I too have ongoing problems of very slow system, crashes. VMWare Fusion 7 doesn't work at all well on Yosemite. No one seems interested.
mardi 2 décembre 2014
Dialing from MacBook shows that my iPhone is already on a call
When using the new continuity feature in OS X Yosemite together with my iPhone 5S running iOS 8, I can't dial from my MacBook. Here's what I do:
- Both devices are on the same Wifi network
- Both devices are logged in using the same iCloud/Apple ID
- On the MacBook, I open FaceTime and type a phone number into the search field
- Next, I click the phone icon next to the number and select the "Call Using iPhone option"
- A popup is shown indicating that the phone is dialing the number
After a couple of seconds, the following message is shown:
The message says: "iPhone in Use. Your iPhone is already on a call." I'm pretty sure that my phone is not on a call at this point.
Clicking the "Try Again" option provides the same result.
What am I doing wrong?
iphone 3gs not turning on
i tied resetting by holding both power and home button together tried to enter DFU mode, but nothing happening the phone getting hot when its plugged to a wall socket, but not that much hot when plugged to a laptop
pls help thanks in advance
Are there any native cursive fonts on ios 7+
I have searched iosfonts.com and only see Zaphino as a native cursive font.
Are there any others?
Or do I need to install them into my app or make my own images?
Yosemite: Disabling "natural" scrolling using scroll wheel for the mouse
Is there a way to disable natural scrolling for Yosemite for only the mouse? I understand the reason for natural scrolling for the trackpad, but makes no sense on the mouse.
I've tried various fixes in regards to this issue:
But none of them disable the natural scrolling for mouse. I would still like the default Windows mouse-scrolling behavior where one scroll is the same distance no matter how fast you spin the scroll wheel.
mac issues: grey screen,. cannot reinstall mac os from recover, unapproved caller
Well the past few days have been a near disaster. I recall this whole problem starting when I was using chrome and suddenly I couldn't access pages and safari wasn't working either. I was getting the oh snap page from chrome. So I exited out and then tried to reopen chrome and the bottom icon of chrome would just bounce once (usually it bounces until it opens) and would never open. Then I tried to restart the computer but none of the restart or shut down buttons ere working beneath the apple logo. So I held down the power button and to force shut down. Upon trying to turn the MacBook back on I am stuck in the grey screen forever. I have tried everything on the apple troubleshoot pages. I tried safemode and I was stuck in the grey screen still. I tried the safe mode where it shows you the progress and for some reason I could get back in but then the cycle began anew of the chrome not working... I tried the PRAM reset or whatever it's called. So I finally tried to do a MAC OSX from the recovery and sometimes it won't let me start the reinstall and other times it gets to like 6 minutes remaining and then it will all of a sudden stop.
This is a really terrible time for my computer to stop working because I have finals and papers due very soon. To make matters worse I made an appointment with the genius bar today and unfortunately I was less than 20 minutes late to my appointment and they said I'd have to come back tommorrow! So basically I have lost many hours in the past 2 days. If you could help me I think I'd owe you a life debt.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I did all the verify disk and permissions and repairs in the disk utility in the recovery. I also ran the apple hardware test and it said nothing was wrong. At times when the computer was able to boot but having the troubles I was getting the unapproved caller message
Folder Action for hiding files according to type
Here's what I need. I need a folder action that hides files according to their extensions. (I do not need a folder action that hides extensions for visible files.) This action needs to apply to every file in the folder and to every file that is added to the folder in the future.
Assistance for a similar task was asked for here, but that was solved with a smart folders workaround that does not work for me because I cannot use a smart folder in this context. Another similar task was asked for here. In response, the moderator bmike said that pieces for this folder action I have described could be put together from other articles on this site. I have been unable to do so. My need for this folder action is also not unique to LaTeX and so the other solutions discussed there will not be of any use. So what I'm looking for has not been resolved elsewhere.
Here is what I have tried in terms of shell scripting. I tried to model what was shown here.
