mardi 3 février 2015

MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch + Dell P2012HT 23'' + Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter = horrible result


While i'm enjoying my MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch, i would like to extend and use my dell monitor P2012HT 23'' and i bought thunderbolt mini displayPort to VGA adapter. The result is horrible.


The ruby script didn't help Is there anything else can fix this?





how to check last time that OD Policy or MCX Refresh was run


Is there a method to get the date and time of the last OD policy update or MCXRefresh on a 10.6 or later Apple computer from the terminal?





SMB share can't rename files/folders


On occasion cannot rename or delete files & folders on a Windows Server 2012 R2 SMB share from a Macbook.


Mac OS X 10.10 build 14A389a


The SMB share has granted "Everyone" with Full Control permissions.


Windows 7 desktops access the share without issue.


Error messages received are:


The operation can't be completed. An unexpected error occurred (error code -8706).


You don't have permission to rename the item.





I am getting an error 'pack with invalid duration' using ffmpeg with concat on Yosemite.


I am executing ffmpeg -i concat:"intro.mp4|movie.mp4" -codec copy output.mp4 and am getting error: [mp4 @ 0x7fc5f984ae00] Packet with invalid duration -1975 in stream 1


I can't seem to figure out what the problem is. The files are both H.264 AAC.


Can someone explain what causes this error?


Thanks!





iTunes 12.1 - Pop and static when playing music


I've just upgraded to the latest version of iTunes (12.1.0.71) for Windows -- the first proper 64-bit edition of the software for Windows -- and now all my music has pops and clicks and other static when playing.


I have an extremely well-specced machine.



  • Intel Core i7

  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

  • 16GB RAM

  • Windows 8.1 64-bit


Latest drivers. I even ensured I reset my machine after the installation. It happens with all music files, from MP3 to AAC.


What's going on? Every other music player on my system plays the same files perfectly fine.





Aperture 3.2.4 fails to open Nikon D7100 Raw files with Camera Raw 4.07


I am running Aperture 3.2.4, under Mountain Lion 10.8.5 and in light of 'dumbing down' reports, have no wish to upgrade my version of aperture.


Aperture reports Camara Raw 4.07


OS X Mountain Lion: Supported digital camera RAW formats - Apple Support


claims that D7100 support was added in CR 4.06.


At this time, however if I try to view a RAW file, I get the dreaded Unsupported Image Format.


How do I solve this problem?


Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 3.2 GHz Quad Core Xeon; 24 GB ram;





Check if a specific window pops up, then do this


I'm building an Applescript that launch FileZilla, then import a queue from an xml file. The problem is, when a download was previously started and the file already exists on the disk, FileZilla pops a window named "Target file already exists" giving you the choice of overwriting, resuming, replacing, etc the file. So I'm looking for a way to check if this window "exists" (I don't know if its the right term) and if it does, press tab four times to select resume and then press return.


Here's what I have so far. The "repeat until exists window "Target file already exists"" part does not seem to be working.



activate application "FileZilla"
tell application "System Events" to tell process "FileZilla"
click menu item "Import..." of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
keystroke "h" using {command down, shift down}
delay 1
keystroke "documents"
key code 124 # right arrow
keystroke "queue"
keystroke return
keystroke return
keystroke return
keystroke "p" using command down
delay 3
repeat until exists window "Target file already exists"
beep 2
delay 3
repeat 4 times
key code 48 # press tab
delay 1
end repeat
key code 36 # press return
end repeat
end tell


What am I doing wrong? Thanks





Apple TV stops playing the video from movies at 10 minutes


My 2nd gen Apple TV pretty consistently freezes the video but not the audio of purchased content (movies or TV shows) at exactly 10 minutes in. It doesn't happen 100% of the time, but it does probably 75% or more. My work around is to hit the menu button to exit the movie and then play it again resuming where I left off. Usually it'll only happen once, but rarely it will continue to freeze at random or at 10 minute intervals. I have fast internet and a good WiFi connection. This has been happening consistently for over a year. Has anyone seen this problem? Any idea how to fix it?





Can I clear my iPhone camera roll without loosing any photo?


It seems to me that all photos taken with the iPhone go into:



  • the iPhone Camera Roll

  • the iCloud photo stream

  • iPhoto/Aperture projects (e.g. "Photo stream for Decembre 2014")


Can I clear completely my iPhone's camera roll without loosing any photo?


