How to access the full capacity of hard drives larger than 2TB with OS X Yosemite?

Last week, I bought a 4TB hard drive to connect to my MacBook Pro. My quest to have access to all the 4TB on my Mac was more difficult than expected.

After a lot of experimenting, I managed to create an exFat partition of 4TB. (For people who want to replicate my approach: I connected the HD using sata-cables to another computer, and booted the computer from a Windows 8.1 dvd. Next, I created the exFat partition using the partition manager on the dvd. When I started Windows 8, the disk manager showed me that I only had created a partition of 1.8TB. I removed this partition, and created a new one of 4TB. Next, I had access to the full 4TB of my new drive.)

Since OS X also supports exFat, I figured I should be able to see the partition I created on Windows. This turned out to be wrong. When I connected the HD to my Mac using a docking station, the HD was visible in Disk Utility, but there were no partitions associated with it. [edit] Diskutil list shows the disk as follows: /dev/disk2 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.8 TB disk2 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1

Now comes the strange part. When I run a Windows 7 virtual machine and connect the HD to this virtual machine, I have full access to the full 4TB.

The only conclusion I can draw at this moment is that OS X Yosemite does not support hard drives larger than 2TB.

I would like to know if other Mac users have had more success than me in connecting a hard drive larger than 2TB to their Mac.

Is it possible to take a screenshot of a dashboard in OS X?

I'm using a Command-Shift-5 command to take a screenshot of a desktop, but it doesn't work if I switch to the dashboard.

Is there any way to take a screenshot of dashboard elements?

Can I get less(1) to display the final line, without selecting it?

When less(1) is looking at a file with a long name, pressing = updates only the final line on screen.

For example, with the Terminal window at 80 columns and 27 rows (the default, I think), if I do:

less /Library/Updates/ProductMetadata.plist

and then press =, the bottom line says:

ss RETURN)

and the rest of the window doesn't change at all. I know it knows that the other lines have different text now, though, because if I select the text with the mouse, the last two lines become:

/Library/Updates/ProductMetadata.plist lines 1-22/14295 byte 649/917106 0%  (pre
ss RETURN)

Is there any way to set up less(1) or Terminal.app so it doesn't require me to fiddle with it in order to see longer filenames?

Strange networking issue: good software/hardware troubleshooting tools?

I'm posting this question with the hope of getting some guidance from others because at this point I'm completely stumped.

I'm trying to troubleshoot a mid 2011 iMac (11,2) running Mavericks that is unable to ping or communicate with any other host, despite appearing to connect to my home router without issue (it associates and gets an IP address from DHCP). The router is an Asus RT-N65U with both 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios. Wireless clients mostly connect to the 2.4GHz radio since it has better range, WPA2 authentication is used on both. There are numerous other devices on the LAN - both wired and wireless - that all work fine. Furthermore, the iMac in question seems to only have developed problems within the last couple of days though nothing has changed on the router and nothing has changed on the machine either...or so I'm told.

After some initial troubleshooting I went ahead and reinstalled Mavericks from a USB stick I had on-hand, figuring that would eliminate any software related issues that might have otherwise been hard to track down. However the problem persisted even after the re-install, which made me think the wireless card was flaking out. I'm skeptical of this however because

• The machine doesn't have any problem establishing a network connection


• The signal strength is what I'd expect to see


• I ran a packet sniffer and that showed link layer packets going back and forth, but IP packets of any kind are ignored (as far as I can tell).


• I set up an ad-hoc network with the iMac and joined it with my MBP, both machines could ping each other.

The only thing I've seen that seems sort of suspect is an error message from the kernel in the wifi log: Unsupported ioctl 181 but I haven't been able to determine what this means beyond the kernel asking the wireless driver to do something it can't, so it may or may not be significant. The other potentially significant thing is that at one point this machine was restored from a time machine backup of a completely different computer (a MBP). It's my understanding that time machine backs up the entire drive, so restoring a backup from a different hardware configuration seems like it could break things, but nothing that a clean install of OSX couldn't fix. I've tried to do the built in hardware test but it doesn't work for some reason, maybe because this machine has an after-market hard drive upgrade (the original failed).

So this brings me back to wondering whether it's a software issue, particularly something to do with the router but that seems strange since nothing has changed on the router and I'm the only one who could change anything to begin with.

This all brings me to my question: what else could I look into that could provide more info to work with so I narrow down what's going on here?

UPDATE

Some more info and clarification of some things: When I say the machine "connects" to the router, I meant associate. It associates to the wireless network, but will not ping the router's IP address.

I have not tried a wired connection but I did try one of these and it works flawlessly, so this is specific to the built in wireless. Are there any other tools for testing the hardware besides the Apple diagnostics?

iOS 8.1.2 Calendar Timezone Problem

I use my calendars very often to keep track of things. Ever since I upgraded to iOS 8.1.2 or possibly 8.1.1 the phone lets me create a new event with my timezone, but as soon as I create the event and try to edit it, the times are converted to GST (which is not my timezone) is there a way to fix or disable this so that iPhone Calendar is easier to use like before?

