texts: NVRAM: Error clearing firmware variables: (iokit/common) not permitted

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I cannot reset my NVRAM at startup (holding down ⌘ Command⌥ OptionPR does nothing), but I want to reset the NVRAM so I am trying to reset it with Terminal.

$ sudo nvram -c
nvram: Error clearing firmware variables: (iokit/common) not permitted

How do I reset the NVRAM?


texts: How do I permanently disable Notification Center in Big Sur?

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How do I permanently disable Notification Center in Big Sur (M1), but keep the "Badge App Icon"? I don't need it at all including so called widgets etc.
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist does not work anymore!

Also, reportedly there was an Notification App, but I cannot find it in Big Sur.


texts: Benefit of using MacPorts coreutils instead of stock OS X?

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I noticed that MacPorts contains lots of software that are already present as part of a stock Mac OS X installation (I am running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard), such as coreutils, tar, etc.

Is there a benefit to using the MacPorts versions?


texts: Fullforce on iPad 4 uses iPhone keyboard instead of iPad keyboard

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I've just install the tweak "FullForce" from the Cydia store on my iPad 4th generation to make Google Maps app full screen capable, but the app uses the iPhone keyboard instead of the iPad keyboard.

Is there a way to solve this issue?


texts: Cannot assign 'Open With' to a specific application using Mountain Lion

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I am using Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and Coda 2.0.4.

I want all my .js files to open with Coda (currently js files are assigned to Safari).

When I do a 'Get Info' and change the 'Open with' application I try to select Coda 2 but it immediately bounces back to Safari.

If I choose any other application, like Firefox, XCode, etc it takes it. It only seems to hate Coda 2.

Any idea what's the issue?


texts: I get "command not found" when running a new shell, (and none of my aliases, etc. are noticed). What's wrong with my .bash_profile?

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Terminal.app

Here are the my preferences settings:

!/Users/Parker/Desktop/0.png
!/Users/Parker/Desktop/0.5.png
!/Users/Parker/Desktop/1.png
!/Users/Parker/Desktop/2.png

Here is the contents of my .bash_profile:

alias unhide='chflags nohidden'
alias hide='chflags hidden'
alias lock='chflags uchg'
alias unlock='chflags nouchg'
alias la='ls -A'
alias phone='sshpass -p thisismypassword ssh root@myiphone.local'
alias vlc='/Applications/VLC\ 2.2.0.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC'
PATH=/usr/local/bin\:/usr/bin\:/bin\:/usr/local/sbin\:/usr/sbin\:/sbin
if [ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion ]; then
. $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
fi
alias up='cd ..'
alias install='sudo apt-get-install'
alias update='sudo apt-get-update'
alias lock='/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend'

When I launch Terminal.app, I get this:

!/Users/Parker/Desktop/Screen Shot 2015-02-15 at 10.25.50 AM.png


texts: How do I see more than three notifications (in Big Sur)

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In Catalina the notification centre had a long list of notifications, most recent first. In Big Sur it only lists the top three. How can I configure it to show me more?
Yes, there is a button to show more, but I have to click this every time I open the notification centre, I want it to default to this view.


texts: Alternatives to Geektool that make desktop content clickable?

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Does anybody know of any alternatives to GeekTool that allow you to put content on your desktop sourced from shell scripts, files, etc but that makes the content interactive?

A few use cases I would really like:

A list of recent tweets where any links in the tweets are clickable
A calendar widget that allows me to navigate forward and back in months
A search box for google or wikipedia
An app launcher

I know you could use Dashboard widgets for this but I prefer to have these right on the desktop itself. Also Dashboard widgets seem more limited in what they're able to do, but I'm less educated about these so I could be wrong.

Rainmeter does all this by the way, but is Windows only.


texts: Deleted /Library/Python folder. Is it possible restore?

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I am on Mac OS X 10.7.2.
I deleted old python library folder before upgrading to newer python.
But I found later that I should never delete the factory-shipped python.

  The Apple-provided build of Python is installed in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework and /usr/bin/python, respectively. You should never modify or delete these, as they are Apple-controlled and are used by Apple- or third-party software.

Is there a way to restore what I deleted in the folder?


texts: Is there are place to report missing/incorrect album art to the iTunes team?

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I know there are various ways to get/replace album art in iTunes and other questions about that. Some of them don't provide as good quality art as from iTunes (Store). Some of them also inflate file sizes by putting the image in each album. However, one thing I've noticed is that sometimes art gets updated in the store to better reflect the CD I ripped, or missing art becomes available. For example, Bob Dylan albums used to always get the ugly "Bob Dylan Collection" cover (same for each) whereas now they get the real original covers.

Is there somewhere to report mistakes and omissions to the team responsible? It seems that overall quality could easily be improved if Apple accepted "bugs" on this. The mistakes often seems quite strange - for example, the album is in the store with the correct artwork and yet you get the wrong art downloaded or none at all. I recently got correct art for an unusual independent artist who I thought had self-published his album, followed by nothing for Phil Selway's much more famous new album. This album is available (correct art) in the store!


texts: Is there any way to access display settings from the menu bar in Mavericks?

texts: I used to always have an icon, but now it's gone unless mirroring is available :-(


texts: How can you add your own custom video to your iPhone/iPod on start up?

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I would like to be able to have an iPad2 have custom functionality. It would have a custom desktop (company logo and other icons). When the iPad2 is turned on, it would automatically start playing a pre-installed video. When the video is done play, it would go back to the custom desktop allowing the user to replay the video (via an icon) and/or click other icons to view pdf files.

I would like to be able to turn the custom functionality on and off (but this would be something only I would be able to do via a password or something similar) so that the iPad2 can be used for only this custom functionality or it can be used as a normal iPad2.

Although I know that Jail breaking is must for this but still confused that even aftaer jail breaking will it work like I want????


texts: How can I stop sound switching to internal if I close the lid on my MacBook while playing video on HDMI-connected TV

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If I connect an HDMI cable to my MacBook (mid-2010 white model, Mavericks 10.9.2) and play a video, then the audio comes out of the TV - so far so good.

If I then close the lid while the video is playing, the TV screen flickers a bit but then continues playing, but the audio starts coming out of the internal speakers.

Is there any way to stop this and force the MacBook to continue to play via the HDMI when that's the only screen in use?

Extra Info: re-opening the lid doesn't switch audio back to TV but all settings suggest the TV is the selected audio output device. If I pause the video, THEN switch to internal speakers and back to TV, audio will be back to TV if/when I restart the video playback.


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I'm trying to reinstall MacOS Catalina on a second hand Macbook Pro 2019.
I cannot access Disk Utils in any way specified on the web. Only option that is available is Internet Recovery and I face an "Activation Lock" window that I cannot seem to bypass whatsoever.

In Internet Recovery window I have the following options: shutdown, restart, activate using MDM key and Erase Mac.
The last option is: Startup disk that won't allow me to boot on my USB. It gives the following error:

  security settings does not allow this mac to use an external startup disk<

How can I format and reinstall this Mac? I do not know the Apple-ID used for this Mac and neither does the previous owner.


texts: Jailbroken iOS 10.3.3; iCleaner won't open; can't reinstall/turn on tweaks

texts: A couple of days ago, I disabled all tweaks (with iCleaner), and then upgraded it to v7.7.2. I have tried downgrading it and installing it from different sources, but I can't open it to enable all tweaks. Now with my phone fully jailbroken (instead of semi), I am still unable to open iCleaner. Is there any way to manually revert whatever iCleaner did (or delete all of iCleaners data so I can launch it)?


texts: Yosemite Photos: How to select only photos

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Photos Version 1.0.1 (215.65.0)
I can't seem to see anywhere inside Photos to filter items by file type.  No detail/list view like in Finder for me to sort and select. Search with, for example *.JPG in the search box of Photos does not return anything. It does not seem to understand wildcards


texts: How do I make those who connect to me via a shared internet connection use my /etc/hosts file? I was thinking something along the lines of creating a DNS server, but I was hoping maybe there is a simpler solution?


texts: how do I upgrade my processor on my MacBook Air?

texts: I am trying to download a piece of equipment which requires at least a 1.8 Ghz processor. My MacBook Air has only 1.7 Ghz. Is it possible to upgrade it?


texts: How to recover from accidently diskpart'ing an OS X drive, destroying everything?

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Ok, so, I just got my Mac back after 5 months in the repair shop. I went to install winblows 7 via Boot Camp Assistant, but was having issues. I went into diskpart, and not remembering how to use it, accidently formatted the OS X drive. Not knowing what I had just done, I went and cleaned it. It wasn't until a few formats and conversions later that I realized I had obliterated every last one of my files and critical system stuff, including my recovery drive, because I had selected the wrong volume to change.

I have no doubt there is no way to get my files back, but I at least want OS X back. I have no access to any other Mac anywhere, and I can't afford to pay for support or a new image, and somehow every last Time Machine backup is corrupt.

What can or should I do?

EDIT: As per request, I ran clean format convert delete recover and create in diskpart. The external drive was not empty, but is now :/

MacBook Pro,
Model A1502,
Mfd. late 2014,
11" model,
128GB Internal SSD,
1TB external HDD,
x64 Architecture


texts: iPhone 4 - Camera flash stays lit even when the phone is off

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I was given an iphone 4 to fix. I've replaced screens before, but this guy tried to do it himself but he couldn't do it. When I got the phone, the flash lit up. It wasn't a full "flash" like you get from some flashlight applications, it was just dimmly lit.

I took apart the phone. Successfully put it back together, and the little light from the flash was still there. Even when the phone is powered off, it stays on. I can go into the camera app now, and if I take a picture, it FLASHES, but then it stays dimmly lit. Any ideas at all? Hardware problem? Is there anyway to reset this?


texts:
In Security & Privacy / General / Allow Apps downloaded from:, how to dis-allow apps again after you have allowed?

I am asking simply because I have installed some software that I would like to stop from having these privileges.


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We are successfully using Parental controls to limit our childrens time by the computer.

However I can't seem to be able to make the system log off the user when the time limit runs out. Since there are four people using the same computer it ends up being unusable as the kids run games, chat software, music software etcetera and after half a day the memory is stuffed with unused processes and the CPU is running HOT.

