Does windows, running on latest Apple computers, see boot disk partitioned as MBR or GPT?

From my understanding, the newest apple computers boot windows in EFI mode. Traditionally, Windows has seen the boot disk as an MBR partitioned disk. In fact, the boot disk (i.e. /dev/disk0) has aways been partitioned as a GPT disk. I would like confirm there has been a change.

To be specific, open a Command Prompt as a Administrator and enter the following:

diskpart
list disk
exit

What I am looking for a * in the Gpt column for Disk 0. An example, using an older apple (iMac/20 inch/Mid 2007), is shown below.

In the above illustration, Disk 0 is the internal hard disk partitioned as a GPT disk. To Windows it appears as an MBR partitioned disk, indicated by the absence of the * in the Gpt column. Disk 1 is a gpt partitioned USB thumb drive containing a single NTFS partition.

If you show a * in the Gpt column for Disk 0, could you report back the "model identifier" or "model/screen size/year" of your apple computer. It may also be useful to include the version of Windows and OS X you are using. Apple recommends a standard where there is one partition for OS X and a second Boot Camp partition for Windows. If you are using a nonstandard partitioning scheme, try to indicate how you differed.

Outlook IOS sync to Outlook Mac?

Now that Microsoft's released Outlook for iOS, does anyone know if it will sync calendars, contacts and tasks with Outlook on a Mac?

Yosemite 10.10.2 no longer detecting external display on 2014 macbook air

I have an Apple mini displayport to VGA adapter connected to an older Samsung SyncMaster 906BW. First time I plugged it in everything was working just fine extending my desktop as expected. Yosemite detected it as a SyncMaster monitor. The external monitor would wake up when my macbook air came out of a short sleep.

I had to leave for a couple hours came back and woke it out of a deeper/longer sleep, the macbook air struggled to wake up and the built in monitor stayed very dark (but could see the login screen) for a second then it lit up normally but the external monitor never woke back up. Now whenever I try unplugging/plugging in the displayport dongle into the macbook air and the built in screen will do nothing or it will flicker but no external monitor is detected. I've tried powering down the external monitor, resetting the VGA connectors, verified the monitor works on another computer, tried resetting NVRAM and the SCM on the macbook air.

I'm getting the following errors in my console log every time I plug in the displayport to VGA dongle now (regardless if the external monitor is connected to it). I can't tell if the dongle is fried or if it's my macbook air? Does anyone else have this problem?