I.e. will the duplicates in the iCloud stream and in iPhoto/Aperture projects will be deleted or not?


My goal is to free some space on the iPhone while, of course, not loosing anything.





Cross-Platform File System file sharing between MAC, WINDOWS, LINUX?


I've a laptop with triple boot, Yosemite, Windows 8.1, CentOS 7, and need a partition for sharing files between the 3 os's, i've been using exFAT, as it is supported by OSX & Windows but had some issues with linux and after try to mount it on linux, osx didn't recognize it, and i was unable to mount it, then just windows recognized it and after 1 day of using it got corrupted, i had to get my data back with TesDrive.


Now i'm looking for the most accepted file sys to shar files between them, so far i've found these options:




  • NTFS: Using MacFUSE & NTFS-3G to enable read/write access, or Paragon NTFS, but i've heard some bad things about stability & speed of those options... i would not like to lose my data.




  • HFS+: Using MacDrive Pro in windows to have read/write access to mac partition, i guess there's a way to allow linux support for hfs+. Heard some good & bad things about MacDrive but still not so sure...




  • exFAT: This way is the way i've already tried, bad experience with it, but most of the people seems to approve this option. Maybe i did something wrogn, BUT still the data loss is a problem...




  • FAT32: Limited drive size. Limited permission settings. Not the one i would like to pick.




Needs hierarchically ordered:



  1. Stability (No data loss)

  2. Great File Size support

  3. Journaling

  4. Speed





iPhone 4S, Forever recover mode?


I have an Iphone 4S, and it is in recovery Mode, and when I want to restore it, error (1) pop-up. like in Photos below Error and forever recover mode


I did search on Internet, people say it's an Electronic part issue, is it true ?!! Could You Please answer me


Thank you for your time





I'm not able to re-size a HD Partition to utilize all its free space, how can I fix this?


I've seen a couple of questions on the exchange that are similar to the issues I am having. But I haven't been able to get things to work referencing those issues.


I am ultimately looking to install Linux Mint or Ubuntu as a dual boot on my Macbook Pro (2011) which is running Mountain Lion. This is taking some trial and error.


I partitioned my HD into to equal segments about 250 GB each, one for Mountain Lion and one for Linux Mint. The partitioned segment was "free space" originally. I also installed rEFInd boot manager to manage to dual boot.


There were errors with my Mint install. The installation did not complete, but the "free space" was formatted during the install process.


I was worried that if I tried doing the install again, I wouldn't be able to re-format the newly formatted "free-space" the partitions I made for the Mint install. So I removed all my partitions except the HD and recovery. (At least I think they are removed -- i.e. they no longer show up in the partition layout).


What I am left with are two partitions:


Here


The problem is I can't resize the Macintosh HD partition. I still should have 500Gb available. I'd like to just go back to a single partition.


Something else, probably related is that this Recovery Hd is taking up 650Mb (see below). Which is not a problem but I don't recall it being there originally when I started setting this up earlier today.


here


How do I override whatever is locked here and not allowing me to restore full size to the HD partition?


Theres got to be an easy way to do this.


I've been slamming my head on the wall trying to figure this out. Unfortunately my backup drive got corrupted somehow. So I'm stuck either taking it to an apple store or figuring out how to resize the partition.


Thanks ahead of time.





MacBook boots automatically when opening lid. Feature or problem?


When my 13" Retina MacBook running Yosemite is powered off and I open the lid, it immediately starts booting up... without pressing the power button. Is this a new feature (maybe part of Yosemite) or is my MacBook misbehaving?


If it's a feature, I'm not necessarily sure that I dislike it... but I definitely find it jarring. Can I disable it?





Writing emails in differet languages - Mail (Mac)


How can I write emails in another language, with a spell check for that language? Is there a language dictionary to opt for?


Thanks! Viki





iPhone 6 - Activation Lock


I recently purchased a second hand iPhone 6. Using the IMEI number on Apple's Activation Status Lock Tool online I can see that the activation lock is off and the phone can be set up by a new user.


However the phone itself has the 'Find My Phone' turned on and I keep getting asked for the iCloud password to turn off this feature or to erase the phone.


Is it possible for me to set up this phone without the iCloud password ?





When app get rating / review?


I have submitted an app to App Store. It has been downloaded almost 300 times. 5 in app purchase happened. But I do not get any review. I guess it depends on the users, whether they want to express their feelings or not. Is it any statistics when I can get the first review?





