texts: Finding files of certain extensions like *.svg,*.jpg,*.sketch and moving them into specific folder structure. Using Mac Automator

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I am new to automator in mac. I am just messing around it to see if i can get the expected result for this issue i am having:

"I am a designer and i have to download loads of files from internet for references and hence my downloads folder gets messy and i wanted to organize it in a specific way. Like i have files like jpg, svg, eps, sketch, etc. I have the following folder structure created, and i want the some kind of automation to move the files of respective extesnsion to respective folder in the folder structure as they get added to the downloads folder the first time itself. Hence i was looking for options and i found the automator can be used for this."

Folder Structure as follows

  Animations

  Keynotes
  Principle
  Design Files
  Affinity Files
  Sketch Files
  Desktop
  Documents
  Fonts
  Images
  Icons

  ICNS
  ICO
  ICONSET

  Raster

  JPG
  PNG
  Other

  Vector

  EPS
  SVG

  Other Files
  Softwares
  Videos

I tried creating folder actions in the automator for this. I added the following conditions

  Find Finder Items

  Input = Downloads folder    Search = Computer    Condition = all /    any    depending on my need for the respective folder structure
  criteria = file extension IS jpg/png/svg/eps/ etc based on my need.

  Move Finder Item

  To = Specific folder based on the respective extension.

I tried creating a single script with all the conditions like if-else / switch statement like:
If extension is .jpg move it to Image>Raster>Jpg folder
If extension is .svg move it to Image>Vector>SVG folder
etc,.. etc,..

Single file with data:

But it was not working properly. It was moving files randomly to random folders.

Then i created seperate rules for seperate files but they still behave the same way. Not sure why.

Could someone help me out on this?


texts: Disable screen saver on secondary monitor

texts: Is there a way to disable the screensaver from showing on my secondary display? I only want it on my primary display. Running 10.11.1 El Capitan


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In linux in CLI I can press ALT + F or ALT + B to move back and forth in terms of words and not one character at a time.
Is this available in Mac?
There is no ALT and I tried Control + F, Fn + F, Command + F  but it does not work.
BTW I am using the default console installed.


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The S key seems to be mapped to an incorrect value in XQuartz for me.  I am running OS X 10.7.5 and XQuartz 2.7.4 (xorg-server 1.13.0).  The problem also occurs in X11.app (XQuartz 2.6.5, xorg-server 1.10.6).  I am also running Homebrew  0.9.4, if that makes a difference.

Pressing S in X has never worked correctly for me.  In most applications in X, pressing S has no effect.  It may actually be mapped to a meta-key, because pressing S in some contexts (e.g., in most save dialogs) seems to trigger button hotkeys.  If I copy the "s" character from within a native Cocoa application and then paste it into an X application, that works fine.

Update: xev reports the following when S is pressed:

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
    root 0x281, subw 0x0, time 2057519943, (138,-10), root:(158,32),
    state 0x0, keycode 9 (keysym 0xff1b, Escape), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1b) "
mbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1b) "
FilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
    root 0x281, subw 0x0, time 2057520022, (138,-10), root:(158,32),
    state 0x0, keycode 9 (keysym 0xff1b, Escape), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1b) "
FilterEvent returns: False

Update 2: xmodmap reports:

shift       Shift_L (0x40),  Shift_R (0x44)
lock
control     Control_L (0x41),  Control_L (0x43),  Control_R (0x46)
mod1        Mode_switch (0x42),  Mode_switch (0x45)
mod2        Meta_L (0x3f),  Meta_R (0x47)
mod3
mod4
mod5


texts: Turn off auto-hyperlinking in Notes app for macOS

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A lot of my notes have links in them, but I don't want them to automatically be changed into hyperlinks after pressing space or enter.

I'd like them to remain as plain text without having to manually remove the link by right-clicking.

How can I turn this feature off? I'm guessing there might be a way to do this in terminal but I'm not sure where to start.


texts: Mac OS: How to revert settings that have been changed by a certain program

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Short Story

I've installed a program on my Mac that altered some settings (e.g. graphics, position of dock). I've uninstalled the program but the settings haven't changed. Is there a way that I can see the setting that were changed by this program and revert them?

Long Story

I've recently purchased a Matrox Dualhead2go Digital ME this device allows the user to connect two external displays to their existing MacBooks. Once I unboxed it I successfully connected two external displays and I was able to use it properly. I was able to control the display settings from System Preferences -> Displays.

I then installed the software that supposedly 'gives more options to the user'. However, the software did not even detect that the device was connected. Moreover, it seems like it has altered the settings in some way. What I have noticed so far:

The internal display started to blink occasionally from time to time for no reason at all.
The dock is now moved slightly to the left
My Mac can no longer detect the two external displays (and therefore the device is now useless)

These are all annoying changes and I would like to change all three; individually or together by reverting the settings to the state before the program was installed. Is there a way to do this?

I am using a MacBook Air with OS X Mavericks 10.9.4


texts: Anyway to find out what program is asking for admin credentials?

texts: I've got a user's iMac that seems to be asking for admin credentials more often than it should be, all it says is that Mac OS requires admin credentials. Is there a way of finding out what application is asking for it?


texts: How do I make comments visible in Microsoft Word 2011 for OS X?

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I had my comments in Microsoft Word showing up on the right had pane as usual, but I must have done something to make it disappear. I can't figure out how to make it visible again. When I attempt to add a new comment, all the old comments show up on the left side of the pane, but no longer linked. Instead I have this bracketed indicator [12], in with the comment number inserted. When i click on it, it jumps to the comment.

What so I have to change to have comments show up on the right side again?


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I attempted to use the command:

sudo rsync -vaE --progress /Volumes/1-mate /Volumes/Hired-Hand

.. to move the contents of one connected drive to another. This was going great until my boot drive filled all the way up (150mb free now).

The problem is that I mistyped the name of the destination.. should have been "HiredHand" NOT "Hired-Hand".

I am clueless where the copied files were placed and need to delete them so that I can use my computer again. Please help!

I am using macOS. Cannot locate any threads anywhere that deal with this issue.. other than someone 3 years ago on stack exchange saying "they found the files" and all is well now for them.

Thank you.


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all.

I need to find the local directory for Google Drive. So far, all I see is the "virtual" folder in the sidebar.

I'm trying to do network transfers, but it won't recognize the sidebar folder.


texts: Safari and App Store missing after iOS7 upgrade

texts: I upgraded iTunes on my PC, backed up my iPhone and then upgraded my 4S to iOS7. Now I am missing the icons for Safari and App Store. Any tips on how to recover them?


texts: Upgrading OS X 10.6.8 to Mavericks on MB Air

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As we all know Maverics is not available on AppStore anymore so I downloaded my "purchased" Mavericks from another MB Pro I have. Someone here asked the similiar question and several people advised to make a bootable usb-drive and restore the system from it.
My questions is - can I use the 5,33Gb file I downloaded from "purchased" to simply upgrade without the need to backup my MB Air first? Should I copy the file to a specific folder or may just use Desktop?

Thanks!


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I'm trying to do a number checker in imessage. We all know that there is no such api, so I'm trying to use the tools at hand. The main took with past issues on this site on this topic.

I made a loop that inserts a number into a string, and by the color of the number (blue - registered, red - missing), using the standard utility Digital Colors Meter determines the color of the number. Then, depending on the color, it either adds a variable with a number from the initial txt file to the new one, or starts the script from the beginning. At least it should be.

But something is going wrong in loop. It checks the color, inserts numbers, everything is fine, but apparently the wrong condition, apparently the wrong data types. It inserts different numbers into the scatter. Some will insert, some will not, regardless of the initial condition. What could be the reason? Where is the error?

    tell application "Digital Color Meter" to activate
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "Digital Color Meter"
            click menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu bar item 4 of menu bar 1
        end tell
        do shell script "/usr/bin/python -c \"import objc;bndl = objc.loadBundle('CoreGraphics', globals(), '/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework');objc.loadBundleFunctions(bndl, globals(), [('CGWarpMouseCursorPosition', 'v{CGPoint=dd}')]);CGWarpMouseCursorPosition((" & 1002 & "," & 222 & "));\""
        set rgbColors to words of (the clipboard)
    end tell
    if rgbColors is equal to {"77", "39", "38"} then
        exit repeat
    else
        do shell script "echo " & quoted form of n & " >> /Users/oneone/Desktop/base2.txt"
    end if

Only the color check condition for Digital Color Meter is presented here.
Through the do shell, the color is read at the mouse position and the variable is added to the new file.


texts: Why does my iPad require me to tap 'OK' for a 6 digit PIN, but my iPhone does not?

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I'm using a 6 digit PIN on both my iPad and my iPhone.

Both are running iOS 9.0.1.

My iPhone takes the six-digit PIN and opens to the home screen.

My iPad takes the six-digit PIN and then waits for me to touch OK before I can go to the home screen.

I have the iPhone 6S and the 3rd Gen. iPad

So,why does my iPad require me to tap 'OK' for a 6 digit PIN, but my iPhone does not?


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When i plug my external pen-drive(FAT32) in macbook pro(OS: Mojave) it is getting detected but nothing can be copied on pendrive.
Seems like there has been some restriction on my office mac so that pendrive remain read only.

Need help in removing read only protection from pendrive.

PS: This problem can be solved by changing registry in Windows but dont know  how to remove it on mac.


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Since time immemorial (at least 12 years) installing a new version of iTunes on Windows has been a ritual to get around the installer's seeming inability to replace the iPod service.

To successfully upgrade iTunes on Windows 7 (and previously on Win2K and XP) one has to manually terminate all Apple services (iPod Service, AppleMobileDeviceService, iTunes Helper, mDNSResponder) and then be sure to run the installer using the "Run as Administrator" option, even if your login is a member of the local Admin group.  Failure to do any of these steps results in "iPod service cannot be installed" late in the installation, at which point the only solution is to cancel, reboot and reinstall.

Lately (12.4) even following all these steps still results in failure to install the iPod Service.

