texts: Which user name do I need to remotely log into my Mac?

texts: My username in the Mac login screen ("My Name", there is a space) doesn't match the one in Finder and terminal ("anothername"). Which one is my real username? The reason I'm asking is that I want to share media files over my home network, and when I was trying to access the media from another computer, it ask me for username and password. I don't know which one is my username I only know the password. I tried both and neither worked. Always says wrong username or password. I'm sure I know my password because that's how I login to my Mac. Could there be a third username? I'm completely lost.


texts: Data voice call between two apple phones

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My girlfriend and I will be travelling in USA and using ATandT pay as you go sim cards while there. The only problem is that we don't get International calling.

So I want my gf to be able to use data to void call family on their iphones.

But I don't know anything about apple, so I am not sure what is the best method. What is important is that it uses data and does not default to the cellular system and cost us mucho denairo!!


texts: Macbook Pro 5400RPM / 7200RPM and the effect on battery life

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Are there any conclusive tests on battery life for both of these disks?

It seems a 7200RPM would gain a great performance benefit, but if this would cost 1/2 of the battery life, I am not sure wether this would be a good choice.

What are your experiences?


texts: Disable alert e-mails from Mail / Calendar

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I recently got a Macbook Pro for work, and am pretty new to the platform. One of the annoying things I noticed, is that after I configured all of my Gmail accounts, I started automatically getting these "alert" e-mails for calendar appointments.

I don't want Mail or Calendar to send me alert e-mails, because I already get them directly from Google.

My question is: How can I disable these alert e-mails from occurring?


texts: Compiling LaTeX in Apple products: is something like pdflatex around?

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My Apple friends says that they cannot compile LaTeX. I don't have a Mac at hand to test what the problem is.

How can I get something like pdflatex to get LaTeX compiled on a Mac such as a MacBook or iMac?
What about iPad? How can I compile LaTeX on an iPad?

I suggested my friends to compile things on their servers and use Sshfs, more here, but they have problems getting MacPorts. I am now trying to find some local way of doing things.


texts: What is the proper form for "cert_identifier" when using "certupdate"?

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The required options for certupdate seem to have changed in macOS Sierra Server or before, and the manpages have not caught up yet.

When trying:

certupdate remove -c /etc/certificates/secure.domain.com.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890.cert.pem

certupdate throws this error:

certupdate[92173:961471] Unable to recreate the missing certificate ID for /etc/certificates/secure.domain.com.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890.cert.pem error = 2

If you just use certupdate by itself you get:

certupdate remove [-c cert_path] [-p cert_persistent_ref_base64] -i cert_identifier
certupdate replace -c old_cert_path [-p old_cert_persistent_ref_base64] -C new_cert_path [-P new_cert_persistent_ref_base64] -i old_cert_identifier -I new_cert_identifier

which says that now -i and -I are required, though not mentioned in the manpages or anywhere online that I can find.

Unfortunately, I've been unable to construct a proper cert_identifier for use with either version of certupdate and have tried to use secure.domain.com.[SHA-1] with and without various extensions, various paths including /etc/certificates, but to no avail. I also asked security to find the certificate, hoping it would show some kind of clue, but it did not.

The only thing I've found is that asking serveradmin about websites reveals a key called web:defaultSecureSite:mstCertificateIdentifier which contains a SHA-256 hash and the domain, but no combination I made of that works, either.

Does anybody have any idea how to use certupdate now that these options are required?


texts: How do I transfer photos from my iPhone to my computer without using iCloud?

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How do I transfer photos from my iPhone to my Windows desktop without going through an external network? I used to be able to plug the phone into the computer with a USB cable and it would show up as a drive in Windows Explorer, then I could right click and select "Import Photos and Videos". But now after I installed an update to iTunes, it's not showing up in Windows Explorer any more after I plug it in.

This happened before in this question, but I already installed all the Windows updates available, and I also restarted my computer, and I have the latest iTunes (12.4.1.6), and the latest iOS (9.3.2), so now I don't know what it could be. It was working a week ago.

This articles describes what I used to do, but it's not showing up in Explorer. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201302


texts: What parts can you upgrade on a MacBook Pro?

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If I buy a MacBook Pro, what parts can I upgrade later?

Is it possible to upgrade to more memory? Is it possible to upgrade to another harddrive? e.g. to a newer SSD-drive? Anything else that is possible to upgrade?


texts:
I just tried to upgrade my OS from Mavericks to Sierra.
The app store shows that I have installed Sierra (see pic), but "about this mac" and the command line both say I still have 10.9.5 (Mavericks).

Am I missing a step?  Or is this a bug and how do I solve it?


texts: Does the iPhone 5 support simultaneous voice and data on CDMA

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Possible Duplicate:
  Will the Verizon iPhone 5 be capable of accessing cellular data while on an active phone call?

I asked this question for the iPhone 4S. Now that the iPhone 5 is announced, will it do simultaneous voice and data on CDMA (not data on WiFi)?


texts:
I'm not even sure how to ask this question properly, but let me try.

I'm on Mojave 10.14.

I found a directory in my trash can that is extremely slow to delete. When I try to go into the directory, finder shows spinning at the bottom and does not displays the files in it. I've waited well over 10 mins.

When I try to use "ls" cmd in the terminal, it also takes over 10 mins and does not display anything.

When I try to empty the trash, it is EXTREMLY slow. The # of files deleted increases 1 per second (almost). I've waited well over 30 mins and it was still not finished.

How do I diagnose this problem and find a solution?

Update 1: Filesystem is APFS and the directory has more than  12,000,000 small json files.
Update 2: Finally counted the # of files and total size of the directory. The directory has 22,203,359 files and 27.59GB.


texts: Can we submit new TestFlight "pre-release" build while previous build is "In Review" (for beta review)?

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We submitted our app for beta review so that we can start using "External Testers" and go beyond the 25 person limit for Internal Testers. But while we are waiting for beta review to finish (currently "In Review") we need to keep testing internally and send out new builds.

What doesn't work: While we were in review for one build, I tried changing the version to 1.0.1 (from 1.0) and updating the build #, and submitting a new build. That basically killed off the review process for the previous build and I had to re-submit for Beta Review for the new one.

Is there any solution?


texts: MacBook Air no longer recognizes USB external HDDs, flash drives or SD cards

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My MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) is no longer recognizing a USB external HDD, flash storege and even SD cards anymore.

I did nothing different than usual before I confronted this big problem. My wireless optical mouse works fine with USB. Additionally, my external HDD power light is on when connected via USB and it appears on Disk Utility, but is not seen in Finder. (Finder options are OK).


texts: I'm upgrading to iPadOS 13 on iPad. How can I see the entire list of applications that the upgrade will temporarily remove?


texts: I have installed High Sierra in my MacPro 3,1 using Dosdude1 patcher and algorithm. However, the recovery HD was not created (don't know why). To use the patcher you must disable SIP, which must be re-enabled once the installation finishes. But I cannot do it from the Recovery HD because I don't have one. I have tried to do it booting from the patcher itself, but it does not work and ask you to boot from the Recovery HD. So I am engaged in a Next-For cycle or whatever name is used now. I created a USB flash with apple's High Sierra to boot from it but it neither works because, apparently, the installer checks MacPro Version and does not boot at all. I need to know which file (or files) I have to edit in the official apple installer in order to bypass the MacPro version check and be allowed to boot from the USB. Is that possible at all? Please explain. I know that I have seen something similar to boot Windows from a USB in unsupported MacBook Pros. Best, Juan de Marcos


texts: Dislike track or playlist recommendation

texts: On iOS I have the option to tell Apple Music that I don't like this recommendation. In iTunes this functionality doesn't seem to be present. Is this indeed not possible within iTunes or am I missing something?


texts: How to install a specific version of OCaml on MacOS?

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I am trying to install version 4.02.3 of OCaml on MacOS 10.14.6 with the following command
brew install ocaml@4.02.3

but I get an error
Error: No available formula with the name "ocaml@4.02.3"

I need that specific version to compile unison with that specific version, so I can use unison between a Linux box (where I cannot install a different version of ocaml and the Mac).


texts: Can I Change Track Attributes Without iTunes?

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I accidentally changed the Media Kind of an Audiobook to Voice Memo. I've never used Voice Memos on my iPhone and can't see any way to browse voice memos in iTunes to correct the issue.

I have found the Audiobook files in the iTunes Media folder but when I drag them back into iTunes it's still categorised as Voice Memos. I even tried manually moving it into the Audiobook folder in iTunes Media but it doesn't show up under Audiobooks in iTunes.

Is there a way to change the Media Type of a file before importing it into iTunes? Or, is there a way to view this file in iTunes somehow so I can change the attributes in there?


texts:
We have a fleet of iPads and iPhones that are having issues with iOS 7.1 and PDF attachments.

If we send the PDF that is having issues to an email on our exchange server then the PDF file will open as a blank white or black screen. If then sent to any other app it will not open (We use PDF Expert)

If we change any of the following it works and open just fine.

Use a gmail address and the same mail app.
Use the same PDF but opened and saved in a different PDf compatibility setting.
Open the same PDF from webmail.
Use a device running iOS 7.0 and open the PDF

I've reproduced the issue with 3 iOS 7.1 devices.


texts: How to rotate the touch input on an external touchscreen connected to a Macbook Pro?

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I am trying to connect an external touchscreen to a Macbook Pro (Mid 2015, macOS Mojave version 10.14.6). The touch input and the screen works, but by default the orientation of both of them is vertical. I need them to be horizontal.
I can easily change the orientation of the screen (following the steps described here), but while the screen is rotated, the touch input stays vertical - so e.g. when I swipe left to right, the cursor moves up-down.
I tried searching any mentions of similar problems and I went through all preferences, but I could not find anything related to my issue. Anyone experienced something similar?
FWIW, I am connecting the screen using hdmi, and the touch input is connected via USB.


texts: iPhone thief phished iCloud password. Can they decrypt iPhone contents?

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Long story short, a close friend had their iPhone stolen a few months ago. Just yesterday they got a text saying their phone was found with a link claiming to show the phone's location. Unfortunately, this person fell for the phish and ended up submitting their iCloud credentials. I assume that the thieves now have the ability to reset the phone.

The main worry here though, is whether the thieves are able to decrypt the contents of the phone? Is it possible for them to extract the data from the phone knowing the iCloud password?

EDIT: Also, is there any valid fear that they can extract the data directly from storage by connecting a USB cable to the phone or use any 3rd party apps to do this?


texts: Keyboard shortcut to decrease size of window?

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I am trying to decrease the size of a given window, vertically. I have to manually hover over the top edge of the window, wait for the double arrow to show up, then pull down.

