texts: Mac fails to boot up after crash, showing white lines, disk checks out OK

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I'm running an old Mac Pro (early 2009) with Lion 10.7, 650GB hard drive near full. This morning the computer became unresponsive besides the mouse and showed columns of light gray lines across the screen. I rebooted and since then the Mac will show a kernel panic on the gray screen after the spinning for several seconds.

Troubleshooting:

Safe Boot fails, it hangs at 20% progress bar
I reset the PRAM a couple times, no change
Recovery mode (option key) shows my drive and the recovery drive, but the recovery drive doesn't boot up either. The spinner will eventually freeze with both regular boot and Safe Boot
Pulled power cable for SMC reset, no change
Target Disk mode seems to work (Firewire icon shows) but I can't connect with it via Ethernet and I don't have the cable to connect it with any of my other Macs
Verbose mode output is shown in image below, it hangs at this point
Single User mode seems to work OK. fsck reports my main HD is OK and I was able to enable diskutil and verify it there too. While I was in I deleted about 10GB of data (rm -rf) hoping it just needs more disk space to boot, but I see no change.

I'm to the point where I suspect a graphics hardware issue, needing to do something so the HD can reclaim the emptied space, or Firefox left some corrupted tmp file or something. That's the one app I had running at the time.


texts: MBP w/ Retina won't connect to any Bluetooth devices

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In the last few days I've started to have recurring issues connecting to my Bluetooth devices. It hadn't happened since I've had the computer (several months) and then suddenly all of my Bluetooth devices (keyboard, trackpad, iPhone) would disconnect and not only can the computer not connect, but Bluetooth preferences won't even display any BT devices.

The first time the issue was resolved with a reboot+cleared PRAM, the second time that didn't work, but I was able to unload/reload the Bluetooth controller to resolve. It happened again today and now I haven't been able to resolve the issue. Any ideas?

OS: 10.10.2
Hardware: MBPw/Retina (2014), iPhone 5S, Apple Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad


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I have the following lines in my .vimrc for Ubuntu. They insert the current date as a string, and insert my signature at the bottom of the currently open file, respectively:

:map <F2> "=strftime("%B %d, %Y")<CR>Pli<Return><Esc>"
:map <F3> :e ~/.sign.txt<CR>ggV/^$<CR>k"*xG$a<C-R><C-O>*<Esc>:w<CR>:bd<CR>G$a<C-M><Esc>"*P

They're not working on my Macbook, though. The F2 command results in inserting "Q\n", and the F3 command results in inserting "R\n". How can I update these mappings to work on my Mac?


texts: How to get list of played pdocasts in Itunes so that I select which to delete?

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In iTunes, I want to be able to pull up a list of played podcasts from time to time and select some for deletion.

I don't want to auto-delete podcasts marked as played as a) I share the library with my wife and don't want podcasts to disappear if only one of us has listened to them and b) I want to be able to keep some favourites.

I can get the list of played podcasts by setting up a smart playlist of media kind=podcast, but I can't delete them using that list because it is just a playlist.  I can see what I want to delete, but I then have to go back the podcast view and find and delete each one individually, which seems clumsy.

Any ideas?

Billy


texts: How do I extract an ECM archive in Mac OS X Lion?

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I came across a ECM archive that I need to extract.
The Unarchiver can't handle this format, and I'm not sure about other utilities.

How do I extract ECM in Mac OS X Lion?


texts: How can I make the face recognition process continue?

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Right now, if I go on the People section of photos.app, a message says it has analysed x photos, while the remaining y photos will be analysed when I'm not using the app and my Mac is connected to a power source.

What exatcly is meant by "not using the app"? Should it be open, but not the foreground application? Hidden? Closed? Can it run while the Mac is in sleeping? (I saw in the logs photoanalysisd   asking to run at priority Maintenance).

I'm asking because it's not making the progress I would expect andI'm having trouble understanding exactly how should I leave it.


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Okay I am not talking about the little yellow square of focus, I think this is a different thing.

I was watching some online video and taking photos with my iPad when I notice a huge yellow rectangle, I would like to know what is it, does anyone knows?

It appears very fast (like 1-2 seconds) and then it goes away. I had the change to take a fast printscreen to show you, here is the image:

I notice that it was appearing when there was some movement on that part of the screen, is this live tracking movement? :o

What feature is that? and what does it do? It auto focus on that zone?
Is this something that is only available at the stock camere app I guess right?

EDIT: Also I tried to disable the Live function, that upper right first button and the yellow rectangle still shows! weird, it's okay for me, I would just like to understand what is it, thanks!

Thank you!


texts: Does installing Xcode 5.0 with iOS 7 SDK remove my iOS 6.x SDKs?

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I have Xcode 4.6.3 with iOS 6.0 & 6.1 SDKs. I want to install Xcode 5.0.

Does it remove iOS 6.0 & 6.1 SDKs or it will just update my previous Xcode to latest with iOS 7 SDK keeping iOS 6.0 SDK?

I am running OS X 10.8.4.


texts: Disable iCloud Photo Library on iOS device and keeping all photos and videos

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Somehow iCloud Photo Library was turned on unintentionally and I would like to disable iCloud Photo Library on my iOS device but retain all photos and videos on my iOS device in it's full resolution. How can I do this?

You can assume that I have the storage space on the iOS device.


texts: Is it possible to setup a clean user account, as if it's a new OSX install?

texts: Wondering if it's possible to setup a new user account so that it has no access to the applications installed on my main(default) account (/Application). I would like to create and configure as if it's a new OSX install.


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I have an old iMac on MacOS 10.13 High Sierra with the standard Magic Keyboard (before the current MK2). I normally use the iMac in Target Display mode, and then use Screen Sharing from my newer iMac to connect to it when I need to do something directly on the old machine. Naturally, I use the newer keyboard attached to my newer iMac.

A few days ago, I found that most of the keys on the old iMac appear not to be working. After a lot of testing, I can say the following:

The old keyboard connected to the newer iMac works well
An alternative Bluetooth keyboard connected to the old iMac also has the same problem
An alternative Wired keyboard connected to the old iMac also has the same problem
Everything is fine when I enter using the newer iMac keyboard on screen sharing
I have ensured that mouse keys and slow keys are turned off

All this suggest that there is a software problem.

I had it working for a while. I then restarted, and it worked for a while longer. Now it’s gone back to the problematic behaviour, and I can only type the a key, for some reason.

Any suggestions?


texts: My internal "Machintosh HD" is not detected by my MacBook Air

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I was trying to clean install OS X (from http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-clean-install-os-x-yosemite-via-bootable-usb-flash-drive-1470625).

I made the bootable disk, booted from it, and tried installing. Something happened and installation began. I went out for 20 mins and when I returned, I saw the installation welcome screen again. Proceeding on which I found that it came to installing it once again, but this time the internal Macintosh HD was not showing only the USB (Install OS X Yose..) was shown.

What to do? Where did my HDD go? any help?


texts: I am unable to get my macbook pro to display on my 4k monitor

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I have a Mid-2015 15" Retina Macbook Pro running the latest macOS Sierra version with the AMD Radeon R9 M370X dedicated GPU and I have been trying to get it hooked up to my Crossover 324K 4K monitor without success.

The symptom I am experiencing is that I will plug a the DisplayPort end of my DP to mDP cable into the DisplayPort connector of the monitor and the Mini DisplayPort end into any of the two Thunderbolt 2 ports on the Macbook. The screen resolution scaling switched back to default on the macbook and I see the external monitor light up and sometimes display a picture for a fraction of a second and then it goes right to no signal and the resolution changes back to what it was on the macbook as if no external display was plugged in.

The monitor has an option in the settings to toggle between DisplayPort 1.1 and 1.2 modes. I can get 4k at 30 hertz to run if I set the option to DP 1.1 but the monitor doesn't work at all if I set it to DP 1.2.

Additionally, everything works flawless on windows with the latest AMD drivers so I suspect something about mac os is to blame. I can have the monitor running at 4k, 60 hertz and DisplayPort 1.2 on windows 10 just fine... The last oddity I have discovered is that I can boot up the Macbook into osx with the lid closed and the monitor plugged in (in DP 1.2 mode) up until the login screen which renders without retina scaling. As soon as I type in my password to decrypt the FileVault disk and login, the display goes blank and switched back to the internal monitor so I'm basically stumped...


texts: dns lookup specified in /etc/hosts and then dscacheutil != differ from dig, host, chrome

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Via a long chain up of OS upgrades I'm running macOS Sierra 10.12.5.

Setting entries in my /etc/hosts file is working only occasionally, mostly not.

For example on a freshly rebooted machine.  With the only networking set to Wifi.

Everything is unmodified and fine:

bash-3.2$ grep facebook.com /etc/hosts
# 127.0.0.1 facebook.com
bash-3.2$ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
bash-3.2$ dscacheutil -q host -a name facebook.com
name: facebook.com
ipv6_address: 2a03:2880:f127:283:face:b00c::25de

name: facebook.com
ip_address: 157.240.18.35

bash-3.2$ host facebook.com
facebook.com has address 157.240.18.35
facebook.com has IPv6 address 2a03:2880:f127:283:face:b00c::25de
facebook.com mail is handled by 10 msgin.vvv.facebook.com.

But then I uncomment that line for facebook, and I get this:

bash-3.2$ grep facebook /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   facebook.com
bash-3.2$ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
bash-3.2$ dscacheutil -q host -a name facebook.com
name: facebook.com
ipv6_address: 2a03:2880:f127:283:face:b00c::25de

name: facebook.com
ip_address: 127.0.0.1

bash-3.2$ host facebook.com
facebook.com has address 157.240.18.35
facebook.com has IPv6 address 2a03:2880:f127:283:face:b00c::25de
facebook.com mail is handled by 10 msgin.vvv.facebook.com.

I don't observe anything suspicious in the output of scutil --dns.  The dig command and chrome both seem immune to the /etc/hosts change.

help?


texts: How do I depend on a specific version of a homebrew formula

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I'm having a conflict with a formula and a particular version of Boost. Ideally, since this is really just a build conflict (it's not using a Boost shared library), I'd like to automatically use a specific version when building. I doubt this is possible, so I'd really just be happy with it as a conflict or as dependency, but I can't find documentation for that. What I found is the generic dependency example:

class Foo < Formula
  depends_on "boost" => "with-icu"
end

Is this even something I can do?


