How do I obtain iPhoto for a second-hand Mac Air? I obtained a Mac Air from a friend, second-hand. He restored a clean install of the OS, without the free Apps (iPhoto, iMovie…). These apps were included in the original purchase. We understood that it would be a simple matter of downloading these apps afresh from the Appstore. However, I am required to pay for them. I use my Appstore login, of course, not my friend's.

I guess one way to get these apps is to go and visit my friend and ask him to log in to the Appstore under his identity, but I would prefer to download these myself. I also suspect that this method may cause problems for a number of reasons: the device is now linked to my login, he probably already has his quota of devices linked.

The only legal way to transfer the iLife applications from him to you would be if he had the original iLife installation DVD that used to ship with new Macs. Being that it's an Air, and doesn't have a DVD slot on it, it's unlikely he still has that media.

Unfortunately, you're stuck with re-buying the iLife applications from the App Store using your own Apple ID. Using his App Store ID to put the software on your Mac and then switching the ID to your account would definitely be on the wrong side of Apple's terms of service.

Copy a iLife 11.dmg to usb and install it from there


iMac does not wake from sleep on Bluetooth action I work on an iMac (Late 2015) with macOS High Sierra (10.13.3). On this computer I use a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

The computer should wake from sleep if the peripherals are used. The corresponding option "Allow BT devices to wake this computer" is activated.

For the past few weeks, unfortunately, the computer does not wake from sleep if the BT mouse or keyboard are used. Specifically, it does not wake in 80% of the cases. Sometimes it works, but most of the time it does not.

If it does not wake on BT action, I can wake it up using a slight touch on the power button. The computer awakes up, but there is no connection to the keyboard and the mouse. Also, there is no warning message, which usually pops up if the connection to a BT keyboard is lost.

The only thing I can do in this situation is to force restart unsing power button.

There are a lot of similar questions on AD but non of them has an accepted answer. Most commenters suggest to try the common things like restart (muhahaha) reset SMC and PRAM and so one. This did not work for me and it did not work for all the other OPs. In some older questions the problem was solved by updates. Currently there are no updates available.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

I noticed that when I connect the charging cable to either the mouse or keyboard and the MAC, that device starts working (because it's functioning as wired instead of BT). So I have my keyboard permanently plugged in to the charging cable and I have a wired mouse to use on standby when the BT mouse fails to wake.

I have a usb mouse plugged in all the time because I can't depend on b/t to be alive when I try to bring the mac out of sleep with either the keyboard or apple mouse. This gives me operational control, but I still know my computer isn't working right.


Can I use a non "me.com" address to send email with iCloud? I will  be buying an iPad and will want to use iCloud.  However, I want to use a non "@me.com" address to send email from/reply to.  Is this possible when you sign up for iCloud?  Thanks

Using iCloud doesn't necessarily means you'll have to use Mail on iCloud. You can still use your current mail provider to send/receive email on your iPad. Providing you can connect to your current provider using IMAP, Exchange or POP.

You can also create your iCloud account without having a @me.com address. I use my @gmail.com address as my Apple ID to connect to iCloud to sync Contacts, Calendars, etc.

In my view, the answer is simple: when you setup your iCloud account you can use whatever email address you want, (I have setup iCloud accounts with Yahoo.com email addresses as well as an iCloud.com email address).


Is it normal that iPhone 4S touch screen is not working correctly when charging When I use my iPhone 4S's touch screen while charging, sometime it is not working correctly. For example; if I touch something in the middle screen, it acts like I touch some bottom in the border.
Is this normal behavior or should I go back to the Apple Store?

That's definitely not normal behaviour!

It could be something to do with earthing or voltage though as the screen is capacitive, so try charging from another source to see if it does the same thing. e.g. if you're charging from USB on your computer, try it on another computer if possible, or with the mains adapter. If that fixes your problem, it's possible you have a voltage issue or earth leakage issue on the port.

If it doesn't fix it, then the problem is likely with the iPhone itself.

I've had problems in the past where I was charging my iPhone on a work PC and sometimes when I touched the phone it would reset it. Luckily there was no damage caused, but it was a little weird.

Had the same problem at work but it was just the outlet.


How can you unlock a Sprint iPhone 6 Plus? It was paid in full without a contract I purchased a Sprint iPhone 6 Plus 64gb off contract. I paid the full amount which was about $1,000. As of today (2014-09-24), how can we unlock the iPhone 6 Plus which is on Sprint? I am a Sprint customer.

Sprint phones CANNOT normally be unlocked for use with any other carrier in the U.S., with the exception of Ting mobile, which uses the Sprint network. Additionally, both Sprint and Verizon are on CDMA networks, so any restrictions imposed on transferring is fabricated by those companies for profit. Additionally, many new phones, including iPhones work with both CDMA and GSM, the only thing stopping you from transferring is the company.
Here is a lame excuse from an actual Sprint technician:

Betty S: Some Apple devices have an MSL code, while others do not, however, even unlocking the software using the MSL code will not enable these phones to operate on a domestic carriers’ network
Betty S: Apple phones sold for use on Sprint's network are designed with an external SIM slot and sold with a SIM card to operate on Sprint's network.
Betty S: Those devices are not enabled for use on a different domestic carrier’s network because the Sprint-specific CDMA requirements are hardcoded in the firmware of the device and downloaded for operation on Sprint’s network and specific frequencies.
Betty S: This is true even within Sprint’s Network, for instance between Sprint and Virgin Mobile. These phones, if sold through a Sprint channel were not engineered as a universal Domestic device.
Betty S: Even if these devices have MSL codes that can be unlocked, the SIM cannot be enabled for use on a domestic carriers’ network.

While the firmware being different is true, it is only that way to stop customers from leaving with their devices.

I bought an Iphone 6 from Sprint paying the full price too. But in my case is to use in Brasil. I received a recommendation from a apple store employer to not use in the first power on the chip of Spring, this will let the iphone unlocked to use in others country except USA.

Hope this help anyone...


Flash player unable to proceed with the installation I have difficulties installing the latest version of Adobe Flash Player (14.0.0.125) on my Mac OS X 10.9.3 (Mavericks). Every time I do so, it fails at 90% with the following error message.

Error: Unable to proceed with the installation

When I go to troubleshoot the problem, I find that I have version 13.0.0.214 of Flash Player installed on my system, and that the (alleged) latest version (for Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8) is 13.0.0.201 (see following URL).

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-rvm.html

Further research has revealed that the latest version of Flash Player (for Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9) is 14.0.0.125 (see following URL).

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-mac.html#main-pars_heading_7

This is not the first time I have experienced problems upgrading Adobe Flash Player. I experienced a similar problem before upgrading to Mac OS X 10.9 except with different version numbers of the same software. That is, the version that was installed was greater than the version that was downloaded. Note that I did not experience this problem with prior versions of the OS (i.e. Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7).

This time I went one step further and used a different default browser to locate, download and install (what I presumed was the latest version of) Flash Player. No difference....

My question is, why does my default browser point to an older version of the installation software, and how can I resolve this? Also, correct me if I am wrong but, the reason I have a 'later' version of the software (that is, version 13.0.0.214) is due to the OS upgrade? I do not recall ever upgrading Adobe Flash Player....

Not sure whether or not this is relevant, but I also have Adobe Creative Suite 5 installed on my system (which was also successfully upgraded during all OS upgrades).

UPDATE: Did a bit more searching on the Adobe forums and found a link to a previous version of Adobe Flash Player version 13.0.0.223. Although not the latest version, I have successfully installed it. That is, after I uninstalled the older version of Flash Player. The problem I experienced sounds almost identical to this installation problem.

I am still, however, experiencing the same problem when upgrading to version 14 of Flash Player (even through System Preferences). Seems to be a problem with the installer, and not my system configuration since, to resolve this problem, I uninstall Flash Player (like before) and successfully installed Flash Player version 14 OS X, which I found and downloaded from the same web site.  Note that all attempts to use the install program that updates Adobe Flash Player have failed.

UPDATE 2: It appears that the problem I described is a known issue regarding installing Flash Player on OS X 10.9 using the shim installer from get.adobe.com/flashplayer. For further details, see the following thread from the Adobe Forums.

I've have this problem come and go, and come back again.

FIX: The best fix so far for me is to go back to Flash Version 13. The say Flash Player Version 13 is in "extended release". I am on Mac osx 10.7.5 the last version of mac operating system for my machine.

Find it here: for browsers, it may have the strange name "plug in content debugger", I think the word "plug in" matters for browsers. The other "projector" versions I don't know about. The "plug in debugger version 13" fixed my safari problems.

https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html

Fix 2: You must disregard the constant signaling to update to version 15 if you are getting it. The update to version 15 may load a broken version in the browser, then you have to uninstall it with their special utility and reinstall version 13. Get the uninstall download here (or search for adobe flash uninstall on the web):

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html#main_uninstall

More Possible Explanation:
Apparently the weird name "debugger" means they have debugged common problems with it. Essentially you are going back to the previous version since the new one has problems loading/working (keeps getting identified as out-of-date so it won't work) but they don't want to pull the new version off the market, can you imagine that mess. Thanks Adobe for the extended release we depend on it!

Here is adobe's comment on it:

EXTENDED SUPPORT RELEASE - FLASH PLAYER

What is the extended support release?

Adobe makes available a version of Flash Player called the "Extended Support Release" (ESR) to organizations that prefer Flash Player stability over new functionality. We have created a branch of the Flash Player code that we keep up to date with all of the latest security updates, but none of the new features or bug fixes available in our current release branch. This allows organizations to certify and stay secure on Flash Player with minimal effort.

10/14/2014 - Updated debugger and standalone versions of Flash Player. These players contain fixes for critical vulnerabilities identified in Security Bulletin APSB14-22. The latest version is 13.0.0.250 (Win and Mac). All users are encouraged to update to these latest versions.

This drove me nuts. I updated my Office Suite, and restarted the Mac.

It downloaded and installed without the above issue.


Where can I cancel my newsstand subscriptions? I recently subscribed to a newsstand magazine. The confirmation e-mail stated that my subscription will be renewed automatically. I don't want this, but I can't find the option to turn this off. It's not under 'Purchases'...

So where can I manage my subscriptions? Is there a generic way to do this in the iTunes store?

