How did a calendar icon make it to my Lock Screen?

The other day I looked at my Lock Screen and to my surprise there was a calendar looking icon on the bottom left. I thought it was kind of odd since I've never seen anything in the bottom left. So I tapped it and sure enough my calendar came up.

This was kind of handy, so I locked the phone again, but the icon was gone. I researched it and the closest I came up with is location based app recommendations.

The odd thing is that I had nothing on my calendar on that day or in the vicinity of where I was at.

So how exactly did the calendar icon make it onto my Lock Screen and how to get it back?

Time machine migration has been preparing for 14 hours, is this normal?

There's very little information on how long time machine migrations are supposed to take on Google. I have 200GB or so under my user and it has been stuck on "preparing to transfer user documents" for 14 hours.

What's a normal time? Can I see the progress somehow without interrupting it? Should I just cancel it?

Safari keeps Crashing due to External Modification Warning

In the last 24-hours my Safari has gone haywire. I cannot access the program to even get into my Safari Preferences without getting the following message! Any idea how to cure this?

Process:               Safari [633]
Path:                  /Applications/http://ift.tt/1wRU4rf
Identifier:            com.apple.Safari
Version:               8.0.2 (10600.2.5)
Build Info:            WebBrowser-7600002005000000~1
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Safari [633]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2015-01-09 09:25:20.613 -0800
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        0A99D4C2-C7A0-2905-CF79-7294481AFF11

Sleep/Wake UUID:       4C1441A1-223E-4A41-99A9-60786ECF949D

Time Awake Since Boot: 9900 seconds
Time Since Wake:       420 seconds

Crashed Thread:        13

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000020

External Modification Warnings:
Thread creation by external task.

VM Regions Near 0x20:
--> 
    __TEXT                 000000010758e000-000000010758f000 [    4K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/http://ift.tt/1wRU4rf

