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They do it on purpose though to force people to upgrade.
Edit: Thank you for the gold and the responses guys. I just woke and I can't respond to everyone but I upgraded to a Samsung as well about 3 years ago. For the people debunking my statement, you may be right. I simply don't know however I do know that Apple is not fulfilling their customers needs by releasing software that may be less compatible with older hardware.
Just so you all know the easiest way to deal with this issue is not to update the software on your phone after the release of a new device. You can turn off 'Auto check for updates' on Samsung in the settings, not sure about Iphone. Here's some temporary solutions for Iphones.
As I've been cautioned. By all means if an update is security related please go ahead and do that in order to keep your data secure.
I had a PDF sent to me on my Macbook that I had to sign. I don't have a printer and didn't want to go drive somewhere to print it/scan it. Then I learned that you can just sign a white piece of paper, hold it up to your mac's camera and it will take your signature and draw it on the PDF. It was awesome
EDIT: Here's a link http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/17/sign-pdf-with-digital-signature-mac-os-x/
EDIT 2: On preview select the button to "show edit toolbar", or do this from the view dropdown menu. Then you should see a button with an S drawn on a line, this is the signature button.
Unplug your recording devices when they're not in use. If it's built in (like on a laptop), you can disable them in software. Here are instructions for Windows and for Macs. And on your smartphone I would just recommend deleting facebook entirely, because the app is constantly tracking you and using up your data and battery life in the process.
Or, if you're so inclined, just stop using facebook altogether (though that won't stop other companies from using the same tactics).
Apple will give you a free upgrade to 10.5, that's the issue, not the hardware, it's the people that won't pay $29 for an upgrade to an OS that's been out for 3 years. So, now Apple will give it to them for free: http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/21/free-upgrade-from-mac-os-x-10-4-to-10-5-for-new-ios-devices/
This is an iOS feature learning your app habits. For me around 9:45 at night audible is on the bottom on my screen as a suggestions. It's your phone that knows you are at work and that you play Pokémon go when you get there.
You can shut off the suggestions.
The underlying system is actually tiered http://osxdaily.com/2014/05/01/how-disable-amber-alerts-iphone/. They likely send it as the presidential alert since that's the only unblockable one
They were thinking of some kind of smart phone waaaay before then.
http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/13/original-apple-phone-concept-1983/
It’s actually pretty damned clever. Even if it were limited to just banking and contacts something like this would have been huge in the 80s.
And the iMac launched in ‘98, it was likely they were trademarking and purchasing domains for every i{noun} they could think of just in case.
On iPhone you can still do it through safari, it might just take a few tries. Here: http://osxdaily.com/2018/08/08/play-youtube-videos-background-iphone/
There’s probably a way for Samsung but I don’t know it, although you can probably look it up
This may not be the case everywhere, but it seems Apple may send a free upgrade to Leopord in some cases. Even if not applicable here, may be worth remembering for Redditors in the same situation.
... then a techie reddit user advised them to change their MAC using some of the surprisingly easy methods found on the net. ;)
Of course, this won't work if they have opted to block all MACs except the ones they have specifically registered on their router. You can spoof those addresses but that would kind of be a dick move.
Meizu-M8c is the computer name.
enrico is the current user's name.
Nothing is wrong with it. You can change the name if you like: http://osxdaily.com/2010/09/06/change-your-mac-hostname-via-terminal/
Now, if, and ONLY if you are ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that no one with admin rights named the computer that, and that you don't work for Meizu or any subsidiary that might be using Meizu networking gear, THEN you might have an issue. But there is a vanishingly, laughably tiny chance that this is someone messing with you.
Don't even need a DVD or any kind of "install disc" these days.
It's all done by the (uefi) bios.
Saved me a bunch of times.
The values are always negative. In my experience, around -50 is pretty much the best reception possible, while about -120 is the lowest you can go without losing reception.
>Anything above -80 is good, and would be considered full bars
>Anything below -100 is bad, and would be considered few bars
Did you check Activity Monitor to see if there were any background activities going on? I'm specifically thinking about Spotlight, which will take over the CPU when it's indexing. And the initial indexing can take hours, sometimes days. Then there's the whole systemstatsd issue that occasionally appears. I've personally experienced both on my early 2011 MBP. And with the new MacBook, the other signs of this kind of background activity - HDD thrashing and CPU fan kicking on and spinning hard - would be absent.