Does anyone have any insight as to why this problem has gone uncorrected essentially since the initial release of iTunes for Windows, and if there is a foolproof way to upgrade iTunes?


texts: Setting Option+[WIFI ICON MENUBAR CLICK] as default action when clicking the wifi icon in the menu bar

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Clicking on the Wifi icon in the menu bar while pressing and holding the option key presents the user with a different and detailed view. The option-key is a nice feature. It works on a lot of the menu bar icons as well (sound and bluetooth).

I'd be nice if I could set this feature as the default action when interacting with those menu bar items.

How can I set this to be the default action on El Capitan?


texts: If I delete a game from my Game Center on my iPad, will it delete the game off of my iPhone?


texts: Provisioning profile expiring soon dialog won't dismiss

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I recently hit this weird bug in iOS 4.3.3 on iPad. When it was locked, the "Team Provisioning Profile is expiring in N days" popup popped up and I wasn't able to dismiss it by hitting the two buttons of the popup itself. The only way I could regain access to the device was to restore it. Now I upgraded to 4.3.4 and hopefully the bug should be gone, but I didn't find anything like that in the changelog of the upgrade.

The device's log didn't show anything unusual, and I couldn't even turn the iPad off and on again because said popup is modal and you need to slide to confirm poweroff.

Did anybody hit the same misbehaviour? I couldn't find anything relevant on the Internet.


texts: How to close the Accessibility recorded gesture feature once finished?

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How do you stop a favorite recorded "gesture" once you are done using it?  I am working with patients who have severe fine motor skills deficits.  They must use a stylus to work on an iPad or iPhone.

The recorded gesture function in the accessibility settings would be helpful if we could get it to stop, or go away, once we have finished using it.  Does anyone know how to do this?


texts: Preventing desktop jump when window is open on another desktop?

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I have setup 2 Desktops in Mavericks (Mission Control).

On "Desktop 2" there are some programs that need to run, but which I use rarely, for example a Terminal with some server tasks.
Then on "Desktop 1" I want to run more Terminal instances, but when I click the icon in the dock, it jumps to the Terminal instance on the second desktop.

I tried disabling this setting, but then clicking the app icon does nothing (second click jumps to desktop 2):

System Preferences > Mission Control > When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application

Any ideas or tools to solve this problem? Basically I want Mavericks to treat every Desktop separately.


texts: Can you use a Lightning cable extension with an Apple iPhone dock?

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Can you use this:
https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Extension-Cellularize-Extender-Available/dp/B073Z1G71S?th=1

with this?
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/ML8H2AM/A/iphone-lightning-dock-space-gray

The idea is that I'd be able to get a 3.5mm audio out for a headphone jack and be able to hold the phone in my hand.

I listen to music, podcast, meditations, ASMR, etc., a lot and have high-quality (and expensive) wired headphones I want to use. I have tried multiple lightening-port charger + 3.5mm audio adapters, and all of them have failed. The Belkin one is the only one old on Apple.com and it too has horrible reviews, many people saying it fails after a few weeks (just like I've seen with other ones). Thanks.


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When resuming music playback after a break (10 minutes, few days, another app playing content) it ignores whatever playlist, album, artist or other refinement was placed on the music list and simply plays at random from the entire library.

Is there a way to set it so that resuming playback will resume in the playlist it was last playing?  If the music app is opened directly, it remembers where it was, so why not when using the play button on the lock screen, or when attaching a Bluetooth device, or plugging it into a speaker?

For example, I was playing Christmas music on a speaker system at home.  I unplugged the iPod 5, went out to my car, automatically paired to the Apple compatible in dash Bluetooth and resumed playback.  It picked up where it left off in the same song it was playing, but showed the number of songs in the entire library (not the playlist) and shuffled to another song in the library after the current song, not in the previously loaded playlist.  I had to unlock the iPod, open the music app, return to the main screen, select playlists, select the desired playlist, select a song and then play.  That's a lot of steps to resume playing a music playlist on a music playing device (especially while driving).

For another example, I was listening to a playlist using the built in speaker of my iPod 5.  I took a phone call, so I swiped up and pressed pause.  While on the phone, I used another app, then set the iPod down.  After the phone call, I pressed the home button and simply pressed play on the lock screen.  Same as above, it resumed the song it was on, but then randomly went off to another song not in the playlist.  Upon unlocking and loading the music app, it wasn't in playlist anymore, but simply shuffling the entire library.


texts: recover a deleted file while the filevault is turned on

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If I turn on the file vault and someone turns it off and recovers the deleted file, does it recover to an encrypted state?
And if someone knew the password on my MacBook, could someone decrypt the recovered file?


texts: How to show that my Internet connection is still up and active in menu bar?

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I am looking for a solution to have the AirPort WiFi or other icon in the menu bar show when an active Internet connection is established.

I live in a funky WiFi connection area and connect true a router and extender. The router requires a password to connect. I use a WiFi extender to boost the signal from router.

The WiFi icon shows full connection in menu bar but that is only to the Extender.
The detail view for WiFi shows the following (left: active, right: not active):

The WiFi shows happy connection but it does not show missing internet connection.

Sometimes I lose the active Internet connection without knowing it and it is not been displayed in WiFi icon, but the Skype shows that, easy to see with a glance.

As a fix for that I use Skype that displays only when actually connected to Internet.

Can I modify the AirPort WiFi in menu bar to blink or something when it has lost the actual Internet connection?

I do not want to have Skype running to quickly see if I still have Internet.

And I do not want to have to use Terminal or System Preferences to just to see if I am still connected. Eventually in my browser I will get the notification that the site is not available, or check your internet, or something like it.


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So, I recently acquired an old MacbookPro (v.5,4 mid 2009). I decided to create an Arch linux partition, and thus began my adventure... While installing rEFInd (the maintained fork of rEFIt), I ended up doing the following:

Mounted the EFI partition in /Volumes
Moved the necessary binaries into /Volumes/.../refind/
Messed up
Decided to quickly start over by removing refind
Hastily decided to rm -rf *, but did not realize I was not in /refind
Ended up deleting everything in /Volumes/EFI/*
...which included APPLE/EXTENSIONS/firmware.scap
Freaked out
Freaked out some more because I wasn't exactly sure what I just did...
Shutdown and rebooted, praying I wouldn't hit a brick wall
...and then...
...Everything worked find.

But I still do not have a EFI/APPLE/EXTENSIONS/firmware.scap, so my questions are:

What is the firmware.scap? Why isn't my computer freaking out?

I've skimmed some literature on the internet, but there doesn't seem to be that much definitive information, just people giving rote directions to flash EFI firmware for those of us who have deleted it. If someone could just point me in the right direction (to learn more precisely about firmware.scap), I would be very grateful.


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I'm trying to create Code 128 Barcodes within Microsoft Excel.
I have tried all VBA Makros and Fonts I found on Google, but none give's me a scannable result (usually there are weird characters like ó's mixed in).
Does anybody have a working solution?


texts: Sending images/attachments via Google Chat in Messages app

texts: Is it possible to send images or other attachments in the Messages desktop app (OS X) when talking to someone on Google Chat (Jabber)? I have tried sending files but they never receive them.


texts: IPad Battery replacement criteria under warranty, no applecare

texts: does the complimentary one year warranty cover replacement of batteries that go below 50% of original capacity? What is 50%...? Like how fast does it have to drain? Is there a way to measure without bringing the iPad to an Apple store?


texts: A Cisco AnyConnect VPN alternative for Mac?

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Is it possible to use OpenConnect or some other VPN alternative on macOS? Has anyone done is successfully?

The only software I've been able to find saying it is possible is http://www.feingeist.io/shimo/ which costs €50 :-o


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On a 2015 MBP, just updated to Mojave and suddenly the password to my main account (the one I used to update) is not being accepted.

I've tried to reset it from my other administrator account, through running resetpassword in recovery mode –with both of these, the password changes successfully but when I try to login it is still not accepted–

and also trying passwd in single-user mode, in which case none of the old passwords are recognized.

Is there any way I can get back into my account short of transferring all the data to a new one?


texts: Cannot upgrade from iOS 8.0.2 to iOS 8.1

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I have an iPad 2 and it currently has iOS 8.0.2, it says to install iOS 8.1 but when I click on update it brings up the agree or disagree the terms page as normal, and I click on agree and nothing happens, it just freezes and then times out!

What can I do about this?


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I'm trying to mount an external volume:

/bin/mkdir -p /Volumes/share
/sbin/mount -o nosuid,-d=777 -t smbfs //user:pwd@host.local/share /Volumes/share

The script runs as a Daemon, no error. The share is visible from Console (whith root privileges) and the mounted share has all privileges enabled:

drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  16384  2 jan 21:19 share

However I cannot even list the content ls of the mounted share unless I use root privileges. It's this normal?

This problem appeared only after upgrading from High Sierra to Catalina and I wonder if the later is more restrictive and how to make it work.

Edit 1: this is the result of mount | grep share:

//user@host.local/share on /Volumes/share (smbfs, nosuid)


texts: Logitech Mouse: how can I use additional buttons?

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I recently bought a Logitech M560 mouse.
It works fine on my Mac, but I wonder if there's a software/prefpane (free or paid) I can use to map the additional buttons I have on my mouse (i.e. to open dashboard, select line, etc...)
Logitech at the moment offers no support for Mac for this model (I was aware of this when I bought the mouse)

Without any configuration the bottom side button works as "Add bookmark" in Chrome, so I think I can do something for this...


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This has been an issue on and off over the years, but I have never got a fully working solution.

The problems occur mainly with flights from one time zone to another.

I have a flight for which I enter the start and end times, both local to the airport. However, the destination is in a different time zone.

On my iPhone. I have Time Zone Overide turned off, and while in the destination city, I see 2 times for an event’s details: the local time and the time in the origin.

However, I find that:

The time in the Event List shows only the origin time, not the local time.
The reminder alerts at the origin time and not the local time.

This applies to other events which were set before the trip.

The question is What do I need to do to see event times and alerts in the local time?

To complete the story, I add the event on my iMac and then rely on my iPhone to keep me informed. Latest version of all software.

Update

I will be flying overseas in a few months, so I can put my possible solution to the test.

I have set the time zone of the flights to floating, which seemed to work when flying interstate earlier.