Application Specific Information:
Process Model:
Multiple Web Processes


Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880eafc6 __open + 10
1   com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff8593512b -[NSData(NSData) initWithContentsOfFile:options:error:] + 221
2   com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff859382eb -[NSData(NSData) initWithContentsOfURL:options:error:] + 191
3   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8417dbbd NSImageRepNewDataFromFileURL + 470
4   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8417d50e +[NSImageRep _imageRepsWithContentsOfURL:expandImageContentNow:giveUpOnNetworkURLsWithoutGoodExtensions:] + 593
5   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8417d261 __51-[NSImageURLReferencingRepProvider representations]_block_invoke + 55
6   com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85928006 _NSFaultInObject + 32
7   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8417d223 -[NSImageURLReferencingRepProvider representations] + 89
8   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84122af2 __45-[NSImage _usingRepresentationsPerformBlock:]_block_invoke + 47
9   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84122a8c -[NSImage _usingRepresentationsPerformBlock:] + 91
10  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff841efd47 -[NSImage representations] + 129
11  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84611afa -[NSImage _hasMultipleStates] + 81
12  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff841625db -[NSButtonCell _hasRolloverContentArt] + 43
13  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84162596 hasAnyRollover + 183
14  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8416247f -[NSButtonCell _updateMouseTracking] + 183
15  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8415ff74 -[NSButtonCell setControlView:] + 59
16  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84185127 -[NSControl initWithCoder:] + 827
17  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff841a8ed1 -[NSButton initWithCoder:] + 44
18  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84148d26 -[NSClassSwapper initWithCoder:] + 561
19  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85926150 _decodeObjectBinary + 2872
20  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85927221 -[NSKeyedUnarchiver _decodeArrayOfObjectsForKey:] + 1871
21  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85927435 -[NSArray(NSArray) initWithCoder:] + 200
22  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85926150 _decodeObjectBinary + 2872
23  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff859254a6 _decodeObject + 278
24  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84146e0f -[NSView initWithCoder:] + 2280
25  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85926150 _decodeObjectBinary + 2872
26  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff859254a6 _decodeObject + 278
27  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84148739 -[NSResponder initWithCoder:] + 97
28  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84146590 -[NSView initWithCoder:] + 105
29  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84184e1f -[NSControl initWithCoder:] + 51
30  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff841a8ed1 -[NSButton initWithCoder:] + 44
31  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84148d26 -[NSClassSwapper initWithCoder:] + 561
32  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85926150 _decodeObjectBinary + 2872
33  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff859254a6 _decodeObject + 278
34  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff841205c2 -[NSNibConnector initWithCoder:] + 106
35  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8412044d -[NSNibOutletConnector initWithCoder:] + 75
36  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85926150 _decodeObjectBinary + 2872
37  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85927221 -[NSKeyedUnarchiver _decodeArrayOfObjectsForKey:] + 1871
38  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85927435 -[NSArray(NSArray) initWithCoder:] + 200
39  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85926150 _decodeObjectBinary + 2872
40  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff859254a6 _decodeObject + 278
41  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8411f0e2 -[NSIBObjectData initWithCoder:] + 200
42  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85926150 _decodeObjectBinary + 2872
43  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff859254a6 _decodeObject + 278
44  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8411eeb1 loadNib + 300
45  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8468cf80 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:options:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 313
46  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8411e5d5 -[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:topLevelObjects:] + 201
47  com.apple.Safari.framework      0x0000000107925d44 -[ToolbarController initWithBrowserWindowController:] + 164
48  com.apple.Safari.framework      0x000000010769e5b5 -[BrowserWindowControllerMac windowDidLoad] + 727
49  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8437d4e7 -[NSWindowController _windowDidLoad] + 586
50  com.apple.Safari.framework      0x00000001079a8cfe -[WindowController _windowDidLoad] + 43
51  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff843646a2 -[NSWindowController window] + 110
52  com.apple.Safari.framework      0x000000010769f053 -[BrowserWindowControllerMac showWindow:] + 66
53  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84429c0a -[NSDocument showWindows] + 93
54  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84428741 -[NSDocumentController openUntitledDocumentAndDisplay:error:] + 470
55  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8442852c -[NSDocumentController newDocument:] + 36
56  com.apple.Safari.framework      0x00000001076967c0 +[BrowserWindowControllerMac reopen] + 256
57  com.apple.Safari.framework      0x00000001075a567f -[AppController applicationOpenUntitledFile:] + 22
58  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8435ea5a -[NSApplication _doOpenUntitled] + 424
59  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff84297b91 __58-[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:]_block_invoke + 252
60  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff845a1389 __97-[NSDocumentController(NSInternal) _autoreopenDocumentsIgnoringExpendable:withCompletionHandler:]_block_invoke_3 + 140
61  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff845a0d81 -[NSDocumentController(NSInternal) _autoreopenDocumentsIgnoringExpendable:withCompletionHandler:] + 798
62  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8413fee6 -[NSApplication _reopenWindowsAsNecessaryIncludingRestorableState:registeringAsReady:completionHandler:] + 331
63  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8413fc69 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:] + 561
64  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8413f6b5 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 244
65  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85930458 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 290
66  com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff859302c9 _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 102
67  com.apple.AE                    0x00007fff84d4599c aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned int, unsigned char*) + 531
68  com.apple.AE                    0x00007fff84d45719 dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 31
69  com.apple.AE                    0x00007fff84d45623 aeProcessAppleEvent + 295
70  com.apple.HIToolbox             0x00007fff8e7a837e AEProcessAppleEvent + 56
71  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8413bd76 _DPSNextEvent + 2665
72  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8413ae80 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 194
73  com.apple.Safari.framework      0x000000010760ead0 -[BrowserApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 246
74  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8412ee23 -[NSApplication run] + 594
75  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8411a2d4 NSApplicationMain + 1832
76  libdyld.dylib                   0x00007fff867d15c9 start + 1

Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880ec22e kevent64 + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib               0x00007fff8d848a6a _dispatch_mgr_thread + 52

Thread 2:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880eb946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc24a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880eb946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc24a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 4:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880eb946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc24a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 5:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880eb946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc24a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 6:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880eb946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc24a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 7:: WebCore: IconDatabase
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880ec5d6 pread + 10
1   libsqlite3.dylib                0x00007fff8683c855 readDbPage + 117
2   libsqlite3.dylib                0x00007fff8683af92 sqlite3PagerAcquire + 1314
3   libsqlite3.dylib                0x00007fff8692d2dc checkList + 156
4   libsqlite3.dylib                0x00007fff8692db51 checkTreePage + 1057
5   libsqlite3.dylib                0x00007fff8692dc84 checkTreePage + 1364
6   libsqlite3.dylib                0x00007fff868764ac sqlite3VdbeExec + 67324
7   libsqlite3.dylib                0x00007fff868643df sqlite3_step + 735
8   com.apple.WebCore               0x00000001091c4bc9 WebCore::SQLiteStatement::step() + 73
9   com.apple.WebCore               0x0000000109815a2c WebCore::IconDatabase::checkIntegrity() + 108
10  com.apple.WebCore               0x00000001091c4314 WebCore::IconDatabase::performOpenInitialization() + 116
11  com.apple.WebCore               0x00000001091c39b5 WebCore::IconDatabase::iconDatabaseSyncThread() + 325
12  com.apple.JavaScriptCore        0x000000010837ea9f WTF::wtfThreadEntryPoint(void*) + 15
13  libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc42fc _pthread_body + 131
14  libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc4279 _pthread_start + 176
15  libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc24b1 thread_start + 13

