texts: Is there a way to force the system to immediately reflect a replaced icns resource of an app?

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I have programmatically replaced an app's icon with the icon from another app (see code below). Now I want the change to propagate (visually) right away™ … But the former app still keeps showing the old icon in Finder, Dock and Application Switcher.

Q: Is there a way to force the system to immediately reflect this icon change? Preferably by means of entering some code in my shell.

Here's an example script showing what I did:

# copy-terminal-app-icon-to-iterm.sh
# ----------------------------------
# First backup original iTerm icon
mv /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Resources/iTerm.icns /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Resources/iTerm-original.icns
# Then make iTerm use the same icon as Terminal.app
cp /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/Resources/Terminal.icns /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Resources/iTerm.icns

Can I add something in this script to make it "kick in" right away?

I tried killall Finder but that didn't affect anything. And this answer didn't work for me either. (Besides, that question is targeted towards updating Dock whereas mine is Finder-/system-wide).


texts: USB-C to Lightning cable: Connecting iPhone to USB-C peripherals

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The iPhone 11 Pro/Pro Max come with USB-C to Lightning cables for fast charging, and the regular iPhone 11 supports them.

Regular Lightning supports HDMI output via an Apple dongle.

Does the USB-C to Lightning cable support HDMI output too? If I were to plug the phone and cable into a USB-C hub, would the hub’s HDMI output work?

If I were to plug the phone via Lightning to USB-C cable directly into a USB-C monitor, would that work?


texts: Can't login with iCloud Control Panel for Windows. Constant server error

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I have problem of connecting to iCloud with iCloud Control panel for Windows.
After a while it errors with can't connect because of server error. And gives me a link to iCloud status which is always all green.

This problem is not last hour problem, it is constantly the same from the time I installed iCloud CP version 4 when it was released. I didn't have previous version of CP installed on this machine. I did't tweaked services above usual turn off of XPS server and Tablet PC components in Programs (Unistall part of Windows Control Panel)

I have Windows Firewall enabled (though disabling it doesn't make a change). Antivirus is MSSE. I am behind old Linksys router though it has uPNP enabled on it (and disabling SPI firewall on it doesn't change anything either). It is in Gateway mode.
Itunes login into account fine and I can log into iCloud.com with a browser.

Windows is Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit on Athlon XP (not SSE2 capable, had to mention because some apps just forget there are such processors still in use)
Version of iCloud CP is the last 4.0.2 (at the moment of writing).

If anybody does know what I can do to trouble shoot it I would be happy to hear. And yes I've already removed and installed iCloud CP few times. Thanks.


texts: How to check owner and licences of an Appstore application?

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How to check owner of an Appstore application? And licences used for downloading it.

My problem is the following:

1.A few years ago I installed Numbers, Pages and Keynote on a computer WorkComp using licence, which my company gave me. I used Apple id  AppleID1 there.

I now have bought a new computer MyComp and connected the  AppleID1. to my main Admin  account (Admin1). I also still use the AppleID1 on my work company computer WorkComp.
The new computer MyComp came with these apps pre-installed as they are free with new purchases. Now on MyComp the system asked me to update these applications and Prompted me to agree for it to transfer the pre-installed apps licence to the AppleID1. I agreed.
I then realised that now I am using the same Apple-id AppleID1. to licence the apps on both Macs and there may be a problems later. I wanted to get rid of the connection between the AppleID1 licence on these applications on my computer MyComp (they suppose to be free anyway).
I created a new account on the MyComp (Admin2) and a new apple-id AppleID2.
But I saw that the applications are already installed and can be used by me. Nevertheless I tried to uninstall them and them download from Appstore again using AppleID2. And now I am not sure whether it worked or not, since everything looks exactly the same, and I  know that applications on my computer can be installed using different AppleIDs, and I have no way to check to which appleID and to which licence they belong too.

Also a little bit different question - may be it is possible to still use AppleID1, but somehow clear the licence for the applications and download them as a private user, who just bought a computer and can get them for free?


texts: How can I completely remove Apple's Java 6 and make Oracle's Java 7 default for everything?

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I would like to completely remove Apple's Java 6 and make Oracle's Java 7 default for every program.
For example, with Eclipse I had to fiddle with eclipse.ini to specify JAVA_HOME for Java 7, and the same for TunnelBear. No luck for Aptana, though (it still wants Apple's Java)
Is there a way to make Oracle's Java default in terms of PATH?


texts: AirPort Express no power-on - can it be repaired or replaced?

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I have a first-generation Airport Express that has the common failure of simply not powering on. There are several sites showing how to open or repair the device, but all basically involve destroying the exterior and/or keeping it in two (exposed) parts afterwards.

Is there any way to get this fixed without destroying it? I have no Apple Care - do Apple consider doing repairs (for less than the cost of a new one)? It seems like a waste to chuck it and buy a new one. Or perhaps it is announced as a manufacturing defect? I couldn't find anything like that. Any chance of a friendly Apple Store employee getting a replacement, at least saving the full cost?


texts: terminal.app eats SHIFT key when used with UP and DOWN arrows (but not left or right)

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Using cat in Terminal.app in order to view the raw codes, I get the following:
$ cat
^[[D    # LEFT
^[[1;2D # S-LEFT
^[[C    # RIGHT
^[[1;2C # S-RIGHT
^[[A    # UP
^[[A    # S-UP
^[[B    # DOWN
^[[B    # S-DOWN

where:

S is for the shift key
LEFT is for left arrow
RIGHT is for right arrow
UP is for up arrow
DOWN is for down arrow

Thus, the shift key is ignored in conjunction with the up and down arrows, but not with the left and right arrows.
I don't see anything under Terminal > Preferences > Profiles > keyboard that would explain this behaviour (following this answer, that is how I solved a similar problem).
I could probably use DefaultKeybinding.dict (see this other answer for example) but that doesn't explain the behaviour.


texts: Accidentally deleted files using GNU find -delete - how to recover?

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I was playing around with OSX find and GNU find from findutils (v 4.4.2) package for learning purposes. GNU find has a -delete option, which is self-explanatory. What isn't, however, is that "Use of -delete automatically turns on the -depth option", which means it will recursively remove the current working directory content without a warning.

The problem is I accidentally executed such a command on my system, instead of remote shell session.

I tried to research the internals behind -delete but all I could come up with was official GNU findutils docs.

As I realised what happened, I turned off the system to prevent possible overwriting of sectors. Then, I took a "standard recovery approach" using

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac
Prosoft Data Rescue 3
Disk Drill
Mac Data Recovery Guru

but to no results. The removed directory was actually a git repository with many small files. As close-to-zero disk operation was made since the deletion, I doubt all of them could get overwritten. It's not a disastrous situation because I'm obviously pull the repository content from remote. Still, I loose unpublished local branches and files under .gitignore.

Are there any OSX mechanisms I could use to get these files back?


texts: How do I use the `security` command-line tool to change Access Control of a private key?

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How do I use the security command-line tool to add an application to allow access to the private key or key chain? or change it to Allow all application to access this item? ›››››››
(I am trying to do this to my CI machines which I don't have GUI access)


texts: MacBook Pro not loading although power adapter is connected

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I own a new MacBook Pro (bought three weeks ago).

Since I don't want to exhaust the 1000 expected full charge cycles this battery is rated at, I connect the MacBook with the power adapter when I'm working at home so I don't draw down the charge when AC power is available.

I connected my MacBook when it had almost 100 percent and since then it says that the power adapter is connected but the battery is not charging.
Now I have 80 percent left and the battery is still not charging.
I disconnected and connected the power, now it's charging.

I'm still worried if everything is okay. Are there are situations where the MacBook does not charge for good reasons or to explain why I didn't get the charge before 80% capacity?


texts:
To my greatest stress I did following today
sudo rm -rf * tmp/ instead of sudo rm -rf tmp/* from home folder. And ta-da everything is gone from my home directory. Unfortunately I dont have time machine backup either. Can anyone suggest best recovery software for this situation?


texts: Ever since I upgraded one of our schools student MacBook Airs to Mojave, logging out of the Guest User account is broken.  The cursor remains over a blank, black screen and nothing ever happens from there.  To get it back I need to force a shut down by holding down the power button.  I tried booting into Safe mode to see if that would help. It does not.


texts:
I'm trying to animate some code snippet like this:

class Person { // 1

  func sayName() -> String { // 2
    some text here // 3
  } // 2

} // 1

Is it possible to animate text like this where the //1 come in at one time, then //2 come in the next animation, then //3 last?

The text is one object group and I tried the different animation options for Appear like Paragraph by group. It only goes from top to bottom. When I select Build Order, it does not let me drag the } from //1 with the first class Person { //1.

Can this be done without separate object groups for each part I want animated?


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I created a few projects on an old iPad 2 years ago. The iPad broke down and I have had no more Apple products since then. Now I've set up an installation of macOS High Sierra in VMware, and I want to retrieve those projects uploaded to iCloud, from an iPad running iOS 6.1.3 (that's the last time I opened GarageBand on the iPad). I can confirm that the projects are still there by checking the usage of my iCloud space.

I tried launching Library while holding down the Alt key, and it showed me the "Mobile Documents" folder. However when I double-click on that folder, it jumps to my "iCloud Drive" folder, where I can't see anything (I just upgraded to iCloud drive).


texts: Does it hurt a large desktop Mac to be transported repeatedly?

texts: I travel to two different homes and spend six months at each one, taking my desktop 27" Mac with me. I travel by car, and always pack it in the original shipping crate so it's well protected. Will all this driving cause things to loosen inside or anything else adverse?


texts: IOS messages - contacts with both IOS and text messaging

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So my kids all have "dumb" phones and iOS devices (iPods, iPads). Currently, I only have one contact per person, with both their iOS device and regular phone number as part of their contact.

Unfortunately, I can't tell if I'm getting a message from their phone or iOS device. If they are on their iOS device, I can send them links, images, etc... but if their are on their phone, I can only send text messages.

Apart from creating 2 contacts for each person (one for their phone, one for their iOS device) is there any other way to tell these apart?


texts: Strange Process in Activity Monitor. Unable to search online

texts: I (somewhat) recently did a fresh install, and the system was feeling a bit sluggish after installing Chrome and some extensions so I checked the Activity Monitor and found the below process. Anyone know what it is? I can't seem to search for it as none of the search engines I tried would take the special characters.


texts: Is it possible to add hosting to some image hosting in share menu?

