texts:
When I left my MacBook Pro for a minute, it closed out, which is normal. But, when I returned, it refused to accept my password to my regular administrator account. So I clicked on Guest User to see if I could log in through there. Now I can’t log into Guest and there is no way I can get back to my regular login. It does not want to accept my password.

How might I troublsehoot this further?


texts: How To Remove old login screen of MacOs?

texts: I upgraded my Mac air from Mojave to Big sur, but after the upgrade when I start the computer it will ask me to log in with the old Mojave login screen then it will proceed again to big sur login screen. There are two log in screens now in my laptop and I want to remove the old Mojave login.


texts: Can MS Outlook work with iCloud? Can I iCloud-sync my iPad 2, iPhone 4S and Outlook 2010?

texts:
I haven't been successful getting iCloud to work with Outlook 2010 on my Windows 7 PC. My iPad 2 and iPhone 4S are iCloud synced. Is it hopeless to get all 3 together: iPhone, iPad and Outlook 2010?
I get into iCloud on the PC, start the sync with Contacts and it fails.
Should I just give up on PC/iCloud and just use iCloud for the 4S and iPad?


texts: trust self signed certificates from employer

texts:
I manually set the permissions to each individual from my employer to Always Trust, is there a way to just Always Trust my companies self signed cert?

The biggest problem is email attachments, they come encrypted unless I Always Trust the senders cert


texts: I upgraded to iTunes 11 and am really upset that they took away the standard list format. Does anyone know how to get it back?


texts: iPhone 6 Battery quickly drains and jumps battery percentage

texts:
I have this battery problem with my iphone 6(10.0) for over a month now. At 100% battery, it drains very quickly and most of the time the battery percentage jumps from 60% to 30% etc. And from 20% when the warning shows it then jumps to 1%.

I already tried draining iphone and fully charging it then reset the phone. I want to update the os but I need 10.0 in my work. Does my iphone battery have any chance working again properly?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I select buttons with just the keyboard?

I have been using OS X for only a while now and am finding certain things a bit hard to do. Consider an option box shown below :-

Pressing an enter key would shut down the system, however how do I select the "restart" or the "cancel" options using they keyboard alone? Whats the keyboard shortcut for that? Arrow keys just dont work.
Coming from a Linux/Windows background, this is really confusing.


texts: Which graphics cards are supported by a Late-2009 iMac 27inch?

texts: I have the ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory installed on an i5 iMac 27inch setup. Given that my current card is malfunctioning and that versions of that card are prohibitively expensive, which cards could I theoretically upgrade to?


texts: If I add an SSD to a non-retina MBP 13" will weight drop to 3.5 lbs

texts:
I'm shopping for a new computer for university, and I'm considering the MBP 13". I don't do graphic intensive work, so I do not need the retina display. It's not worth the extra cash. However, because I'm constantly carrying around my computer and turning it on and off, I want an ultrabook: something light and fast to boot. I'm thinking of buying the 13" non-retina MBP, but selecting the 256 mb SSD option instead of the HD option. If I do that, of course, apple will drop the HD and optical drive from the machine. Will that get the weight down to 3.57 lbs? If so, it might be a cost effective way for me to get the machine I'm looking for.

Thanks.


texts:
I forgot to backup my notes before upgrading to a SSD and I'm trying to retrieve them. Instead of re-installing my old harddrive, I managed to find and copy the NoteStore.sqlite file out of it. Now the problem is, how to read this file so I can access my old notes. I tried downloading DB Browser for SQLite and then accessed the ZICCLOUDSYNCINGOBJECT table within that file but could only get snippets of info as well as the note titles, not the full note. It was the only table I found anything relevant in.
Any ideas where else to look or what other software can maybe search this file better? Thank you


texts: Not able to connect to NFS server from my MacBook

texts:
I have an NFS server running remotely on my network, but I am not able to connect to it.

I am using NFS Manager  which shows this information:

but getting the below error:


texts: Mac Book Pro - View movie while keyboard disabled?

texts: I have a toddler that wants to push all the keys while watching a video or movie. Can I disable the keyboard while he is watching it? OR Is there a hard snap on cover that can go over the keyboard and trac pad?


texts: Adding column to multiple identically formatted tables in Numbers

texts:
I have a document in Number that contains many tables with the same format/columns but different content. I'd like to modify the format for all, adding a new, empty column in the same place with the same title, without having to edit each individual table.

An example: I'm tracking reading progress in multiple different books and would like to add a new field to track some additional data.

Is this feasible in Numbers, maybe with some AppleScript, or am I better off trying Excel with VBA?

I'd also be willing to try reorganizing my data in such a way that I don't need to do this, e.g., concatenating the tables vertically would probably work; I'd just like to know if there's a cleaner alternative as the separation into tables has made it simpler to organize the tables themselves.


texts: Reminders on the watch is showing two reminders lists

texts:
I have Apple Watch 3 GPS running watchOS 4.1.

Reminders app on the watch is showing two reminders lists. One is empty and one contains items which I really have across all my Apple devices.

Any ideas? Is it normal?


texts: How do I get Automator actions for Microsoft Powerpoint and Word?

texts:
I'm trying to set up Automator with a folder action to convert any Powerpoint or Word documents I drag into it to PDFs.

I found this question: How do I script Powerpoint to save a directory of PPTX files as PDFs?, but I don't have any Automator actions for Powerpoint or Word.

Here's what I see in Automator.

When I search in actions for "convert", here's what I get.

Mac OS 10.10.5
Powerpoint version 15.15
Word version 15.15


texts: My friends iPhone 4 will not provide notification when I send a message from my iPhone 5.  All other messages from all other contacts will notify him when they text him.  I was researching the issue and found the "just go into the go into the conversation -> details -> and toggle the do not disturb switch."  How does he do that.  We can find no "details" or "do not disturb" toggle.


texts: Mavericks: Second Apple Thunderbolt Monitor Intermittently Ignored

texts: I run a mid 2012 MacBook Pro as my main system. It drives two Apple Thunderbolt Monitors. Prior to my clean install of OSX 10.9 Mavericks, I worked with both monitors connected (as an expanded desktop) without issue. Now it regularly ignores the second monitor after the displays go to sleep.


texts: Can my early 2008 MacBook run Mavericks?

texts: I have an early 2008 MacBook with a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 4 GB of 667 MHz DDR2 RAM running OS X 10.5.8. Can I upgrade to OS X Mavericks? I realize that my early 2008 MacBook isn't on the list, but I have additional memory. Thank you!


texts:
i have a Problem. Here's my story: I bought a new LCD-Monitor: Acer S235HLBbmii.
I had Windows 8 till today. The colors with windows (and this monitor) were very good. All tests on this website are very good:
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

Now i connected my new Apple Mac Mini (2012, quadcore 2.3 GHz) to this display. And what can i say? The colors are very terrible.

I tried Mac OS X color calibration, different modes/settings in the OSD menu and the Windows 7 Color Profile (ICM) from the Acer website.

This test especially is just worst: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/white.php
It shows me the first block (200). I can't see any other. So you can imagine that bright pictures with a lot of white amount looks very shitty.

Switching back to Windows 8 isn't considerable so i need to get this fixed.

Here is a link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pf667jgx2idz4sl/Foto%2005.02.13%2020%2012%2043.jpg

P.S.: I downloaded and installed all updates. Monitor is connected via HDMI 1.4 Cable (good quality) and also i tried the old DVI to HDMI-Cable (which powered the display under windows) with the adapter that was shipped. Not a single improvment.

P.S.S.: Tested video out on my 27 inch Yamakasi, the white saturation is near the same. It's crap. It's oviously a software fault. What can i do to fix this? :-(

You are my last ressort and any help is very appreciated!


texts: Is there any way to stop the auto-reloading tabs in Safari 5.1

texts:
In Safari 5.1 older tabs will auto-reload after being flushed. This has to be the wonkiest, most unproductive "features". I can't imagine this being done for memory usage reasons as I have plenty to spare.

Is there any way to stop this?


texts:
Since Ex is a standard Unix editor (standardized by POSIX), I expect to be shipped with OS X, however it's linked into vim instead as shown below:

$ stat /usr/bin/ex
  File: ‘/usr/bin/ex’ -> ‘vim’

My goal is to test some syntax within Ex it-self (not using extended vim-like ex syntax) in order to check if my command is POSIX-compliant.

Therefore where I can find the original Ex editor on OS X? Or if it was removed or not shipped with, how can I get it back?


texts:
I would like to change the entire title of the terminal window for a particular bash script. I googled out but I couldn't find much more than this suggestion:

printf "\e]0;My Custom Title\a"

After running the line above, my terminal window's title becomes so:

ft1 — My Custom Title — bash — 80×24

But I would like it to become just like this:

My Custom Title

Any ideas?


texts: Problem in opening downloaded application

texts: I downloaded an application from internet but it won't open even after I changed the system preferences. When i am trying to open the downloaded app it is saying that "This application can't be opened". How can I resolve this?


texts: How do I tell an iOS device there's no internet connection on the Wifi?

texts:
I've setup a WiFi network to allow iOS devices (such as my iPad) to connect to other devices on the local network, but I want to be able to use the 3G functionality on my iPad at the same time to connect to the internet. How can I setup the WiFi so that the iOS device doesn't think there's an internet connection through it?

I've tried setting the DHCP Gateway to 0.0.0.0 but this just seems to confuse the iPad - the spinning circle next to the Wifi network never disappears even though it has an IP address from the DHCP server.

Update:
I was able to set the DHCP Gateway to 0 and the Router entry now appears as blank, but the spinning circle still doesn't disappear.

Update:
Setting the DHCP Gateway to 0 or 0.0.0.0 works fine for Windows, Android and Windows Mobile so I'm beginning to think this is an iOS bug. I've posted a question on the Apple iOS Dev forum here.


texts: The trackpad doesn't work when starting Windows 7 bootcamp

texts:
I installed Windows 7 (bootcamp) on my MacBook but it doesn't work. Do I have to install special drivers?

