texts: what can an adult do with Family Sharing?

texts:
I'm told that some children have iPhones, that are part of 'the same iCloud' as a parent. I've seen that their messages appear to be mixed in with the parent's: the child's message to a friend is replied to both by that friend and their parent.

Can anyone explain how this works?  Is this Family Sharing?  Can the adult account view all communication (e.g. WhatsApp, Skype, Discord) on the linked children accounts, or just that on Apple apps?  Can the adult delete photos on the linked accounts?


texts: How should I proceed when I get the "Unable to Purchase" alert from the iOS App Store?

texts:
Recently, whenever I want to buy something from the iOS App Store or update my existing apps, I get the usual password dialog, but after a second that disappears and I see the following alert:

After clicking OK and then entering my password the app installs just fine (and gets billed correctly).

Strangely sometimes the apps mentioned in the Unable to Purchase alert get marked as Waiting... on the homescreen, even though there are no updates for them.

When this happens I am unable to start those apps, until later, when it magically disappears again.

This happens on both an iPhone 4S and an iPad 2, running iOS 5.1.


texts: System size is 8 GB after Clean Install of Sierra

texts:
After I did a clean install of Sierra it first showed as 14 GB in size in "About My Mac Storage". After some few weeks it shows as 8 GB in size.

Why does happen like this and how do I fix it?


texts: Is there any way to change language input icons on macOS?

texts:
Some languages like Spanish and Russian use the country flags for language input, while others like Chinese and Japanese are not. So I would like to change language input icons such that all languages have the country flags for aesthetics. I also want to set different icons to different input system on Japanese.
Is this possible on macOS?
(I use Big Sur Beta 2 but a solution on Catalina is totally fine.)


texts: Can I automatically launch an app at a specific time on Mavericks?

texts:
For years, I've been using iCal to automatically launch apps using alarms.  I'd create a new event in iCal and set the alarm to launch an app rather than show a notification.  The option to set alarms to launch apps or URLs (etc) seems to have been removed from Calendar in Mavericks, which means my automatic apps don't launch anymore.

How can I gain this functionality back in Mavericks.  It doesn't have to be in Calendar (though, grrr, I wish that still worked!  I loved having a calendar that showed all of my automatically launched apps and times at a glance!).

Example: There's an excellent Flickr app called SuprSetr which I'd like to automatically launch each morning at 3:55 am.  How?


texts: Is there any Mac Application used for part-zooming a picture?

texts:
I found many screenshots for Mac App Store or iTunes App Store using pictures like this,
I want to find a Mac App can do this work.


texts: Text to Speech shortcuts with two languages

texts:
I use Mac's Text to Speech function a lot. Under Settings > Speech > Text to Speech I also have set a "Key" for quick access.

Since I also want Text to Speech to read German and OS Lion offers Voices for other languages, I would like to have a second shortcut for German.

Does anyone know where I can set this? Or is the only way to constantly change the System Voice before I want a German text to be read? (And then reset the voice to Alex for English texts)? And what about French text?

What options exist for this general problem?


texts: Finder thinks there are many nonexistent volumes named "m"

texts:
I have a clumsy but mostly working AppleScript that ejects all partitions on one of my external drives except for the partition called Data OWC4_500.

The first commands in the script are

tell application "Finder"
get name of startup disk
get name of every disk whose ejectable = true

My problem is that occasionally Finder thinks that in addition to the genuine mounted volumes there are a gazillion volumes named "m". The script gets stuck looking for these nonexistent "m" volumes and won't quit. I have to force quit the script and relaunch the Finder and then the nonexistent "m" volumes go away. If I force quit the script but don't relaunch the Finder, the script will get stuck again.

Here's the AppleScript output when I'm having trouble

tell application "Finder"
get name of startup disk
    --> "Macintosh HD"
get name of every disk whose ejectable = true
    --> {"Data OWC4_500", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m", "m"}

And here are the results of a "mount" command in Terminal - no "m" volumes anywhere to be found

/dev/disk1 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk2s2 on /Volumes/Data OWC4_500 (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled)

Can anyone tell me what's going on?


texts: What are the best mnemonics to remember important short cuts?

texts:
In my job I teach a lot of people to use macs. Since you use what you remember I'm always on the look out for funny or memorable ways to remember keyboard or system shortcuts (like you have the option to command escape, I know it's corny, but it works for newbies!).

What are the mnemonics you use to remember important keyboard or system shortcuts? Funny is a bonus.

EDIT / UPDATE

Sorry I've been away for a bit and haven't updated my question for a bit. A bit more info - I'm teaching a digital class of 8,9 and 10 year olds (who have a MacBook each) this year; and I'm looking for funny ways for them to remember the things you commonly do on your mac. Kids love learning shortcuts (for some reason) and any thing I can do to help them build confidence and have a laugh is great.

Here are the shortcuts that would be handy:

Force Quit (That was my example, you
have the option to
command escape).
Search (command space)
Command Tab
Expose (Four fingers down on the mouse pad!?)
Command ShiftK (Connect to a nearby server in finder)
Apple ShiftA for Applications
Anything else you might think is handy.

I know it's a bit of a vague question, I'm just looking for any fun and easy way to teach these shortcuts.


texts: Why does Car Play disconnect when I go in/out of WiFi range?

texts:
On my 2018 Honda CR-V, when using Car Play from my iPhone 7, it frequently disconnects when entering or leaving WiFi signal range. The head unit then says "No Device Connected". Usually, I have to unplug and re-plug my iPhone to bring Car Play back up.

This problem can occur at some non-obvious places around town, because my phone can connect to my ISP's WiFi access points which are all over the place.


texts: Limiting iOS app update to stores in specific countries

texts: We have an iOS app that is available worldwide. If we limit it to UK App Store only, and send a new update of the app on the App Store, will existing users in other countries get the update too? Or will they continue to see the older version of the app?


texts: Sound output device disappeared after upgrade

texts:
I have my Samsung TV connected to my Macbook Air via HDMI/thunderbolt.
Everything was working just fine until I upgraded to Yosemite (10.10.5).

At the moment, in the "sound" configuration in the "output" tab I don't see anything except internal speakers and I can see the images on the TV but there is no audio.

[I already rebooted, but with no change in behavior.]

Any idea on how to fix this?


texts:
In my mac, if there is a xxx.txt file, I can use Space key to perview it.
but if there is other expanded-name, such as xxx.go, xxx.mod, this way is not work.

so, is there any other way to preview the custom expaned-name file as text in macOS?


texts: How to change email settings on iPad so as not to show images by default

texts:
My friend has an iPad.  I have never used an iPad, but am trying to help her set things up better -- so it's clearly a case of the blind leading the blind.

In my own email (a gmail account, which I read in thunderbird), if I open a message with images, the images are not shown as images -- there's a placeholder where each image would be.

I would like to set things up that way on my friend's iPad.

How do I do that?  She reads both yahoo mail and Exchange on her iPad.

Please make your instructions detailed, clear and idiot-proof -- thank you!!


texts: Is there a ‘FileHippo.com Update Checker’ equivalent for the Mac?

texts:
I used to love FileHippo.com for keeping a lot of my well-loved tools on Windows up to date with its tool that you could check to scan your current program versions (both freeware and paid - in the case of paid it still works to download the latest installer as your license is still located in the system - I assume it would work for Mac too), and a simple repository on the site to directly download the new updater installer files from once the results screen online shows you what you can download and update.

Common apps monitored by FileHippo would be VLC, uTorrent, Firefox, Chrome (all the way up to dev channel), CCleaner, Adobe Reader, Adobe Air, DivX, Safari, Skype, Thunderbird - and all these apps I now have on the Mac too.

Is there anything like this for the OS X world?

MacUpdate.com looks great, but it doesn't seem to officially offer an equivalent 'update checker' app from looking at its website.

And as for Apple's Mac App Store solution, that doesn't cover the apps I listed above so could not be considered an adequate solution, unless all those players unanimously participated in that ecosystem which I don't think is the case.


texts: Corsair Memory Question for a MacBook Pro (Early 2011)

texts: I have a MacBook Pro Early 2011 (Model A1278) and would like to know if Corsair CMSO8GX3M1C1600C11 memory will work on it. Before making the investment in memories, can someone help me?


texts: When does the Mac App Store produce notifications?

texts:
According to Apple's page on Mountain Lion, the Mac App Store is supposed to send you notifications:

Mac App Store notifications
The Mac App Store notifies you when
updates are available for OS X or purchased apps.

This doesn't seem to be the case for me, as I have now opened the App Store twice to find updates (one for Day One, another to Xcode), having never received a notification for either. Does the App Store only notify about OS X updates, does this feature not actually function, or am I missing something?


texts: New MBP suddenly can't find any more Wi-Fi networks

texts:
I've got a 2016 MacBook Pro for about a month now, and everything has worked very smoothly until today.
Suddenly I couldn't detect any Wi-Fi networks in my area anymore. (including neighbour's Wi-Fi, hotspots, etc...).

This is very strange, since all my other devices still have a perfect Wi-Fi connection. I searched solutions on the internet and I've tried many things, but no success.

I tried restarting my MBP multiple times
Setting up portable hotspot on my phone to see if my MBP would find it. It didn't.
Resetting PRAM didn't help.
Removing all my default networks didn't do anything.
Restarting in Safe Boot was the only thing that did do something. Strangely enough, I was able find all my Wi-Fi networks while I was in Safe Boot, but when I rebooted back to normal, the Wi-Fi was gone once again.

Does somebody have an idea of what might be going on?
Thanks in advance!

UPDATE: After a couple of hours the problem seemed to have solved itself after I restarted once again in safe boot and then restarted back to normal. My Wi-Fi works again (for now) but I'm not sure if it will stay that way. I'll update this again if it would break again.


texts: How to view Terminal keybindings in macOS?

texts:
How can I view a complete list of keybindings in macOS for the Terminal app?

E.g. Cmd+T to open a new Terminal tab.

I can only find incomplete tutorials on the web, but I'd like to know where to find this information on the system itself.


texts: Health App on iPhone 6 recognizes there is data, but doesn't display data

texts:
I use the Sleep Cycle app to track how much I sleep over time, and I've recently wanted to do some analysis on how much I sleep.