Cannot seem to add internal testers with existing iTunes Connect accounts


I am trying to add internal beta testers to my app. The app is still in development, so I do not wish to submit the app for review for external testers. It seems the only way I can add an internal tester is if I add them as a new iTunes Connect User. When I try to though, I cannot because the Apple ID (email) of the person I want to invite already has an iTunes Connect account. Is there any way I can add people who already have Connect accounts as internal testers?


Thanks in advance.





Yosemite: how to save PDF cropped by Preview


I use Preview to crop a PDF file but it says that the content outside the selection will not be deleted, i.e. they are just hidden, and when printing there do appear.


How to save the cropped PDF?


Thank you in advance for any suggestions.





Writing emails in Mail (Mac)


I have parametered my Mail (Mac) so that the font color of all my emails are Green, yet each time I write an email, I must change the color myself. Why didn't it take? Which box should I have/not check(ed)?


Thanks! Viki





Time Machine is skipping files and folders. How to fix?


Running OS X 10.10.2 on a Early 2009 Mac Pro. System installed on a 256 GB solid state drive. 10 GB of memory.


I'm having a problem with Time Machine where it's not backing up some of my files and folders. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to it, but it includes very, very important things like the parent directory for projects I'm working on, arbitrary hash directories in some git repositories, an assortment of emails, Messages attachments, random preferences files, and somehow the entire contents of my Pictures folder. And probably more -- I haven't checked everything.


I've recently forced Time Machine to do a full traversal when it made a recent backup (and confirmed that it was a full traversal by looking at backupd's output in Console.app), but these files are still missing.


I also tried going into one of the directories that wasn't being backed up and running:



find . -exec touch {} \;


to make every file appear to be recently modified, and then told Time Machine to make a new backup, but it still skipped them.


Does anyone have any suggestions for what I can do to fix Time Machine? I just want it to do a full backup, not skipping anything.


As a last ditch effort I could blow away my Time Machine drive and start from scratch, but I really, really don't want to do that because it contains several months worth of backups, and I occasionally do need to go back and get older versions of files.





Why won't my iphone 5c play music through my bose speakers?


I have just got an iphone 5c and bought an 8 pin to 30 pin adapter so I could play music using my Bose Series III dock but when plugged in the dock will charge my phone but will not play any music. Am I doing something wrong or do I just have the wrong adapter for the dock?





Set default 3,5 mm output audio level


Several times now I've scared myself half to deaf (pun intended) when I plug my headset into my mac and started a playback with sound. It scares me and annoys me, and what's worse it's potentially damaging my hearing.


I would like to know if there's a way to make sure that the audio is always turned down to a specific level when plugging in a 3,5 mm audio jack. I don't want the sound card to remember my last setting, because I also plug my computer into my receiver and then I need to boost up the volume to the max, so when I plug a headset in the next time it's way way too loud.


So basically, does anyone know of a way to create a behavior so that the audio level of the audio jack is always brought down to eg. 10% when plugging in a 3,5 mm audio plug?





error -39 on update 8.1.3.iphone 4s


my i phone 4s was updated with update 8.1.3 now i can not open i can not login

it shows only i tunes icon and the window box recommend to connect to itunes to continue update , i did but it stopped with an error -39 what is that mean , is it mean that the update can not be continued or finshed and i have to choice the second option which is restore to factory . what can i do as next step





Dock throwing NSInvalidArgumentException trying to start


Yesterday I noticed that I could no longer + TAB, minimize/maximize windows and that the Dock was missing. I've tried numerous things to resolve it:



  • rebooting

  • reseting PRAM

  • killing Dock with killall -KILL Dock


That last one should restart the process, but it didn't appear to initially:



$ killall -KILL Dock
No matching processes belonging to you were found
$ ps -ef|grep -i Dock
501 2145 826 0 7:50AM ttys000 0:00.00 grep -i Dock


I opened up the Activity Monitor and noticed that it was repeatedly trying to restart the process:



When I tried to restart it manually I noticed that a NSInvalidArgumentException was being thrown:



