Ask Different (Apple): 01/25/15

dimanche 25 janvier 2015

Install Windows 7 with Bootcamp on OS X Yosemite with USB Key

I have an iMac (bought in 2011) and I recently upgraded it with Yosemite. I am trying to install Windows 7 on it via Bootcamp.

However, its optical drive does not work, so I chose the USB key solution using the trick of modifying the file info.plist of Bootcamp (type 'usb bootcamp youtube' in google to see a video of this trick).

So I follow the process religiously and end up with the classic and famous boring screen 'No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key'.

So I tried to use Unetbootin ( http://ift.tt/jSIdcH ) to make my USB Key bootable, and tried to boot on it through the screen that appears when you maintain the Option key (Alt button) while starting the mac. Result: I never managed to have my Unetbootin-formatted USB key appear on this screen :(

I read some stuff about reFit ( http://ift.tt/PZWUbf ) and GParted, but I just don't know how to use them...

If someone managed to install Windows 7 on his/her iMac with Yosemite using a USB Key, please help me understand why I can't see the USB as a boot option.

Looking for a tutorial on how to make an OS X Notification Center Widget?

I've never programmed with Xcode/Swift/anything OS X related before, but would like to learn how to make a (hopefully) simple notification center widget that runs a terminal command/AppleScript on click of button A, and another command/AppleScript on click of button B. A title and image may also be nice, but not necessary.

Any pointers in the right direction are much appreciated.

How do I get Chrome-like tab switching shortcuts in Safari?

I much prefer the way Chrome allows me to use ⌘+# key to switch directly to an open tab. For example: ⌘+3 takes me directly to tab 3 in Chrome, but in Safari it loads the third bookmark from the bookmark bar in the current tab.

How can I make Safari behave like Chrome when I'm using ⌘+# key shortcuts and switch tabs instead of loading bookmarks?

messed up screen sharing

I am screen sharing from an iMac 10.6.8 looking at a MacBook Pro 10.8. Quite often, but not always, the shared screen looks like this on my iMac.

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(This image is anonymized.) So there is the real shared screen down below, and an inverted piece of it at top. Neither piece is active, in that I can't do anything on them remotely. What's going on? Is a display setting messed up on one machine? Help! This is really annoying. I can easily do screen sharing to other machines.

Is it possible to access a list of wifi networks my iPhone has used?

I understand I may have to jailbreak my phone to access this, but is there a way to view a list of networks my iPhone has remembered and get info on the date they were last accessed?

I know there are some apps that allow you to view all the stored passwords for previously accessed networks but I'm also interested in seeing the date they were last accessed.

Thanks in advance of any help you can give.

Create PDF hyperlink on iPhone app

I am looking for a way to create a hyperlink in a PDF file that links to another page in the same PDF. Are there any apps that have his functionality? I use Goodreader but can't see how to accomplish this in said app.

Preview pdf markup on iPad?

I've always loved the functionality Preview.app provides for marking up PDFs. Using Dropbox allows me to easily see these changes across my mac's, but I'm stumped as to how to not only see, but continue to markup PDFs when I'm using my iPad.

Is there a native app or setting I'm missing? I've tried using iBooks, but I cannot annotate there on a pdf like I can an ePub. If there isn't a way to do this out of the box, does anyone have a favorite third party solution?

App to view my iOS photos with their filenames

Is there an app for iOS where I can see all my photos, with their filenames next to them?

Is it OK to remove files from any directory named "Caches"?

[I'm not looking for dire warnings from my explanation of why I'm asking this question as I'm aware of the possible consequences and willing to take the chances (and to reload my entire system) but will briefly explain why and add a caution to others who might decide to do the same that if you have any doubt about being able to restore a crippled system on your own then I'd suggest taking a safer route than what is described here. That said…]

Due to intermittent problems of uncertain cause with a system that's been through many upgrades, I'm attempting to clean up some old clutter that has built up over many years before resorting to a completely fresh install that would require reinstalling all applications and restoring all my personal settings. I've got enough professional experience (Mac, Unix & PC), good backups and the ability to recover (which I have) from mistakes that might leave the machine inoperable and am willing to take the risks involved. Various errors in the system logs have pointed towards directories of cache files, most of them quite old (though often recently accessed) that have inconsistencies (valid or not) that might be creating or adding to the current problems. I want to see if removing some or all of the files they contain to see if it might help and know that there are many cache files that can be removed with no problem but don't know if it is generally (or always) the case that it is OK to delete their contents.