On the Apple-provided Health app, while the app shows there is information from today, April 4 all the way back to December 30 (when I first started using the app), on the "All Recorded Data" section of the Sleep category, the area that shows a breakdown of how much you've slept (the purple rectangle that should show a graph) says there is "No Data"

Is this an issue with my phone? I know that Sleep Cycle is allowed to write data on Sleep Analysis, but for some reason it's not working... Any ideas? Thanks in advance!


texts:
I have two sperate Apple ID accounts as I had to factory reset my phone, I created a new one a few months ago. My first Apple ID (before the factory reset) can connect with iCloud, but not the App Store - there is a problem with this one about billing on it but I've never purchased anything only free apps, so it doesn't let me update any apps or my phone software. After the factory reset my second Apple ID works with the App Store, but I'm not able to access iCloud because of my security questions (can't reset them either :(). & I would like to have all my music & pictures on there. So I was wondering if there was a way to keep the first Apple ID logged into my iCloud & the second Apple ID logged into my iTunes & App Store?

Anything would be helpful! Thanks


texts:
I have a very annoying issue with the X11 app on OS X when using it to run things remotely over SSH. Every now and then (it's pretty regular, I'd say about each 1-2 minutes), the app I'm in loses focus, and the keyboard doesn't get sent to it anymore. However, X11 is still the foreground app.

Any ideas on what could be causing this and/or how to debug this?


texts: software update is stuck on "less than a minute"

texts:
since 10.8 was installed on my mac, when i try to update itunes, or airport utility, it always gets stuck on "installing - less than a minute". then i have to shut the computer from the power button since it wont restart or shut down, and then when i try updating again, it gets stuck again. i tried fresh installing,  and it happens on the next update. i tried repairing disk and disk permissions, same.
why does this happen? am i the only one with this problem? is there a solution?


texts: Can I continue to use a Mac while Carbon Copy Cloner is cloning its HDD?

texts:
Carbon Copy Cloner is taking 2.5-3 hrs to work its mojo these days. I suspect this has something to do with the switch to Lion (the same process took 20 mins on SL.)

In any case, is it advisable to continue to use the Mac while CCC is backing up the drive? It's a one HDD iMac.


texts: Does moving my home folder to an non-boot drive decrease performance?

texts:
I'm going to get an SSD, making that my boot drive and moving the existing hard drive to the optical drive bay. I will keep my data on the original hard drive.

MacPerformanceGuide.com says "If the Boot drive is a fast SSD, moving the home directory can be self-defeating for performance."

Let me be clear. I'm talking about the home directory specifically. MacPerformanceGuide talks about the goodness of moving the Documents, iTunes library, etc. folders, but not so the home folder.

Why is that?

We are not talking about wearing out the SSD with excessive write cycles; we're talking performance.


texts: How to preserve MacbookPro battery from degradation?

texts:
Platform: OS X: Yosemite 10.10.4; MacbookPro 15" Retina (mid-2015).
Fact: There is aging for battery in any case - using or not. But while using - there is difference of how to use. My questions - in order to minimize battery degradation:

How often should I totally discharge battery ?
Is degradation rate is a matter of full cycles or it doesn't matter
to what highest and lowest level I charge or discharge laptop ?
Most (99%) of the time I am connected to power - which leads to 100%
charge level always. But many sites say, like following link:
http://www.runpcrun.com/laptop-battery-use-and-storage-guidelines
say, that better to keep battery 40% charged than 100%. How to
achieve that (there is no ability, as far as I know, to manually
limit charging battery level) ?
Do you have empirical evidences to prove or disapprove this
expectations ?
I ask this since to replace battery in Macbook Pro is hard to be
done - many screw types, many modules do disassembly, using glue to
grasp components without moving inside. And therefore I prefer doing
this rarest I can. How much time (how many years) it typically takes
upon your experience to get to buttery degradation of 40% capacity
compared to Day-1 of using your Macbook Pro ?
After 2 minutes of laptop using - the internal temperature (CPU,
RAM, Battery) gets to 85-90 degrees (Celsius) and stays so till I
turn off (sleep) laptop - for 12 working hours every day. Is there
something I can do about heat (both in general, and regarding
battery especially)?

What else should I do or know to not be frustrated later ?


texts: Disabling Notification Center pull-down (or re-enabling Safari swipe action)

texts: This is a bit of a nit-picky thing, but it's annoyed me ever since I upgraded to iOS 5.  I use my iPhone quite a bit for web surfing, and would often use the swipe action to return back to the top (and address bar) of a long web page.  However, now I'm constantly pulling down the notification center pull-down when all I want to do is return to the top of the page.  Is there any way to disable or change the swipe-to-pull-down notification center?  At least in Safari?  Or is it gone for good now....


texts: "Enter exactly 64 heaxdecimal characters" for WiFi Password

texts: So I was having some issues connecting to a WPA2 WiFi network and a prompt showed up asking for me to "Enter exactly 64 hexadecimal characters". I was able to simply hit Cancel and simply reconnect but I was wondering what this was. I have never seen this prompt before and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on how to reproduce it and why it occurred.


texts: How to quickly jump to another application without using command tab

texts:
I am trying to do a screencast and I use ⌘+⇥ to move from browser to my IDE . During editing I need to remove all the screenshots of me moving from one app to another since that is distracting.

I was wondering if there is any utility I can buy or if there is a trick so that I can quickly move from my browser to my IDE.

Note that my browser and my IDE are of the same size while doing screencasting so they overlap each other. I just need a trick so that browser comes to the top just like that and when I need IDE to the top I can bring IDE to the top with some key combinations on my keyboard.


texts: is it possible to add two developers to the development of an app?

texts:
I am just starting to work with XCode and I am kind of lost. I am working on an iOS app and I want to add a friend who will help me to develop the app.

How can we both work on the app? is there any way to achieve this? If I add him on my account as a team member, will he be able to see the source code?

Thank you for your help.


texts: How to restore less recent Whatsapp backup from iCloud drive?

texts: My Whatsapp iCloud backup didn't restore any chat history. I did backup about 100mb file to ICloud drive. However, when I tried to restore the backup, It was just one chat message and not the full chat history. I logged in to iCloud drive to find any backup files. But I don't see any backup files there either. Is there anyway to access my missing backup file or restore it?. I use iPhone 6s.


texts: Possible to generate html/text/web version of calendar for sharing?

texts:
My work uses Microsoft Exchange for our mail system. I've been using Outlook for Mac 2011. Occasionally tried Mail.

One feature I really miss from Outlook for Windows is the ability to paste my calendar (html code) into an email. This makes scheduling meetings so nice since the other person can see when I'm free. If the other person is on Outlook they can look up my schedule, but many people aren't using Outlook. I also know that it's possible to set up a website of one's calendar, but this feature is disabled in my Outlook version (my work does not support this feature).

What options are there to share my calendar using my Mac? I'm willing to consider other software/websites/etc. to easily share my calendar with non-Outlook people, but I would like to stick with our exchange server.


texts: Why my contacts have disappeared? How to get them back?

texts:
The story started in November 2019, I bought a new IPhone in exchange of the earlier one. When I signed in with my Apple ID in new phone I didn’t get all my contacts, so it seemed to me that after the last backup I saved many more contacts and didn’t take their backup that’s why those new contacts weren’t appearing when I signed in and restored.

However, I started saving new contacts as I was using my new phone, I saved many contacts (somehwhere around 45-50) but few days earlier I found that some of those (I don’t know if all) contacts have disappeared! It’s a little spooky but it’s a loss to me, I really need those contacts back.

Please suggest me something.


texts: How to access continuity through applescript or command line

texts:
Goal:
I want to handoff my localhost site to my phone for testing. I can access my localhost by going to http://my.ip.add.ress/localhost on my iphone. Of course, on my computer the actual address is just http://localhost. Instead of typing that address I want to trigger a script that will "handoff" the concatenation of my computer's ip address + localhost/page.

My question is if I can trigger a "handoff" through applescript or command-line. Is there a handoff API?

I'm not asking about how to get my computer's ip address.


texts: Should I get a mini DisplayPort to DVI or HDMI to DVI adapter?

texts:
I bought the new Retina MacBook Pro, which has an HDMI out and two Thunderbolt ports. I have an external display that I've been using that has a DVI input. Should I get the Thunderbolt/mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter or an HDMI to DVI adapter? Presumably, an HDMI adapter would be cheaper, because I wouldn't have to buy the Apple one. Is there a reason to go for mini DisplayPort instead?  I remember reading that DVI and HDMI are the same as far as video quality is concerned. Any other pointers or recommendations in this area are also appreciated. I guess one consideration could be that they are on opposite sides of the computer so I could pick the one that is on the side I plan to put the monitor.

And yes, I do know that my old display will look like crap next to the retina display.


texts: Can I set up one Parallels VM to start automatically while leaving the rest off?

texts:
I set up a Windows 7 VM using parallels (uses boot camp partition - wow its very fast), and another VM running WinXP (for legacy stuff).

What I need is to automatically fire up that Windows 7 VM when I log into MacOS, but NOT run the WinXP VM.

I see I can right-click on Parallels icon and choose Options > Open at Login, but I am thinking that will either (1) not actually start up my Win7 machine or (2) will run both of them - neither is my desired result.


texts: Problem with installing Java: java: command not found

texts:
I just installed Java 8.25 but I'm still not getting 'legacy' applications to work. I tried verifying the version in terminal:

manfred$ java --version
-bash: java: command not found

I think there's a conflict between two versions or something perhaps. How can I solve this?


texts: MacBook Pro Retina takes a few seconds to power on display after sleep

texts:
I recently upgraded from a March 2011 15" MacBook Pro to a 2014 15" MacBook Pro Retina and was disappointed that the wake from sleep is much slower on the new computer.

Is there a way to speed this up?

Note, this is not from standby mode per Is a 3-5 second delay normal for a Retina MacBook Pro to wake up from sleep?

The problem can be replicated as follows:

wait in front of the computer
screen goes blank
immediately press a key
screen stays blank for 1-2 seconds then wakes.

Note, this delay happens if I wake from sleep after hours of sleep, too.  In my old MacBook Pro the screen powered on immediately on pressing a key to wake from sleep and if I was waking from sleep by opening the laptop lid the screen was on before the lid was open.

