texts: Downloading two copies of the Yosemite public beta

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Apple granted me access to the Yosemite Public Beta, and I successfully installed it onto my Macbook Pro. I now intend to replace my Macbook Pro's HDD with an SSD drive and I want to make a clean install of Yosemite onto it. I tried accessing the OS X Beta Program page that gave me the code I redeemed the first time and clicked the code, but the App Store says it's not possible to redeem it again.

I have access to the iOS Developer Program, but it doesn't seem to allow me to download a build of OS X  Yosemite.

I tried searching my computer for the install program but it's now gone, possibly removed by Yosemite itself once it had been successfully installed. Not having access to the software and having no way to download again through the same procedure, I'm wondering if there's any way to make a clean install of Yosemite now that I've already installed it.

Is there any way to recover the software (e.g. could it still be somewhere on my disk?), or to download it again?


texts: Macbook pro showing white screen after Apple logo

texts: I have a MacBook Pro (Core i7 2.2 15" Late 2011) though the problem has happened before and was resolved when I did internet recovery. This solution no longer works. This happened last week when I booted the MacBook and it was displaying a white screen after Apple logo. Sometimes it shuts down after displaying the white screen for some seconds, and sometimes the Mac keeps restarting itself. I have tried PRAM & NVRAM reset, but nothing seems to work. Sometimes the logic board becomes hotter than normal. It’s really confusing. Thanks!


texts: Can't Delete Time Machine Backups, Can't Move Them Out of Trash

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I think this is similar to this question, but I'm having a slightly different problem.

I've been using an external LaCie drive for my Time Machine and SuperDuper backups. But I was getting messages that the Time Machine drive was full, and the SuperDuper runs out of room.

I went into LaCie Backups.backupdb and grabbed a bunch of old Time Machine backups and dragged them into the trash.

Trash has been trying to delete them for over 24 hours with no end in sight. So I stopped it and tried to bring the files back in to Backups.backupdb, but it won't let me.

So I've got all these files I can't trash, but can't put back.

Any ideas?


texts: Set the date and time in menubar to be in a specific format

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I want the menubar to display the date and time in the menubar as follows:

2012-10-03 09.12.14

which translates into Year-Month-Day 24hr.min.second

What I've tried:

Gone into System Preferences > Date & Time > Clock

Selected: Digital; Display time with seconds; use 24-hour clock

This gets me close to having the time right.

Gone into System Preferences > Date & Time > Date & Time > Open Language & Text > Formats > Dates > Customize

Changed every date format (short, medium, long, full) to have yyyy-MM-dd

Gone into System Preferences > Date & Time > Date & Time > Open Language & Text > Formats > Times > Customize

Change every time format to kk.mm.ss

The problem:

It still shows the date like:

3 Oct 13:19:12

in the menubar.

Details:

I am running Mac OS X 10.7.5

Any help or suggestions you can give, much appreciated!


texts: Any conflicts when creating two User accounts (with different privileges) but the same Apple ID?

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I've set up iMac A with an Admin User account {501}, a User account {512}, and also three "sharing only" accounts {502, 503, 504} for networking with iMac B.

I've set up iMac B with an Admin User account {501} and three User accounts {502, 503, 504}.

The Admin {501} AND User {512} account on iMac A; the Admin {501} account on iMac B all use the same Apple ID.

On iMac A User account {512} in "Users&Groups Preferences" > "Advanced Options" the AppleID Alias for my Apple ID will not populate the "Aliases" field. AppleID aliases start with com.apple.idms.appleid.prd.. Yet, both iMac A and iMac B Admin accounts {501} have the same AppleID Alias.

I have tried to add that same AppleID Alias to my User account {512} on iMac A (since it uses the same AppleID as the Admin account), but it's rejected. It seems the AppleID alias is a device specific ID. If I remove it from one user and add it to the other it accepts it, but it can't be used for more than one user on one machine even if both accounts use the same AppleID.

With that background information... the question: Maybe there is an incompatibility or limitation having two user accounts on the same machine using the same AppleID? Specifically when it comes to networking. I believe the AppleID Alias allows a user to select "Connect Using AppleID" when networking.

Also, can anyone who has used their AppleID on two computers confirm that their AppleID Alias is the same?

Since I am in my User account 99% of the time it's been convenient to keep some information synced with my Admin account using iCloud — email, messages, notes, etc are all synced. Is there any reason it would be more appropriate to use separate Apple IDs for my Admin and User accounts??

Please refrain from telling me, "Don't make changes to those settings". I am looking for responses that answer my questions. Thank you.


texts: I need to copy a spreadsheet into mail directly edit and send

texts: I need to copy a spreadsheet into mail directly and then edit out some columns before sending (not as an attachment) what ipad spreadsheet an mail will work?


texts: iPhone 4s, my iPhone 99% of the time won't charge arms the battery is power-draining. Started happening at random, going from good - absolute hell while i was at work. One time out of the many times I've recently tried, it charged about 10%  after hours and hours on the charger. tried 3 separate chargers (3 separate brands), tried draining 100% and charging back up etc. could the battery be shot? I can switch the battery out in a simple minute, but I don't want to go out of my way and buy a new battery at my shop if it won't work


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The internal disk of my Mac book pro is partitioned as follows:

% diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS mainHD                  249.7 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:          Apple_CoreStorage                         249.1 GB   disk0s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s5
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS oldHD                  *248.7 GB   disk1

% diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group C2BDDBCA-73CF-473C-B9DA-E5682EF29610
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD 2
    Status:       Online
    Size:         249059012608 B (249.1 GB)
    Free Space:   35708928 B (35.7 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume CA1B7050-0A3D-4FFD-ADC2-AE42B45BEB9C
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s4
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     249059012608 B (249.1 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 4CBD3D40-147F-4B2D-A997-975E00295101
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume B3E1FCD6-ACAB-4152-AEB5-71F41C329C17
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          248687755264 B (248.7 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               oldHD
            Volume Name:           oldHD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

The operating system (os x 10.9.5) and all my files are in the mainHD, where I'm running out of space. I would like to delete the oldHD so that I can increase the size of mainHD.

When I try to delete oldHD via the graphical disk utility I get an Alert (null) box where I can select cancel or remove, if I click on remove nothing happens and in the log I see:

: Preparing to remove partition from disk: “APPLE SSD SM512E Media”
: Could not unmount partition to be deleted.

How can I get oldHD deleted and mainHD resized?


texts: When I type ' then A , it types Á, instead of simply 'A . How to disable this feature. It's a pain while programming, as we need to type things like 'example string' a lot.


texts: Mountain Lion - scale down the window shadows

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it is just me or did apple increased the size of the window shadows in mountain lion way to much?
This is annoying when you've 2 windows side by side - is there any way to turn them off / to scale them down?


texts: Trying to move a mail message to folder, but it doesn't move

texts: I'm trying to move many mail messages to subfolders and they won't move. They moved before—what's going wrong?


texts: How do I install software from a CD or DVD shared from a Windows 7 PC?

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I have a MacBook Air and I'd like to install CD- and DVD-based software on it without having to purchase an external CD/DVD drive.

I stumbled upon the CD & DVD sharing feature OS X supports but I've been having trouble getting it to work. I'm sharing my DVD and CD based software using a Windows 7-based PC with drive sharing enabled. But when I try to access the drive the Mac "thinks a lot" and then it says (roughly translated from danish):

  Action could not be completed, because the original subject to "Warcraft III" doesn't exist

I've tried this with multiple software discs, all have similar error message results when I try to access the shared disc from my MacBook Air.

How can I make drive sharing work from my Windows PC to my MacBook Air so that I can install this software?

Additional information:

MacBook Air is running OS X Lion
Practically no HDD-space used on the MacBook Air
The PC with the CD/DVD drive is running Windows 7


texts: After updating my iPad to iOS 9, it crashed and I lost ALL apps that hadn't been backed up. So how do I access my Game Center if I've forgotten my Game Center nickname?


texts: Popup screen becomes full screen when application is full screen

texts: I am using Eclipse. When I open popup window (e.g. "Open Resource") and the application is in fullscreen, the popup window also becomes fullscreen too. It is quite annoying. I don't know how to fix it.


texts: VMware Fusion VM resolution not changeable from 800x600

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I wondered if I ask this on either Mac community, or that of Ubuntu or else. But I hope Mac is the best one.

On Ubuntu in "Systems Setting" --> "Display", I only see 800x600 resolution option. As I change the size of the VM window, it just expands/shrink accordingly, maintaining the same ratio (800x600) that is way too narrow for me.

Already tried but no good:

On VM's setting --> "Display", I tried checking both on/off with "Accelerate 3D Graphics" or "User full resolution for Retina display".
Add pref.autoFitGuestToWindow = "FALSE" to ~/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/preferences (https://communities.vmware.com/message/2342718)
Re-install VMWare Tools (link)
Ubuntu DEB package open-vm-tools, along with the instruction

Any idea is appreciated.

VMWare Fusion 6.0.3 with VMWare Tools installed (via VMWare host).
OSX 10.9.3 on Macbook Pro, Retina 15-inch
VM: Ubuntu 12.04 64b


texts: How does Time Machine treat changes to the Photos Library?

texts: I've searched all over and can't find a sure answer to this question. If a new photo is added to my iCloud Photo Library, resulting in a change to the "Photos Library" package on my Mac found in ~/Pictures, does Time Machine simply back up the delta within the package or will it store another copy of the entire library?


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While there is no system-wide way to make all fonts larger under Lion without leaving native resolution, many individual programs do have a way to make text and various elements larger on the screen. Unfortunately, this varies from one program to the next.

If the goal is to make text appear larger in all programs, can we put together a guide to zooming in the various apps in Lion?


texts:
I tried to open a split pane to run another command but instead it displays the same in both panes and I can only interact with one of them. I thought it would split the view so I could use the two panes independently like two windows.

I have the Visor installed but I don't think it would interfere.

