texts: How can I set a link to my gym so that siri can find it

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I want to set a reminder like "remember me to change dress when I am at the gym".
Siri answers "I do not know your gym. Touch your name to add the gym to your record".

I could not find a way to do that. Using a custom label did not work, nor when I used the label "others".

Siri works fine when i say "remember me to ... when i am at Jane Doe".


texts: Change OSX encryption filevault password to match login pass

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When I first setup my OSX laptop, my filevault and user login password were the same. At bootup, I only had to login once (with my username and password).

I recently changed my OSX password but my filevault / disk encryption password was not changed. Now I have to login twice when I boot up (first with my old pass, then with the new one).

Is there any way to change the disk encryption password so I can be in sync with my login password?

I tried Disk Util > File > Change Password, but it is greyed out.


texts: download WineBottler with AdBlocker (Privoxy and Adblock Edge)

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Because of security (malware) I run two ad blockers. System wide proxy Privoxy and browser plugin Adblock Edge.

I wish to download WineBottler 1.8-rc4 Development

and I received this strange error (all other sites work)

after I disabled Privoxy temporal in browser network settings

still issues. Is there a mirror? Howto download without getting security trouble?


texts: Running 3 External monitors from a Macbook Pro Retina 13" Mid 2014

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I currently own a Macbook pro (Retina 13",mid 2014)
2.6GHz Intel Core i5
8GB 1600 Mhz DDR3
Intel Iris 1536 mb

3 x 22" Samsung Monitors. 2 of them running through Thunderbolt to DVI-D adapter.

The 3 monitor i have tried using both a DVI-D to HDMI convertor and USB to DVI convertor.

But i just can't get the 3rd monitor to run.  Any thoughts?? Is my specs not enough to run all the monitors?

Thanks


texts: All dictionaries disappeared from preferences list under macOS 10.12.2 Sierra

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For a few days I've been running a pre-installed macOS 10.12.2 on a new, non-networked MacBook Air with language set to "American English".

I've used "Dictionary" several times without any problems, with the default English "reference sources" (Oxford Dictionary, Thesaurus, Apple Dictionary etc.). The only change to Dictionary I recall making was to activate the Oxford Thesaurus for British English.

My problem showed up when I opened Dictionary today: it would search only in Wikipedia and "TTY Abbreviations" - all other dictionaries disappeared! The "reference sources" list under Preferences now contains only "Wikipedia" and the Turkish dictionary. Restarting macOS did not help.

The problem seems similar to Cannot use Dictionary
except that I still have a /Library/Dictionaries directory tree:

Username/Library/Dictionaries/CoreDataUbiquitySupport/Username-xxx.../UserDictionary/local/store/UserDictionary.db

The problem is also similar to the older Dictionary application doesn't show all the dictionaries I can use, but my Mac runs under Sierra and does not synchronize with any other device. I searched for related macOS bug reports but could not find any.

The problem seems somewhat mysterious since so far I have just installed and used some text editing software on a brand new Mac. Hence it is hard for me  to imagine how some preference, plist, files could have become corrupted.

How do I resolve or troubleshoot this?


texts: Confusion over scrubbing the Caskroom with `brew cleanup`

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Apparently brew cleanup also cleans the cask cache. But my problem was that many casks leave their installers in /usr/local/Caskroom, which is not considered part of the cache, and thus taking up a lot of space, while in fact the installer might not be needed after the installation.

Now brew cask cleanup is merged with brew cleanup.

However, I haven't found a way to purge my Caskroom folder using brew cleanup.

The man page says:

   cleanup [options] [formula|cask]
       Remove stale lock files and outdated downloads for formulae and casks, and remove old versions of installed formulae. If arguments are specified, only do
       this for the specified formulae and casks.

       --prune
              Remove all cache files older than specified days.

       -n, --dry-run
              Show what would be removed, but do not actually remove anything.

       -s     Scrub  the cache, including downloads for even the latest versions. Note downloads for any installed formula or cask will still not be deleted. If
              you want to delete those too: rm -rf "$(brew --cache)"

       --prune-prefix
              Only prune the symlinks and directories from the prefix and remove no other files.

I want to delete the installers for the currently installed packages as well. For example, the mactex installer takes up almost 4 GB of space.

Apparently, the command for non-cask installs is rm -rf $(brew --cache), but what is the equivalent for casks?


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See the following image..

This is the view that is shown under the "Apps" tab, when I connect my iPhone with iTunes.

From my understanding,

Point 1, "Synced Apps" option provides the functionality to sync the Apps between your iPhone & iTunes. If you uncheck this option, there is no sync will happen between your iTunes and iPhone.
Point 2, iTunes has a trick that, it won't delete the Apps that you are deleting from the iPhone. iTunes have a backup of those deleted Apps and if you want to reinstall them in future, you can simply check the needed App then do sync. (I deleted the "Angry Gran" app before some days via my iPhone, but iTunes does not delete the app, so only it get unchecked there).
Point 3, This option "Automatically sync new apps" should be checked if you want the automatic sync process. If you did not checked this option, you probably sync the apps manually by clicking the "Sync" button in the bottom of the page.
Point 4, I really dont know about this. I added some files here, made sync, checked in iPhone. Nothing happens.

My questions are,

It's good idea to backup the deleted Apps in iTunes. But, how can I remove the Apps permanently from iTunes. Say if I want to remove that "Angry Gran" app from iTunes, how can I do it?
I want to know how to use the Point 4 part. That is, I want to add the documents directly to the file sharing Apps. For example, I want to add some photos in SC App (it is the app to hide photos/videos) directly from the "Documents" section. I added some photos, iTunes shows the added photos, but in that app, there is no sign for added photos.


texts: How do I copy files from Mac on Windows Partition to Mac Partition?

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So my mac partition crashed...

I've tried to repair disk, fsck, reinstall OS - Everything on every list of I could find on Google, and nothing worked.

So I have a back-up of most of my files from the prior week, but I need some other things that were left on the hard drive.

Fortunately, when I boot up in Windows, the hard drive is fully functional and I can even drag and drop files into my windows partition. I think its worth noting that the files seem alright as I'm able to open them, and even took 1 file from windows on a FAT32 flash drive, and moved it to a mac with no problems. So I want to grab everything that I can from the Windows partition, format and re-install OS.

...so...

I have a 500GB G-Drive, I formatted it to Fat32 and started transferring files, at absurdly slow speeds through USB 2.0, onto it (from windows).

Now thats finally finished.
The drive won't mount on Mac OS anymore. Any ideas?

Oh heres some system info if that helps:

On Mac

Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Format : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Owners Enabled : Yes

G-Drive

Format : MS-DOS (FAT32)
Owners Enabled : No

Windows 7 Home

NTSF


texts: My 1/8" headphone output is not giving me full level in one ear.  After deciding it was not my headphones or the cable (it worked in my iPhone), I instantly went to turning my mac off and resetting the SMC.  Didn't work.  Do I have a hardware problem that will be a costly repair or is there another way?


texts: Second gen nano won't connect to computer

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I have a second gen nano that will not charge or connect to the computer. I see it charging when the screen is on, but when it goes to sleep, it stops charging. I've left the thing on overnight and it's on half battery life. Usually you'll see the little battery with the lightning bolt over it when it's sleeping and charging. That will come up once in a while but promptly go away again.

So I figure the thing's shot and I need to immediately get the music off of the ipod. I try plugging the thing into my Windows 7 computer and it tells me that the device driver cannot be found. I go through everything that Apple tells me to do (reinstall driver, a whole bunch of USB stuff) to no avail. iTunes won't recognize it unless the computer recognizes it so I can't put it into disk mode to get the songs off.

This is my last step before taking it to an Apple store; any suggestions?


texts: iPad 2 asks to connect to iTunes while iTunes asks for passcode on iPad

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SCENARIO:

I have an old iPad 2 (I think) model A1396 from a relative reclaiming an iTunes update. iPad screen is telling device is deactivated and should be connected to iTunes.

WHAT I'VE TRIED

I downloaded iTunes and connected the iPad, iTunes detects the iPad, but complains because I need to put the passcode in the iPad.

PROBLEM

I have the passcode, but the iPad screen is not asking for it, I can't unlock the screen and I just can restart the iPad, entering in this way in a vicious circle… sigh!

QUESTION is: Is there some way to unlock the iPad to insert passcode and allow update via iTunes?.


texts: Downgrading from iOS 9.1 Beta to iOS 9 Stable and Keeping Picture Data

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I'm in a bit of a predicament. I have the iOS 9.1 beta installed, and I'd like to downgrade to iOS 9 stable (released today, 9/16).

I don't have a backup from iOS 8, so I understand that there's no way for me to downgrade without wiping my phone and reinstalling all of my apps and data. That's fine.

What I'm concerned about are my pictures and videos, especially keeping all of the dates intact. I've had a bad experience before importing pictures onto an iPhone and having the dates all be the same.

What backup service or desktop app should I use to best restore my pictures to my phone after I have restored the iOS 9 base image? I have the images on my computer, as well as on OneDrive. I'm running Windows, and do not have easy access to OSX.


texts: Improved Terminal autocomplete funcionality (similar to Matlab's)

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If any of you ever used Matlab, you might have noticed the command window functionality in that program. I wonder if it is possible to enable the same functionality in Mac Terminal.

It works like this: suppose you have used two commands previously in this Terminal session. First you used a cd ~ and then a ls -la.

In every *nix terminal, including Mac's, if you hit the Up Arrow, it'll first show the ls -la command and, if you hit it twice, the cd ~ command. This is great. But, in Matlab, if you first type the letter c and then hit Up Arrow, it won't show you ls, but instead go directly to cd ~. This saves a lot of time when you have big commands and a long list of previously used commands.

Is it possible?


texts: How to stop mac from default booting in deleted windows via boot camp?

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I bountied this question Boot into Mac from Windows after failed Bootcamp after being trapped in Windows hell on my mac, after the first time using boot camp.

When I got back to my mac I erased windows and reformatted boot camp following the answer to this question How to remove Windows Operating system from Bootcamp?

  If you installed Windows on a disk that has a single partition

  Start up your Mac in OS X.
  Open Disk Utility, located in the Other folder in Launchpad.
  Select the Windows disk, click Erase, choose the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) >format, then click the Erase button.

Now whenever I restart my mac I have to hold onto the option key to select the mac (and reboot it from there as it defaults to the Windows keyboard and the keys do not match, so I cannot submit my password - don't' ask).