I have Yosemite 10.10.1, the old MacBook had Mavericks.

Any ideas?


texts: MacbookPro 2018 13inch switches off frequently due to panic issue

texts:
My macbook pro 2018 is 13 inch model with 8GB RAM and 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 processor. When I am working on couple of application mainly chrome browser laptop will suddenly switched off. Later I stopped using chrome, this morning I was on call in Teams with couple of other apps open. The laptop suddenly switched off and I switched it ON using power button. All the previously opened apps will start booting up after signing in to dashboard. Once all apps are opened within few seconds macbook is getting switched off.
This happened two times. On third time I closed all the application to start working.
On every restart, I am getting following below error:


texts: Found an iPhone submerged in a river, what (if any) components may be salvageable?

texts: I was walking in the woods the other day and while wading in a nearby river I found an iPhone submerged in the water (and partially in the mud).  No way to know how long it has been there, but I would assume at the very least several weeks (possibly months).  Naturally I assume it is dead beyond recovery.  But are there any components that might be salvageable?


texts:
I just want to switch the Y and Z keys. I've tried everything with Karabiner on High Sierra, but it just doesn't seem to work. I always get an error message along the lines of: "Karabiner Error. Error in xml. Unknown symbol: KeyCode::0x6"

Attached you can see the code that I've been trying to use, as well as the modifier keys for Y and Z (which I've tried every variation of in the code).

   <root>
      <item>
      <name>Swap Space and Tab</name>
      <identifier>private.swap_z_and_y</identifier>
      <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::0x6, KeyCode::0x10</autogen>
      <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::0x10, KeyCode::0x6</autogen>
      strong text</item>
   </root>

Please help!


texts: What is a good way to archive iTunes movies?

texts:
I have bought a decent number of movies off of iTunes through various sales. The issue is, they take up a lot of space on my 120GB hard drive. I want to free up space, but I also do not want to lose the movies I have put money into.

What is the best way to archive iTunes movies in such a way that I can access them quickly if I want to watch them? After watching my sister lose 3 years worth of pictures to a faulty external drive, I am not overly trusting of them. Are there any other options out there?


texts: Simultaneous remoting onto the same physical memory address.(no Windows multipoint)

texts:
So, I have my Jailbroken Iphone 10x running sftp AS the host to my Windows 10 laptop. Within the sftp shell on the iphone:
#sftp @[my.laptop.remote.ip]
sftp> put -r / /my/remote/directory/future_Iphone_Image_directory
to recursively send the entire Iphone image to my NTFS ssdhd. Well, that's all well and good and it's working fine. It sends data at xMb/s but parses through the filesystem excruciatingly slowly (btw its too late for me to try rsync). However, requesting data via sftp with the laptop as the host causes a broken pipe after about 100 Mb of file transfer (I think it has something to with TCP meltdowns thanks to IPVanish VPN, as well as LaunchD ("racoon -D" command) initializing??). Anyways, not immediately relevant, point is that the process is slow...questionably slow I want to audit the job real fast to make sure its not looping through the same directory multiple times...or the like. Now for my actual question.
If I:
ssh root@[iphone.is.now.the_remote]; du -h dir/that/sftp/is/currently/sending_to_laptop
do I run the risk of throwing a memory access violation from the simultaneous processing on one iPhone Unix directory from two machines? Or is there something I'm not considering like how sshd and sftp interact, whether I'm accessing a Virtual Memory location etc...
Hope this makes for a good first question. Important note (maybe), laptop uses wsl2 with Debian "buster" for both remote and host.


texts: Unusual Shortcut, Menu Override in Evernote

texts:
I've already approached the Evernote staff and it appears to be a local problem on my Mac (OS X 10.7.5), so I'm taking it to this forum.

The problem in a nutshell: the menu in my Evernote is different from that of the actual release. In addition to that, shortcuts are assigned mysteriously.

Things I've tried:

Cleared all global keyboard shortcut assignments.
Deleted and re-installed Evernote from app store: Same problem.
Ran AppCleaner and re-installed Evernote from app store: Same problem.
Deleted Evernote from my keychain and did all steps above: Same problem.

Here's the discussion on the Evernote Support site. Screenshot below for a quick view:

The latest Evernote release only has Paste (cmd-V) and Paste As Plain Text (cmd-shift-V). I don't know where my system is getting an additional menu Paste Without Formatting. What's frustrating is that this problem prevents me from using the Paste function through a keyboard shortcut (tried assigning a global one but it doesn't work).

There is nothing that overrides "Paste" in my Global Application shortcuts. I've even unchecked everything in the other shortcut tabs.

Any idea what's creating this problem, and how I can address it?

Update: It appears to be an account-specific problem. Created a second administrator account, there all the menus were right. Chances are, something in my profile continues to override the menu.

Final Update: The solution should have been fairly simple: assign a new shortcut to the ghost menu item, Paste Without Formatting so that it releases its link to Cmd-V. The problem was that Evernote was reading its shortcuts configuration somewhere else. I even did a full grep of my entire Mac for the phrase above, no result. What fixed the issue? I upgraded my OS to 10.8 and voila! Evernote started accepting new shortcut assignments. That allowed me to restore the original Paste shortcut.

Thanks to everyone who helped out on this problem.


texts: How to add second Apple ID to my account to shop in App Store in a different country

texts: I live and work in the UK and in Germany. My first Apple ID is registered and linked to App Sore UK. I can't shop in the German App Store with that, but the App I need is not available in the UK store. I have set up a second Apple ID with a German email address, but how can I add this to my iPad so that I can shop in the German App Store?


texts:
Is there a way to clear the favicon/apple-touch-icon cache for mobile Safari? The "delete all website data" button in settings doesn't do it.

(Safari appears to cache website icons aggressively for the "Add to Bookmarks"/"Add to Favorites" functions, but not for "Add to Home Screen". I'm interested in the former.)


texts: How to remove Advanced Mac Cleaner popups from the browser?

texts:
When browsing, particularly in safari, I get really annoying tabs opening up offering me to download the Junk software Advanced Mac Cleaner. I tried to use malware bytes and ccleaner but it didn't help. Also get pages saying your computer is infected yada yada.

Anything else I can try?


texts:
There is an element to OS X known as Folder Actions, which causes certain actions or events to occur when items are either added or removed from user specific folders.

How can I enable this ?

(I am using OS X 10.6.8, but if the activation differs for OS X 10.7.5 or 10.8.4 this is also welcomed)


texts: I have a Mac computer I'm not sure exactly what type and it's not updated. All I have is one of the magic mouses or whatever and it won't connect without updating. In order to update I need to hit agree but I can click on it without a mouse. What do I do to hit agree and update it? (I have a keyboard)


texts: OS X Mavericks doesn't recognize my Nexus 5 when plugged in via USB

texts:
When I plug in my Nexus 5 into my Mid 2013 MacBook Air 11" nothing happens. It doesn't show up in the finder / on the desktop and when I enable USB tethering, it doesn't show up in my network preferences.

But when I connect the USB cable with Nexus 5 while parallels with Windows 8.1 is running and choose to use the connected device in Windows 8.1 - everything works as expected.

So the problem isn't anywhere in the hardware, nor in my Nexus 5, but somewhere in the OS X.

Any ideas how to find more info, fix it?

Update:

In the System Report generated by About This Mac, I can see my device connected via USB.


texts: What's the best way to use IRC on the mac?

texts: Question in the title basically. Not sure what else I can say!


texts: Macos thinks a charger is connected when none is

texts:
I'm seeing a curious issue where my MBP (running Catalina 10.15.7) is showing an AC Charger connected when none is.

I'm seeing this happen with multiple USB-C chargers, and not seeing those same chargers have issues with other MBPs.

Another potential clue is that I've stopped hearing any chimes when plugging in or unplugging chargers.

From System Information:
AC Charger Information

Connected:  Yes
  ID:   0x0000
  Wattage (W):  86
  Family:   0xe0004008
  Charging: No

And from pmset directly:
$ pmset -g ac
 Wattage = 86W
 Current = 4300mA
 Voltage = 20000mV
 AdapterID = 0
 Family Code = 0xe0004008

When I do plug in a charger, I can see pmset update a few seconds later and show the proper charger info:
$ pmset -g ac
 Wattage = 94W
 Current = 4700mA
 Voltage = 20000mV
 AdapterID = 28674
 Manufacturer = Apple Inc.
 Family Code = 0xe0004009
 Serial String = C4XXXXXXXXXXX
 Adapter Name = 96W USB-C Power Adapter
 Hardware Version = 1.0
 Firmware Version = 01070051

Anyone seen this before, have a hunch what may be happening, or suggestions of where to look next? Thanks!


texts: My iPhone 4 phone number is disconnected and I can't use FaceTime or iMessage

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 (Verizon). My phone number is currently disconnected. Does that mean I can't use FaceTime or iMessage? I thought it would work with Wi-Fi but it is not working - it keeps showing "waiting activation".

How can I make FaceTime and iMessage work?


texts: How can I use a keyboard shortcut to run two or more keyboard shortcuts

texts:
I'm using Due app on the mac, and I'm wondering if it's possible to have one keyboard shortcut to run the app, reset the running timer ( command+ shift+ s) and then run the timer again (command + S)
is it possible to do this ?


texts:
I found out that I have some Eigen file in /usr/include/eigen3/...

Is Eigen provided by deafult with XCode 4.3 or were them installed by me with a package manager like macport or homebrew?

I'm asking it because I'd like to remove them and build a new installation.

Thanks!


texts: Command+S At Boot Doesn't Activate Single-User Mode

texts: 10.6.8. Hold down Cmd+S throughout the entire boot process. It always goes to the regular login screen and starts doing the "stop holding down buttons" chime. Why?


texts: How to specify command to always run as root?

texts:
In Mountain Lion, I frequently used a simple automator app called "Purge Memory" which just ran "purge" in the command line. I really enjoyed cleaning the RAM, especially when buggy apps ran memory leaks.

But now in Mavericks purge requires root privileges, breaking my app. I know I can open terminal and input it, but that is not nearly as convenient.