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I have a MacBook Pro. I can make screenshots. It lands on the desktop. By opening the context menu I can press the Share button.

Is it possible to add some button which will share the image on some image hosting? For example, I had Gyazo on Windows and now I use Lightshot. I can select region of my screen and picture immediately hosts on the server and link to the image is in my buffer.

I mean this menu:

Is this possible on Mac?


texts: How to disable/always allow assistive access on Mavericks?

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I've been using this script (AppleScript) bound to a global hot key as an Automator Service to open new terminals using a global keyboard shortcut. After upgrade to OS X Mavericks when the corresponding service is triggered from literally any application, a new dialog box popus up saying that

  "(Application name)" would like to control this computer using accessibility features.

And of course script fails to execute triggered from any application which has not been explicitly given permission via System Preferences.

Is there some way to globally allow accessibility control to any application running on my computer in OS X Mavericks, as it used to be in previous OS X releases?

The example script above was not the only script I had on global shortcuts, and whitelisting all installed applications is extremely painful, especially considering that an app may be whitelisted only after a failed "control" attempt...


texts:
Is there a way that when you cycle through the last Space, it cycles you back to the first one?

And, if you cycle backwards and get to the first space, have it cycle back to the last?

Right now, it stops as at the end and beginning, and I'd love to just keep on swiping to cycle.


texts: iPhone Notes synced on different accounts do not push to the Mac

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Mac does not receive all notes from Phone. Apparently I changed the default to Gmail and now those notes do not appear on the Mac. I have tried changing Mac settings and accounts.

Is there a way to change the setting on the individual note so it syncs with a new account on the phone, such as from Gmail to iCloud, or do I have to manually retype the notes after setting the note default to iCloud from Gmail?


texts: Hard drive partitions destroyed by FileVault

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Short summary: User attempted to decrypt FileVault protection and got impatient; now can't get hard drive working at all. No file recovery needed (good backup, thank God), just need to get the hard drive to the point where I can actually work with it.

I have another system with a similar 1 TB drive, and used gpt to manually copy its partition scheme to the problem drive; it won't mount (from klanomoath's assistance to another user).

Also tried initializing the disk using Windows (NTFS); partially successful. It almost looks like FileVault somehow still has hold of the drive, even though everything, including the partition map, has been overwritten. Can't figure out how to just write enough of a format onto the drive so that Disk Utility has a place to start.

I just need to get this drive working, and don't care what data is destroyed. Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?


texts: How to rebuild iTunes Library with altered file locations without losing playcounts|ratings etc

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My iTunes was set to make copies of all the music that it imported and keep it's own library within the iTunes folder. I wanted to delete my original files but deleted my iTunes copies instead. Now I have an exclamation mark beside all my music and since iTunes renames the files in it's own copy according to the ID3 tags, I can't simply replace my iTunes folder with my original files as the filenames and folders don't match.

The brute force alternative is to manually point each missing file to the new file location but this does not seem like a very clever solution given I have over 5000 tracks.

I don't want to reconstruct my library from scratch because I will lose precious listening and rating history from the past six years! Is there anyway I can fix this without losing my play counts and ratings?

I can a poor idea of rebuilding the file/folder structure on a new iTunes instance on another machine/account and copying the files back to the folder but this doesn't sound fool-proof. Any suggestions!


texts: Is there a way to auto-paginate "Page 1 of 3" in Pages?

texts: Is there a way to auto-paginate with "1 of 3" "2 of 3" "3 of 3"?


texts:
I recently hooked up 2 displays to my MacBook.
Now the notifications always show up on my right screen. This means that I have to turn my head and in addition move my mouse a considerable long way to click on a notification.

Is there a way to make the notifications show up on a different screen?


texts: How to "switch my Python" to pip update the package copy that my IDLE accesses?

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I have an Anaconda installation of Python as well as an installation that comes when downloading Python and IDLE from Python.org and I use both of them.

For my Anaconda python I can use pip install --upgrade PackageName to update a package by just typing that line into iTerm.

For my "IDLE Python" I have had help updating the copy of the same package that IDLE imports. They "temporarily switched my Python", updated the package with pip, then "un-switched" it.

This worked nicely and I'd like to do it again. From my description is it possible to decipher what actually happened and to suggest the lines that might do this?

If there are other ways to do this, seeing those would also be appreciated, but I'd like to try this method specifically.


texts: Need help in figuring out why my MacBook (mid 2012) crashes even after reinstalling ElCapitan

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My MB Pro mid 2012 is crashing since already some time quite often.
~2 years ago I put in 16GB Ram and a Samsung Evo SSD, no problems after that. Just recently those "crashes" started to appear.

What happens is that the current window freezes and then it seems like a chain reaction freezing everything else. I can open the force quit window and applications do close when force quit, if I relaunch Finder, the dock (and finder?) seems not to work (frozen dock in weird position). No Finder appears again in the force quit window.

The system temperature is then increasing quite rapidly and I have to turn off the MB by holding down the start button.

So, yesterday I reinstalled ElCapitan. Since then everything was fine. But now it just happened again.

I am worried that the computer is being damaged, and also since it's annoying I would like to figure this out for good.

It seems not to be the Safari problem that was in the news recently since my MB is older and the newest ELCapitan update is installed. I also ran chrome and I still had crashes (before reinstall).

Can you please let me know how to proceed?

Under Console I have a lot of files, including 4 crash reporter files from: com.apple.networking.eapol.log.20160623T225508-04.gz

and 2 diagnostic reports from backupd and Clean my Mac 3.

Please let me know how to proceed, I would appreciate your help a lot.

Best,
Moritz


texts: Change Mac OS X Wireless Card Country Code

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I have problem connecting to a wireless router using Mac OS X which is on channel 13. This is because there is some other router nearby which is broadcasting the US country code. The only way around this i have found so far, is to each time go to the router and restart the computer.

I have asked google and it seems to be a mixture of people who think that it is setting the locale changes it, or that it is fixed in the router firmware. Both i have shown to be wrong. man ifconfig also has not been too enlightening.

Does anyone know of another way to force the card to use a different country Code or channels?
I would rather not change to another channel, as there is alot of interference near by (shown with KisMAC).

Thanks

Edits

Found

  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport

Which appears to allow for an arbitary channel to be set on the card, but not county code. This seems to have no effect.


texts: How do I deal with an automatic reboot following a cydia app install

texts: The tethered RedSnOw jailbreak for 5.1 worked like a charm.  I ran into a problem when I installed winterboard however.  Following the automatic reboot, I couldn't get my iPhone into DFU mode to use the "just reboot" function.  What am I doing wrong?


texts: Where is the SafariStand menu/preferences?

texts:
Inspired by this answer I installed SafariStand (after installing SIMBAL) (following instrtuctions in the read me file

  How To Install
  - Install SIMBL 0.9.5 or later http://culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php
  - Quit Safari.
  - move "SafariStand.bundle" into your SIMBL plugin folder.
  - Result path is "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/SafariStand.bundle".

and also in this website)

Now that the installation is done, I am unable to see the menu/icon of SafariStand There is not much documentation anywhere.

Where/how do I see the SafariStand settings window?


texts: Subtitle settings in iTunes content on iOS are wrong

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I am watching Quantum of Solace on my iPhone 5 (iOS 6.0.1), purchased from iTunes.

I noticed that the subtitles were in Spanish. I thought maybe the setting was wrong, but it was set to "Off". I then tried to switch the setting from "Off" to "US English", and now the subtitles disappeared.

So, "Subtitles: Off" gives me Spanish, "Subtitles: US English" gives me nothing.

Is it possible that the movie itself is messed up? All my other movies seem to be working fine, it's just this one, so I'm thinking it's not my phone.

Edit: A little further into the movie now, and the settings are back to normal. English is English, and Off is Off. But the first few minutes are still screwed up. I'm thinking it's a problem with iTunes.


texts:
Pages has since a relatively recent update a very useful way to insert equations using LaTeX and/or MathML syntax.

On multiple occasions, I have wanted to add tags to equations—a custom equation number on the right side of the equation. However, the \tag{} command doesn't seem to work in Pages. Is there any other way I can achieve this?

Three possibilities which come to mind are a) using a table with two cells, putting the equation in the left one and the equation number on the right, b) adding the equation text above or below the equation (but unfortunately not to the right), or c) adding spaces and then the tag manually (which seems to be a terrible idea). Is there a better way to do it?


texts: How to set reply-to address in Apple Mail

texts: I have two accounts set up in Apple Mail. The second account is for backup purposes and because at times the primary account is unavailable. When that happens, I send from the second account but would like the reply-to address to be that of the primary account. Is there a way to set things up this way in Apple Mail?


texts: OS 10.11 Can't access photo library from Finder file upload box

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I'm running OX 10.11.6 and using the stock Photos app. Whenever I attempt to access the media browser from the Finder file upload box, such as when attaching a photo to an email or social media post, I am unable to access my library. The finder gets stuck in a loading state, forcing me to open the Photos app itself, drag the file to my desktop, and then attach it that way. It goes without saying that this manual approach is extremely cumbersome.

Here's a screenshot of what I see when I try to access my photo library from the finder:

Now I've read numerous posts on this same issue that suggest going to Photos > Preferences > General and checking if the photo library is the system default. This usually solves the problem for people, however I've already done that to no effect. See screenshot below:

I've also tried rebooting my machine, repairing the photo library and then rebooting again, but to no avail. Upgrading my OS X install isn't an option for me because I'm on an older machine (2009 13" MacBook Pro) that is no longer supported.

Is there any way to remedy this issue that doesn't involve reinstalling OS X?


texts: So my iPhone says that all of the memory is used. In iTunes it says I still have like 7GBs free. Apple Support always says just do a factory restore, which is ridiculous. So what is going on and how do I get around it?


texts:
Is it possible to use an iPhone without a SIM card as an iPod touch?