This is what I have when I open boot camp and disk utility:

Erasing the boot camp volume does nothing, as does unmounting. I'm too scared to play around with it beyond this. If I never had to touch Windows OS again I'd be happy, but it's an unfortunate evil. I've gone back to Parallels desktop.

Most of the solutions I've found online have not helped me remedy any of these issues from trying to make it work to wanting to get rid of it - which is why I'm here.

I accept I may have sacrificed the disk space and may never be able to claim it (grrr can't think too hard about it). But I swear to Apple, they'll be taking this machine back if I can't stop it from booting up on Windows.

My machine:
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
4 GHz Intel Core i7
32 GB 1867 MHz DDR3

How can I stop my mac from defaulting to open Windows?


texts: I'm not all too familiar with the XMPP protocol, but ever since Microsoft released official XMPP support for Windows live Messenger, i've been wondering how to make it work with the "Jabber" account type on iChat (which is also XMPP). Anyone found a solution?


texts: WIFI constantly disconnects when watching online stream video on my mbp

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My mac is Macbook Pro (mid2014), OSX 10.11.3 (15D21).
It disconnects literally every one minutes when I am watching stream on douyutv.com (Chinese version of  Twitch).
My other devices(smartphone, pad, pc) works all right. I did an experience that watch stream on all my devices, only mac disconnected.

Is it a bug or just something wrong with my configuration?


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On Mavericks, is there a way to monitor hard drive use history?

To be clear, I do not only want to know how much space I am using on my hard drive. I would like a history of my hard drive space usage over time.

Is there a feature built into Maverick that would allow me to do that? Or any additional app?
If there is, will this built-in feature/app be able to recover information from my past use, or will it only start to record my usage once I set it up?

I know that I could record my usage manually, but I'd rather have it done automatically.

EDIT : as far as the frequency of observations is concerned, I'd be satisfied with something ranging from every day to once a week.


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I have seen multiple scripts to import files into Mac application Photos organising photos in folders and albums. Like This
2010 (folder)

2010-01-01 (album)
2010-01-02 (album)
...

2011 (folder)

2011-01-01 (album)
...

But I can't get or change a script to organize my existing pictures like this, by date taken... (no importing only working with existing library)
Any help?
Thanks


texts: I upgraded an app on my iPhone 4, but this new version doesn't work. How do I replace for the older version?

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I did the stupidity of upgrading the newest version of AM 880 KIXI radio, a retro radio station in Seattle. The version I had was the previous one, the 2.8 and I held off upgrading for a long time, but in a moment of insanity, decided to do it and deleted the app and downloaded again on the AppStore, thus downloading the 3.6 version, the next one after the 2.8- i tried uploading directly, but I kept being redirectioned to the app itself, that's why I deleted before downloading again.
The thing is my internet connection isn't that good, but the app always worked fine, but now with this version it keeps buffering at lot and it doesn't even show the music that's playing anymore, even when my connection is speedy. Is there any way to undo this? I have an iPhone 4 that hasn't been backed up to a computer, so I don't have the previous version saved as a .ipa file. I have iOS 7.0.4.  Seriously, what do I do? I know I sound desperate, but I listen to this station very single day, specially during work(I'm a translator) and it's essential for me to help concentrate. Is there any way I can retrieve the previous version of the app I was using? I also tried clicking on app support, next to the reviews on the AppStore to try and get in touch with the developer, but I keep getting 404 error. Seriously, I really need the 2.8 version back on my phone- I beg for help.
If it's necessary, I will jailbrake my phone, but as long as it's guaranteed I can have the 2.8 version of that app and download it.


texts: What happens if I use unencrypted time machine backup from a mac that has FileVault turned on?

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I just got a mac and it asked me if i want to use FileVault to have an encrypted disk. I choose yes so that is setup now.  I now just bought an external hard drive and I plugged it in for the first time and set it up with time machine.

I realized after it started backing up that there was an option stating: "Do you want to encrypt your backup?" and I did NOT have that checked.

So I didn't have that checked and I am trying to figure out a few things:

Is it redundant to do encrypted backup from an already encrypted computer using File Vault?
Given my computer is encrypted but my backup is not, does that create any problems?  Is the external hard drive basically the same as if my machine wasn't encrypted?
Should I chnage the time machine backup to be encrypted?  Is there any downside>?
Any other things to consider in this decision?


texts: I am adding more RAM memory to my 2011 21-inch iMac. It currently has two 2 GB memory cards. Can I leave those two cards in place and simply add two new 4 GB memory cards, or do I need to remove the existing cards? Is it OK to mix 2 GB and 4 GB memory cards, provided I stay under Apple's 16 GB limit?


texts: Can I redeem all my iTunes gift cards at once?

texts: For the past ever, I've been on my parents' Apple ID, making purchases on their credit cards and sharing any iTunes gift cards I redeemed with the family. However, I recently created my own Apple ID, complete with my own payment method. I'm tempted to upload every single gift card I have to my account. Is this doable, and are there any limitations to doing it?


texts: How to list all files in directory excluding any that start with a dot?

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I'm currently using the command

find /Volumes/DriveName > driveName.txt

to create a file listing of all files that are on the drive.

How could I modify my command (or what would be a better command) to have the list not include any dot files, for example ._Filename or .DSstore?

I'm not looking for software like CDFinder etcetera to keep a searchable database. I need a text output that contains all the files on the disk, as well as their relative locations to each other.


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I want to batch convert .m4a music from iTunes to a flash drive as .mp3
This bash script... (source https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1614765)

for f in *.m4a; do ffmpeg -i "$f" -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256k "${f%.m4a}.mp3"; done

...achieves this, but I'll like use set up an Automator Folder Action to do this for me.

AFAIK, the automator in this screen shot should work but does not.

I'd read some stuff - which I didn't really understand - about "$f" needing to be in quotes, but it already is.

Any advice, please?


texts: Strange available and purgeable space on High Sierra

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My Mac has been complaining about low disk space in recent days. I tried deleting lots of huge files and folders (more than 20 or 30 GB of them) but I still got the complaint and the free space does not increase. It seems like what I deleted has become purgeable content instead of free space.

Here is my storage overview:

Cool, more than 60GB of available space. Not quite, here is what is shown in my disk utility:

Okay, more than 60GB are purgeable. No matter how many files I deleted from the system, the purgeable content is increased, not the free space.

Do you know what is going on? I suspect it is related to the encryption process because it is running at the moment (the progress is 80% at the moment), but I am not sure.

Thanks in advance


texts: AppleScript: Press Enter Every X minutes If Terminal is Open and Application Has Been Idle for X Minutes

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I am new to AppleScript and am attempting to use it.

If I am using Terminal and if I have not pressed a key for x minutes I want my Mac to press the return key. It is to repeat this process every y minutes. I would like this process to continue until I close Terminal or stop the AppleScript.

My programming attempt is below:

repeat 52 times
delay 840
tell application "Terminal"
set currentTab to do script ("Return") in front window
end tell
delay 840
end repeat


texts: Is there any way to add an ePub book to iBooks without iTunes?

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I purchased a book and have it in ePub and PDF formats. I can easily add the PDF to iBooks from Safari. However, I can't find a method to get an ePub book into iBooks without iTunes. I'm away from my laptop with iTunes where my iPhone syncs, so that's not an option at the moment.

Is there anyway to add an ePub book to iBooks without iTunes?


texts: cmd-tab behavior on Mavericks with multiple displays

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I have a MacBook with Cinema Display, I have my dock on the MacBook screen side and my menubar is set to Cinema Display. In 10.8 this worked well, when I pressed cmd-tab to switch apps the task switcher would come up on the "main" Cinema Display.

In 10.9, however, it's always on the MacBook's screen, very annoying. Is there a setting I've missed?


texts: Unable to manage or delete songs from my iPod Shuffle

texts: I have 2 iPod Shuffles and iTunes will not let me manage my music manually. It won't show playlists using a brand new MacBook Pro. When I delete a song and confirm the delete twice, the song still remains.


texts:
I had several apps on my iPhone 5s. When memory got full, I offloaded several of them - Facebook included. When I went to reload Facebook app, it started but did not finish. The logo is stuck in waiting mode.

What should I do to get it to reload fully?


texts: Is it possible to run Snow Leopard on a LATE 2011 MacBook Pro?

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I want to buy a new MacBook Pro, from Apple. However I want to run Snow Leopard instead of Lion.

I did some Google searches and found a few success stories of people who got SL to run on their early-2011 MBPs. I didn't find much of any experiences of people doing the same on a late-2011 MBP though, so I'm wondering (and really hoping!) if it's possible?


texts: I have an experience like of around 6 years as an iOS developer but I am feeling like stuck. Is there any certification for iOS developer which can help me in getting better job or which can put me in the priority list of recruiters?


texts: How can I turn off the screen on the macbook when I have an external monitor set up?

texts: I have an external monitor and want my macbook screen to go blank or black so I can focus on the monitor instead. On my windows machine Function F5 does this.


texts:
How can I unlock an encrypted DMG on login?

Something graphical to hdiutil mount ~/Desktop/secure.dmg


texts: iPhone drains the battery after disconnected from CarPlay

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Occasionally, when I disconnect my phone from CarPlay, the iPhone will  drain the battery very quickly, but not always. In Battery Status I see no application running on the background, but the iPhone is quite hot, (although I did not touch it,) and in Control Centre, the menu is disabled ("Torch" is greyed, I can't turn it on/off.) Probably seems that something is using camera on background (I think, because Torch LED Flash is controlled by camera API.)

This state I see only after disconnecting from CarPlay.

The battery draining will stop after the iPhone restarts (full power OFF and ON cycle.)

Is there any way to detect what is draining the battery and how to prevent this from happening?

Using iPhone 7, problem occurs with iOS v12.2 - 12.3.1 (not tested with older versions) is connected to uconnect 4C 8.4, in Jeep 2018.


texts: If I delete Clash of Clans on one iPad, and download it on another using the same Apple ID, will it save my progress?

texts: I just bought a new iPad and I’m wondering if I can move Clash of Clans from the old to the new and save the progress. I spent a fair bit of money into it and I don't want to lose it.


texts: Log everything in OSX (not just what I see in console)

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Is there any way I can log everything of what happens in Mac OS X snow leopard and not just what I can see in the console? I can barely see errors logs there, I would like to see which applications asked for which resource in my computer and log all of this activity.