Thread 8:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880eb946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc24a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 9:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880eb946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc24a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 10:

Thread 11:: com.apple.CoreAnimation.render-server
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880e652e mach_msg_trap + 10
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880e569f mach_msg + 55
2   com.apple.QuartzCore            0x00007fff86e82d63 CA::Render::Server::server_thread(void*) + 198
3   com.apple.QuartzCore            0x00007fff86e82c96 thread_fun + 25
4   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc42fc _pthread_body + 131
5   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc4279 _pthread_start + 176
6   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc24b1 thread_start + 13

Thread 12:: com.apple.NSURLConnectionLoader
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880e652e mach_msg_trap + 10
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff880e569f mach_msg + 55
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x00007fff836b6b14 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 212
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x00007fff836b5fdb __CFRunLoopRun + 1371
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x00007fff836b5838 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296
5   com.apple.CFNetwork             0x00007fff8d588d20 +[NSURLConnection(Loader) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 434
6   com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff85976b7a __NSThread__main__ + 1345
7   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc42fc _pthread_body + 131
8   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc4279 _pthread_start + 176
9   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc24b1 thread_start + 13

**Thread 13 Crashed:
0   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff83dc2695 _pthread_mutex_lock + 87
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00007fff8d386b78 vfprintf_l + 28
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00007fff8d37f620 fprintf + 186
3   ???                             0x00000001103615dc 0 + 4566947292
Thread 13 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
  rax: 0x0000000000000000  rbx: 0x00007fff73cb41d8  rcx: 0x00007fff73cb41f0  rdx: 0x00000000000000a0
  rdi: 0x00007fff73cb41f0  rsi: 0x00007fff83dc2b14  rbp: 0x000000011035de30  rsp: 0x000000011035ddb0
   r8: 0x0000000110365000   r9: 0x0000000000000054  r10: 0x0000000000000000  r11: 0x0000000000000206
  r12: 0x00007fff73cb36b8  r13: 0x0000000000000000  r14: 0x0000000000000000  r15: 0x0000000000000000
  rip: 0x00007fff83dc2695  rfl: 0x0000000000010246  cr2: 0x0000000000000020

Logical CPU:     2
Error Code:      0x00000004
Trap Number:     14**

In Apple's diversity video, what is the moving iMac?

Possibly off topic, but I couldn't find a more relevant place to ask.

At 0:19 in Apple's diversity video, there is what appears to be an iMac driving itself around a warehouse in the background of that shot. Anyone know what it is?

About defragging a Mac

Are there any good free defragmenter programs for a Mac Mini? Is disk defragmentation needed for Mac computers?

How to detect already connected USB drive?

I am using a MacMini runing OS/X for some work, and I'm n00b to OS/X - and I often leave a USB drive plugged in when I switch off at night.

However, when I re-start, the drive is not detected and needs to be unplugged and plugged back in.

Is there a way to force the Mac to re-detect the drive?

Directory in my mac filesystem has sub directories with greater size than parent directory

I have some weirdness on my mac's filesystem nowadays.

I have a dir in my home dev to store my programs and git repos. Size of the dev is 630 MB. Size of the dev/todos is 637 MB and there a re some other sub dirs in this dev of 175MB and so.

What is the reason for that. Is my mac going crazy or it is git or something?

Macbook Pro: How to disable discrete GPU permanently from EFI?

I'd like to disable the NVideo GTX 750M GPU on my Macbook Pro 15" (Retina, Mid 2014, OSX 10.10 Yosemite). I know I can use GfxCardStatus but I read I could have a more permanent solution by changing some EFI flag.

My question is:

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  How can I disable the discrete GPU from EFI?

  
  

  I assume this is persistable across multiple reboots. I'd also want to know how to undo it if needed.

