Fix formatted GPT in SSD

I accidentally formatted my SSD's GPT while formatting a USB in Linux's gparted. Now, when running gpt in Mac's command line, this is how my SSD looks like:

My-MacBook-Pro:~ user$ sudo gpt -r show disk2
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34  1000215149         
  1000215183          32         Sec GPT table
  1000215215           1         Sec GPT header

I used to have 2 partitions on this drive: Mac OSX and a Windows 8.1 bootcamp partition. I wouldn't mind loosing the latter.

I have heard about being able to restore the partition with the gpt command in Mac. Is this possible in my case?

Thanks, Martin

Does Time Machine improve startup time?

This may initially sound like a question, and I'm by no means a amateur user of the OSX Operating system(s).

However, upon recently upgrading to Yosemite, my system has become SUPER slow to boot, and I'm wondering if Time Machine will at all aid the start up time by distributing the burden to two disks?

Thanks in advance.

Weather apps that report snow accumulation

Are there any weather apps for iOS that report the amount of snow accumulation, not just precipitation? Something like 3-5" of snow is expected.

I've tried the stock weather app and several others. All I seem to get is whether or not it will snow and the amount of precipitation which is merely a fraction of actual snow accumulation. Ideally I'd also like to know if ground/road conditions are expected to be icy.

Is it possible to boot from an encrypted external hard drive?

If I have an external hard drive with a bootable cloned backup (via SuperDuper) - if I encrypt it with the Finder will I still be able to boot from it if necessary?

TextEdit does not show recent documents in Yosemite

I am new to Mac OS X Yosemite. How do I make TextEdit show recent documents? When I go to File and select Recent Documents, it does not show the last few documents like it used to.

Multiple iOS App Store Updates in under three days

The other day I noticed that some major apps like Instagram, Snapchat, Nike, Facebook, etc. can have multiple updates (sometimes three or more) in only a few days (less than three or four). See this screenshot from Instagram's update schedule below and notice that they've published three updates in the past four days.

How is this possible? Apple takes at least a week or more per app review (including minor updates). In order to speed up the process to say two or three days, one can submit an Expedited App Review Request. However, Apple only grant these on a limited basis.

How do apps like this get updated so darn quick? Is Apple playing favorites to major companies and keeping smaller developers at the bottom of their queue?

Random Restarts, GPU Panic

As of today, my 15" 2010 Macbook Pro has randomly rebooted twice within an hour. I'm including the Panic Report that was displayed after the computer rebooted.

I'm running OS X 10.10.2, connected to an external monitor via mini display port to VGA adapter, and I was using these applications when the reboots occurred:

• firefox


• vlc


• skype


• finder

My questions are: What's causing the problem? and what should I do to prevent this from ever happening again?

Anonymous UUID:       3A85DED9-ED42-183E-F7F9-5CA2F73533B7

Thu Mar  5 17:55:09 2015

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f8ae39f63): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff80afad2000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.8.6/src/AppleMuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff809d9eb0f0 : 0xffffff800812fe41 
0xffffff809d9eb170 : 0xffffff7f8ae39f63 
0xffffff809d9eb250 : 0xffffff7f88d52b9f 
0xffffff809d9eb310 : 0xffffff7f88e1c18e 
0xffffff809d9eb350 : 0xffffff7f88e1c1fe 
0xffffff809d9eb3c0 : 0xffffff7f8909b056 
0xffffff809d9eb4f0 : 0xffffff7f88e3f82d 
0xffffff809d9eb510 : 0xffffff7f88d595f1 
0xffffff809d9eb5c0 : 0xffffff7f88d570fc 
0xffffff809d9eb7c0 : 0xffffff7f88d5807a 
0xffffff809d9eb8a0 : 0xffffff7f8a3ef446 
0xffffff809d9eb8e0 : 0xffffff7f8a3fedff 
0xffffff809d9eb900 : 0xffffff7f8a42d493 
0xffffff809d9eb930 : 0xffffff7f8a42d4ed 
0xffffff809d9eb970 : 0xffffff7f8a404a1f 
0xffffff809d9eb9c0 : 0xffffff7f8a3cf027 

0xffffff809d9eba60 : 0xffffff7f8a3cada1 
0xffffff809d9eba90 : 0xffffff7f8a3c8873 
0xffffff809d9ebad0 : 0xffffff80086ff00c 
0xffffff809d9ebb60 : 0xffffff8008701163 
0xffffff809d9ebbc0 : 0xffffff80086fe9c3 
0xffffff809d9ebd00 : 0xffffff80081e4a87 
0xffffff809d9ebe10 : 0xffffff8008133f8c 
0xffffff809d9ebe40 : 0xffffff8008118a93 
0xffffff809d9ebe90 : 0xffffff80081293bd 
0xffffff809d9ebf10 : 0xffffff80082059fa 
0xffffff809d9ebfb0 : 0xffffff8008236ea6 
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA28EE2B]@0xffffff7f88d02000->0xffffff7f88f6bfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff7f889b0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[E5A48E71-70F5-3B01-81D3-C2B037BBE80A]@0xffffff7f88cf2000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0xffffff7f88cab000
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(10.0)[7FE40648-F15F-3E18-91E2-FDDDF4CDA355]@0xffffff7f88f76000->0xffffff7f8921ffff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA28EE2B]@0xffffff7f88d02000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff7f889b0000
         com.apple.GeForceTesla(10.0)[3EA67900-B4A9-30BB-964D-0904DA5421CC]@0xffffff7f8a3ac000->0xffffff7f8a479fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff7f889b0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[E5A48E71-70F5-3B01-81D3-C2B037BBE80A]@0xffffff7f88cf2000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0xffffff7f88cab000
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA28EE2B]@0xffffff7f88d02000
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.8.6)[BE610379-FAEA-3E8F-B6AF-F92B70B3C5CD]@0xffffff7f8ae2b000->0xffffff7f8ae3efff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.8.6)[76B001B1-30F1-3D72-B264-85D77B254C2F]@0xffffff7f8ae23000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[70E2B65E-A91A-3522-A1A0-79FD63EABB4C]@0xffffff7f88c35000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff7f889b0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0xffffff7f88cab000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[42706EB3-1447-3931-A668-FBAC58AAAA7A]@0xffffff7f8ae26000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Boot args: niog=1