Very annoying and time-consuming.

Is there a shortcut to achieve the same behavior?


texts: What Apps allow a user to join photos of arbitrary quantity and size?

texts:
I was surprised this does not exist and am considering writing the App myself in response. How can you merge multiple photos into a new merged photo?

Like:

Input

200x300 "A.jpeg"
200x500 "B.jpeg"
200x100 "C.jpeg"

Merged Output

200x900 "A+B+C.jpeg"

Thoughts? Do I need to go write this myself :)?


texts: Use macbook air as bluetooth handset for calling on android

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I want to use mac's mic and speaker for calls on my android phone.
I've tried handsfree2, but it doesn't work anymore. Airdroid also removed this feature.
Is there any app for mac/android to achieve this?


texts: Convert .pages to .pdf with images as a preview (or convert vectorized images to lossy formats within .pdf)

texts:
I have a long paper in which all of the pictures I drew and put them in the document as .pdf.
Is there a way to protect these images from copying by conversion to image formats such as (.jpeg, .png, etc.), i.e. lossy formats? When I make presentation in Keynote, there is an option to "print all images as a preview", which converts them all in such way. Is there something like that in Pages or can I somehow convert these image after I export the .pages file as a .pdf?
Please note, that I don't want to convert the whole .pdf to image as I would like the text to remain vectorized for better readability as the footnotes are written with small-sized font.


texts: iPhone 4 microphone not working in phone calls but working in other apps

texts:
People cannot hear me when I make a normal phone call. When I use Skype or Facebook call it works but not during a normal call.
I have done a phone reset already but didn't work
Any ideas?


texts:
OS X 10.9.5.

I have a /home directory in my filesystem. I want to remove it and create a symlink named /home pointing to /Users to make symlinks from GNU/Linux usable. But I cannot remove /home directory (rmdir: home: Resource busy) nor create any file under /home (Operation not supported).

Any solution?

Edit:
As @thomasjones pointed, there's really something mounted at /home. But what is that map auto_home?

$ df
Filesystem    512-blocks      Used Available Capacity  iused   ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2   624470624 579889472  44069152    93% 72550182 5508644   93%   /
devfs                371       371         0   100%      643       0  100%   /dev
map -hosts             0         0         0   100%        0       0  100%   /net
map auto_home          0         0         0   100%        0       0  100%   /home


texts: CLI unable to access files on external disk

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I have an external disk onto which I backed up my macOS 10.13 laptop, and now I want to pull some of the files off to use on my newer macOS 10.15 laptop.
I can both see and open (read/write) the files I want via the Finder.  But I cannot see them nor open them via the command line.  Permissions look right, according to Finder, i.e. my macOS 10.15 user owns the files and has read/write permissions.
What's preventing the CLI from accessing these files?
Image below shows very bottom of Finder window overlapping terminal window running Bash.  Note how Finder displays filename and modify date, but file is invisible to Bash.  Next image shows Finder Info for that file.


texts: Accidentally deleted a system framework, macOS screwed!

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I accidentally deleted AddressBook.framework. Now when I restart my iMac the system can't load this framework thus nothing is working.

I have a bootable disk of macOS Sierra but going to recovery mode and installing macOS Sierra is not possible because downgrading High Sierra isn't allowed.

Formatting my disk will result in losing all my files because I don't have a Time Machine backup.

How can I restore AddressBook.framework to get my system working again.


texts: Recently Played section of Apple's Podcast app not working?

texts:
I recently switched back to Apple's iOS podcast app, and it looks like the Recently Played ("Nylig spilt" in norwegian) section is not behaving properly. I can't make sense of which podcasts/episodes appears in this list, or in which order they are sorted.

Only some old podcasts appear here, and there is no logic to which one. The HighExistence podcast I have never started listeing to yet, and the other podcasts listed is really old, and not played using Apple's podcast app. I listened to these using Pocket Casts, but don't think this app can pick this up.

Also when I tap on "Show all" the list is not sorted at all. Not sorted after date or anything, just scrambled around.

I tried to delete the app and data, and install it back in again, without it working, except the HighExistence podcast was added, without me having listened to it yet.

So, anyone know the expected behaviour of this section, and maybe have a solution? I would guess it would show the podcasts I recently finished in sorted order, which would be useful.


texts: How to script Network Preferences using the CLI

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As the title implies for development I enable/disable Web proxies, however doing it through the UI is slow and cumbersome its also pretty inflexible.
I'm looking to control the following checked settings:

I tried using the following script to identify any changes but it did not work:
defaults read > current-defaults.txt

# Do change in UI and then run the following:
defaults read > changed-defaults.txt

diff current-defaults.txt changed-defaults.txt

This answer has information but is not as specific to solve solve my needs


texts: Terminal command to get all of a file's metadata?

texts: Is there any way to get all of the metadata associated with a file in Terminal? By "metadata" I mean things metadata and properties that are not stored in nor derived from the file's contents (i.e., checksum, UTD, image resolution, etc.), but rather reside in the filesystem's data about the file (i.e., last time changed, inode, permissions, extended attributes, etc.).


texts: How do I disable secondary display connective via HDMI on Lion/Mini?

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I have a late 2011 mini and the HDMI out is set up to go to my receiver and thence to my TV. When the TV is off, I would like it not to extend my desktop to it, but it is. How can I prevent that other than plugging and unplugging the HDMI cable?

Update: covers similar ground to Best practices for 2011 Mac mini connected to monitor + HDTV?


texts: How can I automatically eject volumes I no longer use?

texts:
I have a volume (saved as an encrypted sparsebundle) that I use from time to time.  For security reasons it should be ejected when not in use.  Of course I should do it myself, and usually I remember.  But not always.  Is there an automated way to do this as a back-up for fallible me?

Maybe a Folder Action attached to it that will eject it after a certain length of time (or even better, a certain length of time idle) or at a certain time of day?

Maybe a way to have it automatically ejected when the computer sleeps?  Currently, it is still there after computer sleep.  (I don't want to use logout because there are other processes I want to keep going.)


texts: How does my iMac know my location in the maps app, given that I use a VPN that has my IP about 200 miles from where my address is?

texts:
I have an iMac (Mid 2011, if it matters) and I just installed Mavericks.

When I launch the Maps app, it knows PRECISELY where I am, which I could certainly understand if it was using IP geolocation.  The catch is, I'm on a VPN connection, with the exit about 200 miles from my actual location.

If I use any of the IP geolocation websites, it shows my location at that VPN exit node, not where I actually am.

So, how DOES my computer know where it is?


texts: macos external USB keyboard command key not working

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I have a reliable external keyboard that worked normally with a macbook pro (2018). I've upgraded to a new macbook air and the command key isn't working with the external keyboard. For example I can't use any keyboard shortcuts such as ⌘-space for spotlight. It appears to be just the command key.
Other examples:

⌘C, ⌘V not working
⌘, for preferences not working
Menu bar items (such as Edit > Copy) have the ⌘C greyed out instead of black font.
Other keys work normally: tab, Enter, Ctrl-L (for clearing terminal screen for example).
Laptop keyboard working fine.

Attempted (failed) fixes:

Reboot
Reset SMC (also PRAM, NVRAM)
Check USB connections on different ports
Delete Libarary Prefs com.apple.HIToolbox.plist
Repeat the keyboard detection (Prefs > Keyboard > Change Keyboard Type...)

Keyboard type:
Coolermaster Quicksight Rapid-i mechanical keyboard. I have used it successfully with work laptops (windows and macbook pro) as well as an iMac (2012).


texts: Sub-window hidden behind another window... any way to retrieve other than minimizing?

texts:
My one grievance with how MacOS handles window management is that sometimes windows get hidden behind others and do not appear in the dock as they are not minimized. The only way to find these windows again is to minimize the windows in front of them. Is there a quick way to see all windows like in Microsoft Windows, where every window gets a spot in the dock?

For example, you are using the Mail app. You start writing an email. You start doing work in other windows without minimizing the message draft window. Lets say you open up 3 or 4 other windows. The only way to find that message draft window is to minimize those 3 or 4 windows. Is there a way to make the message window always appear in the dock so you can retrieve it from there?


texts: Desktop refreshing icons every 15 seconds or so

texts:
I've been on Mavericks since it was open to the general public.

But yesterday it started frequently refreshing he desktop icons, over and over again, possibly every 10-15 seconds.  It's very strange.

I'm not moving any windows or moving the mouse around.  Often I'm just reading a web page or some email and I'll notice the desktop repaint all the icons, then read a bit more, then notice it doing it again.

Macbook Pro retina, Mavericks.  Have noticed on 2 extern displays (Apple Thunderbolt display at work and on 1080p TV/monitor at home).  Laptop itself is typically closed.

I've posted other questions about desktop icon placement, not sure if any of that is related, just full disclosure.


texts: My iPhone 11 running iOS 13.3 won’t give permission to apps to use my camera or microphone

texts: I’ve rebooted, deleted and reinstalled apps. I’ve also reset my location and security settings.  No deal. This is affecting WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, messenger and many more. Sometimes it will say on the permissions page that it is allowing it and it still won’t and sometimes it won’t even give me the option to give permission. But it’s allowing me to insert photos on here. Any ideas?


texts:
Hi all. I used to be able to play music with my iPhone but now I can't.

I'm not sure what causes this problem, and I'm wondering if this is a hardware problem.

I performed a clean factory restore, made sure the volume is maxed, but there's no sound at all. I've installed an alternate music player but there's still no sound (even though volume is maxed).

Does anyone know if there's anything else I can do to reset the phone besides the factory restore option in iTunes?


texts: Cannot delete /usr/bin/python3 on Catalina

texts:
I just upgraded my macbook from Mojave to Catalina, and after that, I upgraded brew as well.
The result is, now I have two python3 binaries:

qxu@xqiang-mac-1:~$ which python3
/usr/local/bin/python3
qxu@xqiang-mac-1:~$ /usr/local/bin/python3 -V
Python 3.7.6
qxu@xqiang-mac-1:~$ whereis python3
/usr/bin/python3
qxu@xqiang-mac-1:~$ /usr/bin/python3 -V
Python 3.7.3

Wanted to delete the 3.7.3 version, but it didn't allow me:

qxu@xqiang-mac-1:~$ sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/python3
Password:
rm: /usr/bin/python3: Operation not permitted

So, there is no way to delete it?

