texts: Why did my desktop background changed and why pictures were opened, if I did nothing to do so?

texts:
This is what happened:

My desktop background changed 3 times at different times.

The change picture (every x time) option is disabled and I have always had it in that way.

When I selected a picture to be open, two more pictures were opened too.

I perfectly remember that I only choose one picture to be open. As a matter of fact, this event had never happened to me in my life. Also, think about this, what a "coincidence" that the same day that pictures are opened without requesting is the same day that my desktop background changes too.

  There must be a reason because things don't happen just like that.

NOTES.

All the time when this happened, my mac didn't have connection to internet.
Every once in a while I see a message on the upper RHS (in the corner of the screen) telling me that I should update something related to the system but I always click on later and then the message vanishes.
User Allan said that I am not hacked, then what could possibly have happened?

Please tell me.

I think there must be a reason because things don't happen just like that.


texts: iPod Shuffle (4G) dead, not charging, not detected by PC

texts:
My iPod is dead, and whenever I plug it in (original Apple cable, firmly pushed in all the way) the LED glows red for 5 seconds and turns off. My PC does not detect it, and I've tried multiple PCs and USB ports. Resetting does not fix the issue.

What do I do?


texts: Applying an old EFI update on a new version of OSX

texts:
I have El Capitan running on a MacMini 2010 that I use as a media player/server. The computer used to be my mother's and I have just noticed that she has never applied any of the firmware updates released by Apple (It is 3 versions behind).

This has created some performance issues (specially with the newly installed SSD), and I would like to apply the upgrades. But the firmware installer refuses to run on El Capitan, saying it is incompatible with this version of the OS.

Is there any solution for this problem? Can I, in any way, install the EFI updates without formatting the disk and downgrading the OS? -- Let's say by creating a live OS boot disk, etc...


texts: Can I search for text shown in Terminal by color?

texts:
If I run commands in Terminal the output is sometimes shown in red or green depending on the command.

How do I search for such text by color (e.g. "Anything red" to find the line starting with "Connection refused")?


texts: Possible to sort iTunes Artists View not by Album? (iTunes 12/macOS Sierra)

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I have many music tracks on my computers which are free downloads from SoundCloud. They usually don't have all the proper ID3 meta-data.

In iTunes 12 (released with macOS Sierra), is there a way to sort the "Artist" view, not by Album?

Almost every single Web DL track will have the header "Unknown Album" which feels a tad bit ugly and useless.

On the image below, I'm in the "Artists" view of an iTunes Remote Library. I've looked around at View Options and some other obscure buttons sprinkled here in there in the iTunes UI, but can't find a way to disable these headers and just display the tracks themselves.


texts: Do battery strips prevent an iPhone's power from cutting out?

texts:
I have an iPhone SE. I wanted to get a new battery. I made the mistake of taking it to a non-Apple vendor. They broke my iPhone and I wonder what role the battery strips (missing from my iPhone) play.

The phone starts and I can log in. Everything is fine until the phone suddenly cuts out and goes dead. This happens both when charging and not charging. It doesn't shut down, just cuts out.

The shop staff told me it's a software issue. I just don't believe them as I don't see any process happening when it cuts and the state of the phone when it's back up is different from when it gets cut out.

The shop staff also lied to me about what was and wasn't in my phone when they returned it. Apple told me the battery strips were missing and the device should be replaced (I took it to Apple after the other vendor broke the phone).

So now I'm wondering what the significance and purpose of battery strips is? And, whether or not getting new strips might fix my phone?

Edit:
I forgot to mention that I requested my original battery be put back in. So this cutting out problem happened with the replacement battery as well as with the original battery after their tampering.


texts: How can I set up a virtual machine on my MacBook Pro?

texts:
Ideally, I'm looking for free or low-cost solutions...  I'd like to test out a variety of operating systems (windows, linux, mac os, etc).

Any help is appreciated!


texts:
GPS on my iPhone 6+ has always been accurate. Amazingly accurate. Most of the time, it took only a few seconds to pinpoint my location on any app using GPS, Apple Maps, Google Maps... This has been the case for almost 3 years.

Update to iOS 11, then up to iOS 11.2.1

After the update to iOS 11 / 11.2, GPS is never accurate. The best it can get to is an approximate location of a radius of 20 meters. And often, the actual location is even outside that circular area. Whatever the app, same problem.

Tried to go in a very opened area, with no building, no trees... on a very blue sky day. Waited for minutes in Maps... same problem.

Tried the common fixes found everywhere on the Net

Reset Network Settings (after each update, then have to enter all wifi passwords again)
Reset Location & Privacy
Location Services ON/OFF
Reboot ... several times
All apps have been updated to the last version (eg Google Maps)
Airplane mode ON/OFF ...
and of course, tried with wifi ON and OFF

Nothing has improved in the GPS department...

(Unfortunately cannot restore to iOS 10 since I don't have a fresh backup of before the update)

Is this a known issue for some iPhones (namely the 6 family)?

Any other advice welcome.

edit

No improvement with 11.1.2

Nov 28 update

As of today, everyone I know who has an iPhone 6+ on iOS 11+ and use GPS a lot has this problem. Did an app to calculate the best accuracy the device might have within 30 minutes, under a clear sky, out of town - GPS is always erratic, inaccurate. It's definitely an iOS / firmware issue.

Went to Apple store and talked an hour with the manager, explaining the problem etc... Basically answers were

  there is nothing to do - your phone is defective and has to replaced with a new/used one [buy a new [678]+, or an X]  ...

Dec 22 update

It seems the reason to this sudden trouble could well be due to Apple slows down iPhones as they get older. GPS is a complex mechanism, and forcing the CPU (and other components) to act differently, to slow down, and probably get less power, could have an effect on the GPS chip and behavior.


texts: Recently the icons on a couple of files with particular file extensions have disappeared, particularly .csv and .tex files. The icons used to be there -- how can I get them back?


texts: Secondary click does not register even though it is checked on (MacOS Big Sur)

texts:
So I just updated to macOS Big Sur from Mojave. I had zero problems with right-clicking before the update, nor did I face them immediately after updating. However, after I shut down my iMac Pro, and started it after a while, I cannot right-click. So far, I have tried:

Restarting(several times)
Shutting down my mouse and powering it up again
Deleting the mouse from  Bluetooth section of System preferences and reconnecting it with a USB.