Terminal - version 2.1.1
Visor custom (84d1873) based on 1.5


texts:
I'm running iTunes 11 on a retina MacBook Pro, and when I try to download HD movies, iTunes shows me a dialog alert saying "This  cannot be played in HD on this computer." The dialog goes on to imply that I have a choice to proceed or to but the standard def version, but I don't see a way to buy the HD version.

Why can't iTunes 11 play HD movies on a retina MacBook Pro? Where's the "I wanna download it anyway" button?


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I would like to install GNU Profiler (gprof) on Mac. I tried to install binutils using Homebrew; however, the package that Homebrew installs from the following address does not have gprof.

http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/binutils/binutils-2.24.tar.gz

According to binutils website, it should have gprof in it.

http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/

Any suggestion for installing gprof is welcome.


texts: Should i upgrade my 2009 macbookpro components on general way?

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I've a MacBook Pro (mid 2009), and it has low performance. If I can should I upgrade the memory` and/or a new hard drive or SSD? I don't want to buy another one if my Mac is in perfect condition.

My budget for a upgrade is between 300€ and 400€, depending on components suggested.


texts: Newly installed programs always appear with external drives in Finder

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Why do newly-installed programs always appear with external drives in Finder on my MacBook?

For example, I just installed Zotero and no problem opening it but I see it listed under my external USB in finder with the little eject icon on the side. I’m afraid if I push eject I’ll delete the program and lose my work.

Why do the newly-installed programs appear there?


texts: monitor displays shows no picture in display settings and goes black randomly

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This is my first question so please pardon my mistakes.
I use a Mid 2017 MacBook Pro with a HP V270 Monitor. The monitor connects fine using a USB-C to HDMI cable but the issue I'm having currently is that my monitor randomly goes off and then comes back on after few seconds. IT seems to be a connection issue but I'm not sure how to verify that but an odd that I noticed in the settings is that there isn't a picture on the monitor  but my MacBook screen displays a picture. Please do not confuse the picture I'm referring to with the on the hardware screen. Hardware screen shows a picture but goes off randomly. The screen in the picture above remains black no matter how I tweaked the settings beside it. Also I'm currently running the Catalina beta but I do not think the issue is from the beta because I've seen other users experience same issues.

MacBook Pro Mid 2017. 4 USB-C Ports and I've connected with both my lid open and closed(using an app called InsomniaX). I'm also using a direct cable from my USB-C port to HDMI.


texts: Is my BootCamp-ed Windows seeing less VRAM than my Macbook (Pro, 13", mid-2014) actually has? If so, how can I make it see that it has more?

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(TL;DR below)

So I've recently installed Windows on my mid-2014 Macbook Pro Retina 13" to play some games. I never expected super incredible performance in 3D games, but nevertheless I have been severely disappointed with it and I wonder if there's something wrong with my hardware or drivers.

Games such as The Witness (a puzzle game in 3D with stylized graphics and no action) and Spec Ops: The Line (a shooter that wasn't super graphically flashy even when it was released, in 2012), barely even ran, and had to be configured with the absolute minimum graphics settings for them to reach 20—30fps. Same thing with Rocket League, a super accessible sports-racing hybrid that any half-decent budget machine can run decently. The worst, though, was Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, a flat 2D game — it ran more smoothly on my friend's much, much older and weaker non-Apple laptop.

  I had to lower my resolution for this.

Knowing next to nothing about hardware, I did a bit of research and found out that my machine has Intel Iris Graphics and, most interestingly, that macOS dynamically allocates up to 1.5GB of system memory to the graphics card.

However, when I was on Windows, I went into Can You Run It? and used its system diagnosis tools to test my specs against the minimum requirements for some games (nothing fancy, I didn't check against the new 2016 Doom game or even GTA V). Every result said that I didn't meet even the minimum requirements for the games (even for games that I had actually ran already) because, according to it, I only have 112.5 MB of available video RAM on Windows.

So I'm thinking that that is actually the problem.

Is this really all the memory I can have?

TL;DR: Actual question(s)

Can Windows allocate more than 112.5 MB of RAM to graphics?

Is it capable of doing that dynamically the way macOS does? If not, is there a way to force this to a different amount of RAM, since it's apparently using the minimum possible amount? (My machine has 8GB, it would be no problem dedicating 2GB of those to graphics, maybe even more since all I do on Windows is open Steam.)

I'm using Windows 10 with the Bootcamp-provided drivers. Didn't manually update a thing, for fear of breaking compatibility.

Even if I'm completely off-track here and my entire line of reasoning is faulty, is there anything else I can do to eek more graphical performance from my machine under Bootcamped Windows?

Thanks so much for your time.


texts: Can't see Time Capsule drives when Wifi is turned off

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Due to the fact that Apple has dropped support for all Wifi devices I have opted to migrate my home office Wifi to a Ubiquiti AC-AP-Pro with a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X SFP as the main firewall/router.  The setup has the EdgeRouter out front with 1 WAN (eth0), 3 LAN (eth1-eth3) and 1 future "DMZ" (eth4).  The AP-AC-Pro is hung off eth3, and I moved my primary Time Capsule to eth2 (secondary Time Capsule is plugged into one of the LAN ports of the primary Time Capsule) and turned off Wifi in settings for both the primary and secondary Time Capsules.

I thought once I neutered all the features of the Time Capsule it would simply work as a network storage drive, but what I am finding is that none of my Macs can see the Time Capsules at all.  I can't see them on in Finder, can't see them in the Airport Utility, and I definitely can't see them under the Time Machine settings.

Is what I am trying to accomplish impossible?  Does the Time Capsule not support backups over the WAN port w/ Wifi turned off?  How do I even get back to the device setup in Airport Utility to even try to reconfigure the Time Capsules?  I have googled every possible way, but I am not finding anyone trying to use the Time Capsule as just a backup device.


texts: Can I format new MacBook hard drive from OSX DVD?

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I have to install a fresh new drive into my MacBook pro 2009.

I haven't formatted yet, nor do I have a USB dock to do so from my current osx installation.

If I install the new drive and boot from the osx DVD that came with my Mac, will be able to do what's necessary to get every running ok?


texts: Can brew find / manage packages installed by manually binary download + install?

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I  manually downloaded quite some software on my Mac, and now I want to use brew to manage all my packages.

But I don't seem to be able to find the manually installed software, maybe I missed some steps? How can I let brew manage them?


texts: How to remove software/drivers related to Alfa Networks Wifi Adapter

texts: Alfa Networks Wifi Adapter installed some software onto my Mac, and I don't know where to look to remove it. Specifically I am trying to get rid of this in my menu bar.


texts: What are the various ways to skip a song on youtube on 3rd generation Apple TV using the iOS remote app or Apple Watch remote app

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What are the various ways to skip a song on youtube on Apple TV using the iOS remote app or Apple Watch remote app?

Currently, it seems like the easiest way to do this is to just fast forward till the end of the song.

What are the gestures on iPhone to skip a song and how can I do this on my Apple Watch?


texts: Cannot shutdown/restart properly, force-quit fails, wunderlisthelper does not die

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Alright, I had another initial post draft written, but then I just found something:

wunderlisthelper will not die...

kill -9 will cause it to reopen with another pid.
I keep hard killing it, and it keeps jumping to a new process.

91617 ??         0:00.55 QA2G25RMZ4.com.wunderkinder.wunderlist-helper

What is this?

The initial prob is that shutdown/restart will work if not logged in, but will not work if logged into any account. I've tried MANY methods to solve the issue - nothing yet. All other diagnostics (hardware and software) are good.

Also fwiw there is some trouble with force-quit other apps, but maybe unrelated.


texts: launchd keeps restarting my binary in /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools

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I am looking to install a privileged helper tool using SMJobBless.
My plist only contains the MachServices key and RunAtLoad key. The RunAtLoad is set to true as I want to be launched automatically after install.

Now, the problem is that once the helper tool is installed and launched and it completes its job successfully - it gets relaunched and this keeps happening again and again.

Original launchd Job Ticket

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.ak.SMJobBlessHelper</string>
<key>MachServices</key>
<dict>
<key>com.ak.SMJobBlessHelper.mach</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.ak.SMJobBlessHelper</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</plist>

I have tried various things to stop it from launching again but in vain:

Tried to add KeepAlive to false in the plist.
Tried to add KeepAlive as a dictionary with the key SuccessfulExit to false.
Tried to make my app sleep for occult times before quitting like sleeping for 5 minutes, 10 minutes etc. but it still gets launched again.

I have basically run out of ideas, I want it to launch only when I ask and not automatically and that too again and again.

Please help. Thank you very much.

OS: Mac OS X 10.8.4 12E55
Xcode: 4.6.2 (4H1003)


texts: Yosemite won't list computers in windows workgroup

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We just bought a new Mini with 10.10 on it (updated to 10.10.1) and it won't list any of the computers in the Windows Workgroup.

I can however ping them by WINS name and connect using smb://EXAMPLE/share/ so WINS lookup seems to function.

However I need to be able to browse the network, and to install a windows printer. When I try and install the windows printer it shows our two workgroups as options, but none of the computers listed in them.

File sharing is turned on (both AFB and SMB) the WINS server is configured for the local Windows 2008 Server and the MacBook Pro with 10.9 works just fine and lists all the machines.


texts: I have two Synology Diskstations. One of them (diskstation-8) is always connected to my mac pro. For some reason the other one (diskstation-5) is not and I need always to click on it when I want the disk station connected. I have recently transfered to El Capitan. I would like to have my disk station-5 connected at login and stay connected (like my diskstation-8 ... but I don't remember how I fixed that)


texts: Is there a way to transfer a boarding pass from Gmail to Wallet on iPhone

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iOS 10
iPhone 5
Airline: Westjet.
Email App:  Gmail

I do not want to download an app every time I get a new pass.  How can I do this from GMail, rather than adding YAA?


texts: MacBook takes a long time to log in when VPN disconnects

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I use a VPN to connect to websites I use all day for work. Occasionally, I will lock my computer and leave it for a while (e.g. during lunch). When I return, it will often take several minutes to log in to my computer, whether with the password or fingerprint. When it finally does log in, a dialog immediately appears that says I have been disconnected from the VPN.