By the way, only python2.7 libs could be found in /usr/lib, but not those of python3.7.3.

qxu@xqiang-mac-1:/usr/lib$ ll *python*
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  18 Feb 12 09:49 libpython.dylib -> libpython2.7.dylib
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  68 Feb 12 09:49 libpython2.7.dylib -> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  75 Feb 12 09:49 python2.7 -> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7
qxu@xqiang-mac-1:/usr/lib$ ll /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions
total 0
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    3 Feb 12 09:53 2.3 -> 2.7
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    3 Feb 12 09:53 2.5 -> 2.7
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    3 Feb 12 09:53 2.6 -> 2.7
drwxr-xr-x  10 root  wheel  320 Feb 25 12:03 2.7
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    3 Feb 12 09:53 Current -> 2.7

There is /usr/local/lib/python3.7, but it seems that was installed together with 3.7.6 version, since /usr/local/bin is the location of the newer 3.7.6 binary?

qxu@xqiang-mac-1:~$ ll -d /usr/local/lib/*python*
drwxr-xr-x  3 qxu  admin  96 Mar 10 11:30 /usr/local/lib/python3.7


texts:
I have a user with a MacBook Pro (late 2013) running OS X 10.10.5 "Yosemite" that can't acquire a DHCP address from our corporate Wi-Fi. It's a WPA2 Enterprise network with Meraki on the back end. From the Meraki tools I can see him authenticate successfully but just won't accept an IP.

It's worth nothing that we have a dozen other Macs (iMacs, MBPs, Mac Minis) all connected without issue. iPhones, Android, and Windows 7/8 all connect to the same network without issue as well.

Outside of an answer, are there some tools I can use to troubleshoot this better?


texts: Touch input from external monitor is recognized on the wrong screen

texts:
I have an external monitor that supports touch input. It's connected through HDMI and USB to my new MacBook Pro. When I touch the screen, the input is executed on the main display (so the internal one) instead of on the touchscreen itself (the external one).

I had a similar problem with my Windows laptop, but there is a setting for which screen the touch input is executed on. I couldn't find anything similar for Mac. Anybody got any tips?


texts: How to completely delete Bluetooth and network driver from MacBook Air?

texts:
I need to permanently delete Bluetooth and Network drivers (Wi-Fi and Ethernet) from my MacBook Air running macOS High Sierra, so there will be no way to have any connection except the USB.

Is that possible to do from csrutil and if yes, how?


texts: How can I change the default programs that open Outlook email attachments?

texts:
On my MacOS Catalina I chose already to always open JSON files with VSCode. This works from Finder.

But from Outlook (for Mac v16.35), when I get receive an email with a JSON attachment, the file icon shows the Xcode icon and the Open context menu or the double click on the attachment open Xcode.

How can I change the default programs such that even Outlook opens it using my system default application for that file.

I tried and did not work:

restarting Outlook after making VScode the default application for JSON files


texts: How to calculate the amount of space that iCloud Photo Library would take up?

texts:
I recently got the OS X 10.10.3 update, which got me Photos for OS X and the opportunity to use iCloud Photo Library. However, I'm a little worried about maxing out my iCloud storage if I upload every photo on every device I own, since I currently only have the free 5GB and I'm already cutting it kind of close.

I was wondering, is there a way to figure out how much iCloud storage my combined photo libraries (MBP, iPhone, and iPad) would eat up before turning on iCloud Photo Library and learning the hard way?


texts:
I am struggling to find a detailed guide on how to troubleshoot wifi once Kali Linux 2.0 has been installed.

I dual booted on my MacBook Air (El Capitan) Kali Linux 2.0, and as I have been warned, and seemingly could not avoid, I can't find the wifi interface.

After reading Debian manual, and a bunch of others, and trying them out, I seem to run into problems that are not listed.

Primarily I've narrowed down to this site for the most concise help:

  https://wiki.debian.org/wl#Broadcom_BCM4311.2C_BCM4312.2C_BCM4313.2C_BCM4321.2C_BCM4322.2C_BCM43224.2C_BCM43225.2C_BCM43227.2C_BCM43228.2C_BCM43142.2C_BCM4331.2C_BCM4352.2C_BCM4360_devices_.28wl.29

Can't make Module wl to work, and not sure what else to do, I've done all other steps, don't know where to go form here.
My specs are:

MacBook Air 15
Installed Kali Linux 2.0  64 bit - Dual-Booted on an OS X Extended Journaled Partition
My Wifi card chip is: BCM4360 14E4:43A0


texts: Can I copy the mac OS directly from my macbook pro to a card in the SD slot?

texts:
I bought a refurb macbook pro a few years back, to use for video editing. It came with Snow Leopard installed. I never upgraded beyond 10.6.8 as I still edit in FCP 7 and didn't want compatibility issues. Now I've reached the point where I need to upgrade my OS for pretty much everything other than video editing.

So I thought a good workaround might be to plug a microSD adapter into the SD slot, with a 128GB microSD card in it, and to install the OS 10.6.8 software on that. That way I could boot up from the SD drive when I need to do video editing, but the rest of the time I can just run the computer with the latest mac OS installed.

So here's my conundrum. When I bought the macbook pro as a refurb, it didn't come with software install disks. Is there a way to copy the 10.6.8 OS directly from my laptop to the microSD card? Or do I have to shell out the additional $ to buy another copy of 10.6.8 from the app store?


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I have an iMac from 2010 and the Snow Leopard DVD and I am trying to do a clean install of Snow Leopard on it. Then, if I use the Install Snow Leopard option from the DVD, when it restarts it hangs on the apple icon, but if I restart the Mac nothing happened to my HDD.

I also tried using booting the DVD by holding 'Option' when I restart it, and after I choose to boot from the DVD, it hangs on the apple icon and I can hear that the DVD stop spinning.

I boot it on safe mode and use the Apple Hardware Diagnose Tool and no issues have been shown. I will appreciate if anyone have an idea of how I can perform this clean install. Thanks!


texts:
I am trying to install Jira which requires java JDK.
I installed the latest Java JDK and it says it was successfully installed.
However I get an error:

Unable to locate an executable at “/usr/bin/java/bin/java” (-1)

when I try to install Jira (see this post)

the answers to that question do not work for me (setting JAVA_HOME), so what exactly should I do?

which version of JDK did you install, from where?

latest and from oracle

What does file /usr/bin/java return (and if it is a symlink, where does it point to)?

/usr/bin/java: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures:[x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64] [i386:Mach-O executable i386] /usr/bin/java (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64 /usr/bin/java (for architecture i386):  Mach-O executable i386

What is in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions

A/, Current/

What is in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/

Commands/, JavaPluginCocoa.bundle/, Resources/, Frameworks/, JavaVM_CodeSignature/, Headers/, Modules/

What is in /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/`

jdk


texts: Back camera vs. Back dual camera on iPhone X

texts:
When searching through my Photos library, I found four different descriptions of the back camera of the iPhone X:

iPhone X back camera 4mm f/1.8
iPhone X back camera 6mm f/2.4
iPhone X back dual camera 4mm f/1.8
iPhone X back dual camera 6mm f/2.4

4mm and f/1.8 vs. 6mm f/2.4 is about the telephoto lens, but why are some of my photos "back camera" and some (the majority) "back dual camera"?

Some of the non-"dual" photos can be explained by me maybe using an alternative camera app, but not (I think) all of them.


texts: my icloud is saying that it is not verified. What do I do?

texts: I cannot get my icloud to come on.  It is statiing that my icloud is not verified


texts: How to make iCal event repeat based on Chinese calendar?

texts:
My MacBook Pro running Yosemite has Finder in Simplified Chinese and iCal is set to show Chinese calendar dates next to the Gregorian calendar dates.

I know how to make events repeat every year on a certain Gregorian calendar date but how can I make events repeat every year on a certain Chinese calendar date (for example, for major Chinese festivals)?


texts: Issues using Firewire sound card with Thunderbolt adapter

texts:
I was using a Saffire Pro 40 card on a macbook via FireWire.
I now need to use it on a mac mini and it only has Thunderbolt ports and no Firewire.

I've got a Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter and power the sound card with a power supply, but it simply doesn't get listed in System Information.

The manufacture mentions it should work:

  Thunderbolt™ Compatible In common with all Focusrite Saffire
  interfaces, Saffire PRO 40 is compatible with Thunderbolt ports via
  the use of a FireWire to Thunderbolt adaptor (not included). An
  external power supply is recommended for use in Thunderbolt
  applications, particularly when using phantom power.

Has anyone else experienced this ? What should I check ?

How can I get a Saffire Pro 40 working via Thunderbolt on a mac mini ?


texts: So I installed Ubuntu on an external disk via my MacBook Pro 2016 with a USB flash. Now whenever I try installing another Linux distro such as Pop_OS I see the GRUB loader complaining about a bunch of stuff and I also had to change my booting disk to my macOS Catalina so I understand that GRUB is the main loader rather than the default macOS one. Is there a way for me to completely remove GRUB without having to reinstall macOS?


texts: screen sharing from Windows to Mac over LAN

texts:
What software do I need to install / use on a Windows box to be able to remote desktop into OSX locally on LAN?

Versions don't matter really, but to be specific: OSX 10.7.5, with "VNC viewers may control screen..." enabled, Windows can be any flavor of 7 or 8.

As it has to be local but also because of the policy, I can't use commercial / free TV, CRD, LMI, etc. on the Mac side, and prefer not to install anything on the Mac as it already has a built-in VNC server (as well as ARD installed). I can however install viewers / clients on the Windows side.

Tried Real VNC (including Enterprise trial) - it gets stuck on the login screen and I can't get past it.

Any ideas are welcome - thanks in advance.

(Tried to find threads that ask (or answer) this exact question but couldn't find anything. Regardless - apologies if this is a duplicate.)


texts: Can I use Adblock/Adblock Plus to block ads in games that are not in a browser?

texts:
Occasionally, there are apps that embed little chunks of the Internet. In most cases, this is a good thing. However, occasionally they are used to display ads.

This is annoying, especially if I've contributed to the development of the software. As a software developer that uses ads to make money, I know that I'd be fine with someone contributing via PayPal and deciding not to view the ads.

This is my situation with quite a few apps: I've contributed to their development and I don't want to be nagged with ads or otherwise. One, in particular, embeds a mini-browser to display ads.

Is there any way I could block such ads using ABP or other OS X software?


texts: A keychain could not be found to store ""

texts:
Just got a new Macbook, my first Mac in 5 years, and I'm having trouble getting it to save my Wifi network information. If I remember correctly, I was able to connect to the network at the office with no trouble, but when I try to connect to my home network, I get the error in the title: A keychain could not be found to store "<network name>".