To be safe, I have also included the local times in the notes section so I can compare; I will also have the original tickets any way. A few years ago I was caught out by the time zone difference, but, fortunately I was early rather than late.

Update 2

I have just come back from an overseas holiday, which involved two other time zones and daylight saving.

I can safely say that setting all times to floating has ensured that all times are local, and everything works as expected.

I have taken to using floating times for all of my travel times, as well as for all of my automated events. What I need to do now is work our how to make it the default for other events.


texts: Is there a way to rearrange home screens on iOS?

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I used to be able to arrange the home screens ( pages ) in iTunes prior to iOS 11. I could create new empty pages, ect.

Is there a way to do this? For instance switch homescreen #2 for homescreen #3?


texts: Most efficient way to 'export' iTunes protected aac to FLAC (for personal use)?

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What's the most efficient way to export tunes bought with iTunes that are protected aac to FLAC for playing on other music hardware (still for personal use)?

2 methods I can think of so far are:

make a playlist of all the purchased songs in the library, rip to CD, then rip the CD to FLAC. Disadvantage: with 80+ tunes, this would require multiple CDs. But I'm assuming that titles of the tunes are recorded as CD-text, is this true?
same as above but instead of ripping to CD, use SoundFlower to record the output. Disadvantage: no CDs required but will have to manually split the recording into each track and name it.

Any better ideas? Thanks.


texts: Transfer app iPhone to iPad with WiFi but no internet connection?

texts: So I’m at the airport and the WiFi has no internet connection. I installed an app on my phone using my data connection, but I would like to use/install it on my iPad. I was able to air drop a link to the app on the App Store to the iPad, but of course that didn’t work because the link wouldn’t load. Is there a way to air drop the app somehow? Can I like, zip up the app and air drop that file? How is airdrop connecting? Bluetooth?


texts: Are there any current Macs capable of running NVIDIA based CUDA SDK?

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So I'm starting a new job, and seriously considering equipment purchases. I'd like to be able to have a Mac with NVIDIA GPU capable of developing CUDA-based code on it - it certainly wouldn't be running the code for performance, but it would be nice to be able to test the code to make sure it's even working.

But as I currently see it, there's no way to do that - the 15" Retina MBP has gone to an ATI-based graphics card, as has the 27" iMac and the Mac Pro, while everyone else is rocking integrated and/or Iris graphics cards.

Is there something about the line I'm missing?


texts: PDF annotations: Annotating with Preview on Mac, view annotations on iPad

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My workflow is as follows:

Open PDF on Mac using Preview
Annotate PDF using the annotate tools within Preview
Send PDF to iPad

I would like the annotations to show up on the iPad in the native PDF viewer, but for some reason they do not! Does anyone know the reason why, and (better yet) a solution?

Note: When I use PDFPen to do the annotations, they do show up on the iPad, which has been my workaround so far. For reasons too lengthy to discuss, I cannot do the annotations directly on the iPad.


texts: Temporary VPN disruption soon after connecting

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I frequently login to remote SSH servers through an IPsec VPN.  Right after connecting, the connection is "slow" for a few minutes.  What I mean is, I can type a few characters and then it becomes unresponsive to keyboard input for a few seconds.  Then it comes back and suddenly everything I tried to type appears all at once.  Then a minute later it freezes again and comes back.  This happens 2 or 3 times, and then after the connection has been established for a few minutes, it works fine for the rest of the time.
This problem has been happening for several months.  I first noticed it on Mojave, now I'm on Sierra.  It happens on both of my Macs at home.
Edit: The problem is not with SSH, it's with the VPN connection itself.  When it freezes, I'm unable to ping any remote server.


texts: How to add CVS extracare loyalty card to IOS wallet app?

texts: How does one add the CVS loyalty card to the Wallet app?  Procedure in said link does not work. Although PassSource seems to be a solution, I would prefer to keep this data in the Wallet app.


texts: Getting rid of the special photo albums on iOS, e.g., People

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In the Photos app on my iOS devices, there is the "People" album in addition to the "People From My Mac" album. It seems silly to have both. How can I get rid of the former?

I'd also like to get rid of the "Selfies" and "Panoramas" albums.

FYI: on my Mac on iTunes > iPhone > Photos > Albums, none of "All albums," "Favorites," "Videos," "Last Import," "Selfies," "Panoramas," nor "Screenshots" are checked; only "Albums" and all the albums therein are checked. Additionally, under People, "All people" is checked. Lastly, under "Sync Photos," only "Selected albums" is selected.

On my Mac, I'm running:

macOS Sierra 10.12.2
iTunes 12.5.4.42
Photos 2.0

On my iOS devices, I'm running:

iOS 10.2


texts: Photos stream not delivering photos from old device to new

texts: Just replaced an Iphone 3GS with a new Iphone 4S. The old phone had 500+ pics on it and was backed up to icloud. However, photostream is only syncing 100 photos onto the new phone. Please advise.


texts: What's the best way to prolong the lifespan of a Macbook Pro battery?

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I have two Mac book Pros:

A 2013 Unibody retina that I use every day
An older 2006 model with removable battery that I use a couple of times a month (when not in use, it's not connected to the AC. I
recently replaced the battery, as the old one swelled apart).

I use them as desktop replacements, so I don't use the battery that often.

What's the best way to prolong battery lifespan? - If keeping the machines hooked up to the AC is a bad idea, then for how many hours each day should I use the battery?

Here is my research: There's a lot of conflicting advice.

Calibration

A lot of sources, say you should calibrate the battery by letting it run down to 0% each month. For example, this Ask Different question, this Gigaohm article. All these articles were written in 2013/12 and cite Apple.com as the source for this advice.

However, the Apple.com page makes no reference to calibration. Is this because calibration is a bad idea, or is it because Apple no longer sells devices with removable batteries and so the advice is different?

Deep discharge

Other sources, such as this AskDifferent question, imply that letting the battery drain is a bad idea, so using the AC whenever possible is actually a good thing.

Please note I am talking about the overall battery life span (e.g. the time the battery has before it needs to be replaced) and not increasing the day-to-day hours of the battery.


texts: Is my Bluetooth Connection to Magic Track Pad Encrypted?

texts:
I know bluetooth supports encryption, but is it in use?  How do I know?

The help in the Bluetooth preference pane gives some vague answers:

  For extra security, you can stipulate that only trusted devices be allowed to connect to your Mac, and 128-bit over-the-air encryption is also available.

But I don't see any options like what they just said.

Nothing on the Apple Store's product description for the Magic Trackpad says anything about encryption.  Same for Amazon.  Same for the Apple Support pages.

Maybe it's encrypted and Apple thinks that's just obvious, so they don't waste time telling you it is, but I'm looking for evidence.


texts: How can I set mouse scroll up, page go up, while the opposite like trackpad?

texts:
I just come from windows to mac, so I have some habits in windows that I want to continue on my mac. In windows, I use trackpad for natural way, which means when I move upwards on trackpad, the page goes down. While when I use mouse, I set the mouse as traditional way, which means I scroll down, the page goes down.

Now, when I come to mac, the issue comes. I mac, I know there is setting about natural way or not for both mouse and trackpad, however, they cannot be changed simultaneously. If I set trackpad as the natural way, the mouse goes to natural way automatically. What I NEED is the natural way for my trackpad, and un-natural(tranditional) way for my mouse.

How can I achieve above? I really want to keey my habits in windows.


texts: iCloud Photo Library fills entire phone with remaining storage in 'System'

texts:
Help! For the past year, it seems that enabling the "iCloud Photo Library" feature on my phone causes the entire phone's storage to fill with "System".

I've checked the Storage summary and Photos is currently using 278.2 MB.
Scrolling all the way down shows System as using 15.13 GB.

Nothing helps with clearing this storage other than restoring my phone. The second I enable 'iCloud Photo Library' the entire phone's remaining storage begins to fill-up.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: FileVault and TimeMachine restoration - Unable to turn on FileVault again

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I have restored a MBP timemachine backup to a new MBP. On my older machine I have enabled FileVault.

The restoration was long. It took about almost 12 hours to transfer 500Gb of data.

In the new unit I have experienced a few problem (e.g. unable to install VirtualBox )

When I checked FileValut setting in 'Security & Privacy', I can see it is turned off.

When I tried to turn it on, I got this dialog box

and then this dialog box appears:

A 'Meraki Management' profile is installed on this MBP.


texts: I have about over 100 keyboard shortcuts for my mac, and I want to transfer all those shortcuts to my second computer. Is there a way to do this easily?


texts: Homebrew vim already installed when brew update displays Vim as a updated formula

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simple questions,

when I run brew update here is the result

[admin@mb125:~/src/test] : brew update
Updated Homebrew from 16bd5c86 to 24073dc0.
==> New Formulae
mal4s  nbimg
==> Updated Formulae
aws-elasticbeanstalk   boost-bcp          ex-vi          libxml2            vim            youtube-dl

Great there is an updated Vim, let's update it.

[admin@mb125:~/src/test] : brew upgrade vim
Error: vim-7.4.052 already installed

so, how do I see what has been updated for Vim and why I can't upgrade it?

thanks


texts:
I have used several pdf viewers including Adobe's but they don't have full screen support with green button(pdf on another screen). Even if I do full screen then I can't view two pages in split mode on one screen. Viewing one page in full screen mode is very less information. Is there any visually and functionally better pdf viewer?