I have heard that on Unix you can allow a specific command to always run as root. That way I could automate purge. I would like to know if anyone knows how to do this or if this would even solve the problem?


texts: One click force delete unsaved images in Preview

texts:
I have made many screenshots and pasted into Preview and do not want to walk through the "Save" dialog for each one

Yes I could click on Delete (or tab five times as I end up doing instead) but I am a keyboardist and after doing this many dozens of times I'd rather use a quick keyboard shortcut . Is there any such animal?


texts: Trash folder is not emptying because of the P ͎̮͉͍ͨ̈́̾̈́A ͎̮͉͍ͨ̈́̾̈́I ͎̮͉͍ͨ̈́̾̈́N ͎̮͉͍ͨ̈́̾̈́.jpg file

texts:
When I cd ~/.Trash in the terminal, it shows that there is a folder Downloads, and inside the Downloads folder, another folder Reactions, and inside Reactions, there is a file called

Shutting down or restarting the computer does not work to empty the trash. Also, I should say that the file is hidden and is not showing when I open the Trash folder. Is it a virus? If yes, how do I get rid of it?

In terminal, using:  cd ~/.Trash/Downloads/Reactions and then ls -al, shows the jpg file.

(shown in the screenshot of the file because I could not copy and paste the text here in this question)

drwxrwxrwx  3 username  staff  102 Jan 19 14:36 .

drwxr-xr-x  3 username  staff  102 Jan 19 16:09 ..

Update 1
 I moved the Reactions out of the Downloads and emptied the trash. Now there is only Reactions left with the .jpg inside.

 By running ls -aBeil ~/.Trash/Reactions in terminal, following is the result:

 36328284 drwxrwxrwx  3 username  staff  102 Jan 19 14:36 .
 68013143 drwx------  3 username  staff  102 Jan 20 14:55 ..
Update 2
 From cd ~/.Trash/Reactions > rm 'P > enter spacetab'return
 Result is as follows:

Update 3
 Below is the result from unset LANG ; ls -aBeil ~/.Trash/Reactions:

Update 4
 Below is the result from utility disk verification:

Update 5
 I just repaired the disk through Disk Utility using command + R access after system restart. Then, .jpg file is not hidden anymore and can be emptied on trash. Below you can see the screenshots.

 Thank you all for your comments and answers. Special thanks to daniel Azuelos, patrix and klanomath.


texts: Allow symbolic links in SMB file sharing

texts:
I symlink directories I want to share into ~/Base/shared. I have enabled File Sharing (via SMB) on this directory, but symlinks are shown just as links and are not followed to their target (you can try connecting to it via iOS files app itself).
PS: Any way to be able to browse my ~/Base/shared from iOS is fine by me, but the only success I have had is using SMB with the Files app. Webdav and SFTP iOS clients just mysteriously don't connect or connect but are so buggy that they are completely unusable. (I could connect KMPlayer to my webdav server, but KMPlayer only supports video/audio files.)


texts: How to check if journaling is enabled or not on my disk?

texts:
As usual the main internal drive on which macOS gets installed is journaled. I was going through some Ask Different posts in which there was something mentioned as Disk journaling which saves you from file corruptions but each time it registers the status of your file at the present time.These registrations might be having a huge impact on your CPU and Disk (My Assusmption), so is there any way by which I can check if my disk has journaling turned on or not and if it has how to turn it off via terminal?

When I click on File Menu option via the menu bar after selecting my main Disk, this is what I get - Journaling is greyed out (I guess this option lights up if and only you are in recovery mode)


texts: Is there an app on Cydia that will let me turn off dock audio?

texts: I have an iPhone 4 with some slight water damage.  The only issue is that when I am listening on headphones, occasionally it thinks that it is docked (which silences the headphones), then half a second to 10 seconds later, it thinks it has been removed from the dock that it was never connected to and thus pauses the audio.  Since all this happens in the OS while it monitors the status of the headphone jack and the media dock, it would be very easy to write a program to tell it to stop polling the media dock, and thus the faulty dock detection switch would be ignored.  So, has someone already written an iPhone app that is on Cydia that would let me turn off the dock detector switch?


texts:
I have a small issue, every time I type in "and", auto-complete changes that to "shut the fk up". I've searched all around and even reset in Settings -> General -> Keyboard reset

Anyone else have this issue?


texts: Finding encryption key for Apple Messages chat

texts:
I'm trying to back up some message transcripts, including photos. I found I the chat transcripts from ~/Library/Messages/ can be opened on another Mac, but the images don't load. I searched my local drive for the image names, and found them in various places in ~/Library/Messages/Attachments. On a guess, I tried opening the transcript in MesaSQLite, and I was asked for the encryption key.
Is it possible to find that encryption key, and if so, where is it? That's the main question.
I'd also need to find the paths for those attachments. Hopefully they're in the transcript database file. If anyone answering that main question happens to know or have some insight into the attachment paths, that'd be great.
I'm running macOS 10.13.6.


texts:
I have very frequent kernel panic calls.

Here is a report on one of them.

I have no idea what is causing it.

Fri Jun 27 11:21:45 2014
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7fad305f7c): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 0 a0 d9 9 8 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0x102c00000 0xffffff813c9b8000 0x0e7150a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.5.26/src/AppleMuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
[…]
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[B889D3AB-CCC0-3FCD-A83E-D2E3E4CB537B]@0xffffff7fab95b000->0xffffff7fab992fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff7fab6be000
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.5.26)[B67CD59F-1344-37BC-8A9A-46D6D3DCA13D]@0xffffff7fad2f7000->0xffffff7fad30afff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.5.26)[C0F9A79F-167E-3A68-873C-5CE17B97FB11]@0xffffff7fad2ef000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xffffff7fac2f2000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff7fab6be000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[B889D3AB-CCC0-3FCD-A83E-D2E3E4CB537B]@0xffffff7fab95b000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[E04639C5-D734-3AB3-A682-FE66694C6653]@0xffffff7fad2f2000
         com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(8.2.6)[DB59C243-61DE-3B0C-86C3-6D89446F6F14]@0xffffff7fab9b4000->0xffffff7fabc27fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff7fab6be000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[B93BBFC9-9ED5-3DDD-8CED-5EDA081BB997]@0xffffff7fab99e000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[B889D3AB-CCC0-3FCD-A83E-D2E3E4CB537B]@0xffffff7fab95b000
            dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.5.26)[E971FED4-805F-3462-9D93-1919EBE3DC82]@0xffffff7fab9ae000
         com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal(8.2.6)[AE5D65B5-1E26-3509-97B9-C68D97C21143]@0xffffff7fabc33000->0xffffff7fabddffff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(8.2.6)[DB59C243-61DE-3B0C-86C3-6D89446F6F14]@0xffffff7fab9b4000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff7fab6be000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

Mac OS version:
13D65

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.2.0: Thu Apr 17 23:03:13 PDT 2014; root:xnu2422.100.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: ADD73AE6-88B0-32FB-A8BB-4F7C8BE4092E
Kernel slide:     0x000000002ae00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff802b000000
System model name: MacBookPro10,1 (Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 3525601653

last loaded kext at 3285490337: com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0 (addr 0xffffff7faca77000, size 45056)
loaded kexts:
[…]


texts: Bootcamp Problem. Unable to partition the disk

texts:
I'm using a Macbook pro 13 (2015) with 256G SSD. High Sierra 10.13.1.

I'm trying to use bootcamp to install a windows 10 on my laptop.But I encountered the following problem.

I tried to delete snapshots of Time Machine as told by an answer here, but it didn't work.

So I wonder if there is any other solutions than erase the whole disk? I thought this should have relationship with the APFS file systems?

Looking for your help!


texts: How to restore my Mac Safari bookmarks and history after iCloud sync?

texts:
I have various Safari bookmarks on my iPhone. I got a new Mac laptop, and when I enabled iCloud on the Mac, all the bookmarks and history from my iPhone were copied over to my Mac. I did NOT want that.

How do I restore the bookmarks and the history that I formerly had on my Mac?

I am using iOS 10 and Mac OS 10.12 (Sierra).


texts: Ping command works in Network utility but not in terminal

texts:
I am on os x 10.9.4

If I ping google from the network utility I get 0% packet loss.

But if I try to ping google from the terminal with ping www.google.com I get 100% packet loss. System Preferences -> Firewall shows it is turned off.

What else might be happening?


texts:
When maximizing a Mac window with the green button, it will not maximize to full size, but have a little left margin from the left side.

I guess there is no setting to change that, but that margin has to have a specific size defined. Is there any kind of terminal command I can run to decrease the left margin to 0?

I know there are apps which can position windows to any prefered position and size, but I is there a way to do it without one?

The strange thing is, that it does maximize to full size without a margin on the right screen when you've got a second display connected.


texts: What is the location accuracy of a wifi only iPad?

texts:
what is the location accuracy of wifi version ipad?
If someone holds one iPad and walks in a big room, is there a way to detect the location of the iPad?


texts:
Is there anyway to mirror the Apple TV screen to macOS?
For the cases where you don't have a TV set (or have someone hogging a TV set all day long), but an Apple TV. And a Mac.


texts: What could be stopping Disney+ AirPlaying to 2nd-gen Apple TV?

texts:
I'm assuming the general answer to this is "because it's too old and no longer supported by Apple", but does anyone know specifically why I can't AirPlay from the Disney+ app on my iPad Pro to my 2nd-gen Apple TV? Everything else still AirPlays fine to it, but Disney+ just throws a "something went wrong" error.
Disney+ also AirPlays fine to my 3rd-gen Apple TV, but it's had a software update fairly recently so I assume Apple haven't completely forgotten about that model just yet.


texts: "netstat -p tcp" on my mac displays an unknown connection to stackoverflow.co.http

texts:
The following is the output of "netstat -p tcp" on my mac.

tcp4       0      0  192.168.0.100.63515    17.172.232.11.5223     ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  192.168.0.100.63514    stackoverflow.co.http  ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  192.168.0.100.63510    17.110.228.142.5223    ESTABLISHED

I "whois"ed the 1st and 3rd ip and they belong to Apple.
I did not visit stack overflow since morning and also my browsers (safari and chrome) were not running in background, then what is stack overflow.co.http doing in my network.
I do not have any program except for a terminal and preview for ibook running when i checked the netstat connection list.
It is in ESTABLISHED state as you can see above.
Do i have an unknown program running in background that is creating a connection to stackoverflow ? If anyone happen to know any thing about this please share the information
Also is there any way I can see which program has established a connection with stackoverflow.co.http.