So far, nothing has worked. I will appreciate all help!
Best regards
Edit: Re-installing the macOS Big Sur fixed the problem, but I would like to know if a more convenient method exists, should the problem repeat itself in future.


texts: How to reformat a USB to not be a bootable operating system

texts:
I recently created a bootable USB from a .img file, here's what the USB looks like:

And this is what it looks like in Disk Utility:

Is there a way to reformat this USB to just store files?


texts: Is there a way to configure whitelisted websites via terminal?

texts:
We currently have parental controls configured on our company Macs that we deploy however it looks like the option for parental control is greyed out and there is a website that is being blocked that shouldn't be

Is there a way of configuring whitelisted sites via the terminal as there isn't a way of using the GUI to do it right now


texts: Cannot unmount external HDD. Only "force unmount" works

texts:
I cannot use the Finder on my external HDD icon -> unmount. It doesn't work, only force unmount.

I think if I force it, some files can be damaged.

I have closed all programs running on it. With sudo lsof|grep ExternalHddName I wanted to find out the processes using this HDD. Nothing was shown.

1. Should I avoid force unmount every time? In meaning of whether id dangerous.

Update

sudo lsof|grep /Volumes/ExternalHddName should be used instead.

If I use diskutil unmount /Volumes/ExternalHddName I become failed to unmount: dissented by PID=199 (/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw

Im using the online game on the external HDD. Maybe this socketfilterw has something to do with it. But its active even 20 minutes after I have exit this game.

I have used sudo kill 199, after it unmount was possible.

2. Should I every time I want to unmount this external HDD manually find which process use it and than manually kill this process? I would like to do it in one step and without logout from Mac.


texts: Boot MacBook Pro into non OS X operating system from external harddisk

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I have a MacBook Pro and an external HDD with Ubuntu, I can use this HDD to boot other machines into Ubuntu but no amount of pressing option would make my MacBook Pro think that the drive is bootable.

Is there a setting or an option that I have missed?


texts: Local Items keychain: How to get rid of it?

texts:
How do I make macOS not use iCloud Keychain (or its sync area, Local Items, while iCloud KC is turned off)?

Details:

For various reasons, I don’t want to use iCloud Keychain. This seems to have gotten harder with 10.11 or 10.12 (upgraded directly 10.10 -> 10.12 so I don’t know what happened when).

Today, I noticed the following:

iCloud Keychain was turned on without my knowledge[1]. A few new-ish Credentials (+ automigrated WiFi-password Items) apparently were already synced.
Turning it off still leaves the same keychain contents, under the name Local Items. Even if this doesn’t get synched while it's turned off, turning it on is apparently easy to do by mistake, so I would prefer it wouldn't use the sync area at all.
ssh-add ignores identities preexisting in the login keychain and only loads from / saves to the iCloud Keychain (or Local Items, if sync's turned off)

I would like:

new items going into login Keychain once again, not into Local Items / iCloud by default (best would be not seeing these things at all)
ssh-add -A going back to finding items in all unlocked keychains including login where I have quite a few items that it currently ignores and that I don't want to have to redo

These changes seem to be quite persistent, though - I even tried giving the directories with the weird "UUID in Uppercase" looking names in ~/Library/Keychains that seem to be associated with iCloud Keychain to root: – ssh-add -K still wrote the passphrase to Local Items[2].

[1] I can’t remember ever opting in, but IIRC it does ask, so I probably was typing when some focus stealing dialog where space meant yes popped up or something.
[2] But no reboot in between - maybe some server just still had a preexisting handle for them, didn’t investigate that part further yet.


texts:
I have iPhone 8 with iOS 13.2 and iTunes version Version 12.10.2.3
but the option to add photos(photo Synced) in iPhone is not showing


texts:
I have damaged my iPhone 4S. A weight was dropped on it and it stopped working instantly. I've opened the back and it appears the bottom of the battery, the speaker and charger point have been damaged. All at the bottom of the phone. The logic board appears fine.

Is it possible to put this into another iPhone 4S and thereafter access all my files, music, photos etc.? Stupidly it hasn't been backed up and there are many things I don't want to lose.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Also if it is just a straight swap over, do I need to get a replacement with equivalent memory?


texts: How can I batch convert image files and PDFs to TIFF?

texts:
I have a lot .jpeg, .png and .pdf Files and I want to convert all of them to .tiff all at once.

How can I do this?


texts: How to remove the "high priority" flag from incoming mail in macOS mail

texts:
I have a neighbour who flags every single one of his mails as "high priority".

I'd like to remove this flag for all mails sent by him.

So, is there any way to control the priority level of incoming mail with a rule?
If not, is there a way to change the priority of selected mails manually?

PS: I understand the priority is given by the server, but after downloading it locally, there is no reason I should not be able to modify some flags.


texts: Can I boot from Snow Leopard DVD on 'normal' pc?

texts: Just wondering if I have a copy of of snow leopard 10.6, if I put it in a typical pc that runs windows will it boot or do nothing?


texts: British Mac Keyboard - § and ` key the wrong way around

texts:
I'm running High Sierra 10.13 on a Macbook Pro Touchbar 2017 with British keyboard.

When at the desk I use a Corsair K70 mechanical keyboard set as British Mac layout. I don't look at the keys to type and prefer mac layout so no problem.

Seemingly randomly though, my `/~ key which is usually left of z started producing §/±, which is usually left of 1, and vice versa. I've checked Keyboard preferences and its set as British Mac keyboard, but the layout image is wrong, this is what I get:

Whilst this is what my friend gets, and what I would expect (this one also matches a UK Mac keyboard layout whilst mine does not):

The keyboard on the Macbook itself works fine with the correct keys.

I think this may have gone wrong when I installed the latest macos update.

The options panel offers very little flexibility, I've tried swapping to a US keyboard and deleting the British layout then adding it again but no luck. Anyone know how to correct this?


texts: Can iOS apps retrieve user access logs after being deleted?

texts: Specifically, I used an iPad app while it was offline, then deleted it. I assume that it keeps logs of access into the app and whatnot. Can an app be able to gain access to these offline logs after the app is deleted by the user?


texts: Resolution 2880 x 1800 not available in Windows 8 (VMware Fusion 5)

texts:
I've installed Windows 8 in a VMware Fusion 5 virtual machine. Actually, I upgraded the virtual machine from VMware Fusion 4.

I'd like to set my retina MacBook Pro's resolution to the display's native resolution 2880 x 1800, but Windows doesn't offer the option for that resolution. The maximum is 2560 x 1920 (or 2650 x 1600).

Is there a way to let Windows know that I'm using a 2880 x 1800 display? Do I have to install a monitor driver in Windows?


texts: Does My Company Need To Code Sign with Two Digital Certificates? Apple Developer and EV Certificate?

texts:
My employer plans to distribute Mac OSX software outside the App Store through their website. Do I need to get an organizational developer ID from Apple ($99 USD/yr) plus purchase an EV code-signing certificate from Symantec? Or, will the Apple Dev ID certificate work just fine? I'm confused -- what's the process? And if you could also show what we do at command line or XCode, that would help, too.

