texts:
I've cancelled a subscription in my iphone but it is still showing in my subscription list! Apple says "If you don’t see Cancel Subscription, the subscription is already canceled and won't renew.", so why should it be shown 'active'? I'm afraid it's not canceled.
How can I remove it totally? I have even removed the app. what should I do to get rid of it?


texts:
I'm about to purchase the new Macbook Pro with Retina display and I want to get the cheapest version.  But it only comes with a 256gbyte hard drive.  I probably use 30gbytes for all my data and 500gbytes for home videos (growing fast too).

Can I easily attach a USB/thunderbolt external hard drive to store my videos through iPhoto when connecting my iPhone to my computer?  Is there a good solution to then back up that external hard drive on a cloud?  Dropbox and Google Drive are amazing backup solutions, but they cost so much money as I get closer to a terabyte and they don't seem to work with iPhoto so well.

Every 10 minute video from my iPhone takes up 2gbytes, this has to be a very common problem among parents...


texts: Mac Outlook 2011 pasting text not at cursor

texts:
I'm using outlook for emails, each time I paste copied/cut text (from within the same email) it will not paste at the the cursor/ibar but at the top of the email text.

Any solutions?

Thanks in advance!


texts:
I typed "Finder" in Spotlight. Finder isn't shown. Why?
I use Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)

On Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) typing "Finder" in Spotlight does display the finder app.


texts: App can't be deleted having no name, just numbers

texts:
Using an iPhone 5s on iOS 10.3 (14E5230e) beta.

I recently tried to re-download Spotify after having some issues with low memory. Unfortunately Spotify didn't complete install, so there was only the grey app tile and after trying to delete it it remained as an uncompleted grey tile with just a number as name:

So I tried to delete it, but after confirming that all other data of that app will be deleted the app is still there. Pressing on the app has no effect. Reinstalling Spotify leads to having Spotify as a additional app - full functional.

I already made a soft reset (several times) also tried to delete it via iTunes (there it doesn't show up), via memory management (doesn't show up there neither). Finally I did exclude it from iCloud backup (shows up there - I know, it's funny).

Before I take the step to do a factory reset and recover the phone via backup - does anybody know what I can do else?


texts: Can I backup iTunes 9 before upgrading to iTunes 10?

texts: I am happy with iTunes 9 and am a bit leery of upgrading to iTunes 10 on my Mac based on some feedback I've heard from others. Can I duplicate iTunes.app in my Applications folder prior to running Software Update to update to iTunes 10, and use the backup iTunes to run iTunes 9 if I am not happy with iTunes 10? I know this works with some applications like Final Cut Pro but not with others like Safari.


texts:
How can I universally change the following keybindings to something that is faster?

Option+Arrow (move 1 word)
Option+[delete] (delete 1 word)
Command+c (copy)
Command+v (paste)
Command+x (cut)
Command+z (undo)

Contorting my pinky to press the command key is too slow

OS version:
MacOS Sierra 10.12.6

I have tried swapping keys. Swapping keys messed up other shortcuts. I have also looked for keymapping software.


texts: How to use OSX built in VNC client to connect to localhost with port forwarding

texts:
I already have ssh port forwarding set up, and it works with Chicken of the VNC, host set to 'localhost' and port set to the port I have forwarded.

Soon, I won't be able to use Chicken, because the latest OSX version, Catalina, won't let it run because it is a 32bit app.

I've tried to do the same with Screen Sharing, connecting with vnc://localhost:XXXX, but then it asks for a password, which it shouldn't need, and doesn't connect. How can I use the built in VNC client to connect to my remote desktop?


texts: I have no sound in my videos recorded in Photobooth. This happens on any user account, and the mic is working. I am using macOS 10.12.2 (16C67).


texts: iOS Calendar application shows old home address as home address

texts:
I have this issue for a long time in iOS. But it's so annoying lately. Here is the situation, 5 months back I moved to new address. I changed my address in the contacts. When I try to create a new event and type 'home' in the address, it shows the old address as a home address and new address as 'John Doe Home'. Same happens for work address. But my MacBook shows it right. I use Gmail calendar in the calendar app. Is there a way to fix this? I tried following solutions and nothing worked so far

Unlinked my Facebook
Deleted home address and added again
Removed home address from significant locations in the Privacy section
Checked Gmail calendar settings, everything looks good


texts: How do I turn off OS X function key usage?

texts: When I'm remote desktopped into other machines or using web browsers that have apps requiring function key usage, my Mac steals the keys instead...  I'll hit shift F1 to try to perform an app function, but instead my speakers turn off.  How can I disable OS X stealing function key presses meant for applications?


texts: How to restart the Dock without using the command line?

texts: I know that I can restart the Dock using a killall Dock on the command line. I can also restart the Finder by Alt-right-clicking the Finder icon. Is there a similar way to restart the Dock without using the command line?


texts: What happens to shared photos when i delete them locally?

texts:
I am running out of space on my 16 GB iphone 6 (shocker.)

I have about 400 family photos that i've taken, and added to a shared album.  All of these photos are stored locally on my iPhone.

If i remove any of those photos from my phone to free up space, are they also removed from the shared album?  (that would be bad.)

More generally: what are the semantics of shared photos? are they copies? symlinks?

Settings:

General>Icloud>Photos

ICloud photo library is on
optimize phone storage is checked
upload to my photo stream is on
icloud photo sharing is on.

I have backups and syncs to my macbook on a fairly routine basis, and i'm also using google photos specifically for photo backup independent of any of the above settings.


texts: OpenVPN JSON error after upgrading to El Capitan

texts:
After upgrading to El Captian, OpenVPN displays the following error when attempting a connection: "JSONDialog: Error running jsondialog".

I'm using OpenVPN version 2.0.9.201.

How do I get OpenVPN to work without disabling SIP?


texts: An email as my name on other people's phone, iOS7 update

texts:
Why is my email popping up on other people's phone as my name?

Ever since I did the iOS7 update on my phone, my messages are not coming up as "sussy joes" it is now some kind of email.

How do I stop this from happening?


texts: M1 Air Big Sur 11.1 Recovery Mode Reinstall Not Working

texts:
I'm trying to reinstall macOS Big Sur on M1 Air because some of the root directories permissions got messed up and it's not booting after login screen (takes password, stuck in loading screen for a minute and then goes black. Guessing it didn't manage enough permissions.)
The OS version shows Big Sur 11.1 from the recovery mode terminal (from sw_vers command)
Recovery Mode Reinstall fails with this screen

The installation log is here: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/Tnks7Wxx27/
(I tried to clean up recurring logs a bit, so it's easy to look at)
I've already tried 4 times to reinstall. Twice it produced this screen and twice it got stuck in the middle and did nothing.
I guess the next absolute step for me would be to try to install with an external installation drive. But, could someone translate the log to understand why this is happening? (Is this in any way related to the root permission issue, that I can solve from recovery mode terminal?)


texts: How do I show all calendar events in "Today view" in iOS 9?

texts:
I just updated my iPhone to iOS 9 and noticed my "Today View" only lists my next calendar event vs all my calendar events for the day.

Is there a way to change this so it shows all calendar events for the day?

I frequently use this to quickly see what's scheduled for my day and plan ahead for meetings, breaks, etc. later in the day. I cannot find anything in Settings > Notifications, or on the Edit menu on the Today View.

Add'd info: My iPhone is a 5s and I updated from iOS 7, skipping iOS 8, so I'm not sure if this change was in iOS 8 since I skipped it.


texts: Terminal has gone weird after screen sharing

texts:
I used screen sharing on my Macbook Pro to remote control my friend's iMac.

Unfortunately, now my Terminal now says:

kellys-iphone-2:~ James$

Why is it now saying this all of a sudden? Where has kellys-iphone-2 come from? Should I be worried?

Thanks.


texts: Will changing my Apple ID affect any apps that I have purchased?

texts: I want to change my Apple ID, simply just because I don't want to use that name or that email address anymore.  Will it affect any apps that I have purchased in the past with that old Apple ID? If I have deleted one of those apps that I purchased, will I have to repurchase that app again with the new Apple ID?


texts: How to display only selected invisible files on mac osx 10.+?

texts:
I have a question. Is that possible or not i really don't know.

I use Yosemite. And i ran this command via terminal.app

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE;killall Finder

this command show all hidden files on my mac. but i just want to make visible only, .htaccess files . Is that possible ? Or not ? Thank you so much.


texts: Synchronize deleting photos from iCloud to iPhone

texts: I know that deleting photos from iCloud Photos does not remove them from iPhone. But what should I do to synchronize deleting? I want to leave on iPhone only those photos, that I have in my iCloud Photos


texts: Can I plug two external monitors in to a MacBook Pro?

texts:
I'd like to use two external monitors for some excels, coding, email, not games or video content.

Can someone please explain how I can go about using two external monitors with my MacBook Pro, and realistically, how good will the performance be of the 2nd external monitor?


texts: MacBook Pro with TouchBar - Compatibility with Ubuntu?

texts: I use a lot of Ubuntu Gnome 16.10 (Linux). Will the new MBP with TouchBar support the function keys? Specifically, are the 'F1' to 'F12' keys compatible with Ubuntu? I practice a lot of programming (Python, MySQL, TensorFlow) and need these keys to work as they normally would.


texts: Wi-Fi no longer connecting to the internet

texts:
I keep getting this message:

"Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address 169.254.10.243 and will not be able to connect to the Internet."

I was connected and my Wii and iPhone were using Wi-fi through my Airport card. I tried to set up a new network, but it won't connect with it.

How do I get rid of the self-assigned IP address?  I have rebooted everything. I also dumped files from the library that a help group told me to do:

Go to /Library/Preferences/SystemConﬁguration
Delete the following:

com.apple.airport.prefrences.plist
NetworkInterfaces.plist
Preferences.plist

Shut down computer
reset PRAM

I changed the channel to a lower number. Any suggestions? I have an iMac.


texts: Confused about network unlocked,carrier unlocked,factory unlocked

texts:
I'm new to iPhones,if a phone is stated to be network unlocked,carrier unlocked and factory unlocked will it be able to be used with any carrier? The iPhone is a iPhone 5
    Thank you.  Loritiana123


texts: How make Safari download PDF files instead of opening them in-page?

texts:
Firefox downloads my PDF files straight to "Downloads", Safari opens them "in-page".