First, I created an .app through Automator that runs this shell script:
find /Users/USER/FOLDER/* -iname *.EXTENSION -execdir chflags hidden {} \;
Second, I created a script that run the following commands:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items tell application "Mac OS X:Users:USER:Library:Workflows:Applications:Folder Actions:FIRSTSTEP.app" open added_items end tell end adding folder items to
As I understand it, this runs the previous Automator app every time something is added to the folder with the action. Finally, I added this script as a folder action to the folder which needs to exhibit the behavior in question.
But this didn't work for me. What am I doing wrong? Is there any way to simplify what I'm attempting to do?
Is it possible to put a hard limit on the sound volume?
I usually have music playing on my Mac while wearing earphones. And I often change the volume with my wired keyboard keys.
I imagine that it is an issue with the keyboard itself, but sometimes (rarely), when I increase the volume, despite the fact that I'm no longer pressing the keys, the volume still goes up to the max.
And of course, my earphones explode on me before I realise what's going on.
To solve this, rather than changing my volume-adjusting habits, I was wondering if there is some way to put a volume hard-limit in the system. Like, "whatever happens, don't let me go beyond 70%" or something.
OSX Mavericks.
How to create dual content display with Apple TV and iPad/iPhone?
We've been looking into using the Google Chromecast with a custom receiver to allow a user to use an app on iOS, Mac, or PC (node-webkit is used for Mac and PC) and then show different content on the TV with the Chromecast to what is being displayed on their device. So that we can do stuff like reports, status boards, etc.
We'd like to also support the Apple TV... but I've not seen anything on the Apple Developer site regarding displaying HTML content other than just video and audio or mirroring the entire screen of the iPad or iPhone. We'd want dual content.
I have seen screenshots on the Apple website showing games that have different content on the the device to what is displayed on the screen.
Can anyone offer advice? As it looks like it's possible... but the resources and information on this are difficult to find.
Mac Pro how to boot in safe mode with a Windows Keyboard?
Model No: A1186
Mac Pro 3,2
I think it's a 2008 with an unknown version of MacOSX installed.
I'm stuck at the blue screen, I'm pretty sure it's a permissions problem, as I lost the network connection when setting it up. But I can't boot into safe mode. I just bought it online. I also tried to boot a Clonezilla Live CD with little luck.
Can't open old Pages files
I have older Pages files I need to open. I am running Mavericks and get the "This file is too old..." error that tells me to save the file with Pages 09. So I reinstalled Pages 09' at it won't even open without updates and the AppStore says there are no updates. My 09' instal is in the applications/iWork folder. How can I get these files open?
No files with prefix com.apple.security in Library?
I have been having issues with Safari not showing https sites. The best solution I have found googling around seems to be to delete either "com.apple.security.plist" or "com.apple.security.revocation.plist", but in Library/Preferences I have no mention of any com.apple.security file.
I have not found anything that seems applicable to this exact problem. Could anyone shed light on why this file might be missing, and/or how to restore it?
I have tried:
resetting Safari
rebooting
Keychain first aid, no errors
opening Terminal and executing "ls -l ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.*.plist", no file in results.
Thanks much
How can I check the hardware of a Mac Pro 1,1 running 10.6.8?
Mac Pro 1,1 running OS 10.6.8, I am having finder freezes that forces me to force quit using the power button. I do not have the disks that shipped with this computer which would have included Apple Hardware Test. I have downloaded what is said to be the AHT for this computer but I can't get it to run from a disk that I burned.
Is there any way to get a path to a file in the GUI in Yosemite?
In Mavericks it was simple: click "Get Info" on any file and you could copy/paste the file path. This is no longer included in Yosemite.
I need to need to copy/paste paths frequently, like "/Users/Whoever/MyPath/File.app".
Is there any way to do this in Yosemite without resorting to the terminal?
Where can I find unsaved Preview images?
I have two unsaved images open in Preview. My Mac is on strike, no screen usable, but SSH is working fine. I really want to salvage my images.