Go to Settings then choose Store.  There you will find a list of your current subscriptions, which you can turn to "off" if you no longer wish to subscribe to a given product.

Some users have indicated that there are still issues, such as unsubscribing, then going back into settings --> store and finding they are still subscribed, but this seems to be rare, and I expect it will be resolved.

There are also usually contact options to reach the developer of the product in the newstand store, just like contact options in the app store.  You can contact the developer directly for support if their app doesn't seem to be successfully unsubscribing.

Most newstand subscriptions should have an interface to unsubscribe in the app itself, or under the app in Settings.

Due to the way subscriptions work in the App Store, though, a developer would have to add a non-recurring subscription option to their app.  I imagine most won't - they will only offer their subscriptions under the app store's auto-renewal process.

You should contact the developers directly if you wish them to add a non-recurring purchase option.

You can also use a service called BillNina.com to cancel iTunes and other subscriptions.


Bluetooth mouse won't connect, after turning Bluetooth off it won't turn back on Fresh install of Boot Camp on macOS Mojave with a Windows 10 ISO from the Microsoft website. I'm trying to connect my Bluetooth mouse (which works fine and connects on macOS Mojave) to Windows and it won't find the mouse.

I have disconnected and removed the mouse from macOS.
I have tried 'updating' my Bluetooth radio to "Apple Broadcom Built-in Bluetooth".

Doing this results in no Bluetooth functionality with the device showing error code 10 in Device Manager.

The current configuration for my Bluetooth settings in Device Manager is:

Bluetooth

Bluetooth Radio
Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator
Microsoft Bluetooth LE Enumerator

Now the weird thing. Whenever I go into the general Bluetooth settings to add a device, if I use the toggle to turn Bluetooth on/off, I can turn it off, but then I can't turn it back on unless I uninstall and reinstall the driver, or restart my machine.

Windows OS

DESKTOP-4BSAGG1

OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Home
OS Version: 10.0.17134 N/A Build 17134
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free

MacBook Specs

13-inch Macbook Pro (w/ Touch Bar)
Running macOS Mojave (Latest Version)
Bootcamp v6.1

create a USB drive with windows support software using Bootcamp Assistant (mac os)
go to windows and install that support software from the USB drive
go back to macOS
remove ALL Bluetooth devices from mac os
set windows as the startup drive
restart and open windows (click mouse and keyboard when you see windows logo)
go to Bluetooth settings and try to connect

worked for me ...for a moment...then I lost it when I set macOS as startup drive.


Does iCloud save deleted pictures from your camera and photo stream? Does iCloud save deleted pictures from your camera and photo stream?

For example: If you saved a picture from Google but deleted it from your camera and the photo stream does it still save it to iCloud?

Heard that iCloud automatically backs up your iOS device information daily over Wi-Fi when your device is turned on, locked, and connected to a power source. On your iOS device, go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup, then turn on iCloud Backup.


How to set to open folder with enter in finder? I want to set to open a folder in finder with Enter.

I know it's possible to open a folder with ⌘ Command + ↓ Down Arrow but I don't like it and I never use it because it's easier to use the trackpad, but enter would be the easiest way.

I tried to set it trough the keyboard shortcuts but I can't do it.

Any person new to Apple and Mac would find lot of things un-intuitive or just forced on the user, w/o any options to change it.
Or it might be that just many of us had their first experiences on Win/Linux systems.

But just found this plugin to finder XtraFinder which among lot of other options allows you to ENTER/RETURN to open a file.

Feeling a lot relieved now! Hope it helps.

ControlOptionSpace serves as an Enter  key

Also enabling voice over for when you need to navigate, helps a lot too


How can I pair my Magic Trackpad with multiple Macs? I have a Magic Trackpad that I'm using with my iMac.
Everything works great, but I would also like to use the trackpad with my MacBook.

For some reason, it seems that I can only pair the trackpad with one computer at a time.
With the iMac turned off, I turned on the MacBook and went to set up a new Bluetooth device. The trackpad was not found.
I know that nothing is wrong with my connection procedure (I pressed the power button, it was within range, etc), and that nothing is wrong with the trackpad itself (it works fine with the iMac).

I finally got the trackpad to pair with the MacBook by unpairing it with the iMac, turning the iMac off, and power cycling the trackpad.

Then, when I went to re-pair with the iMac, the device was not found (the MacBook was completely off; it was not connected to anything). Only by unpairing with the MacBook and power cycling was I able to re-pair with the iMac.

So, I think the trackpad is trying to tell me that it can only be paired with one computer at a time.

I would like to pair the trackpad with both my iMac and my MacBook not for simultaneous use, but for using with one when the other is turned off or far away.
I have other Bluetooth devices that let me do this just fine, and I can't think of a reason why it would be different for the trackpad.

How can I pair my Magic Trackpad with both my iMac and MacBook for non-simultaneous use?

Ideally without any third-party software.

No, it can only be paired to one computer at at time according to Magic Trackpad Manual. You would need to un pair and then re pair it to another computer in order to use it on both computers.

Here's the extract from the manual:

  After you pair your Apple Magic Trackpad with a Mac, you can pair it again with a different Mac. To do this, you first remove the existing pairing and then pair the trackpad again.

connect track pad to a usb switcher. and connect the usb sticher to your two computers.


How to view saved passwords on Chrome iOS? On my desktop I have an extension which prevents websites from reqesting the browser not to recognize the password fields (I imagine they view this feature as unsecure). Now I have synced my passwords with Chrome in iOS, and the extension is not available on iPad. This means that while the
password has synced, it does not automatically get entered into the password field. So I thought I would just view the saved password and enter it manually. Unfortunately I am unable to do so. If anyone knows how to either view my passwords or otherwise recover it, I would be most grateful.

You can't review your stored Passwords in the Chrome App at all.

On the App and in the Support Documents Apple mentions  to use the url passwords.google.com see

On that Page when you open it on your Moblie it says that you can access your Passwords From all your Divices but not fron this Site see

So i think there is currently no way you can have a Look at your saved Passwords at the Moment.

If you realy need it you should Fill a Bug request and send it to Google so they maybe will fix it in the App.

You can see them also on passwords.google.com.


El Capitan - Right Click Menu - Open Terminal Here I know this may have been asked several times, however I cannot find a valid method that will work for me.

On El Capitan - I want to add a option to the right click menu (not the services section) that allows me to open a file or directory directly in terminal from the right click option.

Would somebody be able to provide a working method?

As already mentioned in comments, using the built in service definitely works for folders. As for files, if you were to open them in finder, nothing would happen unless you can first established default editors in your .bash_profile.

If you're not dead set on using the right click menu, one way to open a folder location or file with terminal without downloading additional software would be to drag a file or folder onto your Terminal icon in the Dock. I do this often and it works great.

When I upgraded to El Capitan, I was able to open terminal at finder as I was before and never had to try to make it work again.


How do I display unsupported emoji on OS X Yosemite OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 by default can't display some emoji, for example the "Cloud with rain" emoji: .

How can I view such problematic emoji? Do I need to install a custom font?

I copied these two files from El Capitan and replaced the default ones (I recommend making backups):

/System/Library/Fonts/Apple Color Emoji.ttf
/System/Library/Input Methods/CharacterPalette.app/Contents/Resources/Category-Emoji.plist

After a reboot I have all emojis in Yosemite.

From the iOS 9.1 emoji list...

These are also in the emoji font of Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan).
Are they really not in Yosemite?  Then the solution is upgrade to El Capitan.


Can app creators continue to access my data after I delete their app? I know that once I have subscribed to a given app, that I have granted permissions to the author to access various bits of information.  but,my question is -  what happens when I delete the app from my phone and library?

Is the author of the app simultaneously and unilaterally denied the future ability to gather anything more from my phone?  Is it possible that while the app is deleted,  the app developer is allowed to maintain a mechanism which continues to gather information (and presumably which I was told about in the original T's and C's which I agreed to) ?

If the app is deleted, so are all connections to said developer. It wouldn't get through the approval process if it was allowed to continue farming your data, plus it'd need to stay on your phone for this to work.

After uninstalling an app I can see that it continues to access the Internet.

Before I uninstall each app now I block its access to the Internet. Later I check my log file and can see each attempt at Internet access. l also have a counter on each app. Many apps show from 6 to 500 attempts per week and some far more. I have even tried good uninstall software. I have also tried to reinstall and uninstall but without result.


Import movies already on computer into iTunes I have a bunch of movies/TV programmes on my computer that I want to transfer to an iPad. As far as I know, the only way to do this is to first add them to iTunes (on a computer), then synch iTunes with the iPad.

Some of these movies are .avi files and others are .mp4 files. I've selected the Films section of the iTunes Library and opened the "Home Movies" tab. I've tried several ways of add the files including:

The "Add File to Library..." menu item (in the file menu)
The "Add Folder to Library..." menu item (in the file menu)
Dragging the file from windows explorer and dropping it into iTunes

For some reason this fails for all the files except one. The one that works is an .mp4, but strangely none of the other .mp4 files (or any of the .avi files) appear in iTunes after I try to add them to the library.

Is there some reason why this one particular .mp4 would work but not others? Is there another simpler way to transfer these files to the iPad? I'm using iTunes 11 on Windows.

This is from the Apple Support site:

  What video content works with iTunes and mobile devices?

  iTunes:

  Video content purchased from the iTunes Store.
  QuickTime and MPEG-4 movie files that end in ".mov", ".m4v", or ".mp4" and are playable in QuickTime Player.
  Video podcasts.
  iTunes Digital Copies.
  iTunes Store Movie Rentals (Requires iTunes 9 or later).

I've had luck converting non-compatible video for iTunes and i devices with Handbrake, a multi platform, open source video converter.

Actually iTunes can only accept MOV, MP4 and M4V videos, AVI is definitely not one of them. So you should save avi to mov/mp4/m4v and then you will be able to successfully transfer video to iTunes. For those MP4 that cannot be moved to iTunes, they may not in QT or MPEG4 codec, and they also need re-transcoding.


Show package contents from command line When working at the terminal, I often use the open . command to open a finder window showing the current working directory. But if the current directory is actually a package, like a .app application or a .vmwarevm virtual machine, open . launches the application or the virtual machine instead.