How can I do this? Which is the most accurate and in-depth log that I can get of what happens on my computer?


texts: Mac keeps crashing after installing Big Sur to external SSD

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My 2018 macbook pro never used to crash. However it has other problems with the hard drive storage. So I installed Big Sur onto an external SSD. Ever since this my mac crashes at random times, both when I boot from the internal hard drive and the external SSD. The internal drive is running Catalina still, however I don't think that is the cause. I am really just looking to know if this problem is caused by something I did, or if it is out of my control. If someone knows a solution that would be great.
Here is the most recent crash report, this one from the external SSD:
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff80048bfa66):  initproc exited -- exit reason namespace
2 subcode 0xa description: none

uuid info:
 0x107109000    uuid = <2705f0d8-c104-3de9-beb5-b1ef6e28656d>
 0x10475e000    uuid = <abc55c09-7b42-3275-9c84-c661a79db594>

Thread 3 crashed

RAX: 0x00007f7ef46b3dc0, RBX: 0x0000000106021000, RCX: 0x180009d001e00631, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0x000070000bd54100, RBP: 0x000070000bd54130, RSI: 0x0000000020000000, RDI: 0x000000010601d000
R8:  0x0000000000000000, R9:  0x0000000000000008, R10: 0x0000000106000220, R11: 0x0000000106000000
R12: 0x0000000104773d8a, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x0000000000000140, R15: 0x00007f7ef46804f0
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0x00007fff2017986b, CS:  0x000000000000002b, SS:  0x0000000000000023

Thread 0: 0xffffff86a655cad0
    0x00007fff202e3622
    0x00007fff2017851b
    0x0000000000000000

Thread 1: 0xffffff86add8b6c0
    0x00007fff202df53e
    0x00007fff2030e467
    0x0000000000000000

Thread 2: 0xffffff86ac23e000
    0x00007fff2030e458

Thread 3: 0xffffff86ac77f360
    0x00007fff2017986b
    0x0000000104773536
    0x000000010477eece
    0x00007fff201677c7
    0x00007fff2016a195
    0x00007fff2017a550
    0x00007fff2016d4a7
    0x00007fff2016e0cb
    0x00007fff20177c5d
    0x00007fff2030f499
    0x00007fff2030e467
    0x0000000000000000

Mac OS version:
20B29


texts: iPad 2 darkening of screen down left hand edge

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I've just bought an iPad 2 and it seems to have a very subtle screen fault: a very slight darkening down the left hand edge of the screen, so that if e.g. a document is being viewed on a white background, the left hand edge (say 1/2 cm) actually appears to be a very light grey. It does seem to be a physical screen issue, in that it appears across different applications, and with the device turned upside down, the fault is now on the right hand side. It's quite subtle, but quite irritating.

For what it's worth, I'm upgrading from an iPad 1 and never had this problem with the previous iPad.

Has anyone heard of/experienced this issue? I assume it's an actual hardware fault and I'll have to take the device back to the shop, and not simply some secret calibration issue...?


texts: Why does the webcam on my Dell SX2210 go all green and purple?

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I'm using an aluminium unibody MacBook (pre unibody 13" MacBook Pro) running 10.6.7 with a Dell SX2210 external monitor. The monitor has a built in webcam and USB hub. When I try to use the webcam with my Mac I often a very strange looking green and purple picture, as shown below.

The problem isn't specific to just one app as it's the same in both Photo Booth and Skype. Also the iSight built into my laptop works just fine.

The strange thing is that for a couple of minutes after plugging in the USB cable the picture is fine, but then it starts degrading - at first just a couple of of spots of green show up, and then it gradually spreads.

I've had the monitor for nearly 2 years now and it definitely didn't do this when I first got it. However recently I've been wanting to use Skype more and found that it's doing this.

I didn't install any drivers for it so I guess it's just using standard USB video drivers built into OS X.

I don't have easy access to another Mac or PC to try this with but I have tried a different USB cable, to no avail.

I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions!

Example of problem


texts: Can't log in as user. SSD drive from broken macbook inserted into a new macbook.

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Pre-story:
An older 2009 Macbook Pro 13"’s logic board has broken and I’ve got a working 2010 Macbook Pro 13".

Old Macbook was upgraded with SSD drive that was used as a system drive and home folder was configured to point at the HDD that was connected via SuperDrive’s SATA.

I have replaced “new” Macbook’s HDD with old Macbook’s SSD. It seems to boot fine, but I can’t login into user’s account and getting the following error:

  logging in to the account failed because an error occurred

The reason seems to be [according to google], that user’s home folder can’t be found (which makes sense). Since the laptop I’ve got is given to me for temporarily use I don’t want to replace SuperDrive on the “new” Macbook with the old HDD.

How can I reset home folder to point at new location (that would be on SSD) without logging in?


texts: Why are "spindump" and "sandboxd" eating up all my CPU?

texts:
I am using MacOS Big Sur 11.3 on a 2019 MacBook Pro. Recently, I started noticing that some programs (specifically MATLAB) have been running really slow, the cursor and mouse are lagging, etc. Programs other than MATLAB (e.g. Safari, Music, Photos, etc.) all work fine. This happens even when MATLAB is idle (i.e. I am not running any sort of computationally-intensive simulation).
When I look at the Activity Monitor, MATLAB is consuming less than 10% CPU and <2 GB of memory. However, there are two other root processes called "spindump" and "sandboxd" which are eating up a ton of CPU. In particular, "sandboxd" is consuming >98% of CPU and is almost always at the top of CPU usage when running MATLAB (although occasionally disappears). The "spindump" process is a bit rarer but occasionally shows up eating up >40% of CPU.
Can anyone explain why this is happening so I can decide if this might be a Mac / Apple support issue or something I should take up with MATLAB?


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So I'm trying to run the Apple Hardware Test. I start the computer up and hold "D". It boots into OS X like a normal startup. So, I plug in the Ethernet and hold option-D to do the AHT from the Internet. It tells me "Apple Hardware Test does not support this machine".

So, I try to install the "iMac EFI Update 1.8" from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1493 (which is for my iMac model, which is a iMac (Mid 2010)), but it says "This software is not supported on your system." I also tried the later version, v1.9, from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1498 but it isn't for my iMac and so I get the same error.

I also tried putting in my DVD 1 for my iMac, then starting up by holding both "D" and "option-D", but neither booted AHT from the DVD.

So now I'm stuck. What should I do now?


texts: Can I use my Apple Watch 4, having only an iPhone 8 Plus? If not, what is the latest Apple Watch that will pair with my phone?

texts:
I have an iPhone 8 Plus, and in continuing attempts to pair it with an Apple Watch 4, was able to read the iPhone just barely display a dialog saying “iPhone is out of date,” quick as a flash, and then quickly slide it down.

Can I get my Apple Watch working without buying a newer iPhone?

If not, what is the latest generation Apple Watch that I can use without buying a newer iPhone?


texts: What characters/length are supported in Mail.app IMAP passwords?

texts:
I use a password manager and created the password LX7mQW9Tw^V0$Ef2Ag#v*
    (* don't worry, that's not my password any more, keep reading)

My DNS / email provider accepted it and I could use it successfully to log in on their webmail app.
I followed their document on configuring (basic TLS-wrapped IMAP & SMTP) in Mail.app and kept running into trouble.   Eventually, while verifying my password I got the bright idea to change it to something shorter and with less-special special characters.   Finally, as the climax to about an hour of troubleshooting, it worked!
Now I want to add a note for account setup to help my people avoid this limitation in, apparently, Mail.app (or not, but that's all the evidence I have so far).
So back to the question in the topic:  Are there known limitations as to what characters or length Mail.app will support for IMAP accounts?
Thank you!


texts: I am using an iPod touch 5 and I want to put a password on my WhatsApp, but the apps available on the App Store are not according to my need. Can you suggest some apps so that I can put a passcode on WhatsApp without jailbreaking?


texts: Apple review process: Penalty for updating an app before it has been reviewed

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I have submitted an app to the app store about a week ago. As far as I can tell, it wasn't reviewed yet.

Today my team discovered a bug in the app we've sent. It's not critical, but I would be very happy to have it in the store without it.

If I submit a fixed app before my app has been previewed, will my app be moved to the back of the review queue?

I found no direct reference to this question in the app store review process manual.


texts: Setting Default gmail Send-From Address on iPhone for photo sharing

texts:
If I take a photo using the camera and then to share it by email, the default is to send from one of my gmail addresses configured.  I'm trying to use the one of the other gmail address as the From address.

This question is similar:
Setting Default Send-From Address on iPhone

But that question along with the rest of what I can find on the web, only deal with a single gmail email address.


texts: What should I do if my headphones don't go into my iPhone 4s

texts: When I put my headphones into my iPhone It doesnt go completely in like it should. I don't know what to do. Can anyone help me?


texts: How do I launch Terminal while in macOS Sierra Recovery Mode?

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I just installed macOS Sierra and when I log into the Recovery mode, I do not have the Utilities menu in it. Only the 4 options, Restore From Time Machine Backup, Reinstall macOS, Get Online Help and Disk Utility.

How can I access Terminal from OS Recovery?


texts:
Working on a Mac Desktop OS Sierra, want to use Preview to markup a pdf, but need the filled rectangle to be translucent, not opaque.  I only see fill, and no fill options on the menu.

Is this possible to achieve and what steps might work?


texts: Successor for 360Controller to support wired XBox One Controller?

texts:
I know, there's native support in Big Sur for bluetooth connected XBox One Controllers. However, two games published for MacOS by Feral Interactive (Thief and Deus Ex: Mankind Devided) required the controller to be connected with a cable. However, the only driver I found namend 360Controller does not support Big Sur and the developer won't continue work with that software.
https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller/issues/1128#issuecomment-736584705
Is there another way to connect my controller (with or without cable) to play both games?


texts: Change iCloud Backup from new version of iOS to older version

texts:
I have iPhone 5s with iOS 11.1.
Few weeks ago had to change back my iOS version from a new version because my iPhone did not work well with the new one.

Since then I can not backup to iCloud. When I try it says:

  The last backup could not be completed because it was iCloud backed up by a newer version of iOS.

How can I change iCloud to get my older version back?


texts: Mojave Photos - Space Bar to Preview fix not working

texts:
In macOS Mojave, tapping the space bar to open a picture in Viewer does not work.  I have tried the  fix in this thread: Keyboard shortcuts (spacebar) no longer works in Photos on Mojave

However it only works to open, not close.  I can not comment or post on that thread so I'm forced to open a new one.

Has anyone found a fix that gets close to work using the Space key?


texts: My SMB shares won't mount under Catalina! What's wrong?

texts:
I am in the process of migrating from Mojave, on my iMac's internal HDD, to Catalina, on a USB 3.1 SSD.