Yes! Figuring out how to set this to my screensaver now...
http://osxdaily.com/2015/11/08/play-video-as-screen-saver-mac-os-x-savehollywood/
Here's the advice I usually give new OSX owners:
1.) Don't kludge up OSX by rushing out and downloading a bunch of 3rd party crapware.
Two of the best things about OSX are:
- It doesn't come with any bloatware.
- It has a lot of great functionality (that most people never take the time to discover)
Spend a few weeks with your machine.. digging deep into it.. and using it like Apple intended. Don't rush out and install a bunch of 3rd party bullshit. The leaner/meaner/simpler/cleaner you keep the machine.. the better it's going to run.
You should REALLY resist the urge to install things. Try to solve any problems you run into WITHOUT installing extra crap. You may find situations where you MUST install something -- that's fine.. but try to make it the rare exception and not "standard practice".
IE = Don't "add complexity". Try to keep your machine lean/mean/simple/clean.
2.) Have Backups.
The built in Time Machine feature.. makes this drop dead easy. Buy an external HDD and plug it in and use it for Backups. Don't be "that guy" who doesn't have Backups.
3.) Keep all your stuff updated. Seriously.
Your OS updates. Your App updates. Your Browser updates. Any App you use regularly/daily. KEEP THINGS UPDATED. Again -- don't be "that guy" who never updates and then complains that things run shitty. Keep your shit updated.
4.) Spend some time getting to know how www.icloud.com works.. and especially how things like "Find My ......" work. Mentally think through what you would do if your Mac was stolen or lost. Consider setting a Firmware password so a thief cannot boot/wipe your drive. Consider setting a "Lost and Found" message on the login-screen (http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/28/login-and-lock-screen-message-in-mac-os-x-lion/) ... all of these things combined will help protect your system.
> "Lack of Font management."
You can mass install Fonts using Apple Configurator. (here's an example: http://krypted.com/mac-os-x/install-fonts-using-apple-configurator/ ) .. the screenshots in that URL are a fairly old version of Apple Configurator,.. but the concept is the same. We do this in the organization I work in,.. during Airwatch MDM enrollment, we silently bulk inject approximately 52 fonts.
> "Inability to save files from web. Hopefully this changes with Files.app but if I find an image online I’d like to save to storage, I’d rather it there than in my Photos library. There is no easy way to save media in Safari to the file system even with the new Files app. Sucks."
Not sure what you mean by this. Safari should allow you to download whatever file you want -- presuming you have an App installed that supports that specific file-format. You can download MP3's directly into VLC. You can download image-files into any/all Apps you have installed that support the image format you're trying to download.
> "No way to View Source in Safari."
This doesn't work ?.. http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/30/view-source-safari-ipad-iphone/ (or there also appear to be numerous Apps in the App Store that will View Source)
>Don't you remember all the tablet designs before the iPad? Here's a reminder.
Obligatory counterpoint about how that picture is highly misleading, how they carefully selected "rugged" tablets for medical and in-the-field use, and how sleek and stylish tablets existed before the iPad.
Perhaps the NK leader ordered the interface change based on his personal preferences. From the link: NKNews says the photo can be “confirming long-held rumors of the Kim family’s passion for Apple Macs.”
well basically this
....
but if you don't know how to get to that,;'.)
do something like this: https://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-ssh-into-ios-device-using-windows-10-and-bash/
(i like the terminal app)
make sure to immediately change your root password from "alpine"
and then do that first one.
or, into the text prompt, type
> sudo -i
(password and stuff, root is alpine by default)
> cd /
> find . -printf '%s %p\n'|sort -nr|head
uh... and you might have to install all them bash utilities like find and sort and stuff. I don't know how foreign or familiar these ideas are to you
http://osxdaily.com/2015/01/12/create-ringtone-iphone-garageband/
And this link describes how to import a song from your iPhone music library.
You got DNS Poisoning, based on certain websites it can do anything with your traffic. Read more here: https://pandapow.co/how-to/dns-poisoning/
Edit:
Here we have a great article about this, but unfortunately it's not in English.