I need PDF files to save to a file, not to open.

Is there a setting make Safari download PDF files instead of opening them in-page?


texts: Free utilities for a power users switching from Windows to OS X?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  OS X Applications you can't live without

I'm looking for usual tools, like messenger, file transfer, text editor and so on.

PS. I would make it community wiki, but I do not see the option?!


texts: Tell Safari to Download Certain File Types?

texts:
There are certain file types that Safari automatically opens natively.  Various kinds of video files, for example.  Is there a way to configure Safari to not open these files and instead default to just downloading them?

I'm using Safari 5.1 on OS X 10.7.1


texts: Upgrading Windows 8.1 to 10 changes bootcamp partition to disk0s4

texts:
I recently upgraded my Windows 8.1 Pro on bootcamp to Windows 10 successfully. However when I booted back into Mac, the bootcamp partition had disappeared in the finder window. When I checked disk utility, the partition that was once named Bootcamp, is now named disk0s4!

There is also an error saying:

Error: This Disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.

I also have a boot manager installed (rEFInd), which now is bypassed when I restart the machine, however when I hold option the windows drive appears and I can boot into it!

Is this something to do with bootcamp drivers support for windows 10?
Would the problem be solved by doing a clean install of windows 10 instead of upgrading?


texts: iOS — Is there any way to send a gift to a user of another App Store?

texts:
The recipient of your gift must have an Apple ID in your country or
region. For example, if you're in the United States, you can't send a
gift to a friend who lives in Australia.

I'd like to send an app gift (a game), but I'm in Germany an the recipient is in Russia. Is there a way to do so?


texts: Decimal comma in Spanish keyboard layout

texts:
I have a Spanish layout keyboard (in Snow Leopard). Whenever I use the dot, or comma, in the numeric keyboad (right of the 0) it always shows a comma, but I'd prefer if it entered a dot, just like PCs do. Otherways, entering IP addresses, or decimal numbers when coding is a PITA. How can I do that?

I have tried altering my regional settings so that the decimal separator is a point and the thousands separator is a comma, but that doesn't seem to affect text entry.

I'd prefer changing some regional setting rather than remapping the keyboard, but I'll accept any answer that works - short of changing the regional layout of the keyboard, I really need my diacritics there.


texts: Help choose a better upgrade for my MacBook5,2

texts:
I recently got a 2009 macbook 5,2 as a gift from my uncle. When I tried to install MAMP it says i need to upgrade my OS.
What will be best option for my mac.
I am very new to these mac things & I like it so much.
Configuration:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier:   MacBook5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2.13 GHz
Memory 2 GB
I am not sure is it enough to suggest an option, so please don't hesitate to contact me if you need more info.
I found this article in Apple Support forums.
But its not cleared my doubt.
Can anyone make a detailed answer for this?
like

how to get directly update to more newer OS?
how to get the    installation disk? can i get it free?
do i really need to purchase    one?
Will a used disk work with my etc?


texts:
I have a 2011 iMac 27", and back then opted for a HDD. Back then (and now still) I fear for the lifespan of SSDs, and hauling an iMac 27" to the store is cumbersome, so it looked the right choice.

But now, I notice that the drive is the main bottleneck for pretty much anything I try to do, and I would love to benefit from the better performance of an SSD. (Though still not regretting my choice for HDD internal storage, mind.)

Will installing OS X and my applications on an external SSD be faster than an internal HDD?

If I did my reading right, I really should be getting something with a Thunderbolt connection. But I wanted to check here to be sure, and wondered if OS X is at all bootable from a Thunderbolt drive?


texts: How to use nohup/send process to background on os/x

texts:
The command

nohup <command> &

does not actually work properly on mac it seems:  the process is suspended. Issuing

fg

appears to be required to reactivate the command.

Here is an illustration:

$nohup jekyll serve --watch &
[1] 47426
$appending output to nohup.out

[1]+  Stopped                 nohup jekyll serve --watch

Now, on Linux  the process would not have been "stopped" by issuing that command..

In the above case: if we issue

fg

Then the jekyll server proceeds to launch properly: we can access it on port 4000. But I do not want to occupy a terminal session with that process: it should have been background-ed.

So .. what is the way to achieve this on mac?


texts: App to convert .h264 video on ipad to watch in "Photos" app?

texts: I have a video clip with extention ".h264" on my online storage, and i want to save it in "Photos" app on my iPad and watch it there... Is there an app for that? I think it might need to be converted to a playable format even before putting it in Photos. Thanks!


texts: How can I reduce the resolution and storage size of photos synced to my iPhone?

texts:
I want to sync many photos from my MacBook to my iPhone, but I realize that they really take too much space.

I'm not exactly sure what resolution photos are scaled to when syncing with iTunes, but I would like to know if it is possible to lower it so that I can fit more photos in less space.

Is there an automatic way to do this? I would like to avoid creating and storing lower resolution copies of the original images.


texts: How to send a notification to a device when it connects to a WiFi network without a specific app?

texts:
I was staying in a hotel last week and when I connected to their WiFi network with my iPhone 4S, after agreeing on their terms and conditions (you must choose their network and it takes you automatically to the hotel's site where you agree some terms to complete the connection, many hotels charge you this way for their WiFi) a push notification trying to sell something came into my screen; this notification had "accept" and "later" buttons. Does anyone know how this happened, is it a notification launched by the website or sent directly though the WiFi network? I didn't have any apps related to the hotel which may have launched it.

This was not the kind of notifications you can look at in the notification center, it was more like a system alert.


texts: Any side-effects when sharing a Time Machine backup disk between Lion and Snow Leopard?

texts: Is there anything to consider if I want to share a Time Machine backup drive between a Lion machine and a Snow Leopard machine (a USB drive that I would be rotating between the two computers)? Obviously I cannot use encryption (since Snow Leopard will not be able to use the disk), but are there any other gotchas? For example, will Spotlight behave (i.e. not constantly re-index because of the version change)?


texts: Why repeat a try statement in AppleScript before returning an error?

texts:
I’m trying to learn AppleScript and have seen the following example for the Photos app:

try
    set thisId to id of item 1 of sel
on error errText number errNum
    display dialog "Error: cannot get the image ID" & errNum & return & errText & "Trying again"

    try
        delay 2
        set thisId to id of item 1 of sel
    on error errTexttwo number errNumtwo
        display dialog "Skipping image due to repeated error: " & errNumtwo & return & errTexttwo
        error "giving up"
        return
    end try --second attempt
end try

Why is there a second try statement doing the same thing after a short delay before giving up? The same is done in several places in this example script.

Is this a normal way of handling errors in AppleScript or is this specific for Photos and if so why?


texts:
I know there is already a post out there for Safari extensions, but Chrome extensions are completely different. So, what extensions do you think are useful? Please read these simple rules before posting:

Include only one extension in each anwer.
Include a description of the extension, its pros/cons, and why you use it.
Link to the developer's website, rather than a direct download page.
Cite the application name like such:
#appName by [developer]
Check to see if there are duplicates
in this post by typing in the search box:
inquestion:this
searchTerm
Please do not give a price because that can localize your answer too much.


texts: Why does memory appear near full even after upgrade?

texts:
I've just upgraded my MacBook Pro from 4GB to 8GB. Before the upgrade, I looked in the Activity Monitor and it said that it was using almost 3.98GB of 4GB (I'm a web developer, so I usually have lots of apps open.) Then after the upgrade Activity Monitor shows that it is using about 7.50GB of 8GB (with the same apps opened.) The upgrade improved the performance of the Mac, it is surprisingly faster than before, but I was hoping to see more memory available after this upgrade.

Thanks for your help!


texts: Why did I get a notification on my phone that says "Your Apple ID is now being used for iMessage on a new iPod Touch"?

texts: I was very confused when I saw this notification. I've been asking my mom to get me an Apple Watch and I'm not sure if she is trying to surprise me.


texts: In automator, apple claims you can create a dialog with a progress bar. Is this feasible or outdated?

texts:
At this link:
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/MacAutomationScriptingGuide/DisplayProgress.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40016239-CH37-SW1
We see that there is a progress bar. I have been unable to create it. Is it deprecated?

UPDATE: Unable to change anything here:


texts: Annotations on Preview, why do rectangles now put text in weird orientations?

texts:
It appears that this is something happening since Mojave... when drawing a rectangle using the pen tool (Sketch) and doing a rectangle now the text sometimes appear in a weird orientation, let's say for instance upside down...

When does this orientation happen?
What steps can I do to make it not happen?
If it happens, can I rotate the rectangle?


texts:
I have a USB disk and when I try to mount get the following error mount: /dev/disk3s1: unknown special file or file system.

diskutil shows

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk3
   1:               Windows_NTFS Seagate Backup Plus ... 444.5 GB   disk3s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Binnie                  555.7 GB   disk3s2

/etc/fstab contains the following line:-
LABEL="Seagate Backup Plus Drive" none ufsd_NTFS rw,noauto

I must have put this in to stop auto mount, as I normally just use the HFS partition, but I want to be able to exchange files with a Windows user.

There is a Paragon NTFS for Mac driver, but I guess it is no longer working since I "upgraded" to El Capitan.

Can anyone advise the best way to mount.


texts: Accidentally wrote over external hard drive with an img file using dd

texts:
I had two partitions, one "clear" and one encrypted.

Had my iPhoto library.

On the encrypted partition.

I am slightly panicking now.

Any ideas on how to recover my data?

Various relevant outputs;

$ diskutil list
(snip)
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk4
   1:             Windows_FAT_32 boot                    58.7 MB    disk4s1
   2:                      Linux                         3.2 GB     disk4s2

# diskutil cs list
(nothing pertaining to disk4)


texts: How to move "section"/change "section" margin in Pages

texts:
I've been a full-time Mac user for 5 or so years now, but sometimes the Apple way still confuses my Microsoft-conditioned mind.  This is especially true of iWork.  In the screenshot below, can someone tell me how to move the big, main text area up to that red line?

I've tried every setting I can find - I wouldn't be asking if I hadn't - and came up completely empty.  FYI this is one of Apple's stock resume templates.