I then get the option to Cancel or Reset to Defaults. When I select Cancel, it connects just fine, but won't reconnect if I leave the house and return, or shut wifi off and turn it back on. If I select Reset to Defaults, a dialog box pops up asking for my login password, but I can't type in the box. I click on the text box, but typing does nothing.


texts: Time Machine gets filled up even when I'm not doing anything

texts:
I'm not producing any huge files but my Time Machine disk (external SSD) gets filled up pretty quickly. It was happening on Catalina with HFS+ formatted drive, but it's happening on Big Sur when I reformatted the disk to APFS.
I guess the reason is that there's probably some huge file that gets slightly modified, and Time Machine backs it up as a completely new file.
Is there any way to debug this? Can I see what's inside the latest snapshot - what was added in the latest backup?


texts:
I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.8 and I'm trying to configure a vHost. I configured it and it gave me a 403 Forbidden, and I'm having trouble giving _www permission to read/write in ~/Document/workspace/dev

httpd.conf, I thought this might be causing trouble with me accessing public host, not vHost, but I'm not sure.

    #
    # ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself.
    # This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify
    # it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
    #
    # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
    #
    #ServerName www.example.com:80

    #
    # DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
    # documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
    # symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
    #
    DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"

I also made sure to uncomment the include on this:

    # Virtual hosts
    Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

And I defined these vHosts in httpd-vhosts.conf

    <VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
    </VirtualHost>

    <VirtualHost *:80>
            DocumentRoot "/Users/isaacbeckett/Documents/workspace/dev"
            ServerName isaac.local
            ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/isaac.local-error_log"
            CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/isaac.local-access_log" common

            <Directory "/Users/isaac/Documents/workspace/dev">
                    AllowOverride All
                    Order allow,deny
                    Allow from all
            </Directory>
    </VirtualHost>

And here is my /etc/hosts file:

    ##
    # Host Database
    #
    # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
    # when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
    ##
    127.0.0.1       localhost
    255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
    ::1             localhost
    fe80::1%lo0     localhost
    127.0.0.1       isaac.local

I've flushed the local cache with dscacheutil -flushcache
 several times and tried chmod 755 ~/Documents as well, but no success. Can someone please help me figure this out?


texts: Is there a way to create a polar plot in Numbers?

texts: I am trying to do a polar plot, or radar chart as excel calls them, for a report. I don't have excel, only Numbers, is there a way to do that type of plot with Numbers? I can't seem to find a way. The closest thing to a polar plot that I was able to create was a point cluster with the data transformed from polar to cartesian coordinates, but this doesn't center the axis at 0,0.


texts: How to synchronize new Notes from iPad to Mac

texts: I upgraded my iTune to iTune 11, and no longer find the option to synchronize note. I do not like to use iCloud (no WiFI or Cellular), but cannot figure a way to synchronize (or download) the note on my iPad to my Mac's Note.app.


texts: I am connecting a MacBook Pro to an external 4K monitor and mirroring the displays. The display actually shows a warning with the actual resolution when the input is not 4K. If I select the "Best for ..." option in Settings, the output is 4K as expected. However, all other scaled options are outputting at 1080p. Is this expected? I saw somewhere that if I use DisplayPort instead of HDMI, I may have additional options, but I can't find any official documentation. Is that true?


texts: Mac wants to connect to an old / dead server

texts:
My mac is still trying to connect to an old Time Capsule that doesn't exist anymore.

I went to Finder -> Go -> Connect to servers and could see the old TimeCapsule server address:

"afp://Timey%20Wimey%20Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local"

(It was not listed in the favorites box however)

Running OS 10.12.1

Details: A year ago I had a time capsule set up with my mac. I had my iTunes library on there but the stress killed the hard drive in the Time Capsule.  I have since done away with the TimeCapsule but my mac continues to search for the server.

afp://Timey%20Wimey%20Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local


texts: Deleted files from MacBook but space is not being cleared

texts:
Today I moved a folder (a folder I created myself that contained video files) from my HD that was almost 100GB in size to an external HD (I don't use Time Machine/never have) and once I ejected the external HD I moved the original folder to the trash and emptied it. This was about 8+ hours ago and the space is still not freed up on my HD.

I already tried re-indexing spotlight and that didn't help either. I am out of ideas. My HD is showing as having 10 GB of free space when it should be around 110 GB of free space. I've also re-started my computer several times.

I run Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.

ETA: I can delete other files now (like I just deleted a smaller 3 GB file and that bumped my free space up to 14 GB but how can that be possible? It's like the huge folder I deleted never actually cleared but smaller files are being cleared.


texts: Is there anyway to add the Mic icon to the Swype keyboard?

texts: I really like the 3rd party Swype keyboard, but it is missing the Mic button.  Is there a gesture or something to engage the Siri Microphone?


texts: snow leopard(10.6.5)freezes on startup with bootcamp and windows7

texts:
Help! I've installed boot camp and Windows 7 on my black Macbook Santa Rosa (2.4Ghz, 4GB RAM) and have a serious problem where I can no longer boot into OSX.
OSX freezes with the apple logo and timer, but also has an extra progress bar that I have not seen before.

Has anyone else encountered or heard of this problem?

This is the second time that this exact thing has happened (the last time I just reinstalled everything, as I wanted to increase the size of the windows partition anyway), but really don't have the time to go through all of that again.
The first time that this happened, I ran disk utility from the Snow Leopard disk, and attempted to verify permissions and disk but to no avail.

Any help would be most appreciated...


texts: Changing character encoding from Unicode to Ascii

texts:
I need to convert the character encoding in some text files created by a third-party app on my MBP Catalina 10.15.6.  I'm in unfamiliar waters here, so please indulge my ignorance.  Also, please note that the 3rd party app is not the subject of this question - understanding how to reconcile the different character sets used in macOS is the subject.
I use an application (LTspice) on my MBP occasionally.  There is also a Windows version of LTspice.  LTspice provides a GUI for creating a circuit schematic, and LTspice creates a plain text file (.asc extension) to encode the schematic and other directives and parameters created in the LTspice GUI; this is the file I need to convert.
I assumed the .asc files were not ASCII-encoded, and so I ran the file utility on the .asc file to learn how they were encoded:
% file -I '/Users/seamus/Documents/LTspice/Rounding demo-MacMod.asc'
/Users/seamus/Documents/LTspice/Rounding demo-MacMod.asc: application/octet-stream; charset=binary

binary?!...  This made no sense to me. I can open and edit this file in TextEdit.  All of the characters are recognizable ASCII characters - which I understand to be a subset of UTF-8.
My next step was to open the file in the BBedit app.  This revealed new information.  According to BBedit, the demo-MacMod.asc file reported by file -I as binary is actually: "UTF-16 Little Endian" format.  I know this is confusing... In an effort to clarify, I've placed a couple of screenshots below to illustrate how this file is rendered in BBedit and TextEdit.  The extra byte (¿) in the BBedit screenshot is a NUL.
I need a method (that I can automate/script) to convert these "UTF-16 Little Endian" files to "US-ASCII". I thought that the iconv tool would be perfect for this job:
iconv -l
...
# long list of character encodings which included:
US-ASCII
UCS-2LE UNICODELITTLE

UCS-2LE UNICODELITTLE looked like the best match to "UTF-16 Little Endian", but:
% iconv -f 'UCS-2LE UNICODELITTLE' -t 'US-ASCII' '/Users/seamus/Documents/LTspice/Rounding demo-MacMod.asc' > '/Users/seamus/Documents/LTspice/Rounding demo-MacMod-iconvASCII.asc'
iconv: conversion from UCS-2LE UNICODELITTLE unsupported
iconv: try 'iconv -l' to get the list of supported encodings

I don't know why I get this response. Clearly iconv -l says that UCS-2LE UNICODELITTLE is supported. Whether it's the correct match for "UTF-16 Little Endian" is another question, but I find nothing in the list that looks to be a better match.
So this is the gist of my question. I think it could be answered in one of two ways:

What is my error in the use of iconv, or in my reading of man iconv or iconv -l?

Is there another option for converting "UTF-16 Little Endian" to "US-ASCII" that can be automated/scripted?

SCREENSHOTS:
in TextEdit:

in BBedit:


texts:
I am trying to find an iPad app which I can use to keep track of my personal and business finances. I am currently both employed by a company and self-employed working on my own projects in my spare time which make a little money. It's a hobby business really but turns over enough money to warrant keeping track of.

I would like to be able to have one section for business where I put income and expenses for that and then a separate personal bit where I can put the income from my business as well as the income from my 'real' job and then be able to make note of my own personal spending and bills.

So far I've only been able to find 2 separate apps.

Edit
Must be able to work in the UK!


texts: iMac running on external SSD won't boot from it after upgrade to Catalina

texts:
it seems a very similar problem has been reported. Nevertheless, its resolution is not clear and seems to be a matter of chance.
For clarity let me add the following background info:
For a couple of months I've been successfully running my 2013 iMac from an external SSD (for speed reasons). Initially, the SSD was a clone of my internal High Sierra Macintosh HD. Since then, program updates and content were added successfully to the SSD.
Today I performed a successful upgrade to Catalina. The system looked fine.
I then performed another recommended security + Safari update. When completed the Mac booted to the old High Sierra OS from the internal HDD!
I used the Startup preferences to set the external 10.15 OS X SSD as boot disk - no effect! still booting from HDD.
I tried rebooting into Recovery mode (cmd+R+power) to get access to the disk utility - no effect! the boot process form HDD continued regardless of that. This key combination worked fine when I cloned my HDD.
The same happened when I tried NVRAM reset (opt+cmd+R+P) - the boot process form HDD continued regardless of that.
I disconnected the SSD and tried again Recovery mode and NVRAM reset. This time the key combination commands seem to work, but even though I selected to boot from the SSD, which I reconnected, iMac simply booted from the internal HDD.
I made the above attempts following advices provided in various forums where success was reported on sporadic cases.
Is there any structured procedure (or another wild idea), to set it right? i.e. make iMac boot from the external Catalina SSD
Comments:

The external SSD is now displayed in Finder as two disks: Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD - data. This was probably created during the upgrade to Catalina. No idea why. (The internal HDD was never partitioned throughout all previous OS X upgrades).

If worse comes to worst, I have a Time Machine backup of the SSD prior to the Catalina upgrade. Not sure how to use it under the circumstances.

Thanx


texts: Window drag delay to move across spaces: Adjust in Yosemite

texts:
The tip presented here (http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/10/change-the-delay-when-dragging-windows-within-spaces/) no longer works.

Is there a new setting we can use?

I know how petty this sounds, but 1000 milliseconds is far too long to wait.


texts:
I cannot save Contacts in High Sierra. I have tried following instructions for deleting the .plist in the User Library, but there is no "Show Library" option within the Finder's View>Show View Options.