Where can I find my images ?
At worst, I would accept memory dump as an option.
Intermittent Keyboard Failure when Waking from Sleep
So after a pretty catastrophic failure (see: Yosemite Upgrades: Lost and Broken User Accounts ) I have reinstalled Yosemite on my old tower-style Mac Pro and begin the work of restoring from backups.
A new strange behavior has cropped up - occasionally, when waking the computer from sleep and attempting to log in, the external USB keyboard (a Das Keyboard 4) won't work. There's no input in the password area, etc. The external USB mouse works just fine, and upon unplugging the keyboard and plugging it back in, the keyboard works again. There's no obvious failings of the keyboard, and I've tried several USB ports in case that was the problem, as well as resetting the SMC.
Any ideas what's going on?
My computer may be dead. Help!
Early 2011 13" MBP, formerly 500GB HDD but changed to a 620GB DIY Fusion Drive a few weeks ago. I've been on Yosemite since the first days of the Public Beta, but starting earlier today my computer started crashing every time I tried to do anything. A verify/repair took more than 20 minutes, and a permissions verify took so long that I gave up on trying to wait it out. Even when I came home to my bootable OS X USB drive, everything hung: A disk verify, a permissions repair, and even an OS reinstall all found themselves hanging. Eventually I decided to do a total wipe/restore, but even then the OS X reinstall got stuck. I'm ready to admit that it may be a hardware problem, but without my disk drive I have no way of running Apple Hardware Test. Two questions: What other troubleshooting can I attempt, and where can I go to get my computer looked at and fixed despite its modified hardware?
Transferring purchases to different store
I made some purchases on the Egyptian store, now i'm on the US store and the items that i purchased is no longer available unless i switched back to the Egyptian store. Is there a way that I can use different stores but still can download the same items that I purchased in different stores ?
Configure menus to close on roll out
Is there a way to change the behaviour of menus so they close when the mouse cursor leaves the menu? Currently, if I open a menu in an application, and then roll to the bottom of the screen, the dock will not open until I either click somewhere, or hit escape to close the menu.
Ideally menus would close after a small delay to avoid inadvertent closing when navigating menus.
(OSX Yosemite)
What does it mean to say that Safari is optimised for Retina display?
On my 13inch MacBook Pro with Retina (running Mavericks), calling screen.width and screen.height in Safari yields a resolution of 1280x800 when resolution is set to Best (Retina). In what sense is the app optimised for retina resolution if web pages can't use the full physical resolution of the screen?
Using Apple Developer as proof of sales between two companies
We are currently negotiating with a company where that company will use our technology (image recognition) to create an iOS app. We will receive a Royalty based on sales and we do not know the company enough to feel that we can trust them. Neither me nor my co-workers at our start-up are Apple developers.
We want to specify in our licensing-agreement that they should show us their sales via documents from their Apple Developer account. What are the possibilities / do you have any input on what kinds of documents we should specify?
I give the three ideas I am thinking of so far:
- Include us as receivers in apple-emails if they are generated on a monthly basis on sales.
- Send us PDF from sales-reports from Apple.
- Give us special login-password once a month to check.
Is there any better that I am not aware of?
All the best Duran
Mac connects to anonymous wireless networks randomly
I have my own router and it has a strong signal full bars, but sometimes when I leave my macbook for a time and come back I notice that it connects other random anonymous wireless networks.
how can I disable it, so it only connects to my router?
Yosemite freezing/lagging constantly on 13" MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)
I'm running OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 on a mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro with the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 processor and 4GB of RAM. The hard drive (the 500 GB, regular HDD) was replaced about a year ago (close to 10 months after purchase) following a failure.
One morning, after waking up and waking the computer from sleep mode I encountered a strange amount of lag. It was bizarre because I was using the machine the night before without any problems, and now it was constantly stuttering while trying to play a movie on Netflix. Sound would play while the video froze every few seconds.