I see lots of questions about deleting files from specific cache directories but would like to know if there are any directories that are named "Caches" (literally) whose contents should not be touched? Or will any removed content be recreated as needed? If some are off limits then is there a way of knowing which ones must be left alone?

Also, is there a best way to delete files from "Caches" directories (Single User mode, Recovery Console via Terminal, booting to a system on a different disk from that which you want to change, etc.) that avoids crashing the current system session or having files you attempt to delete be restored during shutdown or restart?

Mid 2010 MacBook Pro and Thunderbolt display

Is there a way to use Thunderbolt display with mid 2010 MacBook Pro that only has a Mini DisplayPort (i.e. no Thunderbolt)? I understand that Thunderbolt displays are officially supposed to work only with post 2010 Macs, however I only care about the display functionality, i.e. I want my Mac to simply see it as a monitor.

How do you delete a book on iBooks

My brother downloaded some books on my iBooks account and I want it permanently off my purchased and all books thing. I have iOS 8.1.2 so none of the answers in the previous question.

Problems with iphone 4s

I have taken over my daughters iPhone 4s and she has restored it and remove get apple and icloud id. When I tried to set one up for me it says I can no longer set up a free apple/icloud id on this device. What can I do?

How in the world do you remove an action in iAd producer?

I am using iAd producer this afternoon to make iAds for some of my apps. I have googled around and for the love of God I cannot figure out how to remove an action that I have added to an action list. I have tried dragging the action out of the list, control clicking, alt clicking, command clicking, I can't figure it out.

How do I delete the action?

chang apache root directory

I am having problems changing the Permissions on the "username.conf" file in the /etc/apache2/users/ folder. It need to have the Permission of -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 298 Jun 28 16:47 username.conf

But I am not being successful at it. I have tried with sudo chmod 644 username.conf; and it didn't change. I am using the tutorial http://ift.tt/1HgFdxM

When I check the permission of the file, it's -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 155 Jan 23 23:30 Owner.conf

When I navigate to http://localhost/~Owner/ , I get 404 Not found.

Configure skype proxy setting?

I would like to use Skype's proxy setting on Mac however when i click on "Change":

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This just takes me to SystemPreferences -> Wifi -> Advanced -> Proxies...

What am i supposed to do to setup a proxy for skype? I wish to do this because others can resolve and attack me with booters very easily thanks to Skype.

I would like a non-application needed method. Please do not post links to apps which attempt to route the connections on a per-app basis. This shouldn't be impossible to do without them...

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) with 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

I bought a Seagate external HD 500gb with my Mac. Recently started using Photoshop and Lightroom, which take up a ton of space. I was thinking of moving my entire Iphoto to the Seagate to free up space, is this possible. If so, how would I go about it? Thanks in advance.

I use zsh. For some reason, with zsh, when I type open <TAB> (which should list the files to autocompletion), it opens Finder in the current folder.

I don't have anything aliased for that. I didn't change any config recently. I don't have any idea about why this is happening. Bash works, though.

Any ideas on how can I fix or debug that?

OS X Mavericks: Notification center, facebook notifications not working

AskDifferent community.

As it entitled, my question is that facebook notification (new messages) doesn't appears in notification center (os x mavericks). Other notifications (from applications, websites) shows normally and only facebook's notifications doesn't.

Before and if you ask, I answer: yes, the facebook account in preferences is configured and enabled.

Cannot launch several applications

After a shutdown then start operation, my Mac OS X(10.10) is no longer to launch several applications, including

adobe reader

appcode

conerstone

diagrammix

slate

idapro

kaleidoscope

OmniGraffle(OmniFocus, OmniOutliner are OK)

Google Chrome

Firefox

Source Tree

I guess it is because all of them depend on a certain library/configuration, but I'm not sure.

Is there any way to find out what's going on? like launch some apps from CLI with verbose logs?

Disable instant reboot by crtl-cmd-power or bring up a confirmation or wait timer

Being a newbie to Mac I found it very strange that Ctrl+Cmd ⌘+Power instantly kicks my computer to reboot without even printing a warning of any sort. The problem is that sometimes I mix it up with Ctrl+Shift+Power which is for screen lock. Neither I use any of these very often hence few times I accidentally hit reboot instead of screen lock, luckily without any unsaved work to recover..

Is there a way to either disable a instant reboot key combination or, if that's not possible then force to bring it up some "Are you sure" message ?