I have an old iPhone 3G that no longer has a SIM card and I want to use it as an iPod touch.  How can I achieve this?


texts:
I read in a different thread (How to specify command to always run as root?) that using the purge command in Terminal to free memory is not a good idea. Does anyone know an alternative way to do this without installing third-party software? This is a curiosity based question, I don't mind if it's a complicated process, because I already have third-party software to clean memory. Thanks.

EDIT (maybe I wasn't clear in my question):
Sometimes I want to speed up my Mac because too much memory is being used (for example immediately after closing a memory-consuming app). The question is: how would I quickly clean and retrieve memory to give to other tasks? Do I have to wait for the computer itself to do this or can I also do it manually?


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I have a 17" Macbook Pro, mid 2010, with a 2.66 GHz core i7. It has 4GB of memory and a 500 GB sata hard drive (5400 rpm).
With this specification, if I have to update one and only one part of my machine, which of the following gives me better improvement of performance: 8 GB of ram vs. 256 GB solid state drive?
There is a similar question here, but it is not applicable to me since the OP is already having 8GB of ram.
I know that ssd improves the boot and wake up time as well as data transfer rate, however, I suspect that with 4GB one bottleneck in my machine is page swamping. Thus, accruing more memory would make sense.
On the other hand, I read everywhere that ssd makes the computer much more responsive and this is the main reason I want an upgrade.
To add to dilemma, my laptop has sata2 while most solid state drives can shine with sata3 (correct me if this wrong).
So here is the situation. If you had my mac, would you upgrade the ram or the hard disk?
P.S. If I go with ssd, I would remove the optical drive and use its physical space for my current hard drive. Running out of space is not really an issue then.
P.P.S As a side note, if I somehow manage to do both upgrades, i.e. 8 GB of ram and solid state drive. In such case how long would I expand life time of my mac?
Edit
I use this mac for coding (and compiling of course) when I'm not on my linux machine. This also means, sometimes I need to run virtual machines (RAM!). Sometimes I also do photos post-processing which includes using huge raw files. Apart from that, mostly regular daily use of surfing, emailing, reading and writing papers.


texts:
i have a 2011 imac downstairs in my house and i created a usb windows 7 install on that and when i plug it in it notices it as an install disk however when i plug it into my imac 2008 and click insall windows 7 this comes up

The installer disc could not be found.
 Insert your Windows installer disc and wait a few seconds for the disc to be recognized.

i do not know what to do as it is noticed on my other imac it noticed it.


texts: How to disable emoji on Chinese keyboard in OS X? (Related: disabling emoji systemwide)

texts:
I use the Chinese keyboard on OS X Mavericks, and I'm sure this is the case for other versions of OS X, where when I type in Chinese, like 爱情 and emoji like hearts come up.. which is annoying because the emoji takes up a space that otherwise would be filled with relevant characters and I don't use emoji. While not urgent, it'd be nice if I could just get rid of them once and for all.

I've looked through the keyboard settings for Chinese and couldn't find an option to disable the emoji and also did some Googling online if you can do a system-wide disable of emoji, and couldn't find anything.


texts: Firefox on macOS: Use native fullscreen on videos

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Is there a way to make Firefox use Mac's native fullscreen when watching a video (e.g. on Netflix)? The browser does go fullscreen, but it's not on it's own space on macOS.

I'm currently using Firefox 57 and macOS 10.13.1.


texts: GPU temperature is above 70 C, and CPU fan is above 2400 rpm

texts:
I've had my iMac for two years now. I play a lot of games and watch a lot of HD videos. In the past week, the computer has gotten a lot hotter than usual and it stutters a lot, and I feel like the two are related.

Today while playing a game I noticed that the GPU Diode reached 70 C (using iStat Pro), which I have never seen before. Therefore, the CPU fan was at 2400 rpm.

I play a lot of games, including this same one, and I have never seen the GPU this hot before, and almost never hear the fans running so loudly and so rapidly. (I can't even recall a time when I could very clearly hear the fans running.)

Could all this be a sign to a more bigger problem?


texts: Is there a Safari Extension that automatically tracks my daily time usage on Safari?

texts:
I am looking for an extension in Safari that automatically tracks my time in Safari.  Specifically, I want:
1)  When I start Safari, the timer automatically starts/resumes.
2)  When I stop Safari, the timer pauses.
3)  The timer would reset every day or at a frequency I specify.

The basic idea is that I can track my daily usage on the internet at work, so that I don't spend too much time goofing off.

I don't think there's anything in the official Safari Extensions gallery.  There is WebWatch and My Work&Time, but the former doesn't satisfy criteria 2 and My Work&Time is not automatic.

I'm running Safari 5.0.5 on Windows XP.


texts: Chrome Mac gesture conflict with horizontal scrolling

texts:
I am running Chrome 14 on OSX Lion.

I swipe 2 fingers horizontally to scroll a web page horizontally, for a page that is too wide.

When I swipe right, it works fine. When it swipe left it works for a second then I think it's trying to click on the browser's "back" button.

I'm not sure who's at fault, but there is some kind of conflict.


texts: I recently moved by itunes library from my pc to an external hard drive and updated to itunes 11.0.  After doing this, when I click on my music I can see two separate libraries.  One is just under Library as music.  Then there is a second one listed below that says Shared Library and refers to the external hard drive.  Some of the songs from albums are missing in the main libary but are present on the Shared Library.   Do I need both of these libraries and if so is there a way to update the main library to get these missing songs from the shared library?


texts: Applescript to change desktop image on all monitors?

texts:
I have the following code to change the desktop image of my Macbook

tell application "System Events"
tell current desktop
set picture to "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Beach.jpg"
end tell
end tell

How do change all desktops - I have a second monitor.


texts: iPad browser that looks like desktop to website

texts:
There are sites that sense the iPad is a mobile device. For example, Spotify. It will refuse to play in an iPad browser, while it works just fine on a laptop. It appears to be sensing what browser is in use, as do many sites that push a mobile version instead of the standard site.

Is there any workaround for this?

Additional note - Thanks for the answers so far. The desktop version requires Flash. This may kill the Spotify success, but great for sites that don't use flash, so I hope this Q&A helps others.


texts: How to easily move all notes to another folder?

texts:
A co-worker resigned last week, and just returned his Macbook to the office.
Now I'm backing up all the data before deleting his Mac account.
He had plenty of notes stored in the Notes app. I don't see a feature to export multiple notes to a zip file or Google Drive/Dropbox/etc. Sharing each one of them via email will be tedious.
I wonder if it's possible to move them to USB flashdrive, for example.


texts: How do I play an album starting from nth song in iTunes

texts:
I'm new to iTunes and trying to make sense of it's difficult UI. Let's say I have Bob Dylan Essential's, and I want to play it starting from 2nd song of disc 2. I double click this song in my library but, instead of playing all songs starting from this one, iTunes shuffles the entire album into the Play Next section. I've takes a screenshot with the result:

How do I play all songs in order, starting from a particular one?


texts: Make a photo album based on my Google Photos album

texts:
I have a Google Photos album titled Vacation 2018. There are around a thousand photos there. It's currently in the cloud and not on my iPhone.

I would like to create Vacation 2018 album on my iPhone's Photos app with the same pictures.

What is the quickest way to do that? I looked through the Google Photos iPhone app and didn't see anything obvious.


texts: Can I use Airport Express to repeat wifi without physical access to the router?

texts:
I have a wireless network name and its password. I can connect to this Wi-Fi network with my computer.

If I have an Airport Express, can I configure it to repeat the signal without physical access to the router?


texts: Windows key when running windows through virtual box on a mac

texts:
I am running Windows 7 on a virtual image using virtualbox on my max osx.
I need to know what the windows key is on the mac keyboard.  Any tips?


texts: 2011 iMac with Dead internal HDD. Possible to boot from an external disk?

texts:
My iMac HDD just gave up after making a loud clicking noise for several weeks. Since the internal HDD is dead, I want to use another disk, preferably an SSD. I do not want to go to a store at any point and so I looked into taking the iMac apart and replacing the HDD myself. Seems like a hassle that I would like to avoid if I can simply plug in an SDD into one of these three:

USB 3.0 port
Firewire port
Thunderbolt port

My question is that assuming I do NOT want to exceed $150, which one of these gives me the best speed such that I would not miss having an internal drive? Can a drive connected to one of these ports be enough to not need an internal drive at least speed-wise?


texts:
The logo on the back of my MacBook was glowing when it was in sleep mode. This happened a couple of times when I was out of my room for about 15 mins, the apple logo which wasn’t glowing initially started to glow.It stopped glowing by the door sound.Is there a possibility that my Laptop is hacked?
The laptop is MacBook Air 2015 model currently on Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6.
It was this thing which made me more suspicious:
When I did ssh to a specific IP in our network It showed a warning stating remote host identification has changed and that it could be man in middle attack


texts:
Since a couple of hours, when I try to run iTerm2.app, it opens a window, says

## exec failed ##
login No such file or directory

and closes rather fast. Running Terminal.app works and if I run /Applications/iTerm2.app/Contents/MacOS/iTerm from it it works just fine. Any ideas what's going on or how to fix it?


texts: When an iPhone app is updated and the minimum required iOS increases, what happens for customers who still have the lower iOS?

texts:
For example, I'm a developer, and my app is released with a minimum iOS of 3.0 required.  If I release an update requiring iOS 5.0, what happens?
Can existing customers running 3.0 attempt to update?  What error message (if any) do they receive when attempting this?
Will customers running 3.0 get the 'Update' notification in their app store app?


texts:
I have setup IKEA Tradfri lights. I have the bridge and set everything up in HomeKit. I have a bunch of different scenes and automations.

One automation triggers a scene which sets the brightness and color temperature of the lights when the sun is rising. The scene looks like this in the Non-Apple Home.app.

The problem is, sometimes the lights get turned on with this scene, which should not happen. I can't clearly see a pattern, which light will be affected. Usually I would say, it is the last light, which was on, for example, a at night dimmed light in the hallway.

