTunes books section will only sync with iBooks. Simply un-sync that section, since you don't have iBooks installed. Download, install and open ’Documents' on your device, then go to the Apps section, scroll down to the file section, select Documents and browse to your files there, then sync.

I have ex PDFs reader on my galaxy 5. And iPad but Apple do not allow an upgrade on the pod 4'Apple does this so you buy a new device, if you find on that reads a PDFs file in voice let me know. It is a great study tool


Is there any way to stream audio and video files from Windows laptop to iPhone 6 plus at anytime with my own wifi hotspot? I have a iPhone 6 plus and a laptop with wifi. I just need to stream audio and video files from Windows Laptop at anytime with my own wifi hotspot.

My workarounds:

Have tried VLC Streamer but it streams only video and also only in my office wifi.

Please suggest a best and free method to make it done.

Download FileBrowser App from Apple Store you can get the lite version for free and if you are Jailbroken you can get the full version from Appcake and it will solve your problem

Once you have installed the App connect your PC and phone on the same network. App will scan available devices on the network to connect select your PC and then you can browse the files select the one you want to stream and thats it


How can I upgrade to any macOS version that is no longer available in the Apple app store? I am using a Mac Mini (Late 2012) that is running macOS 10.9.5 (Mavericks). I avoided upgrading to macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) when it was first released because of all of the stability issues surrounding it and have stuck to macOS 10.9.5. Never “purchased” or even attempted to download it via the Apple app store.

Now that macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) has been released, what can I do to upgrade to macOS 10.10.5 if/when I wish to? When I am in the Apple app store the only option I see macOS 10.11 as an upgrade option; screenshot below.

The logic is, I assume that macOS 10.10.5 is more stable that macOS 10.10 when it was first released, so I would like to put a 10.10.5 upgrade on my plate of options if/when I have the time and patience to deal with. I would like to avoid macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) for a while if possible.

Is my only option at this point to download a macOS 10.10.5 installer from some non-Apple website somewhere or does Apple have any accommodations to allow end-users to download macOS 10.10.5 from them in some way?

I see this OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Update as well as this OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Combo Update is available for download, but would any/either of those be useful to someone like me running macOS 10.9.5 in any way? I assume those updates are only useful for someone already running 10.10 already, correct?

As soon as a new Mac OS is released, the previous one becomes unavailable.

The only way to get an older OS directly from Apple is to have previously 'purchased it' - even if it was free - then it will appear in your purchase history in the App Store.

If it's not in your purchase history, then you'll have to get it from a trustworthy friend [or less-trustworthy torrent etc]

10.10.anything will do, as you can still get the combo updater to 10.10.5

It's always wise to get a new OS download, even if you don't intend to install it right now - just so it's always in your history.  I have every OS back to Lion in my purchase history - good for if I ever need a disposable OS for testing etc.

As Sierra will not run on older machines, this rule has been relaxed for machines whose last supported OS is El Capitan.
You can download it from here - https://itunes.apple.com/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1147835434?mt=12 - but it will not run if your machine is capable of running Sierra.
If it is capable, then you are back to needing it in your purchase history already.

The currently existing answers don't answer the questions posed in your last paragraph, so I'll cover that here.  The update pages you link to have small clickable text at the bottom giving System Requirements.  These system requirements clarify that the "OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Update" only works if you have 10.10.4 already installed, and that the "OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Combo Update" only works if you have some previous version of Yosemite installed, i.e. 10.10.x.  Neither can be used to upgrade from Mavericks or any other earlier version of OSX.

Note: I originally failed to notice the System Requirements link, so this answer has been changed from a previous incorrect one.


current leakage of MacBook Pro? I can feel current leakage on my MacBook Pro when it is being charged. And it seems a lot of people in my country report the same problem.

Is this because of the voltage(220V) we use?

What's the solution?

UPDATE I went to Apple Store(Shanghai, China) several hours ago and they refused to do anything. weird company. I bought my MacBook Pro 3 months ago.

The solution for me was to use the adapter with a three pin extension cord.

Then your notebook is earthed and no more charges stay on the cover that shock you :-). Some Macbooks suffer from insulation failure of the casing. A third contact provides for a connection to earth ground so that net charge can escape the cover. This requires a wall socket with proper earthing.

If you are in an EU region or a country that uses Schuko-type plugs, refer to this.
I found a product with Grounded Plug (duckhead) as shown in the picture below that is a Schuko type for EU.
The grounding function is activated when the Apple Power Adapter ground pin and the plug ground pin are combined.