Thanks.


texts: Access photos only from select albums on all my devices

texts:
I would like the ability to view photos grouped under two "People" (two children, say) in Photos 3.0 on all of my Apple devices. Basically I take new photos with my iPhone and occasionally sync them over to my MacBook. I want to view all photos in those two albums on the iPhone (when visiting relatives, say).

I don't want to upload all of my photos to iCloud, so iCloud Photo Library does not seem to be the right option.

I want the ability to view all photos from those two albums (people) on my devices, so My Photo Stream (which covers only recent photos) also does not seem to be the right option.

I want to "share" these photos with myself, not necessarily with others, so iCloud Photo Sharing does not seem to be the right option either?

Is there native support in macOS and iOS for what I want to accomplish?


texts: Logitech HD Webcam C310 to make Video Calls (FaceTime HD Camera not detected)

texts:
My FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) is not detected anymore. Logitech C310 HD Webcam System Requirement does not include MacOS meaning the web camera may not be compatible or work with Macs.

As for Video Calls, it states "You’ll get HD 720p video calling on most major instant messaging applications". I wonder if anyone has used the C310 to overcome a failed Face Time camera issue (in that I can use it to make FaceTime calls with the C310).


texts:
OS X 10.11.5 on a Mid 2011 iMac. I'm new to development on OS X and am trying to understand enough to figure out a Ruby path issue I'm having. I ran Inspector on Terminal and was surprised by the complexity of the command.

Instead of something like /bin/bash it is

login -pfl mark /bin/bash -c 'exec -la bash /bin/bash'

I don't understand how all these parts work together, or how the result differs from /bin/bash.


texts: Is There A Free Photoshop Alternative for Mac OS X?

texts:
I've been doing quite a bit of searching, but I'm only turning up commercially licensed packages.  I don't need something as fully-featured as Photoshop, but something in that genre is sufficient.  These features are of most importance to me:

Basic photo editing
Some filters
Layering
Text tool

I want to be able to make simple posters/flyers by combining multiple images and text.


texts: Tilting up magic keyboard for better ergonomics

texts:
I have the most recent Magic Keyboard and I find it hard to type on it as it lays very flat on my desk.

I'd like to have an angle on the keyboard for typing; other wireless keyboards have little "feet" that fold out to enable the user to tilt the top upwards

For now, I have taped two pencils under the keyboard for some angle which kinda works.

Is there a product / better way to fix the keyboard up that way?

(Keyboard was given to me at work, not really an option to switch)


texts: How do I connect my Apple Thunderbolt 2012 Display to my new Dell Laptop?

texts:
I recently bought a new Dell XPS 13, and I'm trying to connect my old 2012 Thunderbolt display to it.
I used to connect the display to my old MacBook, via the thunderbolt 2 connector from the display, and my old MacBook ran Windows with Bootcamp.
The Dell laptop has 2 Thunderbolt 3 connectors and therefore I bought a Thunderbolt 2 to USB-C converter (male USB-c, female thunderbolt 2).
I for some reason, can't get the display to connect to the new laptop at all, I have even tried installing some of the Bootcamp drivers, among others the AppleDisplayInstaller.
Nothing seems to be working, so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas, or experience doing the same thing.


texts: Is it possible to disable XProtectService for a given folder?

texts: I'm using a MacBook for C/C++ development and I'm creating a lot of native executables with clang. While running some of those (mostly those that are on the bigger side - around 500 MB), I can see a bit of a delay when I run them for the first time, and I see XProtectService process use CPU in Activity Monitor. As far as I understand, this is supposed to be some kind of security check; but since I created those executables myself, I'd like to skip it. Is it possible to disable XProtectService for a given folder with binaries?


texts: Mavericks Login Screen Mirrored on 2nd Monitor

texts:
I recently had to erase and restore my mac as it developed a terrible hard drive failure, and ever since I've had odd behaviour (already posted one other question today). For some reason the Login screen is mirrored on both my monitors and annoyingly this changes the resolution and aspect ratio shown on the MacBook, I really don't like it, and it's never done this before. It also creates a strange animation as the screen logs in which I fins even more annoying. Before the second monitor would show the background of the login screen but certainly would not effect the resolution of the main screen or be mirrored. What's going on there?

Thanks,
Mike

Two screenshots, one of the displays and a profile error which I can't help but feel is also a side effect of the issue I had.


texts: Putting display to sleep with AirPlay crashs apps in macOS High Sierra

texts:
I use AirPlay everyday and put my display to sleep if I leave my desk in macOS Sierra.

However, putting display to sleep with AirPlay crashes all the apps after upgrading to macOS High Sierra.

I tried finding errors in console log message, but it was cleared after I woke my Mac. I can't find the details in console log messages.

How do I resolve this issue?


texts: I have an MacBook Pro using OS Sierra version 10.12.5 (along with our iPhones & iPad) wirelessly connected to the Arris 6900 Modem-Router and wirelessly connected to our Brother printer. The problem is being able to print to the Brother printer on an every day basis. I can print from any device one minute, wait an hour or two and can't print. What is the problem with the connectivity issues to the printer.  I've checked with our Cox internet provider, help people at Brother, and with the people at Arris. No one has a solution that works. I hate to buy a new modem-router but is that my only choice with this Arris product.


texts: Is there a way to install Mountain Lion on a Mac Pro 1,1 2006?

texts:
The Mac Pro 1,1 2006 is not officially supported for OS X Mountain Lion, are there any work arounds to get it to work?

Your Mac must be one of the following models:
...
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
...


texts: MacBook Pro flashing folder, start up hard drive not showing in Disk Utility

texts:
Out of the blue today my MacBook Pro starting showing a flashing folder with a question mark during the boot process.

I went into Disk Utility to try and restore or reformat the MacBook, but the hard drive does not even show up and everything else is grayed out.

Here’s a screenshot that shows what I’m talking about. Thanks.


texts: Can I use the new Apple TV without a TV to play my Mac's audio to my stereo?

texts:
I currently have an AirPort Express (Newest N version) that is connected to my AirPort Extreme Base Station via ethernet. I have no other use for it (printer, wifi extender, etc.) other than it being a conduit for my MacBook Pro's iTunes library to be streamed to my stereo and controlled by my iPhone, my wife's iPhone or any guests with iOS devices.

I was thinking about selling my AirPort Express and getting a new Apple TV if I can get the same functionality as my current setup. In addition to this potential setup, I don't lose anything, but actually gain all the features of the Apple TV (Netflix, iTunes Rentals, etc.) and the possibility of jailbreaking it to run XBMC or Plex.

I know the Apple TV can be controlled via the Remote app on my iPhone, but will I have to turn on the TV and wake up the Apple TV? If so, this is a small step, but annoying.


texts: I have plenty of experience with dual boot, but never anything like this. State of the art iMac Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015, running El Capitan 10.11.3, dual booting to very recent Windows 10. (Don't want to boot it to determine exact release.) So far no crashes on Apple side. On Windows side, twice now: screen goes black, pause, buzzing sound, then many rounds of Windows saying it will fix itself, then crashes again. In these many times it says it will fix itself there has been no buzzing. Today it ran Windows for 20 minutes or so, and then I again got the buzzing. For now, I'm just going to leave it in Apple and see if that crashes, which would suggest hardware.


texts: I have a problem resetting my AppleID password

texts: I tried to reset my AppleID password but I do not remember the Email account or the security questions I used to create the AppleID. Is there anyway to change or find the email I used for my AppleID?


texts: MacBook Pro failing Internet Recovery with exclamation mark

texts: My MacBook Pro from 2009 restarts itself and doesn't charge, I tried recovery hd but I hadn't used Time Machine so the option is not there and now I'm trying Internet Recovery it give an exclamation mark on the big round web icon.


texts: How to reset a disabled 5th gen. iPod without access to a computer?

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My 5th gen. iPod is disabled because my son tried too many wrong passwords. How do I unlock it without a computer or iTunes. I just want to restore, there's nothing important on the iPod.

I've already tried holding power button with home button at the same time.


texts:
I’m looking to upgrade my iMac’s ram but don’t really know much about what’s compatible and what’s not. Is a ram with following features compatible with it?

Crucial 16GB DDR4 2400Mhz SODIMM CL17 DRx8 Ram (PC4-19200)

Thanks a lot.


texts: How can I see what permissions an enterprise app certificate has?

texts:
I live in Iran, and here most Iranian apps are banned from the App Store, and are distributed using enterprise certificates. There are even Iranian app stores that use a single such certificate to install other apps, and they even sell some pirated apps through these. See, for example, https://sibapp.com/ and nassaab.com/
. Though these will probably not work with non-Iranian IPs.

In regard of the recent Facebook privacy scandal, I have become concerned how these apps affect my privacy, and what actions I can take to protect myself, and what actions Apple should be pushed to take. This phenomenon (of rogue Iranian apps) has high penetration rates in Iranian users. (Because everyone needs at least some of the services these apps deliver, including banking, SIM card's data and phone management, online taxis, ...)

I think banning apps but leaving illegal enterprise certificates is possibly the worst way to handle this problem.

Update: Nothing is shown on the device about the certificate:


texts: I have an iPhone but my friend does not. When I send a message, my phone sends it as an iMessage and he doesn't receive it. How do I sort this out?


texts:
I've been using iOS5 beta 7 for a while.  About 4 hours ago (possibly the end of the 20th, PST, the expiration date for iOS 5 beta 7) the phone locked itself and claims it requires activation.  Whenever I try, it claims the activation server is temporarily unavailable.

Should I sit tight and wait, or is there something else I can do, such as wipe iOS5 and reinstall from a release image?


texts: Checking for folder/file changes using Automator?

texts: Is there there a way to check a folder/file for changes (includes adding files, deleting files, changes in files,...). The 'Folder action' in Automator is only checking if any files are newly added.


texts: Power adapter green light blinking on - non genuine adapter

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I recently acquired a new power adapter 85W for my macbook pro retina late 2013. I made sure the specifications matched the official Apple adapter and in fact I have not noticed any performance issues.

The problem is the green light on the magnet connector is sometimes blinking. I am wondering if that could could cause any damage to my battery or have some other issues. Otherwise it charges properly and battery duration is normal.

