If I select an Apple Mail Message and right click it, a pop up appears with several choices including **Block Contact** and **Delete**. I'm trying to create a little Automator and/or AppleScript routine that will do both to a selected message, but I don't know where to find the AppleScript commands to tell Mail what to do other than **tell** *application* "Mail".

Hiding the current application with cmd/⌘-H does not work when current app is only non-hidden one, but does work when there are other, non-hidden applications. Why? And is there some way to make it work? I just discovered this when upgrading from Catalina to Monterey. I've been using macOS for at least 10 years, and cmd/⌘-H has _always_ hidden the current application, even when said app is the only non-hidden one. cmd-option-H (which hides all the non-current applications) appears to work just fine. My OS version running on my MacBook:

$ sw_vers
ProductName:	macOS
ProductVersion:	12.6.1
BuildVersion:	21G217
$

I have my YMCA card in my Apple Wallet. My watch only suggests my YMCA card at certain locations. The YMCA I go to the most does not trigger an automatic suggestion of my membership card. Is there any way to force this suggestion to happen? My devices are a Series 3 Apple Watch and an iPhone X both on the most recent, public iOS and watchOS releases. I have Allow Notifications and Suggest on Lock Screen selected in the settings tab in Apple Wallet.

I'm looking for a combination of an app like RunKeeper that tracks my running speed, with an app (+hardware?) to track my heart rate. I'm currently running with RunKeeper (to track my speed) and also wearing an chestband+wristwatch (to track my heart rate). It would be nice to get rid of the wristwatch, if there's some app (and chestband receiver hardware?) to combine the data. I've seen some apps that only do heart rate monitoring, but I don't want to switch between 2 apps while running.

I'd like to move the entire Notes.app database (all the notes, all the folders, all the file attachments inside the notes) from iPhone to Windows PC? I've scanned a lot of documents with my iPhone's Notes.app, and I want to back them up (and view them on my PC should the need arise).

macOS 10.13.6, Server.app 5.6.3 I'm using LetsEncrypt SSL certs. After updating a cert with certbot, I use openssl to export a PKCS12 file, then import that to the system keychain using "security" as follows:

# cd /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.brazoslink.net
# openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey privkey.pem -in cert.pem -certfile fullchain.pem -out letsencrypt_sslcert.p12 -passout pass:(random passkey)
# security import letsencrypt_sslcert.p12 -f pkcs12 -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain -P (random passkey) -T /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/System/Library/CoreServices/ServerManagerDaemon.bundle/Contents/MacOS/servermgrd

This all works, no errors, the updated cert appears in Server Admin just as it should, and any services/websites using that cert are automatically updated to use the updated cert so I can delete the old version. All good. However, the cert that gets created in /etc/certificates contains the self-signed "ISRG Root X1" cert, which was not contained in the original LE cert. When I run the SSL cert tests at ssllabs.com, it complains, "Incorrect order, Extra certs, Contains anchor" and gives me a "B" rating. Can anyone explain what is going on here, and how I can fix it?

I am trying to install a specific version of Buck using Homebrew. Facebook provide a formula on GitHub . I have added the tap: brew tap facebook/fb I can then install Buck using: brew install --HEAD facebook/fb/buck However, I would like to install a specific release, for example v2017.05.02.01 . What is the syntax for installing a specific release from GitHub? I am looking for something like: # This does not work! brew install --v2017.05.02.01 facebook/fb/buck *Note: other questions do not seem to be about releases on GitHub.*

I have a macOS/Windows-bootable Mac Pro. Two internal HDDs form a mirror disk formatted in ReFS. How do I prevent macOS Sequoia from nagging me to initialize/eject/ignore those two HDDs each time I start up the machine under macOS? I understand I can do that by adding the

/etc/fstab

file in the following format:

=F21AD81B-B114-456C-B2A0-BF4452E4842D none auto rw,noauto

However, I cannot find the volume UUIDs of those two **unmounted** HDDs in Sequoia. (Disk Utility only shows the volume UUID of mounted disks.) Here is what

info

gives me on one of those two HDDs: ``` Device Identifier: disk7 Device Node: /dev/disk7 Whole: Yes Part of Whole: disk7 Device / Media Name: ST22000NM001E-3HM103 Volume Name: Not applicable (no file system) Mounted: Not applicable (no file system) File System: None Content (IOContent): GUID_partition_scheme OS Can Be Installed: No Media Type: Generic Protocol: SATA SMART Status: Verified Disk Size: 22.0 TB (22000969973760 Bytes) (exactly 42970644480 512-Byte-Units) Device Block Size: 512 Bytes Media OS Use Only: No Media Read-Only: No Volume Read-Only: Not applicable (no file system) Device Location: Internal Removable Media: Fixed Solid State: No Virtual: No Hardware AES Support: No Device Location: "SATA2"