Is the MacBook designed to hang from its display?

I am looking admiringly at the roost for my 17" MacBook Pro.

The height to which the MacBook is raised is terrific—higher than any other solution I'm able to locate online (also here and there). The promise of less strain on my neck is appealing. Since I'm looking for a portable solution (hence three phone books do not do the trick), the roost's weight is also appealing.

My problem is that this device does not seat the laptop. It hangs it from its display. I am not particularly tempted to pick up my mac from its display, nor to pick it and then let it hang there for hours on end. I suspect there will be considerable strain on the hinges, and I can already feel a minor bump where my thumb, ever so gently, opens the display, from merely the pull of the magnets, not to mention the potential damage to the screen (a single replacement part from Apple).

Is there any specification from Apple that the MacBook Pro is designed to withstand its own weight (6.6 lb; 3 Kg) through its display and hinges? Is doing so counter-specified? Lacking either, have you actually hung your 6.6-lb laptop from this device since its introduction in early 2014? Did the display survive?

Does adding Yosemite Tags to a File change its MD5 Signature?

I have a cloud backup system that relies on MD5 hash signatures for de-duplication.

Does adding OSX tags to a file change its MD5 hash?

I have this app that is free on the app store but it won't let me download it what do I do? [duplicate]

This question is an exact duplicate of:

• The App Store won't let me download certain apps that are free

I have this app that I want to get it's called SiriusXM Internet Radio, by SIRIUS XM Radio Inc I tap on the get button but nothing happens!!! What can I do to download it? And yes I am signed in with my Apple ID and I have Internet connection

Figuring out what IP's and Ports a program is accessing

I play poker semi-professionally online and live. When I play online I have a hard time limiting the amount of time I play. There is a free application I found called self-control. It allows you to block domains, ip addresses and ports to applications under what it calls a "blacklist" for a specified period of time. I entered into the blacklist the name of the poker website hoping its client side poker software connects through its main domain and even when self control program is blocking access, the program program still connects to its server.

Question-Using terminal or some other utility how do I determine what servers or ports to block to prevent the poker software from connecting to its severs?

Macbook Pro doesn't boot with replacement battery. 15 inch late 2011

I bought this replacement battery for my 15 inch Macbook Pro late 2011:

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00OD7OHLY/ref=sr_ph?ie=UTF8&qid=1419964742&sr=1&keywords=macbook+pro+late+2011+battery

My old battery still works but has a life of under an hour now. After replacing the battery and plugging in, the light on the power cable stays green, rather than turning orange to indicate that the battery is charging. When I try to boot the computer, it chimes and starts to boot, but quickly dies. The battery indicator lights on the side did not work at all, until I tried resetting the SMC, after which one light lit up and stayed on. No change to the booting behavior after resetting the SMC.

I put the old battery back in and everything works normally, so it must be an issue with the new battery. What I'm confused about is, even if the battery is a complete dud, shouldn't the computer still boot if it is plugged in?

Does this sound like a problem with the battery, or is there something other than the SMC I can try resetting?

Macbook Pro 15 inch, late 2011, Yosemite 10.10.1

Have TM treat a clean install as a new machine (keep the old backup)

I want to do the opposite of this question: Clean Lion install, keeping Time Machine history?

I backed up my computer, erased the disk, and made a clean install of Yosemite. I want to make sure that the old (Mavericks) backup never gets automatically erased; if there isn't enough space on the backup disk I want the backup to fail, not overwrite the old one. How can I be sure that it won't be deleted? Would it be safe to move the Mavericks backup out of Backups.backupdb? Ideally, I'd be able to treat it as a second machine. In the linked question com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist is mentioned; it would be nice to generate a new one.

Getting Mac Address from known network

I lost my old router, and i need to know its Mac Address, only info i got its the log of my Mac (Yosemite), i have found that with this command i got a lot of info about the preferred networks (saved networks) on my mac.

defaults read /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences KnownNetworks

And it outputs something like:

"wifi.ssid.<77696669 2d756e65>" =     {
    AutoLogin = 0;
    Captive = 0;
    ChannelHistory =         (
    );
    Closed = 0;
    CollocatedGroup =         (
    );
    Disabled = 0;
    LastConnected = "2014-09-19 19:20:23 +0000";
    Passpoint = 0;
    PossiblyHiddenNetwork = 0;
    RoamingProfileType = None;
    SPRoaming = 0;
    SSID = <77696669 2d756e65>;
    SSIDString = "heeeyomywifi";
    SecurityType = Open;
    SystemMode = 1;
    TemporarilyDisabled = 0;
};

But i see no mac address :(, could this be done? or shall i search somewhere else?