It says that you can buy it on Amazon now.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08JYWKTZ3?ref=myi_title_dp&th=1
Doodle Plug is available for Apple MacBook, iPad chargers in EU countries (Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Greece, etc.).

Available for all Apple Chargers (Magsafe, USB Power adapters) with
ground pins
Anti-static and device protection while charging Apple products
Compatible with both Schuko type outlets, including the EU and Korea
Significantly reduce iPad and iPhone touch errors (including Apple
Pencil) while charging
Reduces the noise of earphones or speakers when charging


Is it possible to recover an erased Mac SSD partition? I did the stupid thing of formating by accident the main SSD in my Macbook. I was using Windows through an external drive and hit the "Erase" button thinking it was another drive.
So I lost EVERYTHING in my computer and it won't boot as MacOS. I can use windows through the external ssd, and the formatted drive is "Not Allocated" right now. I only erased, I didn't mounted as a new format.
Is there any way to recover the partition/files?

If you have a standard formatting (I assume it is hard to believe) then the chances are that you can restore it.
There are several forms of erasing a data carrier, including deleting the table of contents of a data carrier and erasing individual sectors of a volume.
Since mostly only the table of contents is deleted with a quick format, the data is still on the SSD, only the SSD or the operating system can no longer find any files.
It is therefore possible to restore the files, if you have restored the files, it is advisable to reinstall the macOS operating system, as sensitive files may have been damaged and the system does not work properly.
I use the Disk Drill program to create data. Please correct me if it's not good software

Yes, with an if. There are tools that recover partitions, eg. UFS Explorer. The 'if' is that this depends on the data not being overwritten with something else already, and some partition erasure utilities do give you the option to do that.
There are some cases where a partition may be directly restored, otherwise the utility may only give access to the files on the deleted partition, requiring you to copy them to an external drive. The latter is definitely the safer option, regardless.
I'd recommend taking the demo version of your utility of choice for a test and try to restore a few files to an external drive to make sure that it suits your needs before going any further.
If the data on your lost partition is crucial you'll have to decide if you feel it's worth taking to a data recovery expert instead of handling this on your own.


"Where is FinderSyncAPIExtension?" (Google Drive) For the last week or so I have been periodically getting this dialog popping up, shown below. It would seem from googling around that this is related to Google Drive.

I have tried the recommendations on Apple Support Communities, specifically I have used the Browse button on the popup and selected FinderSyncAPIExtension by going to the finder and opening Google Drive > Show Package Contents > Contents and dragging FinderSyncAPIExtension.appex into the Browse window. That did not resolve the problem. I have also tried deleting Google Drive and installing it fresh from Google.

Currently, after I get this popup (and cancel it), GDrive stops syncing and I have to quit it and start it again to get it to start syncing again.

I located the Google Drive app (/Applications) and clicked that. GDrive then continued to sync without errors. I'm not sure if this is the correct solution, I only tried it once (just 2 minutes ago) but so far so good.

Maybe the following will bring a solution, it did in my MacBook Pro (OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6):

Open the app Terminal
type the following command: chflags nohidden ~/Library
This will make the Library folder visible.
Shut down your Mac (not restart, won't work)
Start up your Mac
Presto, the problem is over (at least in My MacBook it is)


How to see all windows of an application within a space? I am a fan of the exposé feature in Mac. I work in multiple spaces dedicated to each for respective projects.

However, I would want to see all windows belonging to a particular application on that Space alone. Is there a way I can enable such a thing?

How to see all windows of an application in the same space alone ?

Edit: Added image to display windows of an application which belong to different spaces but shown together:

Apple doesn’t design finder and expose to do this. It’s a design decision, so they might add a switch if enough people convince them it’s worth coding, but in the mean time, programmers have utilities to help.

Front and Center app on the Mac App Store

Here’s a very in-depth write up of how this used to be the default and now is not, if you’re into the history of user interface choices or just want to know a little more about the author(s) of the tool.

https://daringfireball.net/2020/01/front_and_center

Also, this tool doesn’t show you fake proxy windows on the space, it surfaces the actual windows. If you need something to re-arrange the windows, look to Moom or Divvy - they are long time, super excellent and powerful window management applications to super charge your control and automate window placement in a way that Mission Control (exposé) does.

https://manytricks.com/moom/
https://mizage.com/divvy/

In case you have a trackpad:

Make sure you have the App Exposé setting switched on in your trackpad settings. Follow the animated example.
Hover a dock icon of a particular app to show its windows, or simply hover a window of an app to set it for the Exposé gesture.