See the picture below. I read books in split 2-page mode. But, I can't zoom this further like other mac apps(Zooming with sliding to another full screen on right). If I zoom it further from view option then my 2 page view is lost. Which I don't want. Also, I don't want these irritation top bar options. I just want two plane pages in full screen mode.


texts: Can I use a USB to HDMI converter to set up 2 external monitors on my 2015 Macbook Air?

texts: Can the Macbook Air (2015 model) power a second external monitor via it's USB port (using a USB to HDMI cable)? I would also need to connect an external keyboard and mouse, so I plan on getting a USB hub to extend the second USB port on my Air. Will this setup work? I remember reading an article which said that the MBA can power only 1 external monitor. Is there any truth to this?


texts: Modifying Smart Mailbox plist file does not take effect

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I'm trying to change SyncedSmartMailboxes.plist file in /Users/<my_name>/Library/Mail/V7/MailData so as to use more complex boolean conditions than the ones available in Mail UI. But when I save the modified file (with Mail app closed) and open Mail, the SyncedSmartMailboxes.plist file is restored as it was before, and the Smart Mailbox I changed doesn't change at all. Is something cached somewhere? How can I apply the changes? I'm using Catalina.
EDIT:
To be more precise, what I did was to edit my own copy of SyncedSmartMailboxes.plist  (copied outside .../MailData), then close Mail, and then replace the .plist file in .../MailData with my own edited file. But the moment I open Mail, the file immediately changes as it was before. For what it's worth, here someone told me it's actually cached somewhere, but he doesn't remember where.


texts: Mac OS X Lion boots very slowly takes 2 minutes to start

texts:
Leopard was good used to start in second but Lion is taking too much time to start it takes 2-3 minutes to start.

Is it problem with my MBP or anyone experience this before? Please guide help.


texts: I formatted my hard disk in internet recovery (disk utility) but it had a partition so I can't boot into the main disk all I see is APPLE SSD HTA..e.t.c which is 60 gb   and I can't see the main partition in disk utility plus I have no startup disk. Terminal's sudo command is also not working, is there anything I can do to gain root and erase all partitions?..it is still in recovery mode


texts: Cannot disable option "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library"

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I want to disable the preference "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" in iTunes Preferences > Advanced.

However, every time I uncheck the box and click OK, it seems to refuse to disable this feature. The box is checked again if I immediately go back to the screen.

Is there some way to disable this via a plist file? Or should I reinstall iTunes somehow?

FYI: I am running iTunes Version 12.9.4.94 on MacOS Mojave 10.14.4, on a 2018 Mac Mini restored from a 2011 iMac that ran High Sierra before it died. As I've had my iTunes library running over several years, I'm guessing that there may be some configuration bug somewhere.


texts:
When I have a window for an application open I would like its size, height and width. Is it 900 * 625, 716 * 456 or what?

The reason I need to know is just for some usability testing.

Any tips how I get this info?


texts: View Apple Music play history (playlists) from radio stations like Beats 1?

texts: I missed "liking" a song that was playing on Beats 1. Now I'm trying to see what songs were played previously in the Beats 1 radio station (like a playlist history). Is there a way to do so?


texts: No More Vocals Instruments in GarageBand '11?

texts: I'm trying to change my voice on Skype using this tutorial http://www.erzsabet.com/mySLSound.html, which I got working with GarageBand '09. However, I just bought GarageBand '11, and there doesn't seem to be any vocals software instrument. Where can I find them, please?


texts: iPhone XS the display works but not the touch

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I tried to turn on my iPhone XS; I succeeded but now that I have closed it again the display works but not the touch.
It doesn't matter where I touch, it doesn't work. The rest of the phone works, however.
What could it be?


texts: Applications restored after fresh install?

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I do not understand. I have just performed a clean install of OS X El Capitan, from a USB pendrive, after repartitioning and formatting my drive. Yet, for a reason i do not understand at all, my applications seem to have been restored. Yet, as it seems, none of them are functioning properly.

What happened here? How and why were my applications restored, and where from?


texts: How can i burn a Windows 7 USB to an ISO?

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I'm trying to install Windows 7 from a USB onto a bootcamp partition. No working :(

So, I thought I might try and burn the bootable win 7 usb to a dvd or ISO (and then burn that ISO to disk).

How can I do this with my Macbook Pro? I al

Note: I'm using Lion, btw.

Cheers!


texts: Apple Watch - Getting weight lifting to count towards "move ring"?

texts: Is there any way to get exercise like weight lifting to count towards the "move ring" of the activity app. I realize it will count a small amount just from moving the wrist around, but some days I would like most of my calorie burn to come from weights and the basic app doesn't seem to cover this.


texts: Terrible GUI lag/glitchiness after reboot in Mountain Lion 10.8.2

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I got a brand new Retina MacBook Pro (2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, Mountain Lion 10.8.2) a couple months ago, and it was buttery smooth (for the most part) at first.

However, one day I turned it on and I suddenly got some terrible lag issues. For example, when I opened the Notification Center sidebar, it stuttered and chopped on the sliding animation. Similarly, the Genie effect stuttered when I minimized windows. The list just went on and on. At first I thought this was a hardware problem (it also turned out the screen had been mis-aligned), so I brought it to the Apple store. They couldn't find anything wrong with the graphics chip, but it they decided to replace my MacBook because of the bad screen alignment. I got the replacement yesterday. I restored my previous system from a Time Machine backup using the Migration Assistant. Everything was buttery smooth again, and I thought the problem was resolved.

However, this morning, I fired up my MacBook again and all of a sudden, the lag is back. The fact that the lag was nowhere to be found right after the Time Machine restore, but then suddenly back after a reboot is mystifying.

Can anybody please shed some light on this situation? Thanks!

UPDATE: I have tried turning off "Automatic graphics switching" in the "Energy Saver" system preferences, but to no avail.


texts:
So there is a this thing called computer name that can be set either via Preferences -> Sharing, or sudo scutil --set ComputerName "My Name"

When I use

sudo scutil --set ComputerName "My Name"

and then use

sudo scutil --get ComputerName

I get something stupid like "My Name (2)". My question is: What is changing the name?

Because there is a question Computer name keeps changing OSX 10.10 (14A389) which asks how to overcome automatic change, and some hah are being suggested.

I don't want to hack things, I want to know what is changing the name, so then in perspective I can just kill it.


texts: In AppleScript can you create a window tab without using keystroke?

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In AppleScript you can create a finder window with:

tell application "Finder"
    activate
    set newWindow to make new Finder window
end tell

after setting the target if you want to create a new tab I'm aware of:

tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "t" using command down
end tell

per searching through older questions and from Google.  In AppleScript is there another way to create tabs without having to use:

keystroke "t" using command down

and if a window is created with four tabs is there a way to change what tab the window is active in?  For example:

tab 1
tab 2
tab 3
tab 4

Looping through the tabs with a repeat and keystroke final tab would be tab 4 but I'm not sure how to tell the finder window that the frontmost tab should be tab 2 and I dont want to change the sequence the tabs are created meaning, I dont want:

tab 1
tab 3
tab 4
tab 2

or is there an efficient way to parse what tabs are open in that particular tab? Can this be done?


texts: Mouse/Keyboard won't connect after being powered off

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my iMac has recently developed an odd issue:

If the mouse, or keyboard, is powered off (power button, or because I pull the batteries), and then powered on again, the device will not connect to the machine again without the whole system being power cycled.

These are:
* Magic Mouse
* Apple Wireless keyboard

On a late 2009 i7 27" imac.

Running all the latest patches.
100% battery on both devices.
No matter how many times I click the mouse, or press keys on the keyboard will it reconnect.

It had happened previously, but after a few minutes it would usually resolve itself. In the past 3 days, it's started happening even without the device being powered off -- specifically the mouse stops working, and a power cycle fixes it.

Note that plugging in another mouse/kb (microsoft ones), works fine and I can use that to shut down the machine.


texts: Removing or transferring iOS app license

texts:
Simple question:

I have a TomTom application that was on 5 devices (maximum allowed)
One of the devices (let's call it D-Vice) breaks/gets lost
How do I transfer the license from D-Vice to a new device?

Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to "reposition" the sound source when using headphones?

texts:
Whenever I use headphones to listen to music or synthetic noise (e.g. one of those white noise / natural sound apps), it sounds like the source is coming from inside my head instead of somewhere "out there".

Is there an app or something that can filter these sounds in real-time and uses 3D audio to "reposition" the sound source? So that for example it sounds like coming from real speakers even though I'm using headphones to listen to it.

Preferably an affordable app for the Mac and not some fancy pro software that only sound engineers use.


texts: Contacts LDAP Account on 10.11 (El Capitan)

texts:
I am trying to set up an LDAP account for the Contacts application in the 10.11 (El Capitan) OS X version. I need it, for example, to be able to autocomplete addresses via the Mail application.

I've been using this feature in older versions without problems, but with 10.11 I am unable to retrieve contacts from the server. Even on 10.11.3 - connecting to an OpenLDAP 2.4 server or to Active Directory 2008 R2 using a "formal" dn, login & password fails.

In this version the setup can be done vie the Internet Accounts at the System Preferences pane or directly in the Contacts app. The first nuisance is that the password can only be entered once the account has been enabled on the preferences on the Contacts app. Having found this, the new account only appears after restarting the app, and then, searching anything always returns an empty set.

The information to connect to the server (host, user dn, password, base...) is valid and works in previous releases. Doing an ldapsearch works fine as it does configuring the LDAP contacts in Thunderbird in OS X. It seems to me that it is related to the OS.

Is this a bug or is there a procedure to connect to LDAP?


texts: how can /etc/ppp/ip-up tell which VPN service is used in OS X

texts:
I am using /etc/ppp/ip-up to set up some particular routes for an L2TP VN (defined in System Preferences/Network as a service)

I now want to add a new VPN service but use a different ip-up script (or at least have that ip-up script behave differently). I cannot see any distinguishing info that is passed to ip-up though. The parameters are the same, and the 'env' also does not contain a hint to the service name.
(in this case the second service is to the same VPN server, I just want a different set of routes set up depending on which VON I start, so going by the IP addresses ppp gets from remote is no use in this case)

is this even possible?


texts: No signal to external monitor until after login (MacBook Pro 2020)

texts:
My external monitor works fine but only after I log in using the MacBook display. Prior to logging in it sends no signal. Once logged in, it suddenly starts receiving signal and works exactly as expected.
The cable connecting it to my display is a USB-C to HDMI.
How can I make it work correctly before logging in?


texts: Force MacBook to turn on when low battery indicator is showing

texts: i copied some files to a USB drive with 8 minutes left of battery and then closed the lid. 30 seconds later I realised I missed a file and reopened my MacBook to be presented with the low battery indicator. Seeing as I had 8 minutes left is there a way to force the MacBook to turn on so I can take a few seconds to copy the missing file. I need the file quite urgently


texts:
I last few days I noticed that some Apps are crashing and/or reporting unexpected quit. Photo Booth does this after few seconds (crashes) and RStudio reports unexpected quit and gives a crash report after normal Quit (Cmd+Q).