Any advice? I'm unable to locate the .plist and unable to save contacts...


texts: How willl a Mac Mini's SSD effect the maximum process size when use swap?

texts:
Reading, possibly out of date info, elsewhere OS X seems to limit the maximum process size according to the total RAM and a fixed proportion of the available disk.

The new 2018 Mac Mini is very tempting, but what will the effect of limiting myself to a 128G or 256G in terms of process size?

I'm currently use Wolfram Mathematica to do so some weighty audio simulation on a 2009 16Gigabyte 2.88Ghz 4 Core Mac Pro with OS X El Capitan installed on a 256G SSD and piles of extra SATA HD. Every so often Wolfram come to a dead stop and quits, which may be a memory issue but I'm not sure.


texts: AppleScript: how to open the terminal fullscreen and execute commands

texts:
I need an applescript, which can do the job below:

open the application Terminal with fullscreen
run some scripts

Here is what I've tried:

tell application "Terminal"
    tell window 1
        activate
        tell application "System Events"
            keystroke "f" using {control down, command down}
        end tell
        do script "cd Documents/'cpp project'/test3" in window 1
        do script "./matrix.out" in window 1
    end tell
end tell

But it doesn't work.


texts: Is it possible to use Linux USB drivers on Mac OS X?

texts:
I have a USB device that I use on a daily basis and it has Linux and Windows drivers. I would like to use this device in Mac OS X (meaning not through a VM). Is it possible?

edit
System requirements from the read me:

Linux 2.4 or 2.6
System setup for kernel compilation.


texts: Mountain Lion Mail using over 40GB of memory

texts:
Mail in Mountain Lion (10.8.3) seems to be having one heck of a memory leak.

As you can see, it's using over 44GB of memory and 200% CPU.

Machine specs:

Mac Pro
2 x 2.4 GHz 6-Core Xeon
64GB RAM
SSD drive


texts: Warnings after changing Sudden Motion Sensor with pmset

texts:
I'm following the Optimisation Guide from Avid for my Pro Tools software.

On the Disable Sudden Motion Sensor section, I get these errors after entering sudo pmset -a sms 0 in Terminal for turning the Sudden Motion Sensor off:

Warning: Idle sleep timings for "Battery Power: may not behave as expected. - Disk sleep should be non-zero whenever system sleep is non-zero.
Warning: Idle sleep timings for "AC Power" may not behave as expected. Disk sleep should be non-zero whenever system sleep is non-zero.

I then typed: sudo pmset -g to verify it it had worked (as per the guide's instruction) and got this:

Battery Power       -1*
AC Power        -1
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         10800
 standby              1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             0
 gpuswitch            2
 disksleep            0
 sleep                2 (sleep prevented by coreaudiod, com.apple.WebKit.WebContent)
 autopoweroffdelay    14400
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         2
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

I have no idea what any of  this means (the errors or the table).

Being worried, I then re-enabled the Sudden Motion Sensor using: sudo pmset -a sms 1, however, I was met with the same two errors messages that I posted above when turning it off.

I'm a bit worried, have I messed something up and how do I correct these errors?

Note

The message sleep prevented by coreaudiod, com.apple.WebKit.WebContent, did not appear a 2nd time when repeating. No idea what this is either.

System: Macbook Early 2015 13" Retina OS X El Capitan 11.6


texts: Can't find where macOS FUSE is on my system to uninstall and update it

texts:
I get this error message every time I login (after recently updated to Catalina).

  The installed version of FUSE is too old for the operating system. Please upgrade your FUSE installation to one that is compatible with the currently running version of macOS.

Can't find it to uninstall it. I've done searches everywhere.


texts: How to download older version of an app from AppStore if you have older version of iOS?

texts: I just got an iPhone 5 which has iOS 10. But some apps need iOS 11 or higher. I knew that these apps can be used on iOS 10 before, because of my friend. I found several solution if I downloaded the app before with my Apple account, I could download it to old iOS from purchased section on AppStore. But I couldn't find any solution if I didn't download the app before. How can I download an older version of an app in this situation?


texts: Is it normal for it to take hours to delete a Time Capsule "sparsebundle"

texts:
I'm trying to make room on my time capsule to make backups (it currently tells me it's full).

I got help in this question with how to delete individual backups, but it didn't solve the problem.   Even after I'd deleted all the backups Time Machine sees, I still have a ~700GB sparsebundle on the time capsule.

So, I'm trying to manually delete it, but it doesn't appear to be making progress.  I had this for about an hour:

and then it switched to this:

I realize that might seem like progress, but note the lack of blue filling up the progress bar.  It's been like that for hours now.

Is this normal?  Is there a better way?

Note that I really don't want to reformat the TC because I have other files that I've manually saved there, plus my wife's TC backups.

EDIT: Nothing was happening.  It was apparently too much for Wifi.  Once I connected via ethernet, I was able to delete, but it took the better part of a day.


texts: iPhone 8 purchased through AT&T change to T-Mobile

texts: I was able to purchase an iPhone 8 through my company with AT&T being the carrier.  I have since left the company and would like to use the phone with a T-Mobile plan.  When I put the T-Mobile SIM card in I receive the message Not Unlocked for that Network.  Any suggestions on how to make this work or can I use the phone w/AT&T only?


texts:
I have a Macbook Air 15".  A few days ago, it started running extremely slowly, with the fan at max RPM.  I opened Activity Monitor and discovered that I had kernel_task running at about 400% CPU, despite the fact that my computer felt ice cold.  Turns out, one of my sensors (the GPU sensor, to be precise) is apparently acting up and reading a good 10 degrees celsius higher than any of the others.

My question is, can I tell the computer to ignore that one sensor?  The other sensors are all functioning properly, so I'm not worried about overheating.  I just want the machine to stop thinking it needs to compensate for nonexistent heat by slowing me down when I try to use it.  A software solution would be preferable, since I'm a relative idiot when it comes to hardware.


texts:
In the El Capitan installer splash screen, it says, "To repair your disk using disk utility, restore your computer from a Time Machine backup, or perform other tasks using utilities, choose an option from the Utilities menu."

However, Time Machine is not an option in the Utilities menu! Is there a way around this? I want to restore directly from a Time Machine backup, but my device (2008 iMac) does not support Recovery Mode.


texts: Right-click on a MacBook Pro running Windows 7?

texts:
I've got a Macbook Pro whizzing it's way through the postal system towards me which I intend to run Mac OS X and Windows 7 On.

I was wondering how the MacBook Pro does right clicks in windows, I'm lead to believe that clicking with two fingers rather than one will right click in Mac OS but does the same apply to Windows on a MacBook?


texts: How to disable "ignore ownership" option on an external volume on Mac OS X El Capitan?

texts:
I'm using a MacBook Pro 13'' mid-2012 running Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11.6).
My problem is similar to https://serverfault.com/a/402216/616473.
I use rsync to create backups from my internal drive to an external USB drive.
In order to save disk space, I would like the backups to be incremental. For that, I use rsync with the --link-dest option. It should result with rsync not transferring the unchanged previously backed up files. Instead, rsync should create hard links to those files.
rsync -arv --link-dest=/Volumes/EXTERNAL-HDD/backup-1/ /folder-to-backup/ /Volumes/EXTERNAL-HDD/backup-2/

For example, the files that have been backed up during Backup 1, and that have not changed since then, should not be transferred during Backup 2. Instead, in the folder backup-2/ should be hard links to those previously transferred files.
But rsync doesn't work properly in my case and it is not hard-linking the files (and is copying it twice). The reason for this problem is that rsync is not getting the real UID of the files : https://terminalapp.net/backups-rsync-and-link-dest-not-working/ because of the "ignore ownership" option that is enabled by default on Mac OS X.
So I would like to disable this "ignore ownership" option for the external drive. After some googling, I understand that there are two different ways : via the Finder (there should be a checkbox in the "Get Info" section of the drive) or via the Terminal (Change "ignore ownership on this volume" from the command line for Mac OS X volume).
I can't find the checkbox.
I tried to that :
sudo diskutil enableOwnership disk2s1

with disk2s1 being my external drive.
But I got the following error : Error enountered enabling user/group ownership: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-69860)
So, how the hell can I just turn off this ignore ownership for my specific external drive ?
Thank you for your answers


texts: Which cities have "flyover" in iOS 6 Maps?

texts: Is there a list of which cities have 3D flyover data that is actually 3D and not an attempt to map a satellite image on false perspective? If not, could we crowd source this in a wiki-type answer?


texts: Automatically disable network activity for apps when on a Portable Hotspot

texts:
Very often, on my Mac, I'm connected with to the 4g Portable hotspot created on my iPhone.

The mac recognises it as the portable hotspot, and can even turn it on (I understand this came with the latest software latest updates).

Now I wonder, since it can differentiate between regular Wi-Fi network and portable hotspot created on an iPhone, is it possible to automatically turn off syncing services/apps/ etc. whenever I'm connected to the 4g hotspot?

I'm running macOS Mojave 10.14.2.


texts: MBP A1150 still does not power on after logic board replacement

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Two years ago my MacBook Pro A1150 Core Duo 15" died. How? Basically the MagSafe will stay green, but the machine will not power on. The DVD drive will make some noise, but it will do nothing else.

I took it to Apple service and they diagnosed a burned logic board; please shell out $1000 kthxbye. So the machine went in a drawer for the next two years.

Recently I bought a brand new logic board replacement on eBay at $250 with the hope of bringing new life to the MBP. I followed the iFixit guide for logic board replacement to the letter, and Ii'm pretty sure I did everything correctly.

However, when I connected it to the power adapter, it will show up green, but it will not power on. The DVD drive makes some noise, but it will do nothing else.

If this sounds exactly what was happening before, then you would be right. So I'm tempted to believe that Apple service did a bad/lazy diagnostic and the problem is something else. The question is how to diagnose the source of the problem?

I am tempted to think it might be the left-side I/O board which houses the power controller. But I would like to be sure before going back parts shopping.


texts: Missing operating system can’t install new Os

texts: The MacBook Pro was brought to me with a windows 10 bootcamp but the Mac OS portion is corrupt so it only boot to windows. When i was unable to install Mac OS Sierra on the hard drive so I removed the hard drive from the MacBook and format it in another MacBook with Mac OS extended journal format. When I insert the hard drive back to the MacBook this is the error I keep getting “Missing operating system” now I can’t install any Os on it. Any help will be appreciated


texts: How can I enable keyboard shortcut preference after modifying it through `defaults write com.apple.symbolichotkeys AppleSymbolicHotKeys`?

texts:
I modify keyboard shortcut by defaults command.
For example,
# Disable "Search word in terminal man page index"
defaults write com.apple.symbolichotkeys AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 124 "<dict><key>enabled</key><false/><key>value</key><dict><key>parameters</key><array><integer>65535</integer><integer>26</integer><integer>262144</integer></array><key>type</key><string>standard</string></dict></dict>"

# Change "Move focus to next window" shortcut to Alt + Tab
defaults write com.apple.symbolichotkeys AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 27 "<dict><key>enabled</key><true/><key>value</key><dict><key>parameters</key><array><integer>65535</integer><integer>48</integer><integer>524288</integer></array><key>type</key><string>standard</string></dict></dict>"

How can I enable to work them without restart OS?
I expect there are some Input Service and need to restart it.
ex. killall SomeInputService


texts:
Is there an equivalent product/method for AutoHotkey. For those that don't know, its a product that allows you to program your mouse movements and keyboard. This allows me to "macro" certain functions on programs instead of having to do it manually. In the old days they used to call them keyboard stuffers. But that is only half of the solution as I need a "mouse movement" stuffer as well.