Mac OS version:
14C109

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Mon Dec 22 23:10:38 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: DCF5C2D5-16AE-37F5-B2BE-ED127048DFF5
Kernel slide:     0x0000000007e00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8008000000
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8007f00000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 312912210139
last loaded kext at 85034189912: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC   4.2.2b5 (addr 0xffffff7f895ed000, size 24576)
last unloaded kext at 203156395563: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI   656.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f89575000, size 65536)
loaded kexts:
com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm 100.1f2
com.symantec.kext.ips   3.5.1f2
com.symantec.kext.ndcengine 1.0f2
com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity  5.2.1f2
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC  1.70
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor  1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AGPM   100.15.5
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog   1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    124
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver   269.25
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA   269.25
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU    2.0.7d0
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl    3.8.6
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC   1.7.3
com.apple.GeForceTesla  10.0.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC   1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl   1.2.11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics   10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 10.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet  1.0.1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X   7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess  1
com.apple.driver.AppleHV    1
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor    3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons  240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController  327.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.5.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient  3.7.3
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage  2.7.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331   800.20.24
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    705.4.2
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    5.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort  3.1.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet    10.1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI   705.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager   161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons   3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC   2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET  1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC  1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall   161
com.apple.security.quarantine   3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet  8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement   218.0.0
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl    3.8.6
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 269.25
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.15
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily  11
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl   3.8.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI  1.0.12d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport   4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.1d38
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert   1.1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily   203.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext   1.2.0
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla   10.0.0
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla    10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController   1.0.13d1
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport   2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface   97
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily   4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC   3.1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 245.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver  705.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice   3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass   3.7.1
com.apple.driver.CoreStorage    471.10.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub   705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite  705.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice  3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily   1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily  1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily   1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI   2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily   3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family   710.55
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b3
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient  1.0.1b8
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily  3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 710.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM  2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily   1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox  300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch   1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore  2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity   1.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 396
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily  31
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore   28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform  3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0
com.apple.kec.Libm  1
com.apple.kec.pthread   1
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f16
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4346382020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4346382020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.2f6 15235, 3 services, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: KINGSTON SH100S3120G, 120.03 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Dell USB Keyboard Hub
USB Device: USB Optical Mouse
USB Device: Dell USB Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Ext HDD 1021
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: Built-in iSight
Thunderbolt Bus: 









Anonymous UUID:       3A85DED9-ED42-183E-F7F9-5CA2F73533B7

Thu Mar  5 19:02:10 2015

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f8d839f63): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff80b22e2000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.8.6/src/AppleMuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80a0bbb0f0 : 0xffffff800ab2fe41 
0xffffff80a0bbb170 : 0xffffff7f8d839f63 
0xffffff80a0bbb250 : 0xffffff7f8b752b9f 
0xffffff80a0bbb310 : 0xffffff7f8b81c18e 
0xffffff80a0bbb350 : 0xffffff7f8b81c1fe 
0xffffff80a0bbb3c0 : 0xffffff7f8ba9b056 
0xffffff80a0bbb4f0 : 0xffffff7f8b83f82d 
0xffffff80a0bbb510 : 0xffffff7f8b7595f1 
0xffffff80a0bbb5c0 : 0xffffff7f8b7570fc 
0xffffff80a0bbb7c0 : 0xffffff7f8b75807a 
0xffffff80a0bbb8a0 : 0xffffff7f8cdef446 
0xffffff80a0bbb8e0 : 0xffffff7f8cdfedff 
0xffffff80a0bbb900 : 0xffffff7f8ce2d493 
0xffffff80a0bbb930 : 0xffffff7f8ce2d4ed 
0xffffff80a0bbb970 : 0xffffff7f8ce04a1f 
0xffffff80a0bbb9c0 : 0xffffff7f8cdcf027 
0xffffff80a0bbba60 : 0xffffff7f8cdcada1 
0xffffff80a0bbba90 : 0xffffff7f8cdc8873 
0xffffff80a0bbbad0 : 0xffffff800b0ff00c 
0xffffff80a0bbbb60 : 0xffffff800b101163 
0xffffff80a0bbbbc0 : 0xffffff800b0fe9c3 
0xffffff80a0bbbd00 : 0xffffff800abe4a87 
0xffffff80a0bbbe10 : 0xffffff800ab33f8c 
0xffffff80a0bbbe40 : 0xffffff800ab18a93 
0xffffff80a0bbbe90 : 0xffffff800ab293bd 
0xffffff80a0bbbf10 : 0xffffff800ac059fa 
0xffffff80a0bbbfb0 : 0xffffff800ac36ea6 
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.8.6)[BE610379-FAEA-3E8F-B6AF-F92B70B3C5CD]@0xffffff7f8d82b000->0xffffff7f8d83efff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.8.6)[76B001B1-30F1-3D72-B264-85D77B254C2F]@0xffffff7f8d823000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[70E2B65E-A91A-3522-A1A0-79FD63EABB4C]@0xffffff7f8b635000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff7f8b3b0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0xffffff7f8b6ab000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[42706EB3-1447-3931-A668-FBAC58AAAA7A]@0xffffff7f8d826000
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA28EE2B]@0xffffff7f8b702000->0xffffff7f8b96bfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff7f8b3b0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[E5A48E71-70F5-3B01-81D3-C2B037BBE80A]@0xffffff7f8b6f2000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0xffffff7f8b6ab000
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(10.0)[7FE40648-F15F-3E18-91E2-FDDDF4CDA355]@0xffffff7f8b976000->0xffffff7f8bc1ffff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA28EE2B]@0xffffff7f8b702000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff7f8b3b0000
         com.apple.GeForceTesla(10.0)[3EA67900-B4A9-30BB-964D-0904DA5421CC]@0xffffff7f8cdac000->0xffffff7f8ce79fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff7f8b3b0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[E5A48E71-70F5-3B01-81D3-C2B037BBE80A]@0xffffff7f8b6f2000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0xffffff7f8b6ab000
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA28EE2B]@0xffffff7f8b702000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Boot args: niog=1

Mac OS version:
14C109

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Mon Dec 22 23:10:38 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: DCF5C2D5-16AE-37F5-B2BE-ED127048DFF5
Kernel slide:     0x000000000a800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800aa00000
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff800a900000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 3829319326607
last loaded kext at 11866509383: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 (addr 0xffffff7f8d09b000, size 32768)
last unloaded kext at 153618161860: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI   656.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f8bf75000, size 65536)
loaded kexts:
com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm 100.1f2
com.symantec.kext.ips   3.5.1f2
com.symantec.kext.ndcengine 1.0f2
com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity  5.2.1f2
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC  1.70
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor  1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AGPM   100.15.5
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog   1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    124
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver   269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet  1.0.1
com.apple.GeForceTesla  10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA   269.25
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X   7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess  1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHV    1
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl    3.8.6
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl   1.2.11
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU    2.0.7d0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC   1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics   10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC   1.7.3
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor    3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons  240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController  327.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.5.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient  3.7.3
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage  2.7.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331   800.20.24
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    705.4.2
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    5.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort  3.1.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet    10.1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI   705.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager   161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC   2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons   3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET  1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC  1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall   161
com.apple.security.quarantine   3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet  8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement   218.0.0
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl    3.8.6
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla   10.0.0
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla    10.0.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 269.25
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.15
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface   97
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily  11
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI  1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert   1.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl   3.8.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController   1.0.13d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport   4.3.2f6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily   4.3.2f6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.6
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport   2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily   203.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext   1.2.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.1d38
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC   3.1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 245.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver  705.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice   3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass   3.7.1
com.apple.driver.CoreStorage    471.10.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub   705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite  705.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice  3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily   1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily  1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily   1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI   2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily   3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family   710.55
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b3
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient  1.0.1b8
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily  3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 710.4.14
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  300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch   1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore  2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity   1.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 396
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily  31
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore   28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform  3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0
com.apple.kec.Libm  1
com.apple.kec.pthread   1
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f16
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4346382020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4346382020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.2f6 15235, 3 services, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: KINGSTON SH100S3120G, 120.03 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Dell USB Keyboard Hub
USB Device: USB Optical Mouse
USB Device: Dell USB Keyboard Hub
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: Built-in iSight
Thunderbolt Bus: 

New event invite does not appear on my wife's iphone

I have set up a new event on my iPhone and invited my wife who also has an iPhone but my wife is not receiving the invite?