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I run my school's theatre, and I'm looking for some kind of software that we can put on the projector screen before our school assembly. I want to have some elements update themselves automatically (for example; local weather forecast, time/date, news ticker), and some elements that I can edit myself (to insert school announcements, sports games results, etc).

Powerpoint/Keynote would be perfect because of their customizability, except neither of them allow you to insert live data (weather, news, etc) (Powerpoint Windows does, but not for mac).

Does anyone know of some (mac compatible) software or a website that has this functionality?


texts: How can I charge my MacBook Pro and not block one thunderbolt 3 port for other uses?

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I record high school bands when they go to contest using Sound Studio.  Each of three judges is also making digital recordings on hand held recorders.

While I am recording one band through a mixer onto my Macbook using a USB port, I download the judges comments from the previous band from the hand held recorders through another USB port. I then quickly edit all four files and then write them onto a thumb drive using a USB port.

Here is the problem. I need to upgrade my current laptop (it is four years old) and turn it into my backup.  The current crop of laptops only have two thunderbolt  ports.  How do I do this work while keeping the laptop charged?


texts: EGPU Underutilized via T3 on Mac Mini 2018 with AMD Pro Radeon WX 7100 in a Node Titan

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I am running AMD Pro Radeon WX 7100 in a Node Titan enclosure on a 2018 Mac Mini- a recommended setup from Apple.(I am even using an Apple Pro Thunderbolt 3 cable.)
Monitoring through activity monitor says I am only using 5% of the card and the internal Intel UHD 630 is always utilized at about 60%.
I know it is only tuned for pro apps, but I am rendering in Final Cut Pro X, Compressor and the like.
Since you can't update any AMD drivers - only wait for a mystery update from Apple - can anyone suggest a setting I am missing to better utilize the card?
(All of my apps are set through Get Info to Prefer External GPU.)
Thank in advance and -- yes -- I did google it first.
No luck. :-)
Tater


texts: Does the AirPod Case, or headphones when in the case, emit a bluetooth ID?

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I'm concerned about privacy and don't want my airpods (or the case) to emit the bluetooth ID while I'm shopping in malls that use iBeacon technology.

How can I be sure that the airpods (when stored in the case), and the case itself doesn't leak out a Bluetooth ID while I roam?


texts: External mouse/keyboard @ LG display no longer recognized over thunderbolt

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I have MacBook Pro Mid 2015 running macOS 10.13.1, and I used to attach an LG 34UC98-W display via a Thunderbolt port on the MBP, with external mouse and keyboard plugged into the USB ports of the display.

Since the Security Update 2017-0011 the external mouse and keyboard are no longer recognized (the display still is, and if I plug the mouse into the USB port of the Macbook, it also works).

When I have the Thunderbolt cable plugged in, the console shows error messages like

default 13:27:35.937878 +0100   kernel  000930.777752 AppleUSB30XHCIPort@00200000: AppleUSBHostPort::forcePowerGated: kPowerStateSleep completed with 0xe00002d6 after 1001ms
default 13:27:36.612068 +0100   kernel  000931.451950 AppleUSBXHCIPCI@00000000: AppleUSBHostController::hardwareExceptionThreadCallGated: 0x00000040
default 13:27:37.153555 +0100   kernel  000931.993437 AppleUSBXHCIPCI@00000000: AppleUSBHostController::setPowerStateGated: going to state 1 returned 0xe00002e9
default 13:27:37.153597 +0100   kernel  000931.993487 AppleUSBXHCIPCI@00000000: AppleUSBHostController::hardwareExceptionThreadCallGated: attempting recovery
default 13:27:37.153610 +0100   kernel  000931.993499 AppleUSBXHCIPCI@00000000: AppleUSBHostController::hardwareExceptionThreadCallGated: 0x00000004
default 13:27:37.153629 +0100   kernel  000931.993519 AppleUSBXHCIPCI@00000000: AppleUSBHostController::hardwareExceptionThreadCallGated: attempting recovery
default 13:27:37.153739 +0100   kernel  000931.993619 AppleUSBXHCIPCI@00000000: AppleUSBXHCI::raiseOnePowerStateTo: host controller was not halted, USBStatus 0x00000018
default 13:27:38.154534 +0100   kernel  000932.994402 AppleUSB30XHCIPort@00100000: AppleUSBHostPort::forcePowerGated: kPowerStateSleep completed with 0xe00002d6 after 1001ms
default 13:27:38.730765 +0100   kernel  000933.570659 AppleUSB30XHCIPort@00200000: AppleUSBHostPort::forcePowerGated: kPowerStateSleep completed with 0xe00002d6 after 1039ms
default 13:27:38.730788 +0100   kernel  000933.570685 AppleUSBXHCIPCI@00000000: AppleUSBHostController::hardwareExceptionThreadCallGated: 0x00000080
default 13:27:38.881941 +0100   kernel  000933.721844 AppleUSBXHCIPCI@00000000: AppleUSBHostController::setPowerStateGated: going to state 1 returned 0xe00002e9
default 13:27:38.881969 +0100   kernel  000933.721873 AppleUSBXHCIPCI@00000000: AppleUSBHostController::hardwareExceptionThreadCallGated: 0x00000004
default 13:27:38.881977 +0100   kernel  000933.721884 AppleUSBXHCIPCI@00000000: AppleUSBHostController::forcePowerGated: waiting for previous forcePower completed with 0xe00002d8

Does anyone experience similar problems or can suggest a solution?

1 The symptoms certainly seemed to start with the update, but as of now I can't prove it is actually the cause.


texts: Is there a way to reset my iphone 4 to fix this problem

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All of a sudden, my Voice Control on my iphone 4 keeps beeping and making noises, and it's starting songs on the music player and making the whole phone go haywire.

I turned the phone off and on again but the problem persists. Is there a way to replace the whole system or do something else that might fix it

The phone was working perfectly yesterday and every other day since last October when I bought it


texts: How to find all iWork documents which are not yet converted to iWork'13?

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When opening documents in iWork'13, the documents are converted and may wind up looking different if they were created in iWork'09 (see Apple support article ”Working with iWork'09 files"). Documents created with even older versions of iWork can, I believe, not be opened in iWork'13 at all and must first be converted with iWork'09.

How can I find all iWork documents on a Mac which haven't been converted yet to iWork'13? Searching for all documents with a particular extension doesn't seem to be possible as iWork'09 and iWork'13 use the same file extensions.


texts: How do I add text around a circle I'm using for a logo?  I have a circle filled in with some initials on the inside.  I want to add the company name around the outside of the circle.


texts: Powered USB hub sometimes locks up Macbook Pro on being plugged in

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I have a Plugable 7-port powered USB 3.0 hub.  I use it to connect my external hard drives (I have three) to my Macbook Pro (that has only 2 USB 3.0 ports).

Sometimes, when I plug the hub into my Mac, it'll just hang up, and the keyboard and trackpad become complete unresponsive.  However, everything else seems to be working normally (music is still playing, downloads are being done, notifications pop up, general screen activity is normal).

It's happened several times now and is really annoying as I fear it could soon corrupt the information on my hard drives (especially since I run VMs off the externals).

Is there any way I can diagnose the problem/check system logs or anything?


texts: What does Control key do, other than its usage in terminal and right click?

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So far I have been using control key to:

Send control commands to terminal
Occasionally do right click

Does the key have any other function?


texts: What is x3d? Help needed deciphering console crash log

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For a few days now my Macbook Air seems to hang for a second every five seconds or so. It is only noticeable in my browsers. Chrome, FF and Safari all have the same issue where the browser just locks up for a second before continuing. I looked in console and it is the same crash report being generated every five to ten seconds. The beginning of the log mentions a process x3d:

Process:               x3d [3646]
Path:                  /private/etc/.x3/x3d
Identifier:            x3d
Version:               ???
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        launchd [1]
Responsible:           x3d [3646]
User ID:               0

Did some searching but came up empty handed. I've pasted the full log here:

http://pastebin.com/G9cTLFLR

The issue seems to go away if my computer is offline.

Does anyone have any idea what this is from?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Offline music not showing up after iOS 9.2 upgrade

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After upgrading my iPhone to iOS 9.2 today, the songs in the Apple Music library don't show up as saved offline. Playlists show as offline.

I went to Settings->General->Storage and the Music app is using the same amount of storage as before (i.e. the music's still on the phone). But when I click on 'Music' in Storage, the Settings app freezes and doesn't recover even after minutes.

What are my options?

(I can of course redownload the library, but several gigabytes of my storage is already gone)


texts: My Facebook Messenger app will not open, and when I click it nothing happens. It will not let me delete the app. My iPod was updating the app for over a whole day and nothing was happening, as I am in Thailand at the moment with very bad Internet. I tried to delete the app so I could reinstall it. However, nothing happens, and now it remains shaded grey and says 'waiting' at the bottom.


texts: App Store Promo Codes - What happens if used after a new version is released

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App Store Promo Codes - What happens if one is used after a new version is released?

For example, if I give out promo codes for app version 1.4. And then I release 1.41. Would the version codes for v 1.4 still be usable?


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Background story:

I am writing this because my cellular carrier claims (Orange RO) that I have used all my data traffic included in the subscription plan (which is exactly 11,79 GB) and, additionally to that, I have used 1,01 GB, all in 14 days after my billing cycle which is done monthly.

Hell, in this 14 days, half of it I've been in vacation, had the phone all the time on me and had been in places where there isn't even cellular data coverage, therefore, i find very hard to believe that I've used all that traffic.

Anyway, in my iPhone the last time I've reset the cellular data statistics in Settings -> Cellular was on the 10th of April 2014. As a result, it shows me that I have used 68 GB and it gives me how much my apps have used which all seems legit, however, considering my problem it doesn't help me that much.

The question:

The reason I am writing this here is because I want to know if there is any way I can get a more detailed data usage report from my iPhone? If it is, how?

I've got a Macbook Pro and all the developer tools programs installed.


texts: Apples use of Lightning connector in MFi Program

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I am thinking of an accessory as below:

Let's assume accessory has battery in it to do certain function, now to charge the battery can we use same iPhone charger lightning port and draw the power from that port?

Basically there will be simultaneous charging of accessory battery and iPhone’s battery. Do apple have any restriction on that kind of accessory?

Please note, the accessory is not a Power Bank.