In case you don't have a trackpad:

Still, you may click on a dock icon and click "Show All Windows".


Can I share iCloud Drive folder with other iCloud user? I would like to share a folder like Dropbox does, but under Share I can not find such an option.

Before macOS High Sierra and iOS 10 release the answer was "No - iCloud drive and its folder structure is strictly for sharing with one account." You can now share files but not entire folders easily.

Now with iOS 10 and High Sierra and newer, you can share from the share control on macOS and choose a file. You can share with the generic "add people" icon files but not folders currently. You can share from the web interface and iOS as well.

For some iWork documents and photos, you can share them individually or by adding someone to a shared photo album, but that's based on the app design and not a more general folder based file sharing idiom.

You can also avail yourself of all the share sheets when an app like Things or OneNote or Acorn can accept a shared file from iCloud.

Also -  Apple's MailDrop feature to email each file to the recipient(s) that need to share the file, but it wouldn't be anything that's hosted and really shared in the sense that a change to the file by one user would then be reflected on the cloud. When that works it's great since you don't have to plan to share out the files - it just happens.

Clearly, iCloud isn't competing directly with Box.com and DropBox but it has picked up tons of useful features and the live on line collaboration for iWork documents and notes is really fantastic in 2018 now that we have some real sharing features in iCloud.

Try using OS X Server for Yosemite or Mavericks.


Apple USB Keyboard not working on 27" iMac (Intel Core i7) I have two similar iMacs (27" - i7 - os10.8.4 ) and use Apple's extended USB keyboards on both of them. After a power outage neither keyboard will work on one iMac (A) although both keyboards work fine on the other iMac (B). I have reset NVRAM and SMC on iMac A but to no avail. I have plugged printers into the USB ports and they seem to work fine. As it stands, the only way I can log in on iMac A is by using a Bluetooth keyboard, the USB port however remains "invisible"...

Thank you for your help.

Sorry this isn't really an answer but I can't post a photo in a comment.

I have a 27" iMac i7 as well, when I connect a Key Board/Mouse and an iPhone via USB in "System Information" I see this:

What do you see?

Note that the two USB ports are on different busses.  Have you tried both of them?  You mentioned that bluetooth works; do the other USB functions work (Card Reader, iSight Cam)?

This isa recurring problem for me and whilst I once solved it from a site like this, this time I just plugged the damn thing into my macbook air and back to the Imac. Bingo!

GV


How do I change the iCloud ID on iPhone 5? I lent my iPhone to someone who logged into iCloud with their apple ID. Now I want to change the iCloud account to my own, which can only be done by deleting the currently logged-in iCloud account. To do that, I have to enter the password for that account, to turn off the Find My iPhone app. There seems to be no way to remove the old account without knowing the password for it.

This is on an iPhone 5, with iOS 7.1.1.

Two options:

1) Get the person you lent it to to enter their password and disable their account on your device.

2) Bring proof of ownership (sales receipt) and your device to an Apple Store and talk with a Genius. They will be able to reset the device for you.

That is true. There's NO way you can do this, since iOS 7.


Apple TV stops playing the video from movies at 10 minutes My 2nd gen Apple TV pretty consistently freezes the video but not the audio of purchased content (movies or TV shows Edit from iTunes-see comment below) at exactly 10 minutes in.  It doesn't happen 100% of the time, but it does probably 75% or more.  My work around is to hit the menu button to exit the movie and then play it again resuming where I left off.  Usually it'll only happen once, but rarely it will continue to freeze at random or at 10  minute intervals.  I have fast internet and a good WiFi connection.  This has been happening consistently for over a year.  Has anyone seen this problem?  Any idea how to fix it?

Update: My old TV (2008 Samsung) died so I replaced it with a 2015 Sony which unfortunately didn't solve the problem.  Nobody else seems to have this problem, so I'm pretty sure that my Apple TV is slightly broken.  I'll probably just replace it when Apple releases a new model (hopefully next month).

Try restarting your Apple TV.

Hold down the Home and Play buttons on the Siri remote, or hold down the 'down' button and the menu buttons.

Images below

The light will flash quickly, then let go of the buttons.
You will see the apple logo.

Try watching your movies now!

I hope this works for you!