Managing iOS settings for multiple devices

I want to manage 100 iPads and configure them identically. Each will be used as a kiosk, so there is no individual user for each device. I want push some custom in-house apps out to these devices, and manage some settings.

I have Profile Manager running on OS X Server and it looks like this allow me to deploy my apps (once they are signed using an enterprise developer account). However, I don't see any facility for managing the following device settings:

• Auto-lock should be disabled


• There should be no passcode set


• The 'Guided Access' mode should be enabled (General->Accessibility) and the triple-click home button shortcut enabled. A given passcode should be used (these are all standard iOS settings available on the device).


• The home screen should be laid out a certain way to help IT staff access the correct apps and ignore others.

Is there any way to manage these kind of settings? Or will I need to manually set these for each device?

SD Card, Error Code 36 after copying additional files to a camera memory card using finder

I'm getting an Error Code-36 when trying to retrieve files from a FAT32 SD card (from my camera) onto a mac formatted drive. Half of the files will not even open, let alone copy across from the card!

I now think I know what caused this behavior but cannot find the solution to retrieving the data.

Some further detail:

I was going to lend the SD card to a friend which was full of .movs from my camera. I also copied some additional files from my desktop onto the card that they needed. I believe this is what has caused the issue as there is now some confusion over file system types within the SD card.

Does anyone know how I can make a backup of the SD card before reformatting inside the camera?

P.S. the error code 36 is being raised by normal .mov files, NOT a hidden 'dot file', I've not tried a dot-clean or disk repair yet as I'm weary of loosing all the files.

Thanks so much

Why is softwareupdated taking up all my memory?

The process softwareupdated seems to be taking up way too much memory. It can take up to 400 MB RAM sometimes. I can't nail down what is causing this to happen, so I've been watching my console closely. I've narrowed one incident to a 15 minute period, but I still can't see what might be causing this. I am attaching the console output below. Usually softwareupdated only takes up 18 MB. When it gets up to 400 MB, it won't ever go back down unless I restart my computer. Its like it can't release the memory or something. Its very frustrating since it slows my computer down considerably. I have also had my computer freeze a few times requiring a manual shutdown. It seems the problems started with update 10.10.2, but this may be a coincidence.

Has anyone else experienced this? What can I do to fix this?