You just need to wipe your Safari's data (Cookies, History Etc...), If you have this problem on Wifi just change your DNS (Tutorial here)
Maybe you already know about this, but this might be the solution for you:
http://osxdaily.com/2017/02/20/remap-hardware-escape-key-mac/
Telemarketers have started spoofing numbers with the same prefix as the victim’s because they think you are more likely to respond to calls that look local to you. I checked and over the last month over 75% of my incoming calls were scams. This basically means telephony has become useless. I am using this trick to block callers who aren’t already in my address book:
http://osxdaily.com/2016/11/10/block-unknown-callers-no-caller-id-iphone/
The update to 10.5 is free. That's what no one understands here... All he has to do is install a free update and it will work. I would hardly call that, "making it difficult."
Apple takes care of their customers VERY well. They will upgrade you to 10.5 for zero dollars. I'd say that "just works" for me.
The user library folder is hidden in your user folder. Things like the mail app and iTunes iPhone/iPad backups plus other thing get stored in there which can take up space. Here is how to view the user library folder http://osxdaily.com/2016/12/12/show-user-library-folder-macos-sierra/.
> How does Apple not have a monopoly?
By having only a market share of below 20% in the EU5 (less when UK leaves) and probably below 15% EU wide.
http://mspoweruser.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/kantar-may-2016.png
Arguably the numbers for late 2016 look a bit better since Apple has a different release window than other OEM:
https://mspoweruser.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/smartphone-market-share-December-2016.png
In general, what you are talking about is a very US centric view because both iOS as well as in part MacOS (popular only in some nations, but way less popular in most European nations and not relevant in Asia) are way more popular in the US than they are in Europe. The average German doesn't even know what iMessage is for example.
Considering they are number one in customer satisfaction its pretty obvious they treat their customers well for the most part.
I've never run into trouble with my MacBook, but I was allowed to return it for a full refund 3 weeks after I bought it instead of the usual 2.
> Linux is the land of bandaids and workarounds.
Bandaids and workarounds, huh? So, do you run the operating system which has core workarounds for old videogames and whose primary filesystem was described by its developers as a "purple opium-fuelled Victorian horror novel"? Or, do you run the operating system which lets you log in as god-level administrator no-questions-asked?
These are the steps I followed to get it:
- Download El Capitan from the purchases in the App Store
- Use Pacifist to extract /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Battery.menu from Essentials.pkg inside of the OS installer
- Remove the battery estimate from the menu bar
- Copy the old file to a permanent location, and open it
If there is sufficient interest, I can write a more detailed tutorial on my website.
Edit: I figured this out on my own. Just now I did some Googling and realized that (obviously) this has been done before. See this OSXDaily post for a detailed tutorial.
According to the following article 70% of freshmen are using macs. Article from August 2010.
Edit: amazing what happens when you google something, and I didn't even use any of the fancy tricks from the Lego instructions above!
Edit 2: forgot the damn link...
http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/05/70-of-college-freshman-use-macs/
Please forgive sloppy and possibly sarcastic post- waiting in line at the grocery.
They actually don't use it on macOS anymore because it is impossible for it to be accurate. If you opened the camera or a game or something, the battery life would plummet compared to it sitting on the home screen.
http://osxdaily.com/2016/12/13/see-battery-life-remaining-macos-sierra/
To my knowledge, it is by design not possible to block or otherwise disable the so-called "Presidential Alerts"...
I'm sure there are some workarounds but I'm also sure most folks won't know about any of those.
Edit: Further info on the subject (though appears IPhone based info)
Edit2: This one contains Android info
But these all are workarounds. Apparently you can't "officially" disable these alerts.
Internet Recovery might work, if the machine is capable and can be connected to the internet.
http://osxdaily.com/2014/12/14/reinstall-os-x-mac-internet-recovery/
Otherwise, use another Mac that has access to the Mac App Store to create a bootable USB installer.
Ser du har brukt Gyazo til å ta skjermbilde av hele skjermen, så tenkte jeg skulle dele et par alternativer, siden Gyazo tilbyr veldig lite fremfor den innebygde funksjonaliteten i OS X.
- Cmd-Shift-4 gjør om markøren til et crosshair, og du kan ta skjermbilde av et utvalg
- Cmd-Shift-4 og deretter space gjør at du kan ta skjermbilde av et vindu du flytter markøren
Cmd-Shift-4 fungerer også dersom du vil ta bilde av menyer på skjermen. Hvis du holder nede Ctrl i tillegg til Cmd og Shift, så havner skjermbildet du tar på clipboard-et i stedet for som fil på skrivebordet, og da kan du laste opp rett til Imgur ved å rett og slett gå til Imgur og trykke Ctrl-V. Fullstendig referanse her
Video/GIF/Screen recording, sa du? Innebygd i OS X det og. La den tjenesten du laster opp til ta seg av konvertering til animert GIF om du vil seerne dine så vondt.