1/29/15 11:40:19.111 PM WindowServer[94]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4273c00
1/29/15 11:40:19.113 PM WindowServer[94]: Found 16 modes for display 0x04273c00 [16, 0]
1/29/15 11:40:19.139 PM WindowServer[94]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003d
1/29/15 11:40:19.139 PM WindowServer[94]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003d [1, 0]
1/29/15 11:40:19.139 PM WindowServer[94]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003e
1/29/15 11:40:19.139 PM WindowServer[94]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003e [1, 0]
1/29/15 11:40:19.151 PM WindowServer[94]: Display 0x04273c00: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[1440 x 900], 16 modes available
Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, OpenGL-accel, Vendor 610, Model 9cf0, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x933c106c08bc09aaf750c2a74a119def, ColorSpace { 1918466841 }
1/29/15 11:40:19.151 PM WindowServer[94]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024500, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x00003aa3, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1536 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
1/29/15 11:40:19.151 PM WindowServer[94]: Display 0x003f003f: GL mask 0x8; bounds (2464, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
off-line, enabled, OpenGL-accel, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 3, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
1/29/15 11:40:19.152 PM WindowServer[94]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024500, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x00003aa3, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1536 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
1/29/15 11:40:19.152 PM WindowServer[94]: Display 0x003f003e: GL mask 0x4; bounds (2465, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 2, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
1/29/15 11:40:19.152 PM WindowServer[94]: Display 0x003f003d: GL mask 0x2; bounds (2466, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 1, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
1/29/15 11:40:19.161 PM WindowServer[94]: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0: Startup Mode 1440 x 900, CGSThirtytwoBitColor, Resolution 1, ioModeID 0x80001000, ioModeDepth 0x0, IOReturn 0x0
1/29/15 11:40:19.161 PM WindowServer[94]: CGXDisplaysDidReconfigure: Display added
1/29/15 11:40:19.162 PM WindowServer[94]: CGXDisplaysDidReconfigure: Display removed
1/29/15 11:40:19.164 PM WindowServer[94]: Display 0x04273c00: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[1440 x 900], 16 modes available
Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, OpenGL-accel, Vendor 610, Model 9cf0, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x933c106c08bc09aaf750c2a74a119def, ColorSpace { 1918466841 }
1/29/15 11:40:19.164 PM WindowServer[94]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024500, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x00003aa3, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1536 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
1/29/15 11:40:19.164 PM WindowServer[94]: Display 0x003f003f: GL mask 0x8; bounds (2464, 0)[1 x 1], 2 modes available
off-line, enabled, OpenGL-accel, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 3, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
1/29/15 11:40:19.164 PM WindowServer[94]: GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024500, GL mask 0x0000000f, accelerator 0x00003aa3, unit 0, caps QEX|MIPMAP, vram 1536 MB
texture max 16384, viewport max {16384, 16384}, extensions NPOT|GLSL|FLOAT
1/29/15 11:40:19.164 PM WindowServer[94]: Display 0x003f003e: GL mask 0x4; bounds (2465, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 2, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
1/29/15 11:40:19.165 PM WindowServer[94]: Display 0x003f003d: GL mask 0x2; bounds (2466, 0)[1 x 1], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 1, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
1/29/15 11:40:19.188 PM WindowServer[94]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x04273c00 device: 0x7fbef2511fe0  isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
1/29/15 11:40:21.139 PM WindowServer[94]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'. Run with arg = -discovery
1/29/15 11:40:21.162 PM WindowServer[94]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'. Run with arg = -discovery
1/29/15 11:40:21.186 PM WindowServer[94]: CGXSetDisplayColorProfileAndTransfer: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 1918466841 }; TransferTable (256, 12)
1/29/15 11:40:21.189 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[154]: AMBD Agent: xpc connection became invalid during event handler
1/29/15 11:40:21.228 PM WindowServer[94]: CGXSetDisplayColorProfileAndTransfer: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 1918466841 }; TransferTable (256, 12)
1/29/15 11:40:21.231 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[154]: AMBD Agent: xpc connection became invalid during event handler
1/29/15 11:40:21.243 PM DMProxy[664]: AMBD Services: connection interrupted: com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent (Connection interrupted)
1/29/15 11:40:21.253 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[154]: AmbientDisplayAgent started
1/29/15 11:40:21.253 PM WindowServer[94]: CGXSetDisplayColorProfileAndTransfer: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 1918466841 }; TransferTable (256, 12)
1/29/15 11:40:21.259 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[154]: AMBD initializing devices
1/29/15 11:40:21.283 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[154]: AMBD Agent: xpc connection became invalid during event handler
1/29/15 11:40:21.284 PM DMProxy[665]: AMBD Services: connection interrupted: com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent (Connection interrupted)
1/29/15 11:40:21.291 PM WindowServer[94]: CGXSetDisplayColorProfileAndTransfer: Display 0x04273c00: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 1918466841 }; TransferTable (256, 12)
1/29/15 11:40:21.295 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[154]: AmbientDisplayAgent started
1/29/15 11:40:21.316 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[154]: AMBD initializing devices
1/29/15 11:40:21.327 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[154]: AMBD Agent: xpc connection became invalid during event handler

How can i wipe my iphone to start over?

I want to get rid of an old email apple ID on my iphone 5s. At this point I just want to wipe the entire phone clean and start over. How can I do that if I can’t turn off “find my phone”?

Moving files in Yosmite doesn't move all the files

I am having the weirdest problem since upgrading to OSX Yosemite.

If I select a bunch (hundreds) of files and try to move them to a different folder, only a few (under 100, like 86) of the files move. The rest are still left selected in the original folder.

I could not find anyone else experiencing this problem.

Anyone know what is going on?

Connect 2 monitors to Macbook Pro 2012

I own a 2012 Macbook Pro with Core i7, 1GB Nvidia Graphics, 8GB RAM and 1 TB HDD. I want to connect 2 external monitors to it using the thunderbolt port because thats the only port I have. It doesn't have HDMI or VGA port.

Right now I have one external monitor connected using thunderbolt to dvi adapter. I was wondering if its possible. I have another VGA monitor that I wish to connect. But I am not sure how to do so, there are some accessories available which are too expensive.

I came across this product which is a thunderbolt to HDMI/DVI/VGA (3 in 1) adapter. I was wondering if it would be able to support two monitors at once.

http://ift.tt/15MHIsD

Why would I want to update the iOS on my iPad 2?