I am under the latest macOS Catalina, and I am using the latest RStudio 1.2.5033. (I cannot see details of Photo Booth as it crashes too quickly.)

Is anyone experiencing the same? Any fixes?


texts: Is it safe to shut down Mac while Spotlight is still indexing?

texts:
Had some issues with Finder and Spotlight not finding files. Used the instructions to rebuild Spotlight index in Mac. Put entire Macintosh HD there. Checked and now it seems to find all the files again, but mdworker files are still active in Activity Monitor.

It has been almost 7 hours and I can't keep Mac going anymore.

My question is - could there be any damage or security risk if Spotlight is interrupted indexing everything? For example, would some important system files not find their data to function properly?

Does Mac's OS itself use Spotlight index for its own work or is it purely for user?


texts: Can't login with Google using Internet Accounts

texts:
I configured my Google account on El Capitan (OS X 10.11.2) using Internet Accounts and it worked fine for a while. However, after a restart the system asked again for the password and 2-factor authentication code, which I provided, but then I get stuck in the following window after entering my password and code:

In the above window, if I hit Cancel and then try to select anything in the Google account I get the message "Unable to verify account name or password."

If I delete the account and add it again I'm asked for my password and 2-factor authentication code, but after providing them I get stuck in the following window - notice that the Done button turned grey after pressing it, and the dialog never closed after that:

I already tried starting my system in safe mode, with the same results. What's happening? Any help will be greatly appreciated!


texts: Why is my iPhone still listed in iCloud though I erased all content and settings on the device?

texts: I erased all content and settings on my iPhone, and the Find My iPhone activation lock was disabled (no activation lock). So ... Why is it still listed in iCloud Settings, Devices? The info blurb on Devices page says that it's listing the devices still signed in. How is this phone still signed in? Is this normal? Is something wrong?  It should be signed out. Maybe it could be listed as an old device ... but not "Signed In". I no longer have possession of this phone. I am very concerned for what this means. Worried I did something wrong here.


texts: Is it possible to remove or delete the "Music" folder?

texts:
Is there anyway to get Music out of my way in my home directory?  Either deleting it, or moving it to someplace else.

Now, I know that this question has been asked before (I've read this one and this one too), so I know that some more details are needed or I'll get back bogus answers...  So: what I want is to rename or remove the actual folder, hopefully with any magical stuff that the OS is doing with it (like scanning it for changes, or worse: add meta-data files).

Symbolic links are unrelated here, since I want to move the actual directory to a place I don't really care about, I don't want to create some other name for it.  I also don't care what's visible in the Finder -- so flipping some hidden bit that makes it not show up there won't do me any good.  This is making it a very different issue from the ones in those other questions.

(The complete story is that I have recently started using a Mac, and I need to wire it into the network of file syncing that I do across many machines (using unison).  Naturally, I have music in a music directory, which collides with OSX's Music thing, so I need to get it out of my way.  That's why I don't care how it's shown in the Finder or if I'm losing some marvelous iTunes features.  (I will most likely not even notice it if both Finder and iTunes disappear from this machine.))


texts: How to connect to my web app running on mac over WiFi?

texts:
I have very recently switched to mac, so i am a bit lost here...

I am running a test web app (Spring Boot app) on my mac now and I need to connect to it over WiFi form another device.

Now, when the app was running on win I could connect on

https://192.168.0.106:8080

(the IP address of the new mac is 192.168.0.102) but if I go to  https://192.168.0.102:8080 I get only "This page is not available"....

Thanks for your help!


texts: Is Lion server really a valid server for small business?

texts:
I'm considering to replace my existing windows based server on my small business (< 10 employees) with a mac mini server with Lion Server installed. But after a look at the App Store, I noticed a lot of 1-star reviews labeling this OS as "a toy", "unstable", "downgrade with respect to Leopard Server" and so on. My usage for this would be essentially for e-mail management (but using Kerio to have exchange support), calendar, internal web site (web apps), account management, some centralized apps (to be accessed using VNC), iOS based devices management, Windows virtualization to support legacy apps (essentially for accounting), VPN.

I'm not asking for a complete review of this OS, this is not a right place, bust just a short comment from the users in the community that had the change to work with this new OS.

Besides, and this is a bonus question, do you have some experience in using Lion server to manage centralized Xcode development? (we currently use our own MacBooks and we keep in sync using Git, I'd like to know for different approaches based on OSX Server).


texts: Connecting iPad to a USB powered monitor?

texts:
I'm thinking about buying a USB powered monitor to connect to my MacBook.

I found so many nice ones and the most suitable was Asus.

ASUS MB MB168B+ 15.6-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor

Now that got me wondering if I can also connect my iPad somehow to watch a movie or display something for a client that would be very useful.

I tried looking up anything remotely related to the subject but failed and thats why I'm here asking the experts.

Jailbroken iPad mini 2 and MacBook Air 11″


texts:
I'm struggling to record a high quality video of my iOS app. There are several similar questions out there, but my focus is on high quality. To my knowledge there are only two options to record a screen and both have some serious limitations.

Screen recording in the simulator

The quality is just not as good as on the device because of two reasons. First, OS X (Quicktime) has a built in screen recording function but the compression is very high and non-adjustable. I found screenium to give me much better result. However, even with the issue of compression solved, the color depth in the simulator is not as rich as on the device creating very visible artefact (even before recording it).
The performance of the iOS app in the simulator is much worse than on an actual (modern) device. Especially when using OpenGL, I notice a substantial drop in the framerate.

Recording the app on the device

I could just hold a camera and record the iPhone with the app running on it. For obvious reasons this doesn't seem like the ideal solution.
I could use a third party app to record the AirPlay mirrored screen on a Mac. Again, this would involve some serious performance decrease and compression artefacts because of the encoding process.
I could use a VGA adapter and record that, but the quality of the VGA signal is also not the same as on the device (RETINA display).

I'm looking for any kind of advice on this topic. A way to increase the color depth in the simulator, a way to increase the speed of an app in the simulator, a professional way to record the screen from the device, an efficient way to encode frames on the fly in the app...


texts: How do I go back and forward in Chrome using a Magic Mouse in Lion?

texts:
Before installing Lion, I could use the "double finger left/right swipe" gesture to go back and forward in the history in Google Chrome.

After installing Lion, I can't find any mouse gesture that implements this.

The new version of Safari uses a single finger swipe to go back and forward in history. Is there any way to emulate this in Chrome? Or, failing that, is there any other gesture for back/forward in Chrome?


texts: Set sshd to serve different shell based on `host`

texts:
I want my local sshd to serve different shell, based on the host.

Example:

ssh user@hostname1 -> get's bash
ssh user@hostname2 -> get's fish

Is it possible, and if so, how can it be done?


texts: MacBook Pro Retina 2012 - 3840x1080 Resolution

texts:
Sorry not so good english. From Brazil.
I have this Macbook: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP653?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
I want a monitor ultrawide49 (3840x1080). For working with coding php/java/python; qliksense; remote ssh with log analysing; docker; jenkins, etc.
I know my macbook only goes officialy to 2560x1600.
I read there are an app called switchresx that maybe unlock the 3840x1080
So I am asking what frequency would it be?
Someone here use a similar setup? Please emit your opinion.


texts: In apple mail, with contact photos enabled next to mail subjects, one person in my contact doesn't have his picture show up

texts:
In Apple mail for OSX, I have pictures enabled for both the mail list view as well as in the message itself. This works fairly well, grabbing pictures from my contacts except for one person. Their picture doesn't show up and I don't know what makes them unique.

When I click on their name and select "Show Contact Card" it shows their picture. I can't understand what conditions would cause that picture to not show up in the mail itself.


texts: 4k screen can handle 60hz 90° rotated, but not in 0°

texts:
I've run into this funny issue, where I've got a 4k monitor (Samsung U28E590), that I'm trying to optimize for resolution and hz-frequency. My optimal goal is of course 4k, with 60hz, but since I don't currently have a Thunderbolt to Displayport cable, I thought I'd give it a go with a HDMI-adapter for my Thunderbolt port.

Now I've run into the issue of not being able to choose 60hz for frequency on the screen when I've selected anything else than 2560x1440px. Not even in 1920x1080, am I able to choose anything else than 24, 25 and 30hz.

I then discovered, that if I rotate the screen 90°, I get a different settings-layout, where I'm able to choose between not resolutions, but the regular 'more space' or 'larger text', as I have on my regular retina screen.

Has anyone experienced this before, or is this some kind of bug with either the display, or MacOS?

Specs:

Mac OS 10.12.2
MacBook Pro Retina, 13 inch, Mid 2014 model.
8 GB Ram
Intel Iris graphics


texts:
I'm unable to encrypt an external hard drive because the encryption option seems to be missing. Various answers pointed to doing something with the 'partition' button, but that button is greyed out. To solve the greyed-out issue, evidently I first need to click on the 'view' button as explained here. But I have no view button! I want my view button, give me my view button!

(Specifically, I don't see a view button on my screen whereas it clearly shows up in this explanation.)


texts:
I bought a new iMac 21.5" 4k screen for my web design work.

I noticed that the way Safari renders colours is completely different from the way Chrome and Firefox does. Colours in Safari appear dull and washed out, while in Chrome and Firefox colours appear more saturated.

I checked my iMac's colour settings under "settings > display > color" and it's set to the "imac" colour profile. The funny thing is, if I set the iMac's colour profile to sRGB, all of the colours on my screen become very vivid and consistant between all of the browsers.

It seems to me that Chrome and Firefox are forcing some kind of sRGB colour profile while pretty much all other apps follow the 4k screen's wider gamut iMac colour profile. In any case, I can't understand why the sRGB colours are so much more vivid than the iMacs wider gamut profile and why Chrome and Firefox behave differently to other apps in their rendering of colour.

