iPhone 5s screen goes black during a phone call

When I end a phone call I find that the screen has gone black. I have to turn it on and re-enter my password to hang up. Is there a way to keep the phone from turning black during a call? The call is not affected.

Creating local archives of iCloud documents

How can I download archived versions of my iCloud data at will?

iCloud's security is no match for user error, as I have experienced on one recent unfortunate event. Luckily only a few Notes.app notes were affected. In the interest of protecting my works from wildly unpredictable future self, I would like to periodically make manual backups of my iCloud data.

How can I make manual copies of my iCloud data? I imagine I would periodically make a copy of my Notes.app data as I have scores of gigabytes of other data that are not portable.

I have both up-to-date and older versions of iOS and OS X at my disposal -- any solutions regardless of platform are appreciated!

Retrieve the Apple ID used to download a given app (in iTunes)

I have multiple devices, all handled with iTunes in the same PC. Each device is associated with a different Apple ID.

I may want to install some apps in more than one device. As far as I know, an app downloaded in iTunes leaves a .ipa file that has embedded the information about the associated Apple ID (in directory C:\userdir\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Mobile Applications in my Win7).

Is that correct?

If so, is there any way to know the associated Apple ID, for each .ipa file? Will I have more than one copy of an .ipa file in my PC, if the app is purchased with more than one ID? Where will each one be stored?

And if not, where is the information about which Apple IDs were used to download each app stored? Can it be retrieved?

PS: This question has a title that describes well the present one. But the question itself asks something a little bit different, and the accepted answer is OK for that question, but it by no means answers this one.

PS2: This is a related question.

EDIT: There is a sign on top stating

This question may already have an answer here:

Retrieve the Apple ID used to download a given app (in iphone)

That is precisely the question referred to in PS2. I have posted that one too, and it is a different question (with no answers so far).

Is there a way to merge Time Machine backups?

Last year, I switched from an iMac to a MacBook Pro, and I restored from my Time Machine backup. I've been using Time Machine since then, and never checked it until now. I just found out that my backups are split into 2, "dee's iMac" and "dee's MacBook Pro" when I expect them to be just one backup since I moved everything from my iMac to MBP.

The "dee's iMac" backups aren't accessible through "Enter Time Machine" and aren't deleted when Time Machine is full; instead, it will delete the newer backups from my MBP backups, which currently holds only the past 2 months while there are backups from my iMac from last year.

Is there any way to merge these backups? What happens if I just move all the contents of the "dee's iMac" folder to the "dee's MacBook Pro" folder? Or should I just delete the entire "dee's iMac" backup folder?

Note: Currently on OS X Yosemite, 2013 MBP (non-retina)

Rebooting the MBP in recovery mode

When I reboot with Control-R pressed as suggested by many, I see the spinning wheel for more than half hour and the laptop does not show the recovery options. I have Yosemite and want to go back to Mavericks for various reasons. Any suggestions.

Notes.app: Notes from iCloud show title but bodies are blank!

I have been using notes.app for a while, especially for its ability to use iCloud to sync. Everything has seemed fine, though it seems like some of my older notes' bodies are showing up blank.

I suspect that this is merely a retrieval/format issue, but I am also concerned that by looking at a note triggers an automatic save, which in turn does in fact replace iCloud's copy of that note with the now-blank version. I have stopped looking at older notes pending a solution in case looking is destructive.

How do I download an archive of my iCloud notes that I may preserve and peruse at my leisure?

Notes have been left from Mavericks, Yosemite, and iPhone 5s with iOS 7.1.2. I am currently retrieving them using Yosemite.

How does my just-booted and encrypted iPhone still receive messages before I decrypt it with the passcode?

It's my understanding that personal data on the iPhone 6 is automatically encrypted with the user's passcode. This is why when you boot it for the first time the passcode is required instead of the fingerprint.

My question, however, is why after the first boot, before entering the passcode for the first time, does the iPhone continue to receive account-specific notifications? As an example, Google Hangouts will actively receives messages that are readable and on the lock screen before any decryption has taken place. Wouldn't this imply that the user data for apps somehow are not encrypted?

why is aperture filling up my local mac disc when exporting a video to external drive?

I`m exporting a 1 hour slide show from aperture with music.

I`ve outputted a 720p ipad version (done), now doing a 1080p HD version export.

It gets to about 65% (twice) then gives me an error that the disc is full. I had 45 gig left prior to exporting on my laptop retina.

why is aperture filling up my local disc when i`m exporting to a Lacie thunderbolt drive?

I have zero disc space left, I cannot even perform a screen capture or do rudimentary things on my mac, and I cannot find the video rendered (data exported) so far that has clogged up my system to full... where is it being stored? what do I need to delete to get this space back?

please help urgent, i need to get this wedding slideshow out by tonight and move on to other editing tasks.