I have verified that the Fast user switching feature of the OS is turned off. Still the user that is locked out due to Parental controls time limits is not automatically logged out.

I also tried to change the security setting "Log out user after XX minutes of inactivity". I set it to 10 minutes and it works fine for the user that is currently using the computer but all locked out users are still logged in (however "inactive" they might be).

This is driving me nuts. I end up having to interfere with the children several times a day restarting or logging in or out different users. Please help!

Ah, some info: MacMini Late 2012, OS X 10.8.2


texts: Can I use any character for the name of my app?

texts: I'm preparing to publish an app I developed but the name I had in mind is already being used. To solve this I'd like to add a character/symbol (which relates to the name and gameplay) besides the name: ⟡. Is there a problem with doing this? Would this affect my app's visibility on the App Store.


texts: Can I use both Macbook built-in GPUs on separate displays

texts:
My Macbook has 2 GPUs:

Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB
Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB

Is there any way to use "Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB" on Apple Thunderbolt Display and the other one "Intel HD Graphics 630" on the Macbook itself?

Current situation:


texts:
I'm running Yosemite. While booting up I get stuck at the screen with the following screen.

Is it a serious issue? If yes, how can I save my data?


texts: Persistently being signed out of iCloud across all devices

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For a week now, I'll get a notification at least once a day, if not more, telling me that I am to sign back into iCloud. I then have to go across all my devices and enter the password. Every so often the notification refuses to let me sign in without changing my password. I'm on my fourth password now and honestly running out of ones I can use (I won't be able to remember them at this rate). It's becoming very frustrating because I don't know what's causing this.

I've signed out on all my devices purposefully to try and see if there was some bug with a server token causing the trouble, but nothing really came of it. I'm not sure what I can do at this point?

I've tried to find other solutions to this problem but most people figured it out with the reset or by finding they were entering a password incorrectly.

Can anyone advise on how I might stop these constant requests? Thanks.


texts: SSH apps for iPad that run 9.3.5 and earlier

texts:
I own an iPad2 (I guess it's an iPad2, it's an old iPad, one of those that you can't update past 9.3.5). Not only that I can't update past iOS 9.3.5, most of the apps I was looking at require at least version 10.

I'm currently looking at some way of having SSH or Mosh available so I could do some programming work. Apps like Blink Shell or Termius require newer iOS versions so I'm stuck.

Is there any way of installing an older version of an app, or do you guys know of any app I can still use on my iPad that will provide me at least ability to SSH into other machines?


texts: Recovering an entire partition that has been somewhat formatted (I seriously messed up an external HD's filesystem)

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I have an embarrassing but very urgent problem. A friend of mine asked me to set up their new external HD for both Time Machine and file storage, and to transfer over files from their old HD. I started to partition the new drive using Disk Utility, but the partition option was greyed out. The entire disk was formatted as exFat, so I thought to reformat it as HFS+. I began to do so with diskUtil: diskUtil erasedisk hfs+ External /dev/disk2 (Note: this is on a Macbook Pro running El Capitan)

However, I mistyped. The new drive was not disk2, it was disk3--I had started to erase the old disk instead, which has important data in it. I realized my problem in an instant and ^C'd my way out of there, but the damage was done. Here's the sitch:

Terminal output says:

Starting erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
diskutil:interrupted
$ diskUtil list
...
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS                         999.8 GB   disk2s2

As you can see, OSX recognizes the drive as GPT and the partition as HFS+. However, the drive will not show up in Finder.
Windows (10) recognizes that I have an external HD plugged in, but nothing shows under "Volumes" when I view its device in Device Manager.
Linux (Arch) recognizes the drive and the partition, just like OSX. I tried running ntfsfix, but to no avail. (It gave me a warning that said something about being unable to fix it and to try using chkdsk).
I am not 100% certain what the state of this HD was before I half-formatted it. It was first used and formatted on a cheap Windows laptop when Vista was the newest Windows OS, so I would think that it was NTFS on an MBR scheme before I violated it. (Perhaps I'm wrong and someone knows better, but that's what I'm led to believe).

Anyways, here I am. I need to recover about 700GB of data, perhaps NTFS/MBR, on a drive that thinks it's HFS+/GPT. All of the data has got to be there, more or less at least, but I need help accessing it. If you have any insight or knowledge that could help me out, I would truly appreciate it.

(Lastly, I've downloaded and installed some data recovery software from Easeus. It's running a "scan" on the drive, and I suspect it'll fix my problem if I dish over $90 or so. This is just a last resort, though. I'd really rather not have this headache become an expensive one, and since it's picking a lot of data, I know there's gotta be a way to solve this with some elbow grease.)


texts: El Capitan app/extn to allow whole-screen zoom with just trackpad

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I need to do self deep tissue massage on my back each night.  I roll around on the floor on top of a tennis ball for a half hour.  During this time I watch stuff on my MacBook Pro, which is running El Capitan.  I control it with my Magic Trackpad.

I'm sufficiently far away that reading Finder items is a little difficult, so I'd love to be able to zoom the screen with the trackpad.  But the Trackpad System Preference is useless for this; it seems it only works with e.g. iPhotos.  Accessibility System Preference insists that a key be held down while doing the zoom gesture in order to zoom the screen, so it's useless too.

So, does anyone know of an application or extension for El Capitan which will do whole-screen zooms from JUST a trackpad gesture?  Googling turns up nothing useful :(


texts: Find My [Mac] reported location without WiFi?

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I was the owner of a Macbook Pro w/ Touchbar running macOS Mojave last week-end

The macbook has been stolen and moved 300 miles away from the point. I got two alerts separated by a few hours, around the same area. The pending lock hasn't been triggered unfortunately. But the "Sound" has been triggered.

The question is how did it send the location to Apple without Wifi? (it is not online, but just got located once or twice)

Did the thief crack my credentials and then logged in some Wifi?

Or did my macbook connect to a Wifi with the same SSID than a hotspot ?

Could the thief connect to the Wifi without being logged in?

Can the Macbook connect to any Wifi when in recovery/reset mode and trigger an alert on the Macbook?


texts:
My iMac (2010, i3, 3.06 GHz, 4GB RAM) has been getting a little slower. My research shows memory can cause a slow performance, so I looked and most of the time, my RAM is allocated like this:

.

Would resetting my Mac to factory settings increase performance/speed it up?


texts: Is parallels 7 better in performance then Vmware Fusion 4?

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I got Vmware Fusion 4 when I bought my MAC Book Pro ( core i7 2.0Ghz Quad Core 6MB Cache, 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD). I installed Win7 first on Vmware and then later WinXp. In both case the Virtual Machine was slow, it lagged and even the host OS LION, started to lag.

I assigned 1.5GB to 700++MB RAM and also gave upto 4 cores, but performance was slow.
Did some research online and found that Parallels 7 is alternate to vmware. But is parallels 7 better in performance compared to vmware fusion 4?


texts: Changing placeholder texts in Pages using AppleScript

texts:
I've got a Pages document "test" with a text box which has the text "Footnotes" in it. This text is marked as a placeholder text.

I want to change this text using AppleScript. This is what I've got so far:

tell application "Pages"
    activate
    tell document "test"
        tell current page
            set thistext to every text item whose object text contains "Footnotes"
            tell thistext
                tell its object text
                    set every word to mytext
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

Running this will result in the following error:

  error "Can’t get object text of {text item 1 of page 1 of document id \"EB865803-005B-4C5D-A740-398B41B767F5\" of application \"Pages\"}." number -1728 from «class pDTx» of {«class shtx» 1 of «class cPag» 1 of document id "EB865803-005B-4C5D-A740-398B41B767F5"}

The script editor also marks the following lines:

tell its object text
     set every word to mytext
end tell

Any ideas? The goal is to fill the placeholder text on that page with a custom footnote.


texts: Cause of this kernel panic IOVideoPocketCamDevice::terminate

texts:
When I started my iMac 27-inch, it shows the message "your computer has been restarted because of an error".

I searched on the internet and Apple's site said that it might be a software issue so I reinstalled macOS, but even after that the same error is showing after boot up within ~20seconds

Could anyone help by reading the following log report, whether it's software or hardware issue? and which apps should I delete in safe mode? Also when I boot up in safe mode the screen would transition slowly in horizontal lines(is this normal?)


texts: How do I enable a USB SuperDrive in Mac OS X El Capitan on a MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have an older MacBook Pro (Late 2011) which came with a built-in optical drive. I replaced the built-in SuperDrive with a second hard drive. However, the USB SuperDrive is not compatible with Macs that came with built-in optical drives.

I tried modifying the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist file with the mbasd=1 flag as I would have in Yosemite/Mavericks. However, I was presented with an Operation not permitted message, even when I tried this as root. (As it turns out, this is because of the new System Integrity Protection introduced in El Capitan, which supersedes root)

Is it possible to get a USB SuperDrive working in El Capitan? If so what are the steps?


texts: Disk space used by iPhoto/iMovie libraries on OS X

texts: How can I tell how much space my iphotos and imovies are taking on my Macbook Pro hard drive? I've checked the applications from my finder, but iphoto and imovie are not listed there.


texts:
I recently attempted to open the App Store application iFlicks and received the following error message.

Unfortunately, this application has been removed from the App Store so I am unable to download it again. I have gone back through my Time Machine restoring different versions from different years but they all provide the same message.

My question, has anyone encountered this problem and, if so, how did you go about fixing the application? Further, how can this be fixed if the application has been removed from the App Store?


texts: Recognise command and colour it on the terminal?

texts:
I was wondering if it's possible to colour a recognised command in real time while typing and/or when switching to previous commands using the arrows.

For example, if I start typing gre, it should not color anything, but once I finish typing my command completely, i.e. grep, it should color grep with a certain color.

This would be useful to immediately recognise also the position of arguments in a complex command. I'm using the default terminal that comes with the notebook.


texts: Can I customize Finder to have distinct sounds for moving files vs. copying files?

texts:
I frequently both copy (Alt-Drag) and move (Drag) files in Finder from one directory to another. My dexterity isn't so great, and so sometimes I accidentally let go of the Alt key before the mouse button is released (meaning that I might have moved a file, whereas I actually wanted to copy it).