Searching online I can't find a single mention of this issue, which has completely perplexed me. Is anyone else having this problem?

iMac, iOS 9.1, iMac 21.5" with 4k Screen


texts: macOS going wild with Calendar tasks, what is it doing

texts:
When I check the Console for "calendar" I see messages flying by in roughly 1s intervals. What is the system doing I'm wondering? It doesn't exactly look sane.

default 09:12:06.088767 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [[CalAgentLinkQueueStatusOperation] operation finished: [0x7fdd5a13e4f0].  Total time in microseconds: [1910] us.]
default 09:12:06.088817 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Operation removed from connection: CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [YES]]
default 09:12:06.088865 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Removed XPC connection, no remaining operations]
default 09:12:06.088926 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [[CalAgentLinkQueueStatusOperation] operation finished: [0x7fdd57efaea0].  Total time in microseconds: [2374] us.]
default 09:12:06.328268 +0200   AppleSpell  [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Starting operation: [CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]].]
default 09:12:06.328335 +0200   AppleSpell  [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Created new XPC connection]
default 09:12:06.328652 +0200   AppleSpell  [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Operation added to connection: CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]]
default 09:12:06.328862 +0200   AppleSpell  [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Operation removed from connection: CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [YES]]
default 09:12:06.328930 +0200   AppleSpell  [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Removed XPC connection, no remaining operations]
default 09:12:06.328985 +0200   AppleSpell  [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [[CalAgentLinkQueueStatusOperation] operation finished: [0x7fae096ab740].  Total time in microseconds: [737] us.]
default 09:12:06.903604 +0200   Spotlight   [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Starting operation: [CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]].]
default 09:12:06.903710 +0200   Spotlight   [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Created new XPC connection]
default 09:12:06.903964 +0200   Spotlight   [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Operation added to connection: CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]]
default 09:12:06.904356 +0200   Spotlight   [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Operation removed from connection: CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [YES]]
default 09:12:06.904453 +0200   Spotlight   [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Removed XPC connection, no remaining operations]
default 09:12:06.904534 +0200   Spotlight   [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [[CalAgentLinkQueueStatusOperation] operation finished: [0x6000044baf80].  Total time in microseconds: [767] us.]
default 09:12:07.327893 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Starting operation: [CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]].]
default 09:12:07.327967 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Starting operation: [CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]].]
default 09:12:07.328080 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Starting operation: [CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]].]
default 09:12:07.328135 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Created new XPC connection]
default 09:12:07.328184 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Starting operation: [CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]].]
default 09:12:07.328233 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Operation added to connection: CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]]
default 09:12:07.328587 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Operation added to connection: CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]]
default 09:12:07.328749 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Operation added to connection: CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]]
default 09:12:07.329086 +0200   suggestd    [com.apple.calendar.agentLink.log] [Operation added to connection: CalendarFoundationWrapper, Running queue found: [NO]]


texts: Running 10.7.5 server but would like to remotely manage it with a 10.8 macbook pro

texts: I have downloaded the server app for 10.7.5 but I can not install it on my 10.8 MacBook Pro.  Can this be done?


texts:
I find the new iOS 7 toggles to be a bit ambiguous.  If I want to turn off data roaming do I leave it so that the button is to the left (only white) or do it push it to the right (where the color green appears on the left of the button).

In case you're wondering why I find it confusing: I can interpret it as "yes, I want to turn data roaming off" -- in which case I would slide the button to the right. Or I could just read it as "Data Roaming" and deactivate it by sliding it to the left.


texts: How can I automate adding sender addresses to a Rule in macOS Mail?

texts:
So I've created a Mail Rule "Bin Spam Messages" that will delete messages from a sender. What I can't figure out is how to automate adding new sender addresses to the rule. I'm guessing I could do this with AppleScript but I'm also trying to do it without opening the message. The goal is to automatically delete spam messages from my inbox and junk mail folders. I thought this was what the Apply Rules menu option was for but apparently not.
Any ideas?

Update: I have tried updating SyncedRules.plist using a Shell script (below) but (a) it doesn't show up in Mail preferences; and (b) SyncedRules is restored after relaunching Mail. Not sure where else Mail rules are stored.

#! /bin/zsh

# Generate 128-bit UUID
CRITERION_UNIQUE_ID="$(uuidgen)"

# Define Shell input variables
EXPRESSION="$1"
HEADER="$2"

# Define SyncedRules.plist file
FILENAME="/Users/tim/Library/Mail/V7/MailData/SyncedRules.plist"

# Run plutil
plutil -insert 0.Criteria.0 -xml "<dict><key>CriterionUniqueId</key><string>$CRITERION_UNIQUE_ID</string><key>Expression</key><string>$EXPRESSION</string><key>Header</key><string>$HEADER</string></dict>" $FILENAME

This script inserts a dictionary into the first items Criteria array containing a 128-bit UUID, sender email address and email header, but my issue is persistence. If I run the command with sudo, I can update the SyncedRules.plist but Mail doesn't recognise the changes and the .plist is restored when Mail relaunches, anyway.

Getting warmer...

More Updates: So I doubled back and had a look at the Mail library in Script Editor.. then discovered this answer https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/332482/34929 - there's a block there that I'm particularly interested in... something like make new rule with properties {header:"", expression:thisItem, rule type:from header, qualifier:equal to value} condition - I think this is where I'm heading now.


texts: How do I turn off or temporarily suspend keyboard shortcuts?

texts:
I'm using the site ShorcutFoo to drill keyboard shortcuts for Pro Tools on my Mac.

My problem is that entering a shortcut such as Command+D in a practice session naturally conflicts with the internet browser's own responsiveness to those key combinations. So if I try to hit Command+W for the correct answer in a Pro Tools shortcut drill, it will instead just close the browser window.

How can I turn off or suspend shortcuts when using a site like this for practice?


texts: Is delegation of a calendar possible on using Office 365 and any client whatsoever on Mac?

texts:
I am looking for any way for OS X users to use Office 365's exchange calendaring service to delegate / share a calendar with another user on Office 365.

I have researched the MS knowledge base which states that for delegation, you need both an Exchange server (which I presume Office 365 is) and either Outlook 2010 or 2013 - neither of which run on OS X. If I have to, I could get to these software to temporarily sign in and set up the delegation, but I don't want to run Windows day in and day out and need a native OS X solution.

Short of running Windows virtually day to day, can OS X users use delegation features of Office 365?


texts:
Is it possible to add window padding to Terminal.app? Here's how it looks currently ...

and here's how I would like it to look ...

iTerm2 with padding


texts: high sierra on MBP2010 microphone and card reader not working anymore

texts:
I have recently upgraded my MBP mid2010 to HighSierra and I am struggling to get the card reader and microphone to work. I can see them in the system report but the mic isn't working and the card reader doesn't mount any cards.

I am using the new apple file system, I have the best specs I was able to get, 8GB of RAM, 256GB SSD so it's running nicely.


texts: Can I move Windows 7 to a larger partition with 'dd' instead of WinClone?

texts:
I have a Modbook Pro with both Win 7 and OS X installed during build; no media provided.  I got fed up with all the irritations of the modbook and bought a regular Macbook Pro with a larger drive and OS X only.

If I create a bootcamp partition that is larger than the previous Windows, and copy the old partition via 'dd,' I will have a partition the same size as before with the remainder 'free space.'  Can I then stretch that partition with Disk Utility to get back the size I want?


texts: Using dates for page numbers in iBook Author?

texts:
Is there a way (XSL?) to use iBooks Author (or to edit the underlying HTML) so that the page numbers are dates?

The value (for me) is an easy to navigate calendar with documents as separate pages easy to get to.

I realize a reasonable alternative is Notability or something like it.


texts: Is it safe to install youtube-dl on my Mac?

texts:
I recently came to know about youtube-dl to download YouTube videos. My Mac is the main computer I use. I want to ensure I don't download any malicious script or software.

Is youtube-dl totally safe to download and install?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a way to tweet from a keyboard command?

I want to know, is there any shortcut for creating new tweet in OS X Mountain Lion? If not, how can I define that?


texts: Efficient MKV H.264 player with GPU decoding for Mac OS X

texts:
How can I play MKV files from QuickTime in Mavericks?

I used to use Perian but it hangs and the other third party players are very inefficient as  QuickTime is the most optimized software among the ones I analyzed.


texts: Command + Delete (Move to Trash) command doesn't work

texts:
I have this problem for a long time, and I don't know how to fix it. When I press Command + Delete key sequence, it doesn't work.

When I use the key sequence, I hear a beep.

It was working before I reinstalled macOS, but now it isn't. I can see the shortcut in menu, but I cannot use it via keyboard.


texts: Google Maps for iPhone: how to disable "My location"?

texts:
So, I have Google Maps for iPhone (not the latest 4.0.x version, but the immediately previous one), and there's an arrow on the bottom right which enables "My location". When it's enabled (the arrow turns blue), the map is always centered in your current location…

…Except that sometimes it becomes stuck in that view. If I press on the arrow again, it enables the perspective view (similar to Apple Maps' aerial view). If I then hit it again, it goes back to the normal view… but "My location" is still enabled. If I drag to another place of the map, it immediately snaps back to my current location. It's extremely annoying, and the only way to "disable" it is to force-quit Google Maps and start again.

The weird thing is that this only happens sometimes, not every time I hit the arrow. What did I do wrong to enable that "feature" permanently, and how can i exit it in those cases?


texts: Time Machine disk is filling up to quickly

texts: Every time Time Machine does a backup of my Yosemite working disk (140 GB), it adds about 20 GB to the size of the contents of my backup disk, and it fills up very quickly. This happens even during the night when both I and my computer are sleeping. I don't think it should work this way!


texts: How to "drop a pin" for iPhone AND Android users?

texts:
This past weekend I "dropped a pin" on restaurant X using Maps and then "Shared the location" via Message to a friend. I had no idea what kind of phone this friend had. I assumed she received the destination and I waited, and I waited, and I waited. Turns out she was waiting for me at a different restaurant X location -- the one across town. We cleared this up the old fashioned way (via voice), and when she finally arrived, I looked at our chat history on her Android. Where there should have been a map link, there was a blank sound or video file. Clearly, "dropping a pin" doesn't work when there is an Android on the receiving end.