$ /System/Library/CoreServices/http://ift.tt/15PiIBU
2015-01-27 07:30:34.441 Dock[1126:38505] -[__NSCFNumber stringByExpandingTildeInPath]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x537
2015-01-27 07:30:34.442 Dock[1126:38505] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFNumber stringByExpandingTildeInPath]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x537'
*** First throw call stack:
(
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8d6ec64c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff819096de objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8d6ef6bd -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 205
3 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8d636a84 ___forwarding___ + 1028
4 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8d6365f8 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
5 Dock 0x000000010907feca Dock + 61130
6 Dock 0x000000010907fd75 Dock + 60789
7 Dock 0x000000010907f780 Dock + 59264
8 Dock 0x000000010907cc70 Dock + 48240
9 Dock 0x000000010907be54 Dock + 44628
10 Dock 0x000000010907696c Dock + 22892
11 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff837e95c9 start + 1
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
Abort trap: 6


Can anyone offer any suggestions? I miss my dock and my keyboard shortcuts...





Macbook pro - mid 2012 screen going black


My screen keeps going black as if it is going to sleep but will then not wake up, no matter how many various key combinations i retry.


I get the following stack trace upon restart which makes it look like there is potentially something wrong with the video card driver? Some suggestions would be much appreciated because my macbook is out of warranty now and i guess it will cost me a lot to get repaired :(



Anonymous UUID: 9E17DAD1-B81B-68B9-68CA-ABE2762E248A


Wed Dec 10 19:58:41 2014
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff7f853f7f7c): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 4 0 a0 d9 9 8 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0x102c00000 0xffffff81148e8000 0x0e7150a2, D0, P1/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.6.22/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81141db530 : 0xffffff8003022f79
0xffffff81141db5b0 : 0xffffff7f853f7f7c
0xffffff81141db680 : 0xffffff7f83b67ba4
0xffffff81141db740 : 0xffffff7f83c31ebe
0xffffff81141db780 : 0xffffff7f83c31f2e
0xffffff81141db7f0 : 0xffffff7f83e669de
0xffffff81141db860 : 0xffffff7f83c549e5
0xffffff81141db880 : 0xffffff7f83b6e65d
0xffffff81141db930 : 0xffffff7f83b6c168
0xffffff81141dbb30 : 0xffffff7f83b6d208
0xffffff81141dbc10 : 0xffffff7f83b1b5b1
0xffffff81141dbdb0 : 0xffffff7f83b1a21a
0xffffff81141dbdd0 : 0xffffff7f853c968c
0xffffff81141dbeb0 : 0xffffff7f853c9568
0xffffff81141dbf00 : 0xffffff7f853c820e
0xffffff81141dbf20 : 0xffffff800304a20a
0xffffff81141dbfb0 : 0xffffff80030d7607
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.6.22)[32862231-50BC-3AF6-87A2-703321AE4F90]@ 0xffffff7f853e9000->0xffffff7f853fcfff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.6.22)[AA46D551-BE0F-33DA-93A3-8F46197BB 36F]@0xffffff7f853e1000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7f84432000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f836bf000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f83abe000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[80899285-3952-30DA-A0F9-357C51E104 CF]@0xffffff7f853e4000
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(8.2.6)[272B6397-FEDB-32FC-9035-BDD749284455] @0xffffff7f83b17000->0xffffff7f83d8afff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f836bf000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xff ffff7f83b01000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f83abe000
dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.6.22)[91D61DEC-2946-3790-8134-B808C016C4 C9]@0xffffff7f83b11000
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal(8.2.6)[EF73AF59-A574-3A5A-B410-7E4F2DA819B 0]@0xffffff7f83d96000->0xffffff7f83f42fff
dependency: com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(8.2.6)[272B6397-FEDB-32FC-9035-BDD749284455] @0xffffff7f83b17000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f836bf000
com.apple.driver.AGPM(100.14.34)[B40DF46A-AA80-39C2-BBC6-DA5DF93509AC]@0xffffff 7f853c6000->0xffffff7f853d8fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f836bf000
dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily(5.7.1d6)[67BEDCC9-E9AB-3F32-82CE-84729F B82C0A]@0xffffff7f8443b000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xff ffff7f83b01000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f83abe000
dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.6.22)[91D61DEC-2946-3790-8134-B808C016C4 C9]@0xffffff7f83b11000


BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task


Mac OS version:
13F34


Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Sun Aug 17 19:50:11 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9477416E-7BCA-3679-AF97-E1EAAD3DD5A0
Kernel slide: 0x0000000002e00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8003000000
System model name: MacBookPro10,1 (Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F)