It seems to me that a good way to distinguish between these two events, meaning I don't need to go back and check in the source directory, would be for Finder to have two distinct sound effects for them.

Is it possible to customise the Finder sound effects so that Move and Copy have distinct sounds?

I am on OS X 10.9, for the record, but a solution with wider applicability, in particular for 10.10, would be preferred.


texts:
I tried to connect an Eizo Flexscan EV233W to My Macbook Pro using an SVGA cable (suspiciously cheap, but the only one available) and a VGA - Type C adapter.

The image on the external display was ghosted and low-res.
I suspect SVGA itself is a bad choice, although I know nothing about DisplayPorts.

Or perhaps it could be the quality of the cable?

Should I try using my DVI cable that came with the monitor with a DVI to USB-C adapter?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Yosemite - Use fullscreen (as in proper fullscreen) for apps that don't support it

texts:
I am using Mac OSX Yosemite and I actually love the green button fullscreen mode, as in, the one you get when you press the green button with the double arrows. Although that may be because when I bought my Mac, it came with Yosemite, so I'm not exactly an oldie, but I digress.

Some apps STILL don't support fullscreen mode, such as MathMagic. I find this quite irritating, and so I downloaded Maximizer, which was built for Lion, but which I thought would work in Yosemite. However, it doesn't. MathMagic still can't enter fullscreen. I have looked all over the internet for a solution, but almost all I've seen are for OSX Lion. What are my other options?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I gave MathMagic as an example only because it was the software that got me started researching on how to do this, but there are so many others. Adobe software is the de facto example of this. Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, everything - all of them don't support Yosemite fullscreen. So, I was looking for more immediate options of making fullscreen work.


texts: How do you set an Burst ID using exiftools on MacOS?

texts:
To mark pictures as burst in Apple Photos.app a random BurstUUID (same one for all bursts) is required.

By trying to set an UUID with zsh: exiftool -BurstUUID='A4862FFE-5491-4F15-9AC0-0881859A0802' sample.jpg it returns

0 image files updated
1 image files unchanged

Does anyone know why that's the case?
Would be very happy for getting an answer ;)


texts: Used Air (2010) without OS - how can I get up and running?

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I've picked up a used 2010 Macbook Air. The previous owner seems to have wiped OS X leaving me with only the 'OS X Utilities' application available. I can't use the install option as I receive the 'This item is not available' after signing into the App Store.

I've tried creating a bootable USB of 10.6 (original OS) and 10.11 (last installed OS) but either get a Kernel Panic or a stop sign respectively. I've also tried the 'Internet Recovery' option, but can't seem to access it on boot - I've heard it may not be installed.

I don't have access to another Mac - only PC.

I'm using TransMac for Windows to create the bootable USB. It initially appears successful at setting up the drive but when booting the errors appear.

How can I set this machine up?

Your help is much appreciated


texts: imessage won't send or receive on my mac

texts:
I am trying to link up with my wife at home (send IM). I am on a platform in Brazil and am hooked up to the platform network via an ethernet cable.

When I try to send to my wife's mac I get a red explanation mark saying the message was not sent, and I receive nothing from my wife.

Any ideas?  Does iMessage work with WiFi only or something?


texts: My MBPr has been draining itself frequently overnight if not plugged in. I noticed today when I had the lid open, it would unlock itself with my Apple Watch - no input from me. I looked in Console and saw suspect InternalPreventSleep messages by searching for "Wake". This seems to be a log of when it happens. Are there any techniques to figure out what is causing this process to kick in?


texts:
I tried to uninstall AVG but kept in saying can't be deleted because it still open, I then went to applications > Utilities and opened up Activity Monitor. Highlight it and click the "Quit Process" button but it comes back straight away and can't delete it.
I can't understand why this is happening.
Please if you can help doooooo.


texts: Music application missing from home screen on iOS

texts: I have an iPhone 7. For some reason, the music application is missing from my home screen. I have tried resetting to home screen layout but the music app still doesn't show up. I can see my music when I go into manage storage but can't play it on the phone.


texts: Terminal.app and tmux session, can't use "open" command (without tmux it works)

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I use Terminal.app and a tmux session.

> open -a VLC file.mp4
The window server could not be contacted.  open must be run with a user logged in at the console, either as that user or as root.

Without tmux this command works.

I googled that and found Unable to use 'open' command in OSX tmux from 10 July 2015.

brew update
brew install reattach-to-user-namespace
brew upgrade reattach-to-user-namespace
echo "set -g default-command \"reattach-to-user-namespace -l ${SHELL}\"" >> ~/.tmux.conf
cat .tmux.conf
set -g default-command "reattach-to-user-namespace -l /bin/bash"

I did that and have still the same error

The window server could not be contacted.  open must be run with a user logged in at the console, either as that user or as root.

what is reattach-to-user-namespace supposed to do?


texts: Under 10.8 which file stores the environment variables?

texts:
This has been this way since 10.6. There is no .bashrc file in the home dictionary but the environment variable PATH indeed exists as the result of this command shows:

$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin

Anyone know how/where OS X stores environment variables?


texts: How to use an external disk to boot to Windows?

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I want to be able to boot into windows. I only have 256GB on my Mac, and my current windows C: drive has over 112 GB in it used. So I would like to keep the on-board SDD free for OS X.

Is it possible to have an external USB 3.0 drive and boot to that to get windows? If so, what advice should I follow?

TIA
Mark


texts: macOS Mojave suddenly changes focus to a Chrome window

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For some reason, when I am working on my MacBook Pro (15", 2018) either typing or doing whatever, the focus changes to a specific Chrome window for no apparent reason. The window that the focus goes to, does not have any particular website opened.

The software installed is pretty much the same as my old MacBook Pro (15", Mid 2015). They are both running macOS Mojave, but this doesn't happen in my old MacBook.

The computer works mainly with the lid closed, connected to a LCD via Thunderbolt using Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad for input. The focus switch happens randomly, it even happens when my hands are off the keyboard and trackpad (laptop and remote ones).

This is getting really annoying. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Is there any way to fix it?


texts: AirPort Extreme Drops Out Periodically (Every 2-3 Days) Requiring Unplug/Replug to Restart

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I have an AirPort Extreme that drops connection every two to three days.  When my client indicates no signal/SSID present, it searches and does show my AirPort Extreme SSID.  However, selecting it results in a timeout error.  Unplugging and replugging the AE and allowing it to reboot does fix the problem until the next 2-3 days dropout.

Fimware is 5.7.  I am using WPA2 Personal encryption, automatic channel selection, 802.11b/g combined mode, multicast of 2Mbps, transmit power 100%, and WPA Group Key timeout of 1 hour.  I am not using closed network or interface robustness suppression or MAC access control.

Everything else is pretty straightforward; using DHCP, DHCP leases for 4 hours, etc.  At any give time, I probably have 4-6 clients connected to the router.

I obviously can't access the log when the event occurs since I can't connect to the router even through AirPort Utility.  I guess I could try a LAN connection to read the log.

Any similar experiences or suggestions?


texts: I keep being asked by iTunes for password and credit card verification, and getting warning emails

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I use iTunes (latest available build) on Windows 7 x64.

Whenever I buy apps for my iPhone, or download free updates to apps I already purchased, iTunes asks me to enter my Apple ID password, and my credit card confirmation number; everytime this happens, I also get an email from Apple saying "you purchased something from a device that has never been associated with your account, watch out because someone could be messing around with it".

I always used iTunes only on this computer, and I've tried logging out/in, and also unauthorizing the system and then authorizing it back again; but this keeps happening.

How can I fix this?


texts: How can I upgrade my mac to OpenJDK 11 using Homebrew?

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If I would have an older version of Java JDK on my mac such as Java SE 8 or OpenJDK 8, what would be a quick way to upgrade to OpenJDK 11 using Homebrew (using the brew command)?

Motivation for using Homebrew: Homebrew provides an easy way to do reproducible installation of a number of system tools (and makes it easier to undo mistakes).


texts:
Heading says it all. I just want to run AirDrop from the Dock like any other app.

Possible or not? How?


texts: Import back video into iPhone after adjusting time & location in Photos app on macOs

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While travelling, I like to exchange photos/videos via WhatsApp with other people. Doing it usualy at night, or a few days later, the time of the received item needs to be adjusted in order to have a clean time related photo album on the iPhone.

I use the Photos app on my mac in order to change the time & location, export the new item in my desktop and then send it back to the iPhone via AirDrop (at this time I actually get 2 items : the old one with the "wrong" time and the new one with the "correct" time).

The issue is that it doesn't apply to video, the new timeline is the one of the exportation (i.e a moment ago). But everything is fine with the photos...

Note that the new video time do change correctly on the Photos app when adjusting it.

Is the process to export back video into the iPhone is different than the process to export back photo ?

I use Mojave 10.14.6 with Photos 4.0 & iOs 12.4.1


texts: Can't view contents of a certain existing folder

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I have a flash drive formatted to ExFat with multiple folders, one of which contains various mp4 files. Likely because of some stupid decisions which include "Forcing the computer to shut down in the middle of a process because it appeared to be at a standstill," the folder with the mp4 files no longer display its contents when I click on it. Instead it shows me an empty folder for a few seconds before shutting finder down on its own.

All of the other folders are fine, and spotlight searching the flash drive shows the files, so they're still there somewhere. I can play them as normal through spotlight search, but attempting to click "Get info" results in Finder shutting down again. I can't move the files out of the folder through spotlight search either.

I've tried copying the folder from the flash drive to the desktop, and it gives that window that says "Copying x amount of files," but after ejecting the flashdrive, the files no longer show up in the spotlight search, as if none of the files actually transferred. Opening the desktop folder also results in Finder quitting.

Just before all this occurred, I had a problem with the Spotlight Comments section where none of the words would display, but they still popped up in Spotlight searches. Likely due to similar stupid decisions. (I don't learn, apparently)

I've considered plugging the flash drive into another computer to see what it does, but I'm afraid it might somehow make things worse, and the folder on the flash drive may be the only copy of it left, depending on if the one I copied to the desktop actually contains the files or not.