Thanks,
Ankit


texts: El Capitan freezes then Shutdown on MBP 15"

texts:
I have some strange behaviour in my MBP 15" (Early 2013) with fresh El Capitan installation. Sometimes it freezes for about 20 seconds then shuts down with no message.
This began after changing screen with stagnate problem.

How to identify this problem and how can I solve it?


texts: How do I fix Excel 2008 Date Formats in Mavericks

texts:
I have Excel 2008 installed on my Mac, which I recently upgraded to Mavericks, migrating all my settings across.

Previously (on Mountain Lion) when I entered a date like 11/12 this was interpreted as 11 December, but now Excel insists on interpreting this in American format.

All my existing data (some going back years, originally entered in Windows) displays correctly as I have entered a custom Format ddd dd/mm/yy, but displays incorrectly in the formula bar.

As far as I can tell, my system settings are correct for Australia - they were migrated across, and I have since checked. Numbers seems to have no problem with dates.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can you disable rubber-band scrolling in OS X Lion?

One of the "great" features implemented on Mac Os Lion is the fact web frames can be detached and snapped as on IOS when scrolling.

For example when scrolling the page is "detached" and snaps back on scroll release. See the screen shot below :

As nice as it is, it is also really irritating when working and having to go fast. How to disable this?


texts: Can iTunes Genius (or song metadata) be improved so songs without a match can use the feature?

texts:
My question boils down to: "Technically, how does the Genius feature work?" so that I may use it in instances where it fails to fine enough matches for a specific song.

Part of this question is — what is stored in your library or meta-data on iTunes or on your iPhone that allows the songs to combine into auto-playlists? In other words, what is it delivering when it says "Delivering your Genius results..."

More than just academically interesting, I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to adjust the metadata of those songs that get the Genius error messages so that they work.  I have had a few lately that are popular songs and should have been able to find results easily but didn't.


texts: Safari can't verify the identity of the website error

texts:
When I upgraded macOS to Sierra last month, I started getting this error on a few websites (Lifehacker, Xkcd, etc).  When I try to read anything on Lifehacker, I get a particularly odd version of this error which says "Safari can't verify the identity of the website Kinja.com"  ...but my link is for lifehacker.com

As I said, when I first upgraded to Sierra, I got the error...  but a restart seemed to clear it up and I didn't get the error again until today when I updated to 10.12.1 and a restart didn't fix it (which makes sense.  I don't know why a restart fixed it last time).

How do I fix this?


texts:
I need a text file monitored in a way that the contents stay updated in a window on my screen - the contents of the text file will keep changing periodically and I want the display to update the changes ASAP.

Are there any programs out there (like tail for win32) that can help me achieve this? If not, could I perhaps write a script to that end?


texts: How can I triage a MacBook Pro that won't charge with the LED dimly lit green?

texts:
I have an early-2011 MacBook Pro that will not charge. The green light on the MagSafe connector is barely green.

Besides the fact that the system info tells me the battery is not charging, the battery is stuck at 39%. If I unplug the charger, the battery begins to get low and I soon as I plug the charge back in the battery stops dropping.

Some sites say that the problem may be in the logic board and some say that the problem may be in the battery itself. My notebook is always plugged and I never really had a chance to let the battery drain completely.

The system profile shows the battery condition as normal and that the ac adapter is not connected.

So, my question is: what should I try since my city does not have an Apple Store that I can take my notebook to? Is it possible that letting the battery die (forcing a cycle) could help in that case?  Is there any way of testing if the problem is in the battery (since it is more affordable to change the battery than a logic board)?

EDIT

What I have done so far:

I have already left it to charge for several hours.
I have tried SMC reset more than 10 times already.
I have already tested with another charger.
I have changed the DC-In MagSafe board myself.

The ac adapter shipped with my MacBook is 65w. Will it make any difference to try with a 85w adapter?


texts:
I'm trying to restore all my content. On boot I press & hold  Cmd ⌘   R .
This takes me to the Internet Recovery option, yet I want to restore from my Time Machine backup.

What could be the problem?


texts: I had to have my 2011 MacBook Pro wiped out and re-installed because of malware. I noticed that my previous package--iMovie, GarageBand, and iPhoto--is not longer installed. I checked online forums and Q&A, and I was able to find iMovie under my purchases in the Apple account. However, GarageBand and iPhoto are not there/ available. I don't understand why one would be associated with my account, and the rest would not. That's odd. I'd like to see what possibility is there to have GarageBand, and iPhoto reinstalled.


texts:
I'm trying to open the iMovie app on my Macbook, but it has an X on the icon and when I click on it, it tells me I to upgrade the app in order to get into it. In the Mac App Store, I checked for new updates, and indeed there is a new update for iMovie (along with iPhoto and Keynote updates). To do the updates, I pressed update all, but only the iPhoto and Keynote updates actually happened (the iMovie update is stuck loading) My computer freezes and fails to update iMovie.

How can I get iMovie to open?

Edit: The update is to iMovie 10.1.4


texts: Mojave 32 Bit Apps: Finder dialogue boxes are slow

texts:
When using a 32 Bit app on Mojave, parts of the App that use the Finder are very slow (e.g. Open/Save dialogue boxes). Sometimes I can take over a minute to select an option in these dialogue boxes.

Is there any way to fix this?

I know that 32-bit apps aren't supported after Mojave, but Mojave does support them.

I am using OS 10.14.5 on a MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015 (aka MacBookPro11,5).

Affected Apps: Indesign CS6, Acrobat Pro, Aquia Dev Desktop (Acquia Dev Desktop Version: 2 Built: Sep 19 201)
All my other apps are 64 bit and work fine.


texts: Disable cellphone network but keep wifi?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Disable iPhone Cell Antennae

Is there any way to make my iPhone 5 like a simple iPod touch? I'd like to disable all cellphone functionality but keep the wifi.

No jailbreak if possible.
I have an iPhone 5 running iOS 6.


texts: Is there an App or Extension that allows for per-window zoom/magnification?

texts:
As the title says, is there a Mac app (Mountain Lion) that will allow me to specify a fixed zoom/magnification amount for a specific window, in a specific app?

I use a particular application (Reason from Propellerhead Software) that does not support any zoom levels for its windows.  One window in particular has lots and lots of tiny little detailed text and buttons in it (the Rack) that is often just way too hard to read, even on a 21" monitor set to 1024x768 resolution.

I would like to zoom this one window, and only this window, to maybe 125% or so of its current size.  I can do this with the built-in Accessibility zoom feature, but then of course that "magnifying glass" focus area follows my mouse cursor all over the place.  I would like ONLY that window to be displayed in the zoom area, if possible.

Just to be clear, this is not about maximizing the window to the screen, but magnifying the visible contents of the window (primarily to make fonts larger).


texts: View webm files with some quicktime plugin on El Capitan (Safari 9.0)?

texts:
In Yosemite and earlier versions I used to be able to click on a webm file and the quicktime logo showed very quickly then the video started playing.

I think this is some sort of old plugin (like Flash Player), not extension (like Adblock), is there any way to get it back on El Capitan or does it not work anymore?


texts: Xserve shuts itself off and boots at will

texts:
Okay, there's a lot of smart Mac guys here, so lets see if any of you can figure out this stumper.

Our Xserve G4 (RackMac1,1) went incommunicado a few years ago was left in this state until I pulled it out yesterday. I started my mission with a triple PRAM zap, and like clockwork it decided to boot perfectly into Mac OS X Tiger Server.

I decided to upgrade it to Leopard, this machine only has a CD drive, so I hooked it up to my MBP via FireWire and attempted to burn the install DVD to one of the hard drives (since all it's data is irrelevant / four years old anyhow). It starts copying just as always on the various computers I've done this to, it says "20 minutes remaining", so I leave the server room to go do other things. I come back 20 minutes later to a MBP saying "18 minutes remaining", and a shut down Xserve.

Rinse and repeat this process. Perhaps something weird happened.

I decide perhaps it doesn't like being in FireWire target disk mode and boot it back up to Tiger to download the disk image and burn it to the hard drive. After about 10 minutes of uptime, it just shuts down. Not even a soft shutdown. Total loss of power. I had some other stuff to do in the server room and after about 15 minutes I look back and there it is, fully booted, sitting at the login screen.

I ask you, what sentient force has made a victim of my Xserve?! :(


texts: How do I regain my iTunes ratings and playlists?

texts: I just transferred by music to new computer (300GB).  It no longer shows 20 years of ratings and playlists.  I tried to uninstall and reinstall iTunes.  Will they show if I sync my phone, or will I lose everything that way?


texts: I don't have Siri enabled but get Siri suggestions in iOS 12

texts:
I've disabled Siri years ago, before updating to iOS 11 and now iOS 12 on my iPhone 6S. So I don't have Siri & Search in my Settings, but I do get Siri suggestions on my lock screen after a missed call (after updating to iOS 12).

How can I get rid of the Siri suggestions on my lock screen and why do they appear if Siri is disabled?


texts: Is there a way to create an executable Python script that will be able to run on any Mac via terminal, similar to a Bash script. I need any user to be able to just double click the file, and it should run. I want it to be able to run without the user having Python installed, but it has to be a Python script as it has to interact with an HTML button.


texts: Mac running slow and some applications don't open in standard mode, but in safe mode it works well

texts:
I have an issue on my MacBook Pro (15-inch, mid 2010, macOS Sierra).

Some applications won't open, or don't work as expected, and generally I see the spinning pinwheel and macOS is really slow.

Also, often when I shut down I see a black screen, but not completely turned off, so I have to shut down by pressing the power button for 3-4 seconds.

Sometimes applications like Google Chrome or Final Cut Pro don't work well, often freezing up or not opening.

But all these issues disappear if I boot up in safe mode (applications work well, restarting and shutdown always work, no frozen apps, etc).

I tried to:

follow the guidelined to isolate the issue on this article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262 but I don't have any login items.
create a new user profile, but the issue isn't fixed.

My question is: What differences are there between safe mode and standard mode? What can I disable to isolate the issue?


texts: How do I use lastpass on Safari for macOS Big Sur?

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The docs on lastpass did not help.
I installed lastpass app, but no lastpass behaviour shows up in safari.


texts: Where does Mac Messages store older Attachments?