This dialog is not unusual, and I will occasionally get it if my internet has issues. I assume that while the MacBook is locked it slows things down or otherwise interferes with the VPN, so I'm not surprised that I get disconnected from the VPN. However, I don't know why that makes it take so long to log in.

Why does this happen? Is there anything I can do (short of disconnecting the VPN before locking, which would be annoying) to prevent this from happening?

Specs:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)
macOS Mojave 10.14.6 (18G3020)


texts: Apple AirPods pair and connect but no sound

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Background
I was on a call at work today and was switching back and forth from my iPhone 10 to my laptop.  After switching from laptop to iPhone my 2nd Generation AirPods stopped playing sound.  They could connect but would not play any sound.  I purchased these 3 weeks ago and they are not physically damaged.
Trouble Shooting Steps
Here are the steps I went through to troubleshoot

I attempted to pair and connect with a 3rd device.  I was able to pair and connect but no sound.
I did a hard reset by holding the button on the back of the AirPod case for 15 seconds with the AirPods in the case.  I saw the light indicates and my iPhone had me pair the device again, still nothing
I disabled automatic ear detection, no change
I reset network services on my device.  No change

Does anyone have any idea where to go from here?


texts: Is there a way to force a remote refresh via the iOS Remote Web Inspector?

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I'm using iOS 6's new remote web inspector feature, which is pretty nice.

Is there a way of forcing a page refresh on the remote iOS device from the desktop - it's just a bit easier then reaching over and refreshing the page on the device itself.


texts: How to remotely connect to a laptop's local users directory?

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besides opening ssh-  is there a way to connect and read local users defined in a machine?

Edit - further info.

My goal is to actually run an analysis on my network - to find out which local accounts reside in which machine.
the thing is that not all machines have ssh opened.

All the machines are part of my domain, and i have an administrative user and password in order to connect to the machines.

Thanks


texts: iPhone 5s Blue Screen of Death (Water Damage)

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I have an interesting problem with an iPhone 5s I'm repairing for a client:

Background
The iPhone 5s was dropped in water and completely submerged for a seconds (I'm not sure if it was on or off when it fell in, but I can find out), but was quickly retrieved and still worked for a few minutes before the BSOD appeared and the iPhone restarted. My client immediately turned the iPhone off and texted me about trying to fix it, I agreed to try my best, and I received it the next day.

Additional Problems
I was also told that it was having a hard time recognizing touch input, detected buttons being pressed when they weren't, and inaccurately recognized headphones being plugged into the headphone jack when they weren't.

My Repair
I began to disassemble it as soon as I got home. I disconnected the digitizer assembly, took out the battery, logic board, and Lightning dock assembly. I noticed corrosion on the bottom of the board on the back , which I cleaned best I could with alcohol and a toothbrush, but is still stained and around a chip on the top of the board on the back. I cleaned the Lightning jack assembly the same way, but when I connected it to the board and tried to charge the iPhone, it didn't work. I cleaned the port on the board and it worked. After a few hours (disassembling, cleaning, testing, cleaning again, testing again, etc., then reassembling, the iPhone was at least working better than when it was brought to me and all of the above problems were fixed.

BSOD
However, upon unlocking the phone and testing it more thoroughly, the iPhone crashed with the BSOD and restarted. I timed it and it always happens between 2 and 3 minutes after being unlocked, however never appears on the lock screen.

Additional Info

iPhone 5s is running iOS 9.2.1
No iWork apps are installed (some said that iWork apps, like Pages, caused the BSOD when syncing to iCloud)
I will try to relay any questions you have to my client

Any idea as to what is causing the BSOD and how I should fix it?

Update: I tested it with a different digitizer assembly (just the LCD and digitizer, no TouchID connected, no earpiece speaker, no front camera, nothing else) and to my amazement, it worked for almost 15 minutes before I decided to shut it off myself and put the old complete assembly back on. However, with everything (including TouchID) connected again, it went to the BSOD after a couple of minutes. I suspect TouchID.

Update 2: I believe that the above update was just a coincidence, as I just got the BSOD with the cracked screen.


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Is there any way to list only those processes which are hung, i.e., "not responding", in Terminal?

The only way I know to do this is look in Activity Monitor for the ones in red.


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I have three nested folders in my trash: folder1/folder2/folder3. They were on an external FAT32 drive but were deleted, along with all the files inside them, a while ago.
When I try to empty the trash on Yosemite, I get a "file in use" error. I get this even after reboots, with no programs open, and nothing which could be using it.
Navigating to /Volumes/External_name/.Trashes/501/folder1/folder2/folder3 with Terminal gives me a very weird error: I call ls and obtain:
username-Mac:folder3 username$ ls
Filename_with_ö.mp3
username-Mac:folder3 username$ ls -l
ls: Filename_with_ö.mp3: No such file or directory

I strongly suspect it's something to do with the interaction between OS X, FAT32, and that ö, but I have no idea how to delete a file which doesn't seem to exist... any ideas?
Solutions tried
Finder > "Secure Empty Trash" still gives me the "file in use" error. "Disk Utility" > "Repair disk" doesn't fix it either. Also tried:
username-Mac:folder3 username$ sudo rm -r F*
rm: Filename_with_ö.mp3: No such file or directory

and
username-Mac:/ username$ sudo rm -r /Volumes/external_name/.Trashes
rm: /Volumes/external_name/.Trashes/501/folder1/folder2/folder3/Filename_with_ö.mp3: No such file or directory
rm: /Volumes/external_name/.Trashes/501/folder1/folder2/folder3: Directory not empty
rm: /Volumes/external_name/.Trashes/501/folder1/folder2: Directory not empty
rm: /Volumes/external_name/.Trashes/501/folder1: Directory not empty
rm: /Volumes/external_name/.Trashes/501: Directory not empty
rm: /Volumes/external_name/.Trashes: Directory not empty

and
username-Mac:folder3 username$ mv Filename_with_ö.mp3 safe.mp3
mv: rename Filename_with_ö.mp3 to safe.mp3: No such file or directory

and
username-Mac:external_name username$ sudo mv .Trashes /external_trashes
mv: .Trashes/501/folder1/folder2/folder3/Filename_with_ö.mp3: No such file or directory
mv: /bin/cp: terminated with 1 (non-zero) status

Still no success.


texts: Using iStat (which provides a small graph in the menubar showing the present upload and download speeds), I notice once in a while that something is being downloaded, without any action on my part. Since I allow most of the programs to download all the updates, any of them, plus MacOSX updates, plus Dropbox etc. may be the culprit at any given time. But is there a quick way to understand what exactly is being downloaded at a given moment (for instance, to stop it if the case might be)?


texts: my App Store is broken for Mac High Sierra 10.13.5 please help

texts: I will click featured or something else and it automatically redirects me to updates it is making me mad someone please help me out thanks I appreciate it


texts: Possible to play HEVC(x265) files on ipad?

texts: I tried playing some HEVC videos on my iPad 3 running iOS 9.2.1, but was unable to do so using any player(I tried Infuse,VLC and some others), only audio plays and video is like stuck. I was wondering if there was any way I could play such videos on my iPad without reencoding them to h.264.


texts: Black bar at the bottom of my screen on new MacBook 2016

texts:
I have a black bar at the bottom of my screen which changes as I use the Touch Bar, but cannot remove it. It is eating up my screen space and I cannot see the Dock.

Does anyone know how to remove it?


texts: Extract audio from a folder of mp4 videos

texts: Any good apps/tools for OSX that will convert an entire folder of mp4 videos into audio files?


texts: My MacBook Air is giving me static when touching

texts:
I know that is because maybe the plug I'm plugin it is not grounded, I have the 3 pin power adapter, I live in Argentina where voltage is 220v from the power plug, is there any way to ground my MacBook in order to not feel that static sensation, because I feel like its gonna broke something on the MacBook.

Is there any wrong on using my MacBook with this static sensation when rubbing it ?


texts: I work at a company that has both POP3 and IMAP email servers. The POP3 server is at pop3.mycompany.com and the IMAP is at imap.mycompany.com. We've noticed that when setting up email accounts in iOS7 it will default to the POP server. I was personally wondering how iOS detects these settings and what it would take to prefer IMAP over POP, or if that's possible. It's worth noting that neither server has SSL enabled currently.


texts: Belkin Thunderbolt 2 Express Dock dual Dell U2515H setup

texts:
I have a similar question as this one, except I have specific hardware that I want to connect.

I have a MacBook Pro 15" Retina Mid-2014 and a Belkin Thunderbolt 2 Express dock.
Now I want two Dell U2515H monitors and connect them to the Belkin Dock. Is this possible and what cables do I need?

If it is not possible, I need to fallback to connect just one U2515H to the dock and one to the MacBook, would that be possible?


texts:
Spotlight has stopped showing any results for my Applications. I've tried reindexing and removing the index so it rebuilds it. No change. I've tried adding Applications to the Privacy tab and removing it, no change.  I tried repairing disk permissions and redoing the above, no change. I've tried removing everything from the index except Applications and then I just get nothing for any search at all (except dictionary entries).  I tried adding a symlink in my homedir to Applications and reindexing, but no change.

Any ideas on what to do?  I'm running Snow Leopard.  This is driving me crazy!

Update: I've noticed that when I start a reindex with sudo mdutil -E / and then immediately do a Spotlight search for an app that the app shows up temporarily until Spotlight gets disabled due to active indexing.  After the indexing is done, the app entries go away.


texts: iCloud Documents and Desktop empty - macOS High Sierra

texts:
I logged out of my iCloud account. Now I logged back in, and the Desktop is empty, and so is the Documents folder.

If I check online, all my files are still there. But they are not showing on my computer, running macOS High Sierra.

I have tried signing out again. In iCloud settings, I have checked Desktop and Documnet Folders to check that it syncs.

How do I get the contents of Desktop and Documents to sync to my Mac?


texts: Prevent notifications from other apps when specific app is running

texts:
I have a GPS app (Waze) and when it runs, I don't want to recieve any notifications from Messages, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, etc.