TL;DR: Gyazo gjør lite som ikke OS X gjør bedre sjøl.
Here's a simple script to do it. http://pastebin.com/YuK1wcjp You'll need iSightCapture to take a picture via terminal.
I searched real quick and found these two links, seems like it’s easy to switch your screen to black and white:
Hope it works for ya!
It’s a User Agreement Policy, or a EULA. It’s pretty simple, actually: just a .rtf in the Library/Security folder. More info here: http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/18/set-user-agreement-on-login-mac-os-x/
I really wish they'd not make the same mistakes Unix made - especially with respect to naming. Naming things tcpd and /sbin is just awful. I imagine everyone reading this is very familiar with Unix and can probably barely remember the first time they read /etc and thought "WTF is that? Why isn't it called /config?" and they you would find out that the only reason is for compatibility with punch cards and teletype (or some rubbish like that) and think "Oh I hope one day someone will write a new operating system and give it sane names like Apple did."
You don't have any compatibility concerns. Please name things clearly and sensibly!
There are other mistakes that look like they are being repeated - reliance on environment variables like PATH, overuse of text based config files.
Sorry to be negative - this really looks like a great effort but I doubt there is going to be more than one new Rust based OS so I think it is important to not just make "Unix written in Rust" along with all its mistakes.
Seriously they may be crappy at making rockets and just generally utterly insane but they're also very smart with being evil.
Domestically they also have their own internet. And no I don't just mean they have a "great firewall" like China, I mean literally, [they invented their own network containing only government run websites.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmyong_(network\)) But how do they control your computer use when you're offline? Well they invented their own Linux based Mac knock-off operating system. And it's the only one you're allowed to use of course. Except Kim Jong-un himself, he uses an iMac.
NK really does fascinate me. Fucking weird crazy place.
!!! I only own one computer, a Macbook pro, but I love Starcraft. The phenomenon you're describing is called mouse acceleration. Basically, if your mouse moves slower than some speed, OSX will decelerate your mouse by a certain factor, which is supposed to make it "easier to use."
You can fix it with a program called Mousefixers. Here's a link to a forum post on TL that describes what it does and how to get it.
Maybe this will help?
http://osxdaily.com/2013/01/10/disable-finder-icon-thumbnails-previews-mac-os-x/
25k files in a folder would definitely trigger this kind of slowness if it was trying to render icons and previews.
> Siri is quite worthless
Duck Duck Go is your friend:
> This list will give you an idea of what to try and where to start with Siri on the Mac:
- Put my computer to sleep
- Activate the screen saver *Make the screen brighter *Make the screen dimmer *Is Bluetooth on? Turn Bluetooth off / on Lower the volume Increase the volume Show me privacy settings Show me location settings Show me network settings What is my desktop wallpaper I forgot my iTunes Password How fast is my Mac? How much memory does my Mac have? How much free disk storage is available? What is my Mac serial number? What OS version is this? How much iCloud storage do I have? Open Mail application Open Safari Open Messages Open the website for OSXDaily.com Open the webpage (site name or site URL) Send a message to (name) saying (message) Open the Documents folder Open the Pictures folder Show me files named “screen shot” Show me files from yesterday Show me image files from last week Show me documents from two days ago Show me what I was working on yesterday Show me my music Play (song name) in iTunes What song is playing? Skip this song Remind me to call (name) in 20 minutes Show me pictures from last October Show me my photos from Hawaii
http://osxdaily.com/2016/09/28/use-mac-siri-commands/
You can pin results on macOS and they will update as needed.
http://osxdaily.com/2016/11/18/add-siri-results-notifications-mac/
Eg: Quarterback ratings.
Also don't forget Siri does different things on Apple TV like searching for content, looking up things related to what you are watching, looks up weather, or turning subtitles on temporarily.
OS X is now rootless by default, that is even 'administrator' accounts do not have access to core system files/components and included in that is UI elements such as these.
It is possible to disable this but as you are finding the theming community for this kind of stuff has mostly dried up since the change and you won't find the tools etc. that there used to be which are likely no longer functional even if you do disable it.
http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/05/disable-rootless-system-integrity-protection-mac-os-x/
I discovered this all looking into how to get rid of the god damn drop shadows and decided it wasn't worth the effort or risk of mucking about under the hood.