I've tried moving the folder from the desktop onto another flash drive just for the hell of it, but that appears empty too, and also quits Finder when opened. I tried re-indexing the desktop folder, though its reason for not working may be because the files aren't there. I tried running mkdir ${TMPDIR}/com.apple.IconServices in Terminal too, from another suggestion, but the flash drive wasn't plugged in when I did. I'm just afraid to do anything to the folder on the flash drive itself because it may be the only copy I have left, and I don't want to make things worse.

I don't know if any of this is important, but the computer I'm using is a Mac OS X Lion, made in early 2008 with a Windows 7 partition (I've been using the Mac side though.) It's pretty ancient, and I'm pretty stupid, so I'm not surprised I'm having problems.


texts: How can I easily toggle the cursor size back and forth between normal and largest?

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I'm using Mac OS 10.8.3.  I have a huge display and bad eyes, so I like to have the mouse cursor be the largest possible size. (under System Preferences: Accessibility: Display: Cursor size.

However, I also do a fair amount of video editing, for which I use Final Cut Pro X.  Unfortunately, the UI designers who made the Final Cut Pro X interface didn't properly take into account larger cursor sizes, so when I click a button in the program's interface with the "tip" of a large cursor, it won't register.  To remedy this, when I'm using Final Cut Pro X, I change the cursor size back to normal.

However, doing this is fairly time consuming, as I have to do it a few times every day.  Is there a way to somehow do this automatically?


texts: When should we enable the `locate` command on a Mac?

texts:
The locate command in Bash is available besides find to look for files, but it requires building a database.  On a Mac, how useful is this and in what situation(s) should we enable it?

$ locate 'node_modules'

WARNING: The locate database (/var/db/locate.database) does not exist.
To create the database, run the following command:

  sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locate.plist

Please be aware that the database can take some time to generate; once
the database has been created, this message will no longer appear.


texts: How to show attachments as icons / Disable inline preview on Catalina

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As mentioned in the topic want to get rid of that confusing inline preview. I found

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes

However this only applies for the send-mail-window, not the regular mail view of received mail. How would I change this?


texts:
I love how Microsoft products have built-in customer feedback (click the smiley face) and wish I could do the same with Apple products, especially macOS.

What is the fastest way to provide feedback on macOS features and bugs?


texts: Used a chemical on my MacBook screen. Now what?

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I used Monster ScreenClean to clean the screen of my MacBook Air. I later read that this will leave a film on the screen, which seems to be the case when holding the screen up against the light.

How can I return my screen to the state it was before using the chemical? (Preferably without purchasing additional or hard-to-obtain products.) Or is my screen permanently ruined?

The printing on the bottle very informatively lists the following ingredients:

De-ionized water
Proprietary polymers


texts: How do I block a specific JS file on Safari?

texts: I have tried adding the full URL to the JS file on Adblock Filter, but it still loads. Is there anyway that I can block specific JS files? (Or any files, really). I know how to block hosts, but not specific urls/files.


texts: Apple says the VP9 codec no longer works on Catalina. I want this codec for my older OS. Where can I find it?

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Apple has a page listing "Media formats affected by the transition to 64-bit technology":

In macOS versions up to and including macOS Mojave, third-party software has extended the QuickTime 7 framework to support many incompatible media formats. In macOS Catalina, the QuickTime 7 framework will no longer be available, so incompatible formats won't be supported in Final Cut Pro, Motion and Compressor.

Here are examples of media formats affected by this transition:

The second item on the list of affected formats reads:

AV1 / VP9

I am on an older version of macOS, and I would very much like to have native support for VP9 in QuickTime! Unfortunately, I am not aware of any QuickTime components that add compatibility with VP9. Perian, which is listed seperately, only ever supported up to VP8.
Was there ever a VP9 QuickTime Component, and if not, what is Apple's page referring to? I am looking for the name of the specific software being referenced.


texts: Huge TM backups - LaunchServices csstore file too big?

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For years, a typical TM backup for me is around 200MB. For the last week or two, it's grown to about 1.2GB even if I haven't been using the machine. I finally dug into why using tmutil compare and there is a file /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/0/com.apple.LaunchServices-221-v2.csstore that is 870MB. This file is modified before every TM backup and thus it is backed up every time.

There is another file in that directory named com.apple.LaunchServices-175-v2.csstore that is 5 months old and only 27MB (if this is a useful data point).

Is this normal? Is something corrupt? Can this file be deleted safely and OSX will rebuild it "correctly" ? Any other advice to get my TM backups back to a normal size?


texts:
I installed iOS 9 (then 9.1). After that when i edit a calendar event on my iPhone (6 plus or 5s) it appears as a Invite in outlook (2013) on my PC. Got Office 365 that i manage myself. Really wierd. I got full rights read/write (set to owner) so it doesn't seem to be a owner issue...

Any ideas why this happens?

I tried with an old iPhone 4 (iOS 7.1.2) and that does not change the event.


texts: From where do the encodings supported by Terminal come?

texts: If one goes into the Preferences of Terminal.app, there is an "Encodings" tab.  From where does this list come?  How can one add further encodings?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 15″ Late 2008 (5,1). Sometimes it just won't power on. It works fine. I shutdown, then when I go to turn no it just does nothing. Previously I removed the battery and the charger, pressed the power button for a few seconds (so as capacitors can decharge etc) and then it powered on. The last 2 times, I couldn't turn it on for two days. After two days I just pressed the power button and it turned on.

Note that no water has been spilled or anything like that. Are there any recommendations? Any known issues with workarround?


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I own a macbook pro retina, mid 2012. I bought like 2 years and 2 months ago.

Yesterday, I was cleaning my macbook as usual with some alcohol(95% ethanol), between the keys and on the screen. I do it regularly and it's my first time.

After a bit, the screen started flickering in a barely visible way, you need to focus on the screen to see the flickering, I directly updated OSX and restarted. After the restart, the flickering increased and it became clear. I turned off my mac for about an hour and tried to boot. The flickering disappeared but after 10 minutes the flickering got back. I was shocked, so I turned it off till the next day. Once I woke up I turned it on and noticed that there were no flickering. I left it on for about an hour and when I came back to check the flickering was enormous, there were color changes,  it felt like the screen was going to blow. I turned it off and rebooted and the screen was dead.

Here's an image of what I currently get when I boot

I tried an external display with both vgas, and everything worked fine.

Is this a screen problem? or a mobo problem? any other explanation to the above image?

A $3k macbook with an LG screen (with ghosting, yes I managed those 2 years with it) and that's what I get? I live outside the US, I bought it from the US and the Apple official retail stores here in my country do not honor the Apple warranty, they have their own.


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I have got all of it set up and imaging went through without a problem, but at the last stage system log showed an error mounting AFPS volume.

When the system rebooted, a folder with ? mark showed on the screen. I made attempt to boot the system using startup disk and checked disk utility, it shows disc not mounted.

Am I missing something here? Please help.


texts: How do I play back multiple videos synchronously?

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I would like to play back two videos synchronously. In other words, they should start playback at the same exact time so that their frames numbers match up.
I tried opening both videos and start playing them at the same time, but this introduces a time delay between the videos. I want the videos to be exactly in sync with each other.
How can I achieve this? I am on macOS.


texts: (preferably) free app to lock iPhone for predetermined periods of time

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Reading here

https://apple.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic
https://apple.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask

my understanding is that I can ask question about third-party Apple software, as long as I don't ask "which is your favourite app to do something". However, there is also a Software Recommendations site on Stack Exchange so I'm a bit confused as to whether my question is on-topic or not...please migrate my question to Software Recommendations if it's off-topic here.

Concerning duplicates, I've searched the site and I found

Any way to automatically lock *Me* out from *My Own* iPhone for a specific amount of time?

The answers don't satisfy me, because I don't want to jailbreak my phone. I know for sure that today there are some paid apps which don't require jailbreaking and allow me to disable the Internet connection (both WiFi and cellular data, but not cellular voice) with a recurring schedule, for example from 9 PM to 8 AM. Are there also free apps?

Requirements:

the app should "resist" attemps to force the block, but it's not necessary that it's 100% tampering-proof. Its main use will be preventing kids to access the Internet after a certain hour, it's not like it must resist hacker attacks :-)
the schedule should be configurable
it should be possible (but not easy) to overcome the block if needed. For example, one evening it may be necessary to use the cell phone after dinner. In that case, for example pressing a button and then waiting 15 minutes with the screen on should allow to stop the block.

If free apps don't exist or have glaring flaws, I will accept suggestions for paid apps, but I'd prefer free apps.


texts: Changing Terminal colors when ssh-ing into remote machine and back

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Looking for a way automatically change terminal colors when ssh-ing into remote machine and revert back to the default colors, when exiting the ssh session. Simply, want have another colors when i'm working on the remote machine.

Any idea?

ps: don't want use iTerm2, but standard Terminal.app


texts:
I bought a second hand appletv. My main concern now is my privacy.

Will the person from who I bought it from see what I am doing with it? Will he see when I try to log in using my appleId and see where I live and what I buy?


texts: How do I force text messages to send and receive via iMessage?

texts:
When I chat with two of my friends (say A. and T.), our iPhones use text instead of iMessage. It used to work using iMessage, but one day, it switched to text. A, T and myself otherwise use iMessage with other contacts without any problem. It's only A <-> me and T <-> me which uses text.

How do I reset iMessage in order to re-enable it with these two friends?


texts: What is this key, and where is it on a MacBook Air?

texts: This is a picture of a tooltip from IntelliJ IDEA. Does anyone know what key is being referred to? I don't have anything like it on my MacBook Air.


texts: How do I play DVDs fullscreen on an external monitor in Lion?

texts:
MacbookPro6,2 running Mac OS Lion 10.7.2 attempting to run a DVD fullscreen on an external monitor.  My laptop display is primary, but I would like the DVD to run fullscreen on the External (a lovely 23"-er).

I'm fine with using VLC if that's necessary, but I prefer to not make the external monitor my primary display. #ihateyoumissioncontrol


texts: Can businesses send money to users with apple pay?

texts: A business with an iOS App needs to pay its users (the users perform work for the business using the app). Can that business pay its users with Apple Pay? Clearly Apple Pay can be used for peer to peer payments, but my searches are not revealing to me whether or not this is available for Business-to-User payments and whether there is an API for this.


texts:
I cannot view my photos on my iPhone 7 plus although it takes up 13GB of storage. It happened last Sunday, March 31, 2019, I was about to send a photo thru messenger when I noticed that the picture selection wouldn't load. So I checked out photos and found out I couldn't view them. There's a note on the bottom that it's restoring. I haven't been able to find any fix to problem, please help. Thanks.