I have an iPad 2 which I have neglected to update for some time now. The iPad uses iOS version 6 currently. iOS 6 has never given me issues the way i use my iPad so Should I update to the new version?

I'm looking for a particular tweak

To remove the typical way of unlocking your device so I can use the one I chose in activator and only that one I don't want them both to open the device. the only thing i need to make my lockscreen how i like it is this so please help.

Yosemite login freeze after sleep

I've seen several threads to this effect, but none that have resolved my issues with logging in successfully after sleep for a relatively long time, or after working with an external monitor, then sleeping and waking/logging in...in these cases I'm frozen and have to force shutdown, then reboot. I'm on Yosemite 10.10.2 (was same with 10.10.1) on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013; 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 processor; 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 memory) with last Console log entry below (quite a few minutes prior to attempted wake). I don't see errors at time of freeze; next thing is my reboot. Ideas?...Thanks...Jim P..

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Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: PM response took 3142 ms (31, powerd) Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000280 Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: [0x6c4c826000, 0xfff0000] Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: [0x12d281000, 0x9010000] Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: [0x1cda1e000, 0xd21e000] Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: [0x66eb9000, 0xbde2000] Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: [0x7409eb0000, 0xb71a000] Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: [0x22361d000, 0x28e6000] Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: [0x0, 0x0] Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: ARPT: 8545.920881: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Sleep Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: ARPT: 8545.920884: wl0: powerChange: *** BONJOUR/MDNS OFFLOADS ARE NOT RUNNING. Jan 29 19:40:11 JDPRubato kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000340

OS X Server Profile Manager port forwarding?

I am setting up a MDM server on OS X Server. This is just a personal project, so I am hosting off of my iMac running Yosemite and OS X Server. I have configured port forwarding and DNS records so that my domain can access the iMac. The problem is that ports 80 and 443 are unavailable (due to my ISP), and I need to forward them. I can either do domain.com:1234, or somehow tell the domain to point to port "1234" (for example?)

If I do the first option, I'll need to tell OS X Server that somehow...but I can't find the option. Is there a way to accomplish that, or to "point" the domain to a specific port by default? Thanks!

How to upgrade bash to v4.0+ properly?

I'm on OS X 10.10.2 and

$ /bin/bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin14)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

How to upgrade bash to v4.0+ properly?

Update:

After installing bash with pkgsrc

 pkgin install bash

I got newer bash but it isn't default:

$ which bash
/bin/bash
$ /usr/pkg/bin/bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.3.30(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin13)
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://ift.tt/KpOJT7;

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin14)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

How to make the newer bash the default one?

Is there an iOS equivalent of Fluid for Mac?

I'd like to run a Freeboard.io dashboard (HTML+JavaScript) on an older iPad to visualize a bunch of things persistently. This would be fine as a Safari home-screen-ified app, except there's no way to prevent display sleep without globally changing the iPad's lock settings.

It's easy enough to programmatically disable sleep in an iOS app, but I don't want to pay $99/year for an Apple developer account just so I can make a UIWebView in an app that disables the sleep timer.

And yes, Panic's Status Board exists—but apparently it's buggy and not being actively developed anymore. It's more sensible than a $99/year subscription, but still not ideal.

What I'd love is the equivalent of Fluid.app for Mac, just for iOS and obviously with the option to disable the sleep timer.

Does a suitable iOS app exist, or would Apple reject any candidate because it'd be nothing more than a UIWebView wrapper?

Key stroking fn + f8

I need to make an applescript to press the keys fn + f8 at the same time. The only problem is those are both keys without names!

tell application "System Events"
    key code 63 -- Will press the fn key
    key code 100 -- Will press the f8 key
end tell

However, how can I get these two key strokes to happen simultaneously? I cant seem to do key code 63 with 100 down or any variation. Help?

Why is my ipod shouting everything at me?

I must have triggered some bizarre mode and I don't know what it is or how to turn it off.

I can't get it to happen predictably-- whenever I try to make it talk, it won't. But whenever I try to just put on a song and listen, it starts saying the name of the song and artist, then reading off the names of random playlists even though I'm not using a playlist; I always just pick out of Artists. And it does it repeatedly, it won't %^@#ing stop. It's infuriating. I'm trying to listen to a song and it just keeps telling me the name of the song.

Is it broken??

It's the newest nano.

ssh -X does not work on Yosemite

Can no longer use X11 with ssh. Have XQuartz2.7.7 installed. Logging in with X11 via ssh gives the warnings

Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.