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Dedicate 1 ethernet port on Mac Pro to internal backup volume?

texts: Is this possible? I'm using a Mac Pro as a home (Lion) server, connected via ethernet to a gigabit switch. One internal drive is reserved for network backups from local users via Time Machine. All running Lion. Can I use the 2nd (currently redundant) ethernet port exclusively for backups to the internal drive, and so save the other port for other network traffic / file serving?


texts: How do I properly force osx to reload the Info.plist file of an application?

texts:
On Yosemite 10.10, I was trying to use defaults to modify the Info.plist file of an app, but after such command, osx does not reload modified Info.plist.

I've tried to move the app around and reboot, as mentioned somewhere else as a way to force osx to reload Info.plist, but failed.

So here's the problem, How do I force osx to reload the Info.plist file of an app?

Specifically here is what I want to achieve:

Currently the flash in Firefox runs in low resolution when in fullscreen mode, to fix this I need to make the Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/plugin-container.app HiDPI compatible.

According to this, after this command:

defaults write /Application/Firefox/Contents/MacOS/plugin-container.app/Contents/Info.plist  NSHighResolutionCapable true

I should be able to uncheck the "Open in Low Resolution" checkbox. But no, modifed plugin-container.app still has a greyed-out checkbox in its info panel. Rebooting does not solve the problem.

Here's the weird part: I moved the modified plugin-container.app to somewhere else, then I was able to uncheck that checkbox. But I moved it back and that checkbox became greyed-out again.

An work-around I found is

copy another app to /Application/Firefox/Contents/MacOS/ and renamed it to plugin-container.app (I call this the "fake plugin-container.app"),
then replace fake one with the modified one.

In this way I can have the "Open in Low Resolution" checkbox back and am able to uncheck it, but system doesn't update the app icon after replacing, so now the app icon of the modified plugin-container.app is still the one of the fake plugin-container.app.
A problem is fixed but another is created.

So what is the proper way to have the system reload the Info.plist?


texts: to be able to use 3G for internet while connected to wifi?

texts:
I have a wifi without internet which my iphone connects for a media player only.
Meanwhile I would like to use my 3g connection for e-mail traffic etc.

I have seen the answers to select the static ip  solution ; (I have an iphone 6)

and yes it works if I connect to wifi at first , then change settings at the wifi connection to static ip and other things etc  , but I have to do it everytime I connect to this network,

is it possible to have a kind of setting to do this once as a set instead of doing it every connection. if not it seems I will buy a used iphone 4 / simple android tablet to do this for me.
Thanks and kind regards


texts: How do I rate songs on the 5th gen iPod nano?

texts: How do I rate songs on the 5th generation iPod nano?  Is it possible?  Do they get copied back to iTunes?


texts: How to get the content of a Resource Fork?

texts:
I want to get the stored resource fork. In PHP, I'm trying to:

system('DeRez' . $_icon . ' | perl -ne \'m|/\* (.*) \*/| && print $1; END {print "\n"}\', $content);

which in Terminal really returns the content of the icon. However, creating an image from it using imagecreatefromstring returns an error.

So, there's a command-line voodoo that outputs the raw data of the resource fork (in my case, the folder icon)?


texts: How to change the boot order of APFS volumes?

texts:
I recently set up a new APFS volume to support dual boot for the macOS Catalina beta alongside my Mojave install. Unfortunately, this new "beta OS" volume seems to have set itself up as the default boot volume.

How can I change the order of volumes so that the more stable OS takes priority?


texts: How to change app store user for pre-installed apps on a Mac?

texts: We have two Macs in the family, one registered to me, the other to the wife. Whenever I tend to updating both machines, I have to call in the wife, to let her enter her AppStore password for the iLife apps (Numbers, Pages, etc). However, I have those apps as well, but the Mac AppStore does not let me use my account for this machine. Is there an easy way to change this, so that I can update the apps with my account?


texts: How can I buy an app from the App Store and download it to my wife's iPad?


texts: How can I get notified when a new jailbreak or unlock is released?

texts:
I got borred about all the spam created by less or more famous iOS hackers. They simply create too much hype for nothing: tweets, rss feeds, facebook pages, all of the full of nonsense messages.

I do not want to spend my time reading fake news about new hacks and I'm looking for a way of subscribing only to real "news".

For a while I considered the Jailbreak Matrix to be a page I could monitor but it looks that it not updated in time and the page became too crowded by ads.

What information source do you recommend?


texts: How to report competing app which has bypassed In-App-Purchase and started using third party payment processor

texts:
I have an App that sells subscriptions to access video content (similar to Netflix). When I tried to launch with a third party payment processing tool, Apple blocked my app until I've integrated In App Purchase and completely removed the third party payment processor.
A competing app offering the same exact service, however, has launched with In App Purchase. On a later update, the competitor removed the In App Purchase option and replaced it with a third party payment processor.
The competing app, according to App Store rules, is in violation of removing In App Purchase despite selling a purely digital service.
How can I report the competing app to Apple so that they would level the playing field? The competing app to have a 30% price/cost advantage as they don't have to pay the Apple Tax.
Any answers truly appreciated <3


texts:
I have a Mac mini with a Core 2 Duo processor (2.4 Ghz). I plan to upgrade the RAM in my Mac mini. Currently, it has 2GB right now, 1GB per slot (2 slots total). I would like to buy a new 4GB for a single slot.

This means I would have 4GB in one slot and 1GB in the other slot. I have heard that 32-bit OSes don't support more than 4GB of RAM. Is it the same case here?

To find out the architecture of my Mac OS, I used this command:

uname -p

It shows i386, it means Mac OS X is running 32-bit operating system. Will there be any problem while upgrading RAM?

Summarizing My Question

What is the maximum RAM supported in this Mac mini? (Mac mini 4,1 - new version of Mac mini) Will OS architecture be a constraint while upgrading RAM? Is this constraint applicable to my current case? How?


texts:
Look please at the pictures below. The old charger is genuine when I bought a ME865 (sealed box).
Today I bought MF841 (2nd) along with a new one. Is this a fake?

AC Charger Information:

  Connected:    Yes
  ID:   0x0921
  Wattage (W):  60
  Family:   0x0085
  Serial Number:    0x0105181c
  Charging: No


texts: Apple MDM settings won't go through because WiFi is always offline

texts:
I can manage settings, apps and updates from Apple's MDM but changes won't get applied because WiFi is always off if I don't manually start using the iPads.

iPads are in charging cart whole night and all updates are in pending state. In the morning people start using iPads and WiFi goes automatically on. Updates and changes start rolling. Users have to wait.

How to configure iPads to turn WiFi periodically on so updates can happen at night time?


texts: Make Solid-state scrolling trackpad behave like Multi-Touch trackpad

texts:
I am using an early 2009 MacBook.

Is there any way or any APP that can make Solid-state scrolling trackpad on my MacBook behave like Multi-Touch trackpad

Solid-state scrolling trackpad supports two-finger scrolling, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities, while Multi-Touch trackpad supports inertial scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three-finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities.

Can gestures from Multi-Touch trackpad, be available to Solid-state scrolling trackpad?


texts: Manually delete unused languages from macOS

texts:
Yes, I know there are apps like Monolingual, Mackeeper, iCleanLanguage etc. that can do that for me but I would feel more comfortable doing it myself if it is not too much of a hassle. How can I do that?

Also if there are other files I can manually delete to free up space - please let me know.


texts: Monitor not detected at startup, only if I unplug and reconnect it

texts:
This question has been asked in many flavors but couldn't find mine. The external monitor for my MBP (2019 Catalina) is a Philips PHL 276C8. I use its USB-C connector to charge my MBP as well.
The issue I have is the display does not get detected at startup; the computer is charging but no display is seen. If I unplug the cable from the MBP and reconnect it, everything works - both charging and monitor.
I am curious if there is some known workaround for this and grateful for any pointer.


texts:
I have two Macs sitting on my desk: a MacBook Pro (work computer) and an iMac (personal). I sync my iPad 2 with the iMac where all of my media and other stuff lives. Since the advent of iOS 5 and OTA syncing, however, the iPad has taken to syncing with both Macs, choosing (seemingly) randomly between the two when powered on and plugged in within WiFi range. The trouble is, when it syncs with the MBP, it generates dozens of "error while syncing" dialogs (which take awhile to individually dismiss) on the iPad because (I'm assuming) none of my content, apps, etc. are on that machine.

Is there a way I can stop the MacBook Pro from syncing with the iPad?

Thanks!


texts: Time Machine preferences - time estimate wrong, progress bar doesn't show any progress

texts:
When I start a backup (or when it is automatically started) I get some estimation about volume (394,2 MB of 2,58 GB) and backup time (e.g., "5 Minutes"). But even after hours this estimation does not change and the progress bar does not proceed.

Any idea? Is there any way to check what really is going on between OS X and my Time Capsule?


texts: Why can't I open FaceTime on my 4g iPod?

texts: I don't know how to get my FaceTime to work. It says "turn on FaceTime" when I open the app, then I click on it and it says "FaceTime Activation: An error occurred during activation. Try again." How do I get it to work?


texts: How do I subscribe to podcast in iTunes remotely?

texts:
I have an iPhone 3Gs that is synchronized with my home PC (Windows Vista).

But I spend most of the day at work (unsurprisingly), I don't have iTunes on my work PC and I never connect my iPhone to it.

Often, while at work, I see a link to a podcast that I want to listen to later - but I can't subscribe to it on the spot (because I'm not near my iTunes PC)

What I want is to subscribe to the podcast on my work PC, over the web (without installing iTunes) and have the podcast waiting for me in iTunes on my home PC.

Is that possible? I can't find anything like this in iTunes and can't find any 3rd party application or service that can do this.


texts:
I made my screen resolution much smaller, so now most apps look 4x larger than I'm used to.

iTunes and Finder for example are much larger than they need to be.

Can I make everything about these apps smaller?

The text, the window sizes, the icon sizes etc.

Macbook Pro w/ Retina display, mid-2015 15".

I used RDM to make my screen to 720p. Previously had been 1080p HiDPI


texts: Installing git on OSX 10.8 without Xcode

texts:
I'd like to setup my dev environment on my girlfriend's iMac, but she's not cool with me wasting 3GB of space, which is what Xcode takes up. She also doesn't want to/can't upgrade past 10.8 because then Photoshop won't work, or some nonsense.