Is there such a beast?


texts: Cannot set up Touch ID, unlock System Preferences, or reinstall Big Sur [2020 Intel MBA i3]

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Today I have upgraded my 2020 Intel MacBook Air to Big Sur (11.1). Since upgrading, I am unable to unlock the "lock" in the System Preferences panels that require it (the window "jiggles" even with the right password) and I am unable to set up Touch ID (after entering the password it doesn't prompt me to register a new fingerprint).
I saw in other answers that others used the resetpassword utility from Recovery mode, so I did this too. The problem persisted even after changing the password. The linked answer recommends creating a new admin user, but I cannot do that as I can't unlock the "padlock" in System Preferences to do so. I also reset NVRAM to no avail.
Ultimately, I chose to reinstall Big Sur from recovery, but entering the password to unlock the disk does not "do" anything, as in, the password entry window simply fades out but the installation does not move forward and I am still able to click on the "unlock" button again.
I was wondering if anyone knew how I can solve this issue. Since the computer is relatively new, I don't mind completely resetting it.
Thank you very much.


texts: Selecting correct offline update file for iPad 2

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I can't download from the update of my iPad 2 through iTunes. My internet connection is unstable. iTunes is giving me a hard time.

So, I googled around a bit and stumbled on this website, iClarified which allows me to download the *.ipsw files, with resume capability. Ok, found it.

Please let make some noise if I shouldn't download form this website.

Now, the issue is there are several updates for my iPad2.For the latest 5.1, I have 4 updates files to choose from,

5.1.0 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): iPad2,1_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw
5.1.0 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw
5.1.0 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw
5.1.0 (iPad 2 Unknown): iPad2,4_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw

Now, I am not sure, which one is for me.

My iPad is with Wifi and I am under GSM network. So, with this, either update #1 or update #2 is for me. As every iPad comes with wifi, so I am assuming the update #2 is correct for my phone.

Is all my deduction correct? I really want to think twice before messing with it.


texts: How to join an Active Directory domain in Lion?

texts: where do I begin in joining an OS X Lion workstation to an existing AD Domain (Server 2008 R2)?


texts: macOS Mojave CalendarAgent runaway process

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I'm using Google Calendars on more than one account.

Everything was fine in macOS High Sierra, but after upgrading to macOS Mojave, the CalendarAgent process sat at about 100% CPU, continuously.

The only way I could hold the fans quiet is by freezing it by running:

killall -STOP CalendarAgent

But that's not really a solution. All it does is prevent the runaway process from executing. Consequently, the Calendar.app client doesn't work anymore.

Anyone encounter the same problem? Any ideas on a proper fix?


texts: How can I create an entry in the /Applications folder that runs a command in the terminal?

texts: I would like to have an item in the /Applications folder that will open a new terminal window and run a specific command inside. How can I create this?


texts: I have a Dell monitor that is connected to my 15inc macbook pro 2019 model via displayport-usbc cable. The monitor is powered by its AC adapter cable. Is it possible to use the "USB 3.0 downstream port with BC1.2" port to power my macbook? Im trying to minimise moving around my macbook charger, so if I can power it through the monitor itself, that would be great. So if I bought a USB 3.0 to USB-C cable, would it power my macbook?


texts: macOS/iOS devices reconnect automatically to airplay/bluetooth device disturbing intended audio stream

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I have a wireless airplay/bluetooth speaker and a number of macOS and iOS devices. I am facing one issue that drives me crazy.

Let's say I watch a movie from one MacBook using AirPlay to connect to the speaker. After few minutes some of the other devices connects i.e. to play notification (usually I cannot even hear it) and the intended audio stream stops being played - I need to switch back and forth to other device to revert original audio stream being played on the speaker.

It would be insane to disconnect all the other devices from this device each time. Also the reality is that due to i.e. pure network or device being suspended for some time it will reconnect again disturbing the intended video stream all over again. And since most of the devices are also paired to same device via bluetooth (to be able to use it while being out of WiFi coverage) the problem is actually doubled.

Ideally I would see one of either being able to disable autoconnect to wireless speaker or being able to detect the device is already in use and prevent to connect only then. One more could be that maybe the loudspeaker device is not just broadcasting its presence but also if it's ready to accept default/spontaneous  connection - not sure if there is such thing in the protocol.

Update: There is a kind of workaround for a bluetooth (less important) part of the question which disables auto reconnect to any audio device
Prevent auto-pairing for certain devices (Bluetooth) by:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist DontPageAudioDevices 1


texts: Finder is not saving my changes at Desktop (i.e Arrangements)

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Less than a week ago, I just upgraded my MacBook Pro (Early 2015) to macOS 10.13.1.
I am not sure if the problem was caused by this. Everything was fine, nothing went wrong during the installation, but after a few days I noticed that Finder wasn't saving my Desktop looks/arrangements.

Yes, I tried to delete Finder preferences and restart Finder.

Yes, I tried to delete .DS_Store file.

Yes, I tried to delete and recreate ~/Desktop folder.

I also looked at this apple discussion, this post on OSXDaily and this post at macosx.com but none of the solutions worked.

So now, here is my question: How can I make Finder save my desktop arrangements without reinstall?

EDIT: I just did a Disk First Aid now, and it didn’t seem to help.


texts: Is there WindowTabs like app on Mac OS X?

texts:
On Windows, I love to use an app called WindowsTabs.

  WindowTabs runs in the background and attaches a tab to each of your application windows. Drag one tab onto another and create a tabbed group. By organizing your windows into logically related groups, you can more easily manage a large number of open windows.

I searched google for Mac equivalent, but got nothing so far.

Does anyone know a similar app?


texts: Gifting an App Store app to an Apple ID that is part of a Family Sharing family?

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I want to give an app to a friend as a gift. My friend is joined to an Apple Family Sharing family and has access to the apps within that family, and also does not have her own payment method registered due to this.

My questions:

If I gift the app to my friend, does the entire family get access? (This isn't a problem, but it's something that I think would need to be communicated, especially if others in the Family Sharing plan decide to use the app and then my friend later leaves the family)
If my friend decides to leave the Family Sharing plan, will she retain access to the app I gifted her under her own Apple ID, or will it revert to being owned by the Family Sharing family owner?
If my friend uses in-app purchase to buy an add-on for the app (not a transient item like coins or credits, but say unlocking a feature), will that attach to her own Apple ID (and thus be available should she disconnect from the family sharing plan) or will it belong to the family and thus not be available later?


texts: How to turn on macbook internal screen without rebooting system when booted as external monitor?

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I faced one issue in macbook.
I booted macbook pro as closed lid with external monitor connection and with AC power supply.
But once there is power cut in residence place.
My external monitor is tunned off. (Consider as I am not using UPS.)
How I can turn on macbook internal screen w/o rebooting system to continue my work?
Even macbook screen is not automatically turn on.
What is the solution / shortcut to turn on internal screen w/o rebooting system?
(and ofcourse w/o loosing my work?)


texts: Is there a window tiling app that snaps to other windows' edges rather than predefined screen areas?

texts: All window tiling apps I've seen are designed to make windows snap to preset screen areas, such as "the left half of the screen" or even "this size of rectangle specified with a grid." Is there one that would let me do, say, this:


texts:
I've installed 64 bit Windows 10 onto a separate partition on a mac. This was done manually, as the bootcamp software that comes with MacOs creates a partition that Windows wouldn't install on. The setup goes by normally, but when in Windows 10 (and 8.1), it crashes after a few moments. The error it gives is "SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (igdkmd64.sys)". I've tried to boot into safe mode and delete the graphics driver (AMD Radeon HD 6500) through the device manager, and I've renamed igdkmd64.sys to igdkmd64.sys.backup. Neither of these worked. Any help?

I am using a iMac12,1. I used the Boot Camp Assistant to download the Window Support Software. I can install Windows from either a DVD for flash drive.

The output from diskutil list:


texts: Logitech C615 on Macbook Air (Mac OSX 10.8.2)

texts: I have been looking into buying a web cam to serve as a document camera.  I have read a lot of conflicting reviews on the Logitech C615. Does anyone know if the webcam is compatible with my OS?


texts: Make meta + arrows count underscore as words?

texts:
I find myself using the meta + arrow keys constantly.

When I am editing code, it would be nice if I could count underscores as words so that when I decide to rename a variable it goes to the character right after the underscore.

For example, if I have a variable named workout_disabled_color, and I press meta + ←, and my cursor is currently at the end of "color", then it would go to the left of the character c.

Is anybody aware of how I can do this?


texts: What are the ways to solve my iPhone power drainage problem?

texts:
I am using iPhone 5s with iOS 7.1.1

I have a problem from 3 days ago. The battery keeps draining and the phone keeps warm in the whole day.

I found that mstreamd keeps starting every minute. From some online communities, it seems like the source of the problem. Their solution is to JB it and remove mstreamd, but I don't want to do so.

Steps to reproduce the symptom:

1. I don't know

Steps I have tried:

1. reboot
2. reset the iPhone
3. Disable iCloud
4. Disable photostream sync and syncing over Wifi

All can't help.

How to solve this? Thanks.

Reference:

http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-1716660.html
http://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/28n3vn/solved_crazy_battery_drain_may_apply_to_other/


texts: Remove specific top hits from Spotlight results

texts:
For some searches, Spotlight shows strange top hits. I often want to open the "Sound" System Preferences pane using Spotlight. But when I type sound it always shows "DaftCloud for SoundCloud" from the App Store as the top hit. I have never intentionally chosen this item. I have probably hit it a couple of times by mistake, but the vast majority of the time, I navigate one step down using the keyboard and choose "Sound". I rarely listen to music, and never to "DaftCloud" and I never use "SoundCloud". This top hit is weird to me. (Is Apple selling top hits on Spotlight?)