It's quite strange that such a dangerous feat is so easily accessible without any confirmation or keypress for X seconds before initiation of reboot is something user would expect at least.

After mounting a Windows SMB share, how can I determine the windows "creator" of a file?

I've mounted a Windows SMB share to my Mac. On a windows machine you can open the "File Properties" dialog for folders in this network share and see different "Owners" for whoever created the file:

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But on my Mac I'm not able to see this ownership information:

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I've also tried mounting the share from the command line which works fine:


mkdir /Volumes/ShareName
mount -t smbfs //user@server/ShareName /Volumes/ShareName

But I'm not able to see any additional information via the Terminal when I look at the files in /Volumes/ShareName


> ll
drwx------  1 cwd  staff    16K Jan 22 14:04 .
drwx------  1 cwd  staff    16K Jan 25 11:16 ..
-rwx------@ 1 cwd  staff    11K Jan 22 14:05 Thumbs.db
-rwx------  1 cwd  staff    29B Jan 22 13:36 test.txt
-rwx------  1 cwd  staff     0B Jan 22 13:36 test2.txt

> xattr Thumbs.db
encryptable

xattr also doesn't show me anything useful in the extended attributes.

How can I find the "Owner" property on a windows SMB shared file?

Finder quit Unexpectedly after changing Info.plist

I was trying to remove Finder from application switcher using instructions here but the Finder is now crashing. I changed the file back and restarted but still nothing. Here's the error report:


Process:               Finder [697]
Path:                  /System/Library/CoreServices/http://ift.tt/1jmRxnn
Identifier:            Finder
Version:               ???
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Finder [697]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2015-01-25 21:35:39.288 +0530
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.10 (14A389)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        0C7EA3EB-C1AA-DC16-0059-810608BAA746


Time Awake Since Boot: 360 seconds

Crashed Thread:        0

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (Code Signature Invalid)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

kernel messages:

VM Regions Near 0x7fff7a85e0a8 (cr2):
    __LINKEDIT             00007fff6aa13000-00007fff6aa27000 [   80K] r--/rwx SM=COW  /usr/lib/dyld
--> Submap                 00007fff70000000-00007fff80000000 [256.0M] r--/rwx SM=PRV  process-only VM submap
    unused shlib __DATA    00007fff78389000-00007fff7a918000 [ 37.6M] rw-/rw- SM=COW  system shared lib __DATA not used by this process

Thread 0 Crashed:
0   dyld                            0x00007fff6a9a4000 _dyld_start + 0

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
  rax: 0x000000000000000d  rbx: 0x0000000000000000  rcx: 0x0000000000000000  rdx: 0x0000000000000000
  rdi: 0x0000000000000000  rsi: 0x0000000000000000  rbp: 0x0000000000000000  rsp: 0x00007fff56a83d08
   r8: 0x0000000000000000   r9: 0x0000000000000000  r10: 0x0000000000000000  r11: 0x0000000000000000
  r12: 0x0000000000000000  r13: 0x0000000000000000  r14: 0x0000000000000000  r15: 0x0000000000000000
  rip: 0x00007fff6a9a4000  rfl: 0x0000000000000201  cr2: 0x00007fff7a85e0a8

Logical CPU:     0
Error Code:      0x020000f4
Trap Number:     133


Binary Images:
    0x7fff6a9a3000 -     0x7fff6a9d9837  dyld (???) <4696A982-1500-34EC-9777-1EF7A03E2659> /usr/lib/dyld

External Modification Summary:
  Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
    task_for_pid: 0
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
  Calls made by this process:
    task_for_pid: 0
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
  Calls made by all processes on this machine:
    task_for_pid: 227
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0

VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=300K resident=224K(75%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=76K(25%)
Writable regions: Total=8468K written=0K(0%) resident=12K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8456K(100%)

REGION TYPE                      VIRTUAL
===========                      =======
STACK GUARD                        56.0M
Stack                              8192K
VM_ALLOCATE                           8K
VM_ALLOCATE (reserved)               56K        reserved VM address space (unallocated)
__DATA                              228K
__LINKEDIT                           80K
__TEXT                              220K
mapped file                        6324K
shared memory                         4K
===========                      =======
TOTAL                              70.8M
TOTAL, minus reserved VM space     70.7M


Model: MacBookPro9,2, BootROM MBP91.00D3.B09, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.5 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 2.2f44
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343235533641465236412D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343235533641465236412D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xF5), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.15.124.12.8)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.0f10 14890, 3 services, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS41N
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 25.1

Disappearing security questions

I reset my security questions. Now when it asks to answer security questions, there are no questions listed, which blocks me from going further.

alias command stopped working

I have a few aliases set up on my mac. But for some reason they don't seem to work anymore. I'm not sure why either. Even when I type in alias to see my list of aliases nothing happens just this:


Jonnys-MacBook-Air:~ jonny$ alias
Jonnys-MacBook-Air:~ jonny$

If I go into my ~/.profile script with nano I can see the script exists and has values though.