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I'm looking for one specific photograph, a jpg taken on my iPhone, which I know was sent to my partner over Messages, towards the end of 2019. I don't have it in what used to be Camera Roll on the phone nor in Photos.app on phone or Mac, so I'm going to have to dig it out from Messages.
I thought this was going to be a few minutes' job. I started by scrolling back in Messages, but then realised it would be quicker to find their storage location & sort by date… neither was successful.
If I scroll back a Messages conversation, then for the past six months or so I can see all attachments, pictures etc in-line as normal.
Once I get past that then they've apparently been archived somewhere & I can't find where. I have never 'cleaned' this conversation manually. This appears to be some automatic action taken without my knowledge. I could imagine my phone would do that to save space, but I didn't expect it on the Mac.

If I click on any of those down arrows, the picture will reload. This, as you can imagine, is not the fastest way to find a specific photo :\
If I search in Finder, Kind: jpeg image inside the Attachments folder at ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Attachments I see only the same images as are already inlined. After I refetch an older one, it then appears at today's date.
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Searching the entire drive from Finder gives no other clues.
Using EasyFind to search hidden locations & packages etc for img_ reveals nothing more. BTW, I am not searching for _DSD files, they're from my "proper" photos.
My Messages are synced over iCloud between Mac & iPhone, though very little else is. I don't have my Photos on there, for instance. The only app I sync on iCloud Drive is Maps, nothing else. I sync things like Contacts, Calendars etc, not "multimedia" of any sort, so I don't expect the repository to be iCloud.

Are these images really held in iCloud, even though I haven't asked for them to be?
I am in no way short of data space, 1TB SSD boot drive, only half full & 12TB of other drives in this Mac.  I have none of the iCloud Storage Management options enabled.
macOS 10.14.6 (latest this Mac can run) on Mac Pro 5,1.


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After uninstalling of Acrobat Reader from OS X 10.8.2 Safari doesn't display pdf's. I suppose that Acrobat uninstaller didn't remove plugin from Safari.

My question is how to cleanly remove Acrobat Reader?


texts: Is there a Terminal shell command to compare the contents of folders?

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Sometimes you may want to see the differences in folders in order to:

See what files are different
See what files are missing
See what files have been added

Which may prove useful if you wish to keep the contents of two folders the same, or to show if files have changed between the local and remote copy of the folder.

Is there a way to show this comparison using Terminal or otherwise?


texts: How to create an IPA file (non-payload folder method)

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I'm trying to create an iOS IPA file using Xcode. I have archived it (Product → Archive) and it is visible under my archives (Window → Organiser), but Xcode says I can't Export it unless I have an Apple Developer Licence.

Is there any way to create a proper IPA of this (not by placing the .app into a folder named payload, zipping that folder, and then renaming the .zip to .ipa)?

When I try to do what is suggested here, this happens:

$ cd ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives/2019-05-07
$ xcodebuild -exportArchive -exportFormat ipa -archivePath g0blinpreRC3.xcarchive -exportPath ~/Desktop/Jailbreak/iOS\ 10/g0blin_preRC3.ipa

xcodebuild: error: invalid option '-exportFormat'


texts: Magic Trackpad 2 jumpy and erratic unless plugged in

texts: Although the trackpad is fully charged, it's not working properly when not plugged in. Apple says to start in Safe mode but even that didn't work. I've tried turning off bluetooth then back on again. Is there a solution other than just keeping it plugged in from now on? I don't live near an Apple store unfortunately.


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When I attempt to launch Karabiner Elements, it says the application cannot be launched.

In the past I was able to resolve it by downloading the installer again, and running it. I tried doing that but didn't that this time, but it didn't work.

When I attempt to delete the app in the Applications folder in finder, it says that the item is locked and can't be deleted.

I can no longer see the UI of Karabiner elements, nor use my keyboard mappings.


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I have an AppleScript source with this code:

tell "Microsoft Word"
    «event coreslct» (last row of table X of document Y)
    insert rows selection position below number of rows Z
end tell

After some research, I found that coreslct is the code for the select command. It's used in all AppleScriptable Office applications, and has been around in both Office 2008 and 2011.

However, the code seem to have disappeared from Office 2016...

How can I fix this? Our users use both Office 2011 and 2016...


texts: How do I get my iPhone to type a . instead of the word period?

texts: Ever since the last software update to iOS 14.2, Siri is very inconsistent about when to type punctuation for a period.  It seems to only affect certain contacts, and is inconsistent in emails.  For some contacts, all I can get it to type is the word period.  Any ideas?


texts: Connection is invalid error when running Applescript and Safari

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The following applescript waits for a page to load before continuing with the do javascript "document.body.innerText" part of the script. It seems to work really well except for one thing. If Safari is running but no window is currently open, running this script results in

  error "Safari got an error: Connection is invalid." number -609

Yet if I run this when Safari is closed it launches Safari, goes to the specified URL and once the page loads, runs the javascript portion. I don't understand why it gets an error if Safari is running with no windows open.

tell application "Safari"
    activate
    if not (exists document 1) then reopen
    tell front document
        set URL to "http://example.com"
        repeat until length of (source as text) is not 0
            delay 0.5
        end repeat
        do javascript "document.body.innerText"
    end tell
end tell

The error always highlights the source as text part of the script. I tried changing length of (source as text) is not 0 to repeat until name is "example domain" but the error still occurs if no windows are open and Safari is running.


texts: Lost all previous notes after upgrade to El Capitan

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I upgraded my MacBook Pro to El Capitan (MacBook Pro, Late 2011, 16GB RAM) and the Notes app is gone! All the notes for 3 years and the App. I've spent hours on the phone with Apple techs, but it is still not resolved. Does anyone here have an answer?

My machine now freezes often. It is causing issues with corrupted files and continuity.


texts: As High Sierra does now support 512 byte block sizes, are Samsung 960 NVMe SSD fit in a Macbook pro retina 15 mid-2015 with a Sintech adapter?

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I know that there is already some topics on this forum about that but I didn't find a clear answer or if someone have tested it since then.

Do MacBooks support NVMe SSD drives via the use of a Sintech adapter?


texts: Clipboard manager for Mac that doesn't use any cloud service

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I'm looking for a clipboard manager app/tool for Mac (Mavericks) that does not use any cloud service for saving/syncing data.

I mean that it doesn't save my content on any cloud server, but on my machine locally only.

Is there any?


texts: Export iMessages in human readable form for archival

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I have a long (several months' worth) iMessage conversation with a contact.  He lost these messages when he re-installed his OS, but I still have the archive.  There is some important information there that we'd like to keep.

Is there a simple way to export this conversation for archival in a human readable form, and also keep any images?

I can select parts of the conversation, copy it to the clipboard and paste it into a rich text document, but this discards all images.  I'm looking for a way that keeps the images.

Note: I use iMessage on OS X only, not iOS.

(Ideally I'd also like to export all non-image file attachments, but I'm not expecting that this will be possible.)


texts: How to change a MacBook's "main" login/user?

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I got a new (reconditioned by Apple) MacBook for my girlfriend. When it arrived, I went through the setup process and created my account, and then created her account afterwards. Both have admin privileges.
If she shuts down and reboots, it only ever asks for my login. She cannot login unless I login first and then we do a switch-user.
She uses it more than me, so my thought is that she should have been the one to run through Setup Assistant.
What is the recommended way to fix this?
I'm a bit chary of simply removing .AppleSetupDone ...

Will that wipe the existing user's home directory (we would want it to have the same name) ?
Will that actually "reset" who the default login is?
Is there some other reason why she cannot login from a reboot, despite being admin?

I've checked the following questions, but it is still not clear to me exactly what I should do:

How to change boot login
How can I create a new macOS user using a pre-existing home directory?
How to change the main user name of a used MacBook on macOS 10.13?


texts: BetterTouchTool 3 finger swipes stopped working

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I tried to configure 3 finger swipes to a new app. after I added them 3 finger swipes stopped working on all apps.

Any idea what should I do? I tried toggling all the prefpane settings restarting BTT and the computer

Thanks


texts: How do I remove a Wi-Fi sync with a laptop that I no longer have in my possession?

texts: I have a first generation iPad with many documents in iBooks. This iPad is still synchronized with a laptop that is no longer in my possession. This means I can't sync to my new laptop over Wi-Fi. How do I remove the Wi-Fi sync connection to my old laptop?


texts: Why does OS X Mail fail to recognize that an e-mail address belongs to an existing contact?

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In OS X Mail, when I enter the name of a person to whom I have sent a previous e-mail, I'm often presented with a suggested e-mail address, corresponding (roughly) to the most recent frequently sent-to person matching the entered name, or part of a name. These suggestions make sense, and I realize that they are coming from my previous recipients list, but what I don't understand is this: often, though the proposed address is associated with a contact in my address book (and is marked as such in the Previous Recipients list), it is not recognized as being associated with the contact in the sent message. For example, if I have a contact, say:

Joe Stack
joe@aaa.com
joe@bbb.com
joe@ccc.com

and I have been corresponding a lot recently with him at joe@bbb.com then when I begin typing his name in the To field rather than proposing

Joe Stack

along with context menu containing a list of all of the e-mail addresses from his contact information, I get

Joe Stack <joe@bbb.com>

with no alternate choices of e-mail and no connection to his contact. In fact, in the context menu for this address, I'm given the option to Add To Address Book rather than Show Contact Card (and if I add it, it is added as a distinct additional entry, so that now there are two entries with joe@bbb.com as an e-mail address).

What could be causing Mail to fail to recognize that the joe@bbb.com address is for an existing contact? This behavior has been going on for some time (at least since 10.6) and continues in Mountain Lion.


texts: Chrome sometimes doesn't detect two finger swipes in Macbook Air with Mountain Lion

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It happens in most of the sites I visit, and it's happend for the last months: two-fingers swipe to go back or forward don't work.

However, from time to time, there's some sites in which they work.

I have installed BetterTouchTool, which I thought might interfere, but I deactivated it and the same still happens.


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I have purchased an iPhone 4 about six-seven months ago. Roughly two weeks into using it I have decided to jailbreak the iPhone for ideological reasons (I am not a big fan of The Man telling me how to manage my stuff)

However, after all these passing months I can honestly tell that I have not even used any of the jailbreak features even once.