See, I'm used to distributing on Windows. On Windows, we just get an EV cert from Symantec to sign the product. By doing the expensive EV cert, it gets past the web browser filters without warning eventually, given enough downloads from different IP addresses.

Apple states the following, but it's clear as mud (no surprise there, given that this is Apple documentation) because it doesn't explain if I don't need to sign with both certs or just one (if that's even possible to sign with two certs).

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/Procedures/Procedures.html

On that page, it states:

  Note: Apple uses the industry-standard form and format of code signing
  certificates. Therefore, if your company already has a third-party
  signing identity that you use to sign code on other systems, you can
  use it with the OS X codesign command.


texts: Make vim read the vimrc from ~/.vim/vimrc

texts: This may not be the best place to ask this question but I'm having trouble getting vim to read my vimrc file. If I have it in the home directory as ~/.vimrc then it ready just fine but if I move it ~/.vim/vimrc so that I can take advantage of plugins and a few other things, it no longer reads the vimrc. I can't remember what I was supposed to do to make it read the correct vimrc.


texts: Why NTFS write softwares cause some certain problems?

texts:
After installing NTFS write software on my mac, I found two problems.

The Windows system in bootcamp does not show in the startup disk in Settings app.
Parallels Desktop can't suspend the Bootcamp virtual machine because such software installed.

Both the problems can be solved by removing the software.

What's the reason behind this?


texts: "Pre-registered" AppleCare --- to whom is it registered?

texts:
When I log into my Apple ID on Apple's site here, https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetAgreements.do, I am able to view a complete list of all of my AppleCare registrations.  This is very convenient for organizational purposes.

We recently purchased about 20 or so MacBook Airs of a custom configuration from Apple, and they all came "pre-registered."  Using Apple's MacBook lookup by serial number here, https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do, I am indeed able to see that the item itself is covered by AppleCare, but there appears to be no name or Apple ID associated with it.

I want these pre-registered AppleCare registrations to appear under my Apple ID for all of my other registrations that didn't come pre-registered (which I needed to register by typing in the AppleCare registration number myself), so that both manually and automatically registered machines appear is one single unified list.

At the end of the day, everything that we need covered is covered.  I can see that these pre-registered machines are covered.  But how can I retroactively associate the AppleCare registration with an Apple ID of my choosing, or rather, how can I find out to whom the AppleCare is registered?

Yes, I understand that AppleCare is by serial number of the item and that we are covered.  But for our own record keeping purposes, it is 10000x easier to simply log in here https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetAgreements.do and see a nice, comprehensive list of all AppleCare agreements.  As it is now, we have a rift --- only ones we entered manually appear here.  The automatically "pre-registered" ones we have to track elsewhere (right now it's just going into our internal wiki).  But this rift, having two instances of the exact same type of information, is very inconvenient.


texts:
I have a Macbook pro with the Mojave OS 10.14.1  I have installed Onedrive (two accounts, 1 academic and 1 personal) and they used to work fine for more than a year.  Suddenly, Academic Onedrive (business version), stopped syncing and while it is trying to connect every time crashes.
I tried to make work alone by quitting the personal account but ended with the same result (crashing)
Thank you for your advice!


texts: Manually adding PDF to iBooks on iOS 6, using Linux

texts:
There's a long story behind using iOS 6, but basically: I have an iPad 2 WiFi, and it's still a pleasure to read on - but performance on iOS 9 is horrendous, so I use iOS 6 thanks to Coolbooter.
I wish to transfer PDFs to the iPad. I previously used iTools for that purpose (3uTools didn't support iOS 6), but have since removed Windows from my system and have Linux alone. I can access the Books directory on the iPad after mounting it using ifuse, and this is what I've figured yet:
PDFs are given a 4-capital-letter code, stored in the Books directory.
In the folder Books/Sync, there is a Books.plist that contains book metadata, this 4-letter-code, and a Persistence ID (some kind of hash).
In the folder Books/Sync/Database, there is an SQLite database OutstandingAssets_4.sqlite - not sure what Outstanding Assets are, but this database has a table which contains the Persistence IDs of all PDFs I've added (using iTools), and their sizes (which however differ from the original size of the PDFs dropped onto the device).
I tried just pasting the PDF without any modifications onto the Books folder - iBooks didn't read that.
What exactly should I do to add it properly - how should the PList and DB be modified? How particularly do I get the 4-letter-code and the Persistence ID, and would adding corresponding entries be enough?
Note on why jailbreak and iOS 6: frequent crashes on iOS 9, and stuttering for eyecandy that isn't very appealing either. Since the iTunes app no longer had the App Store functionality, and the App Store itself doesn't let you filter apps according to your iOS, as well as for me - not let you download the oldest supported version of an app without having purchased it first, it was frustrating there. On iOS 6, the App Store doesn't work at all (it worked a few times, I might've been locked out later?), but the device is usable. Even Cydia has issues on such an old OS, but at least DEBs and IPAs can be found and dropped on.


texts: Give the Terminal.app Full Disk permission problem even it is given

texts:
macOS: v 11.2.3
Chip Apple M1
I have given the Full Disk Access to Terminal and iTerm.

But when I run a Bash script to clean up the Trash directory I get "Give the Terminal.app Full Disk permission in the Security settings." error.
When I run for Downloads directory, I don't have any problems.
I run this script through launchd plist file.
I restarted the mac.
What can I do to avoid this error?


texts: Macbook pro late 2011 cannot access windows based server through VPN

texts:
I am trying to use vpn to access a Windows based server. I set up the VPN when I was at the office, and was able to connect when I was connected to the internet at the office through VPN, but as soon as I went home, I tried it and it did not work.

I have no idea what I am doing wrong I even read to send all traffic through the VPN and tried that and it didn't work.

Is it possible to access VPN with a Mac into a Windows based server.


texts: How can I bring back the "bounce" when scrolling in OS X?

texts: I just system restored after a kernel panic, and I am no longer seeing this feature.  It used to be that when you scrolled (say, down this page in Firefox), there was some physics in the scroll, rather than a hard stop and start.  Since system restoring, this is gone.  How do I bring it back? I am using Snow Leopard.


texts: The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. Windows 10 and Mojave iMac Fusion Drive

texts:
The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

I had installed Windows 10 via bootcamp in my mac. Current version is 10.14.2

I received a strange blue screen error and repaired windows. After the repair the boot camp assistant and tools was not installed so its just a copy of windows without boot camp assistance. I would like to erase that volume and try again but boot camp assistant will not erase the drive.