Should i buy Macbook Pro 13" Mid 2014?

I want to buy a Apple laptop for primary development of iPhone , Windows Phone 8.1,Android and mainly for programming, is latest Mac book Pro 13" 2014 is OK for my needs, i mean can i develop windows phone 8.1 apps in virtual machine running windows 8.1. I searched a lot on web but didn't find proper answer.

Removing a contact from a folder in Yosemite Contacts software

I created a folder in the Yosemite Contacts program and added some people to it. I'd like to remove a contact from the folder but keep the contact in my overall contacts database.

How do I do this? The delete button deletes it completely.

Here is what I see if I select a name in a group and press delete. I don't get the dialog box above with the "Remove from Groups" option:

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If I select the contact and use the Edit menu the "Remove from Group" item is greyed out:

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A Vexing Login Problem with WebDAV

The issue I'm having is that I manage three Mac Mini servers. Two are for work, one is for me. I can log into our main work server and my personal box using WebDAV, however, the second work server rejects my login credentials with "The user name or password was not accepted by the server." errors.

The two work computers are pretty much mirrored in every way possible. The notable exceptions are the network (one is one city, the other a different one). Work server #1 is an Open Directory Master, the other is a replicant. The hardware is slightly different.

Server #1 is running 10.10.1; Server #2 is running 10.10.2. Both are running Server 4.0.3.

If I try to log into both servers through AFP or SSH, there are no problems. It's only when we try to access Server #2 that we're having issues on all accounts (both local and network users).

I believe WebDAV broke during a recent Server update, however, I can't pinpoint when that occurred.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

i can't enter my old phone

I found my old phone yesterday I want to use it but it has a password on the lock screen but I really don't remember the password so what can I do before I get in trouble because I don't remember the password

Pleaseeeeeee help me I don't want to get in trouble

How to get a snapstop of my PDF in Yosemite Preview without the annotations?

I am taking snapshots of a PDF from preview by using the rectangle-select tool and then Cmd+C. In this way I get the PDF and the annotations (underlines, highlights, ...) that are in the area that I have selected. I remember it use not to me like this in 10.9 and one was getting just the PDF, without the annotations.

Skim seems to still do it the 10.9 way, i.e. without the annotations.

Is there anybody who knows how to get Preview to behave as in 10.9 and current Skim and give me just the PDF, not the annotations?

Any suggestions? Thanks, Roberto

Customize Dictation to run AppleScript for Specific Monitor

I've enabled Dictation for command prompts via voice [got it from the OS shipped Chess application in Lion]. Decided to give it a go System Wide now in 2015 running Yosemite. I fancy it so far, certainly looks better and performs better as opposed to Lion (which should be the case) There are a few customizable options when you 'Enable Advanced Commands' like open file, run workflow, open application, paste text, paste data, & keyboard shortcut.

However, call me lazy but it's still something that matters to me, I frequent Netflix & Hulu and other websites at minimum 4 times a day. I would like to add a functional command that will automatically open a webpage correlating to that command. since open file is different than run file, i'm trying to autonomously open Safari + the name of the website in URL form with dictation? The good thing about this is it automatically makes whatever application you reference the front-most window. So coding should be minimal, and I really don't want to create a service for this [my services are growing, currently at +55 in total].

I am an Automator aficionado however, and well versed with it so I'm using the Dictation Command tool, but what i am not, is an AppleScript scholar. After reading through the applescript library for about 60 minutes i finally figured out how to open a new window of Safari, activate the application in case it was not open and launch the url:


tell application "Safari" to activate
    tell application "Safari"
        make new document with properties {URL:"http://netflix.com"}
end tell

Additionally, I have 3 monitors. I always have movies, tv etc played on Number 2! I tried putting Safari in the monitor 2 screen with applescript but don't even know how to go about it and am too embarrassed to share my code, it's sloppy. Can anyone lead me in the right direction? Or does anyone know a more simplified way around all of this? I really want this to work. I am in the military so our rooms aren't that big so my 2nd monitor (27") is my tv, so I have created an iPhone app for my needs only that strictly simulates the double fn press needed to activate Dictation so I can watch tv from my bed [don't have apple tv].