But how to know if one's pin drop hasn't been received? Do I have to confirm a friend has an iPhone before I "drop a pin"?

Is there any way to text message a location via Maps to an Android?


texts: Set Default NFS v4 when connecting from Mac OS X Lion

texts:
I have installed an NFS File Server on Ubuntu 11.10, and that is working well.

I am only able to connect to the NFS server from my Mac with this command:

 mount -t nfs -o vers=4 10.0.10.26:/srv /Users/admin/Desktop/mount

But I cannot connect via Finder (nfs://10.0.10.26:/srv) or through any third party programs that don't allow for the version parameter. The Syslog error is

  mount_nfs: can't mount /srv from 10.0.10.26 onto
  /Users/admin/Desktop/mount: Program version wrong

Is there any way to set this to V4 by default? Either server side or on my Mac? I need to be able to connect without the extra parameters.

Thanks


texts: iphone app now is Pending Contract will it be removed from the itunes store?

texts:
I've developed an iPhone app for the company I work for. At the moment there is no need to update or bring out any new apps.
So I thought I could let my apple developer license expire and extend the license when we need it again.

But now I've got a message from apple saying "The status for the following app has changed to Pending Contract." while it was perviously "approved" or something like that.

Is my app gonna be removed from the store with this status?


texts: Allow port arbitrary port (such as 5432) open on El Capitan.

texts:
I'm running vagrant and successfully port forwarding from there. My issue is that some ports are not running. I know vagrant is working because I can successfully forward port 80, but cannot forward 5432.

Per these direction, I cannot sudo ipfw list as ipfw is not found on this OS (El Capitan thing I suppose?).

stuff$ sudo ipfw list
sudo: ipfw: command not found

I'm running a GUI that is unable to connect to 5432, so I think it's on mac's end.


texts: Want to preserve shared photostream for subscribers but erase everything on my device

texts:
can one transfer the ownership of a photostream to another user/subscriber? I need to get rid of the contents of a shared photo stream on my device but I am its owner. The subscribers will still need it. I would like to keep the comments, photos and the public page alive but simply give the ownership over to someone else. A simple thing but I cannot seem to figure out how to do that on iOS.
If I erase everything on my iPad Mini in order to sell it will the Shared Photostream also get destroyed? I'm trying to avoid that and hand it over to someone else. Also, should I use the same Apple ID on another device, if I would not want that stream to reappear.


texts: Virtual and native OS systems - Sierra, Mavericks and Windows/Bootcamp?

texts:
I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM (system max) and a 1TB SSD.  The drive has two partitions – one running MacOS Sierra 10.12.5 and the second running Mavericks 10.9.5 (for purposes of keeping commercially licensed software that is now only available as monthly/annually-paid subscriptions). This is the most complex setup I've ever attained, just to give you an idea of my technical expertise.

I would like to install Parallels/Fusion/other so that I can access my legacy apps without a restart, and Windows (via Bootcamp or other option?), and achieve a setup in which ALL THREE of these scenarios are possible:

I can startup in Sierra and run Mavericks and/or Windows virtually as needed
I can startup in Mavericks and run my legacy apps natively
I can startup in a Bootcamp-based Windows mode (or other non-virtual method)

Before making any build changes that potentially “break” my current setup, I wanted to reach out for advice as to what is/isn't possible and the best method to achieve a system capable of accessing the three OS's.  As I've researched, part of what I'm struggling with is perhaps not fully understanding how virtualization works.  I'm not sure how much I can rely on it, hence keeping native bootable drives for each in my setup.

My questions are:

Can I use Parallels/Fusion/other to run my EXISTING Mavericks drive within Sierra or will I have to reinstall the OS and legacy applications through virtualization software?
Assuming a setup in which Mavericks can be run virtually in Sierra, will I be able to run Mavericks natively by rebooting to it as my Startup Disk if/when needed?
If I add a Bootcamp-built Windows partition, can it also be run virtually in Sierra (or do I have to choose one or the other)?


texts: Can an Apple Track Pad and Magic Mouse be used at the same time?

texts:
I have a New 2011 iMac which came with the magic Mouse, I would like the option of having a trackpad as well for multi-touch gestures and scrolling up and down etc, but would also like the mouse for times when moving windows around and for programmes like Final Cut and Photoshop where for me a mouse is easier to use.

Will they work together well with out interfering? obviously I will not be scrolling with one and moving with the other, I just want to switch between the two as and when I want.

I would only like answers from personally experienced sources.


texts: What is the purpose of ⌘+Fn+← (Command-Function-Left) in Safari?

texts:
I think I've found the most secret and disappointing easter egg on Mac.
⌘Fn← (Command Function Left) in Safari goes to Apple.com; does anyone know why, or when, this was added? Cmd-Fn-Up and down and right don't do anything.

I couldn't find anything on this after about 10 seconds of skim-reading on google search.

BTW I was trying to do ⇧⌘← (Shift Command Left) which selects everything to the left of the cursor.

Also noticed ⌃⌘← (Control Command Left) does some weird right-align thing.


texts:
How do I do the following equivalent of Windows on a Mac?

"path\to\chrome\chrome.exe" --app=http://facebook.com

Link to Windows question.

There used to be a lifehacker guide to do this but unfortunately some of the links in the guide are dead.


texts: csrutil disable: command not found El Capitan

texts:
I was using a SATA HDD running Yosemite on a MBP 2012.
I installed a SSD drive with El Capitan.

I took out the DVD optical drive and replaced it with a drive case for the HDD.
Now when I am running the SSD, I cannot access some of the HDD folders. I would like to access them.

I tried the usual disabling of SIP - csrutil disable and I get the command not found.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Yosemite Install or post-install Boot-up Frozen

texts:
The screen I'm on does not have a time remaining estimate, that was the prior screen.

This one simply shows the Apple logo and a plain status bar with no percentage or time indicator.

Perhaps it's just the boot up screen.

At any rate, it's been stuck exactly at the halfway point for about an hour.

No clue what the proper course of action here is.

It's a 15 in MacBook Pro, mid 2009, Latest version of Snow Leopard with no history of install related or hardware issues at all.


texts: How to Rescue OS X without Visible Startup Disc?

texts:
I need to delete refind but I cannot do it because I bypass it, since I cannot see visible startup disc.
I stopped partition process where I tried to erase Linux partition because of infinite time in the process.
There are no directories /etc/refind.d/ and /boot/efi/EFI/refind in my system. I am now in Recovery Mode where you cannot see the startup disk in Startup Disk.

The problem with refind is that it shows at startup just the Linux partition which is broken. If I click it, the thing goes to grub> where I already did this based on the thread

grub rescue > ls
(hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1) (hd1) (hd1,msdos1)
grub rescue > ls (hd0,msdos1) # try to recognize which partition is this
grub rescue > ls (hd0,msdos2) # let's assume this is the linux partition
grub rescue > set root=(hd0,msdos2)
grub rescue > set prefix=(hd0,msdos2)/boot/grub # or wherever grub is installed
grub rescue > insmod normal # if this produced an error, reset root and prefix to something else ..
grub rescue > normal

where I selected the HSF+ disk for the boot. The problem is that this will not bypass refind.

How can rescue OS X without visible Startup disk and with refind?


texts: What happens if iPhoto is opened and the volume with the library is not available?

texts:
I'm considering purchasing a MacBook Air for my primary "home" computer.  Given that it won't have enough storage for an iPhoto library for all of my photos, I'd like to also purchase an Airport Extreme and put the iPhoto library on a network drive.

What would happen if I set this up, and then opened iPhoto on the Air when the library is not available, such as not being on the home network?  Anything catastrophic?

As a corollary to this question, would a secondary MacBook Pro be able to share the same iPhoto library?


texts: MacOS Disk Utility, can't create a partition bigger then 1,8gb even when I have 90GB available

texts:
I can't create a new partition with disk utility with more then 1,8 gb of storage, I'm guessing this is the problem that is stopping boot camp from running.

I have 90GB available, why have the startup partition fully allocated everything? What can I do about this?


texts: Finding an SSD that's compatible with a late 2007 MacBook?

texts:
I'm planning on upgrading my 120GB HDD to a 128GB SSD but I'm not sure which SSD will be compatible with my MacBook.

My specs: MacBook late 2007 / Santa Rosa 2.2GHz / 4GB RAM

Preferably, I'd like to get the fastest SSD that would be compatible for my MacBook but the SATA versions have been updated three times since this MacBook was released I'm not sure which would be the best.


texts: Dock freezing and right click and expose doesn't work

texts:
I don't know why, but there are some very strange problems with my system. At times, the right click will stop working on both the mouse and trackpad, only ctrl+click will work.

At the same time when pointing the mouse in the corner, it doesn't respond well. If I move the mouse over an icon in the dock, The dock will freeze, with the app icon stay "magnified". If I move the pointer over the dock, that icon stay larger.

I can click on any other icon, that don't move ( enlarge ) as usual and the app can be open.

I figured the only solution is to reinstall Sierra. (But, wait for it...)

I try to come back with Time Machine...nothing.
Disk Utility...nothing.
Bitdefender Virus and Malware scan...nothing.
I've tried to reinstall the MacOS but after two days the problem appears again.

I've tried to not use some applications in the background, but until now I can't understand if some of that cause the problem.

What can I do to determine and understand if there are some app that is causing the problem or if it's just my settings and data reacting badly with the code and system?


texts: OSX: How to backup personal data via CLI script or command

texts:
I need run a backup of the personal data from my MacBook Pro (native HDD) to an external HDD.

I have used this external drive to back up this internal drive previously via Time Machine.

I don't have GUI access due to an internal problem, but I have mounted the file system using the "single user mode" command line interface.


texts:
So I’ve got 40 gigabytes a bunch of stuff on my disk that I’ve been trying to upload to iCloud so I don’t have to worry about it. Most of it is footage from my libraries in Final Cut Pro. Because it was hogging so much space, I changed some preferences in FCPX so that libraries were saved on iCloud. Immediately iCloud responded and started uploading. Then, it mysteriously got stuck. Nothing has uploaded now for around twelve hours, and the progress readout is frozen at this:

All of the folders and files in question have also acquired “waiting to upload” tags. Altering or moving the files results in them briefly appearing to start uploading again, only to revert right back to the way they were before.