The phone is in field test mode and displaying the reception in db, its not the temperature. If you are interested on how to do it
Btw the SATA speed of your computer is most likely only 3GBps so you need not spend money on the latest and the fastest because your computer won't be able to make use of it. Go for the cheapest samsung available.
Also turn on TRIM - http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/29/use-trimforce-trim-ssd-mac-os-x/
I have better luck with the command-line <code>softwareupdate</code> utility. The GUI is rather inconsistent, especially for large downloads.
That looks like the firmware password screen to me. If you didn't set one on purpose you can change it by removing or adding RAM to the machine and then reseting the PRAM. This link will help.
http://osxdaily.com/2009/10/19/bypass-mac-firmware-password/
>Plus my years as a tech have taught me that if enough devices are experiencing the same failure, it means that eventually the rest will get it too.
So again what about all the people still having retina models which all had GPU failures? Some of them are 8 years old already
This one is included within MacOSX
They change throughout the day getting darker as the day gets later.
You should be able to grab a few gradients of them, plus the standard night and day here:
http://osxdaily.com/2018/06/06/grab-default-macos-mojave-wallpapers/
I turned off the desktop in the terminal because I wanted to economize on processes running in the background (2008 Al MacBook running Yosemite). It might have helped a little: http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/23/hide-all-desktop-icons-in-mac-os-x/
The desktop is still a place on my Mac, but it just isn't drawn behind all my windows in the background.
Right click the volume in Finder, select Encrypt "nameOfDrive"... and fill in your password and hint, done. Guide here if needed
You can also make a disk image with Disk Utility and encrypt that to protect select data on the image. And move it wherever it's needed. Disk, USB-stick, whatever.
I did a quick search and found some tutorials for these. Note that these are dated 2010 and 2011, so may be out of date but in my experience not that much changes in the terminal generally speaking between versions of OSX.
That said, here is the normal disclaimer for finding terminal code on the internet: Blindly running terminal code (or code of any kind) can potentially screw up your system or leave you exposed to attackers. Please do your research before running anything as no one else can really protect you. If in doubt, just don't do it.
From OSX Daily:
You don't have to pay anything to upgrade to 10.5
Or you could upgrade to 10.6 from 10.4 for only 30 dollars.
I'm working on it. If anyone on 12.2 has a Mac, please try this guide: http://osxdaily.com/2018/07/12/how-view-ios-logs-on-mac/ and reproduce the crash. Then see if you can find the "terminating" exception by searching the logs for "terminating". If you find it please send it to me.
You can boot to Single User Mode and change the Password: http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/25/change-admin-password-mac/
I would look carefully at the cosmetic condition of the keyboard, monitor etc. See if the hinge is still relatively tight.
My son is still running a 2011 MacBook Pro, I paid $669 for it in 2014. The HD and RAM swap is easy-peasy, I get mine at macsales.com.
If you find the USB ports give you trouble, try the fixes here:
http://osxdaily.com/2015/08/09/mac-usb-ports-not-working-fix/
> For tech savy people like most people on /r/technology, Apple products aren't really designed for us.
I disagree with this assertion. If you don't mind I'm going to go on a bit of a rant.
I'm a computer science graduate student at a top 10 school in the US and I personally use a Macbook Pro and an iPhone. I find this to be a common trend in not only academia in general, but specifically in CS. And not just WebDev, but all disciplines. My professor for software engineering uses a Mac. Are we not tech-savvy enough?
NASA scientists use a ton of Macbooks. Are they not tech-savvy enough?
I could go on but I'm sure you get my gist. There's this odd myth that Apple products are exclusively for the elderly or non-tech savvy. I guess it's hard to believe that something can be both user friendly and powerful.
I try my best to be non-biased and as such own Android devices, Windows powered workstations, and control Linux based servers. They're all good tools.
The problem with your assertion is that it propagates this idea that anyone who chooses an Apple product is not tech-savvy, but that's no truer than the idea that everyone who uses an Android is a rooting, ROM flashing, bitcoin mining, power user.
Anyway, sorry for the rant and wall of text.
Yes, those come from iMessage/Facetime, and look like this. Really incredible that they don't tell you which app, but it's astounding that they don't explain that your normal password will never work — you are required to use an app-specific password. Described in this article.
I understand that this is resolved for you, but just in case someone else see this post, it's probably better just to try to wait it out.