I have seen claims that Spotlight can "learn" from user behavior. This doesn't seem to be the case here. I have even intentionally opened "Sound" repeatedly using Spotlight, and it still shows "SoundCloud" first.
Interestingly, typing soun (without the final d) shows the "Sound" preference pane first, but as soon as I complete the word sound, it switches to "SoundCloud". (Again, is Apple selling the "sound" keyword?)
Anyway, I want the "Sound" preference pane to be the top hit for sound. Is there any way to achieve this?
I have explored the Spotlight "Search Results" settings. But they don't seem to offer a way to remove App Store suggestions. I cannot remove "Applications" because that will remove the "Sound" preferences from the results.
Some sources claim that I should be able to drag around the "Search Results" in settings, but they don't move for me.
I can force "Sound" preferences to the top by using the search query kind:system preferences sound, but that is absurdly long to type.


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I am attempting to take a screenshot of a tooltip that appears when a user hovers over it, and immediately disappears upon any key press or cursor movement.  Unfortunately, this means the typical shortcut I use for screenshots (⌘+SHIFT+4) causes the element to disappear.

Is there any way I can capture this tooltip, preferably without installing any third party software?


texts: Double-click bash file -> pwd outputs my home directory instead of the current directory

texts:
In my Downloads directory, I have an executable bash script :

#!/bin/bash
pwd

when I double-click on it, pwd outputs my home directory. But I want my script to run from the current directory from where it was clicked.


texts: Upgrading RAM, iMac 27'' 2019: Is it better to mix Apple/Crucial modules, or substitute all old modules with new ones?

texts:
In an ideal situation, if money is not an issue, what is a better option?
I have an iMac 27" 2019, with 2x16 GB RAM original modules from Apple (2 slots occupied, 2 slots empty). Using the "System scan results" on the Crucial website, the suggested setup is to buy 2 x 16GB DDR4 modules to install into the 2 empty slots. Another option that I have in mind is to remove the original 2 modules, and install 4 x 16GB new modules from Crucial.
In terms of performance, and if money is not an issue, is it better to

add 2x16GB modules from Crucial (having 2 slots of Apple RAM, and 2 slots of Crucial) with the advantage of using the original Apple modules, or
remove the Apple modules, and install 4x16GB modules from Crucial, with the advantage of not having to mix modules of different kind/vendor?

Rephrasing: is it better to 1) mix Apple and Crucial modules or 2) having all Crucial modules?
Is there a difference in quality between Apple and Crucial modules? Are there any loss of performance when you mix them?
Sources:
https://www.crucial.com/
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201191#27inch2019
EDIT:
On the apple website, it seems that it is better to not mix apple and third party modules. It is written that ".on the Apple website (the link in my question) it is written that
"For optimal memory performance, DIMMs should be the same capacity, speed, and vendor."


texts: Macbook sees Japanese keyboard instead of native US English

texts:
Mavericks on Macbook Pro Retina A1398 (US keyboard with horizontal Enter) shows Japanese keyboard (JIS, with vertical Enter) on enabled keyboard viewer. How do I make Mavericks to recognize and to show its native US Keyboard layout?
I have tried to reset SMC and PRAM with no success.
p.s. I have tried changing input sources to U.S. as well - does not change the orientation of return on bluish keyboard on the right - mac OS still thinks I have JIS...


texts: Why my Only NAS is shown as NAS-2 in Finder

texts:
I have been using my NAS named JBPersonalCloud for a while, and I always used Wi-Fi to connect to my home network.

A few days ago, I connected my Mac to my home network via both Wi-Fi and Ethernet for a couple of minutes to test the Ethernet speed. But then I dropped the wire and remained Wi-Fi only. However, since then, Finder has started to show my NAS as JBPersonalCloud-2. But there is no second JBPersonalCloud, and I am using the original connection interface (Wi-Fi).

I have tried to reboot the NAS, the router, and my Mac.But the -2 suffix still is there. Is there a way that I can change it back? Thanks!


texts: Email account deleted and 2.69 GB still showing up

texts:
I deleted my email account on my iPhone 6 because it has 2.69 GB of mail and attachments. The 2.69 still shows up with the deleted email account. What can I do to regain the storage?

I also rebooted the phone. It acted up when I shot an 11 minute video and tried emailing it.


texts: Some apps (Safari, iTunes...) quits fullscreen mode on Esc keyboard shortcut. Is there a way to disable it? It interferes e. g. with web apps control resulting in unintentional quitting fullscreen when you just hit one more Escape than you should.


texts: Will this MagSafe power adapter work on my MacBook Air?

texts:
My MBA's model number is A1369.

I bought this power adapter:
85W magSafe 2 Power Adapter. Model number A1424.

I know it's not the ideal power adapter, but will it work on my MacBook without a converter?


texts: Solution for syncing directory hierarchy of images from Mac to iOS?

texts:
I'm a photographer and need to keep an updated set of portfolio images synced from my Mac to my iOS devices and available for offline viewing. I have around 300 images totalling ~150MB)

Right now the directory that I want to sync looks like this on my Mac:

Portfolio-2015/
 Project 01/
   Car.jpg
   Boat.jpg
   Bus
 Project 02/
   Zebra.jpg
   Lion.jpg
 ..x 150

I've found several solutions that accommodate the syncing part of this problem but for some reason none of them them allow you to mark a folder (and its hierarchy) to work off-line on the iOS device.

So far I've tried Google Drive, Dropbox and OwnCloud. All of these have iOS clients that allow you to 'favorite' individual files for off-line access but none of them allow you 'favorite' a folder.

Does anyone know of a solution that will work for me?


texts:
My iPhone 6 has a problem charging it will charge then not charge then it will repeat it. When it gets to 100% and it get taken off the charger then a few minutes it will die.

What do I need to do to fix it?


texts:
I’m trying to convert name encoding of some path tree with files using convmv utility.

Folders look something like this:

Some names are typed with transliteration. This files is okay, and I tried to change another filenames.

I find out, that source encoding is CP437 and purpose encoding is CP866.

When I tried command

$ convmv --notest -f cp437 -t cp866 -r * --nosmart

I got

cp866 doesn't cover all needed characters for: "./103_5 τ¿Γ-¬«ñ«ó ¬απΓ«ú« YouTube-¬á¡á½á.mp4»

It’s look like i should convert it from utf-8 to cp437 at first, and it
was successful,

mv "./85_èá¬ ¡Ñ ΓÑα∩Γ∞ ¬«¡óÑαß¿ε ¡á φΓá»Ñ αÑú¿ßΓαáµ¿¿.mp4"  "./85_??? ?? ????? ???????? ?? ?⠯? ॣ????樨.mp4"
mv "./86_èá¬ »«½πτ¿Γ∞ ú«α∩τ¿σ ¬½¿Ñ¡Γ«ó ¡á óδßΓáó¬Ñ.mp4" "./86_??? ??????? ?????? ?????⮢ ?? ???⠢??.mp4"
mv "./87_èá¬ »«ßΓα«¿Γ∞ φΣΣÑ¬Γ¿ó¡δ⌐ email-¼áα¬ÑΓ¿¡ú.mp4" "./87_??? ????ந?? ??䥪⨢?? email-??થ⨭?.mp4"

but my source folder becomes 0kb size

And i cant to open any file in this folders.

Okay, then i tried again

 $ convmv --notest -f cp437 -t cp866 -r * --nosmart

i got again

cp866 doesn't cover all needed characters for: "./103_5 τ¿Γ-¬«ñ«ó ¬απΓ«ú« YouTube-¬á¡á½á.mp4»

I find out that i could make it again and again, and result was the same

What i making wrong?


texts: SSH using IPV6 getting error "No Route to Host" On My Mac Machine

texts:
I am trying to ssh with ipv6 in my mac machine but I am getting error "No Route to Host". I can it successfully with ipv4.
Can anyone guide me please if it require any network setting or else?

I am using OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite.

Thanks!


texts: iOS 14 - Application does not have an entry in the device settings

texts:
I develop an enterprise application and I updated my iPad Air to iOS 14 to test compatibility of app with this brand new iOS but after OS update I reinstalled the app and I saw that for the application I don't have an entry in the device set
Did anyone have the same problem?


texts: How can I get ^C to show up when I do Control-C on a Mac terminal?

texts: If I type a command, and halfway through I decide not to run that command, I do a Control-C to cancel it without having to backspace the whole thing, e.g. mv foo.txt bar.txt. On Ubuntu it'll show up as mv foo.txt bar.txt^C to remind me I cancelled it, but on Mac it shows up as just mv foo.txt bar.txt. Any way to get that ^C behaviour on Mac?


texts:
Does homebrew keep logs, and if so where?

I did a brew update which broke python support in macvim, and now I can't even get macvim to build. I'm hoping that there are some clues in the log.


texts: My Google Contacts are not being imported into my iPhone

texts: I’ve added my Google account to my iPhone (Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars) and activated the “Contacts” switch for it, but I still don’t see my Google contacts in the “Contacts” pane of the Phone app. Why are the contacts not being fetched?


texts:
In a moment of stupidity I installed a program on my OS X 10.8.5 that was suppose to turn my Iphone into a remote for my powerbook.  I was gifted with this hijacker app SearchInstallmac

I've read a lot about it, removed all the files I can find. The list of files I have deleted are found here:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5091234?start=30&tstart=0

and  here

http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-genieo/

My Chrome Browser is still trying to re-direct to the malware site.  I have cookies blocked and so it can't redirect but I'd love to remove it completely.

I'm I missing something or a file that still needs to be deleted?  Do I need to reinstall Chrome?


texts: How to tell if it is Wireless-G or Wireless-N that the iMac is using?

texts:
I sometimes see the iMac copying files from the PC wirelessly at a rate of 1.5MB/s and sometimes 2.5MB/s (by visually examining, because Mac doesn't seem to show what the speed is in the copy dialog).

Is there a way to find out whether my iMac is connected to the wired PC through the wireless router using Wireless-G or Wireless-N?  Can some app show and/or the terminal app show?


texts: How to open the wifi sign-in page when it doesn't pop up automatically

texts:
One time I was at a hotel and I couldn't access the free wifi because the sign-in window didn't pop up.

Since every webpage has a URL, is it possible to get to the wifi sign-in page through a browser (Google Chrome)?