Transfer data from windows to Mac

I'll buy mc air and wonder how I can transfer my files from external hard drive I used for windows to the new mc air? Thanks

Macbook Air International Warranty

I am travelling to the US. It is cheaper to buy a macbook air there. does it have international warranty valid in INDIA or will I have to take that separately?

Can't add more than 2 partitions

I'm trying to create more than 2 partitions on my mac book pro retina 2014, 256ssd but disk utility only permit me to add one partition.

http://pastebin.com/Q7wxUv0X

Why this happen?

The App Store won't let me download certain apps that are free such as this one

I have this app that I want to get it's called SiriusXM Internet Radio, by SIRIUS XM Radio Inc and it's free but it won't let me download it for some reason can someone tell me why? It shows me the app on the app store but there's no free icon

why does my ipad not sort series properly

I have several tv series on my ipad mini running ios 7.1.2 and itunes is on windows 8, now my ipad has started to sort the seasons so that a few episodes are under 1 season tab and the rest of the season is under another which is very annoying as for example it shows me having 2 tabs for the 1st season of something. I have tried using itunes to change it but cant see how too and I deleted and re-downloaded all the series I'm having problems with but nothing has worked, please help me sort this

Can't log in or access recovery!

I have a 2011 MacBookPro running OS X Yosemite. I was browsing online when suddenly my entire screen went grey (no cursor, completely unresponsive). I restarted the laptop & got the usual "Update Needed" user (I have FileVault on). As soon as it reaches halfway thru the progress bar, it reboots on its own! I tried resetting the SMC, as well as holding down Cmd + R to access recovery. In the latter case, the Apple logo appears with a progress bar underneath. As soon as it reaches halfway thru, the screen turns grey & it just sits there.

Tried many times unsuccessfully. I have a feeling this has to do with FileVault.

Help!

How to remove imessage from ipod from computer [duplicate]

This question already has an answer here:

• Steps after buying a used iPhone 2 answers

I sold my iPod on Gumtree and the guy that wanted it gave it to his 9 year old sister for Christmas.

On Christmas Eve it got a phone call from him and he said that he was still receiving messages that were being sent to the iPod - meaning he is receiving all my messages and personal info... Worrying.

My iPhone I currently have is off as I lost my charger; so I need to solve this issue ASAP via my computer. How do I do this?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Automator fails. Is there a better solution?

Recently I was trying to train an Automator script to run some mundane tasks - unfortunately it stops at the first step.

I clicked the "record" button on my old Mac OS 10.5 machine, opened Keychain and did a few more steps. It failed on the first step unfortunately - the cursor just points to the spot a little to the right of where Keychain shows on the bottom dock. (Yes, I tried turning off autohiding, and the jumpout effect)

On a newer Mac it was actually worse, when recording and playing back the steps it didn't give an alert saying it failed, it just kept pressing the mouse down, down, toward the icon, and never clicking it.

If Automator isn't the best tool for what it says it does, what is the best solution?

Since this will be programmatically called, one natural choice might be the Java Robot class - unfortunately it seems this does simple key press, key-up, mouse movement, but doesn't seem to have the smarts Automator has.

Sikuli seems like possibly a good solution, but I can't test right now as it apparently only works on OS 10.6+. It also sounds a bit hacky, how it uses image processing to find what you're looking for.

I know there are OpenSSL commands that do the same as the Keychain, but for the purposes of this automation it has to be known by the system - which from what I can tell requires certs to be in the Keychain. I need a solution that can be scripted.

Why Does Macbook Air Mid 2013 keep restarting because of a problem

On an admin account I have tried repairing the disk and disk permissions, tried doing it from recovery partition and have even reinstalled the OS. This is the diagnostic log that keeps coming up. Is there anything else to do in order to fix it?