I recall jailbreaking erased my entire phonebook, SMS logs and all other data. Since that was only about two weeks without much usage - I didn't mind too much. This time it seems a bit more worrisome, as the phonebook and SMS contain a lot more information, some which I do not want to be lost.

I should mention that only part of my phonebook is synchronized with my google account (is there an easy way to transfer the rest?), and that I use Linux and a windows on VirtualBox where my iTunes fails to backup the data on my iPhone (this might be redeemable with some very hard work, though.)

My question, if so, is whether or not all my non-Cydia-and-otherwise-non iTunes-apps will be gone if I just run an upgrade through iTunes, and whether or not this upgrade is going to obliterate my phonebook and/or other databases?


texts: How to stop my SSD "ejecting" from my iMac when in standby?

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I recently purchased an SSD drive for my 2009 27" iMac to replace the DVD Drive.

Everything installed fine, performance is good etc. However when the device (SSD) is put to "sleep", OS X sees it as ejected, and will not see it again until I pull the power from the iMac. Shutting down does not seem to help -- nor does restarting.

Things I've tried:

Reset the NVRAM -- after this it did show up without pulling the power, but then it disappeared again after going to slee[
resetting the SMC
Pulling the drive, and completely reseating it in case something wasn't quite installed right

None of which seemed to have helped. Support from the vendor suggested "Turn off sleeping of the hard disks". This seems poor since it leaves the HDD that is still in there spinning. Additionally, surely it's going to go to sleep when it goes to standby for the whole Mac.

Any suggestions/Thoughts?


texts: Is there a simple way to enable/disable groups of fonts?

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I mostly works with Photoshop and Coda (programming app). I have installed many fonts and at the time I work with Photoshop I need all my fonts enabled.

But then after I don't need all the font but only the default system fonts.

Problem is that these font are slowing down my machine.

Can I create groups of fonts and then enable/disable these groups?


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As a user (not a developer), what are the license terms governing use of the included wallpapers on broadcast media, for example, a website?

Could I, for example, use the mac wallpaper as a starting point for building a banner to my website?


texts: Macbook 2015 with normal battery won't charge even after SMC

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My MacBook won't charge. Here are the things I have done so far:

I tested the MagSafe charger to another laptop to make sure it is not faulty ( MagSafe is working )
I did the SMC reset ( shift + alt + control + power)
I decided to open the laptop, I pulled the clear plastic pull tab attached to the battery connector then try to plug the MagSafe. It lit up.
I attached the clear plastic pull tab attached to the battery connector back to the logic board then plug back the MagSafe, it does not light up.

Can anyone please give an idea of what seems to be the problem?

I checked the battery status using

$ system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep "Condition" | awk '{print $2}'
condition: normal

The MacBook model is MacBook Air (13-inch, early 2015) macOS Mojave.


texts: Just out of curiosity: Is it possible to use an USB-C to VGA adapter with the 4th generation Apple-TV by placing the adapter in the USB-C service port?


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Situation

I would like to indent the selection and move it to right in TextMate.

How can you indent this kind of selection?


texts: Can my Macbook Pro's display receive inputs from other sources?

texts: Is it possible to use my Macbook Pro's display to receive inputs from other sources?


texts: Sudden barrage of "too many open files" in log, cascading app failures

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I came into work today with a cascade of "Application Unexpectedly Quit" messages on my desktop.

Looking in system.log I'm seeing many failures due to too many open files. The first instance looks like:

Core Sync[525]: dnssd_clientstub deliver_request: socketpair failed 24 (Too many open files)
Core Sync[525]: tcp_connection_host_start 7318 DNSServiceGetAddrInfo failed: -65537

There's about a dozen or so of these pairs of errors, after which I see:

Core Sync[525]: nw_interface_create_with_index_and_name information socket creation failed: [24] Too many open files, dumping backtrace:
            [x86_64] libnetcore-583.50.1
        0   libsystem_network.dylib             0x00007fff967aade9 __nw_create_backtrace_string + 123
        1   libsystem_network.dylib             0x00007fff967ccc0a nw_interface_create_with_index_and_name + 657
        2   libsystem_network.dylib             0x00007fff967cd30f nw_interface_create_with_index + 195
        3   libsystem_network.dylib             0x00007fff967877fa tcp_connection_create_connected_path_evaluator_for_connected_dst + 182
        4   libsystem_network.dylib             0x00007fff96787499 tcp_connection_handle_destination_complete + 726
        5   libsystem_network.dylib             0x00007fff967bc686 __tcp_connection_destination_setup_socket_events_block_invoke_2 + 2658
        6   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff87d4240b _dispatch_client_callout + 8
        7   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff87d52675 _dispatch_source_latch_and_call + 2235
        8   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff87d46a83 _dispatch_source_invoke + 983
        9   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff87d47200 _dispatch_queue_drain + 1207
        10  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff87d4d707 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 549
        11  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff87d45d53 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 538
        12  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff87d45b00 _dispatch_worker_thread3 + 91
        13  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff88a0c4de _pthread_wqthread + 1129
        14  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff88a0a341 start_wqthread + 13

There's several screens full of this error and the previous one.

Following that is a bunch of other sorts of failure from a variety of applications, and an ongoing smattering of the above errors.

There's also several pages of kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(802) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/App Store.app
which I think is from Spotlight, probably a side-effect of the too many open files problem.

Using lsof and an awk script, I found that the process with the most open files is Core Sync with a pretty consistent count of 7227 files open.

CPU and memory usage seem to be what I'd expect.

I tried rebooting in safe mode, repairing the boot drive, resetting PRAM, and used Onyx to clear all the caches. I don't recall installing anything new or unusual recently, and everything was fine when I left work last night.

I'm on Mac OS 10.11.6 on a Mid 2012 Mac Pro.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!


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Was looking on very reputable website for kids sports.

Clicked on what I thought was an ad and got porn. Finally had to delete Teamsnap app to get rid of it.

How could this happen on a website?


texts: Launchpad Search Field not working - cannot type

texts:
The launchpad search field suddenly no longer accepts text input for me.

Any idea how to get this to accept text again?  Searching for an app was so very useful.


texts: I would like to keep my headset plugged into my iPhone 5S but have the ringer audible from the phone when I don't have the earbuds in my ears.  is this possible?   I don't like to have to hurry up and plug in my headset when a call comes in and I sometimes miss calls when it is plugged in and I don't have the earbuds in my ears.


texts: Recover Deleted Files on Mac OSX [External NTFS]

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I have accidentally deleted some files on my Mac OS X Mavericks. Actually, I was trying to burn an .img file to my flash drive which was located at /dev/disk1 (at the same time I had connected a NTFS External Hard disk to my Mac). So I used dd command to flash these files and don't know how, but the flash drive was now located at /dev/disk2 and at disk1 the hard disk was mounted. So I accidentally flashed that .img file to my hard disk and lost around 100gb of data.

Now I scanned my hard disk with Disk Drill v1 Enterprise and found some lost partitions (there are around 5 partitions around 10mb each). When I deep scan the hard disk with Disk Drill, It displays all the files but with lost file name and directory structure. But I badly need that.

So guys please help me to recover these files properly based on its file structure (Like Recuva do in Windows). Also recommend me some kind of utility (free preferred) that can recover my files while keeping original directory structure.


texts: Spotlight doesn't find the contents of at least one file

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Goal - find a clever way to discover what Spotlight has (or hasn't indexed).

I have an xls spreadsheet that has the names and emails addresses of people who attended a recent course of mine. In the past few weeks I need to search precisely which course someone attended. The person had a unique last name and so I just put the name into spotlight. Nothing found. A few minutes of digging manually confirmed the person had attended the course I expected.

Related discoveries

none of the contents of that file is indexed by Spotlight - tested by searching other names
older xls files in the same folder are correctly indexed
Searching on the filename finds the file so the file itself is found by spotlight
Copy the column of names to a temp spreadsheet, save them and search - file find
Rebuilding the index from scratch warmed my CPU but didn't change anything
I've checked the simple spotlight preferences - xls spreadsheets aren't ignored

Since I don't know why its getting missed I'm concerned that other files might not get indexed properly as well.


texts: Is palmrest harmful for macbook pro 15 retina?

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I recently got a new Macbook Pro 15 retina. I already have a keyboard cover on it, and earlier today I put a palmrest and trackpad cover on it as well.

However, This Apple support website says that applying palmrests and keyboard covers might actually be harmful to the screen and display. On the other hand, interestingly though, this Apple sales website  itself lists Moshi Palmrest as one of its supported Mac accessories.

I'm thinking applying the palmrest will not do any damage as such? Please help!

Thank You.


texts: How to disable automatic High Sierra download?

texts: I'm happy with my Sierra (10.12.6), but the macOS downloads High Sierra in the background automatically and it takes over 5 GBs of my SSD. Every time I delete High Sierra image from Applications it keeps redownloading itself. How can I stop this madness?


texts: need for 1000 dpi non PDF image from powerpoint

texts: The journal does not want pdf nor 300dpi. They want 1000 dpi. How do I get there from mac powerpoint?


texts: Mojave macOS Installation Error (com.apple.DiskManagement error 69854)

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I tried upgrading from High Sierra to Mojave on my MacBook Pro mid-2012 Non Retina, 16GB RAM and 500GB HDD, core i7.
Unfortunately I don't have a backup and I keep getting this error "com.apple.DiskManagement error 69854" during the installation. I can only access into Recovery.

How can I solve this error and install Mojave without losing my data?


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Results in About This Mac:

macOS Mojave
Version 10.14.1
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

This hardware shipped the OS version 10.10 Yosemite, if I remember correctly.

In either the Mojave update or the High Sierra update (I think it wasn't as early as by the Sierra update), VirtualBox.app stopped being runnable. I'm pretty sure this was still functioning by the time El Capitan was running.

The VirtualBox.app appears grayed out when finding it on Spotlight. When hitting it, it won't start normally as it did once upon a time, and the message is:

You can't use this version of the application "VirtualBox
.app" with this version of macOS.

You have "VirtualBox.app" 5.0.0.