I have an AppleScript that runs on login, "Connect to servers and set mouse pointer." It mounts my SMB shares, resets several Finder windows to icon view without toolbar, closes the finder windows opened, and then trips Mousecape, to set my mouse pointer to look like a small rodent.

Everything works just fine under Mojave, but the SMB shares aren't mounting under Catalina.

The very first thing it does is mount my SMB shares, using code of the following form (once for each share):

try
    open location "smb://uuuuuuuu:pppppppp@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/dddddddd"
end try

where uuuuuuuu is my user-ID, and pppppppp is my password, on the Linux box hosting the SMB share, at local IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, and name dddddddd.

This works perfectly under Mojave, but under Catalina, it (1) throws up a dialog showing the user-ID and asking for my password, and (2) rejects the password when entered.

Can anybody shed any light on what's going on here?

As per https://medium.com/@gobinathm/how-to-access-smb-printer-shares-in-macos-catalina-10-15-17ea91d2c10b, I added an nsmb.conf file; doing so had no effect.

I think I found something: on StackExchange, I stumbled onto something about Catalina removing support for SMB 1 protocol. With some further research, I found out about the "smbstatus" command at https://askubuntu.com/questions/917565/checking-smb-version. I ran it on the Linux box serving the SMB shares, and got this, with my Mac connected under Mojave:

Samba version 3.0.33-3.14.el5
PID     Username      Group         Machine
-------------------------------------------------------------------
32496   jamesl        users         jamess-imac  (192.168.1.11)
32499   jamesl        users         jamess-imac  (192.168.1.11)
Opened /var/cache/samba/connections.tdb

Service      pid     machine       Connected at
-------------------------------------------------------
shared       32499   jamess-imac   Wed Apr  1 15:19:22 2020
development   32496   jamess-imac   Wed Apr  1 15:19:22 2020

Could this be it? The Linux box in question is running CentOS 5.4, FWIW.


texts: cmd + [num] doesn't change screen to go to app in fullscreen mode

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Consider the situation where I have two spaces screens. From the second screen I open a terminal and make it fullscreen.

By doing so I expected cmd+3 to take me to the terminal app, but it doesn't work.

Any ideas on how to make it work?

Thanks


texts: Contact switched to Android; how to send texts instead of iMessages?

texts:
My brother switched to an Android phone from an iPhone recently.

When I attempt to text him, it still tries to send those messages as iMessages.

Two questions:

will he receive these iMessages, and
if not, how do I default messages to him as texts instead of iMessages?

Thanks  for any help!


texts: How to add readable subtitles in iMovie?

texts:
I'm using iMovie 10.1.13 on 2015 macbook running OX 10.14.6 I'm trying to put some subtitles below the movie to make for my poor English pronunciation or to allow viewers to view without sound.
I'm using the title section, using the "third lower part", and I create a new section for every single line of subtitles.

I change the font size, color (My background is completely white so I want to settle with all black fonts). This works well for the first titles but after inserting a few sections, the space size between characters decrease and becomes less (when previewing and full export) readable and seems to double when editing the text:
Normal pictures:

This is quite readable

This is less readable

Edit the less readable

Is there a way to preserve the character space, and keep the subtitles readable?


texts: Speeding up switching between multiple desktops (speed up or remove transition)

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I disable animation when switching desktops in Lion?

I am a PC user who switches between many applications and now I use many full screen apps on the Mac (aka multiple desktops) I find the "three finger swipe" animation very distracting.

Actually I've been switching so often between desktops I feel a bit nauseous. (no joke)  I'm sure this effect is exaggerated since I am using a 1680x1050 resolution on a 15 inch Retina display on a Macbook Pro.

My short-term solution is to use windowed mode for now, but I really want to use all my screen real estate.

I think that speeding up the transition animation, or making it act like a "jump cut" would  help a ton.


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I am looking for text editor which can reopen all my saved/unsaved tabs that was there in the last session before my mac got restarted or text editor got closed unexpectedly.

I always have my text editor open in any of my desktops in mac but if for some reason I need to reboot or text editor gets closed unexpectedly, then if I restart my mac or reopen text editor then it should bring back all windows that was opened in last session whether saved or unsaved.

I tried with Sublime but looks like it didn't work for me. Any thoughts?


texts: Does Yosemite's Continuity use WiFi or Bluetooth to carry Voice?

texts:
Regarding the ability for 10.10 to be paired with an iPhone to make phone calls:

does the Mac act as a bluetooth headset, -or-
 is bluetooth just for "pairing", and the voice actually goes over wifi (voip)?


texts: How to install apps which require a newer version of iOS on a 1st gen. iPad?

texts: I have a 1st generation iPad and when I download apps it tells me “this requires iOS 6.0 or later” but when I go to update it tells me it's fully updated? Why is this happening, and is there any way I can fix it?


texts: Messages on MacBook isn't sending or receiving messages, despite being signed in to iCloud

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My iPhone is connected to iCloud with the same account. In Messages → Preferences, under "You can be reached for Messages at:" my iPhone's number and my iCloud account are both there and checked.

I have tried restarting Messages, my MacBook, as well as turning iMessage off and on from my phone, and removing the files from ~/Library/Messages. Nothing so far has worked.

My computer is running El Capitan, and other applications (such as Notes) can sync over iCloud just fine.


texts: Looking for an App to manage Finder Tags

texts:
I am looking for an user friendly App to manage the Finder tags, multiple file, intelligent tagging and so on.

Is there anything like that?


texts: Can Apple decline my iPhone warranty just because my phone has dent even without looking inside the phone?

texts:
I went to power mac service center to get my phone which is still under warranty fixed. They were not able to restore my phone and told me that in the event that it is hardware damage the phone will be replaced but because my phone has a small dent at the corner and had small cracks on the screen it is not under warranty anymore that is why I have to pay a big amount.

I'm puzzled because they didn't even check if the problem is caused by the dent or if it is manufacturing issues and now they are declining me of warranty.


texts:
I have one folder of old videos backing up via an uploader app (odrive), but it's 200 GB so it will take a few days.

While that's happening I need to upload a small (50MB) video which I need to send to a client for review (in a different folder) – NOW! – via another app (CloudApp).

So now the big backup is holding up my need-it-now upload.

Is there any way to have the 2nd app take over priority and/or "throttle" the first app until it's done uploading?


texts: Does Mac OS X Lion support surround sound on optical audio outputs?

texts:
Does Mac OS X support running digital signals to multichannel audio systems beyond 2.1 sound systems via optical audio outputs. Eg 5.1 surround sound, 7.1, etc speaker systems?

I have found a guide from 2008 for setting up some stuff, but it looks like it requires set up first in Audio MIDI setup???. Configuring 5.1 Surround Output in Mac OS X. Is this how it is still done on Lion?


texts:
I have both an iMac Pro (2017) and a Macbook Air M1 each running Big Sur 11.3.1.  My laptop is correctly showing my customized login screen and requires both a username and password.  However, the desktop will not.  Instead it shows just a password (with the last user logged on) and the default image.  I have tried setting it in system preferences as well as via the terminal.
Here are the current login settings:
sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow
Password:
{
    AccountInfo =     {
        FirstLogins =         {
            redacted = 1;
        };
        MaximumUsers = 1;
        OnConsole =         {
        };
    };
    DesktopPicture = "/Library/Desktop Pictures/sts30nightlaunch_nasa.jpg";
    GuestEnabled = 0;
    LoginwindowText = Antifragile;
    OptimizerLastRunForBuild = 42212896;
    OptimizerLastRunForSystem = 184746240;
    PowerOffDisabled = 0;
    SHOWFULLNAME = 0;
    UseVoiceOverLegacyMigrated = 1;
    lastUser = loggedIn;
    lastUserName = redacted;
}

Everything seems set up fine, but it will not honor the showFullName or DesktopPicture settings for some reason.
Edit:  For clarity, the plist above is on the desktop Mac which is not displaying the username/password dialog.  My desire is to have all machines require both username and password.
Thanks.


texts:
I have to do a PMU reset to turn on my G4 PowerBook (1.25 GHz).  This occurs on every shutdown of the system.

What are potential causes of this?

I'm perfectly happy to troubleshoot, but on Google I'm hitting a lot of misinformation.

I notice that my battery also has 0 Remaining capacity (From System Profiler), even though it only has 125 cycles on it (i.e. not charging).  Not sure if this is important, but thought I would throw it in there.

More Info:

Did reset-nvram & reset-all from open firmware first
Sleep: light flashes on front, never wakes back up.  (Have to PMU reset)
Battery Removed: still have to reset PMU after each shutdown.
Removed PRAM Battery: still have to reset PMU after each shutdown.


texts:
A coworker is having problems generating the search for a Chinese help system in the Apple Help Indexer 4.3. The HTML pages are encoded as GB2312. When she creates the index, she gets many “NSXMLParserErrorDomain” errors and an error that the action cannot be finished.

She’s indexing the help on Mavericks 10.9.5.

Has anyone ever run across this problem?


texts: Can I lower the minimum display brightness? How?

texts:
When working late, I'd like to lower the screen brightness further than the OS X allows in using the brightness keys.

While you can use ⌥+⇧+F1/F21 to change the brightness in smaller quaterish increments, this does not have an effect between 0 and 1 bars.

i.e. The values 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00 have the same brightness. The brightness only incrementally increases for quaters above 1.

In Ubuntu I've accomplished very low brightness settings by manually changing integers in the configuration files. Is there something similar that I could do in OS X?

1 - This works for the volume the same way.


texts: iPhone stuck on Apple Logo because of Storage Full, Any solution to delete some data to make it boot or backup data before restore?

texts:
My iPhone 6s Plus (iOS 13.4) was full on memory and when I restarted the phone it stuck on Apple Logo. Unfortunately I have no backup of my device and want my data to be safe and backed up before restoring device. Things I tried : 1. Tried Updating iPhone using IPSW file with Fonepaw, iTunes. Gets stuck on 30% of process (Error Code -1) 2. Tried Backing up the device using Elcomsoft_iOS_Forensic_Toolkit. The tool is unable to detect device in DFU Mode and hence unable to Backup or save Media Files from phone. 3. Tried Flashing using 3uTools, Stuck in between and giving Error code 14. Researched on this code and it is because of the Storage Full. 4. Tried to create IPSW using Make_No_Erase_Ipsw apparently the developer didn't updated the tool and the Error it shows : KeyError : 'RestoreRamDisks'

Status of my device right : It is in Recovery Mode and after several minutes it restarts itself. My last iOS version before phone getting bricked was iOS 13.4

Questions : 1. Is there anyway to access the hard drive and delete a few chuck of data so that it boots again? 2. Is there anyway to backup device before restoring it as restore will erase all the data from device? 3. Lastly, If I restore my device will the hard drive retain some of my data so that I can restore it later and If yes how can I mount the hard drive to use recovery tool and which recovery tool is best to restore the data from phone's drive?