This is the product by the way: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnetic-Charger-MacBook-Retina-Display/dp/B00BJ97CWU

Thanks!


texts:
Is there any way I can create an automator service or app to delete ALL trash from any USB drive (my own account's trash plus everybody else's)?

I've read several solutions involving Terminal, including this one, but I'd like something a bit more foolproof and really handy.

I need to exchange USB drives regularly for presentations at events and Mac trash is becoming a problem as Macs become more common -- people suddenly get "no space available" error messages and can't do anything about it. I know how to skip the trash, but need a quick fix when the trash is already there.


texts: How to remove duplicate icons from Launchpad?

texts:
I have two identical Xcode icons in the Launchpad. I guess the second icon appeared after installing Xcode beta.
So here my steps for reproducing this issue:

Install Xcode 7.
Install Xcode 8.
Install Xcode 7 again.

I tried this but it didn't help me. I have OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.
How do I remove the duplicate icon?


texts: How do I have two copies of iTunes using the same library?

texts:
I recently bought a MacBook Pro and I already have lots of media on my iMac. I don’t want to eat up the HD space on the MacBook Pro, but I also want to be able to use iTunes on my MacBook Pro with all my media. What’s the most elegant solution to the problem?

Here’s what storage I have:

An NAS server
An external HD
A 16GB USB3 drive
My 64GB iPhone

Here’s what I don’t have:

Access to iTunes Match
Access to anything like iTunes Match


texts: How to run a Shortcut from a web page in iOS

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I am trying to use the Shortcuts feature of iOS.
I want to run some simple JavaScript on a web page.
I made a new Shortcut, added "Run JavaScript on Web Page".
The contents of the JavaScript are
alert("hello world");
completion();

I named the shortcut "do hello world".
Now how do I trigger this to run on a web page?
I've googled and it seems that I should be able to click on the "export" button in Safari and run the shortcut from the panel that appears, but I do not see my shortcut in that list.


texts: How to switch the keyboard input language from the terminal?

texts:
I already have one way to do this:
function input-switch-darwin() {
    cliclick kd:ctrl kp:space ku:ctrl
}

But this is very slow:
❯ time cliclick kd:ctrl kp:space ku:ctrl
cliclick kd:ctrl kp:space ku:ctrl  0.02s user 0.03s system 13% cpu 0.434 total; max RSS 7088


texts: Access to sudo but not security and privacy or users and groups

texts: How can I add myself to these groups so that I can have access to these areas in system preferences? I have sudo access but I'm not sure how to accomplish this through terminal.


texts: Cannot start any Virtual Machine anymore on High Sierra

texts:
I just switched from Sierra to High Sierra for some reason, and Virtualbox doesn't work anymore.
All my machines (Debian, Windows etc), newly created or existing, show that message when started:

The virtual machine 'Serveur PHP 5' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).

Error code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

Component:
MachineWrap

Interface:
IMachine {5047460a-265d-4538-b23e-ddba5fb84976}

It's not linked to VirtualBox NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Mac :

No "Kernel Driver" error message
No "Security and Privacy" message
Discard not working
Reinstalling does not solve anything.

VB Version : 6.1.2

macOS Version : 10.13.6

Any idea?

Many thanks


texts: How to add a 2nd monitor to Macbook Air (mid-2012)

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I have a Macbook Air mid 2012.

If I get a thunderbolt mini display port to HDMI adapter can I connect my macbook to a 2nd monitor and have a certain window (app) running on the main screen while I have a second window (app) running on the connected monitor?


texts: Parallels desktop virtual machines cannot communicate when Mac has no network connection

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I have two virtual machines running on Parallels desktop (v11 if that makes a difference).  They are operating in Shared network mode.

When I have a wireless or Bluetooth network connection they can communicate between each other fine.

When I lose that connection (phone tether drops out, flying, etc) the virtual machines no longer are able to communicate with each other.

I have also tried the network in Host Only mode to no avail.

Is there some way I can have these virtual machines communicate with each other even when I do not have an external network connection?


texts: Unable to transfer files from external hard drive

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Problem:

I'm trying to transfer about 168 GB of files from an old Windows XP machine to a newer MacBook Pro running OS X 10.6.8.

I successfully copied the files from the XP machine onto a 2TB Seagate drive, formatted as NTFS.

I opened the Seagate drive on the Mac and started copying the files. Though the drive is read-only because it is NTFS, all I need to do is copy files off of it.

About 15% into the transfer, a message pops up saying "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred. (Error -8084)" and the transfer stops. This has happened multiple times.

What I've tried to fix the problem:

I tried transferring one of the sub-folders of the backup, also resulting in an error, though this one was different. It was something like: "The process has been stopped because a file is in use." It then said the name of the file. I tried this second process twice; each time it gave a different file name.

In both cases, some of the files transfer properly, but most don't.

I have tried disabling Spotlight for the drive, but that didn't help.


texts: Finder does not seem to navigate to the last folder opened. For instance, when I am saving several files or images - it would be nice to (and used to ) open in the last place I placed something - now it defaults to "User" and I have to navigate each time - very frustrating.


texts: What does the "Stationery Pad" option do?

texts: Under the General section of a file's File Info, there is a checkbox for Stationery Pad and Locked. The Locked option is pretty straightforward, but what does Stationery Pad do?


texts: Disable App Store Update Notifications - All Users

texts: Exactly as title says, I want it to stop telling me I have updates etc in the notification bubbles, but no option to disable in sys prefs.


texts: Play feedback when volume is changed via touch bar

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There is an audible 'pop' when I change volume using the slider in System Preferences. I can also hear it when volume is being unmuted using the soft button on touch bar.

I do not hear any feedback when volume is changed via touch bar.

I have tried tapping touch bar volume button and then dragging the slider, tapping volume icons around the slider, pressing and holding volume button without releasing touch bar; none of them provide any audible feedback.

This is true for both built-in speakers and 3.5mm output.

Is there a way of enabling feedback sound when volume is changed via touch bar?


texts: How do I move GarageBand's Lessons and other libraries to another drive?

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I'd like to move GarageBand's lessons ("Learn to Play") to another drive. How do I tell GarageBand where to look to find the files?

Some context : I removed my Late 2009 MacBook's SuperDrive and now have two internal drives, a SSD drive on which I boot and the original internal drive. The "Learn to Play" directory in /Library/Application Support/GarageBand is now 7GB and I haven't downloaded all the lessons I want. It is on the SSD drive, but I need to save space on that disk. I think that for the lessons it is less important to have a fast drive than for the loops and instruments (but maybe I'm wrong?), so I'd like to move them to the other drive.


texts: Pronouncing names in different languages with Siri

texts:
When I'm using Siri in one language, Siri can't recognize names in another language.

Example:

using Siri in English and asking to play a song whose band's name is in Spanish or French.

Siri understands the first part in English, like "Hey Siri, play a song by..." but then if the band or artist's name is typically pronounced in a French way, Siri doesn't understand and tries to interpret the name as an existing English word and fails.

Is there a specific way to ask Siri for this?


texts: Preview Cant Open Multiple PDF in same Window

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I have the option to open groups of files in same window setting turned on, and this works for pictures.

However, for PDFs this setting does not seem to work.

I know opening multiple PDFs in the same window was possible at least in Sierra, I have no idea if they changed anything for High Sierra that caused this to fail.

I went through ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.preview/..../com.apple.Preview.plist
and found PVImageOpeningMode = 1

so this should be the correct setting, at least from what I know.

I tried getting my old ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.preview/fluff and replaced whatever setting I have right now ( it worked before ), and unfortunately I still cannot view multiple PDFs in the same window ( without using tabs ).

This is pretty vexing, right now im leaning on the conclusion that apple had some how changed how preview app works, unless there is another hidden preview setting location some where.

Has anybody found a solution to opening multiple PDFs in the same window in High Sierra?


texts: How do I stop sharing call history between two iPhones?

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My husband and I both just upgraded to iOS 8.3.  Now I notice that if I have a missed call it shows up on his notice screen and all my calls show up in his recent call history (and vice versa).

Both phones don't ring and they don't need to be near each other or connected by Wi-Fi.  We do share an iTunes account.

How do I stop sharing call history between the two phones?


texts: Has Apple indicated that some 2019 MacBook Pros have a fault relating to power, battery or shutdown issues?

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I bought a MacBook Pro two days ago and when I was using it for the first time I noticed that when it drops below 40% (20%-40%) it shuts down with no warning and it's impossible to turn it back on unless I plug in the power cable. I thought it must be a hardware issue so I got it replaced for a new one. I set up my new computer and I found out that it had the same issue.

I tried resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) as per Apple's instructions at: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201295

Unfortunately, this didn't resolve the issue.

At this point I think it would be stupid to buy a third MacBook Pro just to find out that it's not working again.

Has anyone come across any information that indicates this is a known issue?

For the record, here is my battery information:

  CHARGE INFORMATION:

Charge Remaining (mAh): 5107

 Fully Charged: No(its 100%)

Charging:   Yes

Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 5159

HEALTH INFORMATION:

Cycle Count:    3

Condition:  Normal(1 day old battery)

Battery Installed:  Yes

Amperage (mA):  2439

Voltage (mV):   12516


texts: How to restrict OS X video output to a specific part of the screen

texts:
I accidentally bumped my MacBook Pro and now I have several lines on left and bottom sides of the screen.

The effected area is usable but hampers experience. I would like to somehow restrict the output to the working area of the screen.

I remember CRT monitors used to have features to easily, stretch/skew and position output.

How can I do this in OS X 10.10, Yosemite?

Either a built-in feature or a third party application would be welcome.


texts: Low CPU usage when performing big task in java

texts:
I recently got mac mini and I'm new to OS X so maybe this is a trivial question.
I'm developing web application in java using Spring. I have another project to run IT tests which sets up the API and performs lots of testing.

Tests take ~6 minutes on Linux and Windows (and when this is first thing i do after restarting my mac).
When i run them on my mac they take very long time (~30 mins and go on)
I notice in Activity Monitor that CPU is 90% idle after the API has started and tests begin to execute. Java processes uses ~0.5% of CPU. There is still ~7 GB memory free.