Macbook Pro not detecting bootable USB with Yosemite

I created a Yosemite boot USB, from the App Store version 10.10.1.

When I hold option during Boot, the USB drive doesn't show up on the menu.

I have an aluminium MBP, bought in 2009. It is the full body aluminium with the Superdrive.

Per Apple, this is my machine:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)

The only drives I see when holding down option are Macintosh HD and Recovery. When I try to run recovery, it runs for a little and then goes to a "no" symbol, with the spinner still spinning. I am concerned that the HD may be dead/dying, but I don't want to jump to that conclusion yet.

How do I either boot to my USB, or just get a restore done?

I have already successfully backed up my files. I just want to restore the machine.

How do I change permissions of folders on a hard drive from a booted USB drive

I am trying to save my files on my Hard Drive that has a crashed OS. I created a Bootable USB with Ubuntu and successfully booted.

I can see my folders, but I can't actually open them because I don't have permission.

I tried to do this:

sudo chmod 777 -R Pictures

Where Pictures is the name of the folder I want to change permissions to.

All I want to be able to do is to copy the folders & files from my Hard Drive to my USB drive.

How do I do that?

Programmatically send text message through Messages app on OS X 10.10

With OSX 10.10 you can now send and receive text messages through your phone, from your mac. Is it possible to do this programatically? Either via applescript or a reverse engineered API?

How to restore system from network drive?

I have a 2014 MacBook Pro.

I want to restore my OS from a Time Machine backup which is on a shared network volume.

When I restart in recovery (Apple-Opt-R), it boots from internet, but if I try to restore from Time Machine backup, it fails to see the server where the shared volume is.

Do I need to log/mount the share somehow?

Paint.NET alternative for Mac OS X

I would be extremely grateful to anyone pointing me in the direction of the Mac OS X analogue for the free Windows image-editing software Paint.NET.

Basically the way I use it is I take lots of screenshots for work, then put arrows in there, some ovals and text - it's all for documentation purposes - mainly for Confluence.

The feature I can't live without is the arrows - they have points where you can easily curve them creating a very good visual e.g. for tutorials.

And of course it's great that you can do all of that in a lightweight app, couple of clicks manner.

What adapter(s) do I need to connect a Retina MacBook Pro Thunderbolt output to a 2560x1440 NEC monitor?

I've got a 13" Retina MacBook Pro and an NEC PA241W 2560x1440 monitor. What adapters do I need to connect them at full resolution?

How to restore Yosemite finder sidebar icons after changing folders with symlinks

After I installed on my mac a second drive I figured out it was a good idea to use the old HD for storage. So I symlinked ~/Downloads, ~/Documents, ~/Music, ~/Pictures and ~/Movies in order for them to be actually located in the old HD, while I'm using the new SSD as a startup disk. Everything works remarkably ok, except, now the icons in the finder sidebar for those folders are the default ones:

Even though in the finder preference the icons are ok:

I already tried this answer but I was only able to restore both the actual folder icons, but not the icons in the sidebar!

How to fix iMac keyboard delay?

I just opened my new iMac, and the bluetooth keyboard is terrible. When I press a key, it can take up to 3 - 5 seconds to respond, and sometimes, the keyboard acts as if I've been holding the key down.

Is there any known way to fix this? It's extremely annoying.

Note: I'm on Yosemite

Is it safe to remove read, write, and execute permissions for 'others' recursively on home directory?

I would like advice on whether it would be safe to block users not in the appropriate group from accessing my home directory. I have some servers running on my Mac (10.9) under a different account, and wish to decrease the consequences of a hacker exploiting one of them by preventing this account from accessing any of my personal files.

I am intending to use file permissions for this, but I am concerned that this may break something, by blocking system processes from doing what they need to. I would ideally like to block all but root and my primary account from accessing my primary account's home directory, with chmod -R o-rwx ~.

Does anyone know whether this would cause any problems, and also whether it would be effective in preventing other accounts (that may not sudo, and are not admin in System Preferences, these may be the same, not sure) from accessing these files, excluding an EoP vulnerability?

15" MacBook Pro to 27" iMac monitor

Can I hook up my 15" macbook Pro thunderbolt to my 27" iMac thunderbolt, and operate the MacBook pro in Windows 7 in order to have a large monitor to run AutoCad?

Both computers are running OX Yosemite and Bootcamp Windows 7.

Safari crash and refusal/failure to reload

Recently, Safari unexpected crashed while I was using my desktop. Now, when I try to reload, it keeps saying it "unexpectedly quit" and will not reload (even when I push the reload button). I have restarted my computer multiple times but it will not open Safari and I keep getting the same error messages over and over. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

How to run Apple Hardware Test with broken keyboard?

mid-2011 13" MBA running Yosemite

Coffee spill has left keyboard of mid-2011 13" MBA non-functioning. Even power button doesn't work, I boot by shorting the two solder points on logic board. I've tried to run the AHT with both the broken 'D' and a USB kb 'D'. Neither seems to be registered, as it just boots normally.