In my own system, echo $DISPLAY gives

/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.GuewxwWwKS/org.macosforge.xquartz:0

However, when I try xauth generate $DISPLAY . trusted, I get the error

xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.GuewxwWwKS/org.macosforge.xquartz:0" in "add" command

Any ideas in how to fix this?

Question regarding face time?

hi am using iPhone 5s and facing a problem with face time video calling. unable to call the people living overseas,can only call local numbers in province.

Is iOS 8 necessary for iCloud sharing?

I have an iPhone 4s, and have Family Sharing turned on. From my phone, I select photos on the camera roll and send them to my iCloud, but they never show up in iCloud. Is this because I do not have iOS 8?

Watching 720p and 1080p Movies on a 4K or 5K Monitor

I want to buy a 4k or 5k monitor but I'm worried about watching 720p and 1080p movies on it. I have a 24" 1920x1200 monitor that I watch lots of movies on and just wondering how would I watch movies on a 4k or 5k monitor if it has much more pixels?

Would Like To Use my Time Capsule as my Main Router Instead of my NVG589

I have a Mac Mini server running the latest version of Mavericks and server app version 3.2.1. When I first signed up for AT&T U-verse I had a 2Wire 3801HGV modem. I was able to set up web hosting using the server app and Phusion Passenger for my Ruby on Rails applications running Lion Server. Even upgrades to Mountain Lion and Mavericks did not mess up anything. Everything worked as before.

A few months ago all my U-verse services quit working well. The wiring was updated to CAT-50. My modem was changed to the Motorola (Arris) NVG589. Now web browsing is slow at best and my web hosting no longer works. Either my websites do not display at all or they display with no images. I assume the DNS is set up properly for the web hosting because the correct websites show up. I did a clean install of Mavericks and put the same DNS settings as I had when everything was working. I also did a Server Hardware Test just in case something was wrong with my hardware, especially the memory. No problems with the hardware were found. I came to the conclusion the problem is with the NVG589 modem.

I did some web searching on the AT&T site and others and found that the problems I describe occur with the NVG510 and the NVG589 because of a known software bug where the DNS check times out really quick before most websites can display. The only option I have (I guess) is to make my Time Capsule the main router. I found a solution in several places, including the AT&T forum.

I have two questions regarding this:

1. It was suggested that if the Device IPv4 Address is the same subnet as my personal router's LAN segment that I should change the subnet on my personal router (aka Time Capsule) to something like 192.168.10.0. How can I change this number in Airport Utility (or some other tool)? I could not find a way to do this.


2. The steps also say to disable the section on the NVG589 where I opened ports 80 & 443. I know that theses ports are already open on my Mac Mini server. How do I open them on the Time Capsule? Right now I am in bridge mode at the advice of an Apple specialist while trying to solve another problem long ago. When I change the router mode of the Time Capsule to DHCP will I be able to open ports using Airport Utility (or some other tool)?

If I cannot resolve this I have lost my development server where I need to be able to test my websites assigned to a domain before deploying to my production server. I checked the AT&T website and the only modem mentioned for AT&T U-verse is another modem that looks similar to the one I have. Maybe it will work but I just wonder.

Any help would be appreciated.

How to move windows on Mac as in windows from keyboard?

I'm an ex windows user and I loved to move windows clicking on the windows logo button and using arrows.

Is there something similar on Mac?

Apple Thunderbolt display not turning on when connected to ASUS Z87 motherboard

I recently purchased custom build PC with Asus Z87 Expert Thunderbolt motherboard, Intel i7-4790K processor, Sapphire R9 270X 2 GB graphics card, etc.

It's not working with my Apple Thunderbolt display 27″. I have installed Intel Thunderbolt driver as well.

When I connect this PC to the Apple Thunderbolt display, the display won't turn on. I am very disappointed now. Does anybody know how to make it work?

After Installation of Yosemite some command line tools not found!

I just did a clean installation of 10.10. Now some command line tools won't work anymore. In example gshred is not found anymore (always worked on Lion) and man gpg gives "No manual entry for gpg".

Has anyone an idea what the problem might be? :)

Signature shows too BIG to recipients

I am using Apple Mail 4.6 and have simple text lines for my signature. Even though I have the "match text in email" box checked, the signature shows as much larger (obnoxiously large) to many recipients. I've also tried it with that box unchecked, but that didn't change anything. How can I make the signature lines match the text font and size of the message? It looks fine on my computer but arrives huge to the recipient.

iPad photos selected folders synchronization with dropbox

how to synchronize photos selected folders with dropbox on iPad by desktop Mac application?