I've seen this with some of the machines I've updated and it's taken a very long time to update. (Several hours.) I've left those run over night to come back to a working system the next morning.
For reference: http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/17/os-x-yosemite-installation-stuck/
This is in fact a feature of iOS and has been since iOS 5.
http://osxdaily.com/2014/04/07/ios-app-name-cleaning/
Just because you can't see it happening doesn't mean it doesn't exist kids. Let's remember our basic physics.
Just install virtual box and then iTunes for windows. All free, need like edit: 15GB of space but you can uninstall after you are done.
I did it last night and does not take long at all.
This right here:
http://osxdaily.com/2013/12/18/turn-off-iphone-flashlight-quick-tap/
Guess people don't care as much as I did, but I would often use the flashlight for periods of time and a quick tap on the home screen would shut it off. Just thought it a nice convenient trick put in there by Apple. Truly not the end of the world, but 'twas nice.
I had been having the same problem and this is how I got around it:
You have to have your phone connected to wifi, then go to settings and touch the blue arrow next to the wifi network you are connected to and on the DHCP tab go to DNS and change it to “8.8.8.8″ for Google DNS, or “208.67.222.222″ for OpenDNS.
Got the info from here: http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/09/cant-download-ios-5-1-try-these-fixes/
This is actually due to Lion's resume feature. You can disable it globally by going to the General tab in Sys Prefs and unchecking "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps"
You can also do it per-app: http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/01/turn-off-resume-per-app-in-mac-os-x-lion/
Hey, guys, OP here, apparently after more googling I found the solution pretty fast and it now works properly. I used tip with "low resolution option" found here. Hope someone with similar problem find it useful.
http://osxdaily.com/2016/04/16/improve-performance-games-mac-retina-display-trick/
OP - There's several ways:
Easy way: plug in an external display/kb/mouse & close the lid. Clamshell mode, as others have suggested.
Almost Easy Way: Target disk mode is pretty easy, but requires a whole other Mac, plus a Thunderbolt or Firewire cable (ask grandpa what those are)
ssh: if ssh access is enabled already on the Mac, log on to it from memory (blindly type username/password or just password after turning it on, depending on how you have the Mac's security configured) so it opens a session and connects to wifi. When it does, look in your router to see what the newly added device's IP is, and ssh into it from another computer using that IP address.
Screen Sharing: just like above, but requires having screen sharing enabled already on the Mac, and having another Mac, as with Target disk mode.
Bottom line is clamshell mode is dead easy. and from the picture it looks like you already have a screen & keyboard. Target disk mode is very easy too, but you need another mac plus a special cable. ssh is great because it's powerful and agnostic, but it would have had to have been enabled previously, and screen sharing (or vnc) is good, but it also would need ot have been enabled.
Linux: Ubuntu 18.04, GNOME 3.28.2
MacOS GTK3 theme- dark sierra
Shell- Sierra Dark (Included in the theme package)
Icons- Cupertino iCons
Cursor- DMZ Black
Wallpapers- OSX Daily
Remember to change your MAC address daily to thwart trackers:
openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/(..)/\1:/g; s/.$//' sudo ifconfig en0 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ifconfig en0 |grep ether
The performance hit pretty much disappeared when FileVault 2 came along. Especially if you've got an SSD.
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/10/filevault-2-benchmarks-disk-encryption-faster-mac-os-x-lion/
No special program necessary. You can run any screensaver as wallpaper with this command: "/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background".
Here's what it looks like (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO3f3M7nU9U) and here's the screensaver I'm using (https://github.com/JohnCoates/Aerial).
Edit: You could use this (http://osxdaily.com/2015/11/08/play-video-as-screen-saver-mac-os-x-savehollywood/) combined with the command above to run whatever video you like as a wallpaper.
No, in pretty much every iOS since I can remember, you could do two finger tap to select a whole block of text. See this article: http://osxdaily.com/2014/06/21/select-paragraph-text-easy-ios-tap/
That feature no longer exists in iOS 9.
> Newer ones I can't speak to.
Starting ~2010 Intel CPUs included Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set (AES), which provides hardware acceleration for AES-based encryption (which Filevault 2 uses).