How can I get git on OSX 10.8 without Xcode. I somehow doubt that it's impossible to run a few megabytes of git without 3GB of Xcode.


texts: How to mass-deploy a root certificate in a corporate environment

texts: Our Windows administrator deploys a root CA certificate to all the machines through Group Policies, which works very well in a corporate setting. Is there something similar to this we can use for our Apple devices? Currently we are manually installing the root certificate on every Mac machine when there is an update or we purchase a new machine.


texts: Numbers V3: If cell contains a value, convert cell value to X

texts: I have a spreadsheet which contains a mixture of text strings and empty cells. I'm looking for a formula to replace the value of all non-empty cells with a single character 'x', while leaving empty cells blank.


texts:
I have an old MacBook running Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Specs are 2.4 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM. I bought it for my gf (now wife) around 2008 and we have not used it in the last couple of years.

The OS and the software as a whole are rather outdated and I am most concerned about safety issues. So I would like to upgrade it and use it for some specific tasks.

Problem is: the link from the App Store to upgrade to El Capitan fails because I cannot upgrade but it doesn't tell me the reason. Space on disk is plenty (just above 36 GB).

What can I do? It would be a shame to be unable to use it. Is there some other upgrade path? Is there some other solution to make this box as usable (safely!) as possible?


texts: Can I move app purchases from one Apple ID to another?

texts: Can I move apps purchased with one Apple ID to another Apple ID? I am looking at purchasing a used iOS device and I want to be able to keep all the apps that are on the device (with permission of the original owner of course). How can I do this?


texts: "Add printer" (from network) fails silently (Catalina 10.15.7 (19H2))

texts:
When going through the usual steps, my network printer shows up via Bonjour Sharing, but when I double click it and it shows a progress bar, it completes but the list is still empty.
It's an HP office jet 3830. What's strange is when I add the device's "Fax" driver, it works fine. Just the printer doesn't work.
What could be wrong?
(it looks like the same issue as this which no one responded to: Install remote printer fails)


texts: Are there any iPad accessories that vibrate, for silent alarms?

texts: Are there any iPad accessories that vibrate, to permit the same kind of silent notification iPhones can?


texts: Late 2013 Macbook Pro OS X 10.9.3 Maverick

texts:
In sound preferences the only input device available is "internal mic". I have Audacity as well as Garage Band and I.Movie loaded. Mini jack works fine  as o/p but will not "see" any line level feeds (standard stereo jacks used). Also tried usb - no joy there.
Is there any inexpensive software around which will "wake up" the line - level input?


texts: How can I preserve BCC information from iOS Mail?

texts:
I just discovered that iOS Mail does not preserve BCC information when you're sending a mail, which is obviously atrocious…

How can I get it do that?


texts: Late 2009 Macbook, El Capitan, how to rotate display? (it's not on settings)

texts:
I have a MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) with El Capitan 10.11.6, The displays setting panel doesn't show a control to rotate it (as does my mac mini with Sierra)
Is there an alternative way or 3rd party software that could do this?


texts:
Hi all I was looking for a solution to prolong my battery life potential.

Is there a replacement battery for iPhone that is more powerful than the one in-built when we bought it?

Or is there an "external battery" that I can plug into my phone to increase the battery life potential?


texts:
These are the official directions for testing with sandbox accounts:

Set up test user accounts within Users and Roles in iTunes Connect
Clear any account information stored on your test device. In settings, go to the Store settings. Click the Sign Out button. (Note that iOS 11 does not have a section named "Store" in the settings. I go into iTunes & App Store and sign out from there)
Connect the test device to your Mac.
In Xcode, set your test device as your scheme's destination
Open your app, and perform your in-app purchase product testing
Use your test account credentials to test the purchase.

I have tried following these instructions, but I'm not able to complete step 6. When I launch the app after signing my Apple ID out of the App Store, it asks me to enter the password for my Apple ID. It does not give me the option of entering a different account. I don't see any way to use a sandbox account.

Are Apple's instructions out of date? Should I be doing something differently?

Followup note:

It turned out that for whatever reason, trying to use sandbox accounts on my iPod Touch is a lost cause. However, I am able to use sandbox accounts on my iPad Air 2. But another team member is not able to use sandbox accounts on any of his devices, experiencing the same issue I outlined.


texts: Is there an easier keyboard shortcut for taking a screenshot on OSX 10.5?

texts:
I'm running OSX 10.5 and was wondering if there is an easier way to make screenshots which save to clipboard?

I know I can use:

CMD+CTRL+SHIFT+4

However this is hard on the fingers.


texts: Message font garbled in Apple Mail in Sierra 10.12.5

texts:
One of our Macs is having issues displaying message text in Mail. At startup, the messages appear normally for a short while, then suddenly "flip" to display all the text as boxes containing question marks. I was able to watch it happen, then retrieved the following line from the system log stamped at the same time:

Jun  2 14:04:22 dyn-144-92-105-238 com.apple.PerformanceAnalysis.animationperfd[252]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_MACHPORT] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked

Does this mean anythng to anyone? For what it's worth, it seems to mostly  affect email coming from PCs, rarely Macs.

Should also add that I discovered and was able to remove a corrupted, non-essential system font from the machine in question, but that didn't help.


texts: How to see progress of download started in the terminal

texts:
When downloading software via the terminal is there a way to see the download progress?

I kicked off a download via the terminal and I can't tell if it's progressing or stuck.


texts: How to find which ports depends on a given one when using macports?

texts: I want to find which ports depends on a given installed port (texlive in my case). I found port deps texlive, but this is working in the "wrong" direction. How can I do it?


texts: Rsync with Linux server: special character problem

texts:
I have a problem with using rsync for backuping files on my remote linux machine to my Mac. The first time all is well, but apparently there is a problem with special characters between the mac and linux machine, since every time I run the rsync operation after that, the files with special characters are first deleted and then re-synced. It seems as if there is a problem with different character sets.

The preferred solution seems to be to use the --iconv option:

  You can use rsync's --iconv option to convert between UTF-8 NFC & NFD,
  at least if you're on a Mac. There is a special utf-8-mac character
  set that stands for UTF-8 NFD. So to copy files from your Mac to your
  NAS, you'd need to run something like:

  rsync -a --iconv=utf-8-mac,utf-8 localdir/ mynas:remotedir/

  This will convert all the local filenames from UTF-8 NFD to UTF-8 NFC on the
  remote server. The files' contents won't be affected.

That sounds all and well, but my mac does not seem to recognise that option, since I get:

>     MyMachine:~ Macuser$ /usr/bin/rsync -av --delete --iconv=utf-8,utf-8-mac user@linuxmachine:/home/linuxuser/Test/ /Users/Macuser/Test/
>     rsync: --iconv=utf-8,utf-8-mac: unknown option
>     rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-42/rsync/main.c(1333) [client=2.6.9]

Any suggestions on what to do?

EDIT: the rsync version on my mac is 2.6.9.

Macuser$ rsync --version
rsync  version 2.6.9  protocol version 29

If that version does not support the --iconv option, how do I update in a safe manner?

EDIT: I finally figured out that apart from updating rsync, I also had to switch the order in which I specified the character sets, so I added an answer below.


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I've got a Macbook Pro 2020 13 inch (10th gen CPU) and I can't get it to shut down so it won't consume any energy. Methods I used are:
(1) Hold down power off button (top right) for a long period of time -> MBP seems to shut down (keyboard/back lights off), but I can tell it's still active (10% battery loss after a couple of days; trackpad is still responsive (tactile feedback))
(2) I've done (1) in safe mode, same result
(3) I've done this via the Apple -> Shut down menu item (same result)
(4) I've closed the lid and opening it does not turn on the computer, but clicking any button or the trackpad does.
I'd like to either shut down the MBP completely, or even better close the lid and turn it to (real) hibernate (suspend to disk/no wake ups in between until I need it).
I'm at a loss here, if anyone has a MBP can you please try to completely power it off and provide feedback?


texts: sym linking iTunes Media -> Music to external thumb drive

texts:
I'm out of space on my Macbook Air and thinking about ways of removing things. One idea is to put all my music (~100GB) on a big thumb drive (y, and back it up). I pretty much always have my keychain so this is only a slight inconvencience. I would symlink that directory to a folder on the thumb drive. Has anyone done this? I know some people won't like the idea due to thumb drive irreliability but I have had good luck.

thx


texts: How can I tell if my MacBook's iSight has a hardware problem?

texts:
I've got a 2006 13" MacBook (Core Duo; the first ones they produced with an Intel chipset), and the built-in webcam doesn't seem to work anymore.

Here's what my System Profiler shows in the USB tab:

Which makes me believe there's a hardware problem, or a more fundamental problem with my OS (Snow Leopard 10.6.6).  Before I try reinstalling the OS, are there any ways I can test the functionality of the hardware? I'm willing to open up the computer if needed.

Note: I've already tried resetting the PMU, along with the other steps on Apple's "How to Troubleshoot iSight" page.


texts: Twitter notifications not working on macOS Sierra

texts: I am having trouble receiving Twitter notifications on my Mac. I have the account turned on in settings (with notifications turned on) and have checked that access is given to OS X integration in Twitter settings in the browser. Do not disturb is also not turned on. I have tried removing the account and signing in again a few times, notifications work on iOS devices just not the Mac.


texts: Twomon USB doesn't seem to work on high Sierra

texts:
it just doesn't connect it works fine on El Capitan but not on high sierra so I think it could be a security problem?

if its a software problem and it's just that twomon didn't update the software or something ill just have to get duet display or something that works on high sierra right?

computer: mac pro 5.1 High Sierra (Twomon USB app ver : 2.0.84)
iPad : ios 10 ipad 4 (Twomon USB app ver : V1.2.3)


texts: How to migrate from 13 inch MBP to 15 inch with 13 inch's SSD?

texts:
I am in this unusual scenario. I have a Mid 2010 13in MacBook Pro and I am trying to make my family's 15inch Mid 2012 MacBook Pro my new personal laptop. However this 15 inch model has a crappy hard disk drive which is beyond slow and makes the laptop unusable for me. How would I migrate to this 15 inch laptop and use the SSD from the 13 inch one?