Actually I don't want to recieve any notifications except phone calls. Is it possible to be in a "Driving mode" on my phone?


texts: How do I toggle between the most recent app and Desktop while keeping them in the same space?

texts:
I am aware that I can hide an app with ⌘+H or minimise it with ⌘+M. However my use case involves frequent toggling between hiding the app (to view the desktop) and then viewing that app again. For this I need to manually click on the app's icon in the dock.
So is there a way I can view the most recent app that I have hidden or minimised using only the keyboard?


texts:
I can’t get the Control Center to appear on my iPad. I keep swiping but it doesn’t appear.

It appears that the rotation lock is enabled on my iPad and I need to unlock it. Is there any other way to get to the rotation switch? I am using an iPad Air 2.


texts: iTunes refuses to authorise with my UK iTunes account now that I'm in Ireland

texts:
While I was in the UK on holiday I purchased a TV show from the iTunes UK site and got this on my iPod. It plays fine on the iPod. I would like to play these on my computer now I am back home in Ireland.

I have managed to get the files on to my PC's hard drive but when I go to play them, iTunes launches and says "this computer is not authorised to play this file". Even when I use my UK iTunes account to authorise it keeps saying "iTunes is unavailable at this time please try later" over and over again. Is it because I have an Engligh and Irish iTunes account?


texts: Can't Update Yosemite "Show Details" loop

texts:
I was on the Yosemite Developer Preview all summer and now I can't install OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 7 1.0

1) It alerts me that there is an update (everyday)

2) I open the App Store and click Updates

3) OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 7 1.0 is listed as available

4) Click UPDATE

5) Restarting Your Computer prompt appears and I click restart

6) Available updates have changed appears and when I click Show Details the alert hides

7) Back to step 3

Any help would appreciated


texts: Why does the cloud have my photos when I haven't saved them there?

texts:
I am 100% sure than I haven't enabled the "Photos" option in my iCloud since I got the phone and created the account.

However my iCloud is almost full!?

The size of the photos saved in the cloud matches the size of the photos in "Photos & Camera".


texts: username different in Terminal and System Preferences

texts:
I am new to Mac.

Recently I realized something for usernames.

When I type whoami in Terminal. It returns apple. However in System Preferences>Users and Groups" there is only one user and it says "sinan". (I am suspecting this could be the real name not the username)

Shouldn't be both the same?

Can I change the username in the terminal? Would that affect anything on the system (Lion)?


texts:
I'm trying to copy stuff (including tables) from a web page and paste it into a Pages document, retaining html formatting (as much as possible). With Pages'09 this used to work using OpenOffice as intermediate pasteboard: copy html - paste in OO - copy in OO - paste in Pages. Quite silly, but at least it worked.

However, after I've upgraded to the newest iWork, this doesn't work anymore. Table cells come out as ordinary paragraphs.

Is there a way to get formatted HTML into Pages?


texts: What are the home and net folders I see within finder?

texts:
While a similar question was raised here, it doesn't seem to be a solid answer but more of a theory. In addition my case is a bit different as you will see below.

You will note that I have two home drives, one being a mount to a share on my NAS and the other in question being the one within localhost.

What value do the home and net drives within localhost serve other than being part of default *nix folder structure? Is this anything more than a local representation that exists by *nix default? Is it safe to eject these drives or is the OS using them in some fashion which may not be readily apparent?


texts:
I have uninstalled VLC player in MAC by moving the VLC.app from Applications folder to Bin (and emptied the Bin).

But when I right click a video file and select 'Open With' then I still see VLC.app in the list and I am also able to play videos using the VLC.app.

How do I remove the software from MAC completely?


texts: To detect whether my phone is jailbroken or not?

texts:
How would I know whether my iPhone is jailbroken?

If it is jailbroken, would you recommend that I update to a newer version?


texts: Is there a way to search by partial phone number in iOS 7?

texts: I'm trying to search my contacts to match a partial number (four digits) to a name. Is this possible?


texts: Discrete GPU throttles after rMBP (late 2016) has been on for a while

texts:
I'm running the High Sierra (developer) beta build 17A315i on my late 2016 Macbook Pro with Radeon 455 GPU.

After a while, the discrete GPU's performance decreases significantly. The openCL score on Geekbench goes to 13k from 40k and FPS dips in all games. It seems that it is not using it's full potential since the fans do not really ramp up. Only a restart fixes the problem temporarily for a few hours before it goes back down even if I close all other applications. The intel GPU is unaffected.

Can anyone identify what I can try? No one has reported that it's the bug in the beta. What can I do to solve this issue? I've reset the NVRAM and SMC already, which didn't work.


texts:
I get a Trace/BPT trap: 5 error when using the open command:

$ open -a Emacs
Trace/BPT trap: 5
$ open -a Safari
Trace/BPT trap: 5
$ open -a TextEdit
Trace/BPT trap: 5

Any suggestions how I can narrow down what is causing this?

I understand from my earlier question, that it has to do with not finding a dynamic library - but which one and why is it not finding the library?

Fron the GUI, everything works fine, but is present from termnal as well as iTerm.

System: Macbook Pro Retina, Maverick

Any suggestions?

ADDITIONAL INFO:

$ otool -L /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit
/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Cocoa.framework/Versions/A/Cocoa (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 20.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation (compatibility version 300.0.0, current version 1056.0.0)
/usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 228.0.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1197.1.1)
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 59.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation (compatibility version 150.0.0, current version 855.11.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit (compatibility version 45.0.0, current version 1251.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/CoreGraphics (compatibility version 64.0.0, current version 600.0.0)

and

$ otool -L /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-10.7
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-10.7:
/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit (compatibility version 45.0.0, current version 1138.47.0)
/usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.3.0)
/usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib (compatibility version 5.4.0, current version 5.4.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 125.2.11)
/usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 227.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 53.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation (compatibility version 150.0.0, current version 635.21.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/ApplicationServices (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 41.0.0)
/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation (compatibility version 300.0.0, current version 833.25.0)

so I can't see anything missing?


texts: Graphics problems even after disabling discrete graphics card on Macbook Pro 2011

texts:
So following the extremely useful instructions here I have to managed to successfully disable the discrete graphics card on my 15" MacBook Pro 2011. The laptop which was getting stuck on boot screen with stripes and such is now starting up.
However, I see strange things like blackened Safari tab titles, Finder tabs, occasionally chunks of webpages disappearing only to reappear on scroll, etc. All of these point to graphics problems.
Does this mean either the integrated graphics chip or something else on the logic board is starting to go kaput?


texts:
I’ve noticed that process SpokesUpdateService  is promoted to the top of my Memory list. Here an example which I captured today (just 24hrs after my last reboot) but on the other day I’ve seen 2.4 GB wasted:

I've raised a ticket to Plantronics Support but so far nothing constructive.

The only fix I have now is to kill the process after each and every reboot.

Question: any solution you could think of except killing the process?


texts: Is it possible to bypass the activation on an iPhone 5c that has "No SIM" issue?

texts: I have an iPhone 5c with a No SIM issue.  I DFU restored it to no avail, still shows "No SIM".  I wonder if there's a way to bypass the activation so I can use it even if just on WI-FI.  Could jail-breaking it help anything?  Any other means?


texts: How should I demonstrate a functional iOS application to a client?

texts:
I hope this is the right place to ask this question, since it isn't actually programming related.

I work at a company which is taking the first steps in iOS development, and we realised that there is a problem on how to demonstrate a fully functional developed application to a client.

The situation is quite simple:

Let us say some company (referred as "client") asks us to develop an application about whatever. The client can be geographically distant or even in another country. The client owns its set of iPhones/iPads and at end of development, it would like to run the app on their phones, so they can see it works and is fully functional.

So, the question is how to do it? How to make an app demonstration to this client on their iPhones?

We haven't done this before, but we realised that there is no other way to install an app from any source apart from the Store, or compiling it from a developer Xcode environment. I mean legally. We also understand that it takes quite a lot of time to deploy an application to the Apple Store, in order for Apple to check it out and other stuff.

Please, correct me if I said something wrong, but we are in the baby steps of this, and we would like to understand a bit more about all these issues.

So, are there any technical solutions to this problem? I mean, which do not involve sending phones by mail, and anything like that.


texts: Can't set route with VPN post script since upgrade to Big Sur

texts:
Since upgrading to Big Sur, my VPN post script has not been firing.  The VPN to which I connect does not allow split tunneling.
I have a simple script in /etc/ppp/ip-up that allows me to access things outside of the network while still accessing things in the internal network. It has been working for a while now and ever since upgrading to Big Sur, I have to run the command manually to be able to access external websites/services. It is set to be executable and everything so I don't know what the problem is, below is what that file looks like.
#!/bin/sh

/sbin/route change default 192.168.1.1

If I run the command in Terminal it works, so I'm curious if Apple broke something or changed how it works.
Did something major change with how macOS handles this file?


texts: In OS X Yosemite, how to keep the app switcher (or dock) on my main display?

texts:
I believe the app switcher (command + tab) is tied to where the dock "is". The dock is available on both displays, but I believe the last display in which you clicked on the dock is where it actually is.

So when the dock is on my secondary display, the app switcher shows on that display. Which throws me off and I would rather have the app switcher stay on my main display.

How can this be done?


texts: Win10 / Sierra / Bootcamp - cannot see OS X partition, no CoreStorage, no FileVault

texts:
After installing one of the major Windows 10 updates a while ago, I lost the functionality of seeing the HFS+ partition under Windows 10. After reading up on this issue and finding a number of threads where users experience the same issue, I am still unable to find a solution that allows me to regain this function natively without the use of third-party apps such as MacDrive or Paragon.

Funny thing is that I am not running on CoreStorage and have FileVault disabled, hence cannot tell why this is not working as it supposedly is provided as part of the latest Bootcamp drivers.

Any ideas?