3/5/15 4:23:17.000 PM kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: b8:8d:12:61:0a:e5  MAC AUTH succeeded
3/5/15 4:23:17.000 PM kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
3/5/15 4:23:17.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
3/5/15 4:23:17.000 PM kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #1, bssid b8:8d:12:61:0a:e5
3/5/15 4:23:17.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to b8:8d:12:61:0a:e5
3/5/15 4:23:17.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: channel changed to 11
3/5/15 4:23:17.000 PM kernel[0]: en1::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
3/5/15 4:23:21.000 PM kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: b8:8d:12:61:0a:e5  MAC AUTH succeeded
3/5/15 4:23:21.000 PM kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
3/5/15 4:23:21.000 PM kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid b8:8d:12:61:0a:e5
3/5/15 4:23:21.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to b8:8d:12:61:0a:e5
3/5/15 4:23:21.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: channel changed to 11
3/5/15 4:23:21.000 PM kernel[0]: en1::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
3/5/15 4:23:22.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
3/5/15 4:24:36.256 PM storeaccountd[259]: AccountServiceDelegate: Accepting new connection <NSXPCConnection: 0x7fe1e0d067c0> connection from pid 1955 with interface <AccountServiceInterface: 0x7fe1e0d07cb0> (PID 1955)
3/5/15 4:24:36.591 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:24:38.838 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:24:39.043 PM com.apple.iCloudHelper[1962]: objc[1962]: Class FALogging is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FamilyCircle.framework/Versions/A/FamilyCircle and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FamilyNotification.framework/Versions/A/FamilyNotification. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
3/5/15 4:24:39.052 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:24:41.739 PM WindowServer[136]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Safari" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
3/5/15 4:24:41.817 PM WindowServer[136]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Safari" after 1.08 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
3/5/15 4:24:42.743 PM locationd[198]: Couldn't find a requirement string for masquerading client /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Parsec.framework
3/5/15 4:24:42.744 PM locationd[198]: could not get apple languages array, assuming english
3/5/15 4:24:43.512 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:04.472 PM nsurlstoraged[216]: Error: execSQLStatement:onConnection:toCompletionWithRetry - SQL=COMMIT;, error-code=1, error-message=cannot commit - no transaction is active
3/5/15 4:25:14.615 PM nsurlstoraged[216]: Error: execSQLStatement:onConnection:toCompletionWithRetry - SQL=COMMIT;, error-code=1, error-message=cannot commit - no transaction is active
3/5/15 4:25:34.289 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:34.410 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:35.146 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[53]: Session 100051 created
3/5/15 4:25:35.661 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:37.920 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:38.469 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:39.089 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:39.781 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:39.984 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:42.012 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:42.789 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:51.992 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.98330179-55A8-4EFA-A3E1-D8B74979F201[1980]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1
3/5/15 4:25:52.266 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:53.828 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:25:56.756 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:26:00.187 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:26:01.862 PM com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64[1990]: Failed to connect (colorGridView) outlet from (NSApplication) to (NSColorPickerGridView): missing setter or instance variable
3/5/15 4:26:01.863 PM com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64[1990]: Failed to connect (view) outlet from (NSApplication) to (NSColorPickerGridView): missing setter or instance variable
3/5/15 4:26:01.948 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:26:02.098 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:26:03.066 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:26:03.495 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:26:07.053 PM com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64[1993]: Failed to connect (colorGridView) outlet from (NSApplication) to (NSColorPickerGridView): missing setter or instance variable
3/5/15 4:26:07.053 PM com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64[1993]: Failed to connect (view) outlet from (NSApplication) to (NSColorPickerGridView): missing setter or instance variable
3/5/15 4:26:24.810 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.Networking.22DFCA4E-C337-4C8F-8EB6-B5FE2E9132BA[1967]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1
3/5/15 4:26:36.037 PM nsurlstoraged[216]: Error: execSQLStatement:onConnection:toCompletionWithRetry - SQL=COMMIT;, error-code=1, error-message=cannot commit - no transaction is active
3/5/15 4:26:40.100 PM networkd[145]: -[NETClientConnection scrubParametersForEntitlements:] client com.apple.WebKi.1972 setting source application without entitlement
3/5/15 4:26:43.984 PM networkd[145]: -[NETClientConnection scrubParametersForEntitlements:] client com.apple.WebKi.1972 setting source application without entitlement
3/5/15 4:26:47.054 PM nsurlstoraged[216]: Error: execSQLStatement:onConnection:toCompletionWithRetry - SQL=COMMIT;, error-code=1, error-message=cannot commit - no transaction is active
3/5/15 4:27:37.459 PM networkd[145]: -[NETClientConnection scrubParametersForEntitlements:] client com.apple.WebKi.1972 setting source application without entitlement
3/5/15 4:27:37.877 PM networkd[145]: -[NETClientConnection scrubParametersForEntitlements:] client com.apple.WebKi.1972 setting source application without entitlement
3/5/15 4:27:38.525 PM networkd[145]: -[NETClientConnection scrubParametersForEntitlements:] client com.apple.WebKi.1972 setting source application without entitlement
3/5/15 4:28:07.704 PM networkd[145]: -[NETClientConnection scrubParametersForEntitlements:] client com.apple.WebKi.1972 setting source application without entitlement
3/5/15 4:28:08.557 PM networkd[145]: -[NETClientConnection scrubParametersForEntitlements:] client com.apple.WebKi.1972 setting source application without entitlement
3/5/15 4:28:27.237 PM com.apple.backupd[1931]: Copied 219 items (68.3 MB) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 5306.
3/5/15 4:29:00.438 PM networkd[145]: -[NETClientConnection scrubParametersForEntitlements:] client com.apple.WebKi.1972 setting source application without entitlement
3/5/15 4:29:01.170 PM networkd[145]: -[NETClientConnection scrubParametersForEntitlements:] client com.apple.WebKi.1972 setting source application without entitlement
3/5/15 4:29:02.257 PM com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64[2005]: Failed to connect (colorGridView) outlet from (NSApplication) to (NSColorPickerGridView): missing setter or instance variable
3/5/15 4:29:02.257 PM com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64[2005]: Failed to connect (view) outlet from (NSApplication) to (NSColorPickerGridView): missing setter or instance variable
3/5/15 4:29:04.387 PM com.apple.backupd[1931]: Created new backup: 2015-03-05-162902
3/5/15 4:29:07.662 PM com.apple.qtkitserver[1975]: WARNING: The Gestalt selector gestaltSystemVersion is returning 10.9.2 instead of 10.10.2. Use NSProcessInfo's operatingSystemVersion property to get correct system version number.
Call location:
3/5/15 4:29:07.906 PM com.apple.qtkitserver[1975]: 0   CarbonCore                          0x9976d7c7 ___Gestalt_SystemVersion_block_invoke + 135
3/5/15 4:29:07.906 PM com.apple.qtkitserver[1975]: 1   libdispatch.dylib                   0x91171130 _dispatch_client_callout + 50
3/5/15 4:29:07.907 PM com.apple.qtkitserver[1975]: 2   libdispatch.dylib                   0x911710b5 dispatch_once_f + 251
3/5/15 4:29:07.907 PM com.apple.qtkitserver[1975]: 3   libdispatch.dylib                   0x911720d8 dispatch_once + 31
3/5/15 4:29:07.907 PM com.apple.qtkitserver[1975]: 4   CarbonCore                          0x996ffe88 _Gestalt_SystemVersion + 1050
3/5/15 4:29:07.907 PM com.apple.qtkitserver[1975]: 5   CarbonCore                          0x996ffa39 Gestalt + 150
3/5/15 4:29:07.907 PM com.apple.qtkitserver[1975]: 6   QuickTime                           0x9b5462ba QTSAddUserAgentExtraTags + 221
3/5/15 4:29:09.769 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:29:12.000 PM kernel[0]: hfs: mounted Recovery HD on device disk0s3
3/5/15 4:29:12.803 PM fseventsd[20]: Logging disabled completely for device:1: /Volumes/Recovery HD
3/5/15 4:29:13.052 PM mds[32]: (Volume.Normal:2464) volume:0x7fc28304a000 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:0 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/Recovery HD
3/5/15 4:29:13.000 PM kernel[0]: hfs: unmount initiated on Recovery HD on device disk0s3
3/5/15 4:29:14.462 PM com.apple.backupd[1931]: Backup completed successfully.
3/5/15 4:29:15.424 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:29:17.000 PM kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: b8:8d:12:61:0a:e6  MAC AUTH succeeded
3/5/15 4:29:17.000 PM kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
3/5/15 4:29:17.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
3/5/15 4:29:17.000 PM kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid b8:8d:12:61:0a:e6
3/5/15 4:29:17.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to b8:8d:12:61:0a:e6
3/5/15 4:29:17.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: channel changed to 149,+1
3/5/15 4:29:17.000 PM kernel[0]: en1::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
3/5/15 4:29:22.000 PM kernel[0]: hfs: unmount initiated on Time Machine Backups on device disk3s2
3/5/15 4:29:23.221 PM com.apple.backupd[1931]: Ejected Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/Data/Jason’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle
3/5/15 4:29:23.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Data, flags 0, pid 2021
3/5/15 4:29:23.000 PM kernel[0]: ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0xffffff8020b397b0
3/5/15 4:29:24.000 PM kernel[0]: ASP_TCP Detach: Reply queue not empty?
3/5/15 4:29:24.162 PM com.apple.backupd[1931]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
3/5/15 4:30:27.552 PM com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64[2025]: Failed to connect (colorGridView) outlet from (NSApplication) to (NSColorPickerGridView): missing setter or instance variable
3/5/15 4:30:27.553 PM com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64[2025]: Failed to connect (view) outlet from (NSApplication) to (NSColorPickerGridView): missing setter or instance variable
3/5/15 4:31:15.528 PM SystemUIServer[224]: Attempt to use XPC with a MachService that has HideUntilCheckIn set. This will result in unpredictable behavior: com.apple.backupd.status.xpc
3/5/15 4:31:32.083 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:33:32.783 PM Mail[205]: No worthy mechs found
3/5/15 4:33:32.783 PM Mail[205]: No worthy mechs found
3/5/15 4:33:34.153 PM Mail[205]: No worthy mechs found
3/5/15 4:33:34.153 PM Mail[205]: No worthy mechs found
3/5/15 4:33:35.336 PM Mail[205]: No worthy mechs found
3/5/15 4:33:35.336 PM Mail[205]: No worthy mechs found
3/5/15 4:34:18.000 PM kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: b8:8d:12:61:0a:e6  MAC AUTH succeeded
3/5/15 4:34:18.000 PM kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
3/5/15 4:34:18.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
3/5/15 4:34:18.000 PM kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #2, bssid b8:8d:12:61:0a:e6
3/5/15 4:34:18.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to b8:8d:12:61:0a:e6
3/5/15 4:34:18.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: channel changed to 149,+1
3/5/15 4:34:18.000 PM kernel[0]: en1::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
3/5/15 4:34:21.421 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:34:21.475 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[53]: Session 100053 created
3/5/15 4:34:21.960 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[53]: Killing auth hosts
3/5/15 4:34:21.961 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[53]: Session 100049 destroyed
3/5/15 4:34:21.962 PM logind[67]: -[SessionManager getClient:withRole:inAuditSession:]:241: ERROR: No session dictionary for audit session 100053
3/5/15 4:34:21.962 PM logind[67]: _SMGetSessionAgent:73: ERROR: __SMGetClientForAuditSessionAgent failed 2
3/5/15 4:34:21.963 PM IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent[2033]: SACShieldWindowShowing:925: ERROR: NULL response
3/5/15 4:34:24.339 PM identityservicesd[256]: ApplePushService: <APSConnection: 0x7fa369c5aef0> Received message from apsd: <APSIncomingMessage: 0x7fa369f3e430> but it didn't match the enabled topics: (
) or opportunistic topics: (
)
3/5/15 4:34:24.340 PM identityservicesd[256]: ApplePushService: <APSConnection: 0x7fa369c5aef0> Received message from apsd: <APSIncomingMessage: 0x7fa369d97b90> but it didn't match the enabled topics: (
) or opportunistic topics: (
)
3/5/15 4:34:26.326 PM identityservicesd[256]: ApplePushService: <APSConnection: 0x7fa369c5aef0> Received message from apsd: <APSIncomingMessage: 0x7fa369e46e90> but it didn't match the enabled topics: (
) or opportunistic topics: (
)
3/5/15 4:34:26.326 PM identityservicesd[256]: ApplePushService: <APSConnection: 0x7fa369c5aef0> Received message from apsd: <APSIncomingMessage: 0x7fa369f3bc20> but it didn't match the enabled topics: (
) or opportunistic topics: (
)
3/5/15 4:34:26.327 PM identityservicesd[256]: ApplePushService: <APSConnection: 0x7fa369c5aef0> Received message from apsd: <APSIncomingMessage: 0x7fa369ccc180> but it didn't match the enabled topics: (
) or opportunistic topics: (
)
3/5/15 4:34:35.867 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/5/15 4:34:44.339 PM Messages[217]: [Warning] Could not set kMDItemOriginSenderDisplayName on file file:///Users/User/Library/Messages/Attachments/56/06/9FC693B3-E614-4820-A7E0-CDG8F61B2224/08%20What%20Is%20New%20Orleans%20Part%202.m4a
3/5/15 4:34:47.538 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook[2038]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook
3/5/15 4:34:48.937 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.pid.quicklookd.2038) Path not allowed in target domain: type = pid, path = /Library/Frameworks/iTunesLibrary.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.iTunesLibraryService.xpc error = 147: The specified service did not ship in the requestor's bundle, origin = /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Versions/A/Resources/quicklookd.app
3/5/15 4:34:49.600 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[53]: Session 100054 created
3/5/15 4:40:40.037 PM bird[234]: Assertion failed: ![_xpcClients containsObject:client]