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I am trying to create a new iCloud account. This requires me to enter security questions. I normally have no issue with this, but I am offered only 6 choices, and frankly I don't know the answers to any of them.

E.g. one asks for the name of my favourite primary teacher. None of them were, and I don't remember the names after 55 years.

How do I enter my own questions, which is what I normally do.


texts: Hide "Update" notification for Xcode on macOS Mojave, Xcode is not installed

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I'm running 10.14.1 and Software Updater says everything is up to date.

But App Store insists in telling I have a "Pending Update" for Xcode, even though I don't have Xcode installed. (I just have the command line tools installed.)

How do I get App Store to stop telling me to update Xcode?


texts: HTML5 in Safari 9.0.1 (11601.2.7.2) - `html5test.com

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According to html5test.com, Safari now supports HTML5. I am specifically interested in the HTML5 tag parameter required.

However, when I add the required parameter to my form, Safari ignores it. I have tested the page with FireFox and it works.

So, does Safari support HTML5 or not?


texts: What size SSD would suffice for basic software-development / productivity?

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My friend is selling me his old MacBook (Glossy white finish with rounded edges and corners) cheap for a Mobile Development course I'm taking, but he's keeping the hard drive. So I'm thinking of buying an SSD off of somebody, and I'm not sure what the minimum size I would need.

I will have to install:

Either keep Snow Leopard or Lion
Xcode
Whatever is needed to develop for Android and iOS
Possibly some form of productivity suite (MSO or LibreOffice)

I barely have any experiences with Macs so I'm not sure how much space all of this would take up? I need to have a feel for the smallest SSD I can get


texts: Weird mouse issue with OS X 10.7.4 on 21" iMac

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I'm having some strange problems with my year-old iMac running OS X 10.7.4.
After clicking on a menu item on the top menu bar, the drop down menu that appears disappears instantly. This also happens when right clicking on the desktop or on an application in the dock. It's as if single clicks are getting counted as double clicks.

Sometimes, the cursor just disappears. It reappears when moving the mouse, but keeps flickering.

It's not a problem with my Apple wireless mouse. I also tried a wired Logitech mouse and had the same problem; so, it must be a software bug, not a hardware problem.

I started experiencing the issue after doing a software update to OS X 10.7.4, but I'm not sure if this is the cause of the problem.

I have uploaded a video of the problem here: http://tinypic.com/r/2vxk9af/6


texts: Is the Truststore/Keychain writable for the Chrome process?

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While browsing a TLS-protected website in Chrome (89.0.4389.114), the button on the left side of the address bar opens a dropdown menu. Pressing on "Certificate" opens a (system-) dialog containing interactions for the TLS-Certificate for that Host:

I used that dialog to "Always Trust" a self-signed root certificate. It seems like this action does not trigger anything. Apparently the certificate was not added to the Keychain.
I do know that a (root-) certificate may be imported + trusted by copying it on the local filesystem, importing it into the Keychain and setting the trust level to "Always Trust".
I decided that i don't actually want to trust that CA, so i want to make sure that the certificate was not imported in any store!
Does anyone know what this dialog is doing / what actions are triggered when "Always Trust" is selected?
I tried to find logs for that action, but i'm new to Mac OS and was not able to find anything...
EDIT: Does Chrome on Mac OS maintain a separate trust store (For exceptions like the above mentioned)?


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Is there a "Apple Music App" for Windows10 OR is only the iTunes app available?
On the Apple website, there is a link to download "iTunes For Windows"  but I am wondering if there is a separate  "Apple Music" app available or planned to be available?


texts: Bridge non-adjacent monitors in three monitor setup

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I would like to use the following 3 monitor setup because the arrangement aligns logically with the physical placement of the monitors.

Is it possible to bridge the gap between the left and right monitors, above the primary?

OR

Is it possible to detect and move the mouse via scripting?


texts:
In the System Preferences panel, I have the MySQL there.

I chose it to start up every time my Mac starts up, however this doesn't work, I have restarted MySQL many times, but it will not start up at all - which I require to start up manually.

How can I fix this?


texts: I know my apple ID but don't know my iCloud id or password, is it the same?

texts: I am preparing to buy a new iPhone but the salesmen said I need the iCloud address and password.  I have no idea what that is.  Is it the same as my apple id?


texts: Is there any way to temporarily accept website certificate that isn't trusted in Safari/High Sierra?

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Is there any way to temporarily allow Safari to load a site with an untrusted website certificate in Safari/High Sierra?

This was possible in Sierra. I marked several roots Untrusted due to their bad behavior in issuing certificates. At one time I think there was an option in KeyChain Viewer to "Ask User", but that was depreciated.

A similar question was answered here (How do I bypass "this connection is not private" warnings in safari?), but the answer is not correct for High Sierra: there is no longer an option "visit the site".


texts: How can I type a backtick (accent grave or "`") on a European (Dutch) keyboard?

texts: How can I type a backtick (accent grave, or "`") on an European (Dutch) apple keyboard ?


texts: Can i turn my Old 2009 Imac into a Multi-use NAS server?

texts: I have a late 2009 imac, everything is perfectly fine with the machine. Can i turn that into a Media/ NAS server?


texts: Moving photos from one Photos library into another

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We have two Photo libraries (one for my wife and one for me, different user accounts on one Mac, El Capitan). Now I would like to move most photos and videos from her Photos library into my Photos library.

How can I do this easily?


texts: re-connect previous Time Machine backups after Yosemite re-install

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After months of frustration with Yosemite performance problems, I finally gave in and completely re-installed the OS fresh. I reformatted the drive and did a complete re-install, but migrated my user files and settings when prompted via Time Machine, as part of the install process.

Question: How can I get the newly-installed OS to recognize my old Time Machine backups?

When I point Time Machine to my old backup disk, it shows "Oldest backup: None". I know that there's probably some GUID on the partition that doesn't match what's on the TM backups... is there any way to get my "new" system disk back into the Time Machine backup set without losing all the backup history?


texts: How do I change the name of the hard drive

texts: Right now my hard drive is called "Macintosh HD." How do I change it to something cool like "Death Killer"


texts:
I want to create a macro for Sketch. I want to execute some commands, for example, save the file, run some plugins, etc. Is there a way I can do this?

I'm using a Macbook Pro with OSX 13, I use this app called Sketch (for creating web and app designs and prototypes). As a part of my workflow I use some plugins to export and organize artworks. I would like to automate some processes by executing a macro or a script, and make the App execute some commands automatically. (Go to the Plugins menu, select an option, and so on).
I'm not sure if that is something that can be done, but it will be helpful to save some time.


texts: How Do I Start Over With Backups Using Time Machine?

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I have a Mac Mini Server running the latest version of Mavericks and OS X Server.  I would like to do a full backup of my server.  I have no business need to keep the backups currently on the disk.  Can I just turn off Time Machine and delete Backups.backupdb through Finder or Terminal?  I also want to make sure that when I delete the backups that I can remove them from Trash.

I have done searching on this but have only found information on how to delete backups of certain files or moving the backup disk to another volume.


texts: What readers annotate PDFs better than the Preview app?

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I usually spend around 3 or 4 hours a day working with and annotating PDFs. I've always used Preview, but there's a few things that bother me about it. Mainly the large icons used when you place notes, which can get in the way in tightly formatted documents.

Is there an alterate PDF reader that is any better for annotating documents?


texts: macOS Mojave - Get "Segmentation fault: 11" when trying to run airport

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As the title suggests, when I run the command /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport en0 sniff 6 in Terminal where en0 is my Wi-Fi interface and 6 is the channel I am sniffing; I am now getting an error message reading Segmentation fault: 11 almost instantly. This has never been a problem before updating to macOS Mojave (10.14) but is a reoccurring problem with the new update despite reboots, NVRAM resets etc.

My question is: has anybody else experienced this problem before? If so, are there any solutions or is it something that we must hope Apple will fix in a future release of macOS?

Thank you in advance for any help,

Kind regards, Tom


texts: Distorted, robotic-sounding audio on Google Meet from AirPods 2 (via microphone)

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When using AirPods 2 for Google Meet video calls on macOS, my voice gets very distorted and sounds 'robotic'.
Only happens with Google Meet running the the browser, but no other apps.
I looked around (Google support forum, 2, 3, and also on Reddit, 2) and found that many other people are having this problem.
How can I solve this?
What I’ve tried with no success:

Resetting the AirPods
Switching to use the MacBook’s mic
Safari and Chrome
No such problems when using Meet/Gmail.app on my iPhone
No such problems with wired headphones

Some think it's a CPU issue: Chrome/Meet using lots of resources. I am running on a 4-month old MacBook Pro (1.4 GHz Quad-Core i5, 8GB 2133MHz RAM) so can't imagine that could be at fault.
Also, don't know if it's relevant, but seems that the AirPods 2 are using the SCO codec instead of AAC:

I've also already tried selecting the internal microphone, this didn’t help as long as the AirPods were connected:


texts: macOS Catalina + Mac Mini: How to (reliably) use external speaker + control volume with media keys?

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In Short:

I have not been able to find a reliable solution to use external speakers + media key volume control on macOS Catalina.

Is there any good / known solution for this?

Long Story:

I haven been using macOS 10.14 on my Mac Mini 2018 without any problems. An external display including speakers is connected via HDMI.

Choosing the display as output device in the system preferences "Sound" is now problem. Sound is than played using the display speakers. However, I was not able control the volume using the media keys on the keyboard which is quite annoying.

To solve this problem I have been using SoundFlower + SoundFlowerBed which worked fine.

Last week I have updated to macOS 10.15.3 Catalina. At first everything worked fine as well but soon I notices that every now and than sound stopped working. The only solution to get sound back was to restart the Mac.

Since SoundFlower is not developed anymore I found other questions / threads which recommend Blackhole as replacement. However, I was able to get sound back using Blackhole. Especially controlling volume using the media keys seems not to be included.

After some more search I found SoundControl which seems to work most of the time + allows controlling the volume using the media keys. However, media key controls also stops every now and then... It would be OK to pay the full version for $15 (however it is quite annoying that macOS does not provide a solution it self...) but of course only if this solution works all the time.

How to solve this?