What is the most efficient way of going about this?

Right now, I cannot think of any other solution but to  use Migration Assistant to transfer data from SSD to the HDD in the 15 inch and then taking out the SSD in the 13 inch MBP and cloning it with the HDD that just got all the data from the 13 inch. I am hoping there is a better way than this.


texts: Receiving emails in my iCloud account that are addressed to another user name that is not mine

texts: Over the last year, I have been receiving emails from a username that is my wife's name but has no association with my iCloud email account.  I went into my iCould account to see if we had accidentally set up an account and associated it with our icloud account but there is no such account.  Also, when I try to log in to icloud using this supposed email it says it does not exist.  Furthermore, the icloud email in question arrives in my existing/regularly used inbox.  Somehow, it appears it is spam.  Somehow, it ends up in my inbox but under a different username.  I am baffled.  The emails that come are confirming subscriptions to Monat or to Dolly Parton Stampede.  It looks like possible "phishing" or something.  Any ideas on how to stop receiving these emails?  Thank you!


texts: I use VoIP programs, and I use Caps Lock for Push-To-Talk (PTT) on those. The problem I experience is that when I push Caps Lock, I toggle the Push-To-Talk, which means that if I release Caps Lock, PTT is still on, and I have to push the button again to stop PTT. While on Windows this works fine, I have to hold down Caps Lock to talk. Any idea how I can make it so that I need to hold down Caps Lock on OSX as well?


texts: I erased the partition where Windows 10 was previously installed. How can I merge it with my OS X partition?

texts:
So I started up Disk Utility and erased my BOOTCAMP partition and set the format to OS X Extended (Journaled).

This is how my partitions look like now:

As you can see, I have a BOOTCAMP partition (129 GB), my mac partition (362 GB) and I have 8 GB of unused space. How can I merge all of this with my mac partition? I heard that I should be able to click "-" when BOOTCAMP is selected and then expand my mac partition to use the unused space, but as you can see, I can not click the "-" button. My mac partition is "Journaled, Encrypted" by the way.

diskutil list output:

diskutil cs list output:


texts: Windows 10 Professional, Macbook Air , cirrus logic on Bootcamp

texts:
I have Windows 10 Professional installed on my Macbook Air.
I am using bootcamp version 6.0

I have serious issue with my audio device:

Scenario 1:

When my headphones are plugged in and i play a move via VLC player. if i pause the movie go away, then comeback after awhile and try to resume (play) the movie, i hear no sound and i see a red 'X' on my audio task bar icon.

Scenario 2:

My macbook air laptop is plugged to a Dell monitor (external view). my headphones are plugged in. they work and after a while they stop working and i see the audio device has switched to my dell monitor.

Something I've noticed:

If i click the audio taskbar icon to get the volume slide, if its color is orange then i will get the issues described above, if its color is blue then this issue doesn't occur. I wonder if there is connection

This is very annoying and it would be so much appreciated if someone has encountered this issue and knows how to help me


texts: How to update macOS when the system thinks the update is already installed

texts:
I've been using a 2010 iMac with OS 10.9 for a few years. Now I need to update the OS to 10.13 (the latest one this system supports).

Here's the catch: months ago I attempted to install 10.13 on an SD card plugged into the system. The install failed, possibly because it ran out of space on the card.
But now when I go to the App Store and try to download 10.13, it tells me the version is already installed. It's not! It still boots 10.9 from the internal drive.

Removing the SD card and rebooting had no effect. I tried reinstalling the OS in Recovery mode and it said it was unable. So now I'm in the process  reverting to 10.9 from Time Machine.

I presume there is some sort of config file lurking somewhere, left over from my failed install to the SD card, that tells the system I have 10.13 installed.

I've searched for instructions on making a bootable High Sierra installer on a USB stick but what I've found seems obsolete and doesn't work.

I seem to be stuck between a rock & a hard place. Any ideas? (I read recently that installing Catalina on an external drive would corrupt your main drive; am I looking at something similar here?)


texts: Macbook A1342 2010 - OS Installation Issue

texts:
I purchased a Macbook A1342 2010 (white one) from eBay and it arrived with software and a password on it. This was not in the seller's description. I instinctively (have had many macs before) used Disc Utility to wipe the disk and reinstall OS. All was going well until when I went to sign in before installation began it said: "This item is temporarily unavailable". I went on the internet in search of answers and someone suggested to use Online Recovery (which I did) and it reverted back to OSx Lion. The exact same error happened with Lion as it did with El Capitan right before it begins installing - "This item is temporarily unavailable". The Apple ID that I used has been used with Macs before but no older than El Capitan. I tried two Apple IDs which have both been used on Macs and both were refused. The seller is saying it is my fault despite him being the one that sold a locked product without stating so and eBay have ruled in his favour. How can I go about fixing this mess?

Thanks.


texts: How to add Screen Recording permission to Google Chrome in Catalina?

texts:
Please note: this question is very similar to this one and others, but none of them involve giving Google Chrome access to the Screen Recording permission! The link above is for giving Slack permission, but that is not what I'm trying to do, and as you'll see by my screenshot below, Catalina is behaving especially strange in the case of Chrome. Please do not DV/CV as a dupe!

Mac OS Catalina 10.15.3 here. In Chrome I am joining a Google Meet video conference and cannot present my screen because Chrome doesn't have screen recording permission. The generally accepted solution is to go to System Preferences >> Security >> Privacy and allow Chrome to have Screen Recording permissions as indicated by the following screenshot:

However when I go to System Preferences >> Security >> Privacy, all I see is:

Which indicates only my Slack app has screen recording privileges. I need to add Google Chrome to this list, but I can't figure out how to do that! I do not see where I can search for apps to add to the Screen Recording permissions list. Any ideas?

If I try to present my screen from inside an existing Google Meet meeting, I get a warning that I need to give my camera permission, and I am given a link to go into System Preferences and change permissions. However when I click the link, again, only Slack is available as an option.


texts: The video app on iPhone does not remember last watched position

texts:
Is there any way to make the video on iPhone remember the last watched position of a movie?

If I stop watching at like 59:03, I expect the app to open the movie at 59:03 the next time I open the movie in the app. Apple TV does it, or really asks if you want to pick up where you left, or start from the beginning.


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I have windows sony vaio laptop which is connected to Internet through wifi. I want to share connection from laptop to iPhone. I see some articles on sharing Internet from laptop to device WHEN laptop is connected to LAN, but here my laptop is connected ti WIFI.

Please guide me on this. Links to articles will be fine.

Thank you.


texts: I have followed this link https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/316512/408833 in order to download Windows, and I have reached the part where I need to edit the AutoUnattend file, however I can't seem to find it on my USB. I've tried redownloading the support software and the iso file but still nothing (also tried the terminal command, says the file doesn't exist). Any help?


texts: Is it better for iOS to sync Gmail contacts using Exchange ActiveSync or the CardDAV protocol?

texts:
To date I've been using Google Sync as an Exchange account to synchronize contacts between Gmail and my iPhone.  However, Google very recently announced support for syncing Gmail contacts using CardDAV, and that now seems to be the suggested method according to Google's help page.

Both seem to work.  Are there any discernible reasons to prefer one over the other?  What are the known advantages or disadvantages of using Exchange versus CardDAV for this purpose?  Going beyond the basics, do they vary in their ability to promptly push updates from other devices, resolve conflicts, handle unusual fields, preserve battery life, etc.?

(There have been a few earlier questions about iOS/Gmail contact synchronization.  However, these all predate Gmail's CardDAV support, and therefore do not address the question I'm posing here.)


texts:
so after a few hours of Google searching and too many headaches with a broken GPT, I've turned here.

I have a 2012 MacBook Pro (9,2) that I want to dualboot OS X 10.9 and Ubuntu 14.04 on. I've read through all the guides, whether they say to use a Hybrid MBR or create several unnecessary partitions or just use rEFIt/rEFInd, and I'm not sure the majority of the steps involved are necessary. From what I understand, Ubuntu/GRUB2 has supported EFI booting for a long time, and the OS X EFI by default allows for booting from any EFI-enabled partition it finds (as can be seen by burning any Linux live USB with the correct bootx64.efi file). My question is, why is it that every guide available says to use things like rEFInd or an unnecessary partitioning scheme? It seems like all I'd need to do is leave some space for Ubuntu, install it with its own efi boot partition (a normal thing regardless of the computer one is installing it on) and just load it like any other OS.

Feel free to call me out on being a moron, or to confirm my theory. Thanks!


texts: OS X stopped auto mounting external drivers

texts:
My MacBook stopped auto-mounting external hard drives this week.  I have to mount them in Disk Utility, which works fine.

This has happened with three different drives (which all had Time Machine volumes). Flash drives still auto-mount, as did an SSD.

I think this may or may not have coincided with installing Parallels Desktop, but I haven't been running it, even in the background.

This is a 2016 USB-C MacBook Pro running 10.14.4.


texts: Why won’t ssh-add -K save my passphrase in the keychain?

texts:
I have not been able to save my ssh passphrase to the keychain since upgrading to MacOS Sierra. I understand how to use the ssh-add -K flag and the UseKeychain configuration option, and my coworkers use them without any problems. My .ssh/config contains this:

Host *
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    UseKeychain yes

However, I cannot seem to save the passphrase to keychain, even if I explicitly use ssh-add -K! The agent always asks for a passphrase when it’s empty, and ssh-add -A does not add any keys. How can I troubleshoot this?


texts: iPadOS 14.3 Safari: in many pages appears book description instead of the actual page

texts: When I navigate to many book sites, the site start loading, but when the page loads, another page with a book description appears and I can't exit it! How can I fix that? On my iPhone this doesn't happen!


texts: How do you create a bootable drive on an external disk?

texts: I have a MacPro that i want to keep on Mountain Lion, but I'd like to be able to startup off of the latest MacOS.  Is there a way to create a bootable drive that uses High Sierra?


texts: How can I get certain types of files dropped in certain folders based on file type?

texts:
I was wondering if it is possible to have the following:

In my Downloads folder, I have 2 subfolders : IMAGES and VIDEOS. Is it possible to automatically move every image downloaded to the Downloads folder to the IMAGES folder, and if VIDEO files are downloaded in the Downloads folder, it should go into the VIDEOS subfolder?