Anyone else having problems joining domain in OS X 10.10.2?

I am (have confirmed I have rights since I can remove and join a Windows 7 box) having problems joining a Yosemite OS X 10.10.2 to the domain--I receive a "authentication server encountered an error while attempting the requested operation (5202)" no matter if I use the GUI to join the "Network Account Server" or use DSCONFIGAD command-line command at Terminal.

I was able to join two Mac Minis on 10.10.x a few months ago but I am having problems with a new-out-of-the-box Mini right now. Even tried erasing and reinstalling from a OS X 10.10.2 thumb drive.

How do you use in an Aperture photobook text; the function "layout orientation" vertical?

I have made many phonebooks in Aperture but I can't figure out how to use the function "Layout orientation" for text. It appears that you should be able to make the text appear vertically; instead of horizontally but how?

Usually I select the text; use "edit layout", select the text, and then choose "layout orientation" = vertical. It goes vertical but as soon as the cursor leaves the text box it jumps back to horizontal.

Annoying "Sign in to Icloud" pop up on Ipad Air 2 Version 8.1.3

An ANNOYING popup keeps appearing Asking me to sign into Icloud I give the right pwd but, the popup keeps coming back I am unable to resolve this issue - No Support from Apple yet... Any help on this much appriciated.

Escaping the in-app browser in iOS apps

Most iOS apps that open web pages open them in in-app browsers. These are somewhat restrictive, in that they don’t support bookmarks (and hence bookmarklets) or Handoff (although they do support AirDrop). Is there a quick way to open them in the full Safari iOS app?

The Share Sheet doesn’t seem to have one built in. You can copy and paste the URL, but that’s quite a bit of precise tapping.

This seems like functionality a third-party extension could add pretty easily. Not interested in jailbreaking though.

Create alias for hotkey (iTerm2)

I'd like to create an alias for the hotkey I defined to open up iTerm2.

Right now I use fn-F1 to open up and hide the window - but I'd like to map it to F13 as well because of I can access this key as long as I have my wired keyboard attached.

Is there any way to create an alias which just triggers/ emulates a hotkey?

File upload problem?

For some reason when I attempt to upload files anywhere it doesn't give me the option? I can't click on any part of the files in any of the view options. Here are two as an example, in the second i can click on files inside a folder, but not documents on the desktop?? Is there any way I can change the settings or fix it? I just updated my computer to Yosemite.

Determining OS X version from Time Machine backup

I have Time Machine backups from my iMac Early 2008 (20"). Can I determine from those backups what OS X version was running on the machine at the time of latest backup?

Is there anything we can do on iOS to stay safe while waiting for Apple to issue an update for the latest FREAK SSL vulnerability?

I guess the vulnerability has been around for a decade [ars technica], but should we just stay away from using any personal information until there is a security patch?

How can I verify my account quicker

I am Crystal Gee and I do have an Apple ID, I did get it from Microsoft at outlook, but when I go to the App Store and try to purchase an app, and the sign popped up and said "to sign in to the account store, you have to verify your account. When i tried to verify my account, the account wouldn't verify and one time, I charged the phone over night and kept the i-pod there so the account can verify, I woke up the next day and the account still didn't verify yet. I wondered, how can my Apple ID account actually verify faster so I can purchase the 'music maker jam' app?

Ways to find messages from blocked contact info

Is there a way, or ways, to retrieve iMessages or text messages sent to me by a number or email address I have blocked on my iPhone 6?

Question about Frequent Locations in OS 7

I have Frequent Locations turned on and it does a great job recording everywhere I go and for how long. A few nights ago I was at a residential address for about an hour, however Frequent Locations did not record it. Is there a reason why?

How to transfer notes on the iPhone between different IMAP account?