Running this on other environments (e.g. Linux) usually takes most of available resources (almost 100% CPU usage and memory)

Can somebody help me resolve this issue? Does OS X have any limitation regarding CPU usage for java processes?

I can provide more informations but need to know where to look.


texts: macOS Mojave on iMac won't boot into safe mode

texts:
My iMac (late 2015, 8/1TBSSD) has run happily for more than a year on High Sierra, and I just now upgraded the OS to Mojave. Now, the machine won't boot into safe mode or into Recovery. When I hold down the appropriate keys before or at the startup chimes, the regular boot ensues. Booting is brisk and correct. No firmware password is set. The keyboard is a wired Apple keyboard A1243; in use it gives no indication of fault with any of its keys.

In all other respects, the Mac operates as it should. I updated my MacBook Air (mid-2013, 4/512SSD) at the same time using the same Mojave installer, and the Air behaves as it should.

What's gone awry here, and how might I return the iMac to its correct functioning?


texts: Can I get podcasts on my iphone and stop them on my mac?

texts: Now that podcasts can get auto-downloaded directly to my iphone, i no longer need to sync with my mac but when i use itunes on my mac, i constantly see podcasts downloading.  Given that i never listen to podcasts from my mac, is there any way I can stop these from downloading to my mac without causing issues with my iphone?


texts: How to keep my iTunes (app) library after reinstalling Windows?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 and I'm a windows 7 user; I have the latest iTunes installed on my PC and synchronized with my iPhone; I don't have any music or video in there, as I don't use the iPhone for that purpose, but I have quite a big app library.

If I'm going to reinstall Windows on my computer, or even move to a different one, what should I do to keep my iTunes library? I'm assuming the App Store keeps track of what I've purchased, but how to avoid re-downloading everything again?


texts: How do I do control-shift-eject on a MacBook Air?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook Air?

This keystroke turns off the display on most Macs.

But the Air does not have an eject key. How do I achieve the same result?


texts: I have submitted an app to App Store. It has been downloaded almost 300 times. 5 in app purchase happened. But I do not get any review. I guess it depends on the users, whether they want to express their feelings or not. Is it any statistics when I can get the first review?


texts: Prevent dock from auto-showing on mouse over

texts:
I currently have dock to auto-hide and would like it to stay hidden until I explicitly show it using a keyboard shortcut such as the "Move focus to dock" or "Turn Dock Hiding On/Off". I basically don't want it to inadvertently pop open when I move mouse to the edge of the screen (e.g., to access a scrollbar in a fullscreen app), and get in the way. I tried moving it to the left, which slightly reduced the inconvenience, but I am still ending up triggering it, as I use many apps in fullscreen mode, and tend to reach out to all sides. Since I am a heavy keyboard user, I don't mind occasionally using keyboard to select something in the dock (I map Ctrl+Esc to move focus to dock, and type the first one or two chars of the app to select it and press  to run it).

I have come across workarounds that work well to (effectively permanently) disable it, but not good for my use case. E.g., this one to slow it down and this one to make it one pixel high and http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/extras.html.

I looked through all the dock defaults by running command defaults find .dock, and nothing seemed relevant, but may be I missed something because it wasn't obvious, or may be because it has no entry (like a hidden default?). Anybody has any solutions or ideas?


texts: SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection timed out (110) when using phpmailer

texts:
This works perfectly in my old server.
2020-07-18 16:37:45 SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection timed out (110)
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
I am now using CentOS 7 and php7.3.2
What I've tried.

use port 587,465,25
use host smtp.gmail.com,108.177.122.108

This is my code:
<?php
require_once "config.php";
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
function generateRandomString($length = 10) {
    $characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
    $charactersLength = strlen($characters);
    $randomString = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $randomString .= $characters[rand(0, $charactersLength - 1)];
    }
    return $randomString;
}
if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST"){
    $randompassword = generateRandomString();
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $mail = new PHPMailer(true);
    try {
        $connect->query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
        $insertSql = "INSERT INTO users (username, password, email, forgot) VALUES ('$name', '$randompassword', '$email', 1)";
        $status = $connect->query($insertSql);
        $mail->isSMTP();                                            // Send using SMTP
        $mail->SMTPAuth   = true;
        $mail->Host       = 'smtp.gmail.com';                    // Set the SMTP server to send through
        $mail->SMTPAuth   = true;                                   // Enable SMTP authentication
        $mail->Username   = 'username@gmail.com';                     // SMTP username
        $mail->Password   = '*******';                               // SMTP password
        $mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS;         // Enable TLS encryption; `PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS` encouraged
        $mail->Port       = 587;                                    // TCP port to connect to, use 465 for `PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS` above
        $mail->Charset    = "UTF-8";
        $mail->setFrom('username@gmail.com', 'Mailer');
        $mail->addAddress($email);               // Name is optional
        $mail->addReplyTo('to@gmail.com', 'to');                                 // Set email format to HTML
        $mail->Subject = 'subject';
        $mail->Body    = 'body'
        $mail->send();
        echo '<script>alert("already send");</script>';
    }
    catch (Exception $e) {
        echo "<script>alert('error');</script>";
        echo !extension_loaded('openssl')?"Not Available":"Available";
        exit;
    }
}
?>

UPDATE
I test telnet smtp.gmail.com for port 25 465 587,the result is also connection time out.Then I test on my computer gets a normal result.


texts: New BT mouse interferes with Apple keyboard?

texts:
My kid smashed my Logitech M705, so I replaced it with a M720 that has BT as well as its own dongle. I used the BT to connect it. Suddenly my Apple BT keyboard is no longer working so well. Periodically it "goes nuts", almost always after pressing Command-Z for undo... it just keeps on undoing. It seems fine when you're just typing away, but do anything with command keys or such, and blamo.

Is this something I should expect, or not?


texts: How to auto mount NFS shares on Mavericks?

texts:
I need to mount at boot time the equivalent of the line command :

sudo mount -o rw,bg,hard,resvport,intr,noac,nfc,tcp mymachine:/var/logs /Volumes/logs

…and I have no idea about how to do it on Mac (OS X 10.9 Mavericks)

bash-3.2$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HD                      499.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HD2                     499.8 GB   disk1s2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *668.2 MB   disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS OSXDocsetCD             668.1 MB   disk2s2
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *477.6 MB   disk3
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk3s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS DevToolsDocsetCD        477.6 MB   disk3s2
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *596.2 MB   disk4
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk4s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS iOSDocsetCD             596.1 MB   disk4s2


texts:
Is there any way to completely disable the caps lock key without using any third-party apps?

(Virtually, of course—I don't plan on jamming something under the key.)


texts: Mac Pro keeps rebooting when installing Win7 on Mac Pro using EFI Boot/GPT drive

texts:
I've tried to re-install Windows 7 using Bootcamp Assistent, since Windows 10 gave me a lot of headache.

Ran in to the error "No bootable device detected...", so I used following steps:

Make EFI bootable USB installer

Download Win10 install ISO
Boot into Windows DVD setup to access a Windows command prompt
open command prompt at install screen by pressing shift+F10
load diskpart and make clean install disk by typing:

diskpart
list disk
select disk n #n=USB stick
clean
convert gpt
create partition primary
format fs=fat32 label=Winstall quick
exit
exit

mount downloaded install ISO
drag everything from the mounted ISO onto the USB stick
delete bootmgr and bootmgr.efi from the stick to avoid BIOS/CMI boot and force EFI boot

Flash MacPro4,1 with MacPro5,1 firmware

Bootrom MP41.0081.B07 (EFI 1.4) to Bootrom MP51.007F.B03 (EFI 1.5) (If your machine shows Bootrom version MP41.0081.B08 you could first try to continue without upgrading. I don’t know which Apple EFI version is contained in there. Downgrading should be possible as well, definitely possible to version MP41.0081.B07. Please research if you don’t want to lose the downgrade possibility to MP41.0081.B08) The upgraded EFI finally enabled me to complete the boot process and you will have all other advantages of the 2010 and later models (hex-core CPU, faster RAM, Audio over DP) This upgrade is reversible. (If using El Capitan you need to disable System Integrity Protection. Otherwise the flash will not perform. If patch is running successfully you can see a big grey loader bar and the apple logo. Optical drives will open.)

Download MacPro5,1 firmware here -Mount .dmg (to prevent error 5570)
Download Mac Pro Firmware Utility here
Run Utility and follow instructions
check upgraded bootrom version and identifier in System Information

Setup Windows with EFI Boot

remove ALL physical drives except the to be Windows drive
plug in Winstall USB Stick
Boot Mac holding option/alt key
Choose EFI Boot
Enter setup and select GPT target disk
Install

Install Bootcamp Drivers (optional)

Boot into Windows
Download Bootcamp Support Software
Run Setup

The problem is, however, that my machine gets stuck in a bootloop during Windows 7 install... After initial installation, it tries to reboot but gets stuck at grey screen and keeps rebooting. When upon rebooting while holding option/alt key, the Windows drive does not appear, only the 'Winstall' USB stick.

Is this a Windows 7 issue and should I try Windows 8/8.1?

I plan to use drives as followed:

640 GB HDD (old OS X install)
500 GB HDD (Windows7)
240 GB pcie SSD (Main OS X)


texts: Macbook Pro powers on but won't boot. What to do?

texts:
There are about a dozen questions similar, but all of them get further along in the startup than I do.  Purchased a used MacBook Pro 2012 (December 2011).  Seller (whom I trust) said that it wouldn't start and she was told a procedure that included removing the battery.  She was scared of that and took it to a genius bar, where it was "fixed" for free.  Must have been something simple if they did it out front while she waited.

It worked fine for her and she installed El Cap but stopped before the "assign admin password."  I did that so that I could log in and verify WiFi worked and no obvious issues.  Bought it and it worked for me for a few days.

But now, press power, screen lights up but goes dark within a half-second.  Sleep light on but not pulsing.  Keyboard not lit.  Hold power down and can hear the turn off click (and see the sleep light go out).  Resetting SMC did not help.  Battery is fully charged according to the LEDs.

I'm guessing that it's the same problem she had, but maybe not.


texts:
In my attempt to start iPlayer and BBC News every morning, I have scheduled Automator to open a page. It does work, however my Mac stays locked, therefore I need to get out of my bed and enter the password and then set iPlayer to run fullscreen.