>The I/O performance penalty for using Filevault 2 was found to be in the order of 20 – 30% when using CPUs with the AES instruction set, such as the Intel Core i.[13][14]
This quote is from an July 2011 AnandTech article testing Filevault 2 performance. If taken by itself this quote is pretty damning of FV 2 performance. However, the second article linked in this Wikipedia entry reports a very different experience:
>it’s likely you won’t even notice that [FileVault is] on. The truth is, the benefits of Lion’s disk encryption far outweigh the nearly insignificant drawbacks, especially if you’re talking about a new laptop with an SSD in it.
and:
>Bottom line: if you have a Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processor, you’ll barely notice the impact of disk encryption, regardless of whether you’re using an SSD or traditional platter drive. Is a tiny performance hit worth the peace of mind of total data security? You’ll have to decide, but if you have sensitive data and a newer CPU on your Mac, it probably is.
Speaking solely from personal experience, FV 2 has had a negligible impact on system performance, and anyone buying a Mac today - especially if it has an SSD - should not worry about any significant performance degradation (although boot up time will be slightly longer).
I performed a test and made sure my settings were set to this (they already were). Then I searched for "test" and Spotlight still shows "Bing Search" for any text entered. In addition, when I say to Siri, "Search the web for XXXX" results returned are from Bing too unless I say, "Google for XXXX" where it opens my default web browser. So, it seems unless I'm missing something, this does not work for OP's request. In fact, the Siri issue is mentioned practically word for word, here
There are less Macs, so it's less profitable to make things for Macs. It takes a lot of effort to make something run on several platforms at once. Since the PC market is so big it makes sense for many games to be made specifically for it.
If you really really really want to play something for the PC, you can try Bootcamp. Here's what a moment's googling brought up for playing Skyrim in bootcamp.
Tiger users can buy the 30 dollar version too.
Or Apple will give them Leopard for free
Is this what you're looking for? Should be a system-wide shortcut.
http://osxdaily.com/2014/09/29/type-superscript-subscript-text-pages-mac-os-x/
iTunes does have one. Why the rest of the sound system is kept isolated from it, I couldn't say. I used to use [http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/18/equalizer-for-all-audio-mac-os-x/](Soundflower) but there are many more (see link).
>How much can I sue for.
...$45.
But really you need to dispute the charges and file a police report. And get a new card.
...This? Or no?
Double mod bots? this is getting out of control!
I'm not too sure on Apple products, might get more help in /r/applehelp/
Only thing i could suggest is this:
http://osxdaily.com/2013/05/17/see-all-running-apps-mac-os-x/
see what is running and if there is anything unusual listed there that you don't recognise.
Did you have the video full screen? ask your partner if they did anything in the video for it to appear or anything happened on their end as well.
Oh yeah, I had to install such a driver on macOS yesterday and to make it work I had to boot into recovery mode to disable system integrity protection, then reboot and finally patch the driver myself to make it recognize the USB IDs of the dongle I used.
On Linux, you just plug in the adapter and it works right away.
iOS has had the ability to recognize common tracking numbers for a long time.
I think the only recent change (as of iOS 9.0) was that the system now parses Notes.app for tracking numbers for flights and shipments, as opposed to limiting that functionality to Mail and Safari.
I don't think anyone ever plans to downgrade but sometimes when using beta software, especially on your primary device, things go wrong and you need a working device. Beta software may include new features but they're very prone to bugs. I've had everything from rapid battery drain to "No Service".
If you're willing to accept that risk, then a backup really isn't necessary.
I would recommend buying a monitor to connect to your macbook when you are at your campus. Another thing. Keep in mind that the 13" macbook pros do not have an n Vidia card in them. That could be an issue, but it probably wont.
Yeah, why would anyone possibly want to build a virus that mainly targets affluent Europeans and Americans?!
Mac isn't like linux. They have a significant market share and they have that market share mainly in wealthier countries.
In general, mac accounts for +-6% of computers. In EU and NA this can be as high as 10-15% Windows malware doesn't have a 50000x bigger return. We are talking a best case of 20x, but realistically 5 to 10x more return because you would be able to get more money from Europe and North America than you can from China or India.
This is of course a lower return on investment when compared to Windows, but the market share difference is not enough to explain why Macs get less malware. With this difference you would expect between 5 and 20 times more malware for windows than mac. This isn't even close to the disparity you are trying to explain.
If you prefer (like I do), caffeinate is actually a shell command:
http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/03/disable-sleep-mac-caffeinate-command/
Just FYI, since you are getting down voted instead of responded to, which is bad because your point is on topic and not trolling. This is just a write to disk and read test, so there isn't anything you can do to influence this as far as app to SoC optimization because on such a simple software task that cpu is never the limiting factor.