  
  

Update:

The question is basically whether the command mentioned in GfxCardStatus github issue comment here is correct or not, and how to undo it if it doesn't work.

.

An answer to this alone is a correct answer, but it'll be awesome if you can also tell me:

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  If you force integrated graphics in GfxCardStatus, Mac OSX (up to Yosemite at least) doesn't allow you to use multiple monitors (even though the built in Iris Pro can do it).

  
  

  If I disable the discrete GPU from EFI, will Mac OS think integrated GPU is the one installed and let me use multiple monitors with it?

  
  


• 
  

  I heard that the same EFO doesn't even show the integrated GPU to other OSes than Mac OSes and you have to trick it somehow to think it's Mac OS.

  
  

  Is that true? And if yes, how to do that?

  
  

photos disappeared from messages Iphone 4S

My iPhone4S has suddenly deleted all the photo's that were in my message's...being photo's that were sent to me..in their place is a blank space with what seem's to be a file number which is underneath a question mark..they have not gone into my photo's that are in my album or anywhere else that I can see...I installed iOS 8 a couple of month's ago...could this be part of the problem...Iwould really appreciate any help I could get with this and because I am not that up on technology please give a step by step answer...thank you to anyone who can help

External screens connected to MacBookPro and its main screen turn off momentarily frequenetly

My Mid 2014 Retina MacBook Pro is connected to two Dell external monitors (U2713HM) via lightening-to-displayport cable

Some day my MBP and the two monitors can momentarily turn off and then turn back on. These error messages appear a lot in the console log:

How can I fix this problem?

OS version: 10.10.1 (OS X Yosemite)

Weird Issue with SSH Keys

I generated ssh keys (public and private) and stored them in ~/.ssh/myServer/. I added the public key to the server's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file and everything works great! In my effort to try and understand how the keys work I deleted them and was surprised to find that I was still able to connect to the server. Why is it that I am still able to connect without a password?

disk become empty after delete a large file

I have a 2T mobile disk with the format of NTFS. I store 1T files on it, including a large file with the size of 260G.

After I delete the large file, all the file was gone. I remount the disk again and again , it remains the same. I am using os x lion.

Here is the result of df -h

Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity   iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2   931Gi  486Gi  445Gi    53% 127448441  116532301   52%   /
devfs          332Ki  332Ki    0Bi   100%      1149          0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%         0          0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%         0          0  100%   /home
/dev/disk1s1   1.8Ti  874Gi  989Gi    47%     57185 1036883723    0%   /Volumes/Seagate Backup Plus Drive

Notice the last line, 874Gi Used but 0% iused. What I can concluded is the files are still on the disk but I can't see them. Maybe some inode is broken.

So how can I save my file on the disk. Any method to copy the file to another disk or repair the mobile disk?

What is the Downloads folder on an iOS device?

This might seem like a simple question but what is the downloads folder on an iOS device? Is it OK to remove the contents of it?

On my iPhone, I have used iExplorer to check out the contents of this folder and it is using roughly a couple hundred megs and has nearly 600 folders in it. I develop apps and have numerous apps with failed installs. Do you think it is OK to wipe this folder clean without impacting other apps?

What is a good OSX incremental backup software (not time machine)

So I used to use CCC to clone my external drive to another external drive for a backup copy.

What I realized is that I want incremental backup that is versioned. So I can go back to a copy that is on a specific date in the past.

I don't want to use time machine for this because right now TM is already being used to backup my main drive to a time capsule.

As far as I know, I can't setup TM to backup my main drive to time capsule while choosing to backup an external drive to another location.

I guess I'm looking for 3rd party solution here?

The Impossible Quiz right-click doesn't work

In The Impossible Quiz, Question #40 has you place your cursor on one button and then has you move the cursor to another button about an inch away without hitting any of the area in between. The solution is to use the right-click menu as a bridge between the two areas, but in later versions of OS X (at least Mavericks and Yosemite), it always registers that I'm hitting the area that I'm not supposed to be hitting. How can I fix this?

Keynote presentation view

Today when I set up my Keynote presentation, the "presenter view" appeared on the audience screen and the audience view appeared on my MacBookPro. The MacBook is a brand new computer and the Keynote is ver. 6.5.2 (2119) I have used this same computer, Keynote and projector for the past 4 months and never had this problem. I tried disconnecting the computer from the projector and restarting Keynote. No difference. I disconnected the computer from the projector and restarted the computer with the projector connected. No difference. I looked in preferences but did not find anything helpful in the display settings. I'm obviously missing something. Has anyone had a similar experience?