System uptime in nanoseconds: 18318862975
last loaded kext at 6922148357: org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 4.3.0 (addr 0xffffff7f8555e000, size 28672)
loaded kexts:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 4.3.0
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 4.3.0
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 4.3.0
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 4.3.0
com.Cycling74.driver.WondershareAudioDevice 1.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.34
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.0.9d7
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0
com.apple.filesystems.ntfs 3.11
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.4.11
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU 4.2.7f3
com.apple.GeForce 8.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics 8.2.8
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri 8.2.8
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup 8.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 1.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 683.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.5.2
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.8.1b2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 700.20.22
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI 683.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 217.92.1
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 217.92.1
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.7
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.7
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.6.3f4
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily 98.23
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal 8.2.6
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman 8.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.7.1d6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 98.23
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.7fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.14
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.8
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink 2.1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 3.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 3.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 3.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 240.10
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 656.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 2.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 3.3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 660.4.2
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b4
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 640.36
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 686.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 278.11.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 371.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 23
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
Model: MacBookPro10,1, BootROM MBP101.00EE.B02, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.3 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.3f35
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, PCIe, 1024 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xEF), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.7f3 14616, 3 services, 15 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM256E, 251 GB
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 23.4




USB 3.0 to gigabit ethernet keeps crashing system with 10.10.1/2


I have this Realtek USB 3.0 to gigabit ethernet adaptor. Using either the included drivers for OS 10.8.x or the official Realtek drivers from December 2014, it hard crashes the system every 5-10 minutes. I have about 120 GiB of data to transfer to a 13" Pro Retina and no external HDD - is there a way to make the Realtek adaptor work under 10.10.x or a quicker way to transfer my data?





Removing FileVault2 key from memory on lid close


I would like to know, how to remove FileVault2 keys from memory, when I close the lid on my Macbook pro 15" running Yosemite.


It works, when I leave the computer as it slowly goes into standby by itself (first lock-screen then the screensaver and then standby). I had manage to do this, with this classic command:



sudo pmset -a destroyfvkeyonstandby 1


But the problem is, that when I close the lid when the screen is just locked, or it isn't locked it, wouldn't destroy the keys. It just locks the screen.


Short version: I want to destroy FileVault2 keys when I close the laptop lid.





External Monitor/Bootcamp/Macbook


I am having the reverse problem. My external monitor works on Bootcamp with windows 7 but switching back to Mac side, I am not getting it on external?





iTunes 12.1 - Pop and static when playing music


I've just upgraded to the latest version of iTunes (12.1.0.71) for Windows -- the first proper 64-bit edition of the software for Windows -- and now all my music has pops and clicks and other static when playing.


I have an extremely well-specced machine.



  • Intel Core i7

  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

  • 16GB RAM

  • Windows 8.1 64-bit


Latest drivers. I even ensured I reset my machine after the installation.


What's going on? Every other music player on my system plays the same files perfectly fine.





iPhone 5 Contacts Underline


I've recently had all the info in my Contacts underlined (not the name but phone numbers, addresses, etc.). I hate the look (makes it look busy and it's unnecessary), but have no idea how this occurred. I'm still using the older OS (not 8). Anybody know what I should do to get rid of the underlining? Thanks.





I-Phone 4S wth update 8.1.3


i update my iphone with update 8.1.3 now i am unable to login in with my phone as he force me only to connect to i tunes with no other option finaly when i connect to i tunes he gives me a message either to update and if it is not working i should go to restore as factory although there was no warrning message that this update is not suitable to my phone now i have no other option than restotring my i phone to factory mode and by this i will lose all the photos and all saved data i wonder if there is a solution for this as you should notify this on your terms and conditions so if i was informed i will not do this update ,i think this is a big error on your apple company that she did not mention this and i am very upsate for this and need a solution


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iCloud Drive and external hard drives


I have just added a second hard drive to my mac mini and would love to use the new partition to store files on iCloud Drive. Since they are on the cloud, it would clear some room on my back up.


Is there a way to have files on this new drive show up in iCloud Drive, maybe with hard links? I am not sure how to use hard links in a situation like this, or if it would work.





When does it help to restore an iDevice using iTunes, as opposed to "erase all content and settings"?


There are two ways to factory reset an iDevice:



  1. On the iDevice, open Settings > General > Reset > Erase all content and settings. (Reference)

  2. Plug in the device to a computer, open iTunes, and click the Reset button. (Reference)


One difference between these two is that (2) causes iTunes to download and install a fresh copy of iOS. Obviously, you'd use this technique when your iOS installation is so messed up that it doesn't even boot.