Is this a known bug or is something setup wrong? What are my options to troubleshoot?


texts: iPhone 6 display works on charge screen but not when powered on

texts:
Strange issue with an iPhone 6 here that was sent in for repair.. it had been run over but was still in good cosmetic condition. The base of the phone was bent into a slight s shape with the top of the headphone socket being snapped, and a bend the other way on the other side of the case. The screen glass was intact but the lcd was smashed and the digitizer only worked in some places. I noted that the screen image could be improved by tapping the phone on the desk, the screen being mostly a mess of same coloured lines but the UI became visible enough (ghostly) to be understandable after a few taps

I’ve replaced the screen with a new glass/lcd/digitizer assembly and seemed to have worked out as the “I’m out of charge, plug me in” / “charger is registered, battery is charging” screens showed up perfectly. I let it sit overnight to charge and in the morning it had powered on but the screen was entirely black except for maybe 20 pixels in various places on the screen. The phone itself seems to work, as I can hear Siri voiceover (activated before screen replacement) talking to describe the screen contents

Anyone have any ideas what could be done to improve the situation? (Tapping it on the desk doesn’t seem to work)

I might be able to use voiceover sufficiently to enter the passcode and get the phone to trust iTunes/back it up, but it’d be interesting to know if this is a fault that can be remedied..


texts: How to disable Mac OS X's autocorrect but still show spelling suggestions?

texts:
I welcome popup spelling suggestions, but I dislike the OS replacing text as I type without any real confirmation from me.

I'm aware both behaviors can be enabled/disabled together as one option in System Prefs > Keyboard > Text, but would anyone know a way to disable the autocorrect while leaving the tooltip-style suggestions intact…perhaps via the Terminal? Thank you.

Mac OS X 9.4 (Mavericks)


texts: Bash history is not remembered in Terminal

texts: My Bash history is remembered when I connect to my Mac via SSH, use iTerm2 or launch bash in the built-in Terminal app (every command I typed in bash is saved) but is not when I just use the built-in Terminal app. I already tried resetting the profiles in Terminal. I also checked ownership and permissions of .bash_history. Later I also tried to delete this file. This answer didn't help either. My default shell definitely is bash.


texts: How can I type unicode characters without using the mouse?

texts:
I want to type unicode characters with the keyboard.  I'm looking for a solution with no mouse usage.  For example, below I have a line with the unicode "PILE-OF-POO" character:

The codepoint for PILE OF POO is U+1F4A9 and on a linux operating system I can create this character by typing:

Ctrl+Shift+u,

1,
f,
4,
a,
9

space

How can I do something similar on a mac keyboard?  Other answers I've searched involve fiddling with menus and switching input sources.


texts: Using single credit card to enroll more than one Apple ID into Apple Developer Program

texts:
I am an Apple Developer enrolled into paid Apple Developer program. I wish to create a new Apple ID and enroll it separately into Developer Program.

Can I use the same credit card to make payment for enrolling that I used with my first account? Can I use this approach to further enroll more Apple IDs?

Ccan I receive money from these accounts into one credit card?


texts: Reliable 3rd-party source for downloading softwares for Macbook?

texts: I am a new MacBook user. I am thinking about http://www.filehippo.com/mac for downloading DMGs. Does it have any security/virus issue? If there are other sources then please let me know.


texts: Change Function of Command+Delete when Editing text in Catalina

texts:
In Catalina, when editing text hitting command+delete appears to delete the entire line, and option+delete will delete a single word. I would basically like to swap these, making command delete simply delete a single word, while option delete will remove the line. I would also like to maintain the individual function of these keys, for instance remapping:
command+delete -> option+delete would be okay
however remapping
command->delete would not be okay.


texts: Suspicious NDTV notification pop-ups in my Mac Yosemite 10.10

texts: I started to have notification pop-ups called NDTV since a week ago and I can't find a way to remove it. I certainly didn't install a 'NDTV' app and I checked it is not in the application directory. I also used the AppCleaner to search for it but there is nothing. So how can I keep getting those notifications? They are really annoying and suspicious and I really need to get them off my system.


texts:
I try to install MacPorts and get this

$ sudo make install
make: getcwd: Permission denied
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
===> making install in doc
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
chdir: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
make: getcwd: Permission denied
/usr/bin/install -c -d -o root -g admin -m 0755 "/opt/local"
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
install: mkdir /opt: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [install] Error 71
make: *** [install] Error 1

I am also not able to

$ sudo mkdir /opt
mkdir: /opt: Permission denied

I can create the directory with

open /

and then with Finder.

I am also able to install MacPorts with the installer .pgk, but then:

sudo port install htop
Error: Insufficient privileges to write to MacPorts install prefix.


texts: Should I reset my iPhone before getting my cracked screen fixed at the Genius Bar?

texts: In an hour I am going to the Apple Store and get my cracked screen replaced or fixed. Since I still have time, should I restore my phone to factory settings first? I have already backed it up on my computer.


texts: Is there any way to partition the SSD portion of a Fusion Drive?

texts:
I'm looking at my next computer and am debating on whether or not to invest in a Fusion Drive. I'll be using Windows heavily on it though, and would like to take advantage of the SSD on both operating systems rather than just from within OS X.

I'm pretty technically savvy, so I wouldn't mind using Windows, Linux or another operating system to accomplish this task.

Thanks!


texts:
My Mac Pro (Late 2013) uses an APPLE SSD SM0512F Media SSD; I'd like to buy an equivalent SSD to use externally for cloning, backups, etc.

I noticed on the PassMark website it shows performance information in comparison with some other SSDs, however, it doesn't show what SSDs are ranked directly above or below it, so I have no idea what it's closest competitors might be.

It doesn't appear Apple sells the SM0512F — what (if any) would be equivalent?


texts: Spotlight overlay stopped working on Catalina

texts:
The spotlight overlay that is available via cmd+space suddenly stopped working. First I thought it was maybe a conflicting keyboard shortcut. But clicking on the little search icon in the top right bar also doesn't work. Using Spotlight in a Finder window on the other hand is working.

Restarting my mac solves the issue, but only for a moment. Then it stops working again. I don't see any crashed processes in Activity Monitor.

This is happening on macOS Catalina 10.15.2

Has anyone seen this before? Not really sure what to do about it.


texts: Hard wired link between webcam and led indicator?

texts:
In light of stories about stories about secret monitoring over laptop webcams (such as this one or this one), I wonder about the reliability of the green LED next to the camera that indicates that it's in use.

Is there a known hard-wired link between the camera on a MacBook Pro and the indicator that is impossible to circumvent in software?

Would such a thing be possible given the hardware of the camera?


texts:
The code for pagination in the footer is: ‹#›

Is there a similar code for the total number of slides in the file?  The goal is to have the footer include the number of slides in the deck: i.e. 5 of 9 or 5/9

I have a deck of 11 slides and tried to 'hard-code' the '11' in the footer of the 'slide master':

 ‹#› of 11

however, the footer does not refresh to include the 'of 11' string.  I have tried to refresh by closing the file and re-opening without success.  Only new slides have the 'of 11' string.  Any suggestions are appreciated as to how to prompt the old slides to refresh per the 'master' slide.


texts: Can I use my iPhone 4 sim in another iPhone 4

texts: I was just wondering if I am able to use my current iPhone 4 sim in another iPhone 4 because my current phone is breaking. Thanks


texts: Downloading macOS Catalina from sources other than preferences such as web browsers

texts:
Is there any way to download macOS Catalina so that the download can be paused and then resumed even if the Mac is turned off in between or the Internet connection is disrupted?
In other words, when restarting the download, its progress remains the same as it had been left earlier.


texts: What's the App Store policy on displaying a fake access popup request?

texts:
For humor, I was considering including a popup message much like this one in an App:

But something like '"App" would like to access your hopes and dreams'. Would this spoof on a common Apple API make the app more likely to be rejected? Or is there any official policy which could be construed this way?


texts: App Store App Name Change - how to leave old name for SEO / find-ability

texts:
Recently I received an infringement notice regarding one of the words in my app name. I need to figure out how to change the name of an app, so that it won't confuse existing users.

Mainly, is there a way to change an app name so that it still searches under the old name (but, ideally, the old name does not appear)?

tldr I've received a trademark infringement notice for a for-fun app called Front Jacuzzi Back Corgi I made for my dog. It has a small loyal but unpaying following. Apparently one of those words is trademarked and can't be used, so I am considering renaming it to Front Jolly Back Corgi or Front Jetpool Back Corgi.


texts: Which version(s) of Mac OS X have Ruby installed by default?

texts:
I'm thinking about using Ruby to write an installation script, but I'm not sure if all major versions of Mac OS X install it by default.

Which version(s) of Mac OS X have the Ruby interpreter installed by default?


texts: I just upgraded to Mountain Lion. Now I can't share files with the Snow Leopard on my network

texts:
Before the upgrade, I could pull files from the other laptop on to mine with apple file sharing. Now I can't see any machines in the network view. How can I pull files from the Snow Leopard laptop onto my Mountain Lion laptop?
Steps I've taken:

Files were put into the snow leopard's shared folder
On the mountain lion laptop, opened Finder and looked in Network. There are no computers listed.


texts: Power Chime Sounding at odd times 2018 MBP

texts: I recently bought a 15-inch 2018 i9 MacBook Pro. After a few days, I realized that whenever I close my laptop lid for the night, it keeps on periodically making the battery chiming noise every 7 minutes or so. When I took a look at the battery in the last 12 hours (right after periodic chiming), it was clear the battery has been 100% or very near 100% for a long time. When using the MacBook Pro during the day, I do not notice any periods where the laptop should be charging but the battery status indicates otherwise. However, I might not be paying careful enough attention. Are there any further steps I can take to resolve this issue?


texts: How to make Airmail to open mailto: protocol link?

texts:
I have searched for this but I can't find anything in search results answering this query.

When I click on mailto link given in a mail inside Airmail,it opens Mail.app window instead of opening it inside Airmail. On setting gmail account on Mail.app, starts downloading 2GB sized inbox.


texts: Is it possible: Automator workflow for date based file import?

texts:
I'd like to know if the following is possible with Automator.

I want to be able to move any files, but in my special case videos and photos, from any possible device ( iPhone, iPad, SD card, but perhaps also from other directories) to my NAS, ordered by date.
Each file type should have a separate directory, eg.