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I have a 1TB SSD that was my boot drive in my now-dead MacBook Pro, and I need to recover some files from it and clone it. The idea is to have an exact copy on another HDD that I can clone back to that SSD or use it as my source for migration when I fix or replace that MBP while I use that SSD in another computer (It seems kinda wasteful to leave a 1TB SSD in a drawer somewhere).
I installed the MBP SSD inside another Mac to clone it with CCC, however, when I boot into this second Mac, the MBP SSD unmounts itself after a few seconds. Mounting it through Disk Utility ends up in the same way: I mount it and after a few seconds, it unmounts by itself.  Doing it through Terminal says the disk was mounted successfully, but the same thing happens, the drive unmounts itself after a few seconds.
First Aid says the drive is fine, and swapping the MPB SSD to another SATA connection inside still results in the same issue. The second Mac works as it should, apart from the MBP SSD unmounting itself, even with other SATA drives, which leads me to believe that the issue is specific to that SSD.
Does that happen because the Mac sees two bootable drives or something like it? Both machines are/were on High Sierra w/ APFS.


texts: Does OS X Have An Inbuilt "Self Cleaning" Feature?

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Does OS X have an inbuilt effective "self cleaning" feature/mechanism. If so does it need to be turned on by default, and how often does it take place, (or is this something that is determined by the user).

Is it advisable to use apps such as CleanMyMac or CCleaner for example ? (or are they more harmful than good).


texts: How to disable service workers in Safari 12.1? (Mac)

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In Safari 12.1 Service workers can’t be disabled anymore via Develop > Experimental Features. I guess it’s not an experimental feature anymore.

Is there any other way to disable them? Sometimes the whatsapp service worker seems to have a hiccup and uses 100% cpu utilization.

earlier solution for safari versions pre 12.1:
How to disable service workers in Safari?


texts: Looking for the Kernel Debug Kit for build 18G2022?

texts:
I'm looking for the Kernel Debug Kit (KDK) for 10.14.6 build 18G2022.

I see all the KDK's here, but 18G2022 hasn't been posted yet?
https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?q=Kernel%20Debug%20Kit

Do they take a while to come out? Or is there an alternate location I can download from?

$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.14.6
BuildVersion:   18G2022


texts: iTunes incorrently splitting the songs in an album. Metadata problem?

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I have these albums and songs in my iTunes Library. They should appear grouped, but for some reason, iTunes splits them up and shows them as separate albums with the same name and details:

I check the metadata and everything seems to be in order. Here are screen shots of the first two songs:

Why is iTunes doing this? Thanks for your help!


texts: How can I open related windows of the same app in the same full screen workspace? For example, in Safari, when in fullscreen mode, if I click on Preferences it opens the window in another desktop.


texts: How to merge primary partition with 'Free Space', when there is a Linux ext4 partition between them?

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I used to have only a 500gb SSD for my MacBook Pro, but later came across a 1TB SSD that I wanted to switch to using. Instead of using the 'recommended' method, I opted for the dirty route and just connected another MBP in Target Disk Mode via Thunderbolt and used pv /dev/rdisk0 > /dev/rdisk(x) x = whichever disk for the 1TB at the time.

However, prior to copying the entire contents over to the 1TB SSD, I used rEFInd and installed a copy of Kali Linux as a dual boot, which I've been running with.....minimal issues for quite some time now.

So the 'dirty' copy worked as planned, the 1TB SSD boots fine and, after a quick reinstallation of rEFInd, everything runs perfectly as it ever has - except now I have an additional 500gb of 'Free Space' at the very end of the 1TB SSD.

I've tried booting to an external OS X drive and using Disk Utility (both from Yosemite Disk Utility and El Capitan Disk Utility), to expand/merge/delete/create anything to do with this 'Free Space' - without any working results.

So my question is: how can I reclaim this 500gb of space at the END of my 1TB SSD, without compromising any of the other partitions (including primary OS X, Recovery, rEFInd, Kali Linux & Linux Swap), and merge it with my primary partition so I can actually use this space?

Here are some visuals of my partition layout and other various info to help see what I mean...


texts:
I have noticed a weird WiFi bug with OS X Yosemite. This has never happened in any previous OS X that I have used. I have a Early 2013 Macbook Pro with Retina display 13 and I updated to Yosemite a day after it launched. I usually do not shut down my laptop and just keep it in sleep. After the update, sometimes when the laptop wakes up from sleep WiFi is completely switched off. On trying to turn it on I get the following message in console:

22/10/14 1:41:11.000 pm kernel[0]: ARPT: 1911.087562: wl0: _wlc_ioctl: dead chip, off[0] bar0[0xffffffff]

Upon restart the WiFI icon becomes a grey icon with a cross mark and says either "No hardware installed" or "WiFi not configured".

The only solution I have found till now is an SMC reset. But with the frequency of this happening is quite high and is frustrating to always shutdown and do an SMC reset. Is anyone else facing similar issues? And does anyone know of a fix without a restart ?


texts: Notes has Google Notes. But Google has no such service. Where are they stored?

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If you go to System Preferences -> Internet Accounts and add a Google account, you can see Google has Notes. If you open Notes (OS X app), it somehow retrieves the notes I had put long long time ago on a different Mac. So, I am sure those notes are not locally stored. Not only can I see old notes, but I can also add new notes to Google Notes.

Google had Notebook service, but it was discontinued long time ago and existing notes were imported into Google Docs. But I cannot find the notes I see in Notes in Google Docs.

So where are the Google Notes stored and Notes is getting the notes from? Is it that Google discontinued the web interface of the Notebook service but somehow still provides an interface to Apple especially? Can I access the notes I saved to Google Notes in Notes outside the Notes application, in a web browser for example?


texts: What is the use of the Bluetooth on iPad?

texts: I would like to understand what other ways I can use Bluetooth on my iPad apart from connecting a physical keyboard.


texts: How to identify assembled top case after MBP repair?

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My MacBook Pro (2016) just needed another top case replacement, as keys did not work as expected. Since the last replacement, Apple has established a Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro and introduced a (more or less) protective membrane in recent MBP keyboards.

When I picked up my repaired notebook (not from Apple directly, but an Apple Premium Service Provider) I asked if the replaced keyboard has this membrane. The staffer couldn't tell, but said that this has recently been the case for “some replacements”.

Can I somehow identify which keyboard/top case generation is installed? Is the membrane visible?


texts: Boot hangs on grey screen (even when booting from USB drive with fresh OS X install)

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My MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011 (MacBookPro8,2) with AMD Radeon 6770M exhibited display corruption and associated system crashes/resets over a period of two weeks before it entirely failed to boot. The boot would progress through the grey screen with the Apple logo and spinner, but just when it seems it should have switched to the login screen the Apple logo and spinner would disappear and hang on a blank grey screen.

Initially I suspected hard-drive corruption and went about trying to remedy that. Unsuccessfully, I tried the following, with each continuing to hang as described above:

Safe boot
Boot into recovery (including Internet Recovery)
Boot from install media on USB drive
Boot from OS X installation on USB drive
Clear NVRAM
Reset SMC

I also ran the Apple Hardware Test many times without it finding any issues.

Verbose safe boot (Cmd+Shift+V) output everything that I'd expect to see but would then hang as described above.

After coming across more posts online of GPU related problems I revisited this as the cause:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/22751155#22751155
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?start=210&tstart=0

Attempting to boot Ubuntu from a USB flash drive, I could only get as far as Grub. When trying to boot Ubuntu Desktop or run the graphicstest in Grub the system would hang.

At this point, running Apple Hardware Test hung right before the end of the standard test, possibly [guessing] when doing a video test.

Based on the advice in the Apple Discussions posts above I did the following:

Boot into Single-User mode
Execute the following commands:

    /sbin/fsck -fy /
    /sbin/mount -uw /
    mkdir /Disabled_System_Library_Extensions
    cd /Disabled_System_Library_Extensions
    mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATI* .
    mv /System/Library/Extensions/AMD* .
    touch /System/Library/Extensions
    exit

This time the machine booted all the way through. However, graphics are extremely slow, even just transitions when minimizing windows. I will be taking my MBP to Apple to demand a replacement as the large number of reports of others facing similar issues makes it look like a recurrence of a similar GPU-related failure that resulted in them doing a recall.


texts: Retrieve data from iPhone 5 after activating new phone

texts: I recently purchased an iPhone 6.  I neglected to remove data from my iPhone 5 before activating my new phone.  Now it seems impossible to remove data from my old iPhone 5 as it is not active or connected to anything!


texts: How can I use my iPad with a Bluetooth headset or hands-free?

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I'm looking to ditch my iPhone for my iPad.  Apps I've tried are: Skype, Google Voice, Talkatone & Whisper. I've solved the incoming call problem, all that remains is the Bluetooth hurdle.  When connected via my car's (Scion xB) bluetooth connection it pauses the music that is currently playing, but no audio from the call is received, nor is the car's microphone being used.

I'd love to hear your story on how you're using an iPad as a phone if you have one as well.


texts: How to install/run Mac apps temporarily or in containers

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I want to be able run apps and tools in containers or virtual environments.

When working with python projects for example, i always make a virtual environment and that helps keep things clean (i.e. once i delete the virtual environment there is no sign of the app).

I am not asking for how to sandbox apps, security is not my concern, instead I want to be able to delete everything connected to that app when I don't want it anymore.

Things I have thought about:

Install apps with brew whenever possible (i believe that brew uninstall cleans properly).
Run apps from their DMG file without copying to /Applications directory (I don't know if this actually helps with anything).
Use the AppCleaner app, (I am using it currently) which is not bad but is solving the symptoms rather than the cause.

After some months of usage I always find my Mac full of useless stuff, not documents nor personal data but apps, tools like IDE, compiler, a one-time app. So I ended up doing a clean format.

Any suggestions?


texts: Big Sur keeps falling asleep while watching media (Netflix, Disney+, Youtube)

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Ever since upgrading to Big Sur (11.0) and using Safari, Big Sur keeps falling asleep while watching media like Netflix, Disney+, or even Youtube. Not sure if Safari is at fault here, but I've made sure that my energy settings allow for the computer to stay awake.
Has anyone else come across this? Is there a way to reset power settings and avoid this?
EDIT: Happening with Chrome and Brave as well.


texts: How to show subject line for new messages in OS X Messages.app?

texts: Mavericks, if that matters. On the iPhone, there is a separate subject line before the main message, and on the Mac it shows (as on the phone) in bold at the top of the balloon. But when I want to make a new message on the Mac, I only have the body available.