Noob - OS X Notification Center Widget?

Any pointers in the right direction are much appreciated. Thank you!

My macbook's little light doesn't went off but after 5 minutes it starts to blink, is it normal?

Why does my macbook pro when I put it in sleep it the little light doesn't went off - just on but after like 5 minutes it starts to blink like normal? Is it normal? One of my teacher said that my hard drive is going to damage and I am really afraid because I really love my macbook. Thanks so much!

Install Windows 7 with Bootcamp on OS X Yosemite with USB Key

I have an iMac (bought in 2011) and I recently upgraded it with Yosemite. I am trying to install Windows 7 on it via Bootcamp.

So I follow the process religiously and end up with the classic and famous boring screen 'No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key'.

I read some stuff about reFit ( http://ift.tt/PZWUbf ) and GParted, but I just don't know how to use them...

If someone managed to install Windows 7 on his/her iMac with Yosemite using a USB Key, please help me understand why I can't see the USB as a boot option.

Apple Script notification bubble - quick reply style prompt

I know that you can trigger a notification using Apple Script:


osascript -e 'display notification "Hello" with title "How are you feeling?"'

However, I also want to be able to prompt for certain values in the style of iMessages reply-from-notification-popup.

For example, I want to be able to do this from shell script:


ANS=$(osascript -e 'display notification "Hello" with title "How are you feeling?"' with prompt)
echo "User is feeling $ANS"

Is this possible at all?

Combine Two Folders with Smart Folder

Okay, so one thing I've wanted to be able to do for ages now in OS X is to create or view a combined Applications folder that displays the contents of both /Applications and ~/Applications (assume it exists).

Now, I know LaunchPad can do this, but I'd still like to be able to do this in a regular Finder window, for example using a Smart Folder.

Is this possible, and if so, what are the steps for doing this (either in the Finder itself, or via command line)?

I've experimented for searches of my entire computer for all Applications, however this only returns the application bundles themselves, ignoring any enclosing folders. Really I just want top level items for each of the applications folders; for example, I'd like to see the /Applications/Utilities folder, not its contents.

Can I build my golf GPS to work on the lock screen like iMaps?

We are in the middle of building a new golf GPS app and would like to see if while using the app, if a users phone is locked can we tie the GPS part to the lock screen so all the user needs to do is wake up the phone to see the yardage. This is similar to how the iMap directions GPS works when you are driving.

How to remove Windows Operating system from Bootcamp?

I have installed Windows 8 through BOOTCAMP, and now i want to remove it and leave it for a clear OSX. Is there anyone who know how to remove it completely? (I mean nothing related windows left).

I think I messed up the Fusion Drive on my 1TB iMac (with BootCamp)

this is a somewhat similar post to this one (Can't create partition on free space with Disk Utility) but not quite...

It started with me creating a BootCamp partition (around 145 GB) for Windows 8 quite some time ago.

Everything was working fine until I decided to upgrade to 8.1 from the Windows store - the installation went fine but Windows never managed to boot again. I managed to fix the iMac into booting OSX and forgot about it until today (oh why?!)

I decided I will give 8.1 another go - as the partition was there and so I wanted to use it by trying to install over it again. I chose the EFI install and went for it, but the installer informed me that it will not install, because the partition has MBR instead of GPT.

So instead of running the installer again in normal mode - I logged back into OSX deleted the BOOTCAMP partition (or so I then thought), ran the installer again in EFI and told it to create a partition for itself in the free space and install Windows.

The installer created 3 partition - 1 large one and 2 small ones. I didn't like that so went back to OS X tried to delete those partitions, but that of course didn't work and my drive became messier and messier. By that time I knew I was not very smart about it and tried to delete all the partitions I thought I didn't need from the Windows Installer.

I messed up even more... OSX stopped booting. I then read and performed steps from the above mentioned thread. But all along my diskutil list showed 2 physical volumes instead of 1.