I'm looking for a solution to restore my device without losing data. I'm okay to Jailbreak my device as well If it helps to restore the device without loosing data.

Thanks in advance.


texts: If I already set up Apple Pay in USA, can I use it when in other countries and will there be any foreign transaction fee?

texts:
For example, Apple Pay is just beginning to work in Taiwan.

But can it work if I set up Apply Pay using a USA credit card?
Will there be any foreign transaction fee (of 3% by the credit card)
Same as (2) but what if it is a credit card like Capital One that doesn't have any foreign transaction fee when you use the physical card?


texts: How to change boot camp partition if is set?

texts: I had a mistake in windows 7 in my mac. I want to change the size of the partition of my hard drive to my windows 7. I know how to use boot camp but how do I change the windows 7 partition? I don't really understand the other websites instructions.


texts: Is there a way to delete related but undeleted files of removed applications?

texts:
It's been like 2 years I've used Mac OS X, but I really don't like the way applications are managed, especially when we have to delete them, or when we update the operating system, XCode, or any vital program for making my Mac OS function properly.

I've deleted ignorantly many applications by just trashing them, but I've discovered that these applications could create other folders and files somewhere else, which I probably didn't delete.

My question are:

Is there a way to delete all the related but undeleted files of removed applications? Like cached, configuration, etc, files.
Are there any folders where these applications usually store these files?

Note: in many cases I would not know anymore which applications I've deleted, so don't tell me to look in the official website of the application for a solution or a script that does it automatically. I'm looking for a more general solution.


texts: How can I boot my MBP into normal mode despite shift key being broken (and on)?

texts:
I recently went to the Apple store with my laptop because it would only boot into safe mode and would not accept my password. While there, they said some liquid ruined something in the inside of my laptop. They said that the shift key was internally broken and will cost up to $700 to fix. Now, in order to use my laptop, I need to use an external USB keyboard.

But, whenever I turn my laptop on, it boots into Safe mode. Is there a way to disable it? I have tried holding down Esc and C and space but nothing has worked for me. Does anyone have anysuggestions?


texts: Time Machine is taking way too long to back up just 1.5 GB, some times it takes a lot to prepare the back up, and some times it takes a while to back up the information, any pointers on this issue? (I'm running Yosemite).


texts: AppleScript unable to get text from safari

texts:
I'm setting a text in a safari textfield with this code :

set myCaseNote to "demo"

tell application "Safari Technology Preview"
    set setData to do JavaScript "document.getElementsByClassName('text-entry')[1].value=" & quoted form of myCaseNote in document 1
end tell

but I want to add a repeat statement to make sure that my text is added before going to the next step.

I though about double check the content of the textfield with this :

 tell application "Safari Technology Preview"
    set DSIDinfoGrab to do JavaScript "document.getElementsByClassName('text-entry')[1].innerHTML;" in current tab of window 1
end tell

Otherwise this don't seems to get anything

  Result: ""

Why can I not get the text from the textfield?


texts: Switching between merged windows (tabs) of the same application

texts:
The shortcut for switching between windows of the same application Command-~ doesn't seem to work when attempting to switch between merged application windows (when the windows are listed in tabs). Anyone know how to fix this or of another shortcut that might do the trick?
Note that I'm not trying to switch between the tabs inside an application window (using Control-Tab and Control-Shift-Tab), but between instances of the application merged into a single window.
It seems that there are also 2 variations of window merging behavior:

Merges the windows of an application into tabs inside the application (as can be seen in the Terminal and Text applications).
Merges the windows of an application as tabs each containing a separate instance of the application (which can contain it's own tabs).


texts: Using a gift certificate for an app without fully redeeming it

texts: I have an Apple gift certificate with a balance on it.  I would like to use some of that balance to purchase an app from the App Store, but I don't want to fully redeem the gift certificate for iTunes credit (so I could, for example, use the gift certificate in an Apple store for actual physical products in the future). Is there any way to do this?


texts: macOS Photos app choking when importing from an iPhone 6s

texts:
I have a early 2015, 11" MacBook Air and an iPhone 6s running iOS 12.1.4. On my MacBook, I am using Photos App Version 4.0 (3421.5.230).

I open Photos.app, connect the iPhone via USB, select Import all new items, and the MacBook will start, then hang up on the import just sitting there for hours.

I have run First Aid ran and have updated all the devices and app but to no avail.

What else should I look for to resolve the issue?

any ideas?


texts: Any way to use ssh to recover a Mac from spinning beach ball of death

texts:
On Linux, I can get to a ssh or Ctrl-Alt-F1 console and type in a command to restart the window manager.

Is there any equivalent for Mac Mountain Lion?

I tried ssh'ing to a frozen Mac, and I could kill individual processes, but I could not unstuck the machine. Running the command sudo reboot killed my ssh ability, but did not restart the machine.


texts:
I just received a new wireless controller (Livid Minim) that works over Bluetooth MIDI.  It works fine with my iOS devices, but won't connect to my Mac at all.  I'm using a 2011 iMac running OSX Mavericks and will not be upgrading (A previous attempt to upgrade to Yosemite was disastrous and lost my entire system, had to restore from a complete disk image I took before the upgrade)

Is it possible to use Bluetooth MIDI devices in Mavericks?  Everything I read only refers to Yosemite or greater, but I see nothing that actually states it cannot function on Mavericks.  Would appreciate any definitive answer on this matter.


texts: Insert images into Pages document using AppleScript

texts:
I'm trying to automate the construction of a document, and am looking for a way to insert images into a Pages document with AppleScript. For example:

tell application "Pages"
    make new document
    tell document 1
      tell body text
        make new paragraph at end with data ¬
         "another paragraph" with properties {paragraph style:"Body"}

        make new image at end with properties ??? :(

      end tell
    end tell
end tell

Nothing I've tried so far works - "make new graphic", "make new image", "insert image data" and so on. I'm not ruling out the possibility that it's not possible at all (I've used AppleScript for long enough, so that wouldn't be a surprise) but it would be good if it could be persuaded to work.

Solution

@jackjr300 's solution works great. I finally went with this incantation:

set fname to "/Users/me/Desktop/picture.png"
set thisImage to POSIX path of fname
tell application "Pages"
    tell document 1
        tell body text
            make new paragraph at end with data "another paragraph" with properties {paragraph style:"Body"}
            make new image at after last paragraph with properties {image data:thisImage}
        end tell
    end tell
end tell


texts:
I'm using OS X 10.7.2 and there are a couple keyboard shortcuts that are just driving me crazy - how do I change them?

In Chrome, "Go Back" (or Forward) is ⌘ + [ or ⌘ + ] (for forward), how do I change it to ⌘ + ← or ⌘ + → (for forward)
In Chrome, search is alt + ⌘ + F .  I want it to be ⌘ + K (like in Windows or Linux)
When working with text, going to the beginning or end of a line is control + A, I want it to be ⌘ + ← or ⌘ + → (for right)

Thanks!


texts: I have just updated iPhone to latest iOS. I do not have a phone contract and do not have a sim. I get an error message stating SIM required. How do I bypass this step.


texts: Passwords syncing to phone even when iCloud not checked

texts:
In preferences, Keychain is not checked under apps that use iCloud but when I save a password in Safari, the password is still copied to my iPhone's list of passwords.
Is this a bug?


texts: iPhone: transfer audio from Whatsapp to Music library

texts:
I'm using an iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1. I've been sent some songs(*)  via Whatsapp, and I'd like to copy them to my music library in the iPhone, so that I can listen to them, add them to my playlists, etc., but I can't find the way. Here are my limitations:

Whatsapp only offers the option to share the songs via Whatsapp or
via email.
My iPhone is synced to my desktop computer, which I don't
have with me. I have a Macbook with me (OS X 10.8.5), but I don't
want to sync the iPhone to it, because it will wipe everything in my
phone.
I don't use iCloud, nor I have it activated in any of my devices… though I could do so, if I have to.

What can I do? If the solution is to use iCloud, how would I do so without wiping or syncing the rest of the contents in my phone? (I have waaay more than the free 5 Gb. in an iCloud account).

(*) Non-pirated songs!!! They are a demo from a musician friend of mine.


texts: Is there any possibilty to choose a next song on Spotify when the app is minimalized?

texts: is there any kind of a shortcut to choose a next song while the app is minimalized? I got the SpotMenu and Karabiner app.


texts:
How can I automatically close an application that is listed as Not Responding in Activity Monitor?
I have one application in particular that I'd like to be killed if it goes non-responsive. I'm thinking I could schedule a script with cron, but I'm not sure what the script would need to be.
macOS 10.7


texts: Migration Assistant won't transfer files from 10.8 to 10.9

texts:
I tried to transfer my wife's files from her MacBook, running 10.8.4 to my MacBook Pro running 10.9.5.
We have identical logins on both computers.

I was using Migration Assistant on both Macs which are on the same local network.

I got the following error message:-

The selected source cannot be used for migration.

Your other Mac is not running the latest version of OS X. Please run Software update on your other Mac and try again.

I don't want to "upgrade" my wife's computer, just transfer her user files. It seems pointless that you can't migrate from an old Mac.


texts:
The iPad screen has an aspect ratio of 4:3. 1080p video has an aspect ratio of 16:9.

I tried playing a 1080p video on the built-in player and got this:

|--------------|
|   |      |   |
|   | iPad |   |
|   |      |   |
|--------------|

where the outer border is the movie resolution (meaning, the video is getting chopped). I am a bit surprised that I couldn't find a mention of this anywhere online. Does the iPad really truncate 1080p videos by dropping pixels on the left/right of the frame?


texts: I can't connect to my Apple ID due to connection fail as it says, but my connection is good, I can connect to iCloud, visit sites,..., I just can't download books and apps on my Mac any more. I could do it before.


texts: VLC is dropping frames/stuttering when trying to play 1080p@60FPS video on rMBP w. 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7

texts:
When I try to play a video with 1920x1080 pixels and 60fps, in H.264 format using VLC player. It cannot keep up with this work and frequently drops frames (in other words, it's not playing it "smoothly").