Terminal Disk Info:

MacBook-Air:~ User$ sudo diskutil list
Password:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:         Microsoft Reserved                         16.8 MB    disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            116.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS                         8.0 GB     disk0s4
   5:                        EFI NO NAME                 237.0 MB   disk0s5
   6:       Microsoft Basic Data Windows 10              124.0 GB   disk0s6
   7:       Microsoft Basic Data Webserver               1.1 GB     disk0s7

MacBook-Air:~ User$ sudo diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found
MacBook-Air:~ User$ sudo gpt -r -vvv show -l /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=251000193024; sectorsize=512; blocks=490234752
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE, start=2048, size=32768
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=409640, size=227248312
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=227657952, size=1269536
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=228927488, size=15624192
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B, start=244553728, size=462848
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7, start=245938176, size=242198528
gpt show: /dev/disk0: GPT partition: type=EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7, start=488136704, size=2095104
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 490234751
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34       2014
       2048      32768      1  GPT part - "Microsoft reserved partition"
      34816     374824
     409640  227248312      2  GPT part - ""
  227657952    1269536      3  GPT part - ""
  228927488   15624192      4  GPT part - "OSXRESERVED"
  244551680       2048
  244553728     462848      5  GPT part - "EFI system partition"
  245016576     921600
  245938176  242198528      6  GPT part - "Basic data partition"
  488136704    2095104      7  GPT part - "Basic data partition"
  490231808       2911
  490234719         32         Sec GPT table
  490234751          1         Sec GPT header
MacBook-Air:~ User$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  490234751] <Unknown ID>
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused


texts: iPhone 5S cases compatible with Touch ID

texts: Can anyone recommend iPhone 5S cases that work well with the finger-print scanner? I know the cases Apple sells are compatible, but any others would be great. Please suggest with links. Thanks.


texts: Locked out of iPhone. Don't want to restore

texts: After 6 months of not going on my phone, I have forgotten my (complex (I feel like an idiot)) password. Is there any way that I could save the files on it to a computer or talk to Apple or my service provider (because I could prove the Apple ID on the phone is mine) and have the password removed? I just don't want to have to lose everything I have on it by doing a full restore. Any possibilities? I have never backed it up to iCloud or any computer so I would have to delete everything on it. It is an iPhone 5 with ios 7 or the first one after seve


texts: Can you Recover Data from a Filevault encrypted harddrive externally?

texts: My mac won't boot and it maybe a harddrive issue, but I need to get the data off it, is it possible to recover the data using a set of tools if I know the password and have the appropriate cables?


texts: I have a Logitech webcam C615 that I'm trying to hook up with my Mac mini (2011). This may sound silly, but is there a way I can install the software without having an external CD drive? I had no idea that it came with a CD for installation or I would have made the 30 mile trip to the Apple store. :(


texts: Connect a CIFS network drive automatically

texts:
Is there a way to connect a network server (CIFS) without asking for password and would automatically connect every time computer boots up?

The situation is, the computer need to first connect its VPN (Cisco AnyConnect) and then connect the drive. But the thing is, most of the time it doesn't connect the drive and displays an error that the server is unavailable (which I think it displays because of the network connection) but, when I ping the IP address of the network drive while simultaneously connect the shared drive it connects!

What do I need to do?


texts:
Over the years (!), I have collected a bunch of weekly freebies, plus I have bought a few singles. Is there any way that I can have a playlist made up of albums with just one track?

I just tried dragging everything over, but created a problem where iTunes continually crashed.

There has to be an easy way to do this. I can't believe it isn't there.


texts:
Since installing El Capitan on my mid-2013 27" iMac with 16 GB of memory I often get a "not enough memory" message particularly when using Word, but also some crashes when trying to print from Word or Adobe.  I was not having any of these issues before installing El Capitan.
Any suggestions.
Thank you


texts:
I created my iMac's account as a domain user without admin rights. My IT department then made my account an admin. Currently, every time I change or create files, or when I install softwares I am prompted to enter my admin user/password. Using ls -l, my files are created as "Domain Users" in the. Most files are 740.

My user account isn't enabled for FileVault use, so am not sure if that is the cause. I could change this under recovery mode, though would like to know before I go ahead with this.


texts: Set off alarm when receiving text from a certain number?

texts: Is there a way to set off an alarm or make an audible notification when I receive a text message only from a certain number? I like to keep my notifications on vibrate while I sleep, but my district sends important notifications out sometimes in the middle of the night when I'm still asleep, so I'm not likely to notice the vibration.


texts: How to analyze font substitution in Catalina

texts:
I used to use a program called FontRevelear to analyze the font substitution behavior. Basically, if you type some Unicode character from font "A", but the character isn't actually in font "A", the system will automatically substitute it with a character from font "B". Determining what font "B" actually is is not easy. The FontRevealer program showed this quite nicely. Here is a screenshot from their website to show what I mean

Is there a program or something built into the system that can do this for macOS Catalina?Unfortunately, FontRevealer isn't 64-bit and it appears to be abandonware.


texts:
I received my Macbook Pro yesterday. I would like to know what is the normal temperature of a Macbook Pro. Here is mine

is this okay ?


texts: I have the iphone 4s and it will not record videos

texts: My iphone 4s will not let me take pictures or videos it keeps telling me that i do not have enough space available. But i have recently taken all my picture off and put them on my computer. So i have very few picture on the iphone and very few apps. I have tried deleting both more apps and picture but it does not seem to help. What is going on? this has never happened before what should i do? Thank you! :)


texts: I have to turn off and on my WiFi every hour or so. What's wrong?

texts:
In my home network, my Apple TV, iPad, and Macbook Air all have the same problem. The WiFi network works fine, but after about an hour or less, the Wifi stops working. Things just hang when I try to things like open a webpage or ping yahoo.com. The WiFi signal icon is still on, however. The fix for me is to turn off my wireless on my Apple device and turn it back on again.

But this is annoying. How can I fix this? I'm using a Zonet Wifi router with WPA2 on. My ASUS Ubuntu netbook has no problems staying on the WiFi network.


texts: Best practice on creating a launcher/updater for a bigger app on MacOS?

texts:
We have 2 applications: a small launcher/updater, somewhat like the Steam client, and a bigger app which is started from the launcher.

Right now the launcher downloads the big app inside its own Contents and starts it from there.

The launcher/updater and bigger app cannot be merged into a single app as per design requirements.

The problem which we're facing is that in some cases we need to overwrite the launcher completely and when we do this the bigger app inside it gets removed.

We want to avoid removing the bigger app when we're overwriting.

We're considering a few solutions but are unsure which approach is the best:

1) Create a directory in /Applications, so that we have /Applications/MyApp/Launcher.app and /Applications/MyApp/BiggerApp.app

2) Install the big app in the Library dir so that we have /Applications/Launcher.app and /Library/MyApp/BiggerApp.app

Approach 1 has the advantage that all the files are in a single location so if a user wants to remove the app he can just delete that directory.

Approach 2 has the advantage of not creating a directory for our app inside /Applications but the downside is that if a user wants to uninstall he'll have to remove the dir from /Library as well.

What is the recommended way of storing 2 interdependent but separate apps?


texts:
I've installed Windows beside macOS. My MacBook now has two drives.

Drive "A" and Drive "B".
Drive "A" has macOS boot and Drive "B" Windows 7.

The problem now is that I can't modify drive A when I'm working with Windows 7. I have to log out from there, boot to macOS and then do the changes like cut, delete etc folders or files.

Is there any solution that would solve this problem (preferably without formatting the drive)?


texts: How to "Optimize for" an external monitor, downscale resolution but supersample for clear text?

texts:
I posted question here but got no answers --
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8203211

ANSWER:

Add a custom scaled resolution that's twice the resolution you want (for HiDPI / macOS retina). This requires editing system files.

STEPS:

Shut down Mac. Turn on Mac, holding CMD+R during bootloader, Utilities -> Terminal -> csrutil disable; reboot

Login, download SwitchResX, install without helpers
Add a custom, scaled resolution 3200x1800 (looks good as 1600x900 HiDPI in 1440p)

Shut down Mac. Turn on Mac, holding CMD+R during bootloader, Utilities -> Terminal -> csrutil enable; reboot


texts: Wake from sleep Kernel Panic: -- "Could not read LR" -- What is LR?


texts: Connect Macbook Air with external monitor

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I have a MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) that uses an Intel HD Graphics 5000. I also plan to buy the monitor that is supposed to have connectors for DisplayPort and HDMI with a resolution of 2560x1440 Pixel.

I would like to make sure that I can make use of the monitor's resolution with my Macbook Air.

If this is possible what cable do I need for that ?

P.S.: The monitor comes with two cables, DP and HDMI, so my guess would be I'd need an adapter. Yet this does not answer the question of the desired resolution. If you need more specific information please comment/ask below.


texts: Do "Click to Tweet" and "Click to Post" still exist?

texts: Mountain Lion had "Click to Tweet" and "Click to Post" buttons in Notification Center if you had Twitter and Facebook configured in System Preferences>Internet Accounts. However, I can't find them. I'm using El Capitan. Did Apple remove this feature? I can't find anything on the Internet saying so.


texts: Is there any way to have an iPad auto update its date and time?

texts: On my iPhone, my date and time are set automatically. Is there any way to do the same thing on the iPad to ensure it always displays the correct time?


texts: PayPal emails go to Spam folder on Mail Mac

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I use Mac Mail as my email program and I would like to know why PayPal emails go always to the spam folder. I have tried to make rules, mark PayPal email as VIP contact but nothing works.

I would like them to be sent to my primary inbox.

Thanks in advance


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If I want to change the motherboard of a MacBook with a new one and I install on it the same SSD I had on the previous motherboard that has installed the OS and everything.

When I boot the Mac with this new motherboard, do I have to re-install the OS from scratch or all my datas remain on it?


texts: How to determine quickly what is the currently running OS volume?

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Is there a quick way to find the volume on which is located the current running OS ? I've noticed that the sort order of the volumes list can be changed manually, so the current system volume is not always on the top of the list.

PS : And, in my case, of course, there are several volumes with a System Folder.


texts:
I have issue with wallpaper. When I am switching desktop, wallpaper is not moving along but "stays under". killall Dock fixes this but recently it is occurring so often that it became annoying.