This is the output of diskutil list

And here is the output of diskutil cs list

Can anyone please help me, I would follow the advice already provided on this site concerning this issue, but my fusion drive issue is just a little different.


texts: iPhone 4 movies won't play in Quicktime, no sound in VLC

texts:
I've taken many videos with my iPhone 4, but when I uploaded them to my Macbook and try to  play them in Quicktime, they only show one frame and they don't play.

When I try to play with in VLC, they play but without sound and with improper orientation (portrait video is played in landscape mode).

These videos play just fine on the phone.  What do I need to do to get proper playback on my laptop?


texts:
With Catalina, is there an easy solution to have a window (not just a browser window) always on top of other windows?
This is an example (Mutify) of a window that I always want to show on top:


texts:
Lately, when I "Enter Time Machine" (like, to recover a lost file), it switches to my home directory. This might have started with Mavericks, or possibly when I set up the current laptop (about, though not exactly, the same time). Is that a new feature with Mavericks? Is it some configuration thing?

Mainly: how do I make it stop? It prevents restoring files in hidden directories.


texts:
I just purchased an album on iTunes on work PC but can't sync because it will delete all my existing tunes from the iPad (I only sync with my music at home).

Can I copy the files to my home PC manually and sync there, or will that not work because of DRM issues ?


texts: MacBook 2015 (model A1534) Compatible with 2016 Retina Display (model A1534)?

texts:
Here's the scenario- My friend destroys his 12" 2015 retina display macbook (model A1534) and I tell him I can replace the display for him if he buys a new display assembly. However, the display he purchased to replace the old one is a newer, 2016 rose gold edition (still model A1534, though). There are minor differences in the display cables but nothing that hinders the new display from hooking into the logicboard. However, when it is all set up the screen remains black after the start-up chime.

Is is possible that these two parts are incompatible, or must it be the case that I've done something wrong during reassembly (or the new display was Dead on arrival)? Specifically, I am looking at the MacBook 12" Retina Timing Controller (TCON) Board Flex Cable, if anything is inhibiting the computer from working it is probably a connection difference with this cable, which is still being used from the original, as the new one did not come with one.

Else, I am wholeheartedly open to suggestions/advice on how to proceed.

http://imgur.com/a/AUvD2< Pictures of the setup and differences between the models.


texts: Pages: Is point in custom object with only one control handle possible?

texts: In Pages, I notice with a rounded rectangle if you make it editable and click on any of the points, they all seem to have only one "control handle". Normally there are always two. Is there really only one control handle on those points, or does it just look that way? Assuming there is indeed only one control handle, how can I do that too?


texts: Prevent Mail.app from opening in split view

texts:
After installing macOS Mojave, Mail.app always opens in split view when I am in a fullscreen space. Two examples:

I am in fullscreen Safari and click a mailto link: an email composition window opens in split view.
I am in any other fullscreen space and I click a notification of a new mail: the mail opens in split view.

Is there any way of preventing that from happening and instead opening Mail.app in a normal window?


texts: Can't type ' / ' (slash) after the letter ' l ' (ell) in Terminal, makes 'l' with stroke character 'ł'

texts: When I type any word ending with an 'l' (ell, like "local") and then press the / key, the 'l' is replaced with another symbol and the slash, '/', is omitted. How can I deactivate that function?


texts: How can I find hidden items in Automator?

texts:
I am trying to create a workflow in Automator that will find hidden files in a folder by searching for files with names that begin with ".".
Currently, the Find FInder Items action is as follows:

Find Finder Items
    Search: [(Var:Selection path)]
        [All] of the following are true
            [Name] [begins with] "."

Here is the log showing the error:

It does not receive any input, but outputs to a Move Finder Items action. Every time this action is run, it produces no results. Am I doing this wrong, or is there another way to find hidden files and folders in a variable path? I do not know much about other scripting languages such as applescript, but I am willing to use them if necessary. Thanks for reading!


texts: Skype is showing the wrong last messages

texts:
I have a conversation between three users. When I look into this conversation the last messages are from Friday, which is wrong. These messages are always at the bottom (appears at last). So always the same messages appears at last despite there are newer messages.

I tried to reinstall Skype but it is still the same. Has anyone also experienced this kind of problem? What can I do?


texts:
I have an old Alcohol 120% CD/DVD image file that I'd like to convert to an .iso image. I have tried simply renaming the file thus (disregarding the 4 KB .mds file):

video.mdf --> video.iso.

This sort of worked. Most of the video played perfectly (in VLC) but then the final three minutes were silent with a blank screen.

How should I go about doing this?


texts: Fake Chromium showing on launchpad and won't uninstall

texts:
My colleague has noticed there is a Chromium icon on their launchpad screen but it's not possible to remove it. We've tried dragging it to the Trash but nothing happens.

There is no app listing in /Applications

Is it a virus? If so what's the best way to remove it?


texts:
In terminal, trying to do the following:

$ sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/BACKUP/Backups.backupdb/lappy/2014-11-02-005458/
Deleting: /Volumes/BACKUP/Backups.backupdb/lappy/2014-11-02-005458

I get the following error:

Error (-36) deleting: /Volumes/BACKUP/Backups.backupdb/lappy/2014-11-02-005458
Error (512) re-linking Latest for machine directory: /Volumes/BACKUP/Backups.backupdb/lappy
Total deleted: 8.0K

Is there another way I can delete old backup files to release disk space?

And Time Machine window shows


texts: How to restore a stolen iPhone 5 after being found?

texts:
My iPhone 5 was stolen and I erased and removed it via iCloud.

After three days I found it and want to active it again.

What is the procedure for recovering the content and activating it again?


texts: Using iPhone 7 can't accept Apple's Terms and Conditions when trying to update Apps?

texts:
One of my Apps says it needs to be updated to continue use. I go to Updates, select Updates and get hit with a message prompt that says I must accept Apple's new Terms and Conditions in order to proceed. There is two options, Cancel or OK. I accept OK, then all I get is a blank screen.
So I reboot the iPhone, as that seems to be the only way to get off the blank screen, and end up back where I started. This time when the pop-up message appears, I select cancel, then again select 'Update' The update process for the App shows the Arrow Circle going round-and-round but it never updates. Eventually, I will be back at the pop-up screen, reminding me I have to accept Apple's Terms and Conditions before I can proceed. If I again select OK,the merry-go-round starts all over again. How on earth does one get out of this frustrating situation? I have been through this exercise so many times, it is starting to get at me :):):).


texts: Personal hotspot unavailable intermittently, "contact your carrier"

texts:
A friend has an iPhone 6 and a plan that includes tethering.

A couple of weeks ago, her "personal hotspot" feature started acting up. It tends to be inactive. When you try to activate it, you get a message asking to contact the cellular provider.

Turning the phone off and on again solves the problem.

The provider maintains that tethering is activated, and that there is no problem on their end. I checked the cellular data settings and they are OK.