PS: I can take photos or screenshots but I do not know if they are actually saved.


texts: Macbook pro wont update format or shut down and hangs everytime

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I have mid-2015 MacBook Pro.  My Mac first started to hang and a round mouse cursor with colours would appear.  The only thing I could do is to force it to shut down and restart.

I tried to fix this many different ways:

Cmd+R didn't work.
Disk format would freeze at “checking mount status”.
Internet recovery would not work.
Cmd+Option+P+R didn't fix it.
I tried fsck_apfs
Googled the problem and tried many other solutions but nothing fixed it.

My MBP runs well sometime and sometimes it freezes and I can't continue, so it's an intermittent problem. What else can I do to troubleshoot this problem?


texts: If I stay on 7.1.2 firmware, should I backup My Apps to Itunes?

texts:
I have an app installed on my device running iOS 7.1.2.
Say I delete the app.
In a few months I CANNOT download the app without updating to iOS 8.

If I "backup the app" using Sync onto Itunes, can I recover the app compatible with 7.1.2?
or will it still require me to have iOS 8?

Alternate Q: If restoring the app via Itunes sync fails, what Other methods can I save and recover the older version of the app?


texts: Is it possible to upgrade the logic board in a Power Mac G5 1.6GHz? Mine recently died and I was thinking of trying to fit a more powerful board like the Dual Core 2.7GHz logic board into the case instead of just replacing with the same.


texts: Does the iPhone 4 still vibrate in your ear if you receive a text message during a call?

texts: With iOS 5 upon us, does the iPhone 4 still vibrate in your ear if you receive a text message (or any kind of notification) during a call?


texts:
When I run Hulu Desktop (and certain other programs), they turn the menubar dark (and turn on auto-hide), but they don't put it back to normal when they are done.

Is there a way of resetting the menubar to white (and turning off auto-hide) without having to log out and log back in?


texts: How to add a Safari toolbar button that runs an AppleScript

texts: How do I add a button to the Safari toolbar that, when clicked, executes a given AppleScript?


texts: IPhone contacts are not sorted after import

texts:
I imported all the contacts to my iPhone via .vcf file and now they are not sorted by name. They are all under the # sign.

I imported contacts with a program called Wondershare TunesGo. I just clicked import and selected vcf file.

A contact from VCARD.

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N;CHARSET=UTF-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=C4=8C=75=6B;=4D=65=74=61;;;
FN;CHARSET=UTF-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=4D=65=74=61=20=C4=8C=75=6B
TEL;CELL:0038640823731
END:VCARD


texts:
It would appear that my documents in Numbers (since upgrading to 3.0 with Mavericks) no longer auto-complete cells.

I've Googled for "turn on auto-complete in Numbers" and found plenty of questions on how to turn it off, all of which point to a simple check box in Preferences -> General.  However, that check box no longer seems to be present in the new version.

Is there a way to turn auto-complete back on?


texts: Convert HTML to PDF with page margins and hyperlinks

texts:
Unfortunately, it would appear that Safari doesn't support CSS2 page margins from CSS2 recommendation circa 1998, whereas all other major browsers now do.

However, when printing out an HTML page, it would seem like it is only Safari (or at least some versions of it on some systems) that preserves the hyperlinks into the PDF document, whereas all other browsers (SeaMonkey, Firefox, Google Chrome) only preserve the decoration.

Is there any way to print a rather complex HTML document into PDF without losing the hyperlinks, but ensuring narrow margins?

There's a related question, but it's simply after the hyperlinks, without any regards to the page margins — Print HTML to PDF while retaining hyperlinks.


texts:
My apple iCloud is locked for security reasons, when I try to unlock it using my recovery gmail account, I don't see the link sent to me.

I mailed to the iTunes Store customer suport team more than thrice where they gave me steps to follow but still I couldnt unlock my account. I can't update my apps or backup them.

Even if I create a new Apple ID, the old one is stuck to the apple store, popping and asking for password.


texts: What is another source for Dashboard widgets?

texts: On the Apple Dashboard widgets page, the most recent app (found at the top of the Just Added section) is The Weather Channel Widget, released on February 14, 2011. Where can I find some more recent widgets?


texts: External disk - Unrecognized file system (-69846)

texts:
I have an external storage with 2TB that was working nicely. But since last week, when I unplugged the USB before eject it, the disk is not readable anymore.

When I insert USB, I can actually see this message box:

I also tried to repair it on Terminal:

diskutil unmountDisk force /dev/disk2
diskutil repairVolume /dev/disk2

That results on this error:

Error starting file system repair for disk2: Unrecognized file system (-69846)

Can anybody help me please?

EDIT

Terminal comand sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk returns:

  gpt show: unable to open device '/dev/disk3': Resource busy

(even after umountDisk)

Terminal comand sudo fdisk /dev/disk returns:

Disk: /dev/disk3    geometry: 1003/16/63 [1011242 sectors]
Sector size: 4096 bytes
Signature: 0x0
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused


texts: How to get Siri to dial my contact called "voicemail"?

texts:
I have a contact in my iPhone called "voicemail" that dials my company voicemail service. If I ask Siri to "call voicemail" it just says "you have no new voicemails" as it's trying to check the mobile network's voicemail service (even though I've changed the voicemail shortcut in the Phone app to dial said contact).

I'm sure I've managed to get it to call the voicemail contact in the past by saying something like "call contact voicemail" but today that didn't work. Other than changing the name of the contact, what can I do to get Siri to dial this contact?


texts: Reset license key for MS Mac Office 2011

texts:
I need to enter a new MS Office for Mac license key.
How can I reset my old one?


texts: sandboxd for CUPS backends in Mac OS X Yosemite

texts:
I am using a custom CUPS backend for printing on Mac OS X.  The backend works by forwarding the print data to another machine (using ssh) and feeding the data to the printer from there.  For this to work, the backend (implemented as a shell script), needs access to an ssh private key.  Problem: since I upgraded to Yosemite, the script can no longer access the file containing the key.  Instead I see the following error message on the console:

sandboxd: [...] deny file-read-data /

and

/usr/libexec/cups/backend/.mybackend-ssh/id_dsa: Permission denied

in the CUPS error log file.

How can I inject a file into the sandbox used to isolate CUPS backends?


texts: Is there a way to set application-specific 'hot corners' in OS X?

texts:
OS X's 'hot corners' feature is great, but I'd like to use it in just one specific application - or, set a specific hot corner action for one app, and a different action (for the same corner) in another app.

Is there a tool that can do this?

The tool CornerClick seems to have a lot of custom features over OS X's own one, but from a brief look it doesn't seem it offers a way to actually isolate/customize hot corners to specific apps per se.


texts:
Is there a way to revert back to the old version of an iOS app after having it upgraded?
I like the older version of the app than the new version and as a friend of mine is still using the old version, I think it mustn't be an absolute requirement from the app developers' end.


texts: Has Unix directory usage or policy changed in High Sierra?

texts:
I understand that macOS has its own policies about how various standard Unix directories are used, and that these are (or at least have in the past been) documented in the "File System Programming Guide". I'm about to update to High Sierra (from Sierra) and wonder:

have these policies changed in any way between 10.12 and 10.13; and
does the update process force changes (e.g. by enforcing new policies or reimposing old ones that have been customized) in organization or existing permissions.

For example I see that it is no longer possible under 10.13 to chown /usr/local/, and wonder what other changes the update will make to these standard Unix directories in (a) structure, (b) permissions, or (c) my ability to change permissions or organize the directories.


texts: Block external storage for a user account

texts:
I am doing a proposal for new network where the Macs will be networked, OS X Mavericks + server app

Is there any solution to disable external storage USB/Thunderbolt/Firewire/CD/ Bluetooth? Preferably for a user account.

The point is if the company cannot control external storage then all the Firewalls and other security measures will be rendered useless.

Surprisingly even commercial vendors providing employee monitor software that will send reports of what data has been copied do not have an option to block this copying before it happens.


texts: How to map Play/Pause key to mute/unmute Zoom?

texts: I "converted" an old pair of headphones to wireless using a MPOW Wireless Receiver. Today I was on a Zoom call, muted and away from the keyboard and I wanted to unmute myself. So, I thought maybe the little play/pause button of the Wireless Receiver would do the trick but when I hit the button, the Music.app opened. After the call, I wondered if there was a way to map the play/pause to mute/unmute my mic in the Zoom.app?


texts:
I'm trying to debug a Webkit problem, and I seem to have botched my Safari installation: whenever I try to launch any version of Safari or Webkit, it crashes immediately with an error like this:

  Dyld Error Message:
    Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/WebKit2
    Referenced from: /System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/Safari.framework/Safari
    Reason: image not found

I wasn't able to reproduce my bug in my installed Safari (6.0.5 on Mountain Lion (10.8.4)) but I was on the Webkit nightly I downloaded and installed (r151773).

I was trying to pinpoint the Webkit revision where this became a problem, so I downloaded several more older nightlies, but when I tried launching any of those, they failed to launch with the error above. When I went back to the newer nightly, then to my original Safari, those were all showing the error as well.

I can't find an installer to reinstall Safari 6.0.5. In this answer I found a route to download and install a developer build of Safari 6.1, but that also fails to launch with the same error.

How can I restore my Safari? And, once I get Safari back, is there a way to try several nightlies of Webkit so I can narrow down the scope of the change which created my problem?


texts: MacBook taking a long time to move stuff to trash

texts:
I have some small files, screenshots really that my MacBook mid-2015 High Sierra is taking a long time to move to trash.

What could be the problem?


texts: What are the most commonly used data backup methods for Mac OS X Yosemite version?

texts: Please tell me in detail about that. I need some reliable solution for my Mac OS X.


texts: Question: How can I restore the legacy metadata editor in iTunes 12?


texts: Clean install macOS keeps restarting and returning to macOS Utilities

texts:
I'm trying to do a clean install of macOS Mojave on my 2012 13" MacBook Pro using a bootable USB. I'm doing it on a new 1 TB SSD that I've installed after my last one died.