Anonymous UUID: 981B271B-F7EF-2F26-C3CD-24525AB21793

Tue Dec 30 10:47:58 2014

* Panic Report * panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff801e21f12a): "Double fault at 0xffffff801e147f94, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff8128597f88, CR3: 0x0000000020e29000, CR4: 0x00000000001626e0\n" "RAX: 0xffffff81285980c0, RBX: 0xffffff7f9ec75270, RCX: 0xffffff81285980c0, RDX: 0xffffff801e5edb30\n" "RSP: 0xffffff8128597f90, RBP: 0xffffff81285980b0, RSI: 0xffffff81285980e0, RDI: 0xffffff7f9ec75270\n" "R8: 0x000000000000000a, R9: 0xffffff801e5edb30, R10: 0x0000000000000001, R11: 0xffffff803d53ca78\n" "R12: 0xffffff8031624400, R13: 0xffffff801e910688, R14: 0x0000000000000001, R15: 0x0000000000000001\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff801e147f94, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.1.97/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c:168 Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address 0xffffff811f604e90 : 0xffffff801e13a811 0xffffff811f604f10 : 0xffffff801e21f12a 0xffffff811f605070 : 0xffffff801e23ad0f 0xffffff81285980b0 : 0xffffff801e5ed8f2 0xffffff81285980d0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6f512 0xffffff81285985f0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6cfc0 0xffffff8128598620 : 0xffffff801e6d8008 0xffffff8128598680 : 0xffffff7f9ec013cf 0xffffff8128598700 : 0xffffff7f9efa07a1 0xffffff8128598730 : 0xffffff7f9efa04c8 0xffffff8128598760 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a87a 0xffffff81285987b0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6d2eb 0xffffff8128598850 : 0xffffff7f9ec6aa1f 0xffffff8128598930 : 0xffffff801e6d8008 0xffffff8128598990 : 0xffffff7f9ec6b20d 0xffffff8128598a30 : 0xffffff7f9ec24942 0xffffff8128598ac0 : 0xffffff7f9ec0194b 0xffffff8128598b30 : 0xffffff7f9ec018d5 0xffffff8128598b80 : 0xffffff7f9efa0d7a 0xffffff8128598bc0 : 0xffffff7f9ef98ba1 0xffffff8128598bf0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a87a 0xffffff8128598c40 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a614 0xffffff8128598cd0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6cc50 0xffffff8128598db0 : 0xffffff801e6d8008 0xffffff8128598e10 : 0xffffff7f9ec013cf 0xffffff8128598e90 : 0xffffff7f9efa07a1 0xffffff8128598ec0 : 0xffffff7f9efa04c8 0xffffff8128598ef0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a87a 0xffffff8128598f40 : 0xffffff7f9ec6d2eb 0xffffff8128598fe0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6aa1f 0xffffff81285990c0 : 0xffffff801e6d8008 0xffffff8128599120 : 0xffffff7f9ec6b20d 0xffffff81285991c0 : 0xffffff7f9ec24942 0xffffff8128599250 : 0xffffff7f9ec0194b 0xffffff81285992c0 : 0xffffff7f9ec018d5 0xffffff8128599310 : 0xffffff7f9efa0d7a 0xffffff8128599350 : 0xffffff7f9ef98ba1 0xffffff8128599380 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a87a 0xffffff81285993d0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a614 0xffffff8128599460 : 0xffffff7f9ec6cc50 0xffffff8128599540 : 0xffffff801e6d8008 0xffffff81285995a0 : 0xffffff7f9ec013cf 0xffffff8128599620 : 0xffffff7f9efa07a1 0xffffff8128599650 : 0xffffff7f9efa04c8 0xffffff8128599680 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a87a 0xffffff81285996d0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6d2eb 0xffffff8128599770 : 0xffffff7f9ec6aa1f 0xffffff8128599850 : 0xffffff801e6d8008 0xffffff81285998b0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6b20d 0xffffff8128599950 : 0xffffff7f9ec24942 0xffffff81285999e0 : 0xffffff7f9ec0194b 0xffffff8128599a50 : 0xffffff7f9ec018d5 0xffffff8128599aa0 : 0xffffff7f9efa0d7a 0xffffff8128599ae0 : 0xffffff7f9ef98ba1 0xffffff8128599b10 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a87a 0xffffff8128599b60 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a614 0xffffff8128599bf0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6cc50 0xffffff8128599cd0 : 0xffffff801e6d8008 0xffffff8128599d30 : 0xffffff7f9ec013cf 0xffffff8128599db0 : 0xffffff7f9efa07a1 0xffffff8128599de0 : 0xffffff7f9efa04c8 0xffffff8128599e10 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a87a 0xffffff8128599e60 : 0xffffff7f9ec6d2eb 0xffffff8128599f00 : 0xffffff7f9ec6aa1f 0xffffff8128599fe0 : 0xffffff801e6d8008 0xffffff812859a040 : 0xffffff7f9ec6b20d 0xffffff812859a0e0 : 0xffffff7f9ec24942 0xffffff812859a170 : 0xffffff7f9ec0194b 0xffffff812859a1e0 : 0xffffff7f9ec018d5 0xffffff812859a230 : 0xffffff7f9efa0d7a 0xffffff812859a270 : 0xffffff7f9ef98ba1 0xffffff812859a2a0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a87a 0xffffff812859a2f0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a614 0xffffff812859a380 : 0xffffff7f9ec6cc50 0xffffff812859a460 : 0xffffff801e6d8008 0xffffff812859a4c0 : 0xffffff7f9ec013cf 0xffffff812859a540 : 0xffffff7f9efa07a1 0xffffff812859a570 : 0xffffff7f9efa04c8 0xffffff812859a5a0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6a87a 0xffffff812859a5f0 : 0xffffff7f9ec6d2eb Backtrace continues... Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(705.4.14)[E15E9DC8-410F-3612-8371-E5FECD939E0D]@0xffffff7f9ebf1000->0xffffff7f9ec55fff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff7f9e924000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(705.4.1)[CB19C93C-FB00-3FF9-B290-D1D70773C76C]@0xffffff7f9ef98000->0xffffff7f9efb2fff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(705.4.14)[E15E9DC8-410F-3612-8371-E5FECD939E0D]@0xffffff7f9ebf1000 ng.uds.netusb.controller(1.59)[2E19F0F2-5AF7-30BD-7C91-70EB5380512E]@0xffffff7f9ec62000->0xffffff7f9ec7ffff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(705.4.14)[E15E9DC8-410F-3612-8371-E5FECD939E0D]@0xffffff7f9ebf1000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version: 14B25

Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64 Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61 Kernel slide: 0x000000001de00000 Kernel text base: 0xffffff801e000000 __HIB text base: 0xffffff801df00000 System model name: MacBookAir6,2 (Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 42978329925575 last loaded kext at 6943064111: com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 175.5 (addr 0xffffff7fa02ac000, size 16384) last unloaded kext at 189918610458: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssI2C 2.0.45 (addr 0xffffff7fa008e000, size 36864) loaded kexts: ng.uds.netusb.controller 1.59 com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.37 com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.1.0d1 com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0 com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.1f2 com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 267.0 com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1 com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1 com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.4.12 com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1 com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 2.0.2 com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.10 com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1 com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1 com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1 com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.1f2 com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3 com.apple.driver.AppleCameraInterface 5.23.0 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics 10.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul 10.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.5.0 com.apple.driver.AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver 46.2 com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1 com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1 com.apple.BootCache 35 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 705.4.1 com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.6.5 com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.7 com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360 901.19.10 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI 705.4.14 com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1 com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 3.1 com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7 com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 161 com.apple.security.quarantine 3 com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8 com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 175.5 com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.3.1f2 com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0 com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 267.0 com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.15 com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 200.6 com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0 com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.13d1 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.1f2 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.3.1f2 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0 com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9 com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.0d49 com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11 com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 267.0 com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 267.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 97 com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1 com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.7.21 com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 156.4 com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 705.4.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.7.0 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.7.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.0 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 705.4.0 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 705.4.9 com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 175.5 com.apple.driver.AppleHSSPIHIDDriver 26.2 com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 260.30 com.apple.driver.CoreStorage 471 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.7.0 com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 4.0.6 com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 4.0.6 com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.0.2 com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 3.1.7 com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 4.2.1 com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 700.52 com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8 com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2 com.apple.driver.AppleHSSPISupport 26.2 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssSpiController 2.0.45 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 705.4.14 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssGspi 2.0.45 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssDmac 2.0.45 com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0 com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0 com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1 com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0 com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1 com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2 com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5 com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0 com.apple.driver.DiskImages 389.1 com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.0 com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31 com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 3.1 com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9 com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4 com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0 com.apple.kec.Libm 1 com.apple.kec.pthread 1 Model: MacBookAir6,2, BootROM MBA61.0099.B16, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 1.3 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.13f15 Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000, Intel HD Graphics 5000, Built-In Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, - Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, - AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x117), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.15.124.12.10) Bluetooth: Version 4.3.1f2 15015, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0 Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SD0128F, 121.33 GB USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller USB Device: Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Air, Apple Inc., 23.6

Creating NetRestore on 10.10.1 failing

When trying to create a NetRestore image in SIU on 10.10.1 and trying to add custom packages the build will always fail with Error Code 2.

I noticed when you try to Customize Packages that "Essential System Software" reads as 8.03TB but the SSD inside the computer is only 256GB.

I have tried to redownload the "Install OS X Yosemite" from the Mac App Store three times and with all 3 sources the "Essential System Software" will still always read as 8.03TB.

Does anyone else experience this and know how to resolve this?

Calendar does not show event times in month view after Yosemite download

Calendar does not show times in month view, and there is no box on Preferences to Show Times in Month View, as some have said there is.

Open iMovie '09 .rcproject in iMovie 10

I have a vintage 2009 iMovie project (.rcproject) I rescued from an old Time Machine backup, and I'm trying to open it in iMovie 10 under Yosemite. It's large enough that I'm pretty sure it does actually have the video in it.

Unfortunately there's no just "open a file" option and everything I can find on line about the '09 -> 10 transition is about upgrading your iMovie "library". I haven't got a library, just one .rcproject file. How do I convince iMovie 10 this is something it can upgrade / open?

(Additional info: I do have iMovie 9.0.9 on this machine, but under Yosemite it refuses to launch.)

Global keyboard shortcut to switch to an application (to use with Emacs/Aquamacs)

Like in iTerm, I'd like to be able to set a keyboard shortcut to switch to an application, which in this case would be Aquamacs. This would be really useful to know in general. Would an Applescript or Automator let me do this?

Which countries can an individual iOS developer reside in in order to receive payments from Apple?

I want to sign up as an individual or as a company and sell apps on the App Store. SInce I have not purchased access to Developer Program I cannot check which countries are eligible..Any other way I can check this?