The second can be probably overcome by setting to click at x,y coordinates. However, I wasn't able to find anything on how to authenticate the user. Perhaps I should send sequence of key presses?

I am running 10.8.

Thanks.


texts: Time Machine to Sparsebundle image on Windows 2012 server

texts:
So I've got this MB Air (Mojave 14.1 -all updates applied-) at work and thought I would try backing it up using Time Machine to an old PC running Windows Server 2012 (All updates also applied) and I go through the setup procedure:

Create a Sparse Bundle image (tried HFS+ & APFS images)
Copy image to previously set up Windows share with correct permissions and login saved to the macOS keychain
Mount image from the Windows share and verify I can write to it.
Run terminal command to set Time Machine to use the mounted share as a destination:

  sudo tmutil setdestination /Volumes/MBAir

And I get an error

The backup destination could not be set

After much Googling where a lot of answers pop up from AskDifferent none of them seem to have this particular issue using macOS Mojave.

Pretty sure I have the correct options for the sparse bundle selected. I tried both HFS+ and APFS format on the sparsebundle. And once it is mounted on the desktop on the Mac I can put files into the sparse bundle, so it is writable.

Wondering if anyone has any experience with this?

===
I tried the suggestion, "sudo tmutil setdestination smb://username@server/share -p instead, and allow tmutil to create it's own sparsebundle on the server." which returned an error. See comment below.


texts: IPhone app that allows search for string inside .js,.html files?

texts:
Is there any app that allows me search for string inside huge list of .js,.html,.php files without opening individual files?I have tried an app called Documents to no avail.

(Just like Search for Text Inside of Any File Using Windows Search)


texts: Mac System Preference Screen Saver "Start after:" setting is always disabled

texts:
I've been searching for the answer for a while, but I haven't been able figure it out.

I'd like to lower start time of my Mac's screen saver, but it's always disabled, and I cannot make it go up/down.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thanks!


texts: Chrome on macOS suddenly rejects self signed certificates

texts:
I have been happily using self signed certificates for locally hosted sites running on apache2 for a couple of years.  Today one of those certificates expired - no biggie, I recreated it and replaced the cert in my keychain.  However, Chrome is now giving me an error when I try to visit the site:

  Certificate Error
  There are issues with the site's certificate chain (net::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID).

So I thought maybe the cert I had generated was dodgy.  But no - all of my other (unexpired) self signed certs have stopped working too!  Is it a coincidence?  I don't know.

I thought maybe it didn't like my 'common name' (which was com06, e.g. https://com06/) so I tried with com06.dev.  No luck!

What is going on?

Certs generated with

openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -sha256 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -keyout server.key -out server.crt

Added to keychain with

sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain server.crt

macOS 10.11.6
Chrome v58.0.3029.33 beta (64-bit)

Self signed certs are accepted by Safari, this is only a problem with Chrome

Update

As of Chrome v58.0.3029.41 beta, I get this helpful error message in the developer tools:

Subject Alternative Name Missing
The certificate for this site does not contain a Subject Alternative
Name extension containing a domain name or IP address.


texts:
The Mac starts up and runs probably on thunderbolt to vga adapter but the built in screen remains black. It has an AMD HD 6770m graphics card so not the one under the repair program.
Any ideas what could be the problem?


texts: MacBook Pro number keys failing most of the time

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro late 2012 with OS X El Capitan.

Recently the number keys have become very flaky. Most of the time they're not working. They do work at times though, and it's the whole row from 1 to 9.
0 is working fine. And I'm using the Keyboard Viewer as a workaround.

I found somewhere that it could be because of Mouse Keys, but that's not. Mouse Keys are disabled. I also turned off ShiftIt, but that hasn't helped either.

Also if I switch to another user on the system the number keys are not working. They still work at times though, so I doubt it's a hardware problem. I currently don't have access to a USB or Bluetooth keyboard, but that is the next thing I'll try.  Is there anything else I can try to find out more about this problem in the meanwhile?


texts: ARDAgent present in firewall settings as "Allow incoming connections"

texts: ARDAgent present in firewall settings as "Allow incoming connections." I googled it and found out that ARDAgent is used for Apple remote desktop but don't have Apple remote desktop. Can someone tell me what this is? Was my screen being monitored?


texts: How do I scroll faster in general on iOS?

texts:
The general scrolling is way too slow and unsuitable for large articles or pages. I want a way to grab a scrollbar on the side of a page (just like on a laptop/desktop operating system) and use that to scroll through large articles and pages.

There's no reason why I should have to manually scroll through 300 pages, 1 page at a time.


texts: How to assign a shortcut key to Control-Command-B?

texts:
I notice that I cannot assign the key combination Control-Command-B as a shortcut key for any application like Emacs, Spectacle. When setting this key combination into the Preferences of Spectacle, what is recorded is just Control-Command, instead of Control-Command-B.
Does anyone know what is wrong with this key combination?
The reason that I need to use this key is to assign it to the function backward-sexp in Emacs that move backward an s-expression. I'm using macOS Catalina in my Macbook Pro 15'' 2019.
Thank you in advance for taking a look at my question.

Update 1: I forgot to mention that I use Karabiner-Elements to switch Function and Control. So, the physical keys that I want to ask is actually Function-Command-B.


texts: Open-Xchange internet bookmark appeared on Homescreen

texts:
After I had installed iOS 7 in September, an icon appeared on my home screen for "Open-Xchange". When I open it, it just goes to the Open Xchange website. It won't let me delete it (no cross appears to delete like other installed apps). I've tried plugging my iPhone into iTunes and deleting it using the app manager but that doesn't work either. It doesn't appear on the installed apps list (I'm assuming because it's just technically an internet bookmark). I have a picture of it here (it's on a separate screen because that's where I keep it):

Thanks for any help :)


texts: Hiding images temporarily on a slide while editing

texts:
I have some slides in a presentation where images appear on click in full screen. While creating and editing the slide, the image is always above the text and basically I have to move the picture somewhere for editing my text and finally move the image back in place.

Keynote 6.2.2 for OSX. I find that hiding/removing images for editing and adding them again is tedious.

Is there a better way in doing this?


texts: Change tabs on Windows when using Fusion?

texts: I was wondering if it is possible to switch tabs while in Windows using Fusion (i.e like how you would alt/tab in general on a Windows machine). So far it only switches back to the Mac side, so I was curious if I could make tabbing into other applications/windows in Fusion easier.


texts: Exchange old MacBook keyboard with newer

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro from Late 2014 (I think). As you know, Apple introduced a new keyboard-mechanism (called Butterfly). Some of newer MacBooks have these technology already built-in.

It is possible (based on hardware and compatibility) to upgrade the internal keyboard, means remove the old keyboard, get a newer keyboard with butterfly-mechanism and insert it to my MacBook?


texts: Prevent application from requesting password on MacOS

texts:
Is there a way to prevent applications from requesting for password forever? I found lot of references to give applications root permission so they won't prompt for password. But I don't want to give any permission, I just want to deny all requests for password. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks!

Edit: The application I'm talking about is Slack. It works great, but every time I open it and sometimes even after it's opened, it keeps requesting password to install helper tools. I don't want it to install anything and I just don't want it to keep asking me every time.


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Whenever i try to go to the iTunes store, it loads and acts like something will come up, but its completely blank in the middle where the songs are displayed. It still lets me search but nothing comes up.

It is v12.9.5.5 on Mojave


texts: Mounted Share Drive showed incorrect Last Opened Date at "Get Info" dialog

texts:
I have a shared drive mounted via SMB. The "Get Info" page shows that the Last Opened time is January 1, 1970, which is obviously impossible.

What is the cause of the issue, and is it possible to fix this?

p.s. the Last modified date is also incorrect.


texts: How to route traffic out a non-standard interface using pfctl?

texts:
I have a VPN which has setup a default route, which is (of course) different to my gateway. All my traffic therefore gets routed through the tunnel.

however i would like to exempt certain apps from going through the tunnel.

Using pfctl i was able to do the following:

pass out quick route-to (en0 192.168.0.1) group specialgrp flags any

To send all traffic from apps belonging to the "specialgrp" (gid) out the standard gateway rather than the tunnel.

This works, in so far as the traffic does appear on the standard gateway when i use tcpdump - however the source ip address is not correct, it's set to the address given to me by the VPN (a 10.0.0.0/8 address) rather than my local ip address, as a result the app can't operate, as the source ip is incorrect.

How do i correctly set the source ip of the outgoing packets so that they're set to the ip address of my computer, rather than the VPN?

thanks


texts: How do I pause a download in the Launchpad in OS X Lion?

texts: I started downloading XCode on my 10 mbit/s but it is 4 GB and I want to pause it for a while.


texts: Applescript to send email messages to the ALL EMAILS of persons with specific in interest

texts:
I am trying to write a script that filters the persons in the Contacts application whose note include a specific keyword and sending those who has at least one e-mail address an e-mail (to all their email addresses). I have written the following code but something seems to be wrong. I couldn't figure out especially how to assign recipients to the outgoing message.

property mailSubject : "A bulk message"
property mailBody : "Hi %NAME%"
property keyword : "topic"

tell application "Contacts"
    set theRecipients to every person whose (note contains keyword)

    (* for each potential recepient *)
    repeat with i from 1 to number of items in theRecipients
        set theContact to item i of theRecipients

        (* get all email address of theContact *)
        set theEmailAddresses to properties of emails of theContact

        (* check if theContact has at least 1 email address *)
        if ((count of theEmailAddresses) > 0) then
            (* get the first email address *)
            set theEmailAddress to item 1 of theEmailAddresses
            (* get the name *)
            set theName to name of theContact

            (* set theBody to replaceName(mailBody, theName) *)
            set theBody to mailBody

            (* open Mail, prepare and send email *)
            tell application "Mail"
                (* create a new outgoing email message *)
                set theOutMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {visible:true}

                tell theOutMessage
                    repeat with j from 1 to number of items in theEmailAddresses
                        set theEmail to item j of theEmailAddresses
                        make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:theEmail}
                    end repeat
                    (* make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:theEmailAddress} *)
                    set sender to "o****.g****@gmail.com>"
                    set subject to mailSubject
                    set content to theBody
                end tell
            end tell
        end if
    end repeat
end tell

The execution of this script returns following error at the line make new to recipient ...:

error "Mail got an error: Can’t make {class:«class az21», «class az18»:\"Email\", «class az17» ... id:"4DE91442-A10F-41B9-B42E-DD5A16437479"} to rich text.