I restarted the computer, and the problem persisted. Moreover, it lags no matter what I do. iTunes can't make it through a song without freezing up 6-7 times, VLC constantly stutters too. The rainbow wheel pops up and spins any time I load a new page in Safari or Chrome, search with Spotlight, change pages in SimpleComic, change tabs in Finder, try and drag a file from one folder to another, etc.
It's constantly stuttering, freezing, and hanging any time I try and do just about anything. It usually only lasts 10-20 seconds, but it happens repeatedly. I've tried every remedy I know: restarting, repairing disk/permissions, turning off transparency, reinstalling OS X, restoring a Time Machine backup from before the problem, even clean reinstalling OS X. Nothing seems to work, there are no error messages, and I'm really annoyed.
I'd think it's a hardware problem, since a clean reinstall didn't work, but I ran the Apple Diagnostic Test and it found no problem. Moreover, everything works, just with crazy lag system-wide.
I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem, knows what it is, or if there's anything I can try that I haven't.
--EDIT--
After a few tests, I've ruled out the logic board and HDD. I tried running the hard drive through an older Macbook, and it seemed to work alright (a little slower than normal, but it's a 2008 machine that hasn't been turned on in about a year so that's to be expected). I also started running OS X off an external hard drive, and it runs perfectly (which is why I think the logic board is fine).
Right now I think the issue stems from the SATA cable, which may be failing. I've ordered a replacement and I'll update this again once I've installed it.
Thanks for all the help so far!
Move Large Apple Mail .mbox Folders to Gmail
I have e-mail from accounts that no longer existed archived in Apple Mail, in their .mbox format. Does anyone have recommendations on how to move the messages to Google Mail, so they'll be more accessible?
I have read that the format that Apple Mail stores and exports its messages is not actually standard MBOX format. It is a proprietary format in which the folders end in ".mbox", and contain directories within them named "Attachments" and "Messages", along with a file named "Info.plist". The Attachments folder contains a bunch of other folders with numbered names. The Messages folder contains files with numbered names and the suffix ".emlx". The numbers of the Messages file names and the Attachments folder names appear to match. If you suggest a utility that handlex .emlx files, will it preserve the attachments in the other directory?
Unsuccessful Solutions
I've tried dragging and dropping within the Apple Mail application, but it doesn't transfer all of the messages. There are tens of thousands of e-mails in these .mbox folders, which seems to just be too much for Apple Mail.
Google Email Uploader (http://ift.tt/1bzgKl1) doesn't upload to Gmail accounts (oddly enough) and also doesn't read the mbox folders correctly.
IMAP Upload (http://ift.tt/1cYa8Rz) doesn't work either.
how can i get the rest of my pictures off a power circling iphone 4?
ive been trying to get pictures off my iphone 4. The only thing it will do is turn on and you can see the apple sign and turn right back off or it wont even turn on. ive been to apple a few times but they wanted to reset my phone with the possibility of me losing all pictures. Can anyone please help me ?
What video connector for a mid-2012 macbook pro to External Monitor
What are the different (and the best) option for connecting my mid 2012 Macbook pro to an external monitor. Three connections I know of are VGA, HDMI and DVI. What is the difference and what cables do I need? Are there any other options I can consider? Are there any adaptors that let me switch between VGA and DVI?
Clash of clans help
I have a phone and an iPad and I want to get my phone clash of clans village on my iPad but whenever I go on my phone this message pops up saying do I want to go on my iPad village but I want the exact opposite I want my iPad to have that message that pops up not my phone
Mini cd in Mac Mini
How does one get a mini CD out of a Mac Mini? i got it stuck in there pretty deep and I'm scared to take the drive and shake it. i tried getting it out by trying to "lever" it out w/ a pen clip but that didn't help. help me please
Calendar repeat day of week events
I need to repeat bi-weekly events. This is on either the second Wednesday of the month and the first and third Thursdays. When I specify biweekly events and there is a fifth Thursday, that is included. As a result, the first Thursday of the next month is skipped and chooses the second and fourth Thursday.