Does online backup work well for OSX?

My external drive recently died, and my local backup failed (a string of bad bad luck). Good thing I have offsite backup, done with one of those cloud backup companies (backblaze).

Right now I'm requesting for a hard drive mailed to me with my files (4TB). I've never done this before, can I expect the files that come back to be the exact same? I have a hard time believing that because the backup system is not HFS I can only assume?

In particular, I'm concerned about things like my iPhoto library. In OSX I see it as one big file, but I know in reality it is just a "special" folder. Will the files come back as a proper iPhone library?

Why do some Facebook contacts not appear on my Mac/iPhone?

I've decided to try out the Facebook contact integration in Yosemite/iOS 8, and for the most part, it seemed to work pretty smoothly. However, I have some Facebook friends with actual contact information (e.g., a cell phone number or a non-@facebook.com email address) who nevertheless don't show up in my computer/phone contacts. Some of these friends have entries in my iCloud contacts with matching contact information, but they still aren't matched to their corresponding Facebook accounts. How can I get these Facebook accounts to show up as contacts on my Mac/iPhone?

What does http://ift.tt/1yWwMpe means

After using fing, one of the IP address on my network for iPhone 5 showed the below message. What does it mean. "62078 iPhone sync". It also says 'apparently used by iPhone while syncing - http://ift.tt/1yWwMpe

hdf5 dependency of homebrew?

Deep into the installation of octave viw homebrew the hdf5 dependency failed here:

==> Installing octave dependency: hdf5 ==> Downloading http://ift.tt/1DNDD3p

curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found Error: Failed to download resource "hdf5" Download failed: http://ift.tt/1DNDD3p

Should I manually fix the recipe? How to do it (not familiar with homebrew innards)

How to disable text drag delay

Is there any way to disable the delay for text dragging in OS X?

There is a small delay between selecting and dragging text, if you start dragging the text right after you selected it - it will instead re-select the text which can be annoying. Some apps don't have this delay (for example Sublime Text 2/3 where you can drag the text immediately after selecting it) but in most apps you would have to click the left mouse button and hold it for a bit before you can drag the selected text.

Changing dev environment to Homebrew

I'm a new mac user and I'm going to start using Homebrew to build my environment. My current environment I've installed piece by piece. What I want to check is what to make sure I do, so I don't get conflicts and i'm not running a load of software that I don't need.

Is this just a case of through the terminal uninstalling, apache, php, mysql etc and clearing out my usr/local/ folder and starting with homebrew?

Resizing a selected area in a PDF in OS X

I am looking for a program that can resize a selected area in a PDF.

E.g. on Microsoft Windows with Microsoft Paint I can use the "Resize" feature:

(but Microsoft Paint doesn't support PDF and is not vectorial).

I would prefer if the program works with Mac OS X 10.10.

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Attempts:

• Inkscape can resize a selected area in a PDF but it loses the page structure.


• GIMP is a raster graphics editor application (i.e. not vectorial): I want to keep it vectorial.


• I couldn't find a way to do it in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Clash of clans village transfer

I cannot get my iPod 3rd gen village to merge over to my iPhone 5c through Game Center I have tried many things and none work

I cloud account swap

I bought my son a new iphone at Xmas so I now have his old one but it has his iCloud account on it if I delete on this phone can I make a new one for me and will his account still be active and ok on his new device?

How to install SSD on late 2007 MacBook Pro (15 inch)

I have a slot on the left-hand side of my MacBook Pro (late 2007, NOT a unibody) and am wondering: is this slot suited for an SSD that I can simply stick in? Or would I have to install an SSD internally?

Thank you so much!

Hirek

Navigate directly to particular elapsed time into movie using iMovie?

I have video of my son's sports games. During each game, when he makes a good play, I note the elapsed time (like 3:17, or 3 minutes 17 seconds in).

Later, once I've transferred the videos from the iPad back to my Mac, I want to navigate directly to that instant without scrolling . I just want to say to iMovie, "go to 3:17".

How can I do that?

TIA, Matthew

Where is Iphotos? on my iphone 5s -

I am trying to delete photos on my phone that have NO delete button. Each of the photos without the delete button active say "from my computer". These have stacked up and many are duplicates of the same photo. I am pulling my hair out. The phone has the latest update.