I thought I could do it with Smart Folders but it does not seems to be working.


texts: OSX Mavericks not downloading from Mac App Store (Lion)

texts:
I have OSX Lion 10.7.5 and am trying to download the new OSX Mavericks.
There is free upgrade option in the Mac App store, which I click and it starts downloading on the launchpad.
But when first when I went to the Purchases section of the App store, the button against the OSX Mavericks said Download.
When I click on it, nothing happened.
In the launchpad it just keeps saying Downloading without much progress.

Any idea as to what could be the issue?


texts: Change the modifier keys on the right side without changing the left ones

texts:
I have a new keyboard connected to my macbook (high sierra) that I'm currently adjusting, and I would prefer if the first key to the right of the spacebar was an option key and the next a right ctrl key. I know that the modifier keys can be changed in System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier keys, but that does not let you change the left and right sides independently: the two keys closest to the spacebar stay the same kind no matter which kind you choose, and I want the first key to the left of the spacebar to remain a command key.

I have used Ukelele before to modify the layout of the rest of the keyboard, but as far as I know,  you can't change the modifier keys with it.

Is there any way to make this custimization? It can't be a limitation to the hardware, right..?


texts: How can I achieve page-up and page-down in OS X?

texts:
I am using MacOSX Snow Leopard.

How do I achieve page-up and page-down?


texts:
Apple Touch Icon is a icon used in Safari 8 favourite new page on OS X,or web clip in Home screen on iOS.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/ConfiguringWebApplications/ConfiguringWebApplications.html
there is two way to set it,one is using rel="shortcut icon",another is using rel="apple-touch-icon" like http://apple.stackexchange.com do.So I can find icon URL http://cdn.sstatic.net/apple/img/apple-touch-icon.png?v=2a2c3caaec7f
However apple.com doesn't use those two method.How can I find apple.com's apple touch icon URL?


texts: FunctionFlip doesn't work. Alternative/fix?

texts:
I am on OS X 10.9.5 and recently (can't remember if this happened during 10.9.4 or not)

FunctionFlip has started to work very inconsistently for me.

Basically I use this to enable the F1-F10 keys for use in terminal (and some of them I set to do stuff like next/prev. tab e.g. in web browser) and I used FunctionFlip to generally enable the volume control keys so that they work globally.

But lately it's just not been "kicking in" so it's hit and miss every time i try to change the volume.


texts: Running Compiled AppleScript from DMG Doesn't Work

texts:
As a follow up for my previous question (Set the Working Folder of .app Created by Apple Script) I have the following problem.

I have an AppleScript which is Poor man's Installer:

tell me to activate

set appPath to POSIX path of (path to me as text)

set folderName to "'MyFolderName'"

set copyFolder to "cp -r " & appPath & folderName & "'/.' '/Library/Application Support/'" & folderName & "'/' & "

set exitScript to "exit 0;"

display dialog "Run Installer?" buttons {"Run", "Cancel"} default button 1

if the button returned of the result is "Run" then
    do shell script copyFolder & exitScript with administrator privileges

    display dialog "Finished Successfully!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1

end if

So the script above is compiled into Installer.app.
Inside it I put the folder MyFolderName which contains all the sources.

I create a a DMG with the title (Also the Path) My Project.
I run Install.app from the installer and it doesn't work.
I run the Installer.app from Desktop (Or any other place on HD) and it works.

I also changed the DMG title to have no spaces MyProject and it works.

So something in the parsing of appPath into the Script doesn't work if it contains spaces.

Any idea?


texts:
As you can see here, my iCloud storage doesn't add up. This also shows the same on my iPhone.
 As you can see, Backups still takes up 3.86 GB of space, even though I deleted it (because i had no space left to backup, deleting the current backup usually allows me to do a new full backup). What can I do to restore my iCloud space?


texts: Can I cmd-F and click a highlighted link in Safari (or something similar) without a mouse?

texts:
I'm trying to make my Mac as mouseless and possible. My three last big hurdles:

Moving the current window to a different space in Spaces. (I'm still on OS 10.6, until 10.8 comes out.)
A more efficient way to move through toolbars and menu bar than Tab.

And

When using Safari, being able to Cmd-F ("find") linked text and then click it. (Or some better way to move through in-page links I've not thought of.)


texts: How to use AppleScript to create a new Rich Text Format file from clipboard text?

texts:
I have an Automator Service that takes the current text on the clipboard and writes it to a new .txt file. This is executed simply with the following piece of AppleScript code:

do shell script "pbpaste > /path/to/your/clipboard-file.txt"

This code is from the following Stack Overflow answer:

AppleScript to paste text from clipboard into a file

However, this code converts the clipboard contents to plain text, removing all of the text's formatting.

Is it possible to use AppleScript to write the clipboard contents to an .rtf or .rtfd file, while preserving the original formatting of the clipboard contents? By original formatting, I am referring to stylistic data such as typographical emphasis (bold, italics, underline), font size, and text color.

On a whim, I tried the following command:

do shell script "pbpaste > /path/to/your/clipboard-file.rtf"

But this command resulted in an .rtf file that my computer was unable to read or open.


texts: How to disable Address Book Server in Mac OS X?

texts:
I have a huge error.log file in /private/var/log/carddavd folder. I found out that the Address Book Server creates logs in this folder.

Can anyone suggest me a way to disable the Address Book Server so I don't have to worry about these log files in the future?

Edit - the issue is only with OSX Servers.


texts: New SIM card does not support data traffic in old iPhone

texts:
I have just received a new SIM card I want to use in an iPhone 4S. The phone reports decent 3G connectivity and can make phone calls, but it does not connect to data services. Data services work when using older SIM cards from the same carrier. Also, the new SIM card works when installed in newer phones (testet on an iPhone SE and an iPhone X).

So, out of six possible phone and SIM combinations, the only one not working is the oldest phone with the newest SIM card. All SIM cards are from the same carrier, and the Mobile Data Network settings are as recommended by the carrier, and identical across the phones, except that the oldest phone is a 3G phone, while the newer models support 4G/LTE.

Can the new SIM card be incompatible with older phones? If not, what can the issue be? The carrier support has been unhelpful so far.


texts: Screenshot of selected area with shadow?

texts:
Is it even possible?
I understand it's possible for a window, when you press space after Cmd-Shift-4.
I want shadow on my selected area screenshot, so it doesn't blend with the rest of the page/email/text/etc?

This page seems to be on the topic but still doesn't have an answer I'm looking for.
http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X


texts:
On Windows you can hit the keys Windows+L to lock your computer if you step away.

I don't want to have to remember if sleep currently asks for a password, if there is a time out where my screen isn't locked during a short period. Even with Lion supporting resume of many apps, I don't want to log out.

I do want to be sure data is secure when stepping out for lunch or a smoke break.


texts: In Lion, the "Open File" dialog doesn't refresh until 30 to 60 seconds after the window appears

texts:
I'm running Lion (10.7.3).  In any application, when I bring up the "Open File" dialog, it shows an outdated list of files — files I deleted hours ago still show up; files I recently created don't show up.

If I leave the dialog open for 30 to 60 seconds, it will eventually refresh and the current folder contents will be shown.  But this really slows me down.

Any ideas about how I can speed up the refresh time so I can get back to work?

Going to a different folder and then back to the first folder doesn't help — the list of files is still outdated.

Closing the dialog and then reopening it doesn't help — the list of files is still outdated.


texts: How do I not accidentally eject external drives?

texts:
I have a Mac Mini with a few external drives connected that I use as a home server. Normally the Eject buttons next to the drive icon are really handy as they let me eject an external drive very easily (compared to Windows for instance).

However on a Mac server, this comes as a detriment. I have some pretty mission critical stuff on external drives and there's a lot of scripts etc. I have set up that are dependent on those drives being there. Being able to so easily accidentally eject those drives makes me rather uneasy.

So far I've just chosen to not show them in the Finder sidebar, that way at least they're a bit harder to eject. However that isn't very ideal because: (1) I need to go to my Mac in the sidebar to access the drives rather than have the drives accessible directly and (2) the eject buttons still show in open/save dialogue boxes for those drives.

Ideally, I'd like a way for them to behave the way internal drives do: no option to easily eject from the finder, but still possible to unmount through disk utility.


texts: How to see the current playback speed in VLC?

texts: On Windows, VLC's playback speed can be discovered on status bar, but the Mac version doesn't have a status bar. Where should I go to see the current playback speed?


texts: Unrepairable error in disk structure in Onyx

texts:
I've run Onyx 3.1.7 and received the following disk structure error:

Error: -69845: File system verify or repair failed
Underlying error: 8: POSIX reports: Exec format error

The disk needs to be repaired.

I've rebooted system in recovery mode and attempted to run the First Aid with use of the Disk Utility, however, after rebooting and running Onyx again I've arrived at the same error. The System is running on el-capitan with 500GB flash storage.


texts: How to turn on modal window auto-appearing when program needs your attention

texts:
Can I make modal windows appear frontmost? I want to see alerts and modals from applications in the background.

I am new in the Mac world. I have a small utility for the Mac that shows a modal window after some time. Basically, it prints some very useful information for me.

I am expecting that this modal window will appear while I am working on different things (surfing on internet, reading emails), but instead of seeing the modal window the application annoyingly bounces it's icon in Dock; obvioulsy which means that my software needs my attention.

The same thing happens with iTunes, communicators, Safari, etc.


texts: How to fix/clean burnt MagSafe 2 connection

texts:
I got some sand in my MagSafe 2 port and as a result the pins got messed up - they look “burnt,” I guess because the electrical flow got messed up. As a result it is hard to get a proper connection, I have to jiggle it around a lot, and even when it does work it gets extremely hot now.

The burn is on both sides of the connection (the cable and the computer) so I can’t fix this by just getting a new cable.