Using VMware Fusion on Yosemite, how can I prevent crashes with sleep wake failure?

I am using VMware Fusion 7.1.0 on Mac OS 10.10.1 Yosemite. Every evening, I send my iMac to sleep. The next morning the mac usually sits in login mask - so it has rebooted. After login, I get "sleep wake failure".

How can I mitigate this? Are there any known workarounds?

I had this problem before with Mac OS 10.9 and VMware Fusion 6 but found no workaround. It seems, that with one of the updates of 10.9 the problem went away or was way more seldom.

How do I sort/recover deleted items on Mac?

So I'm a DJ and I was going through my music files in Itunes when I made a bonehead mistake of deleting about half of my music library! Now I go to my Trash Bin in hopes of being able to recover those files that I deleted, however I am unable to sort through the files by "Date Added" in the trash bin. When I select "Date Added" as a column, all of the dates show "--". If I have dates, I can look at everything I deleted when I made my mistake, and simply "put back" all those items. However, my trash bin is not showing me any dates in this field! Is there any way to bring dates into the "Date Added" column, or if there is any other way to sort through my trash bin to recover those files into iTunes?

FYI: I currently use OS Mavericks

Thanks!

Does clipboard get cleared after restart on os x?

Sorry for silly question does OS X clipboared get clear after machine restart?

In the simple way. if i copy text and paste it, when i restart machine will it still be where?

ibook incorrect pdf display - empty pages, missing text / after editing with Adobe Acrobat Pro

I had to make some small text changes in pdf document and now this document is not displayed correctly in iBooks. Opening in Adobe Reader on iPad is OK. Viewing on the computer is also OK.

I used Adobe Acrobat Pro (version 10 on mac) to make changes.

I guess I need to change some export setting when saving the new document. The old document without small text change is displayed correctly in iBooks.

I already tried different "save as" and "export" options but no success. Can anybody help?

What is causing problem in Books? -pdf version -transparency setting -Fonts???

Please help!

cannot add gmail to my apple mail account

Apple mail will not accept my new password with Gmail so I cannot add that mail account. (Just had a major hack and had to change password)

When I reply-all on iPhone, how can I ensure it keeps folks on the To and cc lines?

I’m using the latest iPhone OS (I believe 8.1.2). When using an Exchange account, sometimes I get mail with multiple people on the “To:” line, and others on the “CC:” line. When I reply all in the mail app, it moves everyone by the sender to the “CC:” line.

For me, this is really annoying as I want to maintain the “To:” line and “CC:” line addresses. Is there an iPhone setting that will cause “Reply All” to respect a mail’s “To:” and “CC:” lines?

Delete font library without opening Font Book OR restore Font Book completely

This is driving me nuts. I created a Font Library or Font Collection (I don't even remember exactly anymore) in Font Book.

I was silly enough to add a very large amount of non-previously-installed fonts into such Library/Collection (around 1000 of them). It might also be relevant to add that all those fonts are stored in an external hard drive. So when I added all those fonts, my computer just froze.

Now, the problem, is that I cannot even start Font Book anymore. Whenever I try to launch it, my computer would just freeze. My guess is that it is trying to configure all the fonts but is unable to finish. I already tried leaving it on for several hours with the Font Book open, but it did not solve my problem.

I think that I should just delete the Library/Collection without launching the Font Book and restore its default settings during the process.

How can I achieve this? Has anyone encountered such problem before?

Clear free space in Disk Utility

So I recently removed Windows 7 from my iMac, but Bootcamp didn't let me do it. I used Disk Utility instead. The old Windows 7 partition now shows up as free space. I want to reinstall Windows 7 again on my iMac, how do I set it up? Can I use the free space again? I want to give the Windows partition a bigger size than what the free space currently holds.

Can I still use my own apple ID with its aasociated credit card when I'm in a family sharing family?

I'm thinking of setting up family sharing for our family. We're all adults, so we buy apps for ourselves, but it would be nice if we could share the apps. Will I lose the ability to buy apps with my own Apple ID if I join my family?

My NAS connected through AFP or SMB takes really long to load folders with many files?

I have a Thecus NAS N5550 connected to my Mac. When I open the folders it sometimes takes up to 30 seconds until i see anything in the folder. I'm using OSX (10.10.1) what is going on?

USB key/disk not identified as a storage device

I have a 64GB USB key that I suddenly can do nothing with...I've tried both Mac and Windows diagnostics, as described below. At this stage I don't mind losing its data (99% of which was recently backed up elsewhere); I would be happy just being able to reformat it and use it again!