What could be issue? Is there permanent solution?


texts: How to make a clean install of OpenSSL on El Capitan

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I'm afraid I have made a mess with the version (0.9.8zg) of OpenSSL which was installed on my Mac. While I was trying to update it, now I have some error and for some reasons applications like Apache or Google Drive do not work anymore and they don't even start.

I would like to know which would be the best way to restore openssl to a working version without re-installing the whole operating system.

How can I do that?
Up to now I have tried to download openssl-0.9.8zg and build it with ./config, make and make install but it did not solve the problem.
Please help me if possible.

Update:

I downloaded openssl-0.9.8zg from the official site and I did the following:

./Configure darwin64-x86_64-cc --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

Now the commands outputs are:

$ openssl version
OpenSSL 0.9.8zg 11 Jun 2015
$ which openssl
/usr/bin/openssl
$ /usr/bin/openssl version
OpenSSL 0.9.8zg 11 Jun 2015
$ openssl version -a
OpenSSL 0.9.8zg 11 Jun 2015
built on: Wed Dec 30 19:50:01 CET 2015
platform: darwin64-x86_64-cc
options:  bn(64,64) md2(int) rc4(ptr,char) des(idx,cisc,16,int) idea(int) blowfish(idx)
compiler: cc -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -arch x86_64 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -DL_ENDIAN -DMD32_REG_T=int -Wall
OPENSSLDIR: "/usr/ssl"

Still the problem persists.

These are some errors I get: for example, when trying to start Apache, it says:

  Syntax error on line 111 of /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf: Cannot load /Applications/MAMP/Library/modules/mod_ssl.so into server: dlopen(/Applications/MAMP/Library/modules/mod_ssl.so, 10): Symbol not found: _SSLv2_client_method
  Referenced from: /Applications/MAMP/Library/modules/mod_ssl.so
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib in /Applications/MAMP/Library/modules/mod_ssl.so

but libssl.0.9.8.dylib is present inside /usr/lib so I don't know why/what it does not find. Is it possible to fix this?

Or for example if I perform brew install libssl, I get:

  Error: dlopen(/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/openssl.bundle, 9): Symbol not found: _SSLv2_client_method
    Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/openssl.bundle
    Expected in: /usr/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib
   in /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/openssl.bundle - /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/openssl.bundle

Moreover Google Drive won't start anymore


texts: Is there any way to set a limit so that thousands of emails aren't downloaded from my email server and stored as copies on my iPad Air running 8.12?  Early version of ios for my old iPad allowed me to set a limit through [Settings] which worked great.  If I needed to find a specific email that wasn't stored on my iPad, the search function went to the server looking for it.


texts: How to stop iMovie removing high frequency audio when exporting?

texts:
i have inserted a high frequency audio (more than 18000Hz) into a Movie, it is to test if children can hear that frequency during my video presentation. However, iMovie does not allow anything above a certain frequency to be exported.

I have tried exporting as Quicktime:
I used the following sound settings

Linear PCM

but when i click on preview and use a sound analyzer, it still doesn't detect the frequency.

Someone please help


texts: Whiteout (missing UI graphics) on toolbar icons in Yosemite

texts: Getting this weird UI whiteout on all toolbar icons all of a sudden. Any idea how to get rid of this? I have been using this version of OS X for a while with no problems at all.


texts: Issue with 3.5mm adapter and MacBook Pro

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I am using a set of non-Apple earphones (3.5mm jack) using a non-Apple USB-C adapter.  When I plug this into my Macbook Pro, it is not recognised, although it works on my Pixel.
I tried Apple support but didn't really get anywhere. Does anyone else what could be the cause of this?
My previous Google earphones (USB-C), work fine on the MacBook.
Thanks.


texts: Will a buyer be able to recover my files if I format my mac HD and sell it?

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If I follow the standard procedure for logging out and formatting my Mac before selling it, as described in https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201065 - Will the buyer be able to recover my files with forensic software ? Who is liable if the buyer can recover personal files with sensitive information, given that I followed the instructions given by support ?

If the buyer is able to retrieve info with forensic tools - why do I almost have to be a computer scientist to understand how to sell my computer safely ?

Is a user friendly deep format too much to ask ?


texts: Set a screensaver as a background for Desktop?

texts:
I have a really nice Matrix  inspired screensaver. I would like to have the moving screensaver to be placed as my Desktop background image.

How can I set my screensaver as a background image for the desktop ?


texts: Where is the keynote shape library stored?

texts: I have a set of 'custom shapes' pre built in Keynote, which I'd like to share within my company. Where is the library located, so I can copy/paste for all other users?


texts: Sound effects for commands completing in inactive tabs/windows

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I think my life would be that much better if a subtle sound effect was played when a task completed in a terminal window/tab that's not the current one. It'd be even better if an exit code 0 sounded different to any other exit code.

Is there any way to make this happen?

(I often start little scripts in a window, like uploading a file to a server, then switch to another tab to do something on the server. It'd be great to hear when the file has arrived.)


texts: Can you make OSX mount just certain partitions when you connect an external HDD?

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I have an external HDD with 4 partitions.

My question is the following: is there a way of telling the OS to mount just two of them (One FAT and one HFS+) when I connect the HDD? It is rather annoying to have 4 "disks" connected on the finder, and it makes ejecting the drive a test to my patience.

I would appreciate your suggestions. If it's impossible I guess I'll just have to fiddle around and get everything in 2 partitions... :/


texts: My Macbook 7.1 (Macbook white mid-2010) 10gb ram, 250gb SSD Samsung 850 EVO overheats with few apps open

texts: My Macbook 7.1 (Macbook white mid-2010) with 10gb ram and 250gb SSD Samsung 850 EVO overheats with very few apps open. It overheats for no particular reason. It cools down for no particular reason too. It goes from 89 to 65 in seconds regardless of applications usage that I do. Why is this happening?


texts: How do I use a Wacom Intuos 2 on OS X Sierra?

texts: I have a Wacom Intuos 2 and a 2009 MacBook running OS X Sierra (not High Sierra). Is there any way I can possibly get the tablet to work with my computer?


texts: Homebrew doctor warning: you have unlinked kegs in your Cellar

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How do you fix this?

$ brew doctor
...
Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause brews that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built.

    imagemagick
    jasper
    libtiff
    little-cms
...


texts: Upgrade OS X with Windows already installed using Boot Camp - will it break anything?

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I've got a late 2010 MacBook Air that came with OS X 10.6.6 installed; I have never upgraded it to 10.6.8 Snow Leopard or to 10.7 Lion.

I dual boot with Windows 7 installed using boot camp. I use rEFIt as my boot loader.

Disk Utility in OS X shows:

Macintosh HD is partition 2
partition 3 is an empty FAT partition
Windows HD is partition 4

I don't know why partition 1 doesn't show up there. In Windows under Disk Management it shows up as 200 MB (GPT Protective Partition)

When booting, rEFIt gives me these options:

Boot to Mac OS X
Boot to Windows on Partition 4

If I upgrade OS X to Lion, is there any risk of breaking my Windows install, messing up my Windows partition or the boot loader or anything like that?


texts: How delete remaining photos AFTER reset from Photo Stream on icloud and on iPhone?

texts:
After having reset Photo Stream on icloud.com and turned off Photo Stream in the pref. on my iPhone, deleting all photos, I still got a total of 423MB worth of images on my iPhone.

According to the usage data I've got:
0 bytes - Camera roll,
42,3MB - Photo library,
381MB - Photo Stream.

I have deleted all photos in the camera app. No photos, videos, no nothing. Likewise, opening the Photos app, no images are available. Still I am supposed to have those 423MB of photos somewhere. I have rebooted the phone with no improvement.

Where are the photos and how do I kill them?! They are haunting me!


texts: Apple Developer forum - Not able to log in into Developer forum

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I am not able to login into apple developer forum every time it takes me to create a new user account page and the displays the error, I have successfully validated with multiple user name as below screen shot -

when i try to hit submit it gives me below error -

I have already reported it to apple using bug reporter with id 27240362  but there is no response from their side. I am hoping to get some help here.


texts: Troubleshooting IKEv2 on 10.11 El Capitan

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How do I troubleshoot IKEv2 VPN issues on El Capitan?

I've followed these instructions to create an IKEv2 VPN (and certificate) on a Ubuntu server that I want to connect to, which all seems pretty reasonable.

I'm now trying to connect to it from my Mac.
I've created an IKEv2 connection with (what I think are) the appropriate details. When I click connect, the VPN menu icon just shows the connecting lights for 2 minutes but nothing happens. There is no output (error or otherwise) in /var/log/system.log or on syslog -w. There is no error message or evidence of any sort of connection attempt on the server. If I change the server address in the VPN config to something non existent, the results are identical, so clearly it's not really doing anything useful.

How do I find out what it actually thinks it's doing though? Surely something should be getting logged somewhere. I have tried adding

log debug;
path logfile "/var/log/racoon.log";

to /etc/racoon/racoon.conf and restarting but I still get nothing.

Update - I'm now getting some error output (post reboot):

Oct 12 21:27:06 testing nesessionmanager[519] <Notice>: NESMIKEv2VPNSession[VPN (IKEv2):930E0F86-1878-42E5-9CBD-08FD10677429]: Received a start command from SystemUIServer[415]
Oct 12 21:27:06 testing nesessionmanager[519] <Notice>: NESMIKEv2VPNSession[VPN (IKEv2):930E0F86-1878-42E5-9CBD-08FD10677429]: status changed to connecting
Oct 12 21:27:06 testing nesessionmanager[519] <Error>: Failed to find the VPN app for plugin type com.apple.neplugin.IKEv2
...
Oct 12 21:29:06 testing nesessionmanager[519] <Notice>: NESMIKEv2VPNSession[VPN (IKEv2):930E0F86-1878-42E5-9CBD-08FD10677429]: status changed to disconnecting
Oct 12 21:29:06 testing nesessionmanager[519] <Notice>: NESMIKEv2VPNSession[VPN (IKEv2):930E0F86-1878-42E5-9CBD-08FD10677429]: status changed to disconnected, last stop reason Tunnel did not come up in time


texts: Limiting different users on a single machine to different connectivity

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I have a iMac running 10.6 where I have been tasked with creating two different users who can use different network profiles(locations).