Smooth slow motion transition in FCP X

I am adding slow motion to a clip in FCP X. I have 1 clip as 100% speed and then the next as 50% speed. This works, but it "jumps" quickly from 100% to 50%. Is there a way to make this transition smooth so that it slows down to 50% over a second or two? Also, what is this effect called?

How can I save and message slow motion video on iphone 6 / ios8?

I recorded a slow motion video and i can play it back on my phone but when I text the video to someone else they don't see the slow motion effect. Do i need to purchase another application for this or is this supported out of the box with iphone 6 ios8?

need to change ID to stop hundreds of spam emails being delivered

How to delete apple communities account. My email box is being flooded with spam messages. Help please

moving mail folders to gmail labels - sublabels and hierarchy is lost

I use Mail.app and iOS Mail to access 3 different gmail accounts. Currently I have all of my mail in folders "on my mac", but I'd like to be able to access them from my mobile devices (iphone, ipad) or when logging onto email from another computer (using the webapp). When I drag and drop folders into my gmail accounts (as per this answer), the nesting/sublabels/heirarchy is lost. How can I migrate preserving the proper structure?

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My Folders looks something like:

Group/
|- SubGroup1/
|- SubGroup2/
   |- SubSubGroup/
   |- <some messages>
|- <some messages>

and the new gmail labels look like:

Group (messages)
Group/SubGroup1
Group/SubGroup2
Group/SubGroup2/SubSubGroup
Group/SubGroup2/SubSubGroup (messages)

Apple ID problems

I changed my apple ID email address details about a year ago, as I do not have access to the old email address. I was recently asked to answer some security questions which I have forgotten. When I went to manage my apple ID and change to answers, the rescue email is still the old one, which I no longer have access to. Please help?

Internal SSD not visible

When I boot up my Macbook Air (circa Sept 2013, running Mountain Lion), I get a folder with a "?", indicating the SSD is not visible. This started when I tried installing an Office upgrade, and powered off the laptop midway because it appeared like it froze :(

I ran AHT by pressing D at startup. It passed with "No issues found", refernce code ADP000.

I installed OS X on an external USB Flash drive, it boots up OK, indicating that there is nothing else wrong with the laptop. However running diskutil list when I've booted from USB doesn't show the internal SSD.

I have some important files on the internal SSD. Looking for guidance regarding what else I can do.

iOS: Different language for mail / calendar

Although I send most e-mail to English speaking audiences, I'd like to use a non-English language as my iPhone's general language. Unfortunately when I change the phone's language, all of the mail separator messages (e.g., "Begin forwarded message", etc..) and calendar responses also change along with the language.

Is it possible to explicitly set the language for the Mail / Calendar App to English and use a different general language?

Old Clash of Clans account transfered - how to create a new village?

I have worked with Supercell to transfer my kid's CofC village from my GameCenter account to his. (He had started playing on my machine under my account but he now has his own account.) That is now resolved.

However, since he used to play on my machine, his village is still the one that loads when I launch the CofC app. It's not attached to my GameCenter account, but it's still the one that appears by default. Obviously, I don't want to play my kid's village (and in fact I can't even launch the app when he's playing on his side). How can I start a new village and link it to my GameCenter?

I'm thinking that a possible course of action would be to (1) backup, (2) restore to factory settings, (3) login to GameCenter and create a new village, (4) restore from backup. This should work but it's a bit involved. Anything easier?

Privacy printing in Mac

Does anybody know how to prevent filename and username to be revealed when printing to a network printer? I would like to hide that information by default, specially the filename since it might reveal a lot of information. (Im using Yosemite although I doubt that matters at all)

Using ACL to allow users to add files but not created subdirectories in a folder

I am on Mac OS Lion and wants to prevent users from creating sub directories inside a folder but at the same time users should be able to add files to the same directory

The following command does not allow user to add files to the folder

chmod +a "user allow add_file" test

What should I do to allow users to add files and not sub directories?

Does anyone have the default Sartfile.bin and Extras2.rsrc for mavericks 10.9.5?

I was tinkering around with the files listed above but forgot to back them up. Does anyone have these files in their original form so i can undo my changes?

Thanks.

Apple TestFlight iOS 8 - What is the limit for external beta testers?

I have an iOS developer account and I would like to test 2 apps with the new Apple TestFlight service. Is the 1000 limit for external testers per app or per developer account?

My iPad is not working

My iPad is telling me that my card is invalid and I've used it before, when I go to the payment method my security number is gone from the info. When I input the number it says my payment method isn't valid. Idk what I need to do. My card works and I've used it before. Why can't I use it now?