How can I open a finder window showing the contents of a specified package?

I’ve tried open -A /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app ., but that didn’t work.

You can simply cd into the package to open it in Terminal, then open Contents to open the contents in Finder.

For example, to open the contents of Safari.app in Finder, you can run the following:

cd /Applications/Safari.app
open Contents

From the finder, right click on the application and choose 'Show Contents". The opens the app and you can then navigate thru the enclosed folders.


Deleted user content by accident I was trying to empty the trash from terminal because Xcode was stuck in it, but I accidentally removed the trash from the path and ran sudo rm -rf ~/ I thought for a moment i was changing the directory.

The question is how do I repair the user folders and everything else, icloud and appstore won't login it says unknown error.

The first thing I would try is to log-out and log-in again. In most cases, this will fix your problem.

If not, you have to create a new user account and transfer the data which is left to this new user account. I don't recommend copying the whole Library to the new user account because it could be that your Library is damaged too. I would just copy individual folders like Application Support, Services and so on.


Mac Mini has slowed to an unbearable crawl! I've read a lot of other questions about speed, but my question does not seem to be answered anywhere.  My Mac Mini is running so slow that I cannot see what I am typing. It takes up to 15 seconds to see the text I just wrote. Any process on the computer runs so slow that I see the spinning beachball all the time.

I've looked in the Console and Activity Monitor, and cannot figure out what is wrong. No single process is taking up more than about 10% of the processor and memory is not maxed out.

I should note this is not a very old computer. It is not the most current, but it is fully capable of running Mountain Lion and has a decent amount of RAM.  Please help, I'm about to jump outta my window!

Before I even saw your DropBox Link, I was about to say it's DropBox Syncing the Files ON your Computer (MacMini) with your Online DropBox Account. This happened to me, as well. I emailed DropBox and they said it is normal during File-Sync. I went into DropBox Settings in the MenuBar and UnChecked All the Folders, so that the Files don't have to be on my Local Computer AFTER they have been Uploaded to DropBox.com (So, they were only needed locally to initially upload to DB without uploading via the website/browser. This is helpful if you have many Folders and Files inside other Folders.) Since the Upload was successful, I also turned-off DropBox Opening at Computer Startup.


Bluetooth Remote for Mac (for Plex) So now that Macs no longer come with infrared I can't use the Apple Remote to control Plex, which is pretty disappointing.

Does anyone know of a good Bluetooth remotes that will work with Plex? I've seen the Satechi Bluetooth Multimedia Remote, but it looks like its not compatible.

Alternatively, I've seen this Twisted Melon IR Receiver, however its pretty big and bulk so its far from an ideal solution.

Ive been using a combination of the iOS app and the Apple wireless keyboard, but none are idea. The iOS app doesn't remember the volume of the client, and freezes, and besides, I much prefer a physical keyboard.

Has anyone seen a small Bluetooth remote thats compatible with Plex (or, sends keyboard commands), or a small IR receiver compatible with Mac?

The Satechi Bluetooth Smart Pointer is actually a pretty good choice. I have a number of teachers at this school who use it for their classes all the time. It works a lot like the Apple Remote that has been (essentially) discontinued for Macs. It has some additional features, like a laser pointer. To make it work with Plex, you can just use it in Accessibility Mode (this makes it behave more like a keyboard than a remote).

On a slightly unrelated note, it can also be used to control iOS devices, which I thought would be useless; but, it turns out to have some very convenient implementations around campus that I hadn't imagined.

Certainly worth $50, from my perspective.


Resolution problem on external display with Thunderbolt->HDMI adapter Let me explain problem in quick bullets:

What I want:
I would like to use ultra wide external display with 3440x1440@50hz resolution with my MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012).
I would like to use my Thunderbolt port on mac, and my HDMI 1.4 input on my display.

I can successfully connect my display using:
- HDMI -> HDMI with 3440x1440@50hz
- TB -> DP (via TB -> DP adapter) with 3440x1440@50hz

I can partially successfully (with limited resolution) connect my display using:
- TB -> HDMI (via TB -> HDMI adpater) with 1920x1080@60hz (max)

Question is:
Is it matter of my adapter? For me it seems like it doesn't support HDMI 1.4, but only lower standard. (I have no idea how to check adapter type/support. There was no information about that on the product box).
Or maybe that is basically not possible to convert signal properly with TB/DP -> HDMI adapter?

Please advise.
Thanks,
Tomasz

P.S.
I have MacBook Pro Retina (Mid 2012), GeForce GT 650M 1024MB, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3).

It is the OS update; it includes system protection protocol so Apple is limiting your options of choosing the refresh rate in order to prevent system failure. Instead of fixing the bugs they just take away possibilities.


What type of storage does an iPod classic use? I am interested to know if a newer generation iPod classic uses a standard hard drive or flash memory. Do you know what type of memory an iPod classic uses?

The specs page for the iPod Classic says "hard drive". That's a mechanical drive with a set of spinning platters and read/write heads.

And here's a replacement part for the drive in the unit. The compatibility list on that page lists:

iPod 6th Gen 160GB
iPod 7th Gen 160GB

And here's a video that gives some details on the Samsung drive in the unit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mB3xjIIKcU

It uses an old hard drive with magnetic discs.


"That event does not belong to that event store" when trying to create a new calendar event I'm trying to save a new event on iPhone calendar, but it just keeps giving me this error:

  Cannot Save Event — That event does not belong to that event store

What can I do to fix this?

I'm using Google Calendar by default, but I get the same error even if I try to use another calendar, so I presume the fault is not in Google's servers. Never encountered this problem before – just started seeing it today. (Using iPhone 4 and iOS 5.0.1.)

Try these:

Close the Calendar app completely, then retry (this worked for me)
Reboot iPhone
Try editing the default calendar setting (Settings ->
Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Calendars)

If none of those helps, you could read through this apple.com thread for more tips.

make sure to disconnect your phone from computer
delete calcube
close all apps
reboot iphone
reinstall calcube but do not select "calendar" yet.  just select "US Holiday" for now.
go through the setup
open calcube, go to "Settings", select "calendar" now
try adding in event in calendar in calcube
you may need to reboot again

I did these about 100 times, then it finally work. hahaha.....


How can I upload a directory structure from a PC to iCloud without first copying it to my iCloud drive? I have a directory structure of about 12GB on a network drive that I'd like to copy to my iCloud storage. I don't want to copy the 12GB from the network drive to my local iCloud drive folder just so it can be copied from there to iCloud.

Other cloud storage services (e.g., Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox) support a browser upload interface that makes it possible to drag folders to be copied into cloud storage onto the browser, but I can't find an equivalent kind of functionality for iCloud. Is there some way for me to directly copy my data from its current location on a network drive into iCloud?

I'm running 64-bit Windows 7 Professional.

As of macOS Sierra 10.12.5 (and the equivalent iCloud for Windows), iCloud Drive does not offer a facility for selective-sync of files between your local storage and the cloud.

Therefore, anything you upload to iCloud Drive using the web interface would then make its way back down to your local storage on any machine logged in to iCloud.

iCloud Drive doesn’t appear to be the archival storage solution you’re looking for. It’s a full-syncing service.

I am writing this post in the hope that it saves people from going down the wrong path as I did.

I've been an "all in" Apple user for 2 years now and something that has bothered me from day one is that I couldn't work out how to upload folders to iCloud Drive. After searching the web and talking to Apple Support I literally thought this was not possible which lead me to question how anyone could realistically use iCloud Drive.

Anyway, it turns out while it is not possible to upload folders to iCloud Drive via a web browser (an expected behaviour which after 3 years of users asking for, should really be implemented). You can however do this very easily by just installing the iCloud App for Windows. It works perfectly and in a simple drag and drop manor I was able to upload a handful of folders & subfolders including all their contents.

What annoys me is, for 2 years I thought this was not possible. I even spoke to Apple Support on twitter and while they confirmed you could not do this via a web browser, they didn't point me in the direction of using the app.

I'm now off to buy some cloud storage to enjoy iCloud along with the rest of my Apple products and services. Happy Days


iMessage won't send on iOS 7 With my iPhone 5 with iOS 7.0.2 on Wifi or on 3G my iMessages won't send (Progress bar stuck in the middle of the screen).

Rebooting or Airplane mode won't change anything.

There seems to be a bug with iOS7 :

To make it work again here is a procedure :

Disable iMessages (Settings > Messages)
Reset Network settings (Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network settings)
Enable iMessages (Settings > Messages)

I had the same problem.  I was typing in the subject line.  Went to settings, messages and shut off the subject line!  Works great now.


How to turnoff screen / lock Macbook Pro with touch bar using keyboard? This was working on older Mac using CtrlShiftPower. But this doesn't work on the new Macbook Pro 2016 with touch bar. Can someone please help. I want to lock my Mac without putting it to sleep.

you can add the sleep function to the touch bar through system preferences > keyboard > customize control strip and then drag the sleep icon to the touch bar, allowing you to put it to sleep by pressing 1 button.

Ctrl + Command + Q

You can see this if you look in the Apple menu.


How to un-delete podcast episode in iOS 6 Podcasts app I was deleting some old episodes of a podcast I like—just to get them out of the way in the episode queue—and I accidentally deleted an episode I wanted to keep. Problem is, it seems to be gone forever.

Swiping down on the page to refresh the list doesn't make episodes I've deleted reappear, and there's nothing in the show settings I can see that would allow me to re-download deleted episodes. It's effectively as if deleted episodes no longer exist, as far as my phone is concerned. I've force-closed the app and restarted my phone since discovering this, just in case. It made no difference.

Am I missing something obvious? What, if anything, can be done to un-delete deleted podcast episodes in the iOS 6 Podcasts app?

On the iPhone, tap the podcast in your list, then tap the header of the podcast to access the subscription settings. Simply toggle "off," then "on" for subscription and all the swiped-deleted podcasts will be restored.

At the bottom of a list is a button reading "Add Old Episodes" which allows you to add anything you have deleted manually.


Cannot break running process in Terminal This has been killing me for a while. In macOS terminal, I cannot break a process. I've tried every combination of keys. Command. doesn't work.

For example, if I open a screen session with a serial device. It works fine but I cannot exit screen. The only way to kill it is by using Activity Monitor.

stty-a shows that most things are bound to  ^ "key", but this Control + "key" doesn't do anything either.