[?] [OK]

I guess I'll install an up to date build of the same major version 5. It's going to be a bit painful because I should back up the virtual machine before the update, and it's big. But...

Before I do that, can I get any better reporting message of the problem? Or do you know what is happening?

The binaries in /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/ seem to be all 64 bit.


texts: How can I turn off the "text to speech" feature in iMessage?  I don't mind iMessage bouncing in the dock when a message comes in, but I can't have iMessage speaking the message.  Not only is this feature distracting, but sometimes a message is private and I don't want anyone within earshot hearing my text "conversations"...I'm running OS X Version 10.8.4


texts: How can I exclude some app's files from showing up on iOS Files App?

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I copied some files to my iPhone via ITunes to a specific app by selecting the phone in iTunes, clicking "File Sharing", selecting the app and then dragging and dropping the files into the app. Now those files are in the app but they also show up in the iOS Files App. I don't want them to show up in the Files app. They are private files (password.txt, ssh-key.private.txt, secret-project-planning.txt).

Things I tried

turn off app in Siri and Search -> App Name -> Siri & Suggestions

this removed the files via the app from search on the home screen but not from the Files app. In other words the files all still appear even though the app is hidden.
looked in the Files app for settings

there are no per app settings in the Files app
searched in system settings for "Files"

no matches. Apparently there are no settings for the Files app..
searched in system settings for the apps whos' files I don't want exposed in the Files App

no related settings appeared. Document storage is set to "On My iPhone". "Siri & Search" shows "off"
turn off "Show app" in Siri & Search setting.

This has the ridiculous effect of making the app itself not appear as a search result but the settings for the app still appear as does the app's folder so technically the app is still showing up in search.

How can I get the files not to show up in the Files App?

If you want to repo the issue you can download Firefox

Then go to https://greggman.github.io/doodles/dl.html

Long press the link and pick "Download Link" when it appears

Pick "Download Now" when it appersa

Now go to the "Files App" and pick "Firefox"

Pick "Downloads"

Notes the file is visible here

The thumbnails make this issue particularly troublesome as you can read the beginning contents of the files you're trying to make not appear. Even without the thumbnail the filename itself is enough to give something away.

Even worse, everything the Files app sees shows up in the system wide search (drag down on homescreen) so if someone is looking over my shoulder and I use search it's possible they'll see things I was trying to hide

Ideally via some option the app, Firefox, would not even show up in Files but at a minimum I need some option to make the files for a particular app not appear.

Note that MacOS has the option to hide folders from search under Spotlight->Privacy. All I'm asking is how to achieve the same result on iOS


texts: Accidentally purchased two Apple care protection plans

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I thought buying Apple Care would extend warranty by one year.
But I wasn't knowing that there is an upper limit too! And so unknowingly I purchased 2 Apple care plans while purchasing my iPhone.

Now since a year has passed. Is there anything I can do with the red coloured box I have? Can I use it with an iPhone 6S or maybe 7 that I'll buy next year?

Also there aren't Apple stores in India.


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In short I'm looking to install Python 3 (have a programme that on one of it's recent updates no longer ran with 2.7) I have Homebrew installed (but am not sure how I did it e.g. by Sudo I think?) and am looking to upgrade 2.7 to 3?

For full clarity apparently it's the OpenSSL module which needs upgrading specifically.

What are the ways of doing it?


texts: BootCamp "boot to OSX" boots to recovery instead of macOS

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I have a Mac Pro from 2010. I've set it up with BootCamp and Windows 7 back in 2010.

When in macOS, I can change the boot disk to BOOTCAMP and it will boot Windows 7 on restart.
When in Windows7, there is the BootCamp tray icon I can click and choose "Boot to OS X", but on reboot it will not load macOS but will boot from the "OS X Base System" instead.

Is there a way I can fix BootCamp in Windows, so it will choose the right macOS disk instead of this recovery disk?

The reason I'd need to do this is that I wanted to upgrade to a PC graphics card. The card works great in macOS and in Windows 7, but it doesn't show the boot menu (ALT at startup), so the only way I could get back to macOS from Windows is to choose "Boot to OS X".

I updated to macOS Sierra 10.12.1 and also installed a new BootCamp version in Windows (BootCamp 5.1) but the problem is still there.
My guess is, that back when I installed BootCamp in 2010, OS X didn't have that recovery disk yet. So probably BootCamp now thinks "Recovery HD" is my regular OS X installation for some reason.

Update

I'll add info about my disks. diskutil list gives this output:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS master                  498.6 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             1.3 GB     disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS backup_mp               999.9 GB   disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS data_disk               3.0 TB     disk2s2

/dev/disk3 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk3
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                427.3 GB   disk3s2

master is my OS X partition where 10.12.1 Sierra is installed on.

When selecting "Boot to OS X" in Windows, it should boot from master. But it always boots from Recovery HD instead.

Update 2

I couldn't find a solution for why BootCamp's "Boot to OS X" functionality doesn't work. But I found a workaround today:

I set my master (macOS) as startup disk.
I installed BootChamp in macOS. It allows me to click "Restart into Windows". This doesn't change the startup disk but boots into Windows just one time.
When in Windows, I can simply reboot and it will start macOS again.

This way I can boot both operating systems without seeing the EFI boot menu.


texts: How to disable powerchime in macOS Catalina?

texts: I have found a lot of post through the internet using com.apple.PowerChime but I can't find this in Catalina.


texts: Is there a way to enforce straight mouse movement(horizontal, vertical, diagonal) in macos?

texts:
I was wondering if there is a way to enforce a straight pointer movement in macOS.
For instance when you are annotating a PDF document, you may want to make a straight stroke as an underline.
So what I'm looking for is a feature like when moving your pointers with the shift key pressed, then the pointer movement would be restricted to a straight line (either horizontal, vertical, or diagonal).
Is there such feature in macOS, or other applications which makes this possible?


texts:
I understand the move past Snow Leopard meant losing Rosetta, and compatibility with any PPC apps.

Since there are some apps that can't be replaced (for example, old years of TurboTax that I might need to reference) I have a drive to boot Snow Leopard, and one for Yosemite. I was considering the jump to El Capitan, when I saw the question Is VMware Fusion 5.0.5 compatible with OS X El Capitan? which got me wondering the question -

  Before installing a next generation OS, is there any way to find, in
  advance, which apps I have that would be orphaned by the move?

Edit, the answer below from Jean Valjean was what I needed. One app concerning me appeared as follows:

It might be tedious to search many apps, but at least this gives me a chance to view the top ones that will cause me grief.


texts: Windows not booting off external disc drive

texts:
I'm trying to install windows xp on Lion. This is a little bit complicated, but I was using this tutorial. I got to step 6, which is booting from the Windows XP disc. But it says "no bootable medium found -- insert boot disc and press any key." I think the problem is occurring because I am using an external dvd drive, because my internal one is broken. Why is this occurring.

Here is an image of the partitions from within disk utility:

Note: The image says the partition is formatted "Mas OS Extended (Journaled)" but it is actually  "MS - DOS (FAT)" It is like this because I formatted it using the disk utility on the install media for Snow Leopard.


texts:
So my iPhone is charged at 100% overnight, and when the battery gets to like 90%, the phone suddenly shuts off when I open an app like Facebook, Foursquare, Maps, etc...

I try turning it back on and the Apple logo appears. When it gets to the lock screen, the battery is still showing 90% but then the phone decides to turn off again. I can turn it back on, and the same thing happens. Occasionally, it'll get past the lock screen, but after I launch an app, the phone decides to shut off again. After a couple of on/off cycles (the battery still showing >80%), the phone decides to give up and displays the low battery/plug into charger icon, even when it said it had 80% battery a minute ago.

Anyone have the same problem and know a solution?


texts: Can no longer connect to shared Windows folder when selecting via finder

texts:
For some days I cannot establish the connection to shared Windows folder when selecting via Finder -> Locations/Network -> <hostname>, I always get Connection Failed. When I click Connect As no window asking for the credentials appears. (It does not matter if the credentials are stored in the keychain or not)
When I go via Go -> Connect to Server... -> smb://<hostname> it works just fine.
After I connect via Go ... I still see Connection Failed in Finder -> Locations/Network -> <hostname>. In addition, after a while this also seems to kill the connection.
The user I am connecting with has admin rights on the windows machine and read/write on all shared folders.
I am running 10.15.7.
Any ideas?


texts: Apple ID Rescue email - don't see the link to add rescue email

texts:
After logged in, I do the following (as per Apple site)

Navigate to My Apple ID using your web browser.

Click "Manage your account"

When prompted, sign in using your Apple ID and password.

Click Password & Security

You'll be asked to answer 2 of your 3 security questions before you can make any modifications. If you are unable to remember your answers, you can choose to send an email to your rescue email to reset your security questions.
Note: The option to send an email to reset your security questions and answers will not be available if a rescue email address is not provided. You will need to contact iTunes Store support in order to do so.

After you've validated your identity by correctly answering your security questions, click Edit to the right of your rescue email address.

Once you've finished editing your rescue email address, click the Save button directly below the email field.

But I don't see any link/button for the rescue email. Does anyone have any idea how to add rescue email address?

Here is a browser screen shot showing the "Security" section with neither a "Notification" nor "Rescue" email section:

For reference, here is that same page for a different user where the "Notification" section is shown.


texts: How to eject a DVD without logging in my Mac?

texts: I can not log in my Mac and I want to eject CD/DVD.


texts:
I’m purchasing a 2017 MacBook Pro and plan to use my old Mid-2011 iMac as a monitor in Target Display Mode.

I’ve discovered I need a USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 connection to make this work, but I’m having some difficulty finding a cable that works. I tried a USB-C to Mini-Display Port (using my work laptop, same as I’m ordering) without success.

Does such a cable exist?

I’ve seen male USB-C to female Thunderbolt 2 adapters that would require a male to male Thunderbolt cable, but they’re pricey and I’d like some confirmation that they work before I purchase one.

Can anyone confirm that this setup would work please?


texts: Using an Airport Extreme vs an Airport Express to extend network

texts:
I would like to add an additional airport to extend my wireless network.
I'm trying to decide between another 5th generation airport extreme (A1408) and a 3rd generation airport express (A1392)

Is there any benefits to using one over the other? I know the express has a 3.5mm audio jack, is there anything else? How does the performance compare?