OS X's QuickTime player seems to be free from this problem, but it's not a solution, since it's limited to a small subset of formats (can't handle 10-bit or 4:2:2 colorspaces, or MKV container, etc.)

Is there a way to fix that problem (without upgrading to macOS Sierra), or I should look for another video player if VLC's performance is not good enough?

The computer is a Retina MacBook Pro with a 2.3 GHz i7 processor and a NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB dedicated GPU, and OS X version is 10.11.6. I'm not sure how to check if secondary GPU is being really used for heavy lifting instead of Intel one when playing videos.

VLC says it's up to date:

  VLC 2.2.4 is currently the newest version available


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I found a file of size 1 GB in /vm/swapfile0, that has not been accessed in a long time, according to last access date value in ls -l.

My assumption is, that this file is left over from an older macOS version. The last access was probably before I upgraded to 10.12. Can I safely remove it?

I also found some files of size 1 GB in /private/var/vm. These have recent access times; both sleepimage and swapfile1 today and swapfile0 two weeks in the past. I think these are in active use.

One side question though: sleepimage has a size of 1 GB, although I have 4 GB RAM installed. How is that possible? Other threads on the topic of sleepimage suggested that the size would match that of the RAM installed in my Mac.


texts: How can associate particular contacts with appropriate 'from' addresses in Mac Mail?

texts:
For the most part, there is a one-to-one relationship between any given contact and the email address I select as a 'from' address.

Is there a way to configure Mac Mail to change the value of the 'from' field according to whom I am sending mail?

OS X 10.10


texts: Install a clean Mavericks and then use TimeMachine makes it unclean again?

texts:
I am about to install OSX Mavericks in an iMac I have.
I would love to make a clean install (creating the bootable USB with that complex procedure).

I was thinking about copying folder by folder but thinking about iTunes, iMovie and iPhoto makes things more complicate as they are stored in the library folder and it can carry more than one problem I guess.

I was wondering if that "clean" install will again become "dirty" if I restore everything with the copy I have in TimeMachine.

Would that also transfer preferences and things which could interfere with the new installation?


texts: Why won't icloud account accept my password from my Mac Mini?

texts:
Attempted to sign in to my iCloud account on my Mac Mini and it failed.
I use a password manager so the pwd hasn't changed.

I went ahead and changed the password (and used the old password) and the iCloud account said that it reset it.
Then I tried signing in again and it still failed:

So, since I still can't sign into iCloud account (supposedly incorrect pwd) I decided to change it again.

But this time it complains that I cannot change pwd to same thing  --

This means that it knows what my password is, since it just let me change it and now it won't let me change it to the same thing. However,even though it seems to know the password, it won't let me sign in with it.

Completely Signed Out

Also, I had completely signed out of iCloud before trying this second password change thing.

Does anyone know why this occurs?

EDIT - Next Thing That Happened

So I decided that maybe my 32 character password was too long and I decided to try again, but when I tried it with the shorter password then it said, "I can't do that right now." and gave up.

So I then noticed that it is talking about my appleId.  I know the password to my appleId, because I just signed in on the web site (to confirm) while using it.

Is this thing trying to get me to sign in with my appleId or iCloud id?  This is a really terrible system.


texts: Searching for visible and invisible system files gives no results

texts:
I'm running a search and I have selected File Visibility: Visibile and Invisible and also System Files: Are included.

Yet when I search for either ssh or .ssh either by name or everything:

it fails to find the ~/.ssh folder which is definitely there (I have set the finder to show invisible files):

What am I missing?


texts: How to set a wallpaper for apps in full screen (in Yosemite and higher)

texts:
Some apps, like Terminal and Textmate, offer transparent windows. With a good wallpaper, this can look really great.

But apps in full screen mode have a black background, not your wallpaper.

Is there a hidden feature or setting to set the background of fullscreen apps to a wallpaper?


texts: File Not Found Error while including bits/stdc++.h

texts:
My System: MacOSX 10.9 64-bit

Hey guys, I am working on Sublime Text 3. I have included the #include <bits/stdc++.h>
but when I am compiling the source code,

adityas-air% g++ 285C.cpp
285C.cpp:1:10: fatal error: 'bits/stdc++.h' file not found
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
         ^
1 error generated.

Is there some other header file specific to Mac that is needed to be included instead of this or some tweaking that is needed to be done to Sublime Text 3.Thanx in advance!


texts: Translucent box on the center of the screen after running Applescript via Excel

texts:
I have a VBA code in Excel that passes the name of an audio file to an Applescript to play the audio. Everything works well and the audio file is played but the problem is after running the code, Excel shows a translucent box on the screen. The box gets darker after running the code a few times for different audio files. The box does not go away by closing the Excel file. It only goes away if I quit Excel. Here is the VBA code:
Sub PlayPro()
        On Error Resume Next

        Dim RunMyScript As Boolean
        Dim FileName As String
        Dim tlWord As String

        tlWord = Sheets(1).Range("E2").Value
        FileName = tlWord & ".m4a"
        RunMyScript = AppleScriptTask("PlayPro.scptd", "PlayF", FileName)
    End Sub

And this is the Applescript:
on PlayF(AudioPath)
    set myPath to POSIX path of (path to resource AudioPath in directory "Female")
    do shell script "afplay " & quoted form of myPath & "> /dev/null 2>&1 &"
end PlayF

And the picture of the box on the screen:

If I remove the error handler in VBA, it shows a run-time error '5'. Does anyone know what is that box for and how I can get rid of it?
Thanks,


texts: How do I access OpenGL specific settings for the Nvidia driver?

texts:
I have a MacBookPro5,1 with an NVidia 9600 GT running OS X 10.6.8 (64-bit).

In the Linux-world there is a nvidia-settings command to control various OpenGL specific settings, however under OS X I can't find such a tool.

How do I control the NVidia settings on my Mac?


texts: Why is domain name resolution slow in Sierra

texts:
I have a Linux web server running in VirtualBox and after upgrading to Sierra I found that my sites on the web server are extremely slow to load.  It takes minutes.  I thought it had to do with something about the VirtualBox guest installation so I set up my sites in a Docker container but I'm seeing the same thing.

On a whim I turned off all networking and suddenly my sites load instantly.  This leads me to believe there's some kind of domain name resolution problem but I'm not sure where to look.

My development domains are in /etc/hosts which looks something like this:

127.0.0.1 firstdomain.dev
127.0.0.1 seconddomain.dev

When I ping firstdomain.dev I get this:

PING firstdomain.dev (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.089 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.109 ms

When I host firstdomain.dev I get this:

firstdomain.dev has address 127.0.53.53
firstdomain.dev mail is handled by 10 your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.dev.

I don't understand why the OS isn't looking at /etc/hosts first and going from there.  What else can I look at or do to resolve this?

Edit: I have tried changing the .dev to .local but I still see the same thing.


texts: How can I switch the country in the iTunes Store back to the previous setting?

texts: I switched to Finland and i got a notification that my balance has been increased and i cant go back to my old country. I cant spent anything too in the apple/ itune store and i dont know what to do.


texts: Lost one AirPod Pro — but “find my“ thinks it is together with the other one!

texts:
I lost one AirPod pro in my house. However, even though the other AirPod is in its charging case, when I ping them on “find my”, only the one I have makes a sound. See screenshot.
When I click on “right” , see screenshot, (not sure it is even clickable) — nothing happens. Unlikely that the battery is dead since this just happened recently.
Any suggestions would be appreciated! I could “forget” the earbuds and then reconnect them in Bluetooth and try again, but not sure if that’sa good idea...


texts: How to trigger spinning wheel diagnostics report

texts:
I'm working on application that consume significant CPU time and memory under heavy load.

my setup configuration is fusion VM that runs macOS Sierra 10.12.6.

At some stage I get spinning wheel and the entire VM hangs. Unfortunately I couldn't find any valuable log after rebooting the machine.

perhaps there's a way to enforce taking performance diagnostics report so that I could properly analyze what cause the hanging ?

thanks


texts: What's this little white circle on my Mac's screen?

texts: Can anyone help me identify this little circle on the screen of my Mac?


texts: Pairing Apple Watch to new iPhone without erasing

texts:
My iPhone was lost and I want to pair my watch with my new iPhone. Everything I see says that unpairing the watch will erase it. The problem is I don't have a backup of the watch since it's a new phone.

Is there a way to backup the watch without erasing it?

I know that if I had a recent backup of my old phone and restored the new phone from it, it would have the watch backup as well, but in poor form my backups were too old from before I had the watch. Also even if I did have a recent phone backup it still wouldn't have the very latest data from the watch, and that's what I'd like to save.

There are some similar questions, but none answer my question.
Apple watch still paired to an iPhone I no longer have
Pair Apple Watch again without erasing


texts: MacBook Air awakes in the night (when a sleep)?

texts:
Just curious, i have a old USB mouse connected to my MacBook Air. I noticed that in the middle of the night (when the cover is closed an MBA is a sleep). The LED (red) inside the mouse is turned on for a few minutes (the mouse has transparent case, so thats easy to spot).  I don't hear the fan, but certainly MBA puts some power on the USB port. After a few minutes is goes off again. I think it repeats a few times a night.

Anyone has a clue what goes on?


texts: Can I install a full copy of Snow Leopard on an Apple TV?

texts:
I have both a legitimate, store-bought retail license for OS X Snow Leopard, and I own an Apple TV.
(Neither were stolen, copied, etc. ;-)

Is it possible to install OS X Snow Leopard on an Apple TV?

If so, how, or where can I find more information?

p.s. I don't care about my warranty; it's long gone.


texts: Why do I have to double click right mouse button to get the pop-up menu

texts:
It happens after I get a new macbook for work. This is a Macbook Pro(Retina, 2012) with OS X Yosemite. I created a new user, and checked 'click or tap with two fingers' for the 'Secondary click'. However, the right-click menu doesn't show up when I tap or click with two fingers, nor if I right click an external mouse. I have to right click twice, very quickly, either on the trackpad or an external mouse, in order to get the pop-up menu.

This is really annoying and I haven't found any solutions online.