Knowing how to do this is good for future reference, in case I experience problems connecting to wifi networks again.


texts: Is it possible to create a formatted list or manifest of all photos in my Photos library?

texts:
I would like to compare two different instances of the Photos libraries, then export only the files that are different and merge into a single library.  I know it is possible to export all from one library and then import all to another, but you end up with duplicates.  If the libraries are similar it could be a lot of duplicates and wasted storage space.  It would be helpful to create a manifest of each library, and diff the manifests.
Thanks!


texts: Can Apple MDM see what youtube videos I have watched?

texts:
So I was just interested In how Apple MDM works and what my device manager could see. However i am not sure whether they can see what youtube videos I Have watched at home not on my school network.
I have provided a picture of all the rights on the mdm profile if you do need more info just tell me. By the way my youtube history was paused


texts: Automator service for encrypting or decrypting with openssl

texts:
Can I create two Automator services that allow me to encrypt or decrypt files? So I would right click a file and click 'Encrypt', the .txt file would be encrypted to a .enc using openssl:

pass=$(osascript -e 'tell app (path to frontmost application as text)
text returned of (display dialog "Enter password:" default answer "")
end')
for f in "$@"; do
    printf %s "$pass" | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in "$f" -out "${f%.*}.enc" -pass stdin
done

Can I create a decrypt version that will give me the original .txt file back? Or can I write one service that knows if I want to encrypt or decrypt and run in the way necessary?


texts: How to add bluetooth menu to login window?

texts:
I have a bluetooth mac keyboard which I'm trying to use between two macs. I also have two dedicated mice for each machine. How can I connect (takeover) the keyboard from the login window, in order to type my password to logon?
Basically, I want this menu...

...on this screen.


texts: How to set permanent default applications on El Capitan

texts:
Every time I restart my mac book pro, all my settings of default applications change to factory default applications. For eg, I set adobe acrobat reader DC as my default PDF viewer, sublime text as default text editor and google chrome as default browser but on next restart/power on, the default applications change back to preview, textedit and safari.

How can I make my changes permanent and prevent this change from happening?

Right now, for setting default apps, I right click on file -> Get Info -> Open With -> Change All
But this has to be done on every power on/restart.


texts:
My wife scrapbooks our photos, and has recently upgraded from her old computer to a brand new MacBook Pro.  She is a big fan of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", so has been using iPhoto 6 on MacOS 10.4.11 on her old computer.  She now has iPhoto 11 on MacOS 10.6.8.

The problem is when she goes to print a photo, the quality is much worse than it used to be.  We are using the same printer (an HP PSC 2175 all-in-one), photo ink, and photo paper as before, and printing the exact same photo, selecting the correct photo paper and "Best Quality" in the print settings, and the comparison is laughable.  The overall color is dingy/yellow/darker compared to the old print.

I'm hoping that there is some setting (or multiple settings) that were introduced or the default value changed inbetween iPhoto 6 and iPhoto 11 that is causing this difference.  Can anyone tell me what I can change to make it print out good photos again?  Or suggest things to try?

In the print dialog box, we have already tried changing the "Color Matching" preference from "Vendor Matching" to "ColorSync (automatic)" and that didn't make a noticeable difference.  We looked over the options listed under "Real Life Digital Photography", but nothing seemed to jump out at us as a likely fix, and I am reluctant to keep printing out photo ink to try each setting individually.

-- Update 8/7/2011 --

I have tried printing the same photo on our Epson Stylus NX420.  We only have plain paper for that printer, but when I select the plain paper / best quality setting, the photo is the correct brightness in the lighter areas, but the other colors have a strong blue tint compared to the original and the HP print.

I have also printed the same photo on the HP printer from Preview (by dragging the thumbnail to the desktop and then opening that).  That printed out better quality and color matching than the same settings using iPhoto 11 (I tried both plain paper and photo paper, with the appropriate settings), and also had the added benefit of not auto-cropping my 4x6 prints.  However, the pictures were more pixelated than ones printed from iPhoto.  Always something!  :-P  Maybe iPhoto is doing some sort of smoothing filter, and that is why the colors are off?

I reconsidered my reinstall iPhoto 6 idea (either uninstalling iPhoto 11 or in addition to it).  I have verified that it should work on Snow Leopard, but I know the iPhoto Library is already modified such that iPhoto 6 will not recognize it.  Perhaps I could just have her import the pictures she wants to print into the iPhoto 6 library in order to print them, that wouldn't be terrible if it worked.


texts: How can I dismiss a frozen "Deleting Trash" dialog box?

texts: I have the trash dialog box up, and it's frozen. What process needs to be killed in order to remove it, without having to restart?


texts: MacBook MiniDisplay to HDMI does not work

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I have:

a MacBook Pro (6,2) Mid 2010
OSX 10.8.3
a Mini DisplayPort (I think) to HDMI Adapter
an HDTV

When I plug the whole thing together, my laptop flashes blue for a second, the TV detects that I've plugged an HDMI input, but then says "No Signal".

I've tried with 2 different TVs.

I'm trying to find out who's fault it is. The OS, the adapter, or the cable?
I don't have another cable or adapter around. I'm looking for ideas...


texts: About this MAC/Storage showing incorrect SYSTEM size

texts:
I have a 250GB SDD, and AboutThisMAC is showing 191GB available, but ALSO showing the SYSTEM taking up 159GB.  I've scoured the forums and cannot find an answer to this strange occurrence.

I already rebuilt the Spotlight cache (add HDD to privacy, reboot, remove HDD from privacy, reboot)

I also check the TimeMachine, but since I haven't used it, it had no backups

Help?! (and thank you)


texts: MacOS mounts OS X Base System (Catalina) from my Time Machine backup drive by itself

texts:
While my iMac (Retina 5k, 27-inch, Late 2015) was in sleep mode last night it mounted the OS X Base System (Catalina) and opened the image folder. Lately my Time Machine backup drive (Seagate Backup+ Hub) seems to be more active than usual even without an active backup process.
Power Nap, WoL, etc are all deactivated. Put HDD to sleep when possible is activated.
First Aid check in Disk Utility on the drive showed no error.
My question is, how could that happen that this has been mounted without user interaction? Is it a sign that the drive might be dying soon despite it shown as healthy?


texts: 10.13 to Big Sur - HDD APFS System volume and HFS+ User Space

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I want to install either 10.15 or Big Sur on a small APFS partiton on an internal 1 TB HDD in a Mac Mini. I've clean installed OSX and many other OSses before and am quite comfortable installing OSes.
I'm on an older OS X version and some updated applications I use are now 10.15 or higher.  There's only one OSX install on the drive and I don't want to dual-boot the system.
Since one APFS partition is now mandatory for the System Partition, I would like to meet the mandatory requirement. I don't see why the rest of the system cannot have one or more discrete HFS+ partitions for user data and applications.

Late 2014 Mac Mini, I've replaced the OEM HDD with another HDD with spinny platters and size of 1 TB.
The main reason I'm avoiding APFS is there's reports of high fragmentation on traditional HDDs. SSD fragmentation isn’t an issue like HDD and my concern is eventual slow down.
There's also been reports of major bugs, loss of utilities Apple and 3rd party.
I played around with 10.14 and 10.15 with one APFS only partition and didn't like it. I'd tolerate it only as one smaller system-only APFS partition.
Also APFS Copy-on-Write issues are not clearly documented

I don't think this was adequately tested and other OSes still allow older file systems to be used on install. Its beyond me HFS+ would be removed from the installer outright.
HDD Volume
Partition1  > OSX System Volume  > 60 GB (I think Big Sur installer says 20 GB is minimum)
Parttition2 >  HFS+
Partition 3 >   HFS+
Would the above Partition layout work?


texts: Replacing iCloud on iOS and macOS devices with a macOS server machine

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Does anyone know, if I can use a macOS server machine to replace iCloud on all other devices (iOS, macOS or even Windows)?

If yes, am I going to lose any functionality and which?


texts:
Forgive me for my ignorance but, I recently purchased an eBook only to find that I also had to download Adobe Digital Editions in order to be able to view it on my Mac.  The PDF that I downloaded in the process is encrypted.  Does this mean that I can only view it using Adobe Digital Editions, or can any ePub Reader (including any that I install under Windows) be able to read it?

I know that there are many (better) ePub readers out there, the prominent ones of which are listed in the following post.

What could I use to read epub books on OS X?

If I now were to install Calibre, for example, would it interfere with Adobe Digital Editions?

Note that I bought the eBook from http://www.ebook.com.  This is the message I get when I try to double click on the PDF file to open it using Acrobat Reader:

This document requires digital rights management (DRM) features supported
by Adobe Digital Editions. Would you like to open it in Digital Editions now?

This is the information that I have been able to retrieve about the file using Adobe Digital Editions:

Permissions set by the publisher
  Allow viewing: on any device
  Allow copying: 5 copies with an additional copy accrued every 6 days,
  capped at 5 copies, on any device
  Allow printing: 20 pages with an additional page accrued every 1 day
  12 hours, capped at 20 pages, on any device


texts: I was trying to send a text message consisting of an abbreviation I had set up, but I would type the two characters and the abbreviation was not appearing. Is there a cause? In the past, I have restarted my phone and it has worked afterwards, but I'd rather not have to do that if there's another way.


texts: iOS diagnostics test gives you new problems?

texts:
Has anyone gotten software problems after performing the iOS diagnostics test offered by Apple? (where you get a test URL from Apple support)

I can't connect to Gmail on Safari after the test... it keeps reloading.
Logging out nor restarting is helping.
Anyone with similar problems?


texts: How long are deleted text messages saved on the phone after they have been deleted

texts: DO they automatically get deleted from the iPhone hardware or iCloud?  The phone is not activated with cellular connection only wifi, does this make a difference.


texts: How do I close the source of an AppleScript application?

texts: When saving an AppleScript as an application, you can view the source by looking in the package contents. Recently, ruddfawcett posted his AD search application he made with AppleScript and the source was closed. How do I do this?


texts: Can one use a 2nd external monitor together with the new iMac 5k?

texts:
Sometimes I like to have monitoring data to be displayed on an external monitor to be less 'in my face', even so I would have place for it on my main screen. So, is it possible to attach an external monitor to the new iMac 5k?

And can somebody with powers maybe generate a new tag iMac5k, if it is considered useful?


texts:
Late 2014 Mac mini running Sierra connected to an APC BackUPS Pro 900. No special software has been installed to support the UPS.

At the moment I run pmset every minute to determine the power source, and trigger actions based on the results.

However, a dialog window pops up as soon as the Mac switches to backup power. I'm wondering if there is any way I can trigger based on anything else, given that macOS seems to be able to do so.


texts: Copy text from command line as formatted text

texts:
So I have a script that outputs this

echo 'Hello World';

What I would like to do it copy it to the clipboard as rich text and not plain text.  Is this possible?

Right now I have this command:

create-codeblock | pbcopy

This obviously only copies the plain text html code to the clipboard.  What I really want is the html formatted version copied to the clipboard.  Any thoughts?

What I am trying to do in the end is paste rich formatted text into Evernote.