User 1 will be connecting via Ethernet through a filtered network, all other connections are disabled, which works fine.

User 2 needs to connect to the unfiltered Wi-Fi but no access to any other connections.

I have most of this implemented in Network Locations, the problem is that both of these locations are available to both Users.

What I'd like to be able to do is assign the customized Location as a Default for each user.

From a security standpoint it isn't perfect, but if I can get this sort of thing working, I'd like to assign the Wi-Fi connection to the guest user, so they can navigate without the filters. Then the Regular user will have Ethernet, and will not be able to switch Locations, or enable Wi-Fi.

The trick with this is that the User will be a single user. They will know both user passwords, they will just need to switch users to perform different tasks.

Is it possible with plain OSX, or will I need external software/scripts?


texts:
This is all that's happening. My laptop, my other mobile and my desktop computer all see each other. But my iPhone just keeps "searching".

Any tips on what to try?


texts: How can I free up space to reinstall macOS (Catalina)?

texts:
Ok, I’m in a bit of a pickle here. I wanted to install the latest macOS 10.15.1 update today and was initially told that I needed to “free up more space”, since the upgrade expects about 19 GB of free space. Ok, I did that and the upgrade installer launched (after a restart). Unfortunately, it told me (again) that I do not have enough free disk space and I was supposed to restart the machine to free up more space. Ok, I tried that but I am now stuck on the login screen. Every time I login the loading bar progresses to about 50% and the screen just turns black.

I went to the Apple store today and they mentioned I should just try to re-install macOS.

I can see the answers suggested here on how to accomplish that: Mac stuck in restart cycle after failed macOS Catalina update

However, when trying to recover / reinstall macOS - the installer also tells me - you don’t have enough free space to reinstall macOS.

So I am left wondering - why is there no option (e.g. in Disk Utility) to selectively free up some space. It seems the only options I have are:
1. create a full disk image (through Disk Utility)
2. Wipe the disk
3. re-install macOS

It would be great if I could somehow launch a terminal or something similar to free up some space. With the latest macOS, is there still a way to launch into “terminal login mode” - I believe this used to be possible.

Btw. I did try “safe boot” and all the rest without success.

Any help on how to free up just a bit of space so I can launch the macOS installer would be much appreciated!


texts: wrong scaling for external HD monitor using VGA, MBP 13"

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I know this sounds similar to other questions but bear with me - I've investigated and am not finding any solutions. Sorry in advance for a lengthy question.

I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports.) Since I purchased it in summer 2016 I've used it with a couple of different cheap HD monitors by Samsung, connected with the Apple thunderbolt-VGA multi-adapter. This has never been an issue.

A few days ago, I cracked the screen. (That's another story.) I'm a developer and have to keep using this machine heavily for the moment (My backup 2012 iMac would have a hard time keeping up with the current tasks.) It continued to work just fine in "clamshell" mode with an external mouse and keyboard.

This evening though, I opened the MBP lid to see if I could access its camera. Suddenly, the external display resolution defaulted to 800x600. The "scaled" options in Display preferences now allow for 800x600 and 1280x1024 only.

Only by option-clicking the "scaled" radio button in Display preferences can I access the monitor's native resolution of 1920x1080 (this has never been necessary before.)

(and now the meat of the question:) When I do select the full HD resolution, the image is almost correct, but asymmetrically narrowed - leaving a black bar of, I don't know, maybe 120px on the left side and 40px on the right. It's almost usable, but causes a definite headache.

Moreover, the exact same problem occurs with a different monitor! It certainly seems like a software/firmware issue on the MBP itself.

Has anyone else experienced this?
Could it be somehow due to the cracked Retina display? (If so, how??)

Things I've tried:

resetting the SMC
resetting the PRAM
disconnecting all peripherals besides the VGA adapter

Things I haven't tried:

booting into safe mode (I'm worried I'll be stuck not seeing anything at all on the external display.)
using an HDMI adapter (I never bought one for this machine.)
swapping the VGA cable (will do)

I'm a bit at a loss and would appreciate any ideas or reports of similar behavior!


texts: How to determine if there are public transit apps for your region?

texts:
In iOS 6, the built-in Maps application no longer provides public transportation information.  Instead, it kicks you to 3rd party apps that provide that functionality.  I'm currently running iOS 5, and won't update until I know there's a way to easily look up bus routes under iOS 6.  How can I determine if there are 3rd party transit apps that cover my region?

I'm being deliberately vague on the region I'm living in, as I want a generic answer that will be useful to public transit users in all regions.


texts: I got an error message saying something like "System clock reset to Jan 2001" and then many things stopped working. I has my laptop in standby mode and the battery must have gone completely flat whilst on standby. How would you go about fixing this and generally perform hardware troubleshooting on a Mac? (on a PC I'd look for the CMOS clock and battery, among other things..)


texts: Can I play YouTube video in background on iPad ?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  An app to play youtube in background on ipad

If I want to listen to a Youtube video and work on another app, such as Safari, is there a way for that audio to run in the background like iTunes does?


texts: If a Wi-Fi and a USB-cable is connected at the same time, will my network be more stable and faster?

texts: I am trying to connect my Mac to a USB-cable and a WiFi at the same time. Will this make my network faster and more stable? Or will it just only pick one network to use?


texts: People will finish updating when Photos is in the background

texts:
Photos on my phone and my laptop both say this at the bottom of the People section of the app. There has been no noticeable progress made in the past few weeks. It looks like all the people it has "identified" were carried over from when I manually tagged them in iPhoto years ago.

Is there a way to jumpstart this process or restart it?


texts: Calendar won't let me add new events on my iPhone

texts:
Suddenly my iPhone won't let me add new events to my calendar. In the upper right hand corner of the 'month' calendar there are 3 symbols.

A rectangular box with 2 lines underneath.
A magnify glass.
A '+'
The first two are red and active
The third one is gray and inactive.

I've read solutions to problems from others, but nothing has helped.
I also have and iPad, and the calendar on it works fine. I have compared settings on both products, and they seem to be set the same way.


texts: Is it too much paranoia to be suspicious of software that require a separate "Helper App"?

texts:
I was out trying to find a good system monitor application and decided to give a shot to Monity, which has gotten several good reviews from respectable journals.

What bothers me is that the application that comes from the App Store is only a portion of the software. The software asks for download of a so-called Helper App for free, in order to get additional panel (which would be what I am after essentially).

There is little to no documentation why this helper app is required and the fact the fact that a portion of the software doesn't go through Apple's control doesn't give me any good vibes.

I know that Apple has certain hinders that prevent developers to reach system resources, but in most cases I have seen at least some explanation to what the helper contains by the developer. In this case there is no information on the dev homepage and I didn't get a reply to my email to the developer.

So the question is: What specific controls do apps go before they are on App Store? In other words, why would a dev choose not to deploy his/her program (or parts of it) on the App Store?


texts: Clear up space on my phone that seems be taken up by recently deleted photos?

texts:
I had over 4 GB worth of photos on my phone and a month ago I deleted them all.

As of recently, the 1600 or so photos in the "recently deleted" album were automatically deleted. The usage section in the Settings app says that I still have over 1800 photos and that I only have 1.5 GB of space left on the device.

As far as I can tell I have less than 100 photos left in the Photos app.

I've rebooted my phone and even hooked it up to iTunes but nothing helps. Any way to fix this other than completely erasing everything and going back to factory settings?


texts: Problem installing Huawei E3131 3G modem on 2012 MacBook Air

texts: I have a Huawei E3131 3G modem and it doesn't work on latest 2012 MacBook Air. It works with older versions of OS X with USB 2.0 so it looks like the only problem is USB 3.0.


texts:
I used to use iPhoto but then Apple scrapped it and introduced Photos app. Earlier to backup my library I would copy the iphoto library to external hard disk, but after this new introduction I have iPhoto migrated library (More than 50GB) and also a Photos library (around 70GB).

Can anyone let me know which library/libraries to copy on my external disk?


texts:
My iTunes will not open under my username after an update.  It pops up an error message saying "iTunes will not open. An unknown error has occurred (13001)".  However, I tried troubleshooting it from the Apple website and got no where except I know it works under a different user.

Can I fix my iTunes without having to delete it?


texts: Mac OS Networking: through Iphone’s hotspot and then desktop switch

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I currently use mobile data to connect my MacBook Pro laptop to the internet. Now I want to share the internet through my laptop and a desktop switch.
For this I did the following:

Enable network sharing via usb (a dongle that accepts cat5). Also connection to the switch.

WiFi is connected and shows my phone as the network game.

For usb/switch connection, I manually added 192.168.0.2 for the ip and 8.8.8.8 for the DNS. Also as the switch manual the mask is 255.255.255.0. So after this, It has the green light in the setting and says ‘connected’.

The issue I’m facing at the moment is the connection to the switch, doesn’t seems to work. How do you troubleshoot this using network utility or any other settings within the Mac OS?


texts: What is the latest iOS 8.3 baseband for iPhone 6?

texts: I want to update my iPhone 6 to iOS 8.3, but my device is unlocked with R-Sim. I want to know if the new iOS firmware will update the baseband & relock my device. Please help.


texts: What is the fastest way to transfer 200GB data from 2014 Macbook Air to 2016 Macbook Pro

texts: What is the fastest way to transfer 200GB data (~ 2 million files) from 2014 Macbook Air to 2016 Macbook Pro and how long will it take?


texts: How can I adjust the sequential numbering scheme when exporting Photos?

texts:
I'm trying to export ~200 or so photos from Photos.app to setup on a digital picture frame. These photos are in an album, in sequence, and I can export them in numbered order from Photos.

However, Photos exports using the following format:

"Filename - 1"
"Filename - 2"
...
"Filename - 10"
"Filename - 11"

etc.

My digital frame does not understand that 10 does not come before 2, so it plays back as 1,10,11,12...20,21

This ought to be solvable by having the Photos export using a format of 001,002,003, etc. I'm pretty sure iPhoto used to even let me do this! But I can't find any option to do so in Photos.