So I followed all the steps from the above thread and this is the effect at the moment:

Disk Utility - No hidden partitions

Disk Utility - hidden partitions shown

Diskutility - partition scheme

Information from the Terminal:


-bash-3.2# diskutil list
/dev/disk0
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:       GUID partition_scheme                   *121.3 GB   disk0
    1:                         EFI EFI                209.7 MB   disk0s1
    2:           Apple_CoreStorage                    121.0 GB   disk0s2
    3:                  Apple_Boot Boot OS X          134.2 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:       GUID partition_scheme                     *1.0 TB   disk1
    1:                         EFI EFI                209.7 MB   disk1s1
    2:           Apple_CoreStorage                    852.7 GB   disk1s2
    3:                  Apple_Boot Recovery HD        650.1 MB   disk1s3
    4:                         EFI NO NAME            104.9 MB   disk1s4
 /dev/disk2
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:      Apple_partition_scheme                     *1.3 GB   disk2
    1:         Apple_partition_map                     30.7 KB   disk2s1
    2:                   Apple_HFS OS X Base System     1.3 GB   disk2s2
 /dev/disk3
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                   Apple_HFS Macintosh HD       967.8 GB   disk3
                                   Logical Volume on disk1s2, disk0s2
                                   D237FFDC-70A4-41D7-AC13-4CC7E5E8C0A0
                                   Unencrypted Fusion Drive
/dev/disk4
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled           *5.2 MB    disk4
/dcv/disk5
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled         *524.3 KB    disk5
/dev/disk6
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled         *524.3 KB    disk6
/dev/disk7
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled         *524.3 KB    disk7
/dev/disk8
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled         *524.3 KB    disk8
/dev/disk9
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled         *524.3 KB    disk9
/dev/disk10
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled           *6.3 MB    disk10
/dev/disk11
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled           *2.1 MB    disk11
/dev/disk12
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled           *1.0 MB    disk12
/dev/disk13
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled         *524.3 KB    disk13
/dev/disk14
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled         *524.3 KB    disk14
/dev/disk15
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled           *1.0 MB    disk15
/dev/disk16
    #:                        TYPE NAME               SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                             untitled           *6.3 MB    disk16
-bash-3.2#


-bash-3.2# diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 1EFE58BC-3613-44C4-86EE-D816F3B66E3E
    =========================================================
    Name:   Macintosh HD
    Status: Online
    Size:   973655252992 B (973.7 G8)
    Free Space: 0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-- Physical Volume 93892BE8-2B7F-4ABD-A4C3-984495DCD98D
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |
    |   Index:  0                     
    |   Disk:   disk1s2    
    |   Status: Online
    |   Size:   852666400768 B (852.7 GB)
    |                                                               
    +-- Physical Volume 4BF0E99A-8D5F-4B1E-B6C5-31B705455EDF                          
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |
    |   Index:  1                                                       
    |   Disk:   disk0s2                                                      
    |   Status: Online                                                     
    |   Size:   120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
    |     
    +-- Logical Volume Family 3C62D09F-E2B7-47E2-8106-76EDB58F32F7
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:      Unlocked
        Encryption Type:        None
        Conversion Status:      NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:   -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:  No
        Fully Secure:           No
        Passphrase Required:    No
        |
        +-- Logical Volume D237FFDC-7DA4-41D7-AC13-4CC7E5E8C0A0  
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                 disk3                                                        
            Status:               Online                                                     
            Size (Total):         967799996416 B (967.8 GB) 
            Conversion Progress:  -none-                    
            Revertible:           No 
            LV Name:              Macintosh HD    
            Volume Name:          Macintosh HD         
            Content Hint:         Apple_HFS

Result of gpt -r -vvv show /dev/disk0:


-bash-3.2# gpt -r -vvv show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA48-00A0C93EC93B, start=40, size=409600
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=409640, size=236306352
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=236715992, size=262144
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 236978175
    start      size index contents
        0         1       PMBR
        1         1       Pri GPT header
        2        32       Pri GPT table
       34         6
       40    409600     1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
   409640 236306352     2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236715992    262144     3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236978136         7
236978143        32       Sec GPT table
236978175         1       Sec GPT header

Result of gpt -r -vvv show /dev/disk1:


-bash-3.2# gpt -r -vvv show /dev/disk1
gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168
gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk1: GPT partition: type=C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B, start=40, size=409600
gpt show: /dev/disk1: GPT partition: type=53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=409640, size=1671210848
gpt show: /dev/disk1: GPT partition: type=426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=1671620488, size=1269760
gpt show: /dev/disk1: GPT partition: type=C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B, start=1672890368, size=204800
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167                               
     start          size  index contents                                        
         0             1        PMBR                                            
         1             1        Pri GPT header                                  
         2            32        Pri GPT table                                   
        34             6
        40        409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
    409640    1671210848      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1671620488       1269760      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1672890248           120   
1672890368        204800      4 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
1673095168     280429967
1953525135            32        Sec GPT table
1953525167             1        Sec GPT header

I don't know where to go from here? Why are there 2 physical volumes and what to do with them? If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it.