Is there a proxy testing application on OSX?

I remember I have used a Windows proxy testing software a long time ago. The software allows me to input say 100 proxy at a time, and I could set a destination url (for example, Google.com or http://ift.tt/Y1L1bD) and then test how many proxies in the list can visit the destination url (and at what speed). I am wondering if there is a similar application on OSX can do the similar thing. Thanks!

How can I get rid of a podcast?

I am desperately attempting to get rid of a podcast, but iTunes continues to resurrect it. The podcast I am trying to get rid of is the NBC Nightly News (Video).

These are the images of what it looks like when I am attempting to get rid of it:

1. In iTunes, it shows at unsubscribed.

2. In the iTunes store it shows as unsubscribed.

So, I should be able to simply delete it from iTunes and it should be gone. Right? Well, I select the podcast and press the delete key. It presents this dialog:

I select the delete option and it appears to be gone.

I then quit and restart iTunes and it comes right back again.

If I recheck the iTunes store, it still shows as unsubscribed.

Why? Why? Why?

What do I need to do to rid myself of this podcast? Any ideas?

How to search in Safari's history on iOS?

In Safari on my iPad, I want to find all the questions I have visited recently on Ask Different .

I type apple.st. Safari suggests me some pages.

In Bookmarks and history, Safari gives me at most 5 results.

How can I have all the results ?

I would like a solution for iOS 7. I am interested in solutions for iOS 8 too.

Thank you.

Cloning my SSD into bigger one

I have a 128gb SSD running MacOSX, I have another 2TB spinning disk too, I have a bunch of symlinks so that ordinary directories that do not need SSD speed are put on the 2TB disk (Downloads, Desktop, etc, for example).

I have purchased a bigger and faster SSD and I would like to replace my existing SSD with this new one.

I have set it up on an external disk mount that connects via USB, and cloned my main using Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDupper, with both I could not get it to BOOT after I replaced my main disk with the bigger one inside the casing.

What am I doing wrong? What I did: - Partition virgin SSD with 1 full size partition using disk utility with boot GUID Partition Table. - Use CCC or SupperDupper to clone it. - Open up machine, replace old SSD with new SSD. - Turn on computer.

It will always fail to boot. So I just go back to using my original SSD.

Macbook Pro: How to disable discrete GPU permanently from EFI?

I'd like to disable the NVideo GTX 750M GPU on my Macbook Pro 15" (Retina, Mid 2014, OSX 10.10 Yosemite).

I know I can use GfxCardStatus but I read I could have a more permanent solution by changing some EFI flag.

My main question is:

• What is the command to change the EFI to disable the discrete GPU persistently? And what's the command to undo that if needed?

This alone will be a correct answer, but it will be really awesome if you can also tell me:

• 
  

  If you force integrated graphics in GfxCardStatus, Mac OSX (up to Yosemite at least) doesn't allow you to use multiple monitors (even though the built in Iris Pro can do it).

  
  

  If I disable the discrete GPU from EFI, will Mac OS think discrete is the one and let me use multiple monitors?

  
  


• 
  

  I heard that the same EFO doesn't even show the integrated GPU to other OSes than Mac OSes and you have to trick it somehow to think it's Mac OS. Is that true? And if yes, how to do that?

  
  

Supend virtual machine, apple script (hibernate mac)

I have tried do it for over 1,5 hour, but I can't get it. I need an application, which will: 1. Activate Parallels Desktop, 2. Click option and then click Suspend of menu of menu item "Actions" of menu, 3. Activate SmartSleep, 5. Minimize SmartSleep 6. Click Hibernate of menu item QuickSleep of menu, 6. After resume resume vm. Here is my try:

tell application "Parallels Desktop" to activate
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Parallels Desktop"
        tell application "System Events" to keystroke option
        delay 1
        click menu 1 of menu item 5 of menu
        delay 1
    end tell
end tell

How to speed up old MacBook Pro15 inch late 2007 with 4GB RAM (2.4 GHz)

I am running 10.9.5 (Mavericks) and have about 12GB available on my hard drive with 2.2/2.4 GHz.

I have noted that performance has been getting slow (esp. on startup) and was wondering if there are any obvious ways to improve performance?

I would greatly appreciate your advice! Perhaps this question has been asked before but I could not find it using the search function.

Best,

Hirek

Processor affinity on mac.

In Linux machines, there is a command called taskset, which can be used to do the processor affinity.