What could be causing this?

Could it have been caused by a software update?  iOS is up to date.


texts: How to get calendar notifications when my phone is on silent

texts:
I am frequently missing meetings because my company moved over to gsuite and the meeting invites are silent notifications on my computer.

I want my calendar notifications to cause my phone to make noises but I want text, phone calls, and everything else to remain silent so that my phone isn’t going off the wall during meetings all day.

Is there a way to make calendar notifications the only thing that isn’t silent?  Is there an Apple Watch app that can do this for me?


texts: Can’t reinstall Mac OS el capital because Recovery HD disk is locked. Anyone know how to bypass this?

texts: I'm trying to reinstall Mac OS X El Capitan on my 2009 MacBook pro. Disk Utility lists a single SSD with a capacity of 250.06GB and a single partition (OS X Base system) that is taking up 249.85GB. When I try to create another partition it says that I need to enable journaling, but the option is greyed out. I also can't reinstall from the internet because the OS X Base System partition is locked.


texts: 2 Macs sharing Displays via Spaces or something else?

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My partner and I work on iOS apps together, he's on one Mac and I'm on another. We often need to see each other's displays though and right now we have a monitor that we swap back and forth. When I want him to watch my screen, I plug the monitor into my external display port and spin the monitor around to him (and vice versa).

Is there any way to get a video IN signal such that I could just swap to a different virtual desktop in Spaces (or something else) and see what he's doing without having to do this lame hardware swapping?

The external monitor I have doesn't match the resolution of our Macs, so whenever we plug in to share the screen it reduces the size of our desktops and that sucks.

Any suggestions?

Looking over the shoulder isn't an acceptable answer ;)


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I am coming from linux world, using plain gnome.
In gnome there is a view very similar to mission control:

The main difference is that gnome has a "search" field (which in essence is like Spotlight).

I would like to have the same kind of view on my Mac.
Is there an app which could replace mision control and provide something closer to gnome?


texts: Suppose you have a terminal with two tabs. You click, drag, and let go one of these tabs and it becomes an independent terminal window. After a while, you want to take this terminal window and reattach it as a tab to the previous window. How do you do it ? I have seen the merge windows option in the menus, but that merges all windows into one, which I would then have to revert.


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So I had 2 OS's on my MacBook Pro, one partition was Mac and the other one was Windows 7. After I updated my Mac OS, my Windows disappeared from 'Startup Disk'

When I open 'Disk Utility' my Windows disk is named 'Untitled', I tried mounting it but the button 'Mount' doesn't work I also tried downloading other programs such as NTFS-3G, Tuxera and others but the 'Mount' button doesn't work on them either.

I'm not really good at computer stuff, thats why I'm here. If someone knows how to make my Windows OS work again or at least retrieve important files from the partition.

Please tell me what to do, because I'm hopelessly trying to find information googling my problem.


texts: How do I disable volume/brightness popup?

texts: This is the volume pop up. How do I remove it? It's highly annoying when it appears when playing a movie


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I have a weird problem. For this one contact I don't get any sound or vibration notifications when a SMS arrives.

What I have tried:

Change Text Tone
Change Vibration
Delete contact and create new with same mobile number
Rebooted iPhone

What could be the problem?


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Apple Pay increased the transaction limits recently.
In the UK it used to be £30, but is now 'higher' - without a limit being mentioned in Apple's Cashless made effortless page [UK link].

Though it's not usable everywhere - stores must update their equipment to use it apparently - I've paid for the weekly shopping at Sainsbury's for a bill of over £100, which I was slightly wary it may have rejected - but it didn't.

Is there a published limit anywhere, or is it up to your bank/card supplier to enforce their own transaction limit?


texts: How to add calendar entries in iPhone 6?

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I am trying to make entries in the calendar on iPhone 6. I complete everything as on my previous iPhone, but there is no 'done' button.  Checked online and it says to press 'add' once complete.

I do this, but then the whole entry is lost without saving. What do I have to do to persist my appointments?


texts: Greyed out songs when trying to add from iTunes to iPhone?

texts: I just got an iPhone 4 and downloaded the most recent version of iTunes onto my computer because I had a version that was too old. It told me I needed to convert the songs to create an AAC version of my library in order to sync them to my iPhone, which I had not synced because I didn't want to lose the existing music. When I converted the files, they copied to the phone, but are greyed out and won't let me play them, could somebody please help?


texts: My husband would like to install OS X Mavericks, not Yosemite. He's using Snow Leopard right now on his MacBook Pro (early 2008). How could he do that?


texts: Decreasing the time delay for diacritic marks menu appearance

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On my iMac, when one pushes certain character keys after about 1 second a menu appears with the selected character with diacritic marks (accents) - i.e. when one presses S, one is presented with a menu showing ß ś š. You can then choose to insert one of these characters using the numerical keys (i.e. pressing S ... short wait ... press 1 results in a ß).

(I'm not sure if this is the default macOS behaviour, or a setting for my Mac. The keyboard in System Preferences implies that holding a key should repeat that key because it has "Key Repeat" and "Delay Until Repeat" settings.)

Is it possible to decrease this wait time? I've been typing in German a lot recently, and ending up with a4 in my text when I intend to write ä.


texts: the `Flash Player` occupy CPU is very high after I open a Flash page

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In Safari I open a page that contains Flash, after I close the page. in the Activity Monitor, the Flash Player occupy CPU is very high, and whats the meaning of the red color?

My model is Macbook Pro 2015.


texts: Getting 3 beeps on restart after RAM install... is the RAM really bad?

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I have a 2009 iMac and wanted to bump up the RAM to it's max capacity.

I did a quick search and found that it is supposed to handle 8GB. I Bought 2 4GB sticks from Crucial (supposedly a good brand) and installed them according to the instructions.

On restart, I got 3 beeps which is supposed to mean that the RAM is bad. I tested various configs of the old RAM with the new RAM and am able to use either of the old 2GB sticks and either of the new 4GB sticks with no issues but can't put 2 new 4GB sticks or even 1 4GB stick by itself.

It has to have an old stick in to be able to boot. When it boots the RAM shows as 6GB and seems to have no issues. So what's the deal and how common is it that the RAM is "just bad" and has to be exchanged? (See attached images for clarification)


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When recording audio in GarageBand (open GarageBand, New Project, Voice, then start recording). I would like to record to an external SSD rather than the system disk as I get occasional crashes that seem to be heavy IO related (either to much IO, or perhaps the disk is hitting a thermal shutdown point, I'm not sure). A simple solution seems to be to record the audio to an external SSD and bypass the internal spinning disk. Is there some hidden setting I can change to set the directory/location where GarageBand records audio to by default?