Can this be done with iOS calendar or a third party app?
Problem with iPhone 6 camera
I couldn't find any information about that problem,
First of all, it's not always like that, sometime it's working fine.
I taught that it is a problem with the iOS because it's affecting both cameras, but a settings reset didn't helped, should I try a full reset of the device?
I just found out today that when I apply some pressure on the back of the device the pattern change, so I'm not sure that it is a software problem.
Is this a common problem that occurred in earlier version? Does this have a name so I can look for more information?
If it helps, I think that when it occurs, it's in both cameras at the same time.
Thank you for your help
Logging onto Yosemite with FileVault enabled with no username displayed?
When I log onto my Mac with FileVault enabled, I am prompted for the user/pass prior to the OS loading, as my boot drive is encrypted.
The problem I have is that, counter-intuitively, it always shows my name as the login user! I just want blank fields that ask for the username and password respectively, not a prompt for my password.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Edit: This is a screenshot of how Users & Groups is configured:
Search LaTeX documentation with Alfred
I'm using Alfred v2 on Mavericks. I would like to use it to quickly locate documentation of LaTeX packages (PDF files). I have TeXLive 2014 installed in /usr/local/texlive/2014. I added /usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/doc/latex to Alfred's search scope, but I'm not having any success. I tried searching using open and the backtick (file search) to no avail. I tried rebuilding the OSX metadata, but not joy there either. The locate command-line utility quickly finds the files in question, e.g.:
$ locate thmtools.pdf /usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/doc/latex/thmtools/thmtools.pdf
I should add that Spotlight can't find the files either. Is it a matter of permissions?
$ ll /usr/local/texlive/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 20 root wheel 680B Sep 21 11:51 2014
Thanks for any hint!
what do you do if your iphone 3 says connect to itunes?
I need help I got an iPhone 3 and need help please help.
thank you if you help
On which processor does my simulations run?
I am currently running 11 (stochastic) numerical simulations (coded in C) on a other Mac computer via my Terminal using ssh and screen (Bash) on Mac OS.
The computer that is running the 11 processes has 16 processors. At first sight, it seems to me that the simulations are slower when I run several of them in the same time as if only one processor was used to run all 11 simulations. Is it possible? How can I tell which simulation/process is ran on which processor?
How do I get the URL of a right-clicked link sent to an automator action?
I'd like to create a service to open a link in Chrome. I already have this service installed: Safari Extension for right click menu: Open in Google Chrome?
This works if I right-click on selected text that is a URL. But it doesn't work if I right-click a link whose title is not a URL. For example, I'd like to right click a thread title at http://meh.com/forum and have that thread open in Chrome. The service referenced above doesn't show up in the Services contextual menu. Safari has a "Copy Link" menu item in the contextual menu. Is there a way to trigger that command from Automator or AppleScript?
iOS 7, iPhone 5C, jailbroken - tried to restore to factory settings but it hangs in iTunes
Even in DFU mode, iTunes recognizes the iPhone. Before you can restore, iTunes makes you download the new iOS 8. iTunes stalls on "Installing 1 update (10 hours remaining)" It's been at this screen for 3 days now...no progress. Occasional error messages (always different - one was Error -39). Now what??
Change iMac i7 from 32 bit to 64 bit
iMac OS 10.6.8 2.8Ghz i7 with 4GB How can I change this from 32 bit to 64 bit to upgrade to OS 10.9 and run Final Cut Pro 10.3?
Apple numbers '08: extending a formula
how can i get a formula to apply to every cell in a column (i.e., i want to subtract a number I just entered in one cell from a total I have in a previous cell and I want to do it each subsequent cell i enter)
Set sublime text to read .asp files as .php files (with php syntax)
I have a few .asp files that I want to edit with Sublime Text, however, I always have to change the syntax to PHP under View -> Syntax -> PHP. Is there anyway that I can make Sublime Text automatically read it as PHP?