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Is there a reliable YouTube video converter than can download music videos?

I am a professor teaching overseas and often download music videos for classroom use. For example, gospel songs and Christmas songs for my Intro to the Bible course.

ClipConverter use to download both talking and musical vids, but now blocks musical videos.


texts: Importing text into PowerPoint drops all text into a single field instead of multiple slides

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The most detailed "how-to" that I could find https://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/import-text-from-word-or-notepad/ tells us to

Open a Word or Notepad document.
Type the content if you haven’t already done so, following the guildines below.
Make sure each line, whether for a slide title or bulleted text, is on its own line. There should be no blank lines, because   these come in as blank slides!
For each slide title, format the line as Heading 1 in Word or just type in Notepad.
For each line of bulleted text, format the text as Heading 2 in Word or insert a tab in Notepad
For each line of indented bulleted text, format the text as Heading 3 in Word or insert 2 tabs in Notepad
Save the file as a .docx or .txt file.

I have followed those steps:

I added  some text that starts like so: (note that the left indents are one or more tabs):

Core Stats Concepts and Procedures
Let's get warmed up: Basic Descriptive Statistics
    Define:  N === |X|
    Population Mean:  Sum(X_i)/N
    Sample Mean:  Sum(S_i)/N
        for S_i member of X
    Population Standard Deviation:  Sqrt( Sum(X_i- mean(X))^2 /N)
    Sample Standard Deviation:  Sqrt( Sum(X_i- mean(X))^2/(N-1))
Warming Up: Additional Basic Descriptive Stats
    Mode: the most common observation(s)*
        *May be more than one observation with same cardinality
    Order Statistics : Statistics based on Sorted observation values
        Min   Smallest observation
        Median   "Middle" Observation
            Simple enough if N odd
            If N even then might be taken as the average of the (N-1)/2 + (N+1)/2 observation values
        Max   Largest Observation
    Quartiles: Expands on the Order Statistics:
        The Order Statistics
            Plus
        (0th Quartile: The min value)
        1st Quartile: The (approx) 25 percentile of  observations
        2nd Quartile: Same as Median
        3rd Quartile: The (approx) 75 percentile of  observations
        (4th quartile: The max value)
        Inter-Quartile Range:  The difference between 3rd Quartile and 1st Quartile values
        ** Show example**

The result?  Everything is put into a single textbox on a single slide with centering on each line and an overly large font.

This has been attempted about ten times with the same result.  Any pointers?

I am on Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac version 16.12 (2018)


texts: Crash/hang during boot sequence after loading apple menubar items in Mojave

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Macbook Pro 15" 2018 32GB RAM running the latest addition of Mojave.
90% of the time, when I start up my computer it hangs. This occurs after I’ve logged in but will result in either a black screen with an outline cursor that moves, or a spinning beach ball with no menu bar. I am convinced there is a problem with some program or system event that loads during the start up sequence. I can successfully boot into a clean simple separate admin account (that successfully loads some additional agents like dropbox, citrix, techtool pro) so it's something I've added to my main account. When I boot using Safe Mode, the initial Apple menu items load, through time machine icon, but then I get a spinning beachball. The initial menu items actually respond to menu clicks, but the beachball returns when I move outside that part of the menu bar. Boot with Diagnostic (D key) finds no issues.


texts: How can I make files I drag to the desktop stay where I put them?

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In Mountain Lion, when I drag a file to the desktop, it's automatically moved to a neat grid in the upper left of the desktop.

But I want it to stay in the spot to which I dragged it (usually because it's one I can see, so I can drag it to another window).

I thought it might be the "sort by" setting, but it's set to "none", so that's not it.

Thanks to those suggesting I change "sort by", but it's already on "none".  Here's what's weirder:  the files sometimes snap to a neat grid, and sometimes appear near (but not exactly where) I dragged them, with no other changes (I literally tested a few in row from the same program).   It's really bizarre since in the answer below, i cannot reproduct this and I'm trying to confirm (for others) that it was fixed by an OS update. The issue may be related to external displays being attached on systems running 10.8.2 and earlier.


texts:
My Mac seems to keep forgetting the following settings:

I have to type my wireless password everyday (and checking "remember").
I couldn't permanently set a particular app to be the default opener of a .php file.
When I wake my Mac up from sleep, I need to reconnect the mouse before it can be used.

Why could this be?


texts: Fixing dead/stuck pixels on Apple Cinema Display

texts: I have a 23" Apple Cinema HD Display, and it has a couple of dead or stuck pixels (don't really know the difference). I am wondering if there is some way to fix these pixels, like some kind of software/app?


texts: Can I change my MAC address to be the same as my old MacBook so it will stop rejecting my iPod?

texts: I was wondering if I could change my MAC address to be the same as my old MacBook so it will stop rejecting my iPod or trying to force me to erase it? Or is it better to just generate an entirely new one? Thanks!


texts:
I've got an admin user phil with password orange, and the root user is enabled with password banana:

If I type sudo ls, and enter the password orange, I get Sorry, try again.
If I type sudo ls, and enter the password banana, it works.

If I disable the root user, sudo doesn't accept either password.

What the heck is going on?


texts: I have a Google Apps account, with 2-step verification, set up in Apple mail. Typically it works great for several weeks, or a month, but then the SMTP server has (Offline) next to it, and it will refuse to send from that email address. I still can receive mail into that account. I believe deleting the account from Mail.app and adding it back in fixes the problem for awhile, but is there something that I should look for in the configuration of this account that has problems in particular?


texts:
Yesterday I tried installing Windows using Bootcamp but as usual, it didn't go well after partitioning. BC Assistant wasn't able to remove its partitions either. So after reading around, I managed to format the 50 GB that I allocated to BC into FAT32 and then into APFS and I tried to increase the main APFS volume (that has macOS and every thing) using (I used the correct disk identifiers, not those names mentioned below)

diskutil apfs deleteContainer disk0s3
diskutil eraseVolume free n disk0s3
diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

However it seems like my main volume's size didn't increase and the 50GB are no where to be found. Here's my latest diskutil list and also note that BC Assistant won't fix anything on its own.

PS: What's wrong with BootCamp Assistant? It always never work without issues. First attempt it failed at partitioning, second attempt it partitioned and then it failed and tried rewinding but then it failed again. Is there a way to fix it without having to reset all my Mac?


texts: How to make windows of new folders open in my size?

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In OS X 10.8.2, I create a new folder by right-clicking in the Finder and selecting New Folder. When I open this folder, the size of the window is not the size of the foremost window. The window size inherited by the new folder is always the system default window size, and apparently can not be changed by any means.

Is there a preference, possibly through Terminal, to have the windows of newly created folders open in my preferred window size?


texts:
I bought one app and one app bundle on the App Store, but I forget what Appel ID I used.

I've tried several Apple IDs to find it, but can't find the one. I remember I connected it to my bank card, if that's useful?

How can I find it?


texts: Spilled water on Macbook Pro 13 inch, early 2015

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I've spilled 5-10 mL of liquid on my Macbook Pro (13 inch, early 2015)  some hours ago. I purchased this laptop a few months ago. It has 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB storage, though this is probably irrelevant. The liquid came in contact with the trackpad (including the edges of it). I did not turn it off. Rather, I ran the Apple Diagnostics Test and it came out fine. Several hours later, I ran the diagnostics test again and it was fine. The laptop, including the trackpad, is functioning normally at this moment.

  What is the likelihood that the laptop, particularly the trackpad, will develop problems in the future?

Also,

  Is it worth the time to go to an Apple Store and get this checked out?

Normally, I wouldn't even ask; I'd take it to the Apple Store just in case. However, I am very busy this weekend and a visit to the Apple Store will take a good 2 hours of my time, at the very least. Resassurance from experts on this site will give me peace of mind.

Moreover, I would also appreciate a comment from people who know a thing or two about the hardware of this laptop model regarding how 'water protected' the trackpad structure is. I am, again, mainly worried about liquid having leaked through its edges.


texts:
I use Preview's Command-F (find) to search for C# in the pdf document. However, the result is not for 'C#', but just 'C': I get hundreds of meaningless search results.

How can I get the search result exactly for 'C#' or 'C++' in Preview?


texts: All cores in CPU are 100% utilitized when copying file over network

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When I copy a large file over our local, gigabit Ethernet network, my 2016 MacBook Pro is unusable as kernal_task consumes all of the CPU resources.

Here's my Mac specs:

Here's an snapshot of the utilization. It peaks over 400% at times:

It is normal for the CPU utilization to be this high on an network file transfer?

If not, what steps can I take to reduce CPU utilization so that I can use my MacBook while transferring lark files?


texts: Screen Time "App Limits" do not sync between iPhone and Mac

texts: I am trying to enable screen time app usage limit on my devices. When I am asked to choose the affected apps and websites on my iPhone, I can pick programs installed on my Mac, which implies that this limitation should work on the laptop as well. The problem is that it does not appear on the mac after I enable it on the iPhone, although the "share screen time across devices" setting is enabled on both devices. Thanks in advance!


texts: How to turn off autoplay for watch later playlist in Youtube App for iOS

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YouTube has built the annoying "feature" of autoplay within the Watch Later playlist into its recent iOS update. Is there any way to turn it off?

I love falling asleep to a video that I pick from my Watch Later and I don't want it to keep playing and playing more and more videos long after I'm asleep when all I want is to see that one video I picked.


texts: Implement a large email archive on a Macbook Pro 13"

texts:
I have a large email archive that I need to make accessible on my Macbook. The archive is currently in a Microsoft Outlook PST file from a Windows machine. I'm aware of tools like O2M to convert it to a file format suitable for a Mac client. The PST file is 14GB in size. My Macbook Pro is a 16GB model with the top-end CPU.

But my question is, what client is best suited to provide access to an archive of this size, and what file format is best used behind it? It's obviously a very large archive and I would not be surprised if Mail was not able to cope. I would prefer to avoid running a mail server on my machine to keep ongoing maintenance simple. Something that integrates with Spotlight would be a bonus.


texts: How to lengthen VMware Fusion suspend feature

texts:
VMware Fusion suspends VMs very aggressively (Windows 10 in my case) in under 30 minutes.

I have found how to stop it suspending at all - but how can you lengthen that time to, say, 1 or 2 hours - and a different amount on battery?