I have tried cleaning it with 70% rubbing alcohol on Q-tips as I saw recommended on another site, but it didn’t do anything at all.

Can you recommend anything else I can try? I need this computer for work so I don’t want to send it to the repair depot to fix. Also I don’t want to do anything that would make it worse, especially since I’m still under warranty.

This is a mid-2015 MacBook Pro and MagSafe 2 port. Pics:


texts: Increase transfer speed from iPhone X to Macbook Pro

texts: I've shot several videos in 4k 60 fps from the iPhone X and when I wanted to transfer them to my Macbook Pro using the lightning to USB-A cable, it took multiple hours where the videos were approximately 60 GBs. My Macbook Pro is a mid 2015 model with USB 3 ports. How can I increase the transfer speed?


texts: Photos are suddenly duplicated between iPhoto and Aperture; any methods to de-dupe?

texts:
I have a library for iPhoto and a separate library for Aperture.

A random sampling of hundreds of events (ex: "Jun 22, 2014") which consists of thousands of photos are suddenly appearing in Aperture. I thought they may be coming from both my iPhoto and Aperture libraries at the same time, but they're actually duplicates from iPhoto in the Aperture library.

The event folders aren't complete; they may only have a fraction of the photos that iPhoto has in the same event.

None of the iCloud options in my preferences are enabled, as I thought they may be coming in from some iCloud sync action, but that's (probably) not the case.

Are there any remedies anyone can suggest to de-dupe this? It's pretty frustrating since my libraries are very large (90gb for iPhoto, 130gb for Aperture).


texts: How do I sync tags between two Macs using Google Drive?

texts:
I have two Macs, and I use Google Drive to sync my data. I created tags in Finder on one Mac for some of the files and directories in Drive, and they don't appear on the other one.

Is this possible? Or are tags restricted to the system they live on and not synced along with the files they apply to?

In case it matters, I don't use iCloud sync, and I'm not willing to turn it on.


texts: Print wirelessly from USB printer connected through router

texts:
I have Canon Pixma MP198 (USB only) printer that is connected to my d'link router with usb cable.

Can I print documents wirelessly from my iPad 2? Without the need to turn on my PC if I want to print?

Any apps for this?

Note:printer isnt airprint capable

Thanks


texts: Apple computers model name identification and getting detailed specs?

texts:
I'm about to buy a MacBook Pro Customized Model, its model name and number is MD831/LLA.
When I google it, I couldnt find anything from a trusted apple source.
Specifications of the model is as follows;

MacBook Pro 15" Retina, 16 GB Ram, 768 GB SSD, 2.7 Ghz i7

I'm buying it from a local shop which imported the computer from US and itself is not a official Apple distributor or something.

What I'm afraid of is; that what if model turns out to be an older version or something. Because price of the device is considerably low and almost identical to Apple Store.
When I configure a machine as proposed above; price on store.apple.com is ; 3749 $
Local shop sells the same configured computer for 3800 $.

So how can I get detailed information by model name and number proposed by the seller: MD831/LLA


texts: How can I get Wikipedia embedded audio and video to play back in Safari?

texts:
What is required to get the embedded Ogg Vorbis/Theora media on Wikipedia to play back natively in Safari, assuming a clean, up-to-date OS X install?

The Wikipedia page for Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 can be used as an example. In Chrome, this page renders the following infobox:

In Safari, this same excerpt renders as following:


texts: Using the same playlist between two devices

texts: If I create some playlists on my iPod, is there a way I can import the same playlist on my iPhone? So that if there are the same songs on the iPhone it would play them.


texts: Can I use a Thunderbolt 2 device with my 2011-era MacBook Pro?

texts:
I'm asking for a friend who has a 2011-era MacBook Pro. She needs extra USB ports, and it looks like what she needs is a Thunderbolt device. The 2011 MacBook Pro has Thunderbolt 1, of course.

If she buys a Thunderbolt 2 device, will it work with her 2011-era MacBook Pro? She's going to upgrade her laptop at some point, and it would be nice for her to have the Thunderbolt 2 device so that it works at a higher speed out of the box once her laptop is newer.


texts: What's the maximum wattage that can be used to charge AirPods - both via Lightning and wirelessly?

texts: Unlike iOS devices, I haven't been able to easily find the answer to this. Is there any official documentation from Apple or any test results that outline the maximum wattage that AirPods will accept whilst charging - both via Lightning and when charging the case wirelessly?


texts: Is it possible to create a playlist on a iPhone with iOS 9 of all the favorite songs (by marking favorite with the heart icon)


texts:
Apple hardware requirements state that AirPlay is not supported on my 2010 Macbook pro.

However, I can use AirPlay to stream music/movies from iTunes to my Apple TV (4th gen), as well as YouTube videos on Safari.

So why can't I get a menu bar app? AirPlay clearly is supported.


texts:
Running Mojave 10.14.6. I'd like to alter my output volume upon shutdown, so that it when it starts it's always at the same volume (20%). This would make the "DAHHH!" sound more pleasant, but it's also so that app sounds present in a consistent and predictable way.

I couldn't understand how to run a script upon regular shutdown trigger (complicated) but I made an AppleScript to change volume and then shutdown, i.e. to replace the regular shutdown trigger:

set volume output volume 20
tell application "Finder" to shut down

I saved that as an app and it seemed to work great until I realised it was reopening upon login every time, thus shutting the machine down again! I booted in safe mode to clear the open apps and breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to achieve my goal? I don't really want to disable the "dahhh!" because it's useful for troubleshooting. I'd like the regular app sounds to start at a consistent volume by default. I literally just want to "reset" the volume to 20% every time I turn off.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.


texts: How do I disable Safari's Show All Tabs gesture?

texts: Safari's Show All Tabs view is pretty useless, it only shows one tab at a time and is fairly easy to trigger with an accidental pinch gesture. How do I turn it off (as least for the pinch gesture)?


texts: Is there a way to share iPad's (second generation) Internet with MacBook? (tethering)

texts: I have searched endlessly on the Internet to find a solution, but haven't found a single useful thing. So I'll ask you guys. Is there any way to share iPad 2's 3G Internet with my MacBook ? If possible without jailbreak? If it is impossible, does anyone know ways around it to make it possible?


texts: How do I unlock my iTunes account when my old e-mail is unavailable?

texts:
When I originally set up my iTunes account, I used an email address from my prior employer.  I later moved my account to a personal rather than corporate email address and I have since changed jobs.  The original email address associated with my Apple account is no longer valid.  In the meantime, my computer on which my original iTunes account died.   Fortunately, I had my iTunes music backed up and when I purchased a new computer, I uploaded my songs.  I recently tried to play an Album and an error message came up that said that this computer was not authorized to play the songs and that I would need to access my account to authorize the new computer.  When I clicked through the authorization screen, my original email address came up and asked for my password.  I tried several of my “usual” passwords, but none of them worked.  I clicked on the “forgot my password” link and Apple gave me the option of answering a few security questions or having my password sent to my email address.  Recognizing that I could not access the dead email account, I asked to answer the security questions.  The first one that came up was to enter my birthdate.  I did so and Apple said that my answer was incorrect.  I next tried the street I grew up on and that did not work either.   I soon figured out that none of the questions matched my personal information so I am wondering if these questions were ever associated with my original iTunes account. Apple then locked my account for incorrectly answering the questions.

When I called Apple to see if we could do something to unlock the account and tie it to my new account (which would have the same name, address, and other personal information), I was informed that Apple cannot unlock the account and that I had to have access to the old email account to access the account and authorize this new computer to play the music.  After going up three levels of Apple customer service, I was told that there was absolutely nothing they could do for me.  So, I have purchased hundreds of songs that I cannot play now.

Is there a work around to this problem?  The songs are stored on my computer – I just can’t play them.


texts: Is it possible to share files between iCloud Music Libraries?

texts:
Previously, my wife and I shared a single iTunes store account and had iTunes match. If I added music to my library from outside iTunes, she could see it in her library and download it to her phone.

Now we have switched to Family Sharing, an Apple Music family plan, and iCloud Music Library (since our collection(s) are far larger than could fit on our phones). She signs into Apple Music with her Apple ID, I sign in with mine, and everything is great. Our customizations in Apple Music don't affect one another.  We still use the shared iTunes account on our Apple TV for kind of joint music access.

From time to time, though, either she or I acquires music from outside the iTunes store, for example directly from an artist or at bandcamp.com or what have you. Does anybody know an easy way for us to share new music additions with one another or the original joint account? The only way I have found so far is for me to AirDrop or Dropbox a folder of music files from my Mac to hers… but that requires tracking what we've downloaded, what we've shared, and for us to be in "let's do computer busywork together" mode at the same time. Even worse, since neither of us is signed into that original iTunes account, to update that library I have to sign out of iTunes on my Mac, sign in with the joint account, and add the music, then switch back, and then I have to go through the whole process of iTunes tagging my music for iCloud Music Library and waiting a long time to sync the library.


texts: Why do downloads (storedownloadd) from the Mac App Store consume so much CPU?

texts:
I have noticed this often with large downloads such as Xcode updates and OS X updates and that sort of thing.

Basically we see this for however much time it takes for the download to proceed:

Today (currently) I am downloading Xcode 7.2.1.

You can see storedownloadd appears to be pegging an entire core, and about 30% of this work is handled by the kernel.

What I'm puzzled about is what is this "work"? Why does it need to do this work? What amount of processing could it possibly be doing, because decrypting a stream at a few megabytes per second does not require this much resources. I could be downloading a large file like this using hundreds of connections over the internet and running integrity checks on it (with a protocol like bittorrent) and it wouldn't approach anywhere close to what's happening here with resource use.


texts: Stop Ctrl+v doing page down in mail and safari apps (Mojave)

texts:
I have same problem as Using CTRL +V in Mail app on Mac Os X but in Mojave and for more apps.

I have Ctrl+v setup as paste in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts. This works fine in many apps but in the mail and safari apps it does a page down. If I hit Ctrl+v at the bottom of the text window then it works as a paste, meaning I can paste stuff into a text box but only at the bottom. How can I stop it doing this page down?