Trigger function key using applescript

I'm trying to trigger a function key using applescript. The increase volume 'key'.

I wrote the following applescript but it isn't effective:

tell application "System Events"
    key down 63 -- fn
    key code 111 -- f12
    key up 63
end tell

just executing 'key code 111' gives me the same result as the code above,

 key down 63 

doesn't seem to effect the behaviour of the script.

Is there anything like

 using function down / using fn down

just like there is for the command key

 using command down

or any way to achieve this?

Thanks,

Rik

Find Mac's "age" in Yosemite

I upgraded a Mac to OS X Yosemite and would like to find the age (when it's been released). In previous OS it was given here:

but I can't find it in Yosemite there

...anyone?

any Virtual Ipad/Iphone applications for PC that has network connections?

I am looking for a virtual emulation of an Ipad or Iphone that I can run on a PC machine so I can create video tutorials on things such as setting up our corporate email or how to connect the devices to our network. I have found some applications via Google and youtube, but so far they do not support a network connection. I know there are android emulators that do this, but haven't found an IOs one. If anyone could point me in the direction of one it would be greatly appreciated.

I would prefer free software, but am willing to pay as long as its in a reasonable price range.

I got the answer below, but I found a pretty promising site for anyone who happens to be looking for the same thing. Miricast and AirPlay emulation

iPhone 5 won't start after an iTunes recovery

I shut down my iPhone 5 phone in the middle of an iTunes purchase download.

I went to an At&T store and they reset the phone. After three hours the phone went blue. Phone will not turn back on now after doing the recovery via iTunes on the computer. The download did complete. At this point I can get the apple logo to show but that is all.

How to enable opportunistic locking in OS X Server 10.10

We have Windows clients with a software which relies on opportunistic locking using SMB2. I would like to get rid of the Windows Server and use OS X Server File Sharing for this.

With OS X Server 10.6 this was possible: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH8462

But I cannot find instructions for Yosemite 10.10 file sharing.

Article/Document writing and management

I've recently become involved in a job that requires a lot of article writing, mostly scientific, with rich text, pictures and sometimes math text. I'm a huge fan of tags, as I find them essential for sorting and filtering by keywords, thus avoiding the clutter of infinitely nested folders.

So, in short, my question is: what app or entire workflow (for OS X) do you suggest for writing such articles and managing them with folders, "collections", "groups", "notebooks" or whatever they are called, and tags?

If there is a lot of math text, I mainly write with Texpad, a LaTeX editor. If there are rare equations, I use Archimedes, a MultiMarkdown editor. But none of them comes with management features and the Finder tags are too few and restrictive.

Also, ideally, I should have a similar workflow with similar results on iOS, since I carry my iPad with me a lot and I'd like to read, edit and manage those articles on it too...

I've been searching crazily and I really couldn't find anything satisfactory. The best finding was Together app, but it lacks Dropbox support, a huge drawback for me, since iCloud Drive, the only cloud that it supports, is far from Dropbox's capabilities.

Thank you very much for your time and please excuse me if I wrote in the wrong place, I'm new here (although not new in the StackExchange world).

And Happy New Year to everyone! :)

Spotlight does not seem to work in finding apps

I have a Spotlight to search for the applications.

However, nothing shows up when I searched the application.

What might be wrong? I use Yosemite, and I made sure that spotlight works with this command.

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

Making changes to the Modern Lines theme in Aperture

I've been using Aperture for a while and am at a stage where I would like to put a book together using the built in software. From the few online reviews I can find, it seems to be a very high quality service.

Modern Lines is the theme that works best for me, but as with all the themes, there are some layouts that leave a lot to be desired.

A good example of what I'm trying to achieve is to take the "4 up" page and instead of being four 6x4 landscape photos, make it more like 2 16x9 landscape photos and 2 6x4 portrait photos.

so from:

|-------|  |  |-------|
|       |  |  |       |
|-------|  |  |-------|
           |
-----------------------
           |
|-------|  |  |-------|
|       |  |  |       |
|-------|  |  |-------|

to:

|-----------|  |  |---|
|           |  |  |   |
|-----------|  |  |---|
               |
-----------------------
               |
|-----------|  |  |---|
|           |  |  |   |
|-----------|  |  |---|

This is easy enough to do with the actual photo boxes, but the grid lines between the photos just don't seem to be editable. I can scale the grid, but not re-size. Hoping someone can give me an idea on how to handle this situation or is it just a case of finding another tool/theme that can do this?

iPhoto seems to handle the situation with photos better (but not perfectly) by re-sizing the photo boxes to be the correct orientation, but I guess Aperture gives you much greater control over these things and so doesn't take care of this for you.

Update:

While this isn't exactly what I was after, this thread has some useful shortcuts that may enable me to use another theme. Modern lines is still the theme I would like to use so I would like to see this question answered so that I could use it.