I have an Apple Mac that has Mac OS X 10.5.8. On this Mac, Xcode version 3.0 is installed. From what I can tell, there are also the DeRez and Rez command line tools. The Xcode software may have been installed from one or more DVDs that came with the Mac. In the Xcode documentation (which can be viewed by launching the Xcode application and then choosing Documentation from the Help menu), there is a page, “Command-Line Tools,” which mentions the DeRez and Rez tools. The path to this page is ADC Home > Reference Library > Guides > Mac OS X > Mac OS X Technology Overview > Mac OS X Developer Tools >. It may be possible to find this page in the Xcode documentation by doing a full-text search over all documentation sets with the search term “DeRez” (without quotes) and the “Contains” option (as opposed to “Starts With” or “Exact”) chosen. In the “Command-Line Tools” documentation page, there is a “Localization Tools” section. In this section, there is the statement “Table C-15 lists the applications and command-line tools for localizing your own applications.” Afterwards, there is a statement about the directory locations of the tools and then there is a table with information about the DeRez, genstrings, and Rez tools. The description for the DeRez tool includes the statement “You can use this utility to find strings for localization purposes, for example.” The description for the Rez tool includes the statement “You can use Rez to recompile the resource files you decompiled with DeRez after you have localized the strings.” Given these statements about localizing and this categorization of the DeRez and Rez tools, the following question comes up: Is it permissible under the licensing for the Xcode software and the DeRez and Rez command-line tools to use the DeRez and Rez tools for purposes other than localization (or, put another way, for purposes that do not involve localization)? I have a software project and there is a resource file (with the .rsrc extension) in the project. For the purposes of this posting, I am using the name

.rsrc

to refer to the file. One way to edit resources in the file or to add new resources to the file would be to use DeRez to decompile the file into a Rez source file with a command along the lines of

-useDF MyGreatProject.rsrc Carbon.r > MyGreatProject.r

. (As a side note, when using the DeRez or Rez tools, it would hopefully be permissible to refer to an Apple-supplied Rez type declaration file such as

.r

in order to make the Rez source file contents easier to understand. The DeRez man page talks about the function of type declaration files. Also, I hope this command line example does not implicate any copyrights regarding the DeRez man page or the Rez man page.) After that step, it would be possible to add or edit or remove resources by editing the

.r

Rez source file. After that, it would be possible to regenerate the

.rsrc

file by using a command along the lines of

-useDF Carbon.r MyGreatProject.r -o MyGreatProject.rsrc

. (Once again, I hope this command example does not pose any copyright issues regarding the DeRez man page or the Rez man page.)

I need to restart the WindowServer (OS X's GUI); I know this can be achieved using the command sudo killall -HUP WindowServer but this closes all your open applications. Is there a way to restart the WindowsServer without it quitting all your open applications?

I'm running a MacBook Air M2 on **macOS Tahoe Beta 26.0 (developer beta 4, 25A5316i)** and have noticed a peculiar and aggressive thermal throttling behavior that makes the system very slow under sustained load. **The Problem:** When the machine's case gets hot, the system seems to enter a heavily throttled state. My monitoring app (Stats) shows that all **Performance cores are effectively shut down**: their utilization drops to 0% and their frequency is locked at the lowest state (660 MHz). This forces all system processes onto the **Efficiency cores**, which then run at 100% load. The computer becomes extremely sluggish and borderline unusable for anything beyond basic operations like text editing. Here is a screenshot of the system in this throttled state (Image 1): As you can see: * P-cores are at 0% usage and 660 MHz. * E-cores are at 100% usage. * The Average load is extremely high (68.48 over 1 minute). **The Paradox: It's Not Directly Tied to CPU Core Temperature** My initial assumption was that this was standard CPU thermal throttling. However, my observations show this is not the case. The throttling seems to be triggered by a different thermal sensor, not the CPU cores themselves. **Evidence 1: Throttling Occurs at Low CPU Temperatures** Here is a sensor reading from when the machine was in the throttled state described above. > Note: I don't know why the Stats app shows all cores as 'performance core' in this tab. * **Average CPU temperature is only 59.3°C**, and the hottest core is 61.2°C. These are very safe temperatures. * Despite the cool CPU, the P-cores are shut down as shown in the first image. **Evidence 2: No Throttling Occurs at High CPU Temperatures** Conversely, I can push the CPU to its thermal limit (e.g., with a short, intense task) without triggering this specific P-core shutdown, as long as the machine's chassis hasn't had time to heat soak. * Here, the **CPU cores are running at over 100°C** while the machine was still not throttled. * The CPU Power draw is high (14.53W) compared to the throttled state (0.16W), indicating the P-cores are active. * The system remains responsive during this time. This leads me to believe the throttling is a proactive measure based on a chassis, battery, or other component's temperature, rather than a reactive measure to the CPU's own temperature. **My Questions:** 1. What is the specific thermal management mechanism at play here? Is it a known behavior for fanless MacBooks to shut down P-cores? 2. Could this be a bug or an overly aggressive policy, possibly related to the macOS developer beta I am running? 3. Is there any way to adjust or disable this specific, preemptive throttling behavior? I understand the need for thermal management, but the current implementation makes the machine unusable long before the CPU itself is in any thermal danger.