Any and all help is appreciated. I’m running High Sierra on a 2014 MacBook Air, and my Internet speed should be able to handle the upload just fine. How can I get these files to upload to the cloud and offload them from my hard drive?


texts: Macbook Pro 15, 2017 | Burned connector and no charge

texts:
Is it possible to replace this two components.
(J4402, J3300) I saw some components on Aliexpress but I don't know anything about a motherboard.
or do I have to replace the whole logic board?

Thanks for the help!


texts:
The kernel_task process is at 567MB of RAM, and my hard disk space keeps disappearing. I just synced an iPhone 4S with iTunes like ~2 days ago, and now every couple hours I get the message that the startup disk is low on space. I've tried using Grand Perspective to no avail, as well as Disk Doctor.

What might be consuming my space or causing these results?


texts: How can I install all brew packages listed in a text file?

texts: Does Homebrew offer anything similar to pip's pip install -r requirements.txt feature? I have a new MacBook Pro arriving today, so one of the first tasks will be to migrate my brew installations. I've already performed a brew list > brew.txt command. Will I be able to use this to install all the packages it lists in one command on the new machine?


texts: Is there any difference in placing MP3 files in the "Music" folder versus some other location?

texts:
For a long time I've kept a collection of MP3 files and other audio formats on a NAS device, organizing selected titles in iTunes but keeping the files off my system. Now, I'd like to copy them to my local system.

Dragging all the files to my "Music" folder is the obvious choice, but it made me wonder, what exactly is the difference between dumping a bunch of files into a sub-folder under "Music" versus just putting them in some random location within my home directory?

Are they indexed differently? Do apps see them differently? Or are loose (i.e. moving them around doesn't break anything) files in "Music" treated like files I have anywhere else?


texts: Macbook Pro doesn't wake up from sleep, RAM slot empty after force restart

texts: My mid-2009 Macbook Pro, running Mountain Lion, very often does not wake up from sleep. When I open the lid, there is a black screen, but the fans are still running. My only option is to force reboot by holding down the power button. When It finishes rebooting, only half of the installed RAM is recognized - System Information shows that Bank 1 is empty when there is actually a stick of RAM installed. I have tried swapping out the RAM, booting from other disks, reinstalling, and searching for evidence in the log files, but the problem persists. The Apple Genius Bar didn't even know what was wrong with my computer. I am at a loss - what could be the problem?


texts: Can any recent iPhone benefit from the AirPods instant pairing?

texts:
The W1 chip makes the AirPods and the new Beats headphones instantly pair with an iPhone. Does this work only with the iPhone 7 or would this work with all recent iPhone models as well?

i.e. Does the W1 need a specific client chip to work its pairing magic or would it work the same way with a recent Bluetooth (4?) chip in an iOS device?

(I know the AirPods also work with regular Bluetooth devices, but I'm particularly interested in the instant pairing feature)


texts: MacOS turn off sync with iPhone for a while

texts: Imagine I want to lend my friend my MacBook for an evening when I'm in the same place playing iPhone synced with the MacBook. I don't want him to check/send messages. Is it possible to turn off that functionality for a while?


texts: Encrypted USB disk not shown in Finder after unlocking

texts:
I have an encrypted USB stick. I put it in the USB slot on my MacBook Air, then I input the passphrase but nothing happens: the USB doesn't show up on Finder and doesn't mount.

I can see the USB stick in Disk Utility and when I run First Aid on it I receive an error.

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Untitled                120.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650 MB     disk0s2
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS HDD                    +120.1 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 5C2DFE14-9CA0-471D-A048-74B0DD09A04C
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *8.1 GB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Rotschild               7.7 GB     disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk2s3
/dev/disk3 (external, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                 Apple_HFSX Rotschild              +7.3 GB     disk3
                                 Logical Volume on disk2s2
                                 CEC0286A-19BD-4390-9A16-E05AED538CA2
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
$ diskutil mount Rotschild
disk3 is a CoreStorage Logical Volume which failed to mount
$ diskutil mount disk3
disk3 is a CoreStorage Logical Volume which failed to mount
$ diskutil mount disk2s2
disk2s2 is a FileVault or Fusion Drive physical volume; use "diskutil coreStorage list" to find its logical volume, which you can then unlock (if necessary) and mount
$ diskutil coreStorage list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (2 found)


texts: Is there still integrated login on the iPhone for Google, Facebook, and Twitter?

texts:
It seems that since iOS 11, integrated login for Facebook and Twitter was removed (which was introduced in iOS 6).

What about for Google?


texts: What are the green columns/lines mean in Activity Monitor - Energy - Battery?

texts: What do these green columns in activity monitor - energy - battery mean? I've included a screen shot of activity monitor - energy if that helps.


texts: numbers STOCKH function for historical stock prices

texts:
The function STOCK("WTR") in numbers 6.2.1 works well, it returns as a value today 51.94US$ and it returns also an overview window.

However, when I use STOCKH("WTR",0,"29 Mar 2020") it returns "The requested historical date is invalid or is in the future".

a) I am assuming the abbreviation "WTR" is correct, as it works with the STOCK function. Is there a list of available options? -- I guess it is powered by yahoo, and there is a "WTR" in yahoo

b) Would "WTR.N" specify the stock exchange in New York City?

c) I've tried various flavours of the date string. However, it either tells me it's an invalid string or the above error message.

(d) for other stocks this works well, e.g., for "APC.F"


texts: How do i connect 4 DVI monitors to my MacBook Pro 15 inch early 2013?

texts:
I have 4 Dell 1708FPT monitors (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0065638JS) which use either DVI or VGA to connect.

I am wondering what adapters I would need to get all 4 monitors powered by my MacBook Pro 15 inch early 2013 laptop running macOS Sierra?


texts: How to prevent iOS from dimming or changing the screen brightness

texts: I have the "Display & Brightness" feature of iOS disabled, and yet the device still dims to a brightness level that is unreadable after about 10secs of inactivity.. How do I turn this off?


texts:
I'd like to see my hotmail calendars using iCal (or if need be, another calendar tool).

I have a new mac running Maverick and I'm blown away by the answers I'm seeing online. I don't want to forward my calendars to another email account like gmail. That's a ridiculous work around. It's 2014!

What are my other options? Is there some kind of plugin for acccount connections? or is there another program I can use to see my calendars instead of iCal? (keep it free people).

Thanks


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OK so, I saw this answer on another thread about how to remap keys:

  Apple's Technical Note TN2450 describes how to remap keys. Running the
  following command will remap Right Alt to be Right Control.

hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":
    [{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x7000000e6,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x7000000e4}]
}'

So I wrote this:

hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":
    [{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000052,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000001A}
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000051,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000016}
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000050,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000004}
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000004F,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000007}]
}'

But when I run it I get this error:

2020-02-17 11:47:40.303 hidutil[2619:57497] NSJSONSerialization Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3840

"Badly formed array around character 127."

UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=Badly formed array around character 127.}

ERROR!!!! Unable to create property object for
'{"UserKeyMapping":
    [{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000052,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000001A}
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000051,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000016}
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000050,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000004}
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000004F,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000007}]
}'

What's the problem?

(I'm a total noob just trying to remap a key for a game (EU:4), I'm not an expert programmer or anything, so please be gentle and explain things in layman's terms for my noob ass to understand! xD)

Thanks, R69NiX


texts: iOS: Tapping Update in App Store just launches the app

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I am trying to update my apps but cannot.

When I tap the update button in the App Store it simply launches the app, not triggering the update download.

I have a 5c running iOS 7.0

Would anyone know how to fix this?


texts: Terminal showing me a different hostname almost every time?

texts:
I am on 10.15.7. Ever since I got this new Macbook (2020 model) I've been noticing something weird:
Almost every day when using Terminal I am seeing a different host name. I am talking about the "pc-8" part here:

My machine is simply called "LBs MacBook Pro" under the "Sharing" settings.
I have been seeing lots of different host names, for example

"android"
"roberts iphone"
"web"

And so on, seemingly random names of network enabled devices.
This happens both at home and in my office. However, at both locations I am using a strongly protected ISP provided wireless router that only I know the password to, since I live and work alone. The router also does not have any kind of network sharing capatibility.
Also, this does not only happen with Terminal but also with other shell applications such as iTerm.
Usually this would not bother me too much but since I keep on seeing these new names I am just wondering how this can happen?


texts: Dual FireWire External HDD and second port performance

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Backstory: There is a drive that comes to mind out there that has two FireWire 800 ports.  My question is related to performance of the second port.  In my case, I would like to hook up an external sound card to my MacBook Pro.  I am already maxing out my USB ports with other devices and I and using Thunderbolt to power another display.  So my only option is to use FireWire, which is the choice anyways.

Question: Will using a dual FireWire 5400 RPM HDD with the additional port (daisy chain) affect the stability, quality or bus speed to the external sound card?


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I have High Sierra installed from a USB bootable drive on a Samsung SSD
(Samsung MZ-76E500B/EU 500 GB 860 EVO Sata III 64L V NAND Solid State Drive) but I need XCode and that needs to be on Mojave 10.14.4+ and because i have a third party SSD the app store blocks me from upgrading.

So I put a Catalina beta on a USB drive but when I load up the iMac holding option and select the drive I just get a cancel symbol.

Not sure what to do to get a more modern OS on this SSD? Anyone had any luck with Mojave or will that be the same?

Thanks in advance


texts: Safari still caching even with "Disable Caches" enabled

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I'm debugging JavaScript on my iPhone and I can't get Safari to stop caching the JavaScript files.  I have "Disable Caches" enabled under the develop menu, and have cleared the cache numerous times but as you can see in this screenshot some script files are still cached:

The only way I've found to fully clear the cache is to wipe all content from Safari though my phones settings.

As well, all requests returned by the server prohibit caching through response headers:

Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: 0


texts:
I had an AU Lab preset saved from before updating to Mojave that used to work on macOS High Sierra.

It seems that the combination doesn't seem to work any more on Mojave. I'm not seeing any response in AU Lab at all.

Ideas?