NAS://imported/video
NAS://imported/photos

What it should also do: within those separate directories, there should be a folder for each date a photo or video will be moved to(and it would also be important that you can customize the date format to yy-mm-dd , dd-mm-yy or the like, before you run the workflow )

NAS://imported/video/2014-11-04
NAS://imported/video/2014-11-05

Now every video made on november the 5th should be moved to NAS://imported/video/2014-11-05/video_file1.mp4

I know that it is no problem to move files by type into certain folders, but I dont know how to create date-specific folders for each file before the move-command....

I'm on MacOS 10.10 (Yosemite)


texts:
I have iPhone 6s. I had iOS 14.2. i need to go back to version 14.1. I download this version and
run downgrade from my MAC. Now I have this on my iPhone:

This is the label in my MAC:

Translate:
Restore iPhone
Mac computer is currently restoring software to iphone

Sometimes I see the apple logo, but it quickly changes to this drawing. this has been going on for about 1.5 hours. this is normal? or is the installation process frozen? any advice - I'd be very grateful.


texts: dual-boot (ElCapitan and Mojave) on a Mac Pro 5,1?

texts:
I have a 2012 Mac Pro 5,1, running El Capitan.  I wish to make it a dual-boot system, El Capitan and Mojave.  I understand that I must install High Sierra preliminary to Mojave, and must install a "metal"-capable graphics card (I've purchased, but not yet installed, a Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 580).

I have my El Capitan system on a 240GB SSD; user directories are on a separate HDD.  I've created a 2nd partition on the SSD and done a clean install of High Sierra there.   The installer made it an APFS volume, so when I am booted into El Capitan, I cannot select High Sierra as my Startup Disk (El Capitan cannot "see" the APFS volume in System Prefs).  I can select High Sierra using the Startup Manager (⌥ Option during startup). But my understanding is that once I install the new GPU (prior to upgrading to Mojave) that the Startup Manager will not work (no boot screen)  Thus, once I boot into El Capitan, there is no way to then boot into High Sierra.

Is it possible to resolve this?  I've read that it's possible to install High Sierra on an HFS+ partition, but not Mojave.  Perhaps I can live with High Sierra and Mojave as my two boot options instead, if I can get my older apps to work on High Sierra?  But even then, without a boot screen, it's impossible to get to recovery disks etc (what happens if the boot drive fails?).  Is the only option to obtain a GPU that supports the boot screen?  Apparently macvidcards.com sell such cards and could modify mine, but they appear very sketchy, from searches I've done.

EDIT: This post may partially be a wild-goose chase - my apologies. I've determined I can probably run all my apps under High Sierra (and possibly under Mojave) - I was mistaken/confused originally - so it's looking like I may not need to boot ElCap anymore.  But there may be other users who do need to, so I still think it's a discussion worth having.   However, the boot-screen issue remains - in particular being able to boot from recovery partitions or external media.


texts: Finder copying dialog freezing from time to time during transfer

texts:
I'm trying to backup 2tb drive I have connected to my mac to another drive using this enclosure via firewire 800: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/M3QX2KIT0GB/

The problem is that from time to time the copying dialog is freezing and not doing enything. During that time I can see my hard drive also I can se all the folder in root folder but when I open them, they are all empty. As soon as finder resume from that freezing stage I can access anything on that drive.
 Some time the freezing las longer and I've got an error that a certain file was unable to be copied but when I searched for it and trying to copy it manually it worked. Du

During the freezing the hdd leds just said open without blinking.
 I've tried DiskUtilty's First Aid (notice that I'm using El Captain) and everything seems ok.
 Tried also:

  diskutil repairdisk /dev/diskx

but everything seems fine.

I Have also noticed a slow transfer rating. 2tb in more than 1 day.

Any Ideas why is that happening.

There are any other method to backup those files without finder?


texts:
The soft ring around the OEM iPhone earbud is gone, and now it is painful to use these headphones. These soft-rubber rings don't last long either.

The apple store suggested that I buy a new headphone for $30 to fix the issue. Genius!

Is there something available that I can glue in the place where the soft ring used to be? If not, how do I fix this?

My earbuds

New earbuds


texts: Install second operating system on internal (as VM with Parallels) or external drive?

texts:
I am using an old MacBook and I want to keep my operating system. For coding with Xcode I would need a newer version of OS X.

My question is, if the performance is better when I:

Install the new operating system on internal HDD via Parallels.
Install it on an extern HDD and boot the laptop from there.

I just want to code in Xcode so the only thing that matters to me is performance.


texts: USB-C to HDMI (MacBook Pro 116inch 2019)

texts:
I bought a new Belkin USB-C to HDMI adaptor from the Apple Online Store.
The title is USB-C but the tech mention "Connections: HDMI, Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C)" so I assume it's Thunderbolt 3.
Anyway, it was working fine the first time I connected it (to a 5K ultra wild LG 49inch) but then after rebooting, nothing.
After unplugging and replugging the USB-C cable, I had this message:
 (same issue whatever port I'm using)
Edit: and now my USB-C to ethernet won't connect.
Edit 2: after reseting SMC/NVRAM, the eth is connecting again but same issue with HDMI
Edit 3: it won't connect with a thunderbolt cable (which works fine with the same display and my iMac.)
Device:
MacBookPro16,1
Processor Name: 8-Core Intel Core i9
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Big Sur 11.3.1 (20E241)


texts: How do you create animated presentation in screencast

texts:
Here is a snapshot of the screencast I was watching.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7468116/screencast.png

How do you create such animated presentation in a screencast. I know how to capture stuff I am doing on my computer as screencast but how do you build a dynamic presentations. What are the tools available for a mac user.


texts: How do I backup my iPhoto library to Dropbox or to an external disk?

texts:
I use iPhoto 11, and I'd like to backup the library, along with all the photos.

I'd ideally like a continuous backup, by putting the iPhoto Library.photolibrary file / package in Dropbox. But I'm concerned that Dropbox may not preserve everything HFS+ provides, such as:

Symlinks, hard links and aliases.
Resource forks and extended attributes.
File modification times. Imagine if iPhoto expects the library to have two files with one of them always having a modification time always older than the other's. When the files are synced to the cloud, and synced back to another device, does Dropbox guarantee to preserve the relative order of the modification times? If not, if I lose my Mac and buy a new one, the iPhoto library may be corrupt and unreadable (or things may appear to work but go wrong later).
Dropbox may have path length limits or may disallow certain characters in file names, etc.

I could not find any definitive documentation from either Dropbox or Apple about this.

Assuming that my reasoning above is correct -- that it's not safe to put my iPhoto Library in Dropbox -- that means that I can't have continuous backup.

In that case, I must do periodic backups, and hope nothing goes wrong in the meanwhile. Is it safe to backup the iPhoto library to a FAT32 filesystem?

I found http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5168 but it says only that I shouldn't run iPhoto with the library stored on a FAT32 disk, not that I shouldn't back it up to a FAT32 disk.

I also found http://support.apple.com/kb/ph2504 , which encourages us to back up to an external disk, but doesn't say if FAT32 is okay.


texts: MacOS: Is it possible to import customized voice in "Announce the time"?

texts: Mac provide some official voices to download, but it is very limited. Is it possible to import customized voice?


texts: Way to read multiple text files in order using TTS?

texts: I organize many text files by tags using the Finder tag system. Sometimes I want to have my Mac speak all of these files by some tag(s). Is there an easier way of going into each text file and manually selecting the text and using the TTS functionality? Alternatively I could use cd directory && cat * > merged and then have that file spoken but the files within each tag(s) change dynamically so it's a bit of work every time that seems unnecessary.


texts: How can I simply and sustainably remove Chess from my macBook Air, Mojave?

texts:
I have a list of applications I was interested in possibly removing as long as the OS does not need them to function.

For starters I want to remove Chess and Stocks as I never use them.  However when I right click on them on Finder, there is not option to delete.

I can't imaging that Chess is integral to the OS working so how can I delete it?

I need it deleted it in such a way that when my computer automatically updates it does not show up again.

Thanks.


texts: Move network profiles to different network location

texts:
I had a little problem in the last weeks because I have to use a static IP address at my work network which caused me problems using my MacBook at home. Now I just found out that macOS offers a network location feature to store different profiles for different locations, which is exactly what I need.
So my question is: How to I move my current network profiles from my Automatic location to my new Work location. Having to recreate the profiles would not really be a solution as the network profiles are rather complex (at least in my eyes) and the chance that I mess something up  is rather high.
Any help is highly appreciated!
Thank you in advance!
Best wishes,
Valentin


texts: Apple Watch contact names missing after watchOS 3 update

texts: After updating my Apple Watch to watchOS 3 some of my contact names are missing in Messages and Phone etc. Some are showing name, others just show the phone number. The iPhone does show the contact names where the watch doesn't.


texts: I want spotlight to index my .tex files and show them as possible results when I search. I imagine the solution would work for any extension, but right now I only care about .tex


texts: How do I kill a currently running cron job on macOS High Sierra

texts:
Edit: This question is NOT a duplicate of How do I restart the cron service on OSX? as I explained in point 3...

I am busy trying to test a process that's started using the crontab on macOS High Sierra. I cannot seem to kill it easily so that I can make a change and re-run it to test my change.

I can tell what the cron process is doing as I am logging the output/process to a text file and tailing -f it in terminal, anything I have tried hasn't stopped the job.

Here's what I have tried:

Listing processes (aux) via ps aux | grep cron doesn't list anything that looks like my currently running cronjob.
ps -ef | grep cron shows three processes but none of them are the job itself as far as I can tell, list shown below:

0   41453     1   0 12:55pm ??         0:00.01 /usr/sbin/cron
503 38049 37800   0 12:04pm ttys002    0:00.24 tail -f cron-test.txt
503 42548 38511   0  1:24pm ttys003    0:00.00 grep --color=auto --exclude-dir=.bzr --exclude-dir=CVS --exclude-dir=.git --exclude-dir=.hg --exclude-dir=.svn cron

I tried unloading/loading the launch daemon (How do I restart the cron service on OSX?) which cron is run through but, trying to do this requires that System Integrity Protection be disabled. Doing this requires me to reboot in recovery mode which is pointless, I may as well then just reboot the Mac everytime.

crontab -l output in case its relevant.