To exit screen you press ControlA followed by Control\.

You can find a comprehensive list of all the default key bindings in the man page (man screen).

I found control + a d existd from the screen command.  see man screen

R


Apple external (magic) keyboard: SHIFT + [ not working Im having some weird problem. I have connected my magic keyboard via USB.

When I type "[" its working as you see. Also when I type SHIFT + ] I get "}".

PROBLEM: But when I try to type SHIFT + [ I cant get left curly bracket.
(Its working on my internal keyboard)

PRAM reseted. Keyboard layout - English. No shortcuts on this combinations made. Sticky keys OFF, slow keys OFF. Dictation OFF.

What could be the problem ? Maybe I could delete some Library/Preferences or something ? I cant code without that brackets

I had a problem like this once. What I did was look through the accessibility settings to try to find something, but it seems like you already did that with dication. You could also delete some .plist's that have to do with the keyboard, but I would only do that if you have a backup of your computer


Using The Terminal Command to Shutdown, Restart and Sleep My Mac? I'm getting more interested in using Terminal as an alternative way to address solutions on my Mac. I have seen this question entitled "Is there a better way to shutdown/restart OSX?".

I would therefore like to know:

How to shut down, restart and sleep my Mac using the Terminal command exclusively ?

The command you are after is shutdown.
This  informs all users that the machine is going to be shutdown and tells all apps to close files etc.
The command takes a parameter -h, -r or -s to shut down, restart or sleep the Mac.
The command has to be run as root so you need to use sudo.
e.g. to reboot the machine immediately
sudo shutdown -r now

e.g. to shutdown the machine in 60 minutes
sudo shutdown -h +60

From comments there are two things to be addressed
How shutdown works is by sending a sigterm to all processes which should then deal with that e.g. save open files etc. If they don't exit then they will get sent a SIGKILL which forces them to die with no chance to respond. The signals are not sent via the normal key message queue so Apps have to deal with this separately to the code that gets called from quit on the menu. A good app should call common code from both.
This other answer shows how to shutdown as if you hit the menu options. But note that apps can cancel this shutdown

also useful, to logout from the terminal command line prompt, type 'exit':

[host:~user]$ exit


Terminal/Safari Cannot Resolve Host But Chrome Can Connect I have MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with OS X 10.11.5.

Internet connection works only for Chrome. Safari and several terminal apps cannot connect to internet due to resolve host failure.

I read the following posts in stackexchange that describe similar connectivity issues: My native mac apps are not connecting to the internet, but Google Chrome does and works correctly. Why is this?

On the terminal:

ping google.com: ping: cannot resolve google.com: Unknown host
ping 8.8.8.8: 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
curl google.com: curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'google.com'
curl 8.8.8.8: curl: (7) Failed to connect to 8.8.8.8 port 80: Operation timed
ssh {servername} : ssh: Could not resolve hostname {servername}: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
nslookup google.com: This works correctly.
dig google.com: This works correctly.

I tried the followings a lot of times to no avail:

Renewing/turning off&on/inputting manually DHCP.
Restarting/resetting the router and the macbook.
Turning WiFi on/off. This fixes the problem for a few minutes but then the connection drops again.
Set all network configurations except wifi to "make service unavailable" in network preferences.
Checked and copied all network settings from another macbook pro that's connected and online on my network.
Ran network diagnostic and assistant tools
Set Network > Wifi > Advanced > DNS > DNS servers to OpenDNS ip addresses: 208.67.222.222
No Proxies is checked or set under Network > Wifi > Advanced > Proxies.
Set TCP/IP > Configure IPv6 to "Link-local only" as suggested here:  Constantly dropping internet on El Capitan?
Logging in and connecting to internet with guest user account.

I tried running the following commands to reset DNS but they didn't run neither

$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist: Could not find specified service

$ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

I didn't try the followings:

Resetting SMC
Removed the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration folder.
Removed network password from keychain.

Other information that might be relevant:

OS X Firewall is off.
I tried the following commands on terminal:

$ ifconfig en1
en1: flags=963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
     options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
     ether 4a:00:03:bd:de:d0
     media: autoselect <full-duplex>
     status: inactive
$ ifconfig awdl0
awdl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1484
     ether 76:aa:18:a6:c9:49
     inet6 fe80::74aa:18ff:fea6:c949%awdl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
     nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
     media: autoselect
     status: active
$ sudo ifconfig awdl0 down

I did the last command because it was suggested here: Constantly dropping internet on El Capitan?

My modem router has no black/whitelist for any MAC addresses.
skype app doesn't connect. It is stuck in "connecting" state.

flushing DNS cache didn't help neither:

$ sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
$ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
No matching processes were found

Here are the DNS server settings:

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
#
# Mac OS X Notice
#
# This file is not used by the host name and address resolution
# or the DNS query routing mechanisms used by most processes on
# this Mac OS X system.
#
# This file is automatically generated.
#
nameserver 192.168.43.1

I run sysdiagnose command to produce the following report:

sysdiagnose_2016.12.19 (Dropbox d/l)
I can run mDNSResponder command on terminal. It returns no message back.

Your launch daemon com.apple.mDNSResponder.reloaded is not loaded properly.

You can check this by entering sudo launchctl list | grep DNS.

The result should yield something like this:

-   0   com.apple.mDNSResponderHelper.reloaded
108 0   com.apple.mDNSResponder.reloaded

108 is the pid and should differ on your system.

Check your com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist for errors with:

cat /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

It should look like this:

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

Remove the lines <key>com.apple.mDNSResponder.reloaded</key> and the immediately following <false/> or <true/> from the file disabled.plist by editing it with

sudo nano /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/disabled.plist

You may have to disable SIP to do so!

Remove the mDNSResponder daemon from the launchctl database with:

sudo launchctl remove com.apple.mDNSResponder.reloaded

Re-add it with

sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

Reboot.

search for 'dns' in Activity Monitor,

quit those two process.


I'm trying to purchase Keynote for Mac Os 10.7 How can I buy an older version of Keynote that's compatible with 10.7?

You can purchase the iWork suite (which includes Keynote) from Amazon or a similar retailer. Searching the internet should help you, but I found iWork '09 for $19.99. Note that iWork '09 uses universal binaries so it will work on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.

You may want to check which versions are compatible with OS X 10.7. Wikipedia has a good table with OS X / iWork version compatibility.

You need either iWork '09 or iWork 9.x. If you are on OS X 10.7.4, you can run any version of iWork up to and including iWork 9.3.

iWork 2013 is only compatible with 10.9, so stick with versions prior to that one on Amazon or another retail site and you should be good. If the version you want is not on Amazon, check eBay or another website.

The Mac App Store should let you download an older version compatible with 10.7 once you purchase it.


Back up Mac using CarbonCopyCloner with command line only? Background:

I never expected to have only command line access to my Mac, but the day has arrived!  :)  Due to a video card problem, any attempt to boot the normal OS or recovery partition results in a kernel panic.  However, I can boot into Single User mode!  (The screen has a bunch of green horizontal lines through it every other pixel, but it is still readable.)

I have checked and verified that my data is intact.  I have a Genius Bar appointment to get the video card replaced.

I have a couple of backup drives on which I have CarbonCopyCloner backups of my computer, however these are out of date.

I want to back up my Mac from the Single User Mode command line using CarbonCopyCloner before I take it for the video card replacement.

(I found this link on the ccc tool, but I don't have ccc 4.)

Questions are:

How can I use CarbonCopyCloner 3.5.7 from the Single User Mode command line to update one of my full backups before I take the machine in for service?
If this can't be done from the command line with this version of CCC, how else could I back up all data before taking it in for service (from Single User mode)?

Boot to Single User Mode with one (empty) backup drive attached. Execute the indicated standard commands:

/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
Get the disk identifier of the external backup drive:

gpt -r show disk1 #(or disk2, disk3) search for the proper drive with gpt because *diskutil* won't work in SU mode

Mount the external drive's main partition (e.g. disk1s2) to /Volumes/externaldrive and create a new folder:

mkdir /Volumes/externaldrive
/sbin/mount -o nosuid -w -t hfs /dev/disk1s2 /Volumes/externaldrive
mkdir /Volumes/externaldrive/new_backupdir

Backup your main drive with rsync e.g:

rsync -aE --exclude='/Volumes' / /Volumes/externaldrive/new_backupdir

If you want to backup only the folder /Users modify the rsync command accordingly. Please check man rsync for the appropriate options. Some of the useful options (like -v) don't work in SU mode - at least for me. Depending on your system, the options set and the excluded items the rsync command will yield some minor errors.

This backup isn't bootable per se. You may create a bootable backup though by backing up to the root of the external drive and blessing the appropriate boot.efi.

If you are OK with not using CCC to make the backup you could use the command line to create a regular disk image.  Not sure if this is something that will work for you, but I don't have any knowledge as far as CCC goes.

sudo hdiutil create ~/Desktop/{disk image name}.dmg -srcdevice /dev/{disk identifier}


On new iPhone, when I call people no one can hear me but I can hear them I got a new iPhone last weekend and have a problem: why can’t people hear me on the other end of the phone when I call them? Any tips on what the cause could be?

Assuming everything is actually OK with your phone then I had same problem.

I read on another post it is an issue with Apple's attempt at noise cancelation when making calls when background noise is present.  It was suggested to disable noise cancellation by enabling hearing aid mode (under General-->Assesibilty).  They only down side is it makes you enable bluetooth and amplifies your handset volume a bit.  I tested it with several people and they all noted how much better they could hear and understand me.

Try disabling voice cancellation. Which is under general > accessibility > voice cancellation. This kind of worked for me.


iCloud photos deleted I recently did a backup on my phone and then proceed to delete all my photos, contacts etc. after the backup was completed. Another backup never took place after this and when I went to restore my information to a new iPhone all my pictures and contacts were gone but all my apps were still there. I went to my iCloud account and it show that I have no photos as well. Is there any way I can get at least my photos back? I’ve tried restoring older backups but no photos or contacts are on any of the backups. And yes my I set my settings to upload my pictures and contacts to my iCloud during backups.

iCloud is primarily a syncing mechanism and not a backup solution.  What this means is iCloud gives you access to all your files, pictures, contacts, etc. on any device that's logged-in with the same Apple ID.