All the below were done with root/Admin privileges...

1) The "testdisk" program on my Mac hangs while trying to find it (testdisk merely displayed "Please wait..." for hours overnight!). "Disk Utility" cannot see it at all.

2) The "testdisk" on my Windows machine doesn't hang, but cannot find it...it lists the other disks only.

3) On my Windows machine, the symptoms are exactly as posted by "mdroc1" here: http://ift.tt/1yQaEvF I can change its name in Disk Management , but it still shows as "No Media" (no partitions, nothing to format or recover). I cannot reformat it in DOS cmd: "Cannot open volume for direct access".

4) On my Mac, it won't mount, and "diskutil -list" doesn't show it [even though according to this webpage, it's supposed to show all connected disks whether mounted or not]: List all devices connected, lsblk for Mac OS X

...further down that page there's another command: "system_profiler SPUSBDataType". This returns loads of info; basically the "tree" of all the USB hubs and devices on the Mac. From that I see my "bad" USB key as:

               IS903:

                  Product ID: 0x0903
                  Vendor ID: 0x1f75  (Innostor Co., Ltd.)
                  Version: 0.01
                  Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
                  Manufacturer: Innostor Technology Corp.
                  Location ID: 0x1d113400 / 20
                  Current Available (mA): 500
                  Current Required (mA): 200

• 
  

  whereas a "good" disk like my 32GB USB key shows as:

  
  

  
                  USB DISK 2.0:
  
                    Product ID: 0x3e00
                    Vendor ID: 0x13fe  (Phison Electronics Corp.)
                    Version: 1.00
                    Serial Number: 07BC1B0B29D60838
                    Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
                    Manufacturer: 
                    Location ID: 0x1d113330 / 21
                    Current Available (mA): 500
                    Current Required (mA): 200
                    Capacity: 32.03 GB (32,027,705,344 bytes)
                    Removable Media: Yes
                    Detachable Drive: Yes
                    BSD Name: disk15
                    Partition Map Type: MBR (Master Boot Record)
                    S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
                    Volumes:
                      DANE_32GB:
                        Capacity: 32.03 GB (32,027,704,320 bytes)
                        Available: 6.21 GB (6,210,011,136 bytes)
                        Writable: Yes
                        File System: MS-DOS FAT32
                        BSD Name: disk15s1
                        Mount Point: /Volumes/DANE_32GB
                        Content: DOS_FAT_32
                        Volume UUID: F7F9D1DF-5081-3D18-8CE1-D8913FA2F438
  
  

From all this, I infer that essentially, it's still a working "alive" USB device, but no computer I connect it to can tell that it's a storage device. The kind of detail that "system_profiler" shows for it is the same as it shows for a dumb USB hub. Since the computer doesn't realise it is a disk, then there is just no handle on it for (re)formatting.

Any suggestions, please?

Can you upgrade the RAM in the latest MacBook Airs if you ship them to Apple themselves?

I know that RAM is soldered onto the mainboard on the latest MacBook Airs, which makes a DIY upgrade apparently impossible. But would Apple do it instead though?

The guy at the Apple Store told me that I could send the Mac back to Apple and they could upgrade the RAM, but he didn’t look very convinced if I must be honest, so I wanted to double check here.

Photo viewer for Mac that can rotate (and save) pics while browsing folders

I am coming from Win and I am so disappointed by Mac's usability so far. My current problem is with maintaining photos. I usually take lot of pictures with my DSLR and I want a very simple solution to:

• browse through pictures where they are - without the need to copy them to some library like in iPhoto


• ability to easily rotate one or more of them at a time - unlike in preview where you can rotate only one picture in only one direction


• they should stay rotated(!!!) after I close the program - unlike x mac apps that I tried that do not save the rotation, which is totally useless


• large/full screen preview, with easy way to jump to prev/next photo without any headache inducing animation


• I want to know the number of pictures in a folder without going to a special menu like in Finder


• I don't want to spend more than $1-$2 on this simple app.

I am sorry if this sounds like a rant but I have tried so many options so far including spending money on useless app in the app store.

Google chrome not detecting update on osx?

Recent versions of chrome on OSX doesn' t seem to detect updates properly:

While there is a new version as this shows. It doesn' t give error code. How can I resolve this?