Is this possible?


texts: How to spoof Firewire MAC address or hide Firewire and Ethernet - Need to add more than 2 Google Play Music accounts to machine

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Google Play Music Manager app (GPMM) doesn't allow connecting to more than 2 accounts from the same machine. Apparently they limit it based on the MAC address of your network adapter. I tried to disable adapters and change MAC address, worked for Wifi and Ethernet but didn't work for Firewire device. I assume this is the reason why GPMM still can see the device and machine ID and gives me message saying "Only two accounts can be used per computer".

I went through these resources already..

https_____linuxundich_____de/gnu-linux/musik-per-google-music-manager-zu-mehr-als-nur-zwei-accounts-hochladen/

(asked same question here:)

https_____thomashunter_____name/blog/google-music-manager-only-two-accounts-can-be-used-per-computer/#comment-368381

https____linuxundich_____de/gnu-linux/musik-per-google-music-manager-zu-mehr-als-nur-zwei-accounts-hochladen/

Here is what I have done...

I am on OSX. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get it working. I am on iMac, disabled all adapters (Network prefpane in System Preferences), including Network adapter, Bluetooth adapter, Firewire, only Wifi active. Changed the Wifi MAC using WifiSpoof app and made sure the new MAC is changed (checked in Terminal) starting with a number 12 (e.g. MAC address changed is 12.a1.. etc), disabled network adapter for all virtual machines created in Virtual Box.

I also deleted the settings configuration file for GPMM app and still getting this error.

I also disabled bluetooth completely to check if any difference, but that wouldn’t affect it because Bluetooth is virtual interface so it’s enough to disable from the Network prefpane and it gets disabled.. see the log below.

To change the Ethernet wired adapter MAC I used sudo ifconfig en1 ether 12:xx:xx…. Same doesn’t work however for the Firewire adapter, so I can’t spoof that Mac address. Confirmed through ifconfig en1 | grep ether and ifconfig en0 | grep ether, both wired and wireless adapters are now spoofed. But the Firewire adapter still has the real MAC address.

I tried reboot the machine and again reassign the spoofed MAC addressed to see if there is any difference to check if the network devices are still listed with MAC address after I disabled them as network adapters in the Network prefpane.

Issue continues.

I see is that even after I disabled the network devices in Network prefpane, I still see them when I type "networksetup -listallhardwareports" in Terminal....

Hardware Port: Bluetooth DUN
Device: Bluetooth-Modem
Ethernet Address: N/A

Hardware Port: Ethernet
Device: en0
Ethernet Address: XX:XX:XX..... MAC address present

Hardware Port: FireWire
Device: fw0
Ethernet Address: XX:XX:XX..... MAC address present

Hardware Port: Wi-Fi
Device: en1
Ethernet Address: XX:XX:XX..... MAC address present

Hardware Port: Bluetooth PAN
Device: en2
Ethernet Address: N/A

I can’t find way to disable to Ethernet and FireWire devices. Even with “ifconfig en0 down” I can’t get the network card to disconnect the MAC address.

Some non-native devices on the network don’t get listed at all, but I don’t think Google counts these towards the hardware imprint in the GPMM counter e.g. routers, switches, it’s just the native built in devices. For that reason I can’t simply use an iPhone to thether to be able to connect additional accounts. So it must have to do with the native hardware which is still showing up.

The only last thing I can see is need to hide ethernet and firewire adapter completely so it doesn’t show the MAC address (or change the Firewire address) but I am not able to hide this hardware or change Firewire MAC address.

I suspect this could be reason why GPMM is still seeing them so marking it as same device.

Question:

So I assume I need to find way to disable these devices (Firewire and wired ethernet). Any ideas? Am I on the right track... I am running out of options here.


texts:
I have a shared computer that is primarily for my use, but occasionally when I'm out of the office others would like to use it.

These others require Administrator access to be able to install software etc. but I'm concerned (just as much out of mistake as anything else) about the security of my personal stuff on the machine.

I'm looking for a means to encrypt my home directory that can only be unlocked by my password.

Obviously FV2 doesn't cut it, as the full drive is decrypted as soon as the other user logs in.


texts: What’s the purpose of the `.WDESF_Store` file?

texts:
While inspecting a folder on an external drive, I encountered an unusual file:

$ ls -ltr .*
-rw-r--r--  1 alexwlchan  staff     0 12 Oct  2014 .localized
-rw-r--r--@ 1 alexwlchan  staff     0 21 Mar  2015 .WDESF_Store
-rw-r--r--@ 1 alexwlchan  staff  6148  7 Aug 14:04 .DS_Store

I know what the .localized and .DS_Store files are for, but I’ve never seen a WDESF_Store file before. Nor does Google have anything – it points me to searches for .DS_Store.

The external disk has only been plugged in to one Mac since it was last formatted, which was in January 2015. It’s a 1TB partition of a 2TB drive, which is a Western Digital USB drive. The partition is damaged in some way: in particular, although it was originally read-write HFS+, it’s now read-only, and Disk Utility can’t repair it.

The Mac in question is running the latest version of El Capitan, although at the time this file was allegedly created, it was probably running a version of Yosemite.

Running lsof doesn’t show any process which seems to have this file open. This is the only file with such a name on my disk. So I’m a bit baffled as to why it’s there.

I don’t think I created this file myself – I can’t think of why I’d need to do so, but it’s long enough ago that it’s not impossible that I did, and have since forgotten. But the name similarity to .DS_Store makes me think it might be some weird bit of OS cruft.

Does anybody recognise, or know the purpose of the .WDESF_Store file?


texts: Apple Font Tools cannot install in Macbook Pro El Capitan

texts:
I downloaded OS Font Tools, release 4 beta 1 (osxfonttools.dmg) and try to install in Macbook Pro El Capitan, but installation failed:

anyone knows the reason?


texts: My activity lists a lot of processes. Is it normal?

texts:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
macOS Mojave 10.14.3 (18D109)

Profiling a little bit my system I found that the activity Monitor is showing a huge amount of processes what I am not even aware of. There are no clear problems crystallised, but I want to be preventive.  I have a feeling that something is going wrong.
Is it normal or is it a bug? What is the right method to approach this?

95% of the listings were definitely not triggered by me. And this are only three of the screenshot of about 10-15 I could make


texts: RAM upgrade MacBook pro 15 inch mid-2010 on "El capitan"

texts: I have a MacBook pro 15 inch mid-2010 i5 2,4 Ghz, which I already have upgraded to 8GB of RAM. I recently tried to upgrade my MacBook's RAM to 16GB on Yosemite and it gets a kernel panic, I know others Macbook Pros can do it. But now I have 16GB on my desk and I don't know if i should have a little of faith, wait until "el capitan" get released and the computer could support the 16GB or better to loose any hope and sell them.


texts: Cant remove windows partition from mac(not BOOTCAMP)

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I have a windows partition(not a bootcamp one) and would like to remove it.This was obviously not possible with bootcamp.I tried using Disk Utility but all buttons there are inactive.

I have programs like NTFS 3G,reFit installed.Any way to remove windows now?


texts:
I have a macOS 10.14.6 Mojave, I forgot my iCloud account password and I was trying recover, however apple says that I need 24h to recover my password since I do not have access to my backup email account (I know this sounds strange but the backup account is the account itself). Is it possible to recover faster based on tmp files or other method?
Thank you.


texts: Why is my USB drive suddenly read-only and how can I make it read-write again?

texts:
I have a 1 TB USB drive.

I've been using it for months.

My main iTunes library is on it.

As of yesterday, for no apparent reason, it has become read only.

I can't open iTunes.

I also tried this...

Here is the info panel on the drive:

Note that the format is currently "Mac OS Extended Case-sensitive."

"Ignore ownership of this volume" is checked, but greyed-out.

Backing it up and reformatting is not practical due to the sheer amount of data.

How did the volume become effectively read-only?

Any suggestions for how I can get use of the drive back?


texts: Generating a self-signed code signing certifcate in macOS using only the terminal

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I have been wrestling with Unknown Error = -2,14,74,14,007 when generating a self-signed certificate to give gdb the appropriate permissions on macOS and while the solution is available, they require me to use Keychain Access to generate the certificate, introduce it to the System keychain and request the system to trust it.
I want to write a script that will automate generating a code-signing certificate, trusting it and signing the gdb binary on a clean macOS install with minimal user intervention. Everything after generating and trusting the certificate seems to be scriptable (with a static entitlements file and admin permissions)
I know that keychain manipulation is possible using security (man page) and I can disable additional pop-ups using sudo /usr/sbin/DevToolsSecurity --enable, but according to the man page, the policy and resultType arguments are only available for add-trusted-cert but not for add-certificates.
I figured if I could make my own CA, import the CA cert as trusted, then import a certificated issued by the self-made CA (for instance, using this guide), then everything should work but there is no way to import a CA certificate, let alone sign a certificate using the CA.
How do I generate a self-signed code signing certificate, add it to the System Keychain and trust it on macOS using only the command-line?


texts: Can't Connect to Samba Drive Using OS X Lion

texts:
I've come across many threads on Apple, but haven't found a solution that works for me. I understand that the Samba has been removed from OS X, and Apple has developed their own version. I remember trying connecting to the Samba drive when I first upgraded to Lion, and it didn't work so I gave up. But now I need it. Back in Snow Leopard, I used to write smb://URL/username. I didn't have to enter an IP address, but rather a URL to the network drive followed by my username, and it used to work perfectly. It's a URL because this network drive is hosted on campus at my university. I now receive the following error:

Check the server name or IP address, and then try again. If you continue to have problems, contact your system administrator.

As far as I know, nothing has changed on this network drive side. I am able to mount this drive on the Windows computer easily.

In the Console, I get the following error, which is the same if I try to mount the network drive through terminal:

Key 'smb_neg' defined before section

Not sure what that means.

Anybody know an appropriate solution? What about SMBUp? Is it safe to install and remove?


texts: Crackling left speaker on 13" Macbook Pro Early 2015

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I recently got my MBP back from an Apple Certified Service Centre where they replaced the logic board and IO board. They fixed the initial issue (unresponsive startup manager + slow boot), however now my left speaker is crackling and popping. This is in MacOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan).

What baffles me is that the speaker works perfectly fine in Windows 10. There is no distortion in the Mac startup chime either.