Any ideas?

Önder.


texts: Why do some files in Mac OS X say 'Date Modified' as '24 January 1984 08:00'?

texts: When I am copying files on a Macintosh, I notice that the folder says that its Modified/Created timestamp is 24 January 1984 08:00. Why is this particular timestamp is used? Is it something to do with when Mac OS X was first released?


texts: Symlinks became files, containing relative paths, within an app bundle, why? How to fix?

texts:
I discovered an interesting form of corruption within some application bundles which had been stored on a file server for months and years.

The application bundles were installers for various macOS versions, if it matters. I attempted to run Install macOS High Sierra.app. It ran for a few seconds, then hung. I had to Force Quit the installer from Activity Monitor. The relevant clue in the Console was:

  2019-09-02 05:44:29.222 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]:
  (com.apple.install.osinstallersetupd[11106]) Could not find and/or
  execute program specified by service: 2: No such file or directory:
  /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Frameworks/OSInstallerSetup.framework/osinstallersetupd

Using the Terminal to explore the contents of the installer app (which is of course a Application Bundle directory), I found this where the installer was looking for osinstallersetupd:

% cd /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Frameworks/OSInstallerSetup.framework
% ls -l
total 16
-rwxrwxrwx  1 jdlh  admin   33  9 Jul  2018 OSInstallerSetup
-rwxrwxrwx  1 jdlh  admin   26  9 Jul  2018 Resources
drwxrwxrwx  4 jdlh  admin  136  9 Jul  2018 Versions
% more OSInstallerSetup
Versions/Current/OSInstallerSetup
% more Resources
Versions/Current/Resources

So interestingly, OSInstallerSetup and Resources were plain files, containing relative paths as text. I looked in the corresponding place in a freshly-downlowed, and correctly running, installer:

% ls -l /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Frameworks/OSInstallerSetup.framework
total 16
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   33  2 Sep 05:23 OSInstallerSetup -> Versions/Current/OSInstallerSetup
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   26  2 Sep 05:23 Resources -> Versions/Current/Resources
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  136  2 Sep 05:23 Versions

So it seems OSInstallerSetup and Resources were supposed to be symbolic links ("symlinks"), not files.

I had downloaded this installer in mid-2018 to my MacBook Pro, then copied it using Finder to the file server. The file server presents an AFP volume to my Macbook using netatalk software. I would expect the Finder to copy symbolic links correctly.

What might have caused this corruption?  How can I detect other instances where it occurred, in this app and in others? Can I repair the corruption? It seems like it ought to be possible, given that the file which replaces the symlink has contains the relative path the symlink should have. How can I prevent it from happening again?


texts: How do I copy files from macbook to external harddrive using single user mode?

texts: My MacBook pro shut down due to an error, and now I can't log in again. I've tried creating an image using Disk Utility but it fails every time. I have my hard drive connected to my MacBook but when I type "ls Volumes" into the command line using single user mode. Nothing but the "Macintosh HD" is available. I thought this was odd due the fact that I am capable of accessing my hard drive when using the Disk Utility tool. Any suggestions on how I could access my files and copy them over to an external hard drive before I reset my computer.


texts:
What's wrong: I hit CMD+SPACE to open up spotlight, typically type in the name of the application I want to start, hit enter and either the wrong app or no app at all will start, because the app name is missing the first character. "Learn to type" I hear you say but wait: as I enter the first character in the search bar, the cursor jumps to the beginning of the line and my second character input overrides the first one. So entering for example "ever", in order to start Evernote, will result in "ver". "php" to start PHPStorm will result in "hp" and start my damn HP printer app and so on.

This cursor jump to the beginning of the line will not happen in any other application and even if I accept the fact that my cursor jumps from time to time, I don't get why the second character overrides the first one. I'm not even sure if you can configure your Mac to always override the character at current position, but I surely haven't.

So this keeps on happening quite regularly and I cannot reproduce it. It just happens and when I try it again (close Spotlight, CMD+SHIFT again), it won't happen again, even if I give it like 5 tries or so.

It won't kill me but I am a software developer myself and this kind of bugs just leave me frustrated plus I can not imagine that this is the desired behavior. I have seen some talk about this issue on the internet but I did not come across a solution..

I have 3 MacBooks, different ages, all with German keyboard layouts and German set as system language and they all do this. Just mentioning this, because after that fact, I can barely imagine this isn't affecting at least a lot, if not all, MacBook (Pro?) users.

13" Pro 2010 or so
15" Pro Retina 2013
13" Pro Retina 2015

They all run El Capitan but I already encountered this before. I don't know the OS X version I had installed when I first stumbled across it.


texts: How to turn off connections when MacBook lid is closed

texts:
I have a friend who wants his connections (WiFi, Bluetooth, ext...) to turn off when his lid is closed. He doesn't want to change a lot of settings (sleep mode, turning it off manually ...).

Is there a simple way to do this through macOS System Preferences? Or a way with some program?


texts:
How can I keep my iPad from asking me to log in to iCloud?
I don't want anything to do with iCloud and I don't want to be constantly hounded by Apple to log in.


texts:
Yesterday Books began deleting all books in my library except for a proof generated by Books author, and four books purchased from the Apple store. I replaced the directories ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX and com.apple.BKAgentService from backup to restore the library. Books deleted them again.

I upgraded to 10.14 from 10.12, and disabled syncing, the behavior persists.


texts:
Someone please remind me of what software I need to install to get as full support for FLAC audio as possible.

I've figured out how to do this, and then forgotten again, perhaps a dozen times over the years. Every time I reinstall or upgrade my Mac. Now I've installed OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and it's time to do it one more time.

Ideally I'd like:

QuickLook preview support
ability to open and play FLAC in QuickTime Player (QTP7 is okay)

I'm hoping to avoid installing half a dozen QuickTime components and Quicklook plugins to find something that works well with 10.9. Thanks!


texts: Conditional shortcuts per application in Keyboard Maestro

texts:
I'd like the following behavior:

When I press [Cmd+S]:
   IF <Chrome is at the front>:
       Simulate the keystroke [Control] + [Tab]
   ELSE IF < Spotify is at the front>:
       Simulate the keystroke [Cmd] + [Right Arrow]
   ELSE:
       # Send the original keystroke
       Simulate the keystroke [Cmd] + [S]

How do I do this in Keyboard Maestro?

I thought selecting a Control Flow =>  Switch/Case macro would help me do this, but when I try to drag it to use it in an action clause it says "Switch of System Clipboard", and I can't find a way of converting this Switch/Case block into a switch statement based on the application at the front.


texts: How can I configure my iPad 2 interface languages, to allow using English as system language and, when writing, be able to have Spanish word recognition auto-complete?


texts: Any way to block a specific HTTPS request from a specific application?

texts:
There's an app running on my mac (macOS 10.12.6) that occasionally makes an HTTPS request to a resource at a specific URL. I'd like to block this request, but allow all other requests from this application to go through, as well as requests from every other application on my system.

Is there anyway I can do that?


texts: There is a process called SH using 100% of my CPU

texts:
I checked the Activity Monitor and noticed 2 processes called sh that were eating my CPU.

What apps are related to these processes and how can I stop them from eating all CPU?


texts:
I’ve created a thumbdrive with 12 partitions with ASD EFI tests for Macs.

I tried renaming the partitions to shorter names with both Finder and Disk utility (so they show up in startup manager properly, the instead appear with this "EFI BOOT" name, see picture).  The problem is that the names of the partitions in Startup Manager is different to the one I put.

I also tried renaming them with this command (to no avail):
/usr/sbin/diskutil rename ASDEFI124 42
(where 42 is the new name I want to set)

I also remember that in older versions of macOS, such as Yosemite or earlier, when you restored the image in disk utility, it gave you the option to set a name for the new partition and that seemed to work.  But I can see this is not offered in macOS 10.11 nor in macOS 10.14.

Any way to rename them to this shorter names?

I'd like shorter names here, like 40 41, 43...


texts: Should the S be a capital letter in the iPhone S series?

texts: For the iPhone S series, should the S next to the number be a capital letter or not? (iPhone 6s or iPhone 6S.)


texts: How do I get multiple cursors throughout OSX?

texts:
I enjoy using the Sublime Text 3 editor—especially the multiple cursors feature.

I constantly find myself in need of the multiple cursor functionality in other OS X apps like Finder or Outlook. Does anyone know if this is possible and how to go about doing this?


texts: Remove margin reserved for dock when dock is hidden

texts: I upgraded to Sierra. Previously, when I had the dock hidden, windows could be resized to take up almost all of the screen; a 4 pixel margin was reserved for the dock. Now, when I have the dock hidden, the margin is no longer just 4 pixels: the margin is the size as the dock. I hid the dock to make extra space for my windows, but it seems like that benefit of hiding the dock is lost. Is there a way to revert to the previous behavior?


texts:
I've been running OS X 10.11 without issues since it was released — until today, when suggestd began repeatedly crashing (from every few minutes, up to every 30 seconds).

What is suggestd and how do I disable it (since it's only function appears to be to crash)?

Process:               suggestd [23293]
Path:                  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSuggestions.framework/Versions/A/Support/suggestd
Identifier:            suggestd
Version:               1.0 (354.10)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           suggestd [23293]
User ID:               501

OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11 (15A284)
Report Version:        11

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        3  Dispatch queue: com.apple.NSXPCConnection.m-user.com.apple.rtcreportingd

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'RTC config incorrect - no backends found;'
abort() called
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException


texts: Why games claimed to be compatible with 3rd Gen iPod won't run on my 3rd Gen iPod 8GB?

texts:
I have an iPod touch 3rd Gen 8GB capacity MC086 model which was purchased from an Authorized reseller. I purchased several games from iTunes on my PC which was compatible with iOS 4.0/4.1/4.2.1 and iPod 3rd/4th Generation. However when I installed the games, they were revoked by iTunes with "NOT COMPATIBLE" message. I found that I will put those games to waste if I don't install it.