Push service no longer working for my iPad in ios8

I recently upgraded my iPad to iOS 8 and since yesterday my emails aren't pushed through to my yahoo account anymore even though 'push" is enabled. When accessing yahoo via the web rather than via the up I get new emails, but the app says "updated yesterday" and doesn't show me new mails.

Can anyone help me to enable "push" again?

Many thanks!

Inga

How to stop imported contact from disappearing when deleting .vcf?

I have downloaded a .vcf (into my Downloads folder). By double-clicking it, I have successfully imported the contact into my Contacts app (into the default iCloud directory).

However, when I delete the file from ~/Downloads, the card disappears from my contacts, too. (How) can I prevent this? (I'd like to keep my downloads folder clean.)

clang not detecing c++ headers

I'm trying to use clang to compile a simple hello world cpp file with our favorite include 'iostream'

But clang, for some reason shows

fatal error: 'iostream' file not found

This stumped me. Can anyone suggest what I must do? Also if possible, can I get the answer from the perspective of using cmake?

Thanks.

Generating Safari developer certificate from Windows? The old instructions that have since been removed

NOTE: not sure if this is best forum among the StackExchange group of forums/sites for this question. Please recommend a better one if this is not the best one.

I worked with generating Safari developer certificate from Windows before, when it was actually supported (and as such building a Safari extension on Windows as well with Safari 5). Too bad that I didn't foresee Apple dropping Windows support with Safari 6 and along with that the instructions for generating Safari developer certificate from Windows. I never did save those instructions. Wish I did.

If I'm not mistaken (since I don't have the actual instructions), I believe from Windows, if one had the instructions, it likely should still be possible to generate the certificate request file to then submit on Apple's Safari developer portal to then generate/get the final developer certificate. So that one could build extensions on Windows Safari 5, if the extension need not be Safari version targeted/specific.

So if I'm not mistaken, I was just wondering if anyone had (archived) the old Windows instructions for generating the certificate request. Sure would be nice to see/read them, even if it doesn't work anymore, as a point of reference at least.

How to separate photos by category and setup synchorinzation

There is my issue:

I have several photo albums like Camera roll and Photo Stream. (Default)

Next, I create iPad Wallpapers folder and Screenshots folder for actions (store wallpapers and store screenshots, of course).

Now, I want to move these photos from photo stream and camera roll to iPad Wallpapers and Screenshots.

Ok, my tries are good and some of screenshots appear in Screenshots folder.

But! They are still exist in camera roll and photo stream folders!

How to move (not copy) photos to custom folder from default photo stream and camera roll folders?

And next question: How to make screenshots and save them to custom folder?

Why would I want to update the iOS on my ipad 2?

I have an ipad 2 which I have neglected to update for some time now. The ipad uses iOS version 6 currently. Ios 6 has never given me issues the way i use my ipad so Should I update to the new version?

Recently tab button for extension

How to use chrome Recently tab option in our Develop extension , there is any best solution for it. i tired to find best solution for it,not got the proper solution. If there is any Plugin or best tags to get recent tab Urls in Jquery or javascript for chrome extension , please provide it . I am very thank full for you.

Restore photos from an erased iPhone? [duplicate]

This question already has an answer here:

• iPhone 4 - is it possible to do a photo recovery for photos without a previous backup 2 answers

I own an iPhone 5 which I erased by going to Settings->General->Reset->Erase all content(like described here) before a sale and I now realized that I didn't backup most of the photos (not to Dropbox and not to iCloud). The phone was never connected to a computer so it doesn't have any backup trough icloud and I haven't used photostream.

I haven't sold it yet, is there an option to recover the photos?

How to Set Cell label value weather search the text from array in ios

Inside of if true block

lbl.text = celllbltext; ( in this statement how to set value of lbl) its nil ...

if (tableView == self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView)
{   
     celllbltext=[[searchResults valueForKey:@"name" ] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

     UILabel *lbl=(UILabel *)[cell viewWithTag:1];

     lbl.text = celllbltext;

     NSLog(@"lbl1 == %@",lbl.text);

     NSLog(@"lbl == %@",[[searchResults valueForKey:@"name" ] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]);

     userImageURL =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://ift.tt/1A16fry", [[searchResults valueForKey:@"id" ] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];

     inviteUserImageURL=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", [[[[searchResults valueForKey:@"picture"]valueForKey:@"data"]valueForKey:@"url"] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];

     lengthOfID=[[searchResults valueForKey:@"id" ] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

     NSLog(@"lentid%@",lengthOfID);

     lbl.textColor = [UIColor redColor];