Is it possible to export using a sensible number order that my frame will understand?


texts: Letter 'c' is randomly inputted by dragging mouse on Mac

texts:
I'm running Windows 8.1 on Parallels 10.4.0 for Mac. My issue is that every time I double click my mouse there is a 'c' character randomly inputted, which is very annoying. There is a solution from this link talking about the same issue, but I am unable to get this to work.

Has anyone ever had the same problem?

[Update] I found that the same issue exists when I use mathematica on OS X. When I drag click and drag the mouse, there will be an 'c' inputted. I doubt that it may be some software from OS X that caused the problem...


texts:
My new Macbook pro 13 inch 256 GB (Early 2015)

Storage Apps more than 800 GB on 256 GB SSD

with scan by DaisyDisk Apps 30 GB


texts: Close mission control by repeating gesture

texts:
Currently I have mission control to activate on three fingers up as so

However once mission control is activated I would expect to be able to close mission control by repeating this three fingers up gesture. Or at least that's how I had it configured on a previous mac. How can I restore this functionality?


texts:
I have an app which has to be run as an admin on Mountain Lion. This app is NOT installed on the system. The user Does NOT want to open the terminal and run sudo /xyzlocation/Myapp.

The idea is the user will click on the App. The App launches and then the App opens terminal where the user can key in the password.The App will then continue running. The user is the admin on the system.

Also not sure if it makes a difference but XQuartz or X11 is not present on the user's machine.


texts: Finder: Show/Hide hidden files with non-US keyboard

texts:
I discovered the well-known shortcut  ⌘ CMD + ⇧ SHIFT + . to quickly show and hide hidden files in finder. Unfortunately, this shortcut doesn't work on non-US keyboards.
How can I show/hide files using a shortcut with AZERTY keyboard?
Note:

I know I can update com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles and kill the finder, but I am looking for a shortcut based solution.
I currently work with macOS Mojave 10.14.6


texts: Fix name tag on a face in iPhone photos app

texts: I tagged some pictures with a wrong person in Photos app of iPhone ios 10.2. How can I fix that?


texts: What differentiates swipe gestures in iOS mail preview’s body?

texts:
This one has me stumped and has for some time. On iPad when previewing a Mail message, you can swipe on the actual body of the mail message preview itself. If you swipe from left to right, one of two things happens:

The message list is displayed
The “toggle mark as read” indicator shows up (the same as swiping on a message in the list.)

The thing is, for the life of me I can’t figure out what differentiates between the two. I have tried short pressing, long pressing, light pressing, hard pressing, tap-and-delay, slow swipes, fast swipes, swiping from the left side of the screen, swiping from the right side of the screen, swiping in the middle of the screen.  Every combination that I can think of and it just seems to be random which of the two gestures gets triggered, Most of the time showing the list.

Swiping from right to left however works one-hundred percent of the time to show the message options.

So… Anybody have any idea what’s causing this? How do you distinguish between the two?


texts: how to start operating system on a Samsung SSD when old hard drive was broken so had to replace

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Recently went into Apple with my early 2011 MacBook Pro, was told that my hard drive was broken. So I decided to replace it myself with a Samsung 850 EVO, all went okay, but now when I turn it on all I get is a file with a question mark in it.

I couldn't upload anything to the SSD before installing as my Mac wasn't working at all and had a white screen with a spinning wheel. I had no new operating system on my Mac as I hadn't updated it in a while. A CD came with the drive but my laptop is having none of it it just turns on to a white screen with the mouse on it.

As you can see I'm not very technical so if any responses could be dulled down a bit that would be helpful!


texts: Super Ultra-Wide 32:9 at 5120×1440 @ 60hz on a MacBook Pro 15-inch, Mid 2014 with GeForce GT750M

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Hardware:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) 16GB RAM with NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2GB
Samsung C49RG90 49-inch Super Ultrawide 1440p
Thunderbolt to DisplayPort cable

The official spec unfortunately doesn't have any reliable information about supported resolutions in external monitors because of this:

I can currently run 3840x2160@60hz.
I want to run 5120×1440@60hz, which is ~10% less pixels.
Official spec says maximum is 2560x1600, which is literally half of my current resolution.

Since this type of monitor is quite new, I only see articles/videos using newer MacBooks.

Has anyone tried this yet or do you know how I could figure this out before actually buying the monitor?


texts: How to remove my Mac from the speaker choices?

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My Mac with macOS Mojave is setup to receive iMessages and that is all I want it to do.  However, since I set it up, the Mac appears on the list of speaker choices when I answer a phone call.

The "Allow Calls on Other Devices" setting is off:

So how do I remove "Jeff's Mac" from my speaker list?
P.S. I am on iOS 14.0.1
P.P.S.  I tried various things - the only thing that worked reliably was turning off Bluetooth on my mac.


texts: How do you prevent launched apps from taking focus?

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I often launch large applications that take many seconds to finish launching. I will click their icon in the dock or launch them from the terminal, and go on with my life. Then seconds later when the app is ready it will be brought to the foreground.
Ideally if an app takes more than 2 seconds to launch, it would stay in the background and not steal focus.
Can I somehow prevent launched applications from stealing focus?


texts: Can I use an iPhone to remote desktop to a PC, show the desktop on a TV with airplay, and use the iphone as a touchpad for the remote desktop?

texts: I've seen descriptions of running an RDP client on the iPhone.  I've also seen descriptions of using the iPhone as a touchpad/mouse replacement for a PC.  But I haven't seen a description of a combined application that shows the remote desktop screen via AirPlay (to an Apple TV) on a TV while enabling the iPhone to act as a touchpad for that remote desktop.  It would make the iPhone/AppleTV/TV combo a complete remote desktop solution without additional hardware (other than a network).


texts: iphoto to photos: where are files stored?

texts: I migrated my iPhoto library to Photos 1.5.  Where are the original image files stored?  I've searched the file system for specific file names and don't find anything.  The menu item 'show referenced file in finder' is greyed out.


texts: Control center not working in portrait mode (iPad 2)?

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I just upgraded my iPad 2 WiFi to iOS 7.0.4 and noticed this bug that's really strange:

No matter what I do, I can't bring up the control center when the iPad is in portrait mode. When in landscape, it will come up with a swipe just fine!

More bizarre, when I hold it upside down (the front camera on the button), the control center also shows!

Anybody has any idea what's going on and is there anyway to solve this?


texts: What does ~~MULTILATERAL~~ Mean in an imessages text conversation on iPhone?

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Some of my contacts have multiple points of contact.  A friend and I were trying to get to the bottom of why some messages didn't appear on his ipad, and some didn't appear on my mac.  We both have iphones.

On my mac, I swtiched a conversation from phone number to email address, and the text message one had this one word in caps, surrounded by double tildes

The phone number also only shows up as a phone number, but the email address shows up as his name.  Both the email and the phone are part of his contacts.

A google of imessage iphone and multilateral gives no joy.

What does multilateral mean in this context?


texts: 9GB com.apple.coresymbolicationd file in Caches

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I'm trying to free up disk space, and I came across this:

I've read reports of a 600M file, or a 1GB file but never something like this.

Is it safe to delete or does rebooting frequently help clear some of these files?


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I am running macOS version 10.14.4 (18E226) on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports.)

Frequently, at least twice a week, I get this error while opening any application:

  The application "XYZ" can't be opened.

This happens with every application, even with default applications like Calculator! When this happens, no app will start. But, the already running applications continue to run. Even with Google Chrome, I can use the existing tabs but new tabs will not work.

I thought of attaching a screenshot, but the screenshot tool also didn't work.

Everything comes back to normal once I restart my mac.

This is so annoying and interrupts with my work. What could be the reason? How to fix this?

Edit:
Got the logs

May 12 20:26:40 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.calculator.11368): Could not spawn trampoline /usr/libexec/xpcproxy: 35: Resource temporarily unavailable
May 12 20:26:40 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.calculator.11368): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
May 12 20:26:40 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.calculator.11368): Deferred spawn of service failed: 35: Resource temporarily unavailable

Since, screenshot tool didn't start, took a photo.


texts: Does Time Machine backup programs like Photoshop and iWork?

texts: I want to upgrade my OS X to Yosemite from Lion and also upgrade my HDD to a SSD but im worried about loosing my programs since I don't have the installers or serial keys. Specifically Adobe cs5 master collection and iWork.


texts: iPad screen broken, cannot unlock - need to backup

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I have an iPad Mini, the screen has broken and is unresponsive. Although the device is still on and getting notifications.

I need to backup the device and download photos, but cannot do this until the device is unlocked using the passcode.

How can I unlock the device without the screen working?

Or how can I back up the device even if its locked?


texts: Running script through launchd with no annoying prompts

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I have an applescript that checks my macbook battery and forces hibernation when it reaches a certain level, after displaying a 60 sec countdown.

I've successfully set it up to run in the background via launchd, every 30 secs, as a script but this causes an annoying bouncing icon on the dock.

So, I saved the script as an app and now the dock icon is no longer bouncing but if I am in the terminal app (for example) and I happen to be pressing CONTROL just as it launches in the background, I get the dreaded "Press Run to run this script, or Quit to quit" dialog box. And yes I have made sure that when I save it the "Startup Screen" option is NOT selected.

This dialog appears behind all other windows so I have no idea that it has happened and my app/script is stuck at this point.

Any suggestions how to overcome this so I can run my script with no annoying dialogs or bouncing icons?

Thanks.

EDIT: One idea that came to mind was to use the ExitTimeOut option in the plist file. The man page says:

ExitTimeOut <integer>
    The amount of time launchd waits before sending a SIGKILL signal. The default value is 20 seconds. The
    value zero is interpreted as infinity.

So I added it in like this:

<key>ServiceDescription</key>
    <string>Battery Monitor</string>
<key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>30</integer>
<key>ExitTimeOut</key>
    <integer>90</integer>

then did unload/load of the .plist file. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to work. Am I understanding this option wrong?