The pictures and contacts are stored in iCloud and your other devices access it from there.  When you deleted the info from iCloud directly, you deleted the source files and not copies of the files.

However, there is something you can try. iCloud provides a 40-day grace period in which you can recover deleted photos and 30-day grace period for other types of files.  See this site for more detailed info.

Restore deleted photos

Log into iCloud from a computer and not a mobile device.
Go to Photos.
If the sidebar is not already visible, click the Open sidebar button on the top of the screen.
In the sidebar you should see a menu item named Recently Deleted.  Click on it.

You will see any recoverable images along with the days remaining until the image is permanently deleted.
Click on any image (or album, if available) you want to restore and click the Recover button on the top-right of the window.
Click Done.

Restore deleted files

Log into iCloud from a computer and not a mobile device.
Go to Settings.
Scroll down until you see the Advanced section.

Click on Restore Files.
You will see any files eligible to be restored
Click to check off the boxes to the left of the files you want to restore or click Select All if you really need to restore everything.
Click Restore Files.

Click Done.

Restore deleted contacts

Follow steps 1, 2, and 3 in 'Restore files' above.

Click on the Restore Contacts tab at the top of the window.
Select the contacts you want to restore.  Important: the restored contact will replace the contact on all devices signed-in with this Apple ID.

Click Done.

Turn off photos on iCloud, Log out the icloud on the phone, then log in, when logging in, switch “On” photos.


Apple Magic Trackpad issue: occasionally it interprets one-finger click as two-finger ("right") click I wanted to see if my technical hiccup was experienced by others, as well as any obvious fix I am missing.

Perhaps 5-10 times per day, my external, bluetooth, apple magic trackpad will interpret a regular click as a two-finger click (ie a right-click.)  I believe it is only when I click via the full "press down" method, it does not happen during a mere light-touch-to-click.

So you are using your trackpad, and you go to it to drag something, for instance, but you then find the darn contextual menu popping up on the thing instead!  Agh!

I am guessing I may take it in for a regular exchange (ugh, it was bought on USA apple store online and I am in thailand now) ... but thought I would see how wide-spread or solvable it is.

Do you have checked this in the SystemPreferences -> Trackpad?

That's mean, than when you do a full-click on the right(left) bottom corner thats mean right-click. For the disable, simple uncheck.

I think the problem are the rubber of the magic trackpad. Try changing them.


Symlinking /User/SpecialFolder to different drive creates Folder in Folder Just finished re-installing macOS Sierra on my MBP and am trying to move the ~/Downloads and other folders to a different drive so they end up in /Volumes/Data/ instead.

I created a /Volumes/Data/Downloads folder and symlinked from one to the other like so:

sudo ln -s /Volumes/Data/Downloads Downloads

This works more or less, but it creates another Downloads folder inside the /Volumes/Data/Downloads folder so the full path would be

/Volumes/Data/Downloads/Downloads

Any Idea what I'm doing wrong?
So it looks like this:

This occurred because you already had something in your home directory called "Downloads" - the ln command is smart enough not to write over it, so instead created the symlink within it.

If you're starting from scratch you can mv ~/Downloads ~/Volumes/Data/; if you've already successfully copied your Downloads directory you can simply delete the old one in your home directory: rm -Rf ~/Downloads.

After that your original ln command should work. You shouldn't need to prefix it with sudo:

ln -s /Volumes/Data/Downloads ~/Downloads

Or, as fd0 suggested, instead of using rm you could use ln -s -f option to unlink the directory. Thus creating the desired results:

ln -s -f /Volumes/Data/Downloads ~/Downloads

Try writing full path instead, I think what you wanted to write is:

sudo ln -s /Volumes/Data/Downloads ~/Downloads


Desktop icons have disappeared after using HDMI cable (Yosemite) I had a strange issue recently where I had to reset PRAM after using an HDMI cable with my MBP (it had a blank screen on boot).

I feel like this is again related to the HDMI cable. After using it, all my Desktop icons have disappeared. I've run killAll Finder and rebooted and it hasn't restored them. Trying to avoid resetting PRAM again.

I had the same problem, I think. But my files were still in the finder under 'Desktop', just not on the actual desktop.
After trying a few of the above, I second-clicked the desktop and hit 'Clean up', and they all reappeared. So the simplest of all helped for me.

After installing a Yosemite update, my desktop icons all disappeared. I had three desktops open and I noticed that when I paged back and forth between the desktops, the icons would appear momentarily and then disappear. Solution: I closed down the two extra desktops and the icons reappeared. I then added two new desktops and the icons did not disappear on the new desktops. Thankful for a simple solution.


Long text-drag delay Dragging text used to be instant. Now, especially after an application’s been open a few minutes, it takes forever from the time I press the mouse button on text until I can drag it. (If I try to drag it before the cursor changes form the text-insertion icon to an arrow, the text is deselected.) I’ve timed the delay a few times, and the longest one was about 35 seconds from mouse-down to cursor-change.

I started noticing this about six months ago. The only change to the system that I can think of that coincided even slightly was Yosemite. I’ve noticed it mostly in Scrivener, which is almost always where I drag text. But it also occurs in Calendar and Mail.

Closing the app and reopening it fixes it for a minute.

I’ve tried the Terminal command to eliminate the delay, and it seems to have no effect. (defaults write -g NSDragAndDropTextDelay -int 100)  I’ve also tried the Tinderbox adjustment.

What could this be?

I had the same in Scrivener. Just don't use the 0.1 second. 0.2 and up solved my problem so far. I made the adjustments with TinkerTools
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html


Getting YouTube back on Apple TV As of the latest Apple TV software update, YouTube is no longer showing up on the home screen, apparently replaced by Vimeo (which I like, but which has a very limited video selection). Is there any way to get YouTube back on the Apple TV home screen?

You might have turned off YouTube under Settings -> General -> Privacy.  Check there, and then toggle it back to SHOW.  If this was the problem, please "Accept" the answer.

You can't get this YouTube channel back until Google re opens its streaming feed API for older devices.  They probably won't until they can rewrite it to incorporate in-stream ads.


Boot Camp and Windows 8 I had a Retina MacBook Pro with Windows 8 already installed. I can boot from it without problems, and all the drivers Apple provided for Windows 7 works perfectly for me except one thing.

I am not able to use Target Display Mode with a Thunderbolt iMac. I understand that Boot Camp doesn't currently support Windows 8, but I am hoping someone has encountered this problem and solved it.

Also, I am able to connect to an HDMI or Mini Display Port-equipped display under Windows, and Target Display Mode works under OS X.

Target Display mode is not supported under Boot Camp for any version of Windows, the best way to get that working is under a VM client suh as Parallels or VMWare


Make a python program an application I would like to make a Python program executable, like in Windows, when you use a program like cx_Freeze to make Python programs become .exe. I would like to do the same for Mac, I would like to make it an app...

I know I can put as first line of the file, a sheebang, or that I can change the mode of the file, but this does not make the program an independent application...

You might want to take a look at Platypus. It is a developer tool for OS X that lets you wrap your Python/Perl/shell/etc script with an application framework that makes your Python script appear and run like it was a native OS X application.

Though I believe you can do the same thing with Automator, there are a few extra nice things about Platypus from what I remember. For example, you can create a custom icon for the application where I think Automator's output would probably have to be modified after the fact.

Open automator
Add a 'run shell' action
There should be a drop down list that says '/bin/bash' click and switch to /usr/bin/python
write your text and your set!!!


Is there a karaoke trainer for OS X? is there an easy-to-use karaoke training software for Mac OS X?
My point is, I select the .kar file (or the vocals-only .mp3) and I sing against, then I listen to what I've actually sang?

FWIW, I'm no professional singer. I'm a software developer, but singing is my hobby, so I seek utility to help me train myself singing...

You could give UltraStar Deluxe a try:

  A free and open source karaoke game inspired by the Singstar™ game available on the Playstation®. It allows up to six players to sing along with music using microphones in order to score points, depending on the pitch of the voice and the rhythm of singing.

The content is somewhat limited though.

P.S. I'm thinking many usefull information could find out here


How do I remove underlining of contact elements (address, telephone number, email, URL, etc.)? The excessive underlining ('underscore') disturbs the typographical look and
I don't need the very fancy linking to maps, email, phone etc.

Or better still: How do I select when and where to use these features?

UIDataDetectorTypes recognize phone numbers, links, and calendar events embedded within the contents of a UITextView. The dataDetectorTypes property can be set on your UITextView instance to selectively recognize all, non, or some of these data types. It can be set programatically or in InterfaceBuilder by clicking checkboxes for the data types you want to be recognized.


How to move videos from iPhone to Windows PC by cable? How to move videos from iPhone?

I took long video and filled my memory. Now I wish to move it from iPhone.

If I connect it to general Windows computer, it appears as a device in My Computer. Inside it, I see Internal Storage folder and then DCIM folder.

Unfortunately, I don't see videos there. Probably they appear as some unnamed unindentified icons (see one above IMG_2633.JPG):

I can't drag and drop such icons.

Additionally, I can drag drop photos, but if I select to 'Move` them, they are still copied, i.e. not deleted from iPhone. If I would able to move video, it probably won't deleted too, while I need to MOVE video from iPhone.

How to accomplish?

UPDATE

Here is the video in app. How to know it's name and path?

Movies should come up in the same folder. If you cannot see the video then there are a few things to check:

Was the video taken with a different app, and not the native camera app? If so, that data could be accessible through app data in iTunes
Are there other folders inside the DCIM folder? After you take several photos and videos, they get spread into multiple folders.
If you enable photo syncing in iTunes can you then see the files you want, even if this is just a temporary measure to test it's there?

The "device" type icon you see can be ignored. You won't be able to copy or delete it, and usually after you disconnect and reconnect your phone they will disappear, particularly if you've deleted the rest of the photos.

Cutting/pasting doesn't always seem to delete them on the device, but if you are sure you've backed up all the photos you can just highlight them and delete them all.

It might be other way to do it, but I would upload it to dropbox from the iPhone (with Dropbox.app) and then delete it from iPhone once checked it uploaded properly.