Update 1: I changed the 'Secondary click' setting to something else and then back to 'click or tap with two fingers'. And now everything works expect for Google Chrome. I still have to double-right-click on a webpage in Chrome to bring up the menu. However, interestingly, on the tab bar and tool bar, etc., (i.e., everywhere except for the webpage itself in Chrome), a single-right-click works...


texts: Is an external drive connected to Time Capsule also backed up?

texts: If I connect an external hard drive to a Time Capulse, it that drive also backed up to the Time Capsule?


texts: Microsoft Office 2011 right-to-left (Arabic) doesn't work

texts:
I'm facing a problem with Office 2011 for MAC, for example, when you open WORD 2011, and key in some Arabic letters, each word will appear as discrete letters not connected as one single word as it should be !!
Arabic language pack is installed on the machine and works perfectly with many other apps and browsers.
what should be done to get rid of this annoying problem ?
thanx in advance.


texts:
Whenever I plug in my usb wireless mouse, my Macbook Air and Mac Pro both think that the mouse is a keyboard and won't register the mouse's movements at all. Is there a way to fix this?

The mouse is a cheapy Gigaware wireless usb mouse and I'm running OS X Mavericks.


texts: Is there a way to speed up the way Mac responds to my trackpad clicks?

texts:
I'm new to Mac and Xcode. I realize there's always a significant delay when I click the trackpad and when Mac responds to my action, around 300-500 ms or so, which is very annoying for me. I'm using a new MacBook Pro with plenty of memory and processing power.

Is it a "feature" of Mac? How can I turn if off?

EDIT: OK, I think it has something to do with the "tap to click" feature which I'm currently using. If I press to click, there's no such delay. Anyone has any idea how to fix then?


texts:
is there a way to install Windows 7 on an Calina iMac 27" late 2015.
Bootcamp does not allow it since Mojave it only allows Win10.
Downgrading my Mac to an Os before Mojave is as well as using Windows 10 not an option.(cause its ass).
Using a VM is also noch practical in my case.
I read about using older bootcamp versions or doing it completly youreself but could not find information on how to do that.


texts: How to enable "larger text" scaling slider on a 2k monitor?

texts:
I have a Mac Mini (late 2014) connected to two Dell U2515H monitors, which have 2560x1440 resolution.

Problem: everything (macOS UI elements) is too small at this native resolution.

I was able to force "HiDPI" mode, using the command below.

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true

The result looks nice and sharp, BUT everything is too big when using the 1280x720 HiDPI resolution.

What I need is a scaling in between these 2 options (100% and 200%).

It seems that macOS has this option (several levels of scaling available) on their iMacs and MBPs:

Is there a trick to enable this slider with my monitors?


texts: Software recommendations for locking down a OS X based school computer lab

texts:
I am installing a computer lab with 25 brand new iMacs.

I would like to secure the machines to prevent students from tampering with them.

Some of the things I'd like to prevent including making changes to the computer/desktop/OS/software/settings, prevent installing software, direct file sharing, prevent bypass of startup events, limiting internet, limiting applications, limiting printing, limiting USB and optical drives, application/keystroke monitoring,  etc.

I have found one tool called FoolProof Security but would like recommendations on additional solutions.


texts: I'm using catalina and want to rearrange my app icons on my phone. I tried using Apple configurator program but can't seem to get it to work. After rearranging the icons, I hit "Apply" and the icons on the phone don't change.


texts: I have a company MacBook Pro and I no longer can see my username on the login screen

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro given to me by my IT department. The macbook has 2 accounts:

Local Administrator
My Account

Today, when I turned on the Macbook, my account didn't appear in list of accounts to sign into. The only account on the MacBook is the Local Administrator, and I don't have its password.

Is this a bug, or have I done something wrong? I don't remember deleting anything or even remotely playing with anything that could do this.

I am using OS X El Capitan 10.11  with a 2015 MacBook Pro.


texts: How do I re-center Spotlight search bar (Mac)?

texts: Spotlight search bar is no longer centered, how do I put it back?


texts: Configure terminal dimensions to show as Lines x Columns

texts:
In my terminal, when I ask to show Dimensions (profiles -> window -> dimensions), it shows the dimensions as Columns x Lines, but when I use resize -s 25 200, I am actually resizing as Lines x Columns, so I would like the dimensions to display in the same way.

Is there any way to get the Dimensions in the title to appear in the same order as the parameters in resize -s?


texts: I need a kext from OS X 10.9.5 (13F1911)

texts:
I really need

/System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext

It is necessary from OS X 10.9.5 (13F1911), that is, with all the latest changes, from just 10.9.5 is not needed.

My request how I can get this Apple software? Re-installing the OS from Recovery is very undesirable, since many valuable files are lost.

In addition, it will be restored from 10.9.5, but not from OS X 10.9.5 (13F1911)

All the methods described here can not solve the problem with the latest Apple updates. Specifically, my system has quite a few modifications I fear I’ll lose.

My English is likely bad here but I'm trying to say that I've spoiled the kext and all recovery methods are not suitable for one simple reason: in the version that I can download from App Store and in versions in /Volumes/Recovery HD/ com.apple.recovery.boot/BaseSystem.dmg updates of the latest releases are not implemented!

(It all happened because I'm trying to implement a patch has not attended to the preservation of the original version, that is that's such bad luck!).

UPD1: I found the required kext inside the "secupd2016-004mavericks.dmg" at the URL: https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1886?locale=en_US2, and solved the problem!

UPD2: no simple copying will produce the proper result, you need to implement kext:

sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel
sudo kextcache -system-caches
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/
reboot

Thank you in advance for your help, and sorry for the bad english as I’m not a native writer or speaker.

Another question for the moderator: what does "duplicate" mean? What duplicates my simple request to help me get the the file which I need?


texts: How do I type the typeset "space" character?

texts:
I've used the Keyboard Viewer a few times, and disappointingly have never seen the "space" character: ␣

Is it possible to type this character directly via some combination of meta keys (option/shift)?


texts: Directory with correct permissions is not writable

texts:
I installed high sierra on a new machine and then copied over some  directories inside my home from my time machine external disk.

The backup was created with another machine and os version from a user having the same name of the one recently created on the new installation.

90% of the things went ok.

For unknown reasons some subdirectories of my home (copied from the backup) are not writable.

I have tried every possible combination of chmod commands, and in theory everything should work correctly:

cmd+i, general:

item not locked
item not shared

cmd+i, sharing and permission:

myuser: Read and Write
staff: Read Only
everyone: Read Only

stat shows:

Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (  501/     myuser)   Gid: (   20/   staff)
501 is the correct id my current user

I think it's not a unix permission problem as the permissions should work as is.

I've also tried chflags nouchg my_folder with no luck.

Not sure what could cause this.


texts: I have a server running that simply returns ics file on a get request. I emailed the link to myself, and clicked on this link in the apple mail. Apple Mail redirects me to safari, request to the ics service is made, and I'm promoted to add the event. However, clicking on that link in the apple mail second time, redirects me to safari but nothing happens. Also, if I open this link directly from iOS Safari it works every time without any problems. Any idea why this could be happening only from apple mail?


texts:
When I edit a web page in safari. with opened visual studio code a moment ago, and didn't close it.

The cpu just jump higher, so I close that web page and visual studio code, then the cpu jump down to normal.  Not sure what case this.

I have notice that the mds is lower when the mds_stores are high.

PS: it's macOS 10.15.1

Edit:

I didn't think it's duplicate of another question mds-and-mds-stores-constantly-consuming-cpu, because in that question, the situation is

lower cpu consumer: mds:11.9%, mds_stores:9.6,
compare to mine:    mds:1.3, mds_stores:701.8(kind of killing my cpu)
the cpu drop down to normal after I close the webpage & vscode.


texts: How to remove available resolutions from a monitor?

texts:
I've connected my 2007 Mac mini to a vizio TV display using a dvi to VGA adaptor.

OSX correctly identifies the display so the DDC is working, yet OSX is also providing several resolutions which the display can't actually support.  When someone changes the display resolution, usually inside a game, the display stops working and I have to go through a bit of effort to make the system usable again.

I'd like to force OSX to only display 1920x1080 in the available resolutions.

Is there a way to only permit OSX to display one available resolution for this monitor?


texts: Making clang always look for libraries in /usr/local/lib

texts:
I'm using homebrew and have a lot of libraries in /usr/local/lib as well as include files in /usr/local/include. What is the easiest way to make sure that clang and ld in all circumstances will look into these directories?

My main issue is that some programs seem to have build scripts that filter environment variables, so storing these paths in the environment will not work. Is there a configuration file somewhere that stores the default search paths or is this hard coded into the program?

I realize that I could replace the clang and ld binaries with wrapper scripts that add the -L and -I flags to each call, but this is not very clean and would be overwritten by updates of Xcode.

This question is not about how to create your own project in Xcode and configure the search paths. What I want is to make compilation of 3rd party software easy.


texts: How to get a clean installation copy of mac os High Sierra

texts: I have tried every combination of question and filter stating that I needed a full download of High Sierra. I need to do a clean install on another Mac I have, but every time I get the same download of approx 22MB instead of the ~5GB full install version.  I appreciate any help you can provide.  I never had this issue before they released Mojave, probably just a coincidence.


texts: How to disable iCloud registration pop-ups?

texts:
How do I stop the iCloud registration pop-ups on my computer?
I don't want to register.  I don't want to use it.


texts: Why do texts from my computer show that they come from "myname"@icloud.com?

texts: When I text people from my iPhone, people receive the texts from my cell number. However, when I text people from my laptop, it opens a new contact on their phones from "myname"@icloud.com. I can't seem to fix this annoying issue.


texts: How to prevent iPhone from vibrating during calls?

texts:
I can't figure out how to prevent my iPhone SE (iOS 10.2) from vibrating when messages arrive while I'm on a call (that is, it vibrates right into my ear). This happens regularly, and I'm sure it occurs with other models/software versions.

I cannot find any setting regulating this, therefore it looks like a major bug: it doesn't have any function and interferes with the normal phone usage.

Does anybody know if anything has been/is being done with respect to this issue?


texts: how do i select alternate email address attached to AppleID show outbound FaceTime?

texts: I use appleid@myowndoma.in but attached an address with my name.  FaceTime seems to allow selection of the other address but my brother complains about seeing literal appleid@ address


texts:
According to System Information, I have about 57 GB of "Backups". What exactly is meant by "backups"? I'm guessing iPad and iPhone backups count, but that only accounts for ~25 GB.

Where is the rest?


texts:
I am getting "the disk Macintosh HD can't be unlocked" popup error after reinstalling Catalina.

I checked Disk Utility, there are 3 partitions named, "Macintosh HD", "Macintosh HD - Data", "Macintosh HD - Data Data".

How can I fix this?


texts: Can I cancel SMS sending on iPhone while it is still in progress?

texts:
Is it possible on iPhone to stop sending SMS while it is still in progress?