The solutions in the other questions involved mapping the command key to the Ctrl key using a feature that I can't see in Mojave. In any case this is not acceptable as I want to be able to use the command key in other situations.


texts: Lost space on hard disk after partitioning

texts:
I have a iMac 27" Late 2013 with 3TB Fusion Drive running macOS High Sierra 10.13.3.

I want to install Windows 10 through Bootcamp but it always hangs on partitioning the hard disk after I choosing the partition size for Windows in Boot Camp.

I tried to partition the hard disk using Disk Utility in macOS and it hangs as well. Now I have lost 1TB of space on my hard disk. I have chosen MS-Dos (FAT) as the file system during partitioning.

Below are some observations:

diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            3.0 TB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.1 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            121.0 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk1s3

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk3
   1:               Windows_NTFS                         3.0 TB     disk3s1

/dev/disk5 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +2.0 TB     disk5
                                 Logical Volume on disk1s2, disk0s2
                                 05DBAD36-6E3F-4C5F-8C2E-CBE7F366ED4C
                                 Unencrypted Fusion Drive

/dev/disk6 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        +81.8 MB    disk6
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk6s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Disk Drill 3.5.882 b... 81.8 MB    disk6s2

diskutil cs list:

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group D4D89768-822B-407C-976F-A5EC4ED51129
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         3120071938048 B (3.1 TB)
    Free Space:   1111285788672 B (1.1 TB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume A0A26722-1606-4C76-95F8-3211452A640F
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume DD4D82EB-A204-4AB1-AB56-934AE83112D8
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     1887797399552 B (1.9 TB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 7C4901F1-96BA-44B2-B72D-083906D4962A
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         None
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 05DBAD36-6E3F-4C5F-8C2E-CBE7F366ED4C
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk5
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          2002599280640 B (2.0 TB)
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
            LVG Type:              Fusion, Sparse

How do I reclaim the lost 1 TB of disk space.


texts:
JavaScript for Automation was released some years ago, but I am having a hard time finding information about its current support status in macOS.  It is not encouraging that the JavaScript for Automation Release Notes page starts with the statement

Important: This document is no longer being updated. For the latest
information about Apple SDKs, visit the documentation website.

but if you click the link and search for "JXA" in the Apple Developer Documentation, you get 0 results.
Is JXA still supported by Apple? Does it have a future in macOS?


texts: MP4 movie does play in QuickTime but not in iTunes

texts:
I have one MP4 movie that plays just fine in QuickTime (I've run it from beginning to end without problem).

However, when I imported it into iTunes, it can load but cannot play. Clicking on the play/pause button does not work. Nevertheless, I can advance the progress bar to any point in the movie, but the screen just shows a still image of that point.

This is really strange since as far as I know, iTunes plays movies with QT.

So, what is the possible cause of this problem and how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

My environmental specs: OS X 10.8.4, iTunes 11.0.4 (4), QuickTime Player 10.2 (603.17).


texts: What does "SE" stand for in font name "Chalkboard SE"

texts: I'm looking at two fonts that come with macOS: Chalkboard and Chalkboard SE.  What does the "SE" stand for?


texts: Email "from" is not using Default account

texts: My email replies default to my Gmail account even though the "from" line and the "default account" in the Settings are my main (preferred) account address. How do I fix this?


texts: Removing linked file after updating to macOS Catalina

texts:
I updated to Catalina recently. When the update was done, I had a directory of recovered files on my hard drive. The only file recovered was a soft link to X11 (see below). I tried rm X11 and unlink X11 (with and without elevated privileges). Both times I receive "X11: Operation not permitted". This is annoying since this is now in my trash directory. Every time I empty the trash, I have to interact with a dialog telling me that macOS "needs" X11. It clearly doesn't since it's a symbolic link.

How can I remove the link?

Kyles-MacBook-Pro:.Trash kyle$ tree
.
└── Security
    └── usr
        └── X11 -> /opt/X11

3 directories, 0 files
Kyles-MacBook-Pro:.Trash kyle$ ls -l Security/usr/X11
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  8 Dec 28  2017 Security/usr/X11 -> /opt/X11


texts: Apple Configurator 2 and Automator "File not found at specified location"

texts:
I am looking for help using Automator to enroll a device into an mdm with Apple Configurator 2, My OS is 11.1 Big Sur, whenever I get to the point where the device is getting prepared, I get an error message saying the certificate is not being found in the specified location.

But I am getting that .crt file from my desktop, using the other option, how is Automator not finding the file?
When I use the call " Get Specified Finder Items" that Automator action finds that fill just fine. Does anyone here have any experience using Automator and Apple Configurator together?
I tried everything I found at https://configautomation.com/ but I am suspicious that the latest versions Mac OS no longer support Apple Configurator Automator actions but I have found no proof one way or another throughout all the various forums for Automator content


texts: SSH Public key access - my password is being stored somewhere?

texts:
I've just created a Public/Private key to access my server via SSH, this has all worked fine but I added a passphrase to the key when it was created.

The first time I logged in via terminal and Cyberduck I was prompted for the passphrase but now I am not.

I chose for my password not to be stored and I can't see anything relating to it in my Keychain Access program.

It must be being stored somewhere, so how to I make sure I am prompted for the passphrase each time?


texts: Making Safari’s View Controller always go back in history when swiping back

texts:
I spend more time in Safari View Controller (SVC, the in-app browser of apps) than Safari itself, mostly through Reeder.

Often I navigate away from the original page, starting to build a history. To go back in said history, I need to click the < in the bottom left. However, muscle memory often compels me to swipe back instead, which takes me out of SVC and to the app again, making me lose all my navigated history.

Yet sometimes it does take me back in history. I figure it must be something in the way I swipe, but so far I haven’t been able to figure out how to reliably swipe to go back in history.

Ideally for me, swipe back would always go back in history, returning to the app only when you were at the firs page; or via pressing Done.

Is there really a difference in swipes? Or better yet, a setting to change to accomplish what I want?


texts: iOS Download .doc file from URL (in Safari)

texts:
One of our software suppliers normally make .doc 's downloadable via the browser (desktops). Now I'm trying to download the .doc file in Safari on iOS 9 but it just prints the document. How can I save it to my iPad and open it in the official Word app from microsoft?

Thanks in advance,


texts:
I'm trying to search within a list of items (specifically, a list of files from a folder) for certain files. However, I don't know the names of these files; all I know is that they all begin with the same word (for example, "Work 1", "Work 2" and "Work 3"). I tried this script:

tell application "Finder"

    set filelist to name of every item in folder (path to desktop)

    set endlist to {}

    repeat with i from 1 to count filelist
    if {filelist's item i}'s name begins with "Work" then set endlist's end to filelist's item i

    end repeat
end tell

which at first glance would seem about right, but whenevr I run it I get error number -1728 from name. (error "Can’t get name of {\"file1\"}." number -1728 from name of {"file1.txt"}) (this "File1" happens to be the first item in the "filelist" list)

I know that applescript can recognize if an item in the list starts with "work", since this:

 if ((some item whose name begins with "Work") exists) then...

works fine, so I'm not sure what to do next...

P.S. just in case, I've tried many iterations of the "If" statemente in the script, including

  if name of {filelist's item i} begins with "Work" then...

and none have worked...


texts: How well does VirtualBox perform when compared to VMWare Fusion for Linux guests?

texts: I'm looking to do some Linux development, which includes some live testing of my application. I need pretty decent performance, but maybe not pedal to the metal performance, at least not for testing. However, I don't want a VM that is going to drag me down, or use more of my Mac's resources than needed. How well does VirtualBox perform on Snow Leopard?


texts: Daisy Chain 2 Dell monitors to MacBook Air (mid 2011)

texts:
I have a mid-2011 MacBook Air and 2 Dell monitors. A 30 inch (U3014) and a 27 inch (U2711).

I connect a mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable from the Air to the 30 inch monitor, and a DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable from the 30 inch to the 27 inch.

The 30 inch powers up as it should, but the 27 inch shows an error message saying that the refresh rate is wrong:

The current input timing is not supported by the monitor.
Please change your input timing to 2560x1440@60hz or any other monitor
listed timing as per the monitor specifications.

When I check the display settings in OS X, the 27 inch monitor doesn't even show up.

Is this a problem with the Air not being able to power up two displays that large?

Or is there anything I can tweak?

Someone told me the DisplayPort in the Air has a max supported resolution - I may have exceeded that.


texts: Why does Mail.app keep sent attachments open?

texts:
Sending a pdf as an attachement leaves open the original file according to
lsof | grep my.pdf
How can i prevent this rather unpleasant behavior ?

OSX 10.6.8 - Mail Version 4.6 (1085)

UPDATE:
I filed a bug at apple and the guys at apple actually responded saying this is a know bug (duplicate of #4023875) which is still open.


texts: MacBook Pro Cycles Count with no AC plugged in

texts: I'm having a issue with my battery and cycles. Today I started the day with 101 cycles and 100% battery, then I disconnected the MacBook from the wall brick. After two hours I noticed that the battery was at 40% and cycle count incremented to 102. Is this normal? I always was thinking that plugging in to power brick and start charging battery will rise the battery cycle's count.


texts: Cannot Connect to local HTTP Servers - Synology

texts:
I have a network including multiple machines - PCs, Android, iOS, Mac devices and a Synology. My mac is running Catalina 10.15.4.

Everything connects to the Synology fine except the Mac over http or https.

I have connected Finder to the Synology shared drives using afp://<servername>.local.

All my other devices connect to any Synology hosted web sites fine using this address:

https://<servername>:port

Using this on the Mac just times out. However if I add the local suffix, or I use the IP address, it works:

https://<servername>.local:port
https://<ipaddress>:port

It pops up the self-signed cert warning (for the Synology cert) and then proceeds to the web site hosted on the Synology, such as GitLab or DSM Control Panel.

But seeing that I have all manner of scripts and repositories of code I can't just have one machine throwing such a curve ball into my configuration. It seems many people have had issues with Catalina networking from reading this thread on the Synology forums. The problems and solutions described there are primarily about Finder connections, which work fine for me.