Red tint and flicker in Macbook LCD For some time my aging 2008 Macbook's LCD has been "flickering" a bit but since it goes away after a while I've ignored it.

But in the last few days a red tint (might be pink - I am color blind :( ) has appeared in the bottom left corner that extends to about the half way point of the LCD. Initially it is quite red but after a little while it fades away though not completely, there is still a noticeable difference between the left and right corners if you look carefully.

It this a sign of the end? Is there anything I can do? My google search reveals similar red tints but with the entire screen.

It's the motherboard the video chip has came unsoldered known issues with them


Can't pair apple wireless keyboard Keyboard: Apple Wireless Keyboard (model number MC184LL/B)

System: Macbook Pro Early 2011 running OS X 10.8

The keyboard gets detected and when I try to pair it, the system asks to enter some numbers through the keyboard.

However when I press the key (on the wireless keyboard) nothing happens, the only key that seems to work (i.e. to move to the next key in the code) is 0. I can also press enter to confirm but it always fails (since the only code I can enter is 0000...0).

I've also tried pairing from the bluetooth preference and changing the passcode option. However this won't work either.

Any ideas? The keyboard was paired with another MacBook Pro (I don't have access to it anymore). Is there any method to 'reset' the keyboard to factory settings?

If only one number key is working, it sounds like a hardware issue. My brother had a wireless keyboard that flaked out and only certain keys functioned (although in his case it was from a liquid spill).

Do you have any other Bluetooth-capable device to test with? Any iOS device can pair with the keyboard to test it.

I had the same problem spent 4 hour nothing work so I ran my finger back and forth about 10 times across the numbers changed the batteries and I am typing this on that keyboard know connected to iMac numbers are working but not always. crazy don't know why the numbers worked to enter passkey but it did for what it's worth hope this helps


Why xterm would run only once on XQuartz? I have XQuartz running and I can open xterm if I have started XQuartz just for the first time after rebooting the machine.  However, as time passes, I cannot create new xterms.  So much so that if I quit current XQuartz and restart just XQuartz, I cannot get any xterm.  It is annoying that I have to reboot the machine just to be able to use xterm.

I am running OS X 10.11 El Capitan.  I'll appreciate any insight.

Here is the information from pkgutil.

$ pkgutil --file-info /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app
volume: /
path: /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app

pkgid: org.macosforge.xquartz.pkg
pkg-version: 2.7.86
install-time: 1445273913
uid: 0
gid: 0
mode: 755

Using Keyboard

After selecting/clicking on Xquartz, you can press command + n to create how many new xterm windows you need.

Using Terminal App

open a terminal app and enter the below command

/usr/X11/bin/xterm

hopes this helps.

I've had a similar experience when the computer switched or joined networks. Apparently the hostname is used as part of the authentication process to determine if a client is allowed new windows, and locks that in at start time. If you get a new hostname via DHCP, these credentials become invalid. There were some settings I could do to fix it, but I don't remember them (it was not to disable X11 security completely ;-). Try to manually start an xterm from the shell prompt in the existing xterm and throw the error message into Google - that's what helped me to solve it.


Where does OS X store USB mouse plist? I've found that often when you are experiencing trouble with a peripheral, deleting the plist file can often fix the problem.
My USB mouse has been sticking/freezing for a second at a time lately.
I've looked throughout ~/Library/Preferences/, but saw no filenames that make me confident enough to delete any of them.
UPDATE
I was able to delete the com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist file that was showing in the Terminal but not in the Finder.
Pauls-iMac: soliddev$ ls ~/Library/Preferences/ | grep driver
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist
Pauls-iMac: soliddev$ rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist
Pauls-iMac: soliddev$ ls ~/Library/Preferences/ | grep driver
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist
Pauls-iMac: soliddev$

Unfortunately, the mouse sticking/freezing persists.
UPDATE
At the end of the day, I've bought a new mouse, the problem seems to be fixed for now. Thanks for the help.

The tracking speed is stored in the  ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist file.

defaults read -g | grep mouse
"com.apple.mouse.doubleClickThreshold" = "1.1";
"com.apple.mouse.scaling" = "2.5";

The slowest speed shown in System Preferences is 0.0 and the highest is 3.0

You can change the speed by editing the plist directly or with defaults, but you have to log out and back in.

defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling -float 2.1

This AppleScript code would change the speed immediately:

tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal pane "com.apple.preference.mouse"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    set value of slider 3 of window 1 to 9.0 -- maximum, minimum is 0.0
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"

EDIT:
    defaults find mouse
will search your default domains, keys, and values for the word mouse, without the need to pipe to grep.

In Terminal.app:

ls ~/Library/Preferences/ | grep mouse

or

ls ~/Library/Preferences/ | grep mouse

or

ls ~/Library/Preferences/ | grep driver

should give you a list of suspects.


Restore Time Machine onto smaller SSD drive I have a 2012(?) macmini at home and last night I backed up my HDD to Time Machine then moved the 1TB HDD to the 2nd bay and installed a new 250GB SSD into the 1st bay.
I formatted the new drive to Mac OS Journaled and rebooted.
Now I have tried to restore from Time Machine, but my backup (after excluded folders) is about 375GB.
I have 2 questions:

Is it possible to alter the time machine backup and delete folders I know I have backups elsewhere to get this under 250GB and then restore from that?
If 1 is not possible, how do I reboot to use the original HDD again and redo my Time Machine backup for essential files only?

I've read other questions which say try a clean install, but it would take me days to re-configure my system the way I need it, so that is not an option.

I have a full backup on external HD as well as full cloud backup.

I've ended up answering my own question as follows:

I wasn't able to delete files from the Time Machine backup and got the following message: The operation can't be completed because backup items can't be modified
I rebooted using Command+R and then tried to restore from Time Machine. I kept getting errors saying the new drive was too small. I then installed OSX onto the new drive and then did the restore which worked ok.

Create a fusion drive using SSD and hardrive.
It will work


Turning of indexing on Time Machine Volumes Spotlight is using a lot of CPU on my computer and I am tracking down why it is a problem.
I suspect it had something to do with time machine has I have a soft correlation to leaving my time machine drive plugged with spot light continually using CPU.
So I ran this command and it reports that spotlight is indexing my TM volume:
% mdutil -s "/Volumes/MBP15 Time Machine"
/System/Volumes/Data/Volumes/MBP15 Time Machine:
    Indexing enabled.

How do I turn off indexing of my time machine volume without having to run the command everytime I plug in my TM disk?
I tried adding it to the privacy tab and got this error:

I also tried to add the TM back up drive directly and got this:

You can't. Spotlight is an integral part of Time Machine.
https://eclecticlight.co/2016/06/20/you-cannot-turn-off-spotlight-indexing-on-your-time-machine-backup/
As quoted there, Apple support pages used to say:
If you add a Time Machine backup disk to the privacy list, you will continue to see messages that Spotlight is indexing your backup disk. This indexing is necessary for Time Machine to function properly and can’t be disabled. Spotlight does exclude from searches any items you store on your backup disk that are not part of a Time Machine backup.
(Though they have rewritten them all for Catalina.)
So the real issue is not how to stop Spotlight from indexing, but work out why it's using so much CPU, and how to mitigate that. Sometimes, Spotlight needs to ramp up for a bit, but if it's happening more regularly, or constantly, then that might be a symptom of a problem with the backup's integrity.
Or it could just be that you're backing up thousands of small files every hour which require lots of processing, or a symptom of the drive being too full, or possibly too slow. Or something else. ;-)

This is how you do that thing

Open System Preferences > Spotlight
Click the Privacy Tab
Click the "+" button near the lower left of the window that opens
Navigate to your Time Machine drive, click on the drive and click on the Choose button.

You have now excluded your Time Machine drive from Spotlight searches.


How can I show multiple Google calendars in iPhone's calendar app? I setup my iPhone 3GS with iOS 4 to sync with my Google account according to the instructions from Google. Somehow, only the default Google calendar with my name is shown in the Calendar app. What should I do to make ALL my Google calendars appear and sync with my iPhone? Thanks!

There is an easy but non-obvious way to do this.

Assuming you've got Google sync set up, and you can see your one Google Calendar on your phone already, go to https://www.google.com/calendar/syncselect (it needs the www; it doesn't have to be on your iPhone). You'll see a list of devices you're syncing. Select your iPhone.

On the next screen, you can choose which of your Google Calendars you want to sync with your iPhone. Check the box next to the desired calendars, then hit Done or Save or whatever it says at the bottom.

Open iCal on your iPhone, and give it a while to sync, and you now should see all of your selected Google Calendars on your iPhone.

For some reason, you can't change the colors of the calendars on the iPhone, so I change the colors in Google Calendar to match what the iPhone picks.

There used to be a limit of 5 Google Calendars that you could sync to the phone, but they recently raised the limit to 25.

These same instructions apply to the iPad and iPod touch. I've got this set up on all my devices, and it works like a charm.

This is documented by Google here: http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139206

After syncing you may come across calendars not displaying (for whatever reason), despite them showing up on your calendar list in your calendar app.  To remedy this, open Settings.app -> Mail, Contacts, & Calendars -> [your account].

Turn off calendars
Turn on calendars

All your calendars should now show up in the app.


kernel panics on sleep, M1 Macbook Air Big Sur The new M1 Macbook Air with latest and greatest Big Sur 11.0.1, 11.1 and now 11.2 has kernel panics with high regularity.
Any suggestions on a remedy, or things to try? Much thanks.
panic(cpu 4 caller 0xfffffe0024233d9c): Sleep transition timed out after 35 seconds while calling Quiesce/Sleep action callbacks. Thread 0x73.
Debugger message: panic
Memory ID: 0xff
OS release type: User
OS version: 20C69
Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 20.2.0: Wed Dec  2 20:40:21 PST 2020; root:xnu-7195.60.75~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101
Fileset Kernelcache UUID: 3E6AA74DF723BCB886499A5AAB34FA34
Kernel UUID: 48F71DB3-6C91-3E62-9576-3A1DCEF2B536
iBoot version: iBoot-6723.61.3
secure boot?: YES
Paniclog version: 13

an iPhone has been connected, which may be related, when disconnecting it there are fewer kernel panics and the panic message is now slightly different
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xfffffe00274efd9c): Sleep transition timed out after 35 seconds while calling Quiesce/Sleep action callbacks. Thread 0x73.
Debugger message: panic
Memory ID: 0xff
OS release type: User
OS version: 20C69

Running the hardware tools in safemode reports everything as fine--no hardware issues.