Are there any other workarounds for running AHT?

Thanks in advance.

Can you set own prices when selling music on iTunes?

Can you set your own track/album prices when selling music on iTunes?

I was able to find answers on several forums (not on Apple's website/KBs), but they were contradictory (some say that it's $0.99 automatically, some that you can choose the price).

Can someone clarify this please?

Thanks!

iCloud ID is no longer active but can't delete it

I have a iPhone 4s and the email associated with iCloud Apple ID is no longer in use but I can't seem to eliminated it from iCloud. And the password I use does not work. Can you help me?

Prevent Mavericks from generating new volume name for external drive

I have an external HDD, formatted exFAT, I believe. Whenever it is re-mounted, it gets assigned a new volume name (e.g., "MyVolume", "MyVolume 1", "MyVolume 2"...). As far as I can tell, this happens whether it is properly ejected, or if it is still mounted when the system is powered down.

Aside from going in to /Volumes/ and deleting all the existing "MyVolume*" files before attempting to mount the drive, is there a way to prevent this from happening?

My iPhone 4S says no storage available even though there should be space available

The first time I got the message, I was willing to believe I just needed to free up some space, so I uploaded all my photos and cleared them off of my phone and deleted a few apps I no longer use, which should have opened 2-3GB in storage space. But the phone still shows 13.5GB used, 0 bytes available. When I add up the usage - 6.6GB for facebook, 1.1GB for music, and 1.45GB by other apps and games for a total of 9.15GB - it does not total the 13.5GB the phone shows in use. I don't suppose there is an easy way of fixing this?

Yosemite blue grey Screen O Death

i have a late model 2011 MacBook Pro, and I upgraded to Yosemite two weeks ago. Yesterday I was working in After Effects on some pretty big movie files when the laptop screen just went black. When I restart I get the apple coming up, then the thermometer shows for about a third of the way,mother the blue grey Screen O Death. I have reset the PRAM Tried starting in safe mode, same thing happens Tried starting with command D, same thing happens Tried starting with command, option D, got the terminal spewing out a bunch of tech stuff then went the the blue grey screen. Tried fsck, said nothing wrong Tried resetting the NVRAM, would not work, just went to blue grey screen. Tried starting with command S and emptied trash through the terminal. Tried rebuilding permissions in terminal, but was unable to as I was signed in as a single user. At one point, I held down the D key for a long time after it had begun to boot and was asked if I wanted to resume where I left off before the crash, and the system came back online, I said yes. Then started quitting programs and then it went black again, and I have tried to replicate all of this again and again. I don't understand how I can fix this with the Internet back up when I can't get this to start. It's like looking up a word in the dictionary to find it's meaning only to have them use the word to describe the word. It looks like the Mac Guys have finally figured out how to turn a Mac into a PC, using Yosemite.

Unable to remove item from dock in Yosemite

Apple says to remove an item from the dock in Yosemite, drag it from the dock until you see a puff of smoke. I drag it from the dock, it has a tag called "remove" but it never goes up in smoke.It just returns to the dock.

Security update for git on mac

The latest git installers linked to from http://ift.tt/10phKHX all seem to be for snow-leopard http://ift.tt/1zcsdHt

I'm using a mac 10.9.3 (which I believe is Mountain Lion). How do I obtain the security update for git (the need for which is described here http://ift.tt/1Ax3bQx)

Retrieve the Apple ID used to download a given app (in iTunes)

I have multiple devices, all handled with iTunes in the same PC. Each device is associated with a different Apple ID.

I may want to install some apps in more than one device. As far as I know, an app downloaded in iTunes leaves a .ipa file that has embedded the information about the associated Apple ID (in directory C:\userdir\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Mobile Applications).

Is that correct?

If so, is there any way to know that Apple ID, for each .ipa file? Will I have more than one copy of an .ipa file in my PC, if the app is purchased with more than one ID? Where will each one be stored?

And if not, where is the information about which Apple IDs were used to download each app stored? Can it be retrieved?

PS: This question has a title that describes well the present one. But the question itself asks something a little bit different, and the accepted answer is OK for that question, but it by no means answers this one.

Scroll in Keynote prestentation/prototype

I use Keynote to put together an interactive web prototype based on images and clickable boxes which link between my different slides, in other words basic Keynote prototyping.

A problem I'm experiencing though is that the height of the images differs between different slides. This causes the zoom level of the images to differ in order to keep the image within the border of the presentation. Ie. it looks like the "website" is changing width as you click along, not very elegant.

Is there any way to get around this? A way which doesn't force me to use the same height on all images. I believe what I need is the ability to scroll in a presentation and also force the presentation to have the same zoom level on the images no matter their height.