*/44 * * * * cd /Users/my_user_name/Development/Sites/website-handover-dev/web && \
    ./cron-test.sh && \
    time ./cron-test.sh >> /Users/my_user_name/Development/Sites/website-handover-dev/web/cron-test.txt 2>&1


texts: Will iPhone X from TMobile A1865 or A1901 work globally?

texts:
I travel frequently between China and the US. I have T mobile in the US and Unicom in China.

According to apple's official website, the iPhone X (A1865) is the only model that works with China Unicom.

I plan to purchase an iPhone X with the option for Tmobile on Apple's website. According to MacRumors, iPhone X with T Mobile is supposed to be A1901.

However, "the iPhone X A1865 is considered the global phone as it works on both GSM and CDMA networks. This phone is also available as a SIM-free factory-unlocked version at Apple Store."

Which of these statements are true?

Which iPhone X model should I purchase if I am only interested in LTE?


texts: AirPods 2nd Gen. with firmware 2A364 dropped volume level in non-iOS Devices

texts:
When I bought new Airpods 2nd gen, the firmware it came with was 1A673. The volume level on my android phone (OnePlus 6T) when connected was quite loud and everything was good.

But when I connected my Airpods to my iPad with iOS 13.1 the firmware on these got updated to 2A364 and then when connected to my android phone, music volume started getting low. I tried with other android phones too.

But the thing is during the phone calls the volume comes out loud but low only on music or videos.

How do I fix this?


texts: Macbook wakes up at night and resumes video playback

texts: I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15', Mid 2014) with Catalina running. Last night I paused a video from AmazonPrime and left the tab in the browser open. I fell asleep and the Mac turned into sleeping mode. After 20 mins the mac started resuming the video in the background, while it was still on sleeping mode. Had to log in and pause it manually. Any idea how this could have happened?


texts: Use AirPlay enabled TV with AirPlay enabled speakers directly

texts:
I'm interested in a Samsung QLED TV (2020 model, which should support AirPlay 2), but I'm wondering if I can then connect the TV with a Denon Home (350) speakers (which also support AirPlay 2) through AirPlay 2...
Or is it that both TV and Speakers can receive image/sound only from iOS and thus TV can't be used with these speakers?
Would buying Apple TV solve this problem and then TV could use AirPlay supported speakers?


texts: How to prevent screen lock when MacBook AC adapter is unplugged?

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I use my MacBook connected to an external monitor via HDMI with the lid closed, and plugged in to AC power (in closed clamshell mode). If I disconnect the power cord (usually happens accidentally), the external monitor will lose signal, USB devices become disconnected and I need to enter my password and unlock the screen. Is there any way to prevent my Mac from stopping HDMI input when the power is unplugged in closed clamshell mode?

I'm aware of NoSleep and InsomniaX, they work fine for preventing sleep when the lid is closed but they don't prevent screen lock when AC becomes unplugged (with closed clamshell mode).


texts: How to swap numbers row with symbols on US keyboard?

texts: As a programmer I’m typing the symbols on the number row more often on the keyboard than I type the numbers. Using the US keyboard layout, I have to press shift-7 for example to yield &. I’d like to permanently yield & without holding shift key and only type 7 when I hold the shift key. Effectively swapping numbers with symbols permanently. Is there a way?


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I've been reading up on interesting Terminal commands (I've used it forever, but there's always more to learn) when I ran across this. I ran sudo fs_usage and got a whole lot of this:

...
13:39:09  ioctl                   0.000019   WindowServer
13:39:09  ioctl                   0.000017   WindowServer
13:39:09  ioctl                   0.000020   WindowServer
13:39:09  ioctl                   0.000018   WindowServer
...

I figure, if I ever actually need to use this, it would be nice to have a way not only to filter out filesystem activity related to the WindowServer, in particular, but other processes as well. It would also be nice to specify a service or process for which to return information.

Have I misread the usefulness of this function? Is there a way to get rid of those numerous WindowServer calls? Can I specify the processes in which I'm interested?


texts: Replacing text with shortened date and time

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-- functions

-- replace characters
on replace_chars(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
    set the item_list to every text item of this_text
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
    set this_text to the item_list as string
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
    return this_text
end replace_chars

-- split text

on splitText(theText, theDelimiter)
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to theDelimiter
    set theTextItems to every text item of theText
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
    return theTextItems
end splitText

-- Actions

-- Action 1: Replace the word TIME with the Date and Time.

set shortDate to weekday & ", " & month & " " & days & " at "
set shortTime to hours & ":" & minutes

set pasteboard to the clipboard

set datePrint to shortDate & " at " & shortTime

set finalProduct to replace_chars(pasteboard, "TIME", datePrint)

set the clipboard to finalProduct

This copies nothing to the clipboard. Whereas if you swap out the following

set shortDate to date string of (current date)
set shortTime to time string of (current date)

I get returned "Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 1:42:47 PM"

My end objective is to replace the word "TIME" with the "Date without the year" & " at " & "Time without the seconds"

I'd also like to find some way to keep the AM or PM aspect of of the time but it might just be easier to find some way to trim off that last section.

Any input on this at all would be great. If theres anyone who has a notion as to why the first set of code doesn't work but the second set does I'd love to hear it.


texts: A process called "accountsd" is making my iMac Late-2013 unusable. Any ideas? (MacOS Catalina 10.15.7)

texts: So, it has been a few days since my computer started having problems to open the google chrome browser. I checked the activity monitor and there is a process called "accountsd" which is using around 200% of the CPU power. Any suggestions? Thanks :D


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My old MBA (2008) is not booting anymore from hdd. I tried to repair it with disk repair and with a DiskWarrior CD-ROM, but nothing. I need to copy some data from the hdd, before replacing it.

Any ideas on how to do that?


texts: After an OS update, should you remain logged in?

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My recollection of past behavior of OS X updates is the following:

Update downloaded from within App Store. System reboots.
System installation (gray background, apple symbol, est. time to completion)
Login prompt screen

After updating to 10.11.3 today, however, there was no login step. After the gray installation screen, there was a brief black screen, and then my desktop was instantly restored. I was already logged in--as if I weren't logged out at all for the reboot, in fact--already reconnected to wifi (but severed from my VPN due to the reboot), and already connected to the App Store.

My basic question is, is this default behavior?

Addendum: am I taking crazy pills, or was this not the usual behavior before?  Is it due to a setting I can change (so I can require the login screen after a reboot regardless of the reason)? I guess I find it unsettling that a user account is "auto-logged" into following a reboot, even if that user initiated the system update that triggered that reboot.


texts: Xcode delete subword/word forward/backword eating empty space

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This is really weird behaviour. Any editor I use treats empty space as a word and does not skip it. By empty space I mean newlines, tabs, spaces, etc.

Now what was for me always just a press of one shortcut option/backspace or option/Fn/backspace is complex operation, because I want to delete just space or newline forward and it deletes also the next word there.

Example:

adadada
dada
d
adadad  ad

When I place the cursor, (in text wrangler editor, but also other editors such as android studio etc, for example) every other then Xcode actually, so when I place it at end of first line and press fn/option/backspace , then remove just new line and I press it again and then the next word is deleted. But in Xcode it remove new line with the word on the first go.

How can I tune Xcode to behave like normal source code text editor ? (yeah little confused here)


texts: How can I exclude the photos that are in iCloud Photo Library from my iPhone’s iTunes backup?

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When making a backup of my iPhone through iTunes, how can I exclude the photos that are already stored in my iCloud Photo Library from the backup?

I have the impression that an iTunes backup includes all of the iPhone’s data related to iCloud Photo Library. I made a few backups of my iPhone while it is still downloading my iCloud Photo Library (my MacBook is still uploading to it), and the size of the backup keeps increasing. I had also cleared out Photos on my iPhone and made a backup before enabling iCloud Photo Library on it; the size difference of the backups before and after is the same as the amount of storage used by the Photos app on the iPhone (which is several gigabytes).

Photos on my MacBook is set to “Download Originals to this Mac”, while on my iPhone it is set to “Optimize iPhone Storage”.

I don’t really need the iTunes backups of my iPhone to include another copy of my photos (except perhaps for any photos taken on my iPhone which have not yet been uploaded to my iCloud Photo Library); is there any way to exclude them?

I realize this question is very similar to the question on “Omitting photos when backing up an iphone to a macbook with itunes”, but that question doesn’t seem to involve the use of iCloud Photo Library.


texts: Is there a way to block email tracking services on Apple's Mail app OTHER than blocking all remote images? Any extensions?

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I work in an industry context where I deal with numerous promoters who all love to include click tracking software on their emails (both for opening message/links), for example via MailChimp, Constant Contact, or YAMM.

Doing some preliminary research online, practically every solution within Apple's Mail is just to disable remote image loading. This isn't a convenient option for me as I'm dealing constantly with emails where I need to see information contained in formatted images etc.

Are there other solutions, extensions, hacks, anything to help block other parties' tracking services?

In Gmail there are very capable browser extensions, but I'd like to keep everything in Apple Mail if possible.


texts: How can I change default print preference to black and white, system wide?

texts: I would like to make my printer print b&w as default from every application on my mac. How do I do this?


texts: I have an older Time Capsule and it's pretty noisy. Does anyone have one of the newer tall models? How loud is it in a quiet room?


texts:
I start using Mail.app today. I have two Gmail accounts (one free hosted and one on Google Apps). In Mail.app I created two IMAP accounts according to the official Google manual.

But when somebody send my a mail, I receive two copies of it: one copy in each inbox. Could somebody please explain me what's going on here?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best, Andrej


texts: App store id different from OSX system id?

texts:
My dad also has a macbook and he now has a strange problem. He knows the password for the app store with which he can install new apps. I verified that works. But when I wants to install an app by double clicking a .pkg file (for google earth) he is asked the system password. I always assumed this is the same as the password for the app store, but to my surprise, the same password doesn't work.

I checked on the terminal by entering sudo ls and trying the password which works in the app store, but that fails. I am 100% sure I type the same password, and also tried copy pasting the password.