The problem I'm having is that ever time I run the installer, everything looks like it's working, but then towards the end of the installation, the computer restarts and ultimately returns to the macOS Utilities menu.

I've tried formatting the hard drive several times and have even tried installing OS X Mountain Lion via an Internet recovery.

I'm struggling to find a solution to this, so would really appreciate some help.


texts: App called TV appeared then changed to videos

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I saw the apple livestream saying the TV app would be pushed out to all iOS devices via an update. However, the app just appeared for me today without any update at all. It then was removed and the Videos app (which I'd removed) was added onto my phone.

Why did this happen? I have removed videos again - can I prevent it reinstalling?


texts: Dashboard Widget for persistently editing a file

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Is there a dashboard widget that one can use to persistently edit a text file?

For example, suppose I want to have my changelog open all the time in a Git repository.

Many thanks.


texts: With FileVault enabled, do I need to overwrite my hard drive with 0's before getting rid of it?

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When I give up my laptop I like to securely delete the hard drive. I would assume that since it's full disk encrypted using file vault that I should be able to just delete the real key for boot partition and be done. No need to write 0s over the filesystem.

Is this true, or do I need to do something extra to make sure that I can safely part with my hard drive?


texts: I've just upgraded my phone and am giving my son my old one how do I remove my Apple ID from the old phone and will it affect my new phone


texts: 'Add to Contacts' hyperlink in Pages (iOS/iCloud)

texts: I'm a one-day novice at Pages (iOS/iCloud). I just figured out how include hyperlinks for emailing (mailto:xxx@xxx.xxx) and calling (tel:+00000), but as of yet I couldn't work out how to include a hyperlink in a Pages document that adds a Contact (plus details) or something equivalent (vcard?) (or a similar action like giving the option to add the contact). Can you help out?


texts: HD does not show up when attempting to reinstall OS X (El Capitan)

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I am attempting to do a fresh re-install of El Capitan on my girlfriend's MacBook. She called me the other night claiming the battery died and her macbook crashed, and when she restarted and went to login, her normal password stopped working at login. I confirmed this by coming over and trying myself. Restarting also occasionally yields a flashing folder with a question mark, or a prohibition symbol. But most times it goes to the login screen (with her profile picture), and entering her password does not work. She does not care about backing up local data and she does not have a time machine recovery.

Here are all the steps I have taken:

I made sure her keyboard layout isn't Dvorak or some other language, it is indeed U.S and her regular password does not work anymore on login (if it gets there without the prohibition sign/flashing folder)
I booted to recovery and checked out Disk Utility, where the only disk listed is the 2 GB OS X Base System underneath the Apple disk image. This raises some red flags, as her internal 256 GB hard drive is nowhere to be found in disk utility.
I booted into internet recovery and attempted to re-install OS X El Capitan, however going through the prompts I reach a dead end where it asks me to "Select the disk where you want to install OS X". There are no disks listed. Disk Utility in internet recovery also does not list any disks.
Clicking Startup Disk underneath the apple sign further confirms that there are no available startup disks.
I held the option key on booting, (not sure the name of this mode), pressed Macintosh HD and was greeted by the flashing question mark folder.
I held 'D' on booting, which I believe diagnoses any hardware issues. No issues were reported, however looking at the logs it was apparent it was only troubleshooting the 2GB OS X Base System disk. So again, it looks like the internal hard drive (256GB) is not visible.

And at this point, going through all the SO threads I feel like I am in a loop. Running diskutil list from terminal in internet recovery returns 14 disk images (disk0-->disk13), but the total size adds up to a little over 2 GB so that's not too promising. Disk0 is the only one with a name and it's OS X Base System.

Are there any terminal commands I may find useful? Should I get my screwdriver out and dig in to the laptop? Thank you in advance.


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I have an Ubuntu NAS setup with both SMB and AFP shares, both of which I can access from my Windows machines and Macbook Air. I have also verified that I can copy files to these shares from my MBA.

But Time Machine on Lion doesn't show any of these shares, only "Set Up Other Time Capsule". What do I need to do for it to show these shares?

I've tried defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 and defaults read com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes returns 1.


texts: Yosemite Updates From App Store Not Working

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I recently bought a new iMac and installed Yosemite on it, but for some reason whenever I try to update I just get this message:

"[Name of App] was purchased using the App Store on another computer. To use [Name of App] on this computer, sign in using the Apple ID and password used to purchase it."

Nope. My Apple ID remains the same as it was on my old iMac, and I don't remember ever having another one. If anybody knows how to sort this out, I'd be very grateful as I haven't been able to update anything in about three months.


texts: Mac Lync Conversation History Storage Location

texts: Anyone know where Mac Lync 2011 stores its conversation history? Since it isn't tied to Outlook, it isn't stored on the Exchange server is it? If not, I need to back it up...


texts: macOS asking to install supplemental 10.15 Catalina update inspite of running the latest stable release of Catalina

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I am currently running Catalina 10.15 but the software update module still shows that I need to install the supplemental update,

Now, the issue is, in order to get rid of this update notification I clicked on install now; but, each and every time I click on the install button, the supplemental update gets installed - like the mac restarts and all - but after everything is complete and the mac reboots,

Once again, the update notification pops up, asking me to update once again!


texts:
Is is possible to use the new macOS Sierra PiP (Picture-in-Picture) feature in browsers other than Safari?

Nope?


texts: Is there a display screen with a Thunderbolt interface that is not made by Apple?

texts: Any suggestion for a non-Apple monitor to connect to MBA (mid-2011)? The display has to reach the same resolution without flickering. Does a non-Apple Thunderbolt display exist?


texts: Is there any way to view full podcast title on my iPhone running iOS 4?

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Most of the time the podcast title is long and it is truncated with dots at the end.
I think since iPhone OS 3.?, title font size has gotten smaller so I can see more of the title.
However, I still can't view the full title.

Is there any way to view full podcast title?

I'm on iOS 4.


texts: What is the equivalent of the 'gsettings' command on OS X?

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Under Ubuntu it's possible to get various settings information via gsettings command in terminal. For instance, current wallpaper path can be obtained via

$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri
'file:///home/jdoe/Pictures/wallpaper.png'

List of items on dock

$ gsettings get  com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites
['application://wps-office-et.desktop', 'application://wps-office-wpp.desktop', 'application://wps-office-wps.desktop', 'unity://running-apps', 'unity://devices']

Is there something similar for OS X ?


texts: Mitigating exposure to DYLD_ exploit in Yosemite

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In all current versions of 10.10 (up to and including 10.10.4), there is a rather nasty security hole which allows any process to create files owned by root anywhere on the file system.  One example involves the creation of a "new" sudoers file allowing for elevated permissions by any account.

Details about the bug can be found at this link

There is a kernel extension which purportedly eliminates this vulnerability, but, I'm wondering if there is any other method of defense which even a locally escalated root user cannot circumvent.

For example, root cannot delete some Time Machine backup files directly; so, there is some flag which may be able to be applied to sudoers?  And, I think that managed clients via workgroup manager or profile manager can sometimes keep even root from changing files.  Is there a payload that can accomplish this?

The beta version of 10.11 El Capitan is not affected by this vulnerability, so it seems likely that Apple will release a patch to 10.10 soon.


texts: Numbers - "the index.xml file is missing"

texts: I am running OS X Yosemite on my Mac 10.10.5.  I have Numbers files saved.  When I try to open them, I get "The index.xml file is missing."  How do I open these files?


texts: bash-command not found; for every command == fear i could screwed up the path

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here is the output of echo $PATH

/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin

and when I gave cat /etc/paths this is the output

/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin
/usr/local/bin

I am not sure whether that /usr/local/bin is creating the error (command not found)

Thank u for your suggestions


texts: Java app doesn't recognize OpenJDK (from AdoptOpenJDK)

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I've removed Oracle's Java from my Mac (running 10.14 Mojave), and then installed OpenJDK from AdoptOpenJDK.
I can run Eclipse using the OpenJDK, and the terminal tells me
 $ java -version
 openjdk version "1.8.0_282"
 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (AdoptOpenJDK)(build 1.8.0_282-b08)
 OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (AdoptOpenJDK)(build 25.282-b08, mixed mode)

However, I have a Java app that now tells me "Unable to load Java runtime environment" upon start.
It looks like the app does not find the Java runtime, but I have no idea why that is so and how I could fix it?


texts: I have an early 2009 24" iMac. Lately, when in sleep mode it will occasionally wake up for around ten seconds with the screen off, then go back to sleep. Wake on LAN is turned off so I can't figure out why this is happening!


texts: Pretend to be specific Mac OS X version when running app

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I've purchased a Mac OS X app (outside the App Store) that seems to have arbitrary limitations based on the Mac OS X version. It is fully functional on El Capitan, but has a few features that it simply won't allow on Mavericks. One of these features is pretty basic — reading / writing a preferences file — so I'm guessing the developer simply wanted to narrow down the range of testing scenarios when implementing it, rather than it actually requiring Yosemite / El Capitan functionality.

Question: Is there a way to start a Mac OS X app in a manipulated environment such that I can supply specific values of my own choosing when the application calls methods like [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] operatingSystemVersion] or isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion or whatever?


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My iPhone states that my photo library is 8GB.  However, I can only access about 100 photos from the phone or my Windows PC file explorer.  I want to clear up space on the phone by moving photos to PC.

Thank you!


texts: Where can I purchase a replacement screw for my MacBook Pro SuperDrive?

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While replacing the logic board on my MacBook Pro (15" 2.4 GHz) and I stripped one of the 3.3mm 00 Phillips screws for the SuperDrive.  I have found only one source online that had replacements in stock (http://www.impactcomputers.com/), and they wanted to charge me $19.99 + shipping for 5 of them.  Are stores like this my only recourse, or does anyone know of a better online distributer of Mac parts?

I have checked ifixit.com and I would like to avoid buying full $60 sets for one replacement.


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Is it possible to store an expression in a cell and then refer to it/evaluate it within other cells?

I've found myself repeatedly using complex expressions in cell formulas, e.g., the sub-expression OFFSET ( $A$2, 0, 0, ROW() -1,  1 ) to refer to a cell in a row and all rows above it is nested within many other expressions.  As the expressions in cells get lengthier and more complex, it becomes harder to correctly write and debug them.  I'd like to put subexpressions in their own cells and then evaluate them in the main cells, to make things easier to read (like macros in C).