You can solve this in 4 steps:

Go to Settings
Go to the General menu
Go to the Autolock section
Set it to Never


f3 Fight Flash Fraud: "f3probe command not found" Mac OS Mojave I'm testing SD Flash Cards and my linux machine decided to be rude and stop operating the SD Card Reader (time for a USB device). So I switched over to the reliable old iMac to happily find that F3 can be installed via Homebrew. After the brief installation however, Bash cannot find f3probe, an essential testing tool that is supposed to come together with f3 for SD Card Fraud testing. F3Read and Write do appear, while no commands or manual entries exist for f3probe or f3fix.

sudo: f3probe: command not found

Thanks for your time,

Tmanok

brew install f3 installs the two commands f3read and f3write into /usr/local/bin (but no f3probe).

From the README:

    make extra

.. note::
   - The extra applications are only compiled and tested on Linux
     platform.
   - Please do not e-mail me saying that you want the extra
     applications to run on your platform; I already know that.
   - If you want the extra applications to run on your platform, help
     to port them, or find someone that can port them for you. If you
     do port any of them, please send me a patch to help others.
   - The extra applications are f3probe, f3brew, and f3fix.

You are looking for the Fight Flash Fraud / f3 application. This is a third-party application that you will need to install.

Use Homebrew and run

brew install f3

Or alternatively download the f3 package directly here. Add the directory location you unzip the binaries to your PATH and you should now be able to run f3probe


Why does my iPhone5 playing songs through my Apple TV times out after three songs? I want to play songs on my Apple TV from my iPhone5 running 8.1. After about three songs, it stops playing (tested three times). Is there any possible explanation for this?

My question is: Why does my iPhone5 playing songs through my Apple TV times out after three songs?

--

EDIT:
Router: Netcomm NB9WMAXX

Terminology: I'm calling it 'timing out'. Perhaps a more correct term would be 'arbitrarily stopping' - except that we can repeat the behaviour multiple times at roughly the same time period.

Error: seeing no error on either device

Library: Stored on iphone

Network usage: Nothing else was using the network at this time


How can I disable the "Welcome, Name!" banner notification for Game Center? As per this question I've found banners to cause slowdown on iOS 5, it turns out the "welcome, you have been signed in" Game Center message does this too, and on occasion it will interupt me several times in a game if I switch in/out of the app while playing as it logs be in/out repeatedly.

Is there a way to disable this notification while leaving Game Center enabled? I tried revoking the banner notification rights from Game Center but the pop up still appears.

That login banner is a provided aspect of the Game Center API in the iOS SDKs,  as far as I'm aware there is no way as a developer to disable it from opening when the Game Center login completes. As a user, there is certainly no way to disable it, because it is part of the application's compiled source code.

However, note that it's not the banner that is causing the delays and skips. It is actually the entire login process to Game Center. My only advice is when you open a game that has Game Center logins, open it up to the first functional screen, and just wait the ~5-10 seconds it takes to reveal the Game Center banner. After the banner has displayed and disappeared, proceed normally and you should not be affected any further.

Try this:

Settings > Notifications > Game Center

There you should see all of the options related to alerts, notifications, etc. which you can change, or disable completely.


Dock - Remove spacer? Is there a way to remove the spacer between the downloads stack and apps?

As far as I know, this is not possible through normal means. And by that I mean I doubt you could change this without hacking the OS.

I know you can add spaces:

Adjust width of spacer between Mac OS dock icons

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="small-spacer-tile";}' && killall Dock

or

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'

Those are the only space customizations I am aware of.

I know this is not the answer you were hoping for but I believe it to be the correct answer.

"long click" on space in the dock .  a little window appears to delete the space


How do I change the Icon for a USB device? My phone uses a standard icon when mounted. I just want to replace that icon with a custom one.

I'm opening a PNG image in Preview and copying the image, then pasting onto the icon in the Get Info window, but I get the system PNG icon instead of the image itself:

How do you use a custom image? OSX gives you no feedback on this at all.

Update: After some further investigation, it appears that the image is being set correctly in .VolumeIcons.icns

So for whatever reason, Finder is refusing to display it correctly. Is there some kind of icon format requirement that Finder isn't telling me?

Update: Now the cut-n-paste method works fine. I have not changed anything, so I have no idea what was wrong before. I can only chalk this up to a Finder bug.

just drag and drop :)

sometimes it does not work so, you do a simple:

COPY: copy to clipboard the icon you want to use
SELECT: select the icon you want to remove
PASTE: paste it

Also you can use DiskUtility with Repair disk for USB memory.
Icon appears correctly.