I'm running 14.1 on an M2 mini. I have /Applications in my dock, and I like to click on the folder icon to open it and type the name of the application I want. I find about half the time, the keystrokes "fall through" to the application below. This can be awkward, if, say for example, I want to open GIMP while Signal is open and threfore click on the /Application icon, type GIMP, press Enter. GIMP will open, but I'll *also* send the message *GIMP* to whoever I happened to be last messaging.

Websites such as this one use the HTML canvas element to display images. https://digital.gonzaga.edu/digital/collection/p16011coll4/id/93/rec/5 The Safari Web Inspector's Graphics tab shows cut-up tiles of the image that can be saved independently. But doesn't give the full-res combined image. I want to save the image from the canvas, not via an alternative method. [Sometimes](https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70cx57n) websites like this have a "download" link, but in this case it does not. Inspecting the source [shows a low-res image used in the preview thumbnail](https://digital.gonzaga.edu/digital/api/singleitem/image/p16011coll4/93/default.jpg) but the canvas appears to load a different, higher-resolution version of the image. Ideally could be done from the macOS Safari Web Inspector. I would also be interested in any Safari Extensions that enable this functionality. How can I get/export/download the full-resolution combined image being displayed by this canvas element?

I'm using a new MacBook Pro 15" with macOS 10.13.4 configured with the default Color LCD color profile. I'm doing some graphic design work and noticed that all colors in Chrome and Safari appear "washed out" when compared to Firefox. The latter has more saturated/vibrant colors. And this happens to native HTML/CSS elements (i.e. not images only). Here's a screenshot of the SmashingMagazine homepage with the comparison (Chrome on the left, Firefox on the right). Notice how the colors are more vibrant in Firefox (right): If I change my display's color profile to sRGB IEC61966-2.1, then both Chrome and Firefox look the same. Why is this? Any help is greatly appreciated.

I may have triggered some keyboard shortcut that permanently dimmed my macOS Chrome browser’s windows. - I can't figure out how to undo it. - I've tried resetting all chrome settings back to default and toggling Force Color Profile setting in chrome://flags (from default to sRGB) as suggested to no avail. This is only affecting the Chrome app. Attached screenshot shows safari window (left) and chrome window. Note that I have already tried deleting and reinstalling Chrome. I did not delete profile information from ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome though. Chrome: Version 118.0.5993.117 (Official Build) (arm64) MacOS: Ventura 13.6 mac: M1 Macbook Pro Is this some feature of Chrome or is this the macOS window manager or contrast setting in accessibility settings?

Are there voices in different languages installed in Mac OS X? E.g. spanish, french or slovak? (latest iPod Nano built-in voiceover has beautiful slovak voice, I'd like to try it on Mac OS X too)

**The problem** When I use my laptop, it always heats up a lot in the center above the touch bar on top. I can feel it quite heated below as well under the top center. The CPU is fine (no processes going crazy). Fans are not really loud at all and I suspect they are working below the speed they should be. This was an issue when I bought it as well. **SMC reset** I did (multiple) SMC resets when I first bought, as this was an issue straight away. After the reset it worked fine for a few weeks and then I'd do another reset. A year and a half later thouhg, when I do an SMC reset, I don't notice the heat going away and it's still working the same way. P.S. Since I have been working from home, I often connect to an external monitor, no-surprise there that this causes heat. When I don't work with one, it's still warmer that it should be in my opinion. Any idea what may be the causing the issue and how can I fix it? My Macbook has the following specs: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) Processor 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 Memory 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 Graphics Radeon Pro Vega 20 4 GB Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB

I want to make sure that the Apple Service replacement iPhone I am being given is new, not refurbished. Given the serial number, is there any way to tell if an iPhone is new or has been refurbished?

I've made my first shortcut for creating my own daily journal entry in Apple Notes. It actually works very well except, the tags that the shortcut adds to the new note are not recognized as tags. The tags render in the default black font color, and the note is not collected in a smart folder that organizes by tags. If I place the cursor at the end of the "tag" and hit enter, it turns orange, indicating it is now a tag. How do I add a tag to a note template via a shortcut? Here is a screenshot of the relevant part of the shortcut

My son has a Pixel 9. We'll probably switch him over to an iPhone in the future. I want to get him an Apple Watch, but only if we can pair it with his Pixel 9. From what I've read online, this is not possible with routine approaches, but I'm wondering if there's a hacky way to do it. If not, I'll probably just wait until he gets an iPhone before buying him an Apple Watch.