This is on Mac OS X 10.12.1, GarageBand 10.1.4.


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I have the plugin for Afloat, I just don't know how to start it up.
I've disabled SIP. I can't find the app in Applications and the window options haven't changed at all.
Am I supposed to run the app somehow?


texts: Create a shortcut/widget to an Accessibility feature

texts: I would like to build a shortcut to General -> Accessibility -> MFI Hearing Devices -> Adam Hearing Devices -> Stream to left hearing device, and toggle that off/on. I've been searching the Shortcuts documentation but can't find a way to do this. Is it possible, maybe with another app?


texts: Mid 2014 MBP w/ Nvidia to three 60in HD TVs?

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For a project I am working on, I'd like to connect my MBP to three 60in TVs.

I've read that it is possible to hook up to three external displays via these configurations:

2012 MBPR with extra graphics chip can drive 2x TB-DVI + 1x HDMI

2015 MBPR with extra graphics chip can NOT drive 2x TB-DVI + 1X HDMI but it CAN drive 1x TB-DVI + 1x TB-DisplayPort + 1x HDMI as one of the answers here indicates.

When reading around I've found that most people, when referring to external displays, are talking about displays that are in the 24-30in range. Is there any reason the configurations I stated above wouldn't work with three identical 60in HD TVs?

Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to have my macbook set its brightness based on it running from battery or from line power?

texts: Basically I'd like to have one brightness setting configured for when I'm plugged in through the adapter and charging the macbook from wall power, vs a lower brightness setting when I'm running off battery to preserve battery life. This configuration swap would be in response to the changed power state of the laptop. Does MacOS support such behavior?


texts: IOS 8.1.3 - Return to Inbox After Deleting

texts: After deleting an open e-mail, is there a way to return to the inbox by default instead of opening the next e-mail in the list?


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I have a 13" Macbook Pro (2009) and I randomly get the "Service Battery" warning. I haven't noticed a huge decrease in battery life but the cycle count is at 725. I'm out of warranty, and so I'd like to do it myself, but I couldn't seem to find a replacement battery on Apple's web site. All I could find was this article, but I'm out of warranty. Where can I get a new battery? Also, if I don't notice a huge decrease in battery life, should I even be that concerned over this? I've included a few of my stats from system profiler.

  Charge remaining (mAh): 4102
  Full charge capacity (mAh): 4102
  Condition: Check Battery
  Amperage (mA): -477
  Voltage (mV): 12271


texts: Automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing window?

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Is there any way to enable automatic reflow of icons in Finder while resizing the window?

One constantly has to to resort via "clean up by ..." after resize.

I've yet to find a piece of software that handles that ridiculous shortcoming of Finder.


texts: What steps can I take to recover data from a FileVault 2 encrypted boot volume that won't boot and is stuck in "converting" status?

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I have a 2008 Macbook Pro running OS X 10.8 on a 500GB (upgraded from original) 1-2 year old hard drive. The drive was encrypted with FileVault2, and the system was running fine a few months ago until one day I believe the power may have been cut or the system crashed and had to be forcefully shut down; I can't remember. Anyway, upon trying to re-boot the system, I would be prompted for my password and, upon entering it, the system would try to boot. The Apple logo would appear and a dark grey progress bar would appear beneath it. After the progress bar got around 1/4 of the way through, the system would shut down.

I left the machine unused for a few months but am now trying to recover any data I can from it. The steps I've taken so far to try and repair or recover the system are as follows;

1) Tried booting into safe or single user mode; system crashes.
2) I can boot into repair mode (command + R), and the drive is shown with the main volume locked.
3) I could unlock the volume using disk utility, and I had the option to verify permission and verify the disk. When verifying the disk, I get an error saying to run repair; however, repair is greyed out and I haven't had the option to run it at any point.
4) Upon following instructions elsewhere, I ran the diskutil revert command, and the status of the primary volume "Conversion Status" changed to "Converting". Since then, I haven't made any other progress. It seems to be stuck, and the system has been running for 2 days with no change (except when it falls asleep and I have to wake it back up)

Here is a summary of what I see when I run diskutil list:

>Logical Volume Group WWWWWWWW
>Name: Mac
>Size: 500GB
>Free space: 16.8MB
>
>>Physical Volume XXXXXXXX
>>Index: 0
>>Disk: disk0a2
>>Status: Online
>>Size: 500GB
>>
>>Logical Volume Family YYYYYYYY
>>Encryption Status: Unlocked
>>Encryption Type: None
>>Conversion Status: Converting
>>Conversion Direction: backward
>>Has Encrypted Extents: Yes
>>Fully Secure: No
>>Passphrase Required: No
>>
>>>>Logical Volume ZZZZZZZZ
>>>>Disk: disk2
>>>>Status: Online
>>>>Size (Total): 500GB
>>>>Size (Converted): -none-
>>>>Revertible: Yes (no decryption required)
>>>>LV Name: Mac
>>>>Volume Name: Mac
>>>>Content Hint: Apple_HFS

When I reboot, I find that it still asks for my passphrase and still shuts down when that grey progress bar appears. I have put this computer into target disk mode and booted an older mac (running 10.4) which sees the drive but cannot access it or do anything with it. Is there anything else I can do to try and force decrypt the drive or perform any kind of repair to at least have the data become readable, if not allow the system to become bootable again? Please let me know if you need any further information or details. I substituted the UUIDs above for convenience. Thank you in advance for any suggestions you can provide.


texts: Mountain Lion US keyboard layout .. bug? British layout when selected US keyboard

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When I change my input source to US Keyboard and I want to press this key: ` I get some British key.

My keyboard is this one:

And it behaves like this one:

I changed my keyboard layout like described in this: stackexchange post but there is nothing changed. When I press the ` key I get that symbol as on British keyboard.

In result it looks like this:


texts: Does the iCloud retain data for a period after the user specifies to delete it?

texts: Does deleting iCloud backups delete the associated data immediately or does Apple retain the data for a period of time?


texts: Forgot to turn off Hotspot, tethered via USB along with direct Ethernet, end result?

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What happens if I forget to turn off hotspot tethering on my iOS device and connect it via USB to a computer that is already connected to the Internet via Ethernet? Which internet / network gateway gets priority?

I'm concerned because I may have inadvertently wasted large amounts of my carrier's data usage allotment for the month.  Is there a way to avoid this from happening in case I forget to disable the hotspot again? (this is on a Windows PC)

EDIT: As a follow up, how can I configure Windows to require manual input from the User before initiating tethering via a USB-connected iOS device?


texts: Can I limit the notification noise to one device when I get a message?

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I have a few Apple products: MacBook, iPhone, iPad. When someone sends me a text message, and the entire room starts dinging as all three devices tell me I got a message.