E.g. Accidentally pressed send. Or spotted a typo just after pressing send.


texts: Any way to check if my AirPort card is going bad MacPro 2013?

texts:
Every day for the past couple days, my WiFi on my MacPro 2013 running Mojave 10.14.6 has spontaneously vanished. The signal strength icon in the menu bar goes gray, and the status is "Wi-Fi looking for networks" (even though it lists all of my local networks).
The only solution is to reboot the machine.
Beside simply this random crass behavior, is there perhaps something in the logs I could look at that would show some tell tales that this is, indeed, what's happening? I would like perchance some additional evidence before I drag it in to the Genius Bar with "yea is sometimes does this" to try and narrow down the issue.
In the end, they may simply swap out the card. I don't know if it will fail a diagnostic, or if it's just happy happy until it decides "No, not happy".


texts: How can I find the location of my current user account picture?

texts:
five years ago, I uploaded a photo as my account picture.
I tried the ways below, but I still cannot find the location to find the original picture.

my macOS high sierra 10.13.4

~/Library/Containers/

cannot find

com.apple.ImageKit

or

iChat Recent Pictures

and
even /Library/User Pictures cannot find


texts: How do I make Terminal/UNIX tools to start the week on Sunday?

texts:
I can't quite make this happen.
Setting LC_TIME seems to work, but the locales are broken or whatever?
How do I force this onto my system?
$ for i in (locale -a); bash -c "LC_TIME=$i date -j -f '%Y-%m-%d' '2020-01-05' '+%W %a'" ; end
00 Sun
00 እሑድ
00 нд
00 א'
00 日
…

This should be 01 א' for some of them at least…
What gives?
Looking at /usr/share/locale/* I can't find anything resembling first_weekday keyword at all:
$ cat en_US.UTF-8/LC_TIME
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
%H:%M:%S
%m/%d/%Y
%a %b %e %X %Y
AM
PM
%a %b %e %X %Z %Y
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
md
%I:%M:%S %p

macosx 10.12.6 (16G2136)


texts: Are the apps that I download from the OS X app store sandboxed?

texts: Are the apps like TextWrangler sandboxed when I download them from the OS X appstore?


texts: How to ignore S.M.A.R.T. error during El Capitan update?

texts:
I have a disk with a S.M.A.R.T. error. In my particular case I know that it is relatively safe to continue to use my disk. I have error in SMART attribute #173 (wear level) but all those block overwrites happened in small volatile temp partition, my main system partition is safe. In short, I know what I'm doing.

I want to ignore this error and force the update. How to do that?


texts:
This MacBook Pro was purchased in 2019 used and there is no warranty. It is a 13 inch MacBook Pro. There are horizontal colored lines running up the screen. I’ve restarted twice. I’m not asking for a direct explanation or anything elaborate. I’m asking what are the parts called that I should look at and would probably would need replacing. I’m gonna try to repair it myself.

I did leave my MacBook Pro in my backpack in my car in the heat for approximately 30 minutes. I imagine that the heat may have caused this problem. But what part would most be affected by heat.


texts:
Running this command sudo find / -iname *.app, among the entries returned was:

find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory

Why is this and how can I fix it?


texts: Why are jpeg & pdf documents being covered with solid black rectangles?

texts:
There are specific pages of legal documents that I scanned myself as jpegs then combined in a pdf yesterday and they looked great. I downloaded it back from iCloud and they show up in the application for maybe 0 to 1 frames before a black rectangle covers up all the information in the document. Then I opened some jpegs that have been only on my computer since scanned, and they get the same censoring effect. I think I'll make up the term dynamically redacted since the redacting is being done by the application when displaying the otherwise non-redacted file. For further evidence as requested by a commenter, I also moved the file that Preview was redacting into iCloud to test it with my iPhone and was able to view the file normally with the iPhone.

Here is the problem occurring in Preview with a local pdf document.

Here is the problem occurring in Finder with local jpeg files.

Here is an example depicting more concretely a comparison that the documents are being observed sometimes normally and sometimes they are censored. When I attempted to take this final image with grab it refused when I selected Preview as a window and said that "the contents cannot be shared."

So far, I've noticed that the censoring affects Preview and Finder so it must be an Apple system-wide protocol. Grab probably is just inheriting the message from the window that it tries to grab from.

Update
It may be interesting to point out that the pages that are redacted are exactly the ones which I scanned using the document feeder and not the ones using the flatbed of the scanner. So, it could be possible that the scanner is somehow setting a setting for the pdf files based on how they are scanned. The scanner was a Brother MFC-7460DN

Update 2
It appears as though I found the culprit setting. Notice that the infos with color show the preview image while the ones set to grey do not. This fact applies to the other examples as well. Apparently, it is simply how the applications handle previewing greyscale images vs. color.


texts: How can I stop brew prune and brew upgrade from fighting?

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I am running Homebrew on 10.13.6, with the prefix /usr/local.

When I run brew upgrade, two directories are created in /usr/local/share.  These are: /usr/local/share/man/man2, and /usr/local/share/man/man6.  There are no files in these directories.

Meanwhile, whenever I run brew prune --verbose, I get the output:

rmdir /usr/local/share/man/man6
rmdir /usr/local/share/man/man2
Pruned 0 symbolic links and 2 directories from /usr/local

Whenever brew upgrade, these two troublesome directories are then re-created! The cycle continues, on and on and on.  I have repeatedly run brew update, brew cleanup, and brew doctor.  I have even reinstalled Homebrew and all my packages.  Yet, the eternal battle between brew upgrade and brew prune continues.

How can I get them to stop fighting?


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I have OS X Mavericks on my Mac and 3 browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome).
When I try to open any site I see only "connecting..", but when I try https sites it works fine!
Ping and traceroute shows normal information.
Internet works over Wi-Fi. (My iPad works fine and opens any address).

I have tried to restatart mDNSResponder and turn off Firewall. But my problem still persists.

Any ideas?


texts: Reposition/Resize QuickLook window with AppleScript

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Is there a way to resize and reposition a quick look window with AppleScript? I have an AppleScript that will do this with any app, but I do not know what the quick look app is called.

I have tried QuickLook, Quick Look, and QL.


texts: When I plugged my MacBook Air running Lion into a projector today the projector only displayed the desktop background.  I could swipe between desktops, but it still only displayed the background (this was particularly weird for the dashboard where it showed the dashboard background but not the widgets).  When I opened system preferences that window displayed, but nothing else.  Any idea what happened or how I can fix it if it happens again?


texts: Deploy iOS app directly from Xcode to iPad

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Since Xcode 7 was released, a target device has now free provisioning. A developer doesn't have to sign up for Apple Developer Program in order to test his/her app on an iOS device.

When you uploaded your application on an iPad or iPhone, you'll also have to trust the developer. So, on a device go to Settings >> General >> Profile >> Developer Account Name >> Trust.

The problem is an app with free provisioning works on your device only 7 days.

Is there a way to make it work perpetually on iPad (without building an app in Xcode again)?


texts: Reopen windows when logging back in does not work

texts: I have just performed a fresh re-install of El Capitan on my MBP 2014 and have found that this setting is not working at all. When I log out, I leave the check box ticked (so I DO want to open all applications and  my open terminal sessions to be restored, which also used to always work). When I log back in, nothing is restored, and my previous terminal sessions are lost. So how do I fix this? In general settings, I have un-ticked "Close windows when quitting an app", but I'm not sure if this is related to logout issue.


texts: Apple Mail / Maps 'NSWindow Frame' .plist

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Does anyone know where this string is located for Mail/Maps on Mavericks?

I looked in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist and it only lists a few entries, no NSWindow Frame. Cannot find for Maps, possibly com.apple.GEO.plist?
No NSWindow Frame string there either.

Also, is there a way to set their window positions, so that they always open in the specified place?

defaults write...?


texts: I'm trying to save a file to a folder. I keep getting an popup that says I do not have permission to save files to a location


texts: Does Health.app intelligently count step from multiple sources?

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I recently bought an external tracker to track various activity and I wonder, whether I should disable tracking on my iPhone?

E.g. let's say my tracker reports that I made 1000 steps and my iPhone reports that I made 850 steps within same period (carried both devices together). What will be the result score?


texts: iOS screen mirroring via USB to a Windows PC?

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I want to mirror the screen of an iOS device to a a Windows PC. I only found solutions which either use a VGA-adapter or AirPlay. Because AirPlay uses WiFi I seek for a more stable and independent solution. I stumbled on iTools but it seems it isn't developed anymore. It used a USB connection for showing the screen.
The only things which would suit my needs are either using a VGA/HDMI-adapter or using iOS 8 with Ad-Hoc WiFi and AirPlay. But then I would adapters for Lightning and Dock-Connector. On the other side it won't work for iOS 7 if I use the AirPlay method.
So is there any software which can mirror the screen via USB onto a Windows PC?


texts: How do I get the file path of an image in Spotlight?

texts: Alright, so I pulled an image off my phone, edited it, and now it's not in Desktop, Pictures, Downloads, etc. I have no idea where GIMP saved it. If I search for the file in Spotlight, it will list the file and preview it if I hover over it. How can I find the file path of said file?


texts: How can I only import the edited ('IMG_E') photos to Windows?

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I've imported thousands of photos to Windows and I've ended up with thousands of duplicates. :/
It's importing the originals (IMG_001.jpg) and the file containing the edits (IMG_001.aee) but it's also importing the edited version (IMG_E001.jpg) which is the only one I want to keep.
For example, if this was in portrait mode, only the IMG_E001.jpg actually has the portrait mode effect applied to it and I have no need for the original.
The AAE files are simple enough to delete - sort by file type and delete them all... but deleting the originals really isn't so simple, I'm having to manually find each edited file, and then scan for the original and delete it (also hoping I don't accidentally delete the wrong one each time)
Is there a better way to do this please? This is going to take me weeks to sort through, and I'm worried I will accidentally delete some of the wrong files.
Thank you


texts: Hotkey to scroll other window without switching to it

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Emacs has a nice feature in the C-M-v keybind (scroll-other-window in Emacs Lisp), which causes the other window in a frame with two windows to scroll (I haven't tried it with more than two windows) without switching to the other window. Is there a way to get equivalent functionality with Mac OS X toplevel windows (i.e. non-Emacs windows)?

In particular I'm interested in scrolling Chrome and iTerm windows, but a more general solution would be great. I assume I would have to install a hotkey app of some sort, but I'm not averse to that.