From all my reading online it seems the solution everyone quotes is to add search domains.

So I added local as a search domain to my Wi-Fi adapters Preferences -> Network -> Wi-Fi -> Advanced -> DNS tab. Rebooted (several times now) and I still cannot get the Mac to browse to the sites. I've also tried .local.

Nothing seems to work.

I've also checked and confirmed that my mac is using the same DNS server as my PC and all that checks out fine too.

I've no active proxies. Also there is a *.local listed in the proxy bypass settings but that seems a reasonable setting. I've tried removing it and rebooting anyway but that didn't help.

nslookup servername

Server: 194.168.4.100
Address:194.168.4.100#53

Non-Authoritative answer:
Name: <servername>
Address: 92.242.132.24

dig servername

This seems to return a sensible response as it gets an answer from the server.

What other settings or configuration might help?


texts: iPhone 6s not displaying names on text messages

texts: I have a brand new iPhone 6s which suddenly stopped displaying names on text messages after I downloaded iOS 9.3. Any new ideas?


texts: Is there an equivalent  to copernic pro desktop search engine available for mac? I mean something serious not spotlight or found! Something that is able to search terabytes of data and index millions of keywords and search inside pdfs and all sorts of data. I have searched and so far haven't found anything as good as copernic pro for mac.


texts: Why is launchd saying "service already loaded" but "launchctl list" doesn't show the service?

texts:
I created the configuration files in  ~/Library/LaunchAgents

When I attempted to load the plist, I got the message that the service was already loaded.

launchctl load ~/LaunchAgents/hosts_Blocksites_AM.plist
/Users/bryan/LaunchAgents/hosts_Blocksites_AM.plist: service already loaded

When I attempted to find the Launchd agent nothing was returned.

$ sudo launchctl list | grep hosts_Blocksites_AM.plist

EDIT: fixed typo where I had:
    launchctl load ~/LaunchAgents/hosts_unBlocksites_AM.plist


texts: Verbose Mode is dropped on macOS Sierra?

texts:
Hi guys,

Anyone know if Apple removed Verbose Mode in macOS Sierra or not? When It seems Verbose Mode couldn't be accessed any more.

One more thing, it also doesn't work with booting into Single-user Mode, Safe Mode or Verbose Mode via command line.

Any reply would be appreciated. Thanks.

Best Regards,
Vincent


texts: What do numbers in red circles mean on launcher icons?

texts:
What do these numbers mean on Mac?

I am on an iMac running Catalina.


texts: Forget to free up space...fail to upgrade to mojave

texts:
I tried to upgrade my os to Mojave yesterday. Its all fine until I realized the installation process is fail. I assume its because of the lack of space in my hard drive.

Now I am stuck. Unable to log into my mac cause the mac is unable to access my osx hard drive partition. When boot, it will go to no entry logo. I'm able to enter recovery mode, trying to reinstall Mojave but fail. I also trying to mount the osx partition but unable to mount it. Trying to send command via terminal but terminal unable to access the partition.

What should I do...


texts: How can I tame VirtualBox's CPU usage when running Silverlight-based web site in IE under Windows?

texts:
I have a client who uses another vendor for their point of sale system. I need to periodically download reports from this system and currently the only way to do so is with Internet Explorer and it uses Silverlight. So I run Windows under VirtualBox, and this works, but after a few minutes, Windows slows to a crawl. It will take literally a full minute for a click or keypress to register.

When I look at the CPU usage, VirtualBox is using more than 200% of the CPU (2.9 GHz Quad-Core i7). Closing the IE window (and waiting a minute for the clicking of the close button to register) returns things to normal.

Is there anything I can do about this?


texts: osx trackpad gesture to switch between chrome tabs

texts: Is there a trackpad gesture to switch between Chrome browser tabs? I understand there may be one for Safari.


texts: I can't open Network without my MacBook Pro crashing

texts:
I'm aware of the spontaneous reboot glitch as it happened many times before I found Apple's specifics on how to stop it, but starting earlier today, when I try to open System Preferences my MacBook Pro as per this fantastic tip I received this morning - which runs OSX - immediately crashes and restarts.

Is there something I'm doing that's overloading my computer?  That's precisely what I was trying to subvert.

EDIT: Specifically the com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice consistently crashes if I try to open Network Preferences.


texts: Unable to play a complete track in iPod nano

texts:
I have around 140 tracks in iPod nano and recently synched a new track on it.

The problem is that the track is not playing completely . It skips the track after first few seconds.

The song is not corrupt as i tried playing in the system and it plays completely without any glitch or error. What could be the problem for the iPod skipping the track after few seconds.

How can i avoid problems like this in the future.


texts: Prevent Mavericks from generating new volume name for external drive

texts:
I have an external HDD, formatted exFAT, I believe. Whenever it is re-mounted, it gets assigned a new volume name (e.g., "MyVolume", "MyVolume 1", "MyVolume 2"...). As far as I can tell, this happens whether it is properly ejected, or if it is still mounted when the system is powered down.

Aside from going in to /Volumes/ and deleting all the existing "MyVolume*" files before attempting to mount the drive, is there a way to prevent this from happening?


texts: How to re-enable missing Disclosure arrows?

texts:
OS: Sierra (10.12.6)
I view my folders as List in Finder, but in a recent attempt to refresh my app icon file, I somehow messed up my View settings. From what I've gathered online, I had to set "Arrange by" to "None" (Cmd+Option+0) and "Sort By" to "List" (Cmd+2) if I wanted to return to my previous settings.
However, the usual Disclosure arrow found beside one particular folder is now missing and its sub-folders and files are permanently open and displayed instead of collapsed. How do I return the said Disclosure arrow? I'd like to have the ability to control when to expand/collapse it back if possible. This folder was open, by the way, when I was refreshing Finder, if that has any bearing. Thanks in advance


texts:
I have never connected my MacBook to external monitors. I know I can use the HDMI port, but I was wondering about the Thunderbolt 1.0 port (I have 2 ports).

I am using a Mid 2012 15" retina MacBook Pro. Here are the monitors I am considering buying (2 units):

https://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-27MU88-W-27-Inch-LED-lit/dp/B01LG5RY74/

I know I can't run these at full 4k with my laptop.

What do I need to use these monitors until I am able to upgrade the MacBook? These monitors don't have Thunderbolt 1.0 ports.


texts:
I've read that sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder;sudo killall mDNSResponderHelper;sudo dscacheutil -flushcache should flush the DNS cache on OSX (macOS Mojave).

However, this command kills processes without restarting them, and is both hard to remember and cumbersome. Also, AFAIK dscacheutil applies only to the directory service.

Doesn't OSX provide a command like Windows' ipconfig /flushdns to flush the system's DNS cache?


texts: I need to get my pictures from the iPad to my PC

texts:
I got my iPad in february, and got it syncing with my PC. That transfered all my music and pictures onto my iPad (Nice). But then my hard drive on my PC said goodbye and didn't want to work any more.

So all of my pictures are gone, I just got a baby girl and we had taken pictures of her in the hospital and everything (And YES, I didn't make a back up of my pictures with all the latest pictures).

In my iPad, the pictures are located in albums, but when I connect my iPad to the PC, it will only transfer 4 pictures (those located in the file: archived pictures). I have over 3000 pictures on my iPad, and now this is the only place I have the latest pics.

Is there anything I can do? Or is this as a lost case?


texts: How to copy a zip with symbolic link in OS X?

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I am trying to create a zip file with a symbolic link.
I have a subfolder in my mainfolder with some.bundle. I create symbolic link for this some.bundle which is placed in another subfolder of mainfolder.
I then zip it using Terminal.

My problem is when I open the zip via Terminal and then try to copy the bundle to some other folder using the symbolic link. It doesn't works.

It gives an error something like this..

cp:/path to my subfolder with bundle symbolic link/some.bundle No such file or directory


texts: Not receiving verification code while trying to sign into iCloud and Apple Store

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Decided to reset the Macbook. Got MacOS 10.8.5 installed. Trying to update to Mojave (10.14.6) from the link here - https://support.apple.com/HT211683, as upgrading directly to latest not supported for this version.
Apple Store pops open and clicking Get asks for logging into Apple Store through iCloud account, which was skipped during upgrade time. Signing in gave this error:
"Apple ID Verification Code Required: type your password followed by the verification code shown on your other devices."
There was no code received and there was no other device. What are some options at this point?


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Is there a way to easily switch display color profiles, instead of going to System Preferences > Displays > Color > Display Profile?

It doesn't seem to be AppleScript-able. There used to be a menu-bar utility called ProfileMenu, but it no longer works in macOS Sierra, and is no longer supported.

You can get the selected profile using AppleScript, but it's read-only, so you can't set it:

tell application "Image Events"
  get display profile of display 1
end tell


texts: MacBook Pro 13" 2011 not booting -- question mark folder

texts: My MacBook Pro is not booting. It only shows me a question mark folder. If I try to manually boot, it doesn't give me any options than to go into recovery. And if I go into recovery and then disk utility, it looks like the drive isn't even connected. Has anyone experienced this before? Could it be that the hdd cable is faulty and should be changed? I doubt this is a software problem.


texts: Is there a specific way to capture a part of your screen with QuickTime Player?

texts: When I open up QuickTime Player to record, where do I find the option to record a part of the screen? I have checked the little down arrow, nothing. I've been trying to find a way but no luck.


texts: FaceTime & iMessage auth troubleshooting

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I have created a separate user for my GF on my mac (macos Catalina 10.15.4) but I cannot log into  FaceTime and iMessage. FaceTime shows "this account has no reachable addresses" error, but account is connected to appleid and works on her iphone. iMessage just shows incorrect login or password. I tried re-login with my credits and it works fine. My GF has such troubles with FT and IMsg on her phone about year ago, but after updating on 12 ios this problem disappeared.

It seems like something wrong with her AppleID, her Icloud profile can't load her avatar on MacOS and sometimes there are troubles with updating info, it doesn't save data.


texts: Disabled “Music with explicit content” checkbox

texts: The “Music with explicit content” option in my Apple Music settings is disabled. I live in the US and should have no restrictions. What gives?