After adding a new email account (call it gmail-2), my default note app account has been accidentally changed to the new gmail account(gmail-2). I did not realize it until after tons of notes to it. So right now I have two accounts on my iPhone both have a lots of notes. So I wonder is there any way that I can transfer the all notes in the gmail-2 to the old account(call it gamil-1) automatically without copying all of them by hand?

Can't delete local files, "Permission Denied"

There are several files on my Mac (OSX 10.9.5) that I can't delete.

I have tried from the GUI and from Terminal, but I always get "Permission Denied":

$ rm -f LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot
rm: LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot: Permission denied

Even with "sudo":

$ sudo rm -f LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot 
Password:
rm: LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot: Permission denied

Here is a directory listing:

-rwxrwxrwx  1 Web  staff    4096 Jun 26  2014 ._LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot
-rwxrwxrwx  1 Web  staff    4096 Jun 26  2014 ._LigatureSymbols-2.11.otf
-rwxrwxrwx  1 Web  staff    4096 Jun 26  2014 ._LigatureSymbols-2.11.svg
-rwxrwxrwx  1 Web  staff    4096 Jun 26  2014 ._LigatureSymbols-2.11.ttf
-rwxrwxrwx  1 Web  staff    4096 Jun 26  2014 ._LigatureSymbols-2.11.woff
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Web  staff   83542 Jan 30  2013 LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Web  staff   82468 Jan 30  2013 LigatureSymbols-2.11.otf
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Web  staff  201950 Jan 30  2013 LigatureSymbols-2.11.svg
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Web  staff   83340 Jan 30  2013 LigatureSymbols-2.11.ttf
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Web  staff   62636 Jan 30  2013 LigatureSymbols-2.11.woff
drwxrwxrwx  2 Web  staff   16384 Mar  5 08:59 _notes

I am logged in as "Web", so it seems that I am the owner. It also seems that I have full permission (read, write, execute).

I tried looking for flags (such as "immutable") that might prevent deletion, but there don't seem to be any:

$ ls -leO
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Web  staff  -  83542 Jan 30  2013 LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Web  staff  -  82468 Jan 30  2013 LigatureSymbols-2.11.otf
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Web  staff  - 201950 Jan 30  2013 LigatureSymbols-2.11.svg
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Web  staff  -  83340 Jan 30  2013 LigatureSymbols-2.11.ttf
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Web  staff  -  62636 Jan 30  2013 LigatureSymbols-2.11.woff
drwxrwxrwx  2 Web  staff  -  16384 Mar  5 08:59 _notes

I tried removing the "immutable" flag, even though it doesn't seem to be set, but to no avail:

$ chflags nouchg LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot
$ rm -f LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot
rm: LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot: Permission denied

I notice some "extended attributes" (@) on the files, but nothing that would obviously prevent deletion:

com.apple.ResourceFork     286 
com.apple.quarantine        42 
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms       137

And I can't seem to remove these attributes either:

$ xattr -c LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot
xattr: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot'

Not even with "sudo":

$ sudo xattr -c LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot
Password:
xattr: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'LigatureSymbols-2.11.eot'

How can I remove these files from my system?

How to search for .zip files instead of all compressed files? [duplicate]

This question already has an answer here:

• How Can I Search A Specific Type of File in Mac? 6 answers

How do you search for a file of a specific type in OS X Yosemite? I cannot seem to find any instructions on how to do this.

In the Finder search I enter: kind:zip

But it returns all compressed files. I only want zip files - so this AD post does not help me much. All the solutions either use bash, or I cannot find the options they refer to.

Configure terminal dimensions to show as Lines x Columns

In my terminal, when I ask to show Dimensions (profiles -> window -> dimensions), it shows the dimensions as Columns x Lines, but when I use resize -s 25 200, I am actually resizing as Lines x Columns, so I would like the dimensions to display in the same way.

Is there any way to get the Dimensions in the title to appear in the same order as the parameters in resize -s?

Migrate Bluetooth settings to a different Mac

Context: I am in the process of migrating from an old MBP (10.6.8) to a newer MBR (10.9). This is not an in-place upgrade or Time Machine restore; it is a manual migration to new hardware, new OS, new disk partitioning, and new user accounts.

Specifics: My old MBP has a significant number of saved/remembered Bluetooth devices that it has paired with in various times and places. I would like to find a way to export these settings from my old MBP and then import them to my new MBR. I do not want to have to go through the manual pairing process for every device again. (yuk!)

• The more automated the process is, the better.


• The more general the process is, the better. (Both for my own future migrations and for others.)


• If there's a way to see these settings in plaintext, extra points because it's a learning opportunity!

Music 'On this iPhone' not actually on my iPhone?

So I plug my iPhone in, and click on 'iPhone' in the top right corner. And click 'On this iPhone' and select Music. It shows 20 songs, 7 of which are on my phone. I have tried syncing but nothing works. I would like all these 20 songs on my phone. Does anyone know how I can do this?

Why doesn't the "Go to the folder" dialog in Finder not allow paste?

When opening a file in almost any given application, it is very useful to me to be able to quickly navigate to a path that I have copied from elsewhere and is now in my clipboard.

My understanding is that the quickest way to do so is to press ⌘+shift+G

The problem is that the dialog that appears doesn't allow the select all function ⌘+A nor paste ⌘+V so it takes more time to paste as I'm forced to use the mouse rather than key shortcuts.

Is there a way to modify this behaviour, or even a better workflow to achieve the same goal?

Using Shazam to pick up audio over internal soundcard / headphones

I recently discovered Shazam has an app for mac, it seems it works by listening on the built in mic (or any mic presumably).

I wondered if there was a way I could get it to listen to the soundcard instead? I typically listen to radio streams over VLC, through headphones and thought it would be awesome to be able to use Shazam for those unknown tunes.

I found out about the Audio MIDI Setup.app which you can create aggregate devices, I thought maybe I could somehow forward the output into the mic- but I don't really understand it exactly truth be told.

Is there a way I could get this to work?

Macbook air yosemite update

I was updating my macbook air to Yosemite. When I almost finished the update, my battery died. I've charged my laptop, but it won't turn on again. The screen just stays black. What should I do?

CANNOT DELETE FREE SPACE PARTITION and doesn't show in CS LIST

Firstly - I know this has been answered, but I am hoping for a more broken down answer, as I am not quite so technically minded, but I can follow instructions!

So in summary I have tried to install windows with bootcamp. Something failed and I ended up using Disk utility to try and remove the partition created by bootcamp.

Big, silly error I know!

I have followed the threads about backing up then booting to recovery mode (Cmd+R) and effectively wiping my SSD then re-installing Yosemite from internet recovery and then restore from my timemachine back up. (Seems like it will be a late night!)

(The thread I am working off:

Can not delete Free Space on iMac 5K: Partition doesn't appear in CS list)

However, in the description by @Klanomath, which seems to be a solution there are some blanks in my knwledge as to what exactly to do.... Which command lines do I use as an example.