Can't Register for a Developer Account
I'm trying to create a developer account at developer.apple.com, but every time I click "Register", it says the server at developercms.apple.com couldn't be found. Is this happening to anyone else? How can I get past this?
Skype hotkey for answering
As you know in new oS X yosemite we have built in notification system. Which is good. For instance, you can answer on Skype message from notification popup, without (almost) losing focus on current task. But problem is, you need to find trackpad or mouse to click on reply section in small popup window. It would be really great to have hotkey for that. Is it possible to get it with help AppleScript ? Or any other solution available ?
Thanks.
iOS always-on VPN and battery life
Before setting it up I'd like to know if having an always-on VPN (IPsec) will have a disastrous effect on my battery life.
I've searched for a bit and found a few results; this thread says that the encryption overhead will of course drain the battery faster; however that's pretty minimal (the phone does it all the time with HTTPS) and what I'm mostly worried about is how much battery it drains during standby/sleep; this other post (at the bottom) says that having the "often on VPN" is very bad for the battery, but they're using the OpenVPN app and I'd like to know if the integrated IPsec client is less resource hungry.
Why I'm doing this is because my mobile ISP isn't the best in terms of privacy and I wouldn't be surprised if they did DPI or other nasty tricks to track me (ads, it's all about the ads!), so while I'm not doing anything sensitive on the device anyway I'd like to make their life as hard as possible when it comes to snooping around in my traffic.
Safari 8 leftbound URL with favicon
In version 8 of safari the URL of a webpage is displayed centered in the adress-field, and the favicon (or apple-touch-icon) is invisible.
Only when I click into the adress-field the URL moves to the left edge and the favicon becomes visible.
What must I do to always have the URL displayed leftbound with the favicon visible?
This is what I've got now, but don't like: 
This is what I want:
How can I get it?
btw:
Is there a way to display favicons in the tabs? sometimes its hard to navigate through many open tabs when there is nothing but text. Favicons in the tabs would be very helpful.
MacBook Pro late 2011 had GPU problems
I have a MacBook Pro late 2011 and yesterday my external screen suddenly showed glitches on the screen; much like the screenshots you see from other 2011 MacBook Pro's that have a failing GPU.
As I work with the lid closed, I opened the lid and closed it again and the problem would disappear for a few minutes. I then disconnected my external screen and tried my MacBook pro's build in screen. After working with that for an hour it also started to show glitches. These did not go away after opening and closing the lid.
Becoming more and more annoyed I decided to reset the PRAM, and low and behold, it didn't work. So I went on with resetting the SMC. This is when the real problems started. My MacBook pro now booted up into a grey screen after loading for a bit.
Using Single-User mode I tried repairing the SSD with fsck -fy, this didn't help. Slowly I had to come to the conclusion that it most likely was a dedicated GPU hardware failure.
Then, suddenly my MacBook pro decided that it would want to boot up in Safe Mode, however, after a few minutes vertical and horizontal lines showed up again.
So, I decided to turn off the dedicated GPU by moving the kernel extensions into another folder. This worked but made everything very slow. After putting everything back, I decided to follow the following instructions:
Having followed every instruction, including letting my MacBook overheat, my notebook was still slow.
Now, here is the thing, after putting all kernel extensions back into place and restoring everything back to normal, the notebook suddenly started normally at full speed using the dedicated graphics card.
Until now I have not experienced any problems (few hours later). At first I thought that it might be because of the gfxCardStatus software, so I deleted that in order to replicate the problem. However, my MacBook is still running fine now and I seem not to be able to replicate the problem.
My Question
Can it be that all my problems were caused by a badly behaving SMC and that there is nothing wrong with the dedicated GPU?
Has anyone else experienced this? Did it break again after some time?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light on this.
Can I delete the app that created my Passbook passes?
I've created two boarding passes in Passbook using the Easyjet airline app. My question is: Can I delete the app now that the passes are in Passbook? Or will deleting the app remove the passes from Passbook?
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