My question is :

How could it possible that a 3rd Gen iPod won't be compatible with games that was supposed to be supported the device ?

I've tried jailbreaking and used iFunbox, yet I still failed. Neither legal way nor illegal one would solve my problem. Any help or explanation would be greatly appreciated.


texts:
I have installed PHP 5.4.40 on my Mac OS Mountain Lion, but need >=5.5.9 (for laravel/lumen-framework v5.1.0 installation), so i run installation with package installer,

iMac-Dmitry:Projects dmitry$ curl -s http://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 5.6

which is finished successful, but i still have: PHP 5.4.40,

iMac-Dmitry:Projects dmitry$ php -v
PHP 5.4.40 (cli) (built: May  3 2015 22:07:42)
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies

I have no idea how to uninstall old version (i have no installed: yum, apt-get and brew), i don`t remember how i install previous version.

So, please, tell me - how i can uninstall old PHP version from my Mac, without installing additional software (cause it prefer to uninstall it, in the same case as it was installed).

P.S.
Maybe it was installed with the same package installer, but how to uninstall PHP with it?


texts: Can I maximize windows on a second monitor?

texts:
I recently added a second monitor. I want to be able to keep a window maximized on this screen. Clicking the maximize button when in this monitor causes the alert sound to play and the window does not maximize.

How can I maximize a window on the secondary display?


texts:
Playing midi files in either Chrome or Firefox used to be easy: it just worked by invoking Quicktime. However, Quicktime stopped supporting midi after version 7.6.6. After upgrading, the same websites that used to work now fail.

I installed the old version (so I have two versions of Quicktime installed), and I can now play midi files locally on my computer.

However, I can't figure out how to get either (or both!) Firefox or Chrome to use Quicktime 7.6.6 as a plugin. Does anyone know of a way to do that?

NOTE: I don't care if it is Quicktime that is playing the midi or some other plugin, but I don't know of any other plugin that plays midi. If you know of any way to get midi to play, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!


texts: Stripes & checkerboard pattern on MacBook Pro monitor

texts:
I am trying to fix a MacBook Pro (one of the earliest Intel processor models) that spontaneously gets into a state where stripes would appear in a checkerboard pattern all over the display. Please see attached image:

I can't find anything trigger for this phenomenon, occasionally it appears during the startup process when the grey Apple logo appears.
When it occurs, the display is frozen and I can't do any work. However, the computer itself seems to still function, because I can press then power button followed by Return, and the computer will turn off.
I suspect this is a hardware problem, one that is hard to fix because this model is so old with no warranty for years. But I would appreciate any ideas on how I may fix it before I give up. Thank you.


texts: Can Macbook Pro 13 drive Apple Cinema Display on full resolution?

texts:
I have mid 2012 Macbook Pro with Core i7/HD4000 and 8GB RAM onboard (MD102 model). I am considering using an external display - to get better experience from graphics software (amateur Photoshop usage) and home entertainment (movies mostly).

Even though the Apple Cinema Display is quite expensive, it seems to fit my needs. But having read about issues with the Retina MacBooks displaying graphics properly, I'm worried if I could use a Cinema Display 27" with full resolution (same as Retina MacBook's) without additional issues?


texts: Can I approve an Apple Family purchase request without an iDevice?

texts: My 12-year-old daughter has an iPhone and wants to install an app. I don't have any Apple devices except an iPod classic. I have an Apple ID because I use iTunes on my PC. How can I approve my daughter's purchase requests?


texts:
I wonder if Apple Review team allows such thing.
Imagine you have a imageView inside your app, and you set it as a static banner, without any clicking option etc.

Do you think Apple will allow sth like this?

To give you a better notion of what I mean:

The banner with "Amlozek" text is just a completely static ImageView that can have no interaction with user.

Do you think Apple would say "hey, you are placing ads inside your app omitting the official way to do that" or they just don't care about such small banners?


texts: Window Position Makes Applications Open Off-Screen | Mavericks

texts:
I am having trouble with applications reopening halfway off-screen on my second display in Mavericks.

Is this a bug? or a preferences/settings issue?

I like many apps to launch on the second display.
I set this by: Dock > Options > Assign to Desktop on Display 2
This works, but apps always remember their maximized position a few inches from the left side of the display, effectively hiding half of the window off-screen.

If I drag the window back to the 0,0 position and then close it, Mavericks does not remember the position the next time a new window opens.

I've seen a few people discuss this issue, and most recommendations say to turn off 'Displays Have Separate Spaces' in Sys Pref > Mission Control.
While this works, it basically brings settings back to pre-Mavericks conditions and breaks full-screen support.

From what I understand, now that each display has its own spaces, Mavericks is only acknowledging the dimensions of the largest display. If one display is smaller than other, it will cut windows off when you open them on the smaller display, because it remembers a window position as if it were opening on the largest display.

I can clarify if that doesn't make sense.

Mainly, I just want to know, is this a bug Apple has not fixed yet with Mavericks, or is there something I'm missing here? I am surprised more people are not talking about this if it is a bug.


texts:
I stumbled this article explaining how mounting RAM disk can improve OS X performance up to 40× which of course is just a a hyperbole.

My question is whether the suggestion made by them valid for modern MacBook that has been powered with SSD and an adequate 4 GB RAM? Does creating RAM disk actually prolong the SSD life?

Personally, I think OS X has done a great job managing the resources, but I would like hear more from experienced user who actually know how RAM disk works and affect OS X performance.


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Whenever I encounter a password field in Safari which it wants to auto-fill using my keychain, it freezes up for a few minutes and shows nothing but the beach ball. I presume it has to do with a corrupted keychain.

In previous versions of macOS, there was the option to repair a keychain. In Mojave, there is no such thing. When I "reset my default keychains", it fixes the problem and everything works as usual. However I lose all my passwords and notes.

What I've tried that didn't work:

Run first aid from the Disk Manager
Restored my keychain (contents of ~/Library/Keychains) from a Time Machine backup
Moved everything but login.keychain to the trash

I know that you could theoretically create a new keychain and copy items from the original keychain, but it keeps prompting for a password for each item which would not be feasible with the amount of items I have stored.


texts: How to refuse DHCP Server to change my hostname?

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I was not able to refuse changing my hostname by DHCP Server on Mac Book.
None of these solutions below worked for me:

How can I stop Mac OS X overriding my hostname when I receive a DHCP request on Snow Leopard?
Mac refusing to change hostname
Computer name keeps changing (deleting files)

After deleting the files as suggested from the Apple engineer it retrieved a new hostname and a new ip. But it wasn't a static hostname. Creating the file /etc/hostconfig doesn't work neither.

I mean come on, that's a well known feature and it should work. Poorly it doesn't for now. I'm sure there must be a solution for this.

As the server we are using a Mac Mini with built-in DNS and DHCP. My Mac Book's system is macOS Sierra 10.12.3

Edit: From the 3rd link, the Apple engineer suggested to delete the following three files in /Libray/Preferences/SystemConfiguration:

com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
NetworkInterfaces.plist
preferences.plist


texts: How to create Mac OS X global hot key to open .txt file in MacVim.app at vim 'mark'?

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Can and how can I create Mac OS X global hot key (possibly mapped to an OS X service, like what OmniFocus and Fantastical offer to make new entries in their inbox/calendar, respectively) to open a specific .txt file in MacVim.app at a specific vim mark?

I suspect I can use Automator/AppleScript or some such in combination with vim's "global" marks to accomplish this, but uncertain.


texts: Is it possible to edit the path and view the folder path in the Finder?

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I'm not sure what it is called on the Mac, but when I open my Downloads folder (or any other folder), I'm referring to this file explorer window that shows me my file structure.

I know there are options, like I can view my files and folders in panes, or in a detail view, etc.

But what I hate is that I can't modify the current path location easily, nor can I cut and paste the current folder path.

This really drives me nuts, I wish it could be more like Windows's file explorer as it is so easy and intuitive to use.

Is there a hidden option for these 2 issues that I am missing?


texts: Faster way to close OS X Windows with only a mouse

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In applications that open a lot of windows, the most common thing I do with a window (aside from scrolling it) is closing one window. The little red dot in the upper-left corner of a window is the obvious way to close it, but that little dot requires careful (aka slower) mousing to hit it, especially when compared to a browser tab, dock icon, or other frequently-clicked areas that are much larger.

Can I make the little red "window close" button larger?  If not, is there some other mouse-only way to close a window that is easier to target with a fast mouse?

I know I can switch over to the keyboard and use ⌘ Command W to close the window, but I'm a lefty mouse user so I'd have to move my hand off the mouse to hit this key combo, and then move my hand back to the mouse again to continue working. Given that this mouse->close window->mouse sequence is an action I do 100+ times per day, I was hoping to have a faster way to do it.

I'm currently using an old USB mouse with a wheel and two buttons.


texts: How to know if a service is correctly loaded?

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While inspecting why rvictl -s <phoneUDID> command on a Macbook (Intel) running Big Sur, is failing to start/create a virtual interface for the connected iPhone, when issuing the command:
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/Apple/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.rpmuxd.plist

I get:
/Library/Apple/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.rpmuxd.plist: service already loaded
Load failed: 37: Operation already in progress

Does this mean the service is not fully loaded yet? If so, why does the service hangs loading?


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In Apple Mail v.10.3 (3273), is there a way to see received emails grouped together by sender name and subject as in Mail v.7 (running under Mavericks v.10.9.5) where I was able to click on the "#>>" (the number of emails in the group and 2 right-facing arrows) to expand or collapse the list? Thank you.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), macOS Sierra (10.12.4), Time Capsule; AGT784WNV DSL Gateway


texts: Can I Enter Sleep Mode While Downloading File?

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When I try to enter my rMBP into sleep mode while downloading file via iTunes U, the downloaded file is aborted. Is it possible to enter sleep mode while keep downloading the file?

EDIT: Until I find better option I put my display to sleep and not the computer. Check this to see how quickly enter this mode: What Is the Keyboard Shortcut for Sleep Display Without Eject Key?