Accidentally removed iCloud from Finder siderbar

I accidentally removed iCloud drive from the Favorites sidebar (in Finder).

Dragging it back isn't restoring it.

How could I restore it?

Have some problem with my wordpress email

When peoples register my site they are not received confirmation mail.Whats wrong with my site?

Sending a html email without white left margin

I need a help about HTML email. Recently I have tried to make a html email to someone as my project thing. I've made up a html template and got image files from a designer. So all I need to do is finding a way to send this html email to other recipients. Here below are the details that I have done so far.

Because I am using a Apple mac mail client program I've found a way with this. Open the html document in Safari then Edit > Select All, Edit > Copy then open up a blank email and paste the contents into it. In this way, everything looked awesome but one problem was there was an white gap on the left margin. Please take a look at an attached image. HTML Email Left White Gap

So I had to find another way to get rid of this white gap. After some trials, I concluded the problem was caused by Apple mail client program. Because as an experiment I have tried to open and copy other html email newsletter that doesn't have a white gap, and paste it in a blank mail message. The white gap appeared up again even though the original newsletter html email hadn't have it.

Next thing I've tried ThunderBird different mail client program. This one has own feature called insert > HTML. With this feature I could create any html email like a website. It's free and cool, but I still need to prefer using Apple Mail program as a main mail client. It would still be a little tricky to use two mail client program in a mac.

So I am just wondering if there's any way to remove the white gap when using Apple's mail program. Any thoughts or advice will be greatly appreciated.

Can't change startup disk iMac

Here is my situation: I've only the mouse paired with my iMac because I rent the keyboard to a friend. Unfortunately the startup disk is set to a fallacious Windows partition that don't want to boot. It sucks on "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" so I can't boot in any working partition. So, I've two questions:

There is a way to change boot partition or to go to recovery using only mouse?

If I buy a standard usb keyboard, can I just plug the usb cable and use it to change the boot partition or it won't boot, because of the drivers?

Update from ios 6 to ios 8

I have an iPad 4. Still have ios 6. Want apps I can't purchase since they require ios 7. How much space am I losing to upgrade to current ios 8 version?

fsck not working to fix corrupted external drive [duplicate]

This question already has an answer here:

Repair disk from single user mode (fsck fails) 4 answers

I am using an early 2011 MacBook Pro with the Mavericks OS.

This question is regarding an EXTERNAL DRIVE and not my computer's hard disk. As far as I know, being in Single User mode has no effect on this, therefore, I would think this is not a duplicate of the question asked here:

One of my external drives with all my photos stopped working - it does not mount, even though I see it in Disk Utility. Using DU I tried to verify and repair the disk and got this message:

'Invalid B-tree node size'

Following the advice in this link:

I tried to list my drives with the Terminal command

df -hl

The specificied disk was not in the list When I tried the suggested tail command

tail -f /var/log/fsck_hfs.log

I saw the name of the disk as


/dev/rdisk3s2: ** The volume   could not be verified completely.

Following that, I used this command (also suggested in the above link)

sudo fsck_hfs -r -d /dev/disk3s2

Instead of the expected proper outcome, what I received was an error message in Terminal as below:


inancs-MacBook-Pro:~ INCA$ sudo fsck_hfs -r -d /dev/disk3s2
Password:
journal_replay(/dev/disk3s2) returned 0
** /dev/rdisk3s2
    Using cacheBlockSize=32K cacheTotalBlock=65536 cacheSize=2097152K.
   Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-226.1.1).
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
   Invalid B-tree node size
(3, 0)
** The volume   could not be verified completely.
    volume check failed with error 7 
    volume type is pure HFS+ 
    primary MDB is at block 0 0x00 
    alternate MDB is at block 0 0x00 
    primary VHB is at block 2 0x02 
    alternate VHB is at block 1464477326 0x574a268e 
    sector size = 512 0x200 
    VolumeObject flags = 0x07 
    total sectors for volume = 1464477328 0x574a2690 
    total sectors for embedded volume = 0 0x00 
    CheckHFS returned -1317, fsmodified = 0

What are my options? I have Data Rescue but not Disk Warrior (low on budget these days). Is there a possibility to fix the drive?