Managing Virtual Macs on a closed network

I have a lab of VMWare virtual Macs on a network with no Internet access. What options do i have for managing these Macs, other than one at a time? I am looking at ARD and JAMF at the moment...

Screen sharing with windows 8.1 - observe windows screen on mac

Here are already some questions about how to connect to mac's screen from windows, like:

• screen sharing from Windows to Mac over LAN


• Screen Sharing from windows to mac with no software on the windows computer

I'm looking for a reverse way. My wife got a new windows 8.1 notebook, and i'm looking for a way how to

• connect to her notebook from my Mac


• observe what she doing and allow remote assistence from my MAC


• in short - the same functionality as the /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Screen\ Sharing.app does with another mac. (e.g. vnc://... )

What i need to install and/or configure in the windows notebook to got the ability share the windows 8.1 screen, e.g. what allows me doing the following:

$ smbutil lookup wifebook
Got response from 192.168.1.13
IP address of wifebook: 192.168.1.13
$ open vnc://192.168.1.13

Any ideas?

(ps: while i'm pretty familiar with UNIX like systems, i'm totally windows noob & ignorant)

iCloud Calendar integration iCloud Calendar integration

I have to do an iCloud Calendar integration with my .net application. what are the possible ways for that.can i use an API? I have to do an iCloud Calendar integration with my .net application. what are the possible ways for that.can i use an API?

How can I filter iTunes songs with spaces in them?

When I use the iTunes library text filter option to search for love with, I get the song I'm in love with the hero but also several hits for song titles where the words love or with appear separately. Is there any way to tell iTunes that I'm searching for a full string instead of separate words? If I enclose the search term in quotes like Google the filter doesn't return any hits, and the search question mark icon doesn't seem to have any other options that fields.

How to remove known networks from Mac?

I wanted to try the solution from there (and many other sites point to this solution) but the preferred network list and all the buttons (shown in the step 4) are greyed out on my Mac (10.9.5).

How do I remove a known network from my Mac?

When I want to install TeamViewer 10, why can't I select my system disk as the distination?

Seems it happened when I want to install other softwares before (but I can't remember which). I have a 128G SSD as the system disk, but it doesn't even appear as an option in the installer. How can I deal with this?

BTW. My SSD's name is Macintoch SSD, which is not appeared on the following window.

UPDATE: 2014-12-30 I've reinstalled my OS X and now the TeamViewer .pkg can be installed correctly.

Translation of this window (according to my poor English, messages with en-US locale should be different):

Top: Installing TeamViewer

Left:

• Introduction


• License


• Destination Select


• Installation Type


• Installation


• Summary

Right:

• Select a Destination


• Select the disk where you want to install the TeamViewer software.
  
  
  
  • GlacJAY: ...
  
  
  • Macintosh HD: ...
  
  
  • TeamViewer: ...
  
  
  
  


• TeamViewer can't be installed on this disk. You can only install this software on the disk that is running OS X.

Encryption apps or password managers for iPhone without cloud or Internet connection

Is there an encryption app or password manager available for iPhone that doesn't have a cloud connection or that can be disconnected from the cloud and the Internet?

iPhone 6 rear-facing camera broken

Two days ago, I dropped my iPhone6 into a water-filled bowl in the kitchen. (Yes, you may laugh now).

I got it out after about 2 seconds, dried it, and did what you do in such cases: Open the case, dry any traces of water, leave it open to dry.

I removed some (very little) water behind the screen and on top of the SIM card. The rest of the device was dry.

I did not unplug any internal connectors, nor did I turn the device off.

After two hours, I closed the device again. Everything appeared to work.

In the evening, I took some photos using the standard rear-facing camera, including flash.

Yesterday during the day I walked around on a metal floor wearing insulating shoes and when I touched the phone, I felt a quite strong electrical discharge. It didn't appear to have had any impact on the phone, but I didn't test all of the functions immediately.

Yesterday evening (so, about 36 hours after the drop-it-in-the-water event, and about 24 hours after the last confirmed time the camera + flash worked), I found that the camera and the flash wouldn't work anymore. Symptoms:

• 
  

  activating the "flashlight" functionality makes the icon quickly turn "active" and then "inactive" again, without the flash LED ever turning on

  
  


• 
  

  starting the standard camera app shows a black screen. It is possible to switch between "modes" (video, photo, square, etc), with always the same black screen. Sometimes it's possible to switch to the front-facing camera, which appears to work normally; when switching back to the back-facing camera, the image blurs and the camera app appears to be hung

  
  


• 
  

  apps that use the camera (such as QR code readers) appear to use the front-facing camera, which appears to work normally

  
  

Rebooting the phone didn't change anything.

I have done some research, and found it to be possible that humidity corroded the camera connector over some time, which caused it to lose contact. So I opened the phone again, disconnected the four connectors that connect the "front" part to the "back" part (digitizer, front camera, home button, screen) and disconnected the camera connector that is behind those. Visual inspecition didn't show any corrosion.