HOWEVER, another reason you are getting downvoted that is completely bullshit is that you may be correct in a way. If this is due to the fact that one phone is fully encrypted and the other is not, which is quickly looking to be the case, and other platforms which are also doing their encryption in hardware are not seeing nearly the performance hit, there could be a software implementation issue that is causing a greater than normal performance degradation which future operating system updates could address.
> Firstly, if the hdd has been shown (by seagate) that it can run osx, would it not be possible to just install osx on the harddrive?
Yes. You'll need to find someone with a working Mac, but you can use that Mac to create a bootable USB installer for Mavericks.
http://osxdaily.com/2013/06/12/make-boot-os-x-mavericks-usb-install-drive/
Fundamentally, this should also be doable with dd on Linux. I'm not sure of any step by step guide. Theoretically, if you can mount the OS X style .dmg on Linux, you can use dd to copy that onto a bootable USB. In theory that should work, but I've never done it.
> Is this a apple money making thing
100% It's purely about them not being willing to support third party hardware in one of their sealed boxes. There is no technical barrier here, other than those Apple legally imposes on their technicians.
> could I buy one of those slightly dodgy osx installation disks off ebay and do it myself?
Depends on the age of the Macbook. If it's old enough to support the last version of OS X that could be installed by official Apple install disks, that's probably okay. The problem is that newer Macs won't load the older versions of the OS. I wouldn't even remotely trust an "installer" you find on ebay for something like Mavericks which has no disk-based distribution. Basically you need to find a working Mac from Apple and use that to create install media for your machine.
> Any help massively appreciated
If you have bad luck getting OS X on it because of Apple's insane policies, and the Macbook is one of the Intel macs, you can put Linux or Windows on it just fine to get it in a usable condition.
To keep you Mac clean, just a damp rag is all that is needed. No Windex or screen cleaners in a bottle. But seriously…
Mackeeper, CleanMyMac are nearly malware. Terrible choices. Do not use.
Onyx is a great tool but can get you into real trouble. It should be used with caution.
Cocktail is silly. It's basically sticking a GUI on basic system services.
If your machine is slowing down, here are some good steps to take before you mess things up. You won't have to do this very often (if at all really):
You see, none that is very hard and you don't really need additional software to do these tasks.
For me it's iTunes or Spotify. Nothing wrong with these apps, although the tinkerer in me wishes Foobar was available on Mac. For EQ I use AU Lab.
I equalize only for my M-100 — boost 4kHz by 2dB, 8kHz by 3dB and 16kHz by 1dB to liven them up at the top a little bit.
I'm seriously considering the non-retina display as well. It's currently getting overshadowed by its pretty sister, but you can't doubt its impressive benchmarks.
This article helped convince me after I'd all but made up my mind. The way I see it, Apple just shook things up, but focusing only on the Retina Display is like saying you'll only play video games with the best graphics. There's more to experience than just eye candy.
It'll be a couple of years for the computing world to completely adopt the standards suggested by the MBP with retina display. At that point, if I haven't had a need to increase the (now cheaper) RAM and swap out the (now obsolete) optical drive for a (now cheaper) SSD, then I'll consider the (better and/or cheaper) retina upgrade.
What an interesting "feature" :)
Perhaps one of these links might be useful:
http://osxdaily.com/2018/01/30/ios-capitalizing-random-words-workaround/
https://www.technipages.com/ios-enable-disable-automatic-capitalization
http://osxdaily.com/2016/01/13/delete-temporary-items-private-var-folders-mac-os-x/
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This article goes into detail about why you shouldnt delete it.
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Anything that is in a hidden folder shouldn't be deleted by an average user (if you're asking then you're an average user...). If you're low on Drive space, download OmniDiskSweeper (free app) and find whatelse you can delete.
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I'd start with your Home folder (located in /Users/yourname) and remove unwanted apps (/Applications)
IPhone has Do Not Disturb mode or you can automatically forward all calls to voicemail or search the App Store.
I have this issue too. Very annoying. I’m hoping upgrading will fix it. Also, I reset my SMC the other day and I don’t think it’s happened since. Can’t tell it truly fixed the problem or it just hasn’t happened again yet but maybe that’s worth a try.
http://osxdaily.com/2010/03/24/when-and-how-to-reset-your-mac-system-management-controller-smc/