Is there an easy way to say, in effect, "I'm at my laptop, just tell me there."


texts: How do I find out what entitlements an app has?

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Sandboxed apps have to declare their entitlements.  Of course, that doesn't do me any good if I can't tell what entitlements it declares.  A text editor that has entitlements for Core Location, Network Server, and my Address Book, without my knowledge, could be much worse than an unsandboxed app.

How can I see what entitlements an app has?


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A few months ago I installed either MySQL or MariaDB via Homebrew. But I don't remember exactly which one. Now I am trying to figure it out, because MariaDB supports features that MySQL does not, such as CHECK CONSTRAINTS:

CONSTRAINT random_assignment_check CHECK (LENGTH(random_assignment_id) = 5)

When I enter

SHOW CREATE TABLE employees\G;

It does not show the CHECK CONSTRAINT I created during the CREATE TABLE statement. This makes me believe I am using MySQL. Plus when I do this:

$ mysql -h localhost -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.7.24 Homebrew

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

This increases my suspicions even more that I am using MySQL. It clearly states 'Welcome to MySQL Monitor' and 'Copyright Oracle'.

I output info for both of them:

$ brew info mysql
mysql: stable 8.0.13 (bottled)
Open source relational database management system
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/
Conflicts with:
  mariadb (because mysql, mariadb, and percona install the same binaries.)
  mariadb-connector-c (because both install plugins)
  mysql-cluster (because mysql, mariadb, and percona install the same binaries.)
  mysql-connector-c (because both install MySQL client libraries)
  percona-server (because mysql, mariadb, and percona install the same binaries.)
Not installed
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/mysql.rb

MariaDB output:

$ brew info mariadb
mariadb: stable 10.3.12 (bottled)
Drop-in replacement for MySQL
https://mariadb.org/
Conflicts with:
  mariadb-connector-c (because both install plugins)
  mysql (because mariadb, mysql, and percona install the same binaries.)
  mysql-cluster (because mariadb, mysql, and percona install the same binaries.)
  mysql-connector-c (because both install MySQL client libraries)
  mytop (because both install `mytop` binaries)
  percona-server (because mariadb, mysql, and percona install the same binaries.)
Not installed
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/mariadb.rb

Notice for MariaDB it says installed version is 10.3.12. CHECK CONSTRAINTS were added in version 10.1, so I should have access to this feature. However, I think I am using MySQL and not MariaDB. How can I remedy this issue so I can use MariaDB and its features supported in 10.1?


texts: I had my iPhone die on me yesterday to where it would not respond to anything, would not turn on, would not do a thing. Then about 30 min later it turned back on and has worked fine since. Should I be concerned about this and are there probable causes that could cause this behavior that I should look into?


texts: Bootcamp Macbook Air thinks my USB 3.0 ports are USB 2.0

texts: I recently installed Windows 7 via bootcamp on my new Macbook Air. I have a Seagate USB 3.0 drive that works great in OSX but behaves strangely in Windows. Windows recognizes that it is a USB 3.0 drive, but tells me that it's connected to a USB 2.0 port. This is especially weird since I definitely have the Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller installed. I used USB Device Tree Viewer and determined conclusively that Windows is operating my drive at USB 2.0 speeds. What can I do to get my speed back?


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I finally upgraded from my old MBP 2015 and got the 2018 15" base model. So far I'm in love with this machine, clean thin design and very performant (the addition of a 6 core CPU and DDR4 RAMS is much welcome).

However, there's one issue that I can't figure out if it's just me or it's something to do with the machine. Whenever I look at my keyboard, It feels like it's raised a little bit in the top middle kinda like there's a small bump. I showed it to my friends, some seem to notice it and some don't. Some are saying that it's just an optical illusion.

Has anyone come across any information to suggest this is a known issue? If so, what?


texts: macOS compiled binary runs in build folder, but reports killed: 9 when moved to /usr/local/bin

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I build a series of tools on macOS 10.15.6 using clang from Xcode 12.1.  When the binaries are built, they complete the test runs from within the build folder.  However, when I copy them to /usr/local/bin (setting owner, group, and permissions), they all exit on launch with "Killed: 9".  dtrace/dtruss both simply report that sip is enabled and nothing else.
The tools are not sandboxed and don't do any kernel level trickery.  I've also checked the xattr flags and there are no flags set.
Does anyone have a tip on a tool that I could use on the Mac platform to determine what's going on (gdb is not installed)?
Tim


texts: Create WPA2 Enterprise Wifi + Certificate Apple Device Configuration Profile Without a Mac?

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I am fully aware that in the recent times, Apple has moved from the IPhone Configuration Utility to the Apple Configurator that is available on Mac only.

I, unfortunately, don't have a Mac, but I have a few WPA2-Enterprise networks that I need to create a configuration profile for.  I have Windows and Linux systems at my disposal, is there a way to create a configuration profile that works with recent iOS versions without the Apple Configurator, and if so, how would I go about doing that?

NOTE: Any solution needs to support adding certificates and WPA2-Enterprise networks.  This is not available everywhere!


texts: Is iOS 6 compatible with my iPhone 3GS model? The model number of my iPhone is A1303.


texts: Battery care if I don't plan to use my MacBook Pro

texts: Let's say I plan not to use my rMBP for a few days (5-7), is there anything special I should do in order to keep the battery in good condition?


texts: What type of power cable does the HomePod mini use?

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Apple has released a new, smaller version of their speaker: HomePod mini.

One of my complaints with the original HomePod was its use of a proprietary power cable connector, which made it difficult to replace or shorten the cable. Most other Apple devices use industry-standard C7 "figure 8" power cables for mains wall power, or a USB-C or Lightning cable plus a power adapter.
What type of power cord does the HomePod mini use?


texts: How long should Lion take to set up Spotlight?

texts: I updated my Mac from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to Lion. Everything went well. The computer restarted when the OS setup finished. Now, Spotlight setup has been running for more than two hours. Is something wrong? In the meantime, I can't open the App Store or Software Update.


texts: Apps unresponsive and unable to open even after restarts

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iPhone 6S 128gb user for the past three years, currently running on its third battery (last change 4 months ago).
The problem being some apps just randomly stop working and I haven't found a way to fix this.
(Force quit the app, reset/hard reset the phone, uninstall the app and download it again, reset warnings, etc...)
I've been using Google Calendar instead of the bundled one for about a year only because it got broken somehow in an OS update, next update didn't fix it either. Always trying to be on the last OS update. I can't be restoring the phone or switching to new apps every time this happens.
This has happened with several apps, regardless of being bundled or downloaded, (happened too many times to count).
I've done a full wipe of the iPhone about two months ago, hoping this issue was finally gone but nope.
The one that stopped working now is Telegram (that works flawlessly on my iPad).
Is there a way to run a system integrity check (like the disk utility in OSX?)
Or check for memory integrity or flash memory errors?
Thanks in advance!


texts: Fix Better Touch Tool so that it doesn't prevent sleep?