Doing this, I also disconnected the battery from the phone for some minutes, to make sure to have the hardrware fully reset.

When doing this, I also found that the flash LED is not in fact part of the camera, and is not connected with the same connector.

After carefully cleaning the connectors with dry air and reinserting them, the phone is in the same state as before: Everything appears to work, except for the back-facing camera and its flash LED.

So, I would like to ask you the following questions:

1. 
   

   Is it plausible that a corroded camera connector causes the "flash LED not working as a flashlight" symptom, even though it is not part of the same hardware? (i.e. is the software written in a way that the phone won't turn on the flash LED if there is no camera device detected?)

   
   


2. 
   

   If we assume the problem is really a corroded connector, would it help to buy a replacement "rear-facing camera" off ebay and exchange the one in the phone for it?

   
   


3. 
   

   Is it plausible that the broken camera has nothing to do with the "phone falls into water" incident, but rather with "I touched the phone and got an electrostatic discharge" incident?

   
   

Thank you very much!

sound and keyboard issues

I currently have Yosemite and I am new to mac. There is this sound that plays and I do not know from which program it's coming from and it's driving me nuts. It's not regular. I know it's an alert sound but from where and when does it come? Does anyone have a program that can verify this?

I also have an issue with my keyboard. I tried to look under preferences of the keyboard but couldn't find the proper virtual keyboard matching my actual keyboard which means that not all my real keys correspond. I am playing a guessing game to figure out where "à" is for example. My actual letters are good but not the rest (punctuation, etc...)

The last thing is the continuous shift key. It doesn't "capitalize" mu numbers which means that i need to keep pressing shift at the same time I am writing numbers. Is that a mac feature or can I change it? It's annoying if I have to write series of numbers...

Thank you

Recover data after re-installing mac

I was wondering if there is a way to recover photos and things like that in a macbook (laptop) after re-installing OSX. Like in windows there is the windows.old folder and you can recover some of the data. Thanks

Cannot download app from family sharing (app already downloaded)

I have recently configured Family Sharing (2 accounts are currently part of it). Most of the apps download just fine, but there are some exceptions.

Example: account A has Twitter in its purchased list; if account B tries to download Twitter from the store, the little cloud icon appears (and this is expected, since the app has indeed been downloaded by a family member already), but the download fails with an error message that says that the app has already been purchased by another user.

Is there a way to solve this?

Yosemite Traffic Light Icons

Where would I be able to acquire Yosemite's new "Traffic Light" icons? I have found the SystemAppearance.car file, but I do not know how to decompress .car files, or if the file even contains the icons.

How to subscript/superscript single character in Text Edit?

I would like to know how to subscript/superscript "single" character in Text Edit. I have followed this question: Entering superscript text (exponents) in TextEdit?, which is format-font-baseline-Subscript but it subscripts/superscripts single line, even if I highlight single character. I tried to use different fonts, but it seems like I cannot select single character and then subscript/superscript it. Thank you for every answer.

Run my projet to android device In titanium Studio [on hold]

0 down vote favorite I work with titanium studio version 3.0.3

When I run my project into Android device, I got the errors:

[ERROR] :  Project failed to build after 287ms

It can not detect my device.

I installed the USB driver for sumsung and i configure Android device by Enable Unknown sources and Enable USB debugging.

In my eclipse IDE, I can detect my device and run my projects without probleme.

Can I give me some help, how can I deploying my projet to android device In titanium Studio

thanks :)

Disk Images no longer show up in Finder's Sidebar

I've been dealing with an issue for a very long time, I feel like it used to be a problem randomly, but at least for the last few months it's persistent. The Finder no longer lists mounted Disk Images (.dmg files) in the sidebar. Not for DMGs, nor external hard drives / external media.

The volumes are listed in Disk Utility, and I have resorted to using that to gracefully unmount the disk image. When a volume is mounted, it is possible to access it by it's /Volumes/<Volume Name> path.

In this screenshot you see Finder's Sidebar preferences. You can see that I have a DMG for Clementine open, and Disk Utility confirms that. But the volume isn't showing up on the sidebar. You can also see that the Devices list is expanded, listing my built in volume.

I've done some light searching of options to see if it could be controlled by a plist defaults setting, but I haven't found anything yet.

Why aren't mounted volumes showing up on the sidebar? How can I restore them in the list?

This problem began under Mavericks, and has persisted in Yosemite.

Adding "local" to the DNS Search Domains has no effect

I have a Mac Mini (Yosemite) on my local network and it's not running a DNS server at all. When I want to access it over SSH from a Terminal on my Macbook Air (Yosemite), I can type:

$ ssh myserver.local

And that works fine.

But I wanted to avoid having to type the ".local" domain every time, so I added the "local" domain to the Search Domains list in Network Settings (for my Wi-Fi adapter which is the one currently in use in my MBA).

If I then try:

$ ssh myserver

that doesn't work (Could not resolve hostname).

Any idea why?