Things I've tried:

Reset PRAM + SMC
Reinstalling El Capitan and upgrading to Sierra
Switched L+R in Audio MIDI setup

When it was working perfectly fine in Windows I was convinced that this was a software issue, however I had no issues before the repair.
I was hoping that there's something I can do to fix it myself as I can't part with my computer for another two weeks for repair.


texts: How can I use mosh via iClouds Back to my Mac, like I can do it with ssh?


texts: How are all open windows arranged in mission control?

texts:
When opening mission control in Catalina to quickly switch between windows is there a system for how the window "thumbnails" are arranged?

I often have many similar windows open and would like to understand if there is an algorithm which determines position so that I may more quickly find the application I'm looking for. Maybe it is by window age? Best fit based on window sizes (effectively random)?


texts: I am trying to use Touch ID, I activate, but after one day, it doesn't recognize mine. I do it again, it works sometimes and it stops, how to train it to recognize? Do I register multiple versions of the same finger.


texts: MacOS iMessages can send text but not images using SMS via iPhone

texts:
I have until recently been able to send both text messages and images to SMS-contacts from my Mac (10.14.3) over my iPhone (12.1.4).  (They have never had iPhones).

Recently this stopped working, now I can only send pure text messages from my Mac, but images are immediately refused with the red exclamation mark and "Not delivered".  Clicking then say that "Your message could not be sent.  Click 'Try Again' to send this message", and still doesn't work.

I can send both texts and images directly on the phone.  I have tried logging out and in again on both devices, reregistering iMessage, but to no avail.

What should I try next?


texts: Battery warning "Service Battery" goes away by itself

texts:
I got the "service battery" message when clicking on the power indicator of my MBP the other day, only my battery appears to be fine. Then today, it's gone away by itself, I haven't taken it in for a service but now it shows battery condition normal...?

Anybody else experience this or have any idea why this would happen.


texts:
My auto-lock was set to “never” which is what I wanted, but yesterday it reduced itself to “5 minutes”; when I go to the Auto-Lock settings I now only get 2 options: “2 minutes” and “5 minutes”.

Can anyone assist with this problem?


texts: Is there a way to go back a few seconds in a movie on iTunes on a Mac?

texts:
Such as going back 5 or 10 seconds. This is a function I needed most but don't find on iTunes.

P.S. the CmdOpt Left arrow doesn't work by the way.


texts: Could someone explain to me how exactly an iPhone detects a Wifi hotspot? I mean i want to know the exact working of it. How does it know of all the networks that are present in the location? How often does it check for the networks ?


texts: Items in desktop folder to appear on desktop

texts:
Somehow recently I managed to mess up my Desktop folder so the contents are no longer displayed on the actual desktop.  Anybody have any ideas how to get this back?  It's not a problem normally since I normally use spotlight, but it'd be nice to have.

Thanks


texts: How to make macOS APFS Container show up in the boot menu again?

texts:
I used to have a triple-boot setup with macOS, Bootcamp and Debian on a Macbook Pro 2015 w/ High Sierria. I do not use alternative boot menus (i.e. rEFInd etc). macOS and Bootcamp would show up in the "ALT-menu", a normal boot would go to grub and Debian. I removed my linux swap and root partitions (from macOS using DiskUtility) to open up some space on the drive and now macOS drive doesn't show up in the "ALT-menu".

My problem is a little similar to this one except APFS container shows up in Internet Recovery but is listed as an "Image". (at the moment I can't provide a screenshot for this. Basically, they were listed separately under the Windows drives with much smaller capacity listing (~2-3 GB))

Using a live linux stick, APFS drive is named sda2. here are some read outs:

fdisk -l for the hard disk

Disk /dev/sda: 465.9 GiB, 500277790720 bytes, 977105060 sectors
Disk model: APPLE SSD SM0512
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: D0E4615B-509C-4516-9787-A0C116837A4E

Device         Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1         40    409639    409600   200M EFI System
/dev/sda2     409640 756269007 755859368 360.4G EFI System
/dev/sda4  829251584 879316991  50065408  23.9G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda5  879316992 977104895  97787904  46.6G Microsoft basic data

apfsutil /dev/sda2

Volume 0 D5E22857-2B7D-3590-BF9E-87F9FBD6398C
---------------------------------------------
Role:               No specific role
Name:               Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)
Capacity Consumed:  372848881664 Bytes
FileVault:          Yes

Volume 1 8055269A-5FAC-40A6-ABE1-879B688E5755
---------------------------------------------
Role:               Preboot
Name:               Preboot (Case-insensitive)
Capacity Consumed:  22323200 Bytes
FileVault:          No

Volume 2 856749D1-B62E-4B9B-AE80-E120E9F47C07
---------------------------------------------
Role:               Recovery
Name:               Recovery (Case-insensitive)
Capacity Consumed:  514936832 Bytes
FileVault:          No

Volume 3 92FC4412-ABD5-4836-89BE-9301F19E5CEC
---------------------------------------------
Role:               VM
Name:               VM (Case-insensitive)
Capacity Consumed:  2147594240 Bytes
FileVault:          No

gparted screenshot (shows the empty  space as well)

I tried adding the boot flag to sda2 to see if it would boot, but it didn't. (in other words, partition didn't have that flag at first. This screenshot was taken later) also, the Fat32 drive is only for shared files and nothing else. Also, I still have grub installed.


texts:
How can I get the smart mailbox to filter email correctly? I have the following set:

Contains messages that match ANY:

Subject Contains criteria one

Entire Message Contains criteria two

Entire Message Contains criteria three

The result is no messages found. If I remove the third criteria I get messages. What I thought the ANY would take each criteria and OR them. Instead it appears to be AND ing them.

Any thoughts on how to implement criteria in an OR?


texts: My 2017 iMac is unable to print! But my old Mac Mini prints just fine! Any insights?

texts:
Today, something weird is happening: when I try to print (from TextEdit) from my iMac (2017, Retina 4k, running Mojave, printing to a network-connected HP 3055), it ACTS like the document printed, but nothing comes out. I tried cycling power on the printer; no joy. I tried rebooting; no joy. I tried removing and reinstalling the printer; No joy. I tried printing from other applications (Preview, OpenOffice); no joy. From the "HP LaserJet 3055..." application, I CAN'T print a test page, but I CAN reach the printer's web interface, and print a PCL font list from it.
When I copy the document that started this whole mess over to my old Mini (running Mountain Lion, I think), it prints FINE from there. But still no joy printing from my Mini.
Any insights?


texts: Download Xcode 10.2.1 in macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

texts:
I use MacBook pro with macOS High Sierra (10.13.6). The version of Xcode am using is 10.1 and I see the updated Xcode in AppStore is 10.3 which is not compatible with my environment since it expects macOS Mojave 10.14.6.

How can I get Xcode 10.2.1 which got released after Xcode 10.1 release. Also will  MacBook pro with macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) get macOS Mojave 10.14.6 update ? Thanks


texts:
Is there any way to turn on rubber band scrolling in Snow Leopard?
I cannot upgrade to Mavericks because I need Rosetta but I would like to have the scrolling behavior of Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks.
Any ideas?


texts:
Please anyone help me, especially expert on iPhone and iPhone 5 or iPhone 5 user.
                My iPhone is second handed, I don't know this thing is normal or not

Fully charge about 2 hours 15 minutes
Battery usage just 6 hours that I use for camera (full hours with airplane mode), and about 2 days (40 hours) with 3g (sometimes use WiFi) with minimal use (just open whatsapp and instagram for a while)
It's easy to warm if I use more than 5 minutes, and easy to cold too.
Touch responsivity in corner screens is less (only touch action), but it still works and smooth for scrolling or touch a large button

Please anyone help me, Suggestions and feedbacks are welcome


texts: Boot Camp Windows partition lost after El Capitan upgrade

texts:
I upgraded through App Store, and after the upgrade, the boot select screen no longer shows my Windows partition, nor the recovery disk. Running diskutil list yields the following:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *320.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            222.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         39.0 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +221.6 GB   disk1
                             Logical Volume on disk0s2
                             9678D097-D642-4108-813B-E10AF9578FE3
                             Unlocked Encrypted

Disk Utility first aid passed with no error.

As far as I can remember, I allocated 100GB or so for the Windows partition. Now I wonder how I can get that back without reinstalling a clean Windows.

Running gpt shows the following:

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         MBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  433593744      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  434003384    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  435272920  113699624
  548972544   76169216      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  625141760        655
  625142415         32         Sec GPT table
  625142447          1         Sec GPT header


texts: Proliferation of unknown bash processes when invoking ps

texts:
I'm having some very strange behavior in my shell that I don't even begin to understand. I apologize for being somewhat lost, but I can't seem to turn up many obvious answers in a web search.
I'm using iTerm2 and the fish shell, and after upgrading to Catalina, invoking the ps command seems to cause an unspecified bash process to proliferate which has an overwritten name and cannot be killed in the conventional way.
After invoking ps several times I get the following output:
  PID TTY           TIME CMD
18710 ttys000    0:00.03 /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/iTerm2 --server login -fp username
18712 ttys000    0:00.74 -fish
18732 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
18796 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
18821 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
18846 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
18867 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
18892 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
18917 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
18942 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
18967 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
18992 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
19017 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
19042 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
19067 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)
19092 ttys000    0:00.00 (bash)

I'm assuming this has something to do with the move from bash to zsh as the native shell in Catalina, but I'm otherwise completely baffled. I don't know if anyone has a solution, but even a hint on how to diagnose it would be helpful.


texts: iPod Nano Running Playlist - Does it always have to start from the first song?

texts:
I have the latest iPod Nano and I use it when I run. I have created several playlists for that purpose and sync'ed them to my Nano. Some of the playlists are 70-90 minutes long.

However, the Nano won't let me start a playlist from a song different than the 1st song or let me shuffle songs within a playlist.

So, for example, I want to run on a specific music album which is 70 minutes long and I always have to listed to the songs from the first 45 minutes of the album (because I run for 45 minute sessions).

Is there a way around this?

Regards,


texts: How to remove a service from launchd added by mistake?

texts:
By mistake I added an invalid (non-existing) service to launchd:

sudo launchctl enable system/homebew.mxcl.cntlm

The above should be system/homebrew.mxcl.cntlm instead.