In mac(from mavericks) are there any commands to the same job like taskset?

Else how one can achieve processor affinity on mac?

Thanks in advance.

What app could open text from anywhere in the editor of your choice?

On my previous installation, I had a small tool that took text from e.g. a web form after pressing e.g. ⌘ + E, pasted it in the editor of my choice where I would edit it. After saving, it was pasted back to the original place. The app was on the App Store in its early days, later pulled and still available from GitHub.

I can't remember its name, can you?

Thanks.

Am I able to replace In-App purchase with Apple Pay?

Apple Pay commission fee is much lower than 30% for In-App purchase. It seems it is more worth to use Apple Pay.

I use now In-App purchase to enable remove ad from my app. Do you think I can replace it with Apple Pay?

Is there a way to show import errors in iTunes?

When importing video files into iTunes (through either File > Add to Library, drag and drop, or the automatic import folder), is there a way to show errors or a log explaining why a file was not imported?

When using the automatic import folder, the rejected file is moved into the Not Added folder, but iTunes doesn't give any reason why the file was rejected. Is there a way to enable logging in iTunes to show what went wrong (e.g. wrong audio codec)?

Yosemite Finder spins endlessly when browsing NFS mounted folders

I have an NFS export on my Ubuntu 14.04 machine. I can mount it just fine from the command line in Yosemite:

mount -t nfs -o rw server:/home/gbell2/iOS_apps /Users/Devel/iOS_apps

And immediately I can ls it. No problem.

Problem is, when I go into Finder and browse it, the little gray wheel at the bottom spins forever.

I cannot browse or open files in that folder from Xcode either.

I do not have icon preview enabled. My automount config just has Apple-generated stuff in it and while I know what automount is, these answers seem confused.

Another answer fingering automount isn't really clear either.

I've tried the mount options like rw,bg,hard,intr,noac,nfc,tcp with no change in behavior.

There aren't a large amount of files in the root folder of that share.

I'm not mounting in /Volumes because one of the above references indicates that doesn't work any more.

Mounting with SMB doesn't have this issue, though I'd like to avoid the permissions issues that I usually see when tying *nix systems together with SMB.

Any ideas or how to debug?

Can I set Show Library Folder via defaults from command line

Is there anyway to activate the Show Library Folder option from the command line?

I know that I can archive it with the command chflags nohidden ~/Library', but for several reasons I would prefer a defaults command.

Weird encoding in executable files in ios apps

I'm trying to see how does certain ios apps executable files look like, what I do is export the app files to my computer using iexplorer, I then took a look at the info.plist to see the executable files, after that I opened them with my notepad to use the UTF-8 Encoding, but here how does things look like in both files-in the opening of both of the files I see english words that are expressing directories:

Sample of file 1:

‹"Ò.(?!ÑNÓU£C°îXjøe”Ú5O•½°{^ÿÝŒEÌrôðæ$@[3,ÔÜ£æ»8I˜hGw!*aHÒQ•tœl²þ„™AÍçßÍ憴³)è:cÌ7H5æß-eFç¯î&Ø\n,$Ë$y»¥ÁB^6ÙP; i(q,AÅ 
âðð·'©=Ÿa"v!PBÛÚ"¤¬‹Wj·;ËsÌŽÚâZüŠ–ÇüÉ;ÜA´sI«¸Üæ¿÷ ›‚‰.êøLž

Sample of file 2:

ßꪧgö«húDªÝn¡±CÅÁ¹ â=؉ˆ4|®b¡  JeW-ɯðó<n!¿mªJŒS£šŠ¿)ÙP"㢜ÛôRW­³tÖÙiŠ/7’¬(.æIó£™\NÒèË0¾jDçéM«Q/rªa`NÌhó¾ByUkézAµI—Ê6èøÁœ.gÄkß±ŠÊbN¬9ó9XˆU_ô°Š Y—9cÍq²Xi“¢•¢^+3بñTÒ¦”¦Ø+PEOÖ–lci5^?÷¤(131dv°t]†™6>¦xgýgeéÀXœH7ßJÉ" 3‡rÜ6ÒI_   ƒr cdÅá¸|íð¼l;Töl±”›MÛ˜±o/ôÇô#¬RS;Y¥!ÜzGò“vî©6ØR¡‚>Ì0m5
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Ironically in the second file I can see a huge block of english words absolutely fine, but I dont get it why I don't see the whole file very good? I have also tried to open the files in an objective-c compiler after I have made them .m but that again was useless?