Does anybody know where I'm going wrong here? How can the password for the app store be different from the system password? All tips are welcome!


texts: Setting 8-bit/16-bit color depth on macOS without using commercial apps

texts: Can I set 8-bit/16-bit color depth system-wide without buying commercial software (e.g. Display Maestro)? I would preferably do this by editing system files, but a free app is OK too.


texts: Mounts showing up in Finder even with 'nomount' option in /etc/fstab

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I have an APFS volume I mount in my home directory for some extra apps, and when I mounted it with nobrowse in /etc/fstab, it seemed to work fine.
However, after enabling Time Machine, the nobrowse option has zero effect, and I have to remount it manually with:
mount_apfs -t apfs -o nobrowse /dev/disk1s7 /Users/nash/Applications.
I'm using a 2007 Macbook Pro with the dosdude1 Catalina Patcher. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: It turns out that not even the remount command is working anymore, because it's already mounted with nobrowse. Without nobrowse, the volume shows up in the Desktop, but with it, it only shows up in Finder. However, I just figured out that either way it isn't being indexed by Spotlight Search for some reason. Now I'm REAL curious...


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Someone sent me an emoji in a text on an iPhone. How can I lookup the "description" of what it represents using the native UI?

Ideally I want to lookup the unicode name / description, but a data point will do. I'm interested in an answer for current versions of iOS and MacOS.

On MacOS it's fairly easy to extract the data point from the emoji by looking at the hex codes of the character, but that doesn't work on iOS.

I know that I can find an emoji from a text description when sending a message. But I see no obvious way to "reverse map" the emoji when I receive one.

For reference I was sent this: ❤

and want to know how I could send that "left pointing finger" myself.


texts: Accept Macbook Touchbar typing suggestions with keyboard

texts:
I mostly type using my external keyboard while my Macbook Pro is sitting on my desk, away from my hands. Sometimes I'd like to accept the Touchbar typing suggestions, but it's more work to get my fingers to the Touchbar and back than it is to finish typing the word, no matter how long or contrived.
Is there a way to accept suggestions with a keyboard shortcut? I didn't find such an option within MacOS preferences, I'm hoping I just missed it.


texts: iPad 2 has suddenly lost ALL Contacts, ALL Calendar entries

texts:
iPad 2 lost all Contacts, Calendars.

The data is still in iCloud and my iMac has all this information

I've tried Wi-Fi, iCloud, and syncing via iTunes, but can't retrieve information.


texts: Why can't I control volume of DisplayPort device?

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I have a monitor with speakers attached to my rMBP via DisplayPort (via a Thunderbolt dock), and I cannot control the volume with the volume keys.

Is there any way to "fix" this?

Pressing the volume keys shows the "no control" icon:

Note: I know about the workaround of using something like SoundFlower to create a virtual device, but that has caused issues and I'm looking for a "native" solution.


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My development server is Server.app. After having to reinstall macOS in recovery mode, browsers can no longer connect to my local sites. I can't select the text of the error that Safari gves so here's a screenshot...

Other browsers give errors of the same substance.

Update: Looking elsewhere I found mention of Stealth Mode. On checking I found that was switched on during the reinstall. Turning it off now allows me to ping 127.0.0.1 & my local host names in Terminal, but I still can't reach my local hosts in a browser.

The Server.app webserver is on, & all my sites are still there. I've checked the configuration of the ones that matter most right now & they're still correct. My hosts file is still as it should be.

Update 2: Expanding as a result of answer by Tom E, what I get when running the command suggested is...

Europa:~ pedro$ host volhq.mmf.yii.dev
volhq.mmf.yii.dev has address 127.0.53.53
volhq.mmf.yii.dev mail is handled by 10 your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.dev.

I have always used a hosts file rather than DNS, taking the former to be simpler & sufficient for my needs, & that has worked until now. However if setting up a DNS is the medicine, I shall take it.

Update 3: I think the question now becomes, how do I get the IP address on my host names from 127.0.53.53 back to 127.0.0.1? For more than 10 years I have used a hosts file with entries like 127.0.0.1 volhq.mmf.yii.dev & it has worked.


texts: Looking for a mac app to design beautiful illustrations automatically and easily

texts:
Check out for example:

I created these using Powerpoint on Mac, and then copying and pasting the image alone into a png and using that on a web page. What a pain and also the images look like Powerpoint images.

I bet there's a nice Mac app (or web site) that lets me create a wide variety of interesting illustrations that help me make a point. I have OmniGraffle which does some of this but I still have to be 'the illustrator'. Is there an app that works at a somewhat higher 'semantic' level?


texts: Macbook Pro 13" Retina Late 2013 trackpad replacement

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I'm having troubles with replacing the trackpad on my MBPr 13" Late 2013. I've tried two replacement parts. With the first part only click works, but nothing else (I cannot move the mouse pointer at all), and with the second part nothing works at all. I tried the original cable and replacement cables but the results are the same (old trackpad works with the new cables / new trackpads do not work with the old cable...). So I'm kind of baffled because I could not find anybody having troubles doing this. One of the quirks of my makbook may be that it has a Russian keyboard.

I've tried resetting SMC and NVRAM to no avail.

Have anybody had any luck replacing the trackpad? Where did you get the parts? I'm kind of reluctant purchasing yet another one...

Thanks


texts: Transfer Windows Apache Configuration to OS X

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My normal development enviornment has always been in Windows, but I finally scrounged up the money for a nice Mac Book Pro. I've managed to get everything I need set up Git, My Working Copy Repo, Web App is building without issue but I have a very indepth Apache config that has a lot of vhosts and rewrites in it that allow me to access the inner pages of my web app on a dev enviornment which I didn't write myself (I find apache configs daunting).

If my version of apache on OSX matches the version on my Windows PC, can I just copy the config folder over and restart apache for it to work?

Thanks in advance


texts:
I created a partition to run Snow Leopard on my computer running El Capitan and no longer need it. I allocated 20GB to that partition. Here's what I've done. I first go into Disk Utility, select my partition and click 'Erase'. It apparently erases everything but there is still 67.4 MB being used on the partition that I can't remove:

If I go into finder this is what I see on that partition:

Those are hidden files obviously and I can't delete them. I then go to the hard drive itself and click 'Partition' but when I do that and select the partition I want to remove, the minus button isn't an option:

I can't manually resize the partitions either (I want to re-allocate the disk space to my main drive).

Any ideas on why I can't remove the partition?


texts: With what info can attacker gain access to my Apple Id?

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I want to be sure how secure Apple is.

What does third malicious party need to gain access to my Apple account?
Can it only be done if they know by password or security questions (those are all well guarded)?

If malicious side has the email address name I use for my Apple account and as my Apple Id, they know my log in (admin name, only one account in Mac) name, street name, country, postal code and such things, they won't be able to gain access, right? Basically the info I have in my App Shop account information page.


texts: How to make remove free space and make APFS container take it up

texts:
I am on 11.1 Big Sur beta.
I have a partition with no disk identifier called (free space)
I would like to remove this, and then make the APFS container take up the free space.
Here is a screenshot of my GPT and Disks


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I am using iTerm2, but I wouldn't mind switching back to the original terminal for just this feature.

I open hundreds of SSH tabs every day and often end up working after a while only working on 1 terminal and other SSH tabs don't really matter anymore. In the browser at least you have "closer other tabs", "close left tabs", "close right tabs".

Is there any way to have a "close other tabs" in a Mac OS X terminal?


texts:
I am using the Macbook Pro early 2015, Yosemite 10.10.5.
History
I was trying to fix a wireless keyboard problem with it's escape key, so I downloaded Karabiner for Mac (https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/).  I couldn't ever get the wireless keyboard to work, so I've returned it and trying to use my internal Mac keyboard again.
Issue
I am noticing that the button "3" is not doing anything.  I press it, and nothing registers.  So I uninstalled Karabiner through Karabiner's uninstall utility, thinking that it would solve the issue.  But the problem persists - the "3" button doesn't do anything.  Every other key works great, no problems.
What's even more strange is that I can press "option" + "3", and I get the £ symbol.  So clearly the button is not "broken" in terms of hardware, because I can definitely use it after pressing "option".  So what is happening when I press "3"?
I reinstalled Karabiner to see if there was a setting I could fix.  I used Karabiner's EventViewer, which shows what keyboard code is being used, etc.  When I press "3", literally nothing get's logged or trigged.  When I press "option" + "3", it shows the logs and triggers.
When I open the Mac Virtual keyboard onscreen, press the button "3" - nothing happens!
I've tried restoring Karabiner to default settings, tried uninstalling it again - no luck.
What is going on?  How come "3" does nothing by itself?  Super annoying.
UPDATE
Still having the problem, but I've noticed that in safe mode the "3" works fine and normal.  How do I debug this knowing that bit of information now?


texts: Updating Enterprise iOS apps remotely without Device Enrollment Program

texts:
I have an Apple enterprise developer account with internal apps used on iPads that are only used by employees. Currently a manager sits and manually install each app on every website from an internal website. Searching for this brings up topics relating to the apple configurator and MerakiMDM, however it is unclear what these do and if they are the right solution.

It is also unclear to me if you actually need the Device Enrollment Program in order to set up a server and use MDM.

Is there a way to update and perhaps install enterprise apps on remote devices without the need for the Device Enrollment Program?


texts: Can I copy a file to iCloud drive from the command line?

texts:
I'd like to write a script to backup some files to my iCloud drive. The drive shows up in the Finder, but I don't see it from the command line.  Is there a way to do something like:

  cp mystuff.tgz /iCloudDrive/backups/


texts: I bought a used iPod touch 5th gen on eBay, but it's connected to their iCloud!

texts: Is there any way I can sign out without their password? They refuse to tell me (would you tell someone your iCloud password?), and I can't disable Find My iPod. I'm on the latest iOS (8.3). Thanks for your help!


texts: Right click, text selection and window drag stops working

texts: I have MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015). Since yesterday I have been unable to drag windows, select text, or use the right corner click to open the context menu using the built in trackpad. Any idea what could cause this?


texts:
Despite the fact that I have told mission control under 10.8 to spaces when switching applications(to the key window), it does not appear to work.  In fact the only time spaces works is when I tell it to switch using keyboard shortcuts. This started happening only once I unchecked show dashboard as space.

The following symptoms also occur:
-Checking "show dashboard as space" does not re-enable dashboard
-Dragging windows to the side of the screen does not cause spaces to switch
-Keyboard shortcuts for mission control do not invoke mission control.