Java 6 doesn't work on OS 10.6.8 i don't understand and need some help: java doesn't work anymore for a few months and i don't know why.

I have installed the latest version from apple, actually the 1.6.0_45-b06-451 on my imac 21,5" of middle 2010 and after checking the security system option and enabled the firefox plugin, i tried in safari and Chrome. Also tried with 32 and 64 bits kernel...

Finally i checked the XProtect.meta.plist to see the version limit allowed.
When i check on java.com it seem disabled or not installed, but on other sites it worked fine, like here (or javatester.org for examples)

What can i do for use without issues like i did before ?
Thanks a lot for any help...

If you install OSX Mavericks via the app store, Java will stay up to date & working.


How can I tell if I'm viewing a secure page in Safari (6.0.2)? Safari hides the http: or https:, so how can I tell if I'm viewing a page over SSL? Some pages show issuer information in the URL bar, but not all of them. So the ones that show issuer info are secure, but I'd rather not have to reload the other pages in Chrome just to determine whether I have a secure connection to it.

On HTTPS pages Safari shows a small padlock.

 (screen made with Safari 6.0.2)

You can see this a little easier in these larger snaps - one of a site where the SSL certificate was not trusted implicitly (signed or otherwise trusted by your Mac) and another where the certificate was valid and signed up the chain by the Mac and shown in green.

Or, just tap the address bar and the whole address is shown.
Including the https:


How do I call myself using Facetime? I have Facetime on my MacBook and Facetime on my iPad.  Of course I also have one Apple ID account.  Sometimes the family uses the iPad while I'm away.  I'd like to be able to call "myself", that is my iPad from my MacBook.  How do I do this?

The short answer - you can either call a phone number (iPhone + FaceTime) or an AppleID (iPod/Mac/iPad + FaceTime) and you can't call another device with the same number.

To call back to your mac (or any other AppleID device) - you'll have to make a second account with a different Apple ID. Similarly - there's no easy way to get the phone number into another device since that gets authenticated over SMS in the background and not user/password for AppleID.

If you are calling from an iPhone - you can call your AppleID devices (they all ring and any one can pick up), but for AppleID based calls - you need to call a different AppleID unless Apple ever changes the current software.

Last clarification - AppleID is just a string but most people use an email address since that is more likely to be unique to one person.

You need to make sure that the email or phone number is the main device and different one each device.


About Keyboard layout remapping I'm a student in Germany, so I have to type a lot in German.
There's four additional letters in German, ü ä ö ß. Since I'm using a computer with US layout, I can't type them directly but by using alt key.
Ü by typing alt+u once then u, occasionally shift switch also, Ä by typing alt+u then shift+a. So it's a lot of keys, not quite efficient.
Since I only have to type these 4 letters, is there any way to make it a bit easier?
Like alt+u directly for ü, alt+a ä, alt+o for ö?

Looking forward for Help!
thx

If you're going to be typing in German for a while, it may be useful to switch to the German keyboard layout as needed. Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources You can use a keyboard shortcut or the menu bar icon to quickly swap between the layouts when working on assignments (but with much faster access to the accented letters you want.

Otherwise you are looking at manually editing your U.S. layout to change the individual function of the keys, which is do-able but likely less desirable.

Problem solved by using Ukelele!http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ukelele
Works super fine.


Cmd+Tab does not work on hidden or minimized windows When I want to switch between windows using ⌘ Cmd + ⇥ Tab it does not work with hidden or minimized windows. I can see the icons of these windows in the application switcher but choosing them does nothing. How can I get this to work again?

This one is a bit tricky :

press ⌘ Cmd + ⇥ Tab to show your running apps. Keep holding ⌘ Cmd.

press ⇥ Tab until you've selected the app

press the ⌥ Option, and let go of the ⌘ Cmd.
( You must release ⌘ Cmd after pressing ⌥ Option ! )
( You must release ⌘ Cmd before release ⌥ Option ! )

AppleScript

tell application "Slack" to reopen (activate)

Or try my app Command-Tab Plus, in addition to proper  work with hidden or minimized apps has many convenient features that are not efficiently implemented in the built-in MacOs App's switcher

For example, there were discussed the problems of Mac Os X apps switcher

Restricting Command+tab options to only apps that are in the current space

Show only apps that are in the current space