However, after removing the service:

sudo launchctl remove system/homebew.mxcl.cntlm

it still shows in the list of disabled services:

nlykkei-mbp:~ nlykkei$ launchctl print-disabled system
disabled services = {
    "org.apache.http" => false
    "homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq" => false
    "com.apple.CSCSupportd" => true
    "com.apple.ftpd" => true
    "com.apple.mdmclient.daemon.runatboot" => true
    "com.openssh.sshd" => false
    "org.apache.httpd" => true
    "com.apple.bootpd" => true
    "homebrew.mxcl.cntlm" => false
    "org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx" => false
    "com.launchd.maxfiles" => false
    "com.apple.ftp-proxy" => true
    "homebew.mxcl.cntlm" => false     <-- doesn't exist
}

How can I remove all traces of homebew.mxcl.cntlm from my system, so that it doesn't show up using launchctl?


texts: Partition/Volume grayed out but full read/write access

texts:
i have a Mac Server and a partition only for files. The volume is grayed out in the Finder sidebar, but if i go to the folder via CMD + G (go to folder) and type "/Volumes/Server_Daten" the volume opens and i can read and write. If i go to informations (CMD + ALT + I) i can't change the permissions (little lock symbol is grayed out too).

I have the root user enabled, but even as root i can't change the permissions and have to go to the folder via CMD + G.

How can i fix the grayed out volume in the sidebar?


texts: Stop syncing photos from iphone, is it still saved on icloud.com?

texts:
I am using icloud photo library to sync my iphone photos to my macbook. Does it mean that all photos are stored and saved on icloud.

In other words If I stop syncing photos from iphone, will all photos on icloud.com be deleted ?


texts: Is it possible to find only apps which are compatible for my iOS version?

texts:
I have read this question regarding App Store updates for older iPads, and I'm in a similar situation to MrDaniel regarding my hardware / software.

This is a different question though: how to find apps, via App Store or otherwise, which will have a version which is compatible?

In the App Store you can filter by iPhone or iPad, but not by iOS version.

If an app has a compatible version, you can buy it through iTunes on another device, and then on the iPad you can download a compatible version via updates. But how to tell which apps you can do this with?


texts:
I have "restored" one usb stick with the BaseSystem.dmg of the InstallESD.dmg of my Lion installation and it boots. However it wants to connect to the internet to check the system requirements blablabla. Due to the fact, that i am currently at university where we use a proxy the network tool tells me that i have no connection. How can i set up the right proxy? Via the Terminal?

(Btw. the screen that opens is the Mac OS X Service Tools (don't know how to translate) which offers me to restore from Time Machine or to install Lion or to search online help. The Tools i can use are Firmware Password, Network tool and Terminal.)


texts: Is it possible to assign a ringtone to a group of contacts?

texts:
Without individually setting the ringtone for each contact in that group.

Maybe there are other apps that manage contacts and have this feature.

Basically, I want my iPhone to ring the same when contacts from a group call.


texts:
I'm a long time customer of the German iTunes store (recently only iTunes match). My VISA was not valid anymore, so I had to change. Not having a VISA atm, I wanted to go for Paypal or direct bank transactions.... however, I could see neither of them on my screen..

This despite internet research showing both apparently are supported for the German store - how can I salvage this?


texts: Is it possible to add alternate SCM options in Xcode 3?

texts:
Is it possible to add additional SCM options in Xcode, specifically Mercurial?  I know it is possible outside with Murky and others but I was hoping for a "inside Xcode" integration.

If this is too SOish say so.


texts: how to remove full my GMail "archive" for Apple Mail?

texts:
After all the travails of Mail.app, I would leave it behind, not to let it touch my GMail messages again, and free up dozens of GBs disk space in the process.

However, simply unchecking "Mail" under System Preferences / Internet Accounts / GMail does not delete the local copies (and duplicates!) of previously downloaded messages.

I am a bit hesitant to try deleting messages manually, as a mistaken sync afterwards might instruct GMail to move all my mail to its Trash. What is a bulletproof way of removing my GMail history from Mail?

Thanks!


texts: What are the folders in OS X that I should know about?

texts:
I just got my first Mac (a MacBook Pro) last Sunday and I am LOVING everything about it so far! But, I am a little confused about the folders in OS X.

Please go through the folders I should know about, and the folders I shouldn't worry about (or should stay away from). I have a little Linux knowledge to go off of, but things are still different enough that I'm disoriented.

I'm running the latest, at this time of writing, version of OS X 10.6.5 Snow Leopard. But if any folders have changed over the past few versions, please note them! :)


texts: Spotlight reports "Indexing and searching disabled" in Lion

texts:
Lion keeps "losing track" of Spotlight information. Directories and Applications disappear, full text searches stop working, etc. I seem to need to re-index it once a week or so.

However, now it appears to not work at all.

Running

sudo mdutil -i on /

from the Terminal I get a message

"Indexing and searching disabled."

I have tried trashing preference files, deleting the whole V100 folder, repairing permssions, etc but Spotlight still thinks indexing is turned off on my entire Volume (Yes have added/deleted whole disk from Spotlight's privacy preferences").

In the console I have quite a few errors that look like this

mds: (Error) Server: Disabled store registered for scope "/Applications"

However, I do not know how to tell it to re-enable that scope as mdutil gives an error when I try to turn on indexing and gives an error when I try to delete the index

EDIT: I reinstalled Lion. It did not fix the problem(s) :(


texts: OS X doesn't allow me to cut files. Are there any applications to enable this?


texts: iPhone 4 free case - replacing phone voids current order?

texts:
I have recently had my iPhone replaced. An order for the free bumper case had already been placed using my old phone for which I received a confirmation email, but I did not get an email stating that the order had been cancelled when the phone was replaced.

If I launch the free iphone case application I am able to place another order, but I do not want to if my current one is en-route.

Does anyone know what's happening in this scenario?


texts: My Macbook previous OS is Mavericks,one day, i use find my iphone to lock my macbook and the Computer started to prompt me enter password(not the lock my mac Firmware password, i removed it right after the first Firmware password prompt) before the OS start to boot(It's like asking for password on BIOS if it were a PC).Then i upgraded to Yosemite and it's no longer ask me for password before system start booting up. The question is how i can get back the old password prompt, or is it just me confusing that the password is prompt before system start.


texts: Is it possible to work with a Mac Pro through a MacBook?

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I've been thinking of getting a Mac Pro to do some serious graphics work.  However, I don't have the funds to get it along with a Retina display at the same time. The display, keyboard, speakers, etc. would have to wait a few months.

If I get the Mac Pro, can I run it through my MacBook Air? If so, would this also work for a Mac Mini, as I might end up with that instead?


texts: Switch language expected while using Voice Control?

texts: If I am dictating on my iPad using Voice Control in English, how can I tell Voice Control to switch languages and start expecting German, temporarily?


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I'm using ios7.1 and I was wondering if there's a way to change the transparency of the in-call menu?
When I use the dialer's keypad I have about 30% transparency (I can see the background but it's mostly covered in white), but when I'm in the middle of a call, the background is about 70-80% transparent, so if I have a light wallpaper, I can't see the menu or the numbers.

I'm looking for a tweak that will enable me to manually change the transparency or tweak it from iFile.
Second option: set a dark wallpaper only for in-call menu (is it possible?)

Thank you!


texts: Weird null characters ^@ output on iTerm 2 / zsh when a command is running

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When I m using iTerm 2 (with zsh), and a command is running at the prompt, every minute or so ^@ (NULL character) got displayed on the terminal. Below is an example, using socat, but other commands yield the same outcome:

  2016/03/11 09:59:36 socat[1514] D data loop: sock1->eof=0, sock2->eof=0, closing=0, wasaction=1, total_to={0.000000}
  2016/03/11 09:59:36 socat[1514] D select(8, &0xa0, &0x0, &0x0, NULL/0.000000)
  ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@

In this example, ^@ is written at the end of the last line every minute or so.

If I run the same command with the built in mac os Terminal app / bash, the output is clean.

Any idea where these nulls characters comes from and how to get rid of it?


texts: Force Repair/Unmount External Hard Drive?

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I was backing up my Mac today (Time Machine) when I think I jostled the USB cable.  The hard drive disappeared from the finder window and progress on backing up in the Time Machine window disappeared.

I've tried unplugging/replugging the HD and restarting the computer, but it doesn't show up in finder or Time Machine anymore.  The light on the hard drive is blinking, indicating it thinks its being accessed, but I don't think it's actually doing anything.

The HD DOES show up in the Disk Utility Program.  However if I try to repair the Time Machine partition, it says "Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files."  If I attempt to erase the partition, it says "Volume Erase failed with the error:  Couldn’t open disk."  And if I attempt to erase the Disk (one level up from the partition in the Disk Utility), it says "Disk Erase failed with the error: Couldn’t unmount disk."

I tried force unmounting the disk using the Terminal command, but the disk doesn't actually show up in /Volumes/, so it didn't work.

Any ideas on this one?  Is the disk completely totalled or is there another way to get it to reset so I can re-back things up?


texts: Linux Install on Mac. Macos Asks to Initialize

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Install of Linux on Mac went fine, but I want to get rid of the initialize unreadable popup for the disk after macOS boots. Tried adding the UUIDs in the fstab file but it did not work.
Do I need the UUID of the disk itself? It's an 80 GB disk dedicated to Linux with 3 partition.
One 1 MB Bios Boot Partition, an EXT4 of 60 GB for Linux Filesystem and a Linux Swap of 15 GB.
I had added the UUIDs of the the three partition as that was all I could get of them.
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *240.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         239.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Refind                  313.3 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +239.5 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     139.4 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 44.7 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                731.4 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 MB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            11.0 GB    disk1s5

/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data ExtraWindows            499.9 GB   disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS MAC                     499.1 GB   disk2s3
   4:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk2s4

/dev/disk3 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk3
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Davenpart               250.1 GB   disk3s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Wellrose                318.1 GB   disk3s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data DOSSER                  181.4 GB   disk3s4

/dev/disk4 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *180.0 GB   disk4
   1:               Windows_NTFS Window 10               179.5 GB   disk4s1
   2:                       0x27                         504.4 MB   disk4s2

/dev/disk5 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *80.0 GB    disk5
   1:        Bios Boot Partition                         1.0 MB     disk5s1
   2:           Linux Filesystem                         65.0 GB    disk5s2
   3:                 Linux Swap                         15.0 GB    disk5s3

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