 } else {

     celllbltext=[[frdlist valueForKey:@"name" ] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

     lbl.text=celllbltext;

     NSLog(@"lbl == %@",lbl.text);

     userImageURL =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://ift.tt/1A16fry", [[frdlist valueForKey:@"id" ] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];

     inviteUserImageURL=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", [[[[frdlist valueForKey:@"picture"]valueForKey:@"data"]valueForKey:@"url"] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];

     lengthOfID=[[frdlist valueForKey:@"id" ] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

     NSLog(@"%@",lengthOfID);
 }

iTunes disable command by trackpad

Since a few months, iTunes is listening to the track-pad fingers command previous and next (3 fingers swipe) even if it's not the active application (ie: has focus).

This is extremely annoying when browsing the web and listening to music. How can I disable this shortcut that I didn't set up ?

I've searched in the trackpad settings, the itTunes ones and the keyboard => shortcuts but didn't find the solution.

Hide contact's name when sending an email

I am using somewhat "unofficial" names for people I work with in my Address Book. Basically, I add an emoji after the first name to help me recognize the contact faster (extremely helpful on the iPhone and on my email app on desktop - my contacts are synced between my mac and my iPhone..).

The thing is that somehow when I send an email to someone he see himself the way I saved him, resulting in an awkward situations sometimes... And even If I send an email to a colleague and he forward that email - the name with my emoji stays!

Is there a way to hide the way I save contacts when I am sending an email? I know that an email can have a First and Last name attached to it as default, can I show this somehow?

I am using Gmail account, Unibox app for mac to send emails, and all my contacts are synced between my devices.

Why are my command line utilities running so slowly on my Mac?

I have just noticed that command line utilities such as ls (/bin/ls), touch (/usr/bin/touch), cat (/bin/cat), etc. are very slow when I run them from Terminal or iTerm on my MacBook. For example:

• 
  

  ls'ing while in an empty directory takes 1 second (it also takes 1 second in a non-empty directory, both with lots of files or with a few files);

  
  


• 
  

  touch'ing a new file takes 1 second (it also takes 1 second to touch an existing file);

  
  


• 
  

  cat'ing an empty file takes 1 second (there is also a 1 second lag before anything happens when I cat a non-empty file).

  
  

I have tried to diagnose this in many ways but to no avail. I do not think this is a filesystem issue, since:

• 
  

  I have run Disk Utility and it reports no problems.

  
  


• 
  

  Everything seems to be working just fine in Finder, e.g. directory contents are shown instantaneously in Finder.

  
  


• 
  

  I installed GNU coreutils using Homebrew and tried using gls, gtouch, gcat, etc., and all of the operations I listed above happen instantaneously when run with the GNU version instead.

  
  

Any ideas on what could be going on? Any ideas on how to fix this?

---

EDIT: When I reboot the computer, or try a different user, these issues go away temporarily, but after a few minutes they seem to reappear again. Another strange thing that I noticed:

$ time date
Wed Jan 28 10:07:11 PST 2015

real    0m0.151s
user    0m0.001s
sys     0m0.003s

$ time date
Wed Jan 28 10:07:13 PST 2015

real    0m0.029s
user    0m0.001s
sys     0m0.002s

$ time date
Wed Jan 28 10:07:16 PST 2015

real    0m1.005s
user    0m0.001s
sys     0m0.002s

$ time date
Wed Jan 28 10:07:18 PST 2015

real    0m1.005s
user    0m0.001s
sys     0m0.002s

This happens for all the utilities I've tried, mkdir, scp, sftp, more, cat, etc.: The first time I run it after a reboot, it's medium-slow. The second time I run it, it's sorta-fast. All subsequent times I run it, it's slow.

Central admin-managed contact list for iPhone

what is the solution to provide a group of iPhone users (personally owned devices with users own AppleIDs) with an group-contact list that is centrally managed by an admin (i.e. the group contact list on phone always being sync'ed with central admin version)? E.g. consultants in a workgroup being able to get hold of each other and ensuring contact list is always up-to-date.

Most existing contact-related apps don't seem to have admin/sync functionality to other accounts, just like they try to sync with contact list on the phone which should be an option but not a requirement. (examples on contact list are: ContactSync, Contacts Sync, Get Contacts, Circall, ContactBox, ZXContacts, aContacts+, ...).

A Google account and Contacts could be used for "admin service".

I have been unsuccessful trying to set up Google to delegate contacts, though this may solve some issues.

Has anyone had the same challenge before?

Thanks!

Rune