Below is his solution:

"Thanks to @klanomath for a great answer. It's amazing to me that the only way to do this is such a destructive one. I will outline here a few things I learned and maybe a little bit of an abstraction of the problem.

The FusionDrive, as the name suggests, is actually two physical drives fused together. Occasionally when setting up BOOTCAMP, the Windows partition is corrupted or otherwise screwed up. Of the three times I tried to set up a Win8.1 BC drive two failed this way. The Windows partition is impossible to remove using the Disk Utility or the diskutil command in terminal. You can not add or alter the partition. DiskUtility UI can not alter these, even in Recovery Mode. What you need to do is, in a nutshell: Back up your system using Time Machine Boot into Recovery Mode using either Internet Recovery Launch TERMINAL under UTILITIES and, using the command line, delete the Logical and Physical partitions You then are left with an SSD (128GB) and an HDD (988GB) (adding up to 1TB in my case) You then re-fuse these two together using the command line and re left with an empty 1TB (in my case) drive Finally, you plug in your Time Machine back up and restore I don't know but none of the descriptions made it clear what was actually happening so I thought I'd provide this answer. The details in the above thread work well but when I finally clicked on what I was doing, I thought I'd share.

I find it crazy that OS X's Disk Utility a) screws this up so badly and b) can't fix it without a full reformatting!"

Here is my diskutil CS list:

Here is my DISK UTIL LIST

Here is my DISK UTILITY GUI

To summerise - I'd like to get a thickos guide to achieving the resolution, with the info I have provided.

I would also be interested to know if there is an alternative solution that doesn't require wiping my whole system. IF there are other command lines in terminal that may let me regain control of my hard drive and rejoin them.

I do not have a fusion drive, but I have a 500Gb SSD. YOu may also see "Nifty Drive" in the CS list, that is just a memory card.

Also my first time on a forum, so hello!

how can i convert a abcddb file so i can open it on my ps

I need to open a mac address book that is a abcddb file on my pc and then be able to use it. Is there any pc software I can use to do this?

All my iMessages were deleted [on hold]

My iPod Touch ran out of battery and died for a short time. When I plugged it back in and it turned back on, all of my conversations on iMessage had been deleted. I still have the contacts but all of my texts and messages were gone. Why did this happen and is there any way to get my messages back?

Diskutil can't add drive to mirror

bash-3.2# diskutil appleraid add member disk3  disk8
Started RAID operation on disk8 LookingGlass
Unmounting disk
Repartitioning disk3 so it can be in a RAID set
Unmounting disk
Can't write the RAID partition map on disk3
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device

I have done this with disk8, the RAID device unmounted.

diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *240.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SSD_System              239.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SysBackup               240.0 GB   disk1s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS OldUsers                759.7 GB   disk1s3
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_RAID                         499.8 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OSX                134.2 MB   disk2s3
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk3
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk4
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk4s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Users                   3.0 TB     disk4s2
/dev/disk5
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk5
   1:               Windows_NTFS                         134.2 GB   disk5s1
   2:               Windows_NTFS Just Stuff              365.9 GB   disk5s2
/dev/disk6
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *8.0 GB     disk6
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk6s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HP-8                    7.7 GB     disk6s2
/dev/disk7
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk7
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk7s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Recover                 499.8 GB   disk7s2
/dev/disk8
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS LookingGlass           *499.8 GB   disk8

And

bash-3.2# diskutil appleraid list
AppleRAID sets (1 found)
===============================================================================
Name:                 LookingGlass
Unique ID:            B4A0692F-7446-48F7-AF88-56AAC47B6F43
Type:                 Mirror
Status:               Online
Size:                 499.8 GB (499762790400 Bytes)
Rebuild:              manual
Device Node:          disk8
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  DevNode   UUID                                  Status     Size
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0  disk2s2   57C06EB1-0FC6-40D8-A194-E0FEADD9DE4A  Online     499762790400

What am I missing?

===============================================================================

How do I retrieve photos from an iphone backup?

I have an iphone backup with screenshots I'd like to extract. They aren't on icloud/iphoto.

Is it possible to retrieve them? I no longer have the phone.

Thanks.

PDF form is missing information entered on a Windows PC

I have a 3rd party form which has a lot of fields to be filled in. I started entering the information on a Windows PC and saved it to Dropbox. When I open the form in Apple Preview on my OS X Yosemite machine the fields that I filed in are all blank! If I open it in Adobe Reader instead the information is present but when I save the file and open it in Windows again all of the previously saved information from my initial Windows session has gone. Please tell me how I can stop this happening as I use these forms on a regular basis and I need to edit them in Windows 7 and Mac OS X Yosemite.

Is safe to turn off iphone for 3 months

My phone was taken by my teacher because i play with it while the school time, is it safe to turn it off for 3 months with battery 100% ?

Strange icon next to the dock

In the past few days I've seen a strange box coming up next to the first icon of the dock on some Macs, here at the office. The same box can be found in the cmd+tab menu.

This happens only on some of our Macs, which have the same version of OSX (10.10.2) and the same AppleID - but other Macs with the same OSX and AppleID don't seem to show the same behaviour.

When the cursor is over the icon, it says "From Mac". The only 2 icons that have appeared there are Chrome and Mail. Clicking the Chrome icon opens a webpage on Chrome that someone else in the office opened recently, and that's a little bit creepy.

I tried to google it a while, without success... I'm sure it's an AppleID related issue, but I can't find a name for it, and hence I can't disable it.

What is that, and how can I get rid of it?

Image Compression Power point Presentation 2011

I am trying to make a presentation, and am facing a problem. I am facing picture compression issues . In addition to this saving problem, that pictures become worse quality every time I save the file, I am experiencing problems while trying to insert files. All pictures are inserted blurry. This applies for emf, png and, pdf.

I cannot find these advanced settings from Powerpoint for Mac 2011. How can I import/insert pictures to Powerpoint in their original quality? How can I control the picture compression?

I am using a Yosemite 10.10.2 version. Please help..!

MacBook Pro refuses to boot/recover, hangs at "white screen"

I am somewhat new to caring for Macs, but one has been left in my care and I have not been able to restore it to working order yet. Here are the symptoms:

1. 
   

   The MacBook Pro would hang with a "white screen" during the boot process. A bit of boot splash would show up, but the gray background would at some point just hang.

   
   


2. 
   

   Booting recovery mode did not work, as far as I remember.

   
   


3. 
   

   Boot from a Ubuntu 14.04.2 USB stick works, provided one attaches "nofb nomodeset" to the kernel commandline (though I put that one down to insufficient driver support). I have no idea whether or not these usually work out-of-the-box.

   
   


4. 
   

   Using parted from the aforementioned stick, I was able to see three partitions, one EFI Boot, one large main partition and one labeled Recovery. It seemed strange that the recovery was recoognized as HFS+, as I expected, but the "main" partition was not mountable and did not show a filesystem type.

   
   


5. 
   

   I also discovered that the drive in question was an OCZ Vertex3 256 GB, which I assume is not standard? The previous owner could have upgraded it.