I believe I'm getting the same problem/fault.
New iMac Pro with clean install (obviously) of macOS 11 (from today 11.2.1) three times in 60 days I have come back to an unattended (and so, presumably sleep-induced) ungraceful restart with the login (not wake) screen. But - in my view, significantly - 57 times I have left the machine on and come back to everything normal.
Twice I have had a k/p on shutdown - also (I believe) related to some sort of timeout… external device(s)? Not iPhone.
Happy to share logs. But don't know my way around (system?) logs well enough to know which, where and what to look for.
kextstat reveals only Apple kexts installed.
The only other thing I do think might be relevant is the fact that my Time Machine icon in the Finder sidebar often spins for several hours (!) after a TM backup - and the logs show multiple lines like these:
Feb  8 16:51:44 iMac-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.shared.05000000-0500-0000-0000-000000000000[20917]): Service exited due to SIGKILL | sent by mds[115]
Feb  8 16:51:59 iMac-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.shared.02000000-0400-0000-0000-000000000000[20924]): Service exited due to SIGKILL | sent by mds[115]
Feb  8 16:52:56 iMac-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.shared.02000000-0500-0000-0000-000000000000[20941]): Service exited due to SIGKILL | sent by mds[115]
Feb  8 16:53:32 iMac-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.shared.0A000000-0300-0000-0000-000000000000[20902]): Service exited due to SIGKILL | sent by mds[115]

often by the hundred; which make me think more than ever of failed time outs.
TIA for any guidance :-)

The panic message indicates that it cannot fully transition to sleep mode within 35 seconds - meaning that the operating system is waiting for something (a device).
In your case, you indicate in the comments that the only thing connected to the Mac is an iPhone.
Unplug the iPhone from the Mac, and this should solve the sleep mode problem.


Same iTunes Library between networked Mac and PC I have a home network that contains computers with both Macs and PCs.  I'd like to use the same iTunes library on all of the machines, so I moved the library folder and all of the media to a network drive.

I updated the library on a Windows machine, but when I access the song on my Mac, it says that the file cannot be found.  This is because on Windows, the path was something like:

file://localhost/Z:/Music/Slayer/...

When my Mac asked me to locate the file, I checked the path and it reads something like:

/Volumes/Storage/Music/Slayer/...

I'm still pretty new to OSX, but I'm having a hard time finding a solution that allows me to use the same library on both my Mac and my PC.

I'd like to be able to update a library on any computer on the network and it updates the "shared" library, so I am able to sync my iDevice to any machine on the network.

How do I set up the network so the media file path can be the same on both my Windows and Mac machines?

Thank you.

Basically using iTunes on a shared storage is really bad. Even if you get it running as you want now, you need to reconnect to the network storage before launching iTunes EACH time (and never open iTunes if not connected to the network) otherwise iTunes standard behaviour is to recreate a new iTunes library locally and then you're stuck there again.
However:
Your current problem is most probably that you are using the same iTunes library file/database on both machines (residing on the network volume). There are two parts to your iTunes Library: The iTunes Library Database (.itl and .xml files) and the Media itself. You want the library database to stay in it's default location on your local drive and You Only want the Media folder to be on the NAS.
To achieve this you start up iTunes with a empty library (in the local Music folder) on EACH machine then import the music from the network folder. But before importing make sure you change the setting "Copy files to iTunes media folder when adding to library" to OFF! Otherwise your data is copied back to the local machine...
Then never start iTunes with your network storage disconnected and you will be fine.

Hmm, I do this and most often open the iTunes Library on Mac (networked to the PC where the iTunes folder, .itl file and the media are) but sometimes on PC directly.  It does work well, (I chose using an old 3.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo PC rather than a NAS) so maybe I can help if anyone is still interested. I have the Music folder in a Media drive which is a separate volume on the PC. This is shared over the network and its network name is also Media. It may work because of something simple like making sure it is on a separate drive and you NAME the drive it is on on the PC the same as the SHARE name. Also I wouldn't do this unless you are using a Gigabit ethernet network.  Wireless is not fast enough. Every time you open on PC after Mac and vice versa it needs to check the library which takes about 30 seconds. If you were using wireless this might take 10 or 20 minutes. I suspect what it is doing is remapping the media each time the change takes place.


Share iPhone WIFI with computer over USB? Due to a water leakage, we had to move offices temporarily. In our temp offices, we have WIFI network, but not cabled network (yet).

Since my computer doesn't have WIFI (it's a stationary desktop) I thought I could see if I could bridge my iPhone WIFI connection over to my computer via USB while I wait for local facilities to set up cabled network here.

Is this possible?

Sorry, but it's not possible to do this without jail breaking. The "Personal Hotspot" function on an iPhone only allows for sharing the 3G connection, not the wifi connection, so you can't use it as a wifi adapter. It's feasible that Apple could add this functionality, but it's a fairly niche case, so I wouldn't count on it.

More immediately, if you have a laptop with wifi available, you could use Internet Sharing (OS X)/Internet Connection Sharing (Windows) and an ethernet cable to get connectivity to your desktop. Or if you've got a Staples or something similar nearby, they usually have USB wifi adapters for $30 or less.

just download virtualwifirouter for free , install and configure it once ....... and enjoy for life time :) .........


Is there any not-scary explanation for Finder's memory usage? OS X El Capitan 10.11.6. MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015).

I wouldn't worry about any memory issue until there's pressure or a problem - specially if things are clean after a restart as you report in the comments. If Finder had a horrible bug, you and everyone else would be able to reproduce it taking 6 GB. In fact, when there’s a substantial leak, I expect 10 times as much allocation, runaway page file growth/swap and high memory pressure in short order.

Since you have none of those, I’d chalk this up to a transient condition or hard to trigger edge case at best.

The system is designed to use all the memory it can since memory access is faster than network or storage access. Self-managed systems can reduce the allocations once you have other needs. What your snapshot shows is nothing else needs RAM, so the system is using it all for other tasks.

I rarely see finder with high memory in the GB range so you might have something allocating this that you can control, but even so - your screen capture has no signs of pressure. You could dig into Finder's allocations or try removing Dropbox to see if there are leaks. Even if Finder is leaking, it's not causing any harm (perhaps yet). You can also log out and log back in. If you check on the RAM usage / pressure usage each hour for several hours, you can quickly determine if Finder indeed is leaking memory or if you just have a usage pattern where it allocated a lot of RAM and hasn't released it yet.

If you need to know, the heap command will let anyone diagnose their current Finder allocations:

$ heap Finder|more
Process:         Finder [853]
Path:            /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Load Address:    0x1071b6000
Identifier:      com.apple.finder
Version:         10.14.5 (1143.5.1)
Build Info:      Finder_FE-1143005001000000~1
Code Type:       X86-64
Parent Process:  ??? [1]

Date/Time:       2019-05-21 06:36:12.965 -0500
Launch Time:     2019-05-19 09:56:56.140 -0500
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.14.5 (18F132)
Report Version:  7
Analysis Tool:   /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/heap
Analysis Tool Version:  Xcode 10.2.1 (10E1001)

Physical footprint:         31.5M
Physical footprint (peak):  33.9M
----

Process 853: 4 zones

All zones: 90996 nodes malloced - Sizes: 300KB[1] 172KB[1] 132KB[2] 68KB[19] 60KB[1] 56KB[2] 48KB[2] 44KB[4] 40KB[1] 36KB[1] 30.5KB[1] 27KB[1] 24KB[1] 22.5KB[1] 22KB[4] 19.5KB[2] 18KB[1] 17KB[1] 16.5KB[2] 16KB[2] 14.5KB[5] 14KB[3] 13.5KB[3] 13KB[3] 12.5KB[4] 12KB[1] 11KB[1] 10.5KB[1] 10KB[5] 9.5KB[3] 9KB[4] 8.5KB[20] 8KB[13] 7.5KB[5] 7KB[6] 6.5KB[4] 6KB[4] 5.5KB[9] 5KB[16] 4.5KB[17] 4KB[43] 3.5KB[21] 3KB[62] 2.5KB[119] 2KB[144] 1.5KB[243] 1KB[63] 1008[3] 992[9] 976[3] 960[15] 944[4] 928[6] 912[5] 896[28] 880[24] 864[9] 848[6] 832[13] 816[9] 800[3] 784[15] 768[22] 752[11] 736[4] 720[7] 704[13] 688[14] 672[63] 656[17] 640[2] 624[32] 608[24] 592[25] 576[120] 560[10] 544[15] 528[219] 512[94] 496[23] 480[9] 464[59] 448[34] 432[85] 416[179] 400[59] 384[39] 368[91] 352[60] 336[615] 320[1231] 304[275] 288[196] 272[690] 256[364] 240[129] 224[1329] 208[253] 192[1413] 176[348] 160[354] 144[1809] 128[2413] 112[6448] 96[3460] 80[5112] 64[21054] 48[20747] 32[14405] 16[5997]

Found 1231 ObjC classes
Found 214 CFTypes

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
All zones: 90996 nodes (12977600 bytes)

    COUNT     BYTES       AVG   CLASS_NAME                                       TYPE    BINARY
    =====     =====       ===   ==========                                       ====    ======
    21548   5467536     253.7   non-object
    16751   1044544      62.4   CFString                                         ObjC    CoreFoundation
     5222    334208      64.0   CFDictionary                                     ObjC    CoreFoundation
     5029    748640     148.9   CFDictionary (Value Storage)                     C       CoreFoundation
     4836    710864     147.0   CFDictionary (Key Storage)                       C       CoreFoundation
     3485    167280      48.0   NSMutableArray                                   ObjC    CoreFoundation
     3421    134912      39.4   NSMutableArray (Storage)                         C       CoreFoundation
     1540    147808      96.0   NSURL                                            ObjC    CoreFoundation
     1208    386560     320.0   _FileCache                                       CFType  CoreServicesInternal
     1016     65024      64.0   TPropertyInfo                                    C++     DesktopServicesPriv

No there is not.