Why does "Transferring Purchases" from iPad in a USB Backup Fail due to lack of space?

I'm having a terrible time trying to backup my iPad ever since I installed a large game yesterday. I am stuck with a 16GB iPad that has given me all sorts of trouble from day 1 due to lack of space.

I had more than enough space on the iPad to install the game (~3GB) when it was purchased.

Now, when I connect the iPad to my PC to back it up through iTunes, about 30% of the way through "Transferring Purchases" of that game, I get a message that the iPad cannot be backed up due to lack of space.

Is there a way to just transfer the purchase, outside of a full sync or backup?

I've resisted using iCloud backup because Apple services have not been reliable in the past and because I don't have nearly enough space in iCloud to back up 16GB of data. Would iCloud backup work?

(If it's not clear from the headline, the lack of space is on the iPad. My PC has tons of space.)

I want to reset my games progress

I have a game called seabeard and I want to reset it's progress. I would really appreciate it if you could tell me how. I've looked on Google and looked in the settings of the game but I couldn't find anyway I could reset the progress.

Turn by turn navigation GPX file app

We wanna start doing car rallys and these routes are delivered using a GPX files.

What we are looking for is an app that can make a route from our home to the start of the gpx file and then start navigating the GPX route.

Macbook touchpad multitouch stopped working

Actually, two fingers for scrolling still works, but all other gestures don't. None with 3 or 4 fingers, and even side scrolling notification panel with 2 won't.

Out of the blue, it just stopped!

Any clues?

Cannot upgrade mac mini

I have a Mac Mini, running OS X 10.7.5, and I try to upgrade it, but I cannot for some reason (in short - I want to install the new XCode and code in Swift).

When I click the "Free upgrade" button nothing happens (pic below). I have triple checked Little Snitch that nothing is blocking the App store or something similar, but found nothing.

Any suggestions.

Safari 7.1 Bookmark not closing properly

I sometime notice this random behaviour of the bookmarks not closing and it leaves me with something like this, any suggestions?

I'm running Mavericks with everything updated.

Can login to Apple ID via web, cannot via iTunes

I manage two different Apple IDs with the same iTunes. I just signed out one of the IDs and tried signing in with the other. I got "Your Apple ID or password was entered incorrectly". Then I signed in via web, with the same username and password that failed in iTunes, and I got in with no problems.

What could be the reason?

Add Keyboard Shortcut to Mac

Is there a way I can make a keyboard shortcut for this?

TAB, TAB, DOWN ARROW KEY, TYPE "S", RETURN, RETURN

Is there a way I can bind this to a keyboard shortcut, i.e. CMD + ALT + G?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Macbook pro OS X 10.9 can only access internet through safari

My Macbook pro shows it is connected to the wifi. I can access internet through Safari. But I can not access with any other software or tool like firefox, chrome, opera, terminal. Even my Skype and dropbox also can not access internet.

Best regards and thanks.

Automator: Delete source images after importing them is not working

I have an automator script that takes photos from a particular folder and adds it to a particular album in iphotos. One of the function block used is

Import Files into iPhotos.

with the option of

Delete Source images after importing them.

This option even when marked true, the script is not deleting the images from the source folders. Has anyone one faced the same issue and how to solve this?

I have Macbook Pro 2012 model and iphoto 9.1, Automator 2.3, OS X 10.8.5

How to run an application in a different language?

I have my system configured in spanish, but I have an app with a horrible spanish translation, and I would like to run it (and just this app) in english. How could I do that?

How to delete duplicate songs on iphone 4, and already erased songs?

I have songs on my iphone that are no longer in my library. I've turned of my icloud, deleted everything from my phone and re synced everything, and still the songs are there.

This also occurs with duplicate songs. I have no duplicate songs in my library, but they are still duplicated on my iphone. How do I get rid of these as well?

I even removed the songs from my usage and still the ones I didn't want were still there...

"Email This Page" in Yosemite

In Yosemite the option "Email This Page" does not work well.

Let me explain it in more detail: I designed a html page, I uploaded to the server and then I go go to that page and File > Share > Email This Page. This is a way to create and send a designed html page that works well in previous versions but not in Yosemite. There are different things that do not work for instance:

The background in Mail is not full, Mail creates a white border. This is the code i use. It works well in Maverics, the background goes full screen. It does not work in Yosemite, it creates a white border. How can make a background full screen in Yosemite?:

<body bgcolor="#622181">
<table border="0" cellpadding="35" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#622181">

the link in Mail does not work if it is in a img. Mail ignores the width too. How can make links in a photo work in Yosemite?:

<a href="http://ift.tt/1Gv9BmE">
<div id="boto"><img src="http://ift.tt/13CUk5z" width="60"/></div>
</a>