What are the other situations in which there's a difference between these two techniques for performing a factory reset?


Concretely, my iPhone suffers from poor battery life. I've exhausted all the other options I can think of, and I'm about to do a factory reset. Is it better I do it using iTunes in case my iOS installation is corrupt in some way?


I don't want to be in a situation where I do a factory reset on-device (technique (1) above), find that it still doesn't solve the issue, and then have to (2) anyway. If there's a chance of that happening, I'd rather go straight away to (2). Thanks.





iTerm2: Split pane - coloured title bar instead of dimming


In iTerm2 it is possible, to split panes. Thus, I have parallel multiple terminals instead (or in addition) to tabs. This is very similar to the i3 Window Manager or Terminator Terminal Emulator.


When having multiple terminals, I would like to quickly know what is the active terminal. iTerm2 has an option to dim, but this is not so great because inactive terminals are not that good to read (e.g. htop).


It seems there is no option of using coloured title bars (not tabs!) based on active pane/terminal. Only programms can do so via escape codes). Does anybody know a hack for this or is up to me to request an enhancement? Maybe I overlooked it...


Thanks, Timo





Deleting photos from my IPad Air


I imported some random photos from my desktop computer to test the photo import option on my new IPad Air. These photos are visible when I click on My Photos on the main menu screen, along with photos taken with the IPad, but are not visible when I click on my Photo Booth, which seems to store only pics. taken with my IPad. I want to delete the photos imported as a test but when I select them in My Photos the option to delete them (the dustbin) does not light up as an option. How can I delete them? Any help appreciated.





How to view images at actual size in slideshow (by default)?


Is there a way to view images at 100% of their size in slideshow by default?


When I select a number of images and play them in a slideshow I wish to avoid pressing option key for each of them to show them at actual size (the real-world scenario would be having a bunch of taller images, such as mock-ups of web pages, that are then squeezed on the screen and practically indiscernible).





Firewall partly breaks internet sharing over WiFi after upgrading to Yosemite


I used to share my ADSL/Ethernet internet connection over WiFi from a iMac to my iPhone/iPod/MacBook, but after upgrading to Yosemite (10.10) sharing stopped working with a very puzzling behaviour:



  • connections to google services (email/dns/http) succeed;

  • connections to other hosts (twitter/wikipedia/…) hang and ultimately time out;

  • everything works fine if I disable the firewall from System Preferences > Security & Privacy.


The problem persists after upgrading to 10.10.2 and is not related to WiFi, which is working fine for google and other services like file sharing… any hints?





Space with open windows. Mac Yosemite


In Yosemite Preferences > Mission Control I have DEselected the option: when switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application


But this does not work, When I click to any application it switchs to a Space with open windows of that application.


Is there any way to solve it





Can I fix DNS issues on MBP for good?


I noticed DNS issue on my MBP where all of sudden my DNS simply stops working. It's easy to notice that, so I do the following:



  • first I check if DNS is really broken by eg pinging google.com, when DNS is not working, ping is not working either


  • then I execute the script with following commands:



    sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.discoveryd.plist
    sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.discoveryd.plist



This is all happening on MBP 2013 with Yosemite installed, sometimes more often, sometimes less.


Is there a way to fix DNS issues in more better, systematic, way; so I dont have to manually fix it by myself?





Internet not working well on MBA, after switching network?


Let's say that I turned on my MBAir at home; wifi networking works. Then I close the lid (MBA goes to sleep) and go to different place with different wifi network. When I change the wifi network (eq when I go to nearby coffee shop) something strange happens: from that point I can not reach most of the internet. Even when I come back home, the same problem exists! This is a summary of what I have found:



  • DNS is working

  • reseting DNS (using com.apple.discoveryd.plist) does not help

  • ping is working

  • traceroute works

  • turning wireless off and on does not help (via ifconfig)

  • however, I can not connect to port 80, for example, using wget results with "connection timed out".

  • this issue is not related to a target web site, this happens all the time.


The only thing that helps is switching computer off and then back on; but this is not a solution for me.


Can any one recommend a solution, preferably in terminal (so I can issue the fix everytime when I experience it)?


I have MBA 2013 and Yosemite installed.





Questionable Wi-Fi problem on MBP: how to analyse it?