If not, and if I can rescue my data and put it on a different disk, is it safe to format the current drive and re-add my photos or should i stay away from this disk?

iPad not charging

I have reviewed the comments already posted about an unresponsive screen on my iPad air. I have encountered the following:- Turned itself off and won't turn back on. Been on charge for an hour still no response. The charger is working fine. Done a soft reset by holding down the keys still nothing any ideas?

SSD or upgrade RAM (slow hard drive)

I have a late 2012 MacBook Pro (13" baseline model), and it has served me well, but in the last few months it has been very slow. I'm pretty sure it's the hard drive that's slow, because I have tried to reinstall OS X, but booting, loading applications, etc. is still slow.

The first thing I thought of was getting an SSD (probably using one of those optical drive replacement kits) and I figured this would help to speed up booting and loading applications.

But the other problem is, since it only has 4GB of RAM, I often use a lot of it. I like to have safari open a lot of the time and it uses a lot of memory. However, the "memory pressure" in activity monitor is usually OK. Also, my thinking is that with an SSD, the RAM might not matter so much since the swap would be faster.

Would the speed of the SSD make up for the lack of RAM? What would you suggest?

Any way to hack Yosemite Spotlight to work in Mavericks?

Just reverted back to Mavericks from Yosemite; too many CUDA issues.

But the one thing I miss is the new Spotlight.

Any way to get it to work in Mavericks? Or has the whole md index structure changed?

(Please don't reply with alternative software like Butler, Quicksilver, et al)

Remove uninstalled applications from the Notifications system preferences

I noticed that in my Notifications system preferences there two entries for Twitter (the old one with the white icon) and the new one.

enter image description here

The old Twitter application is long gone. How can I remove obsolete entries in the list?

Macbook Pro.[Mid-2012] Sound isn't working

Suddenly, My MBP sound isn't working. I have tried couple of way to resolve the problem but nothing is working. Here is some of the screenshot:

sound

sound 2

No, input or output sound. I would like to know

1) How can I resolve this?

2) Can you suggest any software, that can route my sound in iPad/iPhone.

Update:

After running this command :


kextstat > ~/Desktop/kexts.txt

I got only this com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily But, didn't found com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC

Update - 2:

As Buscar suggested to check for AudioAUUC.kext file in my /System/Library/Extensions. Yes, I found AudioAUUC.kext file in that folder. As you can see in the image No indicates, it's not loading.

enter image description here

LOG UPDATED: http://ift.tt/1CirVio

New Log: http://ift.tt/1CirRPI

Update - 3:

As suggested to Resetting the PRAM didn't worked. I was able to update SMC and not EFI Firmware. It's showing an error:Software is not supported on my system. enter image description here

However, I also tried to load and unload Apple High Definition Audio (HDA)AppleHDA.kext. But, while loading this error are showing


1/24/15 8:29:57.000 PM kernel[0]: Sound assertion in AppleHDACodecGeneric at line 1280
1/24/15 8:29:57.000 PM kernel[0]: Sound assertion in AppleHDACodecGeneric at line 1580
1/24/15 8:29:57.000 PM kernel[0]: Sound assertion in AppleHDACodecGeneric at line 1073
1/24/15 8:29:57.000 PM kernel[0]: Sound assertion in AppleHDACodecGeneric at line 1073

Update - 4:

enter image description here

As you can see com.apple.audio.sandboxhelper is missing.

Change Safari search suggestions language on iPhone

The search suggestions in Safari always suggest results in Dutch to me, despite using my phone in English, and my Google set to English by default.

I am Dutch and live in the Netherlands, so I guess this is intended behaviour, but I find the Dutch wikipedia pages to be lacking quite often, for example.

Is there any way to change this language?

How to use AppleScript application with "open file -a AppleScriptApp"?

Consider this applescript code:


on run argv
    if (count of argv) > 0 then
        -- do something with argv
        -- like log to file
        return "defined"
    else
        return "failed"
    end if
end run

When I run it from terminal with passing some arguments, everything works. But when I export it as application and then trying to use it as follows:


$ open ~/some_file -a my_applescript_application

It looks like the whole script is not running. I see application running, but it looks like argv is empty.

So actually I want to pass the file path to my script using open ~/some_file -a my_applescript_application call.

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