Is this possible?


texts:
How do you remove icons from the Menu bar?

I'm running OS X Yosemite and I tried Command + Click + Drag to get rid of them but it isn't working.


texts: Anti aliasing not working on external display

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I have MacBook pro 13 inch 2017 with macOS Mojave version 10.14.5. then attach an Samsung External LCD model S24C450 through a USB-C to DVI converter. The text on External Display doesn't look good.

Built in Retina Display Text:

same text on external Display:

I tried forcing external display to use RGB by changing EDID and turning on/off font smoothing but no changing in display.


texts: Stream from Mac to Samsung UN32J5205AFXZA

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Environment

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) OS X 10.10.5
Samsung TV UN32J5205AFXZA
Both devices working on a 1,000 Mbps home network

Problem

I am trying to stream video from the Mac to the TV but have not been successful yet.

Attempts

My first attempt used VLC (version 2.2.1) on the Mac to stream a video to the TV. I followed these instructions. Then on the TV, according to the user manual, I should go to Network > Multimedia Device Settings and see the Mac listed there. The list is empty though. The video being streamed is in .mp4 format. According to the TV user manual, that format is supported.

Questions

How do I make VLC stream video to the TV?
If VLC cannot do it, which other free options can?


texts: Can Email Notification of Find my iPhone be disabled?

texts: When I use the Find my iPhone for my daughter's phone she receives and e-mail telling her that someone has been using find my iPhone to locate her phone. Can the email notification be disabled ?


texts: H.264 encoded .mp4 not playable on iphone

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i have a video podcast that i've synced to my iphone.  when i browse the iphone through itunes, it shows that the podcast is on the phone.  when i open the 'Music' app in my phone, the podcasts don't show up.

the video is H.264 encoded .mp4 files, and my phone has 5 GB free.

how do i get the videos to show up and play?


texts: How to buy and/or download OS X Server 4

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I am upgrading an older server. It was running Mavericks (10.9) and just upgraded to Yosemite (10.10). However, when I try to upgrade the Server app, the only option I have is the new macOS Server, which won't install on my OS.

I've searched the web for hours looking for a legitimate way to buy and/or download this software, but there appears to be no way to do it.

As I never bought the app, it doesn't appear in my Purchases list in the App Store.

Does any one know how I can get OS X Server 4?


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For some reason, I cannot type right curly braces (}) in VIM. On my German keyboard, the shortcuts are <ALT-8> and <ALT-9> for left and right braces, respectively. These work in all applications, except for VIM, which does not recognize <ALT-9>.

I use VIM 8 in iTerm2 on macOS 13.3. There are no plugins installed in VIM. None of the different :*map commands lists anything related to <ALT-9>.

How do I get my right curly brace back into VIM?


texts: Cannot connect to Wi-Fi (The Wi-Fi network "network name" requires a WPA2 password)

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I have had my MacBook Pro for a couple of months (recent Windows convert and total Mac novice). I am running OS X 10.8.4.

Our cable company recently upgraded our modem and cable box and I am no longer able to connect to the Internet over Wi-Fi.

I can connect via Ethernet. Also, two windows laptops, two iPhones and an iPad are all connected via Wi-Fi so I believe the wireless signal is working and can be connected to.

I can see the network but when I enter the password the login box shakes like an incorrect password was entered. This is the same password I use for the other devices and I have carefully entered it many times so it should work.

I would appreciate any thoughts you might have.

Thanks,
Jason


texts: What does "is not recognized as an internal or external command" error mean?

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I have spun up a VM of OS X since my main user is not an admin and I need to do things that require admin access.

My end goal is to install the Xcode command line tools into a VirtualBox VM I created with OS X 10.11. Is there a way to do this?

I tried to run xcode-select --install, but I got this error:

'xcode-select' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or script file

But I get the same error (with the command name different) when I ran the whoami, scp, and clear commands. I get an error No current directory specified when I run the ls, and cd commands.

What can I do to narrow down the cause of these terminal errors inside my VM?


texts: All Ports in Use after High Sierra Update

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I'm a developer and I have a project built with a task runner called Gulp, when I try to launch it via command line I get an error saying that the port is in use (3000). I then changed it to all other ports I could think off and still the same error.

Need to work on this project, anyone know how to fix this?


texts: I see keyboard shortcuts in the menu of Brackets. There are two symbols that look like up arrow and down arrow, could anyone tell me what they are?


texts: Sigil cannot edit book and no code view or book view

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I am trying to get someone to help me edit a book on sigil.  However the Mac menu is different for her.

She does not have a menu option for code-view and book-view.  It is in the view took bar which does not exist.

I really don't understand Macs and it was a big problem just to get her menu to show.
She is in China and I am in Myanmar so I cannot play with her computer..  Is there a reason why this is not working.

A YouTube video has these menus.
The most recent file was downladed from GitHub.

Maybe the file is read only or does not have rights when I sent her a file from my Linux computer?


texts: Ctrl+D toggles the OSX dock but I want it to be passed to the terminal

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I'm new to Linux and have been playing around with manipulating files with cat

ie.

cat > randomNames
Albert Einstein
Marie Curie
Isaac Newton

now when I want to quit cat with control + D on my mac it just seems to toggle my dock?!

To no avail I've tried all options; what could be happening here?


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I have an iPhone XS (on Verizon) that randomly does a hard reset. Sometimes a few days, sometime in hours. When it restarts it is like a brand new phone, starting the setup prompts again. Apple replaced the iPhone XS a few days ago and it is still resetting. Verizon has replaced the SIM and is still resetting. Verizon has said the IMEI is missing from the profile but fixed it and it is still resetting. Have used two different Apple IDs while re-setting up the iPhone.

Have done restores from iCloud, Verizon and SanDisk.

Any suggestions?


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My Mac Mini was working fine till about 3-4 days ago (which is when I last logged in to it). When I tried logging in yesterday it was frozen with the rainbow beach ball mouse pointer. So I powered it off and powered on and since then it comes up to the Apple logo and the white line beneath goes all the way to the end and just stays there.

I went into recovery mode, did a first aid on the disk and tried restoring from an older snapshot. Nothing has helped. Pressing Shift during boot up to go into Single User Mode does nothing. And pressing Cmd+V or Cmd+S during boot shows me messages. They start off fine and somewhere along the way the above "Interface link is not up, do not pull packets yet" messages start appearing, and after about 5 mins that's all there's on the screen. The messages haven't stopped, and even after an hour or more they are still coming. So it looks like the Mac is stuck coz of whatever this message means.

Any suggestions on what I can do here? This machine is running macOS Mojave with the latest updates.

Thanks.


texts: How do I setup Apple Mail to automatically move old email to the Archive folder?

texts: I want Apple Mail to automatically move all email, read and unread, to the Archive folder IF it's past a certain date. I want this move to take effect on ALL my devices (mac,iPad,iPhone,etc). How can I set this up? Can I set this up from the iPad or only on the Mac?


texts: How is it possible for developers to exclude Bluetooth devices from appearing within Settings.app?

texts: When setting up certain Bluetooth devices from an iOS device, I've noticed that these devices may not appear from within the "Bluetooth" menu of Settings.app but are visible when setting up the device from the appropriate app (the Amazon Echo is a good example of this). How is it possible for a developer to exclude a device from appearing to the iOS Settings.app, but make it visible to its companion app for setup purposes?


texts: How to enable/disable Adobe host port in terminal?

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I disabled some ports (below) to be able to install Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator applications. The challenge is to re-enable them through terminal, otherwise I could not install Photoshop( see below picture ).

It can be run with simple sudo sh >filename<

This file contains this bash command:

echo "Do you wish to update your host file ?"
select yn in "Yes" "No"; do
    case $yn in
        Yes ) echo "127.0.0.1     activate.adobe.com" >> /etc/hosts;
              echo "127.0.0.1     practivate.adobe.com" >> /etc/hosts;
              echo "127.0.0.1     lm.licenses.adobe.com" >> /etc/hosts;
              echo "127.0.0.1     lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com" >> /etc/hosts;
              echo "127.0.0.1     hlrcv.stage.adobe.com" >> /etc/hosts;
              echo "127.0.0.1     na1r.services.adobe.com" >> /etc/hosts;
               break;;
        No ) break;;
    esac
done

It needs to reenable because it can not allow installation from this point:

Does anyone know what commands are capable to reenable them? Or are there any programs to do it automatically?( It should be there because later I found an automatic program which - then - solved this challenge but now I could not enable it.


texts: High Sierra Time Machine backup refuses to restore onto a non-SSD external HDD

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Pressing CMD+R on startup, after selecting the source to restore a Time Machine backup, an external HDD partition is being refused, the error message roughly states:

A Time Machine backup of an APFS system can't be restored onto a non-SSD partition

It's not a backup of an APFS system tho, it was a regular journaled partition - is there a solution to this issue, is it a bug?

(I've tried formatting the partition as a journaled partition, afterwards an APFS partition, but the result doesn't change)

(I needed to make sure I had a bootable copy of my old main macbook before wiping it and sending it for repairs, this issue is sadly preventing me from doing so, as I need an active reference of my old system)

Edit: Tried restoring an earlier, Sierra backup, however, that fails too as a High Sierra system can't restore a Sierra backup ...


texts: How do I transfer a note with 6+ images from an iPhone to a Mac?

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I take notes on my phone (text, to-do lists), take photos from within the notes (click (+) and "Take Photo or Video"), and then need to merge those notes into a larger report on my laptop. I am creating the notes with the Notes app on an iPhone 7 Plus (iOS 12.3.1) and trying to transfer these to a MacBook Pro (Mojave 10.14.5). When these notes have six or more images I am unable to transfer.

I have tried the following three options:

1. AirDrop, the ideal solution, and why it doesn't work

AirDrop worked fine regardless of how many images in a note as of at least December 2018. Now, AirDrop only works if the note has 5 or fewer images. That notes with fewer than 5 images work, shows that connectivity and settings are not issues.