I can't all of the sudden turn on WiFi on my MBP. I have upgraded to Yosemite half a year ago and it was all working fine until today.


I tried some tips from this thread Can't turn on wifi on Mac OSX Mountain lion MBP 2012 like sudo ifconfig en# up(tried all numbers because I don't know which en is WiFi...


I also tried hard power off; restarted several times; removed WiFi interface, restarted and added it back. Nothing helped. After hard power off I saw it trying to connect to a network for few secs and then it stopped again...


When click <code>Turn Wi-Fi On</code> nothing happens


ifconfig output for wifi device:



en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 60:03:08:97:7a:56
nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
media: autoselect (<unknown type>)
status: inactive


Console output after system startup:



31/01/15 22:46:33,000 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en0. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
31/01/15 22:46:33,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm4360_P2PInterface::init name <p2p0> role 1
31/01/15 22:46:33,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm4360_P2PInterface::init <p2p> role 1
31/01/15 22:46:33,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm4360_P2PInterface::init name <awdl0> role 4
31/01/15 22:46:33,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm4360_P2PInterface::attachToBpf name <awdl0> role 4 successful attach to bpf type 147
31/01/15 22:46:33,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm4360_P2PInterface::init <awdl> role 4
31/01/15 22:46:33,686 airportd[30]: airportdProcessDLILEvent: en0 attached (up)
31/01/15 22:46:35,000 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on awdl0
31/01/15 22:46:39,000 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en0
31/01/15 22:46:39,000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en0
31/01/15 22:46:39,653 airportd[30]: -[CWXPCConnection performScanWithChannels:ssidList:legacyScanSSID:includeHiddenNetworks:mergeScanResults:maxAge:maxMissCount:maxWakeCount:maxAutoJoinCount:interfaceName:waitForWiFi:waitForBluetooth:token:priority:reply:]: !!! SCAN request received 0.0127 seconds after previous scan request from 58 (locationd)
31/01/15 22:46:39,000 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en0. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
31/01/15 22:46:40,005 airportd[30]: _handleLinkEvent: WiFi is not powered. Resetting state variables.


Does anyone have any clue how to fix it?


I'd prefer a solution that doesn't include reinstalling my whole system.





AddPrinter.app hangs on Yosemite


I want to add a network printer on my MBP13R mid-2013. I open the dialog box Add printer (Addprinter.app). I begin to fill the form for IP adress of my printer (by typing the hostname). I only type a few letters and the window hangs.


The only way to stop it is to use kill -9 PID command in Terminal (using ps aux|grep -i print for obtaining the PID of AddPrinter.app).


After this I obtain the following lines in Console:



02/02/2015 16:32:57,316 com.apple.preference.printfax.remoteservice[3869]: __agent_connection_block_invoke_2: Connection error - Connection interrupted
02/02/2015 21:03:04,973 com.apple.preference.printfax.remoteservice[15832]: remote view marshal proxy failed to forward event to remote due to Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "Impossible de communiquer avec un utilitaire." (connection from pid 15827) UserInfo=0x600000477fc0 {NSDebugDescription=connection from pid 15827}
timestamp: 21:03:04.972 Monday 02 February 2015
process/thread/queue: com.apple.preference.printfax.remoteservice (15832) / 0x10e495000 / com.apple.NSXPCConnection.user.15827
code: line 1217 of /SourceCache/ViewBridge/ViewBridge-103/NSViewServiceMarshal.m in __59-[NSViewServiceMarshal remoteViewMarshal:withErrorHandler:]_block_invoke
#communications_failure

02/02/2015 21:03:05,026 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.preference.printfax.remoteservice[15832]) Service exited due to signal: Killed: 9


Do you have any idea for solving this trouble?


Details:



  • Network: wire connection (thunderbolt adapter) with DHCP

  • Yosemite 10.10.2





Install apps on 1st generation ipad


I just bought a first generation ipad for my mom. I am not able to install any app of it. They all say that they need ios 6 and above. I am seeing that upgrading the first generation ipad to latest ios is also not possible. Is there a way to install basic apps like adobe reader, chrome, some office utilities?





What is Game Center friend recommendation based on?


My iPad game center app shows friend recommendations. That list includes people that I do not know, people I have heard of but have never had direct contact, as well as people whom I regularly communicate with but never via Apple products. It is freaky. What information is friend recommendation based on?