Definitely check in your Finder > Preferences > New Finder windows show: (select something other than 'All My Files') even if you have already done this in the past, as it resets itself on its own behalf, because it's really poor software.

It's nothing malicious, though, just poor software. Try GNU/Linux.


Why does my iMac freezes up intermittently? My iMac freezes up intermittently. The cursor can be moved but nothing responds. I just have to shut it down and restart. It's been doing this before and since my hard drive failed and was replaced. I'd also increased my memory from the original 4GB to 12GB thinking that was the problem.  But neither the HD replacement or the memory upgrade changed anything.  I can go for days, sometimes or a week or more without a problem. Then it'll freeze a couple of days in a row, or even twice in one day.

It's a late 2009 27" iMac, running Mavericks 10.9.4.

It could be that your iMac freezes because some component is getting too hot (in my opinion  Apple’s temperature thresholds are not setup for reliability, but rather for “comfort”).

You can list temperature sensors with:

iStat Pro (free, discontinued widget, but runs on High Sierra without a hitch)
Macs Fan Control (paid app)

If you have MacKeeper installed, get rid of it. That'll do it.


Mac OS X Yosemite connectivity issue Every so often my MacBook Pro starts getting very intermittent network connectivity. I have a Virgin Media SuperHub.

Pinging my router gives me lots of request timeouts:

64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2438 ttl=64 time=2.000 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2439 ttl=64 time=33.810 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 67976
Request timeout for icmp_seq 67977
Request timeout for icmp_seq 67978
Request timeout for icmp_seq 67979
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2444 ttl=64 time=1.568 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2445 ttl=64 time=1.633 ms

Sometimes the timeouts last only a few pings sometimes many.

Through experimentation I've found that flushing the arp cache using

sudo arp -a -d

Immediately max ping start working but then after a bit the timeouts come back. I've confirmed this by doing:

sudo watch -n 1 arp -a -d

And the ping timeouts disappear and I can browse without any slowness as long as I leave that running.

Rebooting the computer also clears this problem for a while but it comes back.

I need a permanent fix for this.

Try this:

http://www.macstadium.com/blog/osx-10-9-mavericks-bugs/

Even if supposedly only applies to Maverick, I found a Macbook with Yosemite having the same problems and the fix seemed to work. Worth a try.


Why does iPhone Safari not save login credentials for a certain Wi-Fi hotspot? My Academy's wi-fi requires me to log in via a web-browser portal page before I have access to the internet. Safari on my iPhone doesn't save my username and password for it. Is there a way to manually force it to save them?

check out this link http://www.ausbt.com.au/how-to-save-passwords-in-safari-on-the-ipad-iphone to setup autofill name and passwords for safari on IOS.

And it totally is a matter of safari not remembering username/password.

It's a little hidden, but it's there, and thanks for asking a good question. The other answerers here must never have logged into a captive portal before or something.

It's not a matter of Safari not remembering the password, its a matter of the network requiring login based on the browser.  Most captive walled gardens require it with every disconnect for security purposes.


Which OS X is the fastest for my old MacBook? I am going to do a clean install of OS X on my old MacBook (Late 2008), but the computer will only be needed for:

tabbed web browsing (Safari/Chrome),
word processing (Office/iWork),
and maybe some iPhoto work.

The most important factor is speed (operating, startup, etc.), and all the added features of each OS X are secondary.

Which operating system — the latest Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, or Lion — will run the fastest on this MacBook?

Computer specifications:

2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
120 GB HDD 5400-rpm
Currently with OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard)

I have the same machine & spec, and have not noticed any slowdown when operating at the latest supported version of Lion when compared with previous versions. Of course, this is purely anecdotal, but reviews have also fairly repeatedly suggested a slight increase in basic speeds incrementally with new versions.

One this is for sure, throw in a cheap SSD of the same size as your existing disk, and it will fair fly compared whatever it feels like now.

Compare, for example, your specs to my Macbook Air 1.6Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4Gb RAM and SSD, which supports ML and feels faster than my 2.93Ghz iMac with 8Gb on the same OS (or did until I put an SSD in the iMac).

Put simply, your CPU and RAM can handle whatever you want to run just fine.  Your disk may start to feel the pinch a little, but small SSDs are very cheap these days and will easily make your machine feel like new - that particular macbook is at the sweetspot of benefitting most from an SSD for the least money.

So many wrong answers.  It's the OLDEST versions that are faster, someome said why, because the new ones require more resources.  I've tested it. With the same hardware, the newer, the faster. Yosemite SLOOOOWWW compared to going back to Lion/Leopard. Just find whatever software you use and see it's OSX requirements to decided how far back you can go. The old ones are lighter weight because it was matched with the hardware.  I tested it on high high end desktop hardware end of 2014.


How to prolong screenshot snippets time (Mac) When you take screen shot you have small snippets at the bottom right conner. It is very useful to drag and drop. But it disappears too quickly.
How I can tweak time of that snippets?

I had a look at the plist for Screen Capture and there doesn't seem to be a time period to extend the time the thumbnail stays on screen. But you can disable/enable the thumbnail and/or change the default location the screenshot is saved to. For me, I have all my screenshots saved to Desktop so it's easily accessible for editing and have thumbnails disabled.
To change these two settings open the app Screenshot by searching in Spotlight. You will then get a cropped window and bar with options at the bottom of the cropped window. Click on Options and you'll see "Show floating thumbnail" and "Save to" options. You can enable/disable floating thumbnail and/or save all screenshots to another file location by default.
See image below for an example:

By the way, behind the cropped area (on the left), you will see the plist file for screen capture that I was looking at. As you can see there isn't a value to change the thumbnail length.
Hope this may help somewhat for you :)

This is not the answer to the question but an alternative to achieve desired result as I see it.
One can copy screenshot to clipboard and then paste it into application/file needed. For that to work just press ⌃ (Control) while taking screenshot. Then ⌘+V in desired file/application to paste screenshot from clipboard. In case of Preview it's sufficient to open new Preview window (⌘+N) and screenshot from clipboard is displayed automagically.


Which were the first 500 apps on the App Store when it launched in 2008? The subject says it all. Is there somewhere a list of the first set of apps on the iPhone App Store when it went live in July 2008?

This PinchMedia RSS feed in Wayback Machine is the best I could get so far:

Top 100 Paid Apps as of July 21, 2008

Still hoping I can get a full list. According to TechCrunch, there were 552 apps at the beginning, 417 paid, 135 free. If there would be a way to get top lists for all the categories, it should be possible to assemble the full list.

i read from a article very recently, and thef first app presented is super monkey ball from sega.


How can I check via software if my iPhone is unlocked? I have a carrier-unlockable iPhone. That means they sell it locked but will unlocked upon request.

As is generally the case with carriers, mine is a sack of incompetence. I requested the unlock and got many different responses and directionless guidance in the process. I have reason to believe it may be the case that they did attempt to unlock it at some point.

I'd like to know how I can check wether my device is still carrier-locked or not.

I'm on a Mac, and I'm enrolled in the iPhone developer program. It would be of more general use to have an answer that doesn't depend on the latter, tho.

While "just pop in a SIM card from another carrier" is a technically feasible answer, I'd rather have one that doesn't involve my getting off my chair.

So in the end I had to do the SIM card dance.

In fact, it seems what the carrier does is mark your phone as allowed for unlock.

Then, the first time you put a SIM card from another carrier, you must connect to iTunes, which will then perform a series of annoyances and alerts and whatnot, and only then your device will be truly unlocked. You need an internet connection for this process.

I know this is a terrible answer to my own question.

Check (1P) Part No. on the box

Locked

Germany - T-Mobile

MC603DN/A – 16GB Black

MC605DN/A – 32GB Black

Japan - Softbank

MC603J/A - 16GB Black

MC605J/A - 32GB Black

Spain - Movistar, Orange, Vodafone

MC603Y/A – 16GB Black

MC605Y/A – 32GB Black

United States - AT&T

MC608LL/A - 16GB Black

MC610LL/A - 32GB Black

Apple

MC318LL/A - 16GB Black

MC319LL/A - 32GB Black

Unlocked

Australia

MC603X/A - 16GB Black

MC605X/A - 32GB Black

Canada

MC603C/A - 16GB Black

MC605C/A - 32GB Black

France

MC603FB/A - 16GB Black

MC605FB/A - 32GB Black

Hong Kong

MC605ZP/A - 32GB Black

MC603ZP/A - 16GB Black

Italy

MC603IP/A - 16GB Black

MC605IP/A - 32GB Black

New Zealand

MC603X/A - 16GB Black

MC605X/A - 32GB Black

Singapore

MC603ZA/A - 16GB Black

MC605ZA/A - 32GB Black

Sweden

MC603KS/A – 16GB Black

MC605KS/A – 32GB Black

United Kingdom

MC603B/A - 16GB Black

MC605B/A - 32GB Black


How do you maximize windows? Unlike Windows, you cannot maximize a window in Mac with a click of the button. The little green (+) button next to the red and yellow buttons at the left of the windows does some strange stuff sometimes when you click it and doesn't do the expected operations.

How would you fully maximize a window on a Mac?

On Yosemite:

Double click the window top bar (Like in MS Windows)

or

Option-click the green dot in the top left.

On older OS X versions: Shift-click the green (+)


Is there a way to specify artist artwork for Music in iOS 7? I've been a big fan of the redesign of the music app in iOS 7. I noticed that on the Artist list, certain musical acts have a thumbnail of band/artist next to them. This image is independent of any album art that I might have, and definitely comes from iTunes.

I was wondering if there was a way to set this image manually. I have a lot of bands that aren't covered by this feature, and I think it's a cool way to visually identify the music  I listen to.

In the screencap below, The Moody Blues, The Mountain Goats and Neil Young all feature this custom artwork.

I know this is extremely late but I was just wondering the same thing. In settings under music I unchecked "group by album artist" and well it worked, I'm assuming from that option.

You need a pc or mac running itunes.

You can go to artists and select al the songs of the same artist (not
the album title) and then right click, this  will show another
pop up with a lot of tabs, if you click the illustrations tab you are
presented with the artwork of your songs or a white square. Click the
add button beneath this box and again navigate to your artwork.

p.s. after doing this you still need to sync your ipod/iphone/ipad to make it show up on the devices :P