However, trying to AirDrop a note with 6+ images always fails. I attempt to share the note, click the icon for my laptop under AirDrop, and it almost immediately says "Failed" and my laptop receives no notice to accept or decline.

2. Create PDF, an okay option, and why it doesn't work

Converting the note, complete with images, to a PDF and then transferring the PDF via AirDrop should theoretically work.

However, if the note has 4 or more images, the share icon -> "Create PDF" option brings up a mostly blank screen that says "Unsupported file format data." Click "Done", "Delete PDF", and try the share icon -> "Create PDF" option again and the Notes app crashes and disappears.

3. Collaborate on the note, a good option, and why it doesn't work

Theoretically, you can add people to the note to work on it collaboratively.

However, if I share the note from my phone iCloud account with my laptop iCloud account (they are different), it sends an email or message with an invitation that must be accepted in order to see the note on the laptop. I have MFA enabled on my iCloud accounts and accepting invitations does not appear compatible with MFA. I click the invitation link and I successfully authenticate through MFA. Apple.com shows a blank screen and the invitation is not accepted (back on my phone I can see the status is "invited" still). Various browsers and restarts and clearing cookies and relogging into iCloud on all devices and many refreshes and it still just gives me a blank page.

(The official Apple Support Community does not work with MFA either it appears.)

My question:

How do I transfer a note with 6+ images from my iPhone to my Mac?


texts: What is the best method of locking a kids ipad to a particular app?

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I would like my children to have unlimited access to a Sonos device in their room so as to listen to Pandora or Audible audiobooks or whatever.

However, controlling Sonos requires a device with an app and I don't want my children on the web or using apps, etc.  I would like to lock the tablet to only the Sonos app.

I see two methods of doing this - Guided Access and Single App Mode.

Guided Access appears to be just what I am looking for - and further, is described by Sonos as the correct way to do this:

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3167?language=en_US

... however, all you have to do to jump out of guided access is force reboot the ipad with power+home for 15 seconds and you get a freshly rebooted ipad, and are not locked in the guided access app.  It is my understanding that the latest versions of iOS behave that way ... and my kids will figure that out in an hour.

What about "single app mode" ?  I think this is also known as "kiosk mode" ?

I think you need to have a MDM account and a controller system and ... that's not something I'm going to setup for my two kids at home, right ?  Should I just ignore "single app mode" and pretend it doesn't exist ?

All this to ask:

How can I lock the ipad to a particular app and not have it trivially (laughably) easy to break out ?

Thanks.


texts: Messenger on High Sierra crashes at start

texts:
It has been around two months that Messenger, right at start, crashes with the following message:

It never worked really. I kept it installed and waited for various updates (I have the latest version, 96.0) but always the same behaviour. I tried to delete & reinstall, no luck.
Those are my details, serial hidden for privacy:

According to the App Store, High Sierra should be supported:

I also have it installed on a 2019 MacBook Air with Big Sur; needless to say, it works perfectly.
Thank you.


texts: Itunes doesn't want to dispose played podcasts

texts:
I have a Podcast settings: ‚Keep all unplayed episodes‘ but Itunes doesn't want to dispose those played ones.

There are only 9 new unplayed episodes and 19 fully played episodes are fully to dispose. But Itunes doesn't want to do it even if I try the refresh.
I did also try to uncheck Default settings without change.

How to make Itunes to follow settings and keep only unplayed episodes on disk and dispose all those played?


texts: How to stop AutoMounter from trying Network Shares on High Sierra?

texts:
On my MacOS 10.13.2 machine I am being inundated with network share login prompts literally every minute and they will not relent. If I ignore them and push them aside, they jump right back in my face. Pop-up ads aren't this insidious. Aside from the requirement to click "OK" to authenticate things already on your keyring, this is one my my least favorite changes in Sierra. I am not sure how I told AutoMounter that I want this network share that is on a NAS that no longer exists, but now I cannot find how to un-tell it because AutoMounter is attacking every 60 seconds. Console shows the proof:

Share 'homes' started to mount with URL: afp://mlitwin@diaspora(AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/homes

This is quite possibly the worst implementation of auto_mount that I have ever seen, but that doesn't really surprise me anymore. So I think, fine... just remove it from fstab right? Wrong. It's been deprecated. I did a little reading and apparently we're supposed to use vifs now? Ok, fine. Problem is I tried that and just got an "editing error". I don't see anything explicit in /etc/auto_master either. Sigh.

Can someone please tell me what the heck is telling AutoMounter to torture me?


texts: Can I run my MacBook Pro on just AC power?

texts:
I have a used little MacBook Pro 13 inch Late 2008 5,1 and I was told it needed a battery. It charges, then it doesn't, and it shuts off at the most random times, so the thought occurred to me to take the battery out and run it straight from AC power.

It worked without a problem for a bit, then it just shut down. It would not come back on until I plugged the battery in to it.

Do I need to keep a battery in my MacBook Pro in order to run it off A/C power?


texts:
I'm working on another Mac remotely, via the Screen Sharing app. Is there a way for me to send my swipe gestures and "hotkey" keystrokes to the remote machine?

It's kinda annoying to have to keep minimizing "Lion fullscreen" apps to switch back and forth. In the interim, I've set up hot corners, but it's also clunky, because my MacBook is 13" and the remote machine is a 27" iMac.


texts: Any way to change the location of Time Machine local backups (./MobileBackups) to another drive?

texts: I am running an SSD boot drive and a HDD drive on my Macbook Pro 5,5 and I obviously cannot have Time Machine filling up my SSD. I was wondering if there was anyway to have time machine create local backups of the users on my SSD, but store it on my HDD and be able to use the typical features of time machine local backups, because otherwise it would be unnecessary. If this question has been asked, I would appreciate a link, because I searched and could not find anything. Otherwise, thank you very much any help you can offer.


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this happens to me from time to time: when I am using the Terminal, suddenly the terminal starting to ignore the capital 'B', regular 'b' works fine, other capital letter work fine. other applications in the system (browser, mail, etc) have not problems.

I tried to:

restart the Terminal application
switch to iTerm
switch to guest user and open Terminal there
Write a word in other window and Copy/Paste into terminal

all the above failed. next is restarting my machine.


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I have been using command+shift+R in Sublime Text forever (super+shift+R in Sublime). On my iMac all that happens is that I hear a beep (on Sierra).

It is really annoying and I can't find a way to remove the shortcut or remap it. Anything I've tried so far hasn't yielded any results.

Karabiner isn't working in Sierra and I tried some other app BetterTouchTool that doesn't seem to help either.

Is there a way to force my Mac to unbind that shortcut?


texts: I have a video on my icloud that I want to download to macbookpro and save. I can  see the video in icloud on  my iphone. The video is deleted from iphoto on my iphone and I can't download the video back to my iphone (I can select the video but the icon on bottom left the box with the arrow will not light up). When I log into icloud on macbookpro I can't see any photos or shared streams. Can anyone help?


texts: Can I delete Mailbox Folder in Snow Leopard

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When I first got my Mac I used Mail for a little while, but now I always use Gmail in my browser directly.  My hard drive is nearly full and I've been using What size to try and work out where my space has gone and I found out that under Library → Mail there's a 50GB folder called IMAP (my email address).

I went into Mail and removed my email account and also deleted the local copy of my mailbox but after closing mail this file is still there.

Since I no longer use Mac Mail, can I delete it as it's taking up a lot of space, or will this cause other system issues?


texts: How to restore lost contacts/address book?

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I suddenly have only 2 contacts in my Contacts! I have a MacBook Pro, am using OS 10.9.2. Following instructions from another answer, I looked for Address book folder in the library/App. Support folder and it is not there. So couldn't proceed.

In Time Machine yesterday it shows "Address book Forwarder". But I don't know what that means, but perhaps it had something to do with my loss? Does this mean I sent my address book somewhere? Looks like it!

I don't know how to use Time Machine to restore my contacts. The restore button is grayed out. Nothing happens when I double click the Contacts folder there, so I don't know how to copy the content, nor where to paste it since I do not have that folder in the Library that you mention.

I do not use iCloud. I do have files backed up on an external drive, but don't know how to use it.

I know this sounds like a mess and it seems to be.


texts: My phone says I have 494gb available (I just spent $9.99 for cloud space!) but I'm not able to take any photos!! What do I do?


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I'm trying to make a Powerpoint presentation containing source code examples (something along the lines of:

if (date == 13) {
    cout << "Good luck!";
}

Without fail, when I copy and paste this from my text editor (that has this text as plain text and not as any sort of rich text) all of the text ends up as a single line in my presentation.

Is there a way to paste plain text from the system clipboard into Powerpoint while preserving line breaks in the text?


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Is it possible to set the app that displays the QuickLook preview in OS X?

I'm developing iOS apps and I have Xcode installed, but when I open the QuickLook preview of a Source-Code file, the preview uses the iA Writer, which I have also installed but the "Open with" button un the top right corner shows Xcode.

Info: I'm using a MacBook Air, Late 2010, OS X 10.9.2

If I uninstall iA Writer it looks like this

Question:

How do I tell the Quick Look NOT to use the iA Writer (without having to uninstall it)?


texts: Annoying shrill outgoing Facetime ring tone

texts: Is there anyway to stop the FaceTime ringtone heard on an outgoing call? I have tried the iPhone mute button and FaceTime mute icon with no success.


texts: Open file/folder in Wine explorer in Finder

texts:
I am using wine explorer via macOS terminal.

Once the Wine Explorer is open, can I select a file or folder and "open" it in Finder?


texts: I get an error message when I try to update any app

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I have about 40 apps that need to be updated, mostly iOS but also some OS X. Some are free and some are ones I bought previously. I have only ever had one apple account and am still using it, but when I try to update any app I get e following error "You can not update this software since you have not owned the major version of this software". I can however download new apps. My account is based in Canada, I am currently in Australia on holidays for 5 weeks.

How can I update the apps while I'm here?


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Every now and then my iPad or iPod touch will redirect my to a particular site in Safari. Could this be malware of sorts that has crept on to my iMac and then my iOS devices? I don't think it's a popup because it happens at random.

For the record, the site is www.wordslife.com/index.php

EDIT:

This does not happen on iMac, come to think of it. I'm using an open access point in a residential area (I usually use one or two) and my devices are not jailbroken.