Mac OS 10.8


texts: How to install OSX on NVMe drive only (no SATA drive)

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I just pulled the 128GB NVMe SSD + 1TB disk drive (known together as a fusion drive) out of a late 2014 27" iMac. I put a new, blank WD Blue 1TB NVMe drive in (alone) but have been unable to install OSX so far.
The default OSX for this model was Yosemite. However, it seems Yosemite cannot see the NVMe module. I created a bootable Mojave USB which can see the drive (and was able to format it), but when I tried to actually install the OS from the bootable USB  I got the "installer is corrupted"
(Note: This mac has run every version from Yosemite up to Big Sur which I removed)
How can I install OSX on a blank NVMe SSD for a late 2014 iMac?


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Just got my MBP back from Apple after taking it in with GPU overheating glitches. Apparently this model (2012) are prone to it and it's been exhibiting all the symptoms. Blue screens, grey screens, weird graphics, boots failures etc.

However and too my surprise, Apple have blamed the Samsung EVO 1 TB SSD I had put in a few weeks prior to the glitches starting. They say its the power drain of the SSD that is causing the glitches.

SO I've now put the original HDD back and and am seeing if the problems return. It took a few boots (SMC, PRAM resets) with failures after reinstalling it before I could get a fresh install of OS X in and now I'll waiting to see if it starts up again.

Would like to know if anyone else has had a SSD installed which has then interfered with the GPU? or is Apple feeding me a line?


texts: The reason for Previous shutdown cause: -128

texts:
My MacBook Pro 11,2 (Retina 2014) shuts down suddenly from time to time. When I run macbook again, I inspect the log file I see the following message:

  Previous shutdown cause: -128

Sometime, when I close a laptop, fans begin to hard work. It happens with/without power adapter. I launched Diagnostic and I got 'NO ISSUE'.

When I run macbook in SafeBoot, all work correctly, but very slowly.

I tried:

Reset SMC, PRAM.
ERASE Disk and install macOS from scratch.

Also, I tried to remove battery and use the power adapter only. In this case it work correctly, but sometime I get another error (It happens rarely).

Macbook pro 11,2 Retina 2014 (15 Display)
Intel Core i7 2,2 GHz
RAM 16 GB
SSD 256 GB


texts:
I am learning Postfix and how it works with SMTP, and here's a sample session that the book shows as an example:

I ran the command hostname on my Mac terminal, and it showed <some_id>.ant.amazon.com (it is my office laptop). So I tried

telnet  <id>.ant.amazon.com 25

And I got the error message:

<id>.ant.amazon.com: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

Then I tried telnet 10.232.45.151 25 as well. It showed the message Trying 10.232.45.151... for a long time before quitting with the message:

telnet: connect to address 10.232.45.151: Operation timed out
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

I tried telnet localhost 25 as well, with this output:

Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

What am I doing wrong? How do I have a session like the one shown in the picture?


texts: How do I remove my birthday from Skype for iPad?

texts:
A while ago I was fiddling with my birth date on Skype for iPad (version 8.68), and I accidentally pressed save.
However, I do not want it to be visible. I’ve tried changing my birth date to (day, month, year), but there aren’t any (day, month, year) buttons.
What are my options?
——EDIT——
(On Safari) I was able to see the option to change my birth date, however, it said it was a required field and I wasn’t able to change it.
Any suggestions?
Just making the year invisible would be great!


texts: How to get my Mac (High Sierra) to recognize custom Quartz filters I created to reduce file size?

texts:
I want to create custom Quartz filters to reduce file sizes to custom specifications when exporting a PDF in Preview.
I found a helpful article on how to do it with an old operating system.
I found the code to modify here on Ask Different: How to decrease .pdf size without losing quality
My only problem is I can't get my Mac to recognize and use the custom files I created. It looks like the file structure has changed as Mac has upgraded its operating system. I have tried placing the files in the following locations and none of them have worked.
Library/Filters/ (created a new Filters folder)

Library/Users/my_user_name/Library/Filters/ (created a new Filters folder)

Library/PDF Services/

Library/PDF Services/Filters/ (created a new Filters folder)

System/Library/Filters (not allowed to edit)

This was my reference, macrumors.com, for where to place the files.
I am running High Sierra 10.13.4.


texts: Changing text applied when duplicating file in Finder

texts: When duplicating files in the finder, OS X attaches a space followed by 'copy' to the file name. This can lead to some file alphabetizing problems and the copies may appear out of order (not directly subsequent to the original). Is there a way to change the appended text? I would prefer that it says '_1' or _copy. Thanks.


texts: How can I abort a High Sierra installation?

texts:
I am on Sierra now and I started High Sierra setup from the AppStore. I already opened the installer and passed all the steps and get "reboot to install" message.

The issue is that I realized that I cannot update just now as some of the work-related enterprise applications does not support the new version. Is there a way how can I abort installation at this step? I feel like sitting on a time bomb - once I reboot I will have all kinds of trouble with enterprise stuff.


texts:
I have to use some very old ERP software (ADS), which is reached via telnet. It uses ANSI colors, and displays normally with the OSX terminal defaults EXCEPT the "normal white" and "normal magenta" are strangely dimmed despite cranking the ANSI colors to the max:

What's so strange about this is that the text at the very top is the correct value of white, but the rest is not. When I drag the color of "normal white" around, ALL of the white text changes proportionally, the text at the top AND the rest of the white text. Similarly, dragging "normal magenta" does affect the magenta text, but it never goes all the way up to what it's supposed to be. In comparison, those who access this via Windows (not sure what terminal) see the correct rendering.

I've checked all the regular things: opacities are all 100%. I tried adjusting every color to see if they have any effect (none). I tried ALL of the terminal types to no effect.

What gives? It's as though there's a second layer over the text dimming it, and yet that text at the top is mysteriously correct!

(Incidentally, I tried iTerm2 yet couldn't get ANY ANSI colors at all!? [I tried every terminal option and relevant character encoding])


texts: Get output of a command on an ssh session using AppleScript

texts:
I'm connecting to an ssh session with AppleScript as follows:
tell application "iTerm2"
  tell current window
   create tab with default profile
  end tell

  tell first session of current tab of current window
    split horizontally with default profile
    split vertically with default profile
    write text "ssh username@server"
    write text "ls" -- I need to get the output of command
  end tell
end tell

How can I get the output of the command on the remote machine?
The following didn't work : set x to  write text "ls"


texts:
Today, I've tried opening a root shell and, oh surprise, weird answer...

Any idea of where it could be from ?


texts: Messages in iOS 8 Details displaying broken images, all images gone

texts:
Suddenly (as in, not associated with the actual update or any actual trigger that I know of), my iPhone stopped displaying any images that were associated with previous messages. All I see now are filenames and broken images, as shown in the image below.

This is infuriating.

Some things to note:

I have tried a restart of the phone, and no difference.
I also turned off and back on iMessage on this device, also no change.
The images do display on my Mac and iPad. I made a smart folder on my Mac to get all images and photos under this location, and copied them out to be safe.
Those I have shared images with still see theirs.
Messages in Settings - General - Usage - Manage says Messages is only using 8MB, which would be really odd.

UPDATE: updated that these images do exist on other devices/machines, so it just appears that my phone lost its mind. I backed up everything just to be safe. Unsure if I should wipe my device (new one comes very soon), or not.


texts: How to create a hotkey for opening a new iTerm2 window?

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I typically have multiple terminal sessions across different screens. Since opening the terminal is such a frequent task, I have a hotkey bound to open -b com.googlecode.iterm2 . with Karabiner-Elements. This way I can open a terminal from anywhere with one keypress.

Unfortunately if a terminal window is already open, this hotkey does not create a new window, but creates a new tab in existing windows. The existing window is often some long running "background" process like top or watch, meant to run undisturbed on a secondary screen while I do my work on the main screen. When a new tab is created in it, this causes problems for my workflow:

Hides the monitoring session, which I probably want to see
Opens the new terminal on the secondary screen, even if I had been working on the primary one
Moving the terminal to my main screen also moves the monitoring session to the main screen, so I have to move it back when done
Separating the tab requires finicky and tedious mouse dragging

These may seem like minor complaints, but I develop software and have to go in and out of terminals a lot. Depending on what I'm working on, I may need to open and close new terminals every few minutes, sometimes multiple times a minute. Reusing the same terminal is not really an option because often the terminals have distinct sessions (eg. TUI programs that run continuously, SSH to multiple different machines).

Is there a command I can bind that also creates a new iTerm2 window?

In theory I could command-tab to the terminal first and use a hotkey to make a new window. This has 2 problems:

Instead of one key press, I need to make several key presses to switch windows first.
Doesn't handle edge case where terminal is not running already.


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As the title says, I do

> ssh user@host.de
Password:
> cd documents/
> okular example.pdf
QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display
Aborted (core dumped)

I connect to an OpenSUSE machine over SSH from a MAC OS.


texts: How to get iMovie, iPhoto & garage band back after rebuilding system?

texts: My hard drive malfunctioned and I had to have it replaced with a new one and reboot my Mac. Now iPhoto, iMovie and garage band have all disappeared and are no longer on my Mac. Is there any way to get them back without having to pay for them?


texts: Windows not updating folders from the OS X drive

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I have installed Windows 8.1 on my MBP through Bootcamp. Sometimes I encounter a strange issue:

Log into OS X, and move/delete/create some files, e.g. Desktop\test_file.txt
Turn off the machine;
Turn on again (even after hours) and boot into Windows;
Look into D:/Users/user/Desktop, and there's no test_file.txt in it! I can see all other files, but the new entry is not there.

This happens very often, and to get things working I have to log into OS X, do nothing, and log again into Windows (which is quite annoying).

Does any of you know why?
I'm looking for a workaround for, when in Windows, "refreshing" the D: contents without having to reboot two times.

I have tried with no success:

Actually clicking "Refresh" in the file manager;
Move to D:/Users/user/Desktop from the command line. Can see all that was before, but no test_file.txt.


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Is it possible to add attachments (like photos) to Calendar events?

For example, I gathered the flyer of an event I want to attend. It is far in September, and having added the event to remember about it, I'd like to attach the picture I've taken of said flyer.

I don't know if the problem is the Italian version of Calendar, but I can't find the "Add Attachment" link - it is missing while editing.