   
   


6. 
   

   At this point, I decided to wipe the drive and try with a fresh installation. I removed the SSD from the MacBook, pulled a full disk image from my desktop just in case (which went without any read errors) and used hdparm to do an SATA enhanced erase, leaving me with a "fresh" disk. Then I put it back in.

   
   


7. 
   

   I started internet recovery, which loaded, showing me the global and everything. Afterwards, it rebooted, showing me the Apple Logo. But then I run into the original "white screen" again.

   
   


8. 
   

   I've tried resetting the NVRAM on boot, which succeeded because it turned the boot chime back on, but even then, running internet recovery again just causes it to hang on the white screen.

   
   


9. 
   

   There seems to be either very high CPU or GPU usage on the white screen, as the fans start wailing pretty intensely, also the body gets very hot in a very short time.

   
   


10. 
    

    For funsies, I installed Ubuntu onto the MacBook, which works (after smoothing over a few hiccups, fortunately I have lot more experience doing that).

    
    


11. 
    

    Recovery mode (Cmd+R) and Apple Hardware Test (D?) I have not been able to run. The former suffers the same white screen issue as described above.

    
    

Currently, my only vague guess is a GPU issue, that may be circumvented by Ubuntu by using the not completely feature complete open source radeon drivers. But that is a wild guess. Any input is appreciated.

throughout repairing, Apple provide a macbook?

I am thinking to give my macbook pro to apple service. Because on the right side, USB, hdmi and sd card reader are not working. I asked it to a stuff and she said me, it takes 3-5 days but i forgot to ask something..

I need a computer because I have to study and work on computer. 3-5 days are very important for me. Does any one know if i give my macbook to apple service, they provide me a laptop during repairing time ? If yes, I should pay or not? I still have guarantee..

Location : Bern/Switzerland

Parallels Desktop for Mac: Stuck on "Preparing to configure your virtual machine..."

1. I bought and installed Parallels Desktop on my Mac.


2. I installed Parallels Transporter Agent on my Windows machine that runs Windows 7.


3. I migrated my windows machine to my Mac, took about 36 hours. I can see on my mac desktop all of the files and folders that are on my windows desktop.


4. After that was done, the virtual machine says "Upgrading Windows", and below that, per the title of this post, it says "Preparing to configure your virtual machine..."


5. It chugs for about a minute, and the progress bar gets about 1/5 of the way.


6. It stops and now the virtual machine screen is black, except for: "Windows. Click to Start." If I click on that, it goes back to step 4.

Alternative: On step 4 above, there is a little icon, and if I click on it, it asks me: "Are you sure you want to switch to the manual configuration mode for the "Windows" virtual machine? If I click "Yes" to that, something else happens each time! One of the following 3 things happens:

(a) I get a screen that says "Starting Windows". But after a few seconds, a get a blue screen, and it jumps back to step 4 above.

(b) I get a black screen that says at the bottom "Windows is loading files" that lasts a few seconds; then a progress bar at the bottom that also lasts a few seconds; then I get a blue screen (not the blue screen of death) with what looks like a little black dos popup which lasts just a second; then I get a little wizard popup entitled "Startup repair" which also lasts just a second; then another little popup that lasts less than a second, then back to step 6 above.

(c) I get a black screen entitled "Windows Error Recovery", which gives me two options:

(c.i) Launch Startup Repair (Recommended). Choosing this does the same as (b) above.

(c.ii) Start Windows Normally. Choosing this does the same as (a) above.

Mac OS X Yosemite Version 10.10 iMac 27-inch

Help!

Why mac users aren't interested in using ramdisk?

Why using ramdisk is so hard on the mac world? (I don't wanna windows vs mac/m$ vs apple thing, just wanna know about it.)

On the windows platform, there're lot of free/commercial software out there and they have plenty of features.

Nowadays, I switched to mac and wanna use ramdisk for improve performance and prevent wear out, etc.

It seems limited or there're no good way/software unlikely windows platform.

There're a lot of tips on the web to create ramdisk osx via terminal, but it's not useful because it's intended to create ramdisk temporarily.

I think most basic ramdisk software features are

-create/load at start up -backup to real disk(no volatile) at shutdown

..

I wanna just basic things but it seems not easy on osx.

This seems best way among the freely available way that I've found on the web but it seems outdated.

http://ift.tt/1KrgVFj

and iRamDisk for commercial.

Please help me.

Any comments are welcome.

reasons, better way to use ramdisk or not, or... somthing else?

Thanks in advance.

How to create a link from the Apple Store which contains the configuration of a MacBook?

I configured a MacBook Pro in the Apple Online Store. Now I want to send the link to this particular configuration, but the link doesn't store the values in it.

How can I share this configuration with somebody?

So:

1. I choose MacBook Pro in the Online Store


2. Choose my model


3. In the options overview, I add RAM and a faster processor


4. I want to share this configuration now, but


5. The link doesn't have the values in it

How do I change the path that is being searched for launching an application?

I am trying to launch the D programming language compiler DMD, but the terminal is giving the following error:

dmd: failed to launch executable at /Library/Compilers/dmd2/osx/bin/dmd

But there's not folder called dmd2 under /Library/Compilers.

I can launch the dmd compiler from this path /usr/bin/dmd, but I don't want to type this path every time I need to compile a source code file.

Is there a way that when I type dmd it launches /usr/bin/dmd, instead of trying to language a compiler under /Library/Compilers/dmd2/osx/bin/dmd?

Saving a pending print job as PDF

I printed an important receipt and quit Safari, only to learn the job never printed because we no longer own the network printer the computer was expecting to find. Thus, the only remaining copy of this information is in the print queue.

How do I salvage the information waiting to be printed so I can use it again?

Note: Dragging the enqueued item from the non-existant printer's queue to an existant printer's queue will print the item. I would like to know how to save the file waiting to be printed so it can be used again.

Application not responding, process missing

I have an odd issue. Sometimes it happens that application (happens almost always to NetBeans) is stuck in the dock with "Not Responding" - I can't open it, if I select "Force quit" id doesn't do anything (both from dock and from "Force quit" window.

The most annoying thing - there is no associated process that I could kill!

The only way to start application again is to restart the whole osx, which is PITA.

How can I force-force-quit of such application?

iPhone 6plus freezes and unresponsive

I have an iPhone 6 plus 128 gb and it is running iOS 8.1.3. The phone was never broken.

I noticed after the latest firmware update that it hangs and becomes unresponsive. Whenever that happens a black tent of shade covers the screen. The home button doesn't work the lock of the screen doesn't work. I always have to restart the phone.

Has anyone else experienced the same?

Iphone 5 Is Over heating while using WIFI

I had Purchased An Iphone 5 On December 30-2015 and i gifted it to my Sister on Her Birthday.. After a couple of days while using Wifi, skype,youtube the temperature gets hot and battery is poor weak... it was 80-95 %at 11Pm and when i saw it At 7 Am it was completely Switched off.