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I noticed that the application Better Touch Tool is preventing my Mac from going to sleep. The screen will shut off, but the computer won't go to sleep. Is there a way to disable any of the settings to not cause this behavior, or do we need to wait for a fix from the developer?

I'm hoping to avoid a solution such as running Please Sleep.

(I reported this bug to the developer.)


texts: How do I make Command+Tab only bring the active window for an application to the foreground?

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When I switch to an application using ⌘ + tab, all the open windows for that application are brought forward (usually covering other windows in other apps that I want to see). I would like only the active/selected window for that application brought forward. Is there a way to accomplish this?

I would be happy to change this globally, as the existing behavior drives me batty.


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How to configure launchpad on OSX Lion?
Like

Hide some application
Group application into folder
Sort application alphabetical


texts: In OS X 10.6 how do you mount an AFP share at boot or before user login?

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Is there a way to mount an AFP share at boot so it is accessible to the system without a user logged in?

I would like to run scripts via SSH or as a daemon on boot that check files on my AFP share. Unfortunately, the shares don't mount until a user logs in.


texts: Can I charge a power bank through charging MacBook

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I have:

15" 2018 MacBook Pro with USB Type-C ports.
Xiaomi PowerBank 3 Pro with 1 Type-C input/output and 2 regular USB outputs.

Can I charge my MacBook via MagSafe, and simultaneously charge Xiaomi power bank via Macbook type-C port without any harm?


texts: Tap with two fingers for a "right-click" or secondary click

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On a Mac, I used to be able to secondary-click using a two-finger tap. Currently, I can only secondary-click using a two-finger click, not a tap.

Is there a way to alt-click using a two-finger tap instead of a click?


texts: Downloading unofficial applications with developer ID signature

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Recently I have download a suite application from a torrent. The application installation was the "official" application installer plus a configuration file that was replaced the official configuration file in the application to make it work.
When I was installed the application installer, the Mac OS X didn't blocked it as a not identifier developer, so I suppose that this installation process is not something like a virus?

My question If I download an application not from the official website, and the OS X find it as an identifier developer, there is no chance that this application is affected by virus?


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I am having a strange issue with my 2010 MBP. I recently upgraded the memory to 8GB ram and it was working fine, but now when I load it up I get 3 bleeps.

I opened it up and checked the ram was in correctly. I powered back up and it worked fine. I closed the lid, left it for the night, came back to it and booted her up and it done it again. I turned it off, and back on, and it booted up.

It goes through stages like this when I have to keep trying to power it on before it will eventually come on.

I've heard it's a RAM issue, but if so why am I still able to boot up the MacBook after a couple of attempts?

I'm not sure how to solve this bootup issue. Once it's booted it works fine and I have no issues UNLESS I close the lid, and it then has to be restarted.

I can't understand how it worked fine before.

Is there anything I can try to fix this apart from replacing the RAM (I can't afford new RAM).


texts: What is causing this tiled screen flash upon waking the Mac?

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Hi, this is how it appears on my mom's 2017 12" MacBook:

Mac goes on Sleep Mode after idling for a while.
Press any key/tap trackpad to wake up Mac.
Black screen with tiles appear for milliseconds before it goes back to normal.

What I have done:

Sent the Mac into apple for diagnostics - No errors or defects.
Attempt to erase the Mac and restore the OS - Black Screen still show up upon wake.

If it is a hardware issue, is it the MLB or Screen causing this?
Thank you so much!


texts: How can I get the expiration date of a certificate in a keychain from the command line?

texts: I'm looking for a way to get the expiration date of a certificate from the command line. The certificate is in the default 'login' keychain and I know its name. How can I do this?


texts: Is the X-mailer number assigned to a specific iPad?

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On the iPad is there going to be the same X-mailer number assigned to it, or does it change when emails are sent?

Basically, is the X-mailer number assigned to a specific iPad?


texts:
When I close the lid, the computer behaves correctly:

Screen turns off
Does not go to sleep (front light stays on and does not flash)
Still can hear fans

It behaves this way because I share my wired network connexion via Wifi (System Preferences > Sharing > Internet Sharing).
When Internet Sharing is disabled, the computer goes to sleep and at lid opening, I don't have the problem described below.

When I open the lid:

The screen turns on...
...and turns off about 2 seconds later

I can see my desktop background and the login screen for 2s, and after that the screen becomes black (actually it really turns off, that's not backlighted black).

The little trick I found is to reduce the luminosity thanks to the F1 key, and then increase it again to come back to maximum luminosity thanks to the F2 key.
It's not really handicapping since I found this little trick, but it's a little bit annoying to have to do that every time I open my Macbook :(

  Computer specs :
  - Macbook Pro 15" bought 2 months ago
  - It came with OS X Lion already installed
  - I choose the screen resolution option (don't know if it matters)

UPDATE : Doesn't seem to be a problem any more in Mountain Lion.


texts: 'Matrix Mode' for surround sound output?

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I recently invested in a digital surround sound system, and have been enjoying digital surround sound through the TOSlink port of my Macbook Pro (Mid 2010 and Late 2011 models). However, I've noticed that when I'm playing two-channel sound (for instance, spotify), three of my five speakers are silent.

I used to have Logitech X-540's which have a 'matrix mode' which splits sound out over all the speakers. Is there any way to duplicate or partially duplicate this functionality with my Mac?


texts: Transfer files from a USB thumb drive to iOS

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What is the easiest way to transfer files from a USB thumb drive to an iOS device?

My current approach is to copy files to a Mac then airdrop the files. But this is unacceptable - my MacBook Pro is too large/heavy a device to take with me when I don’t use it for any other purpose.

Perhaps a cheap Android phone how would that work in practice? Any other suggestions?


texts: How much space is left on my hard drive?

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Where do I have to go to find out how much space I have left on my hard drive?

As you can imagine from the question I am new to Apple and don't know where to look.

I used a program called "Cleanup" on my old Windows machine which did what the name says, great little program, is there anything similar for Apple, something which cleans up files like cache and cookies?


texts: How to remove username@hostname from terminal bar?

texts: currently this is how my terminal bar looks like, it's showing my full name and the hostname. I'd like to configure it so that this is removed  and it only shows the directory, but I don't know how.


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Whenever my iPhone is plugged in, my Windows7 laptop imports the pictures and videos from it. I want to change this to using Picasa because the Windows importer creates a folder based on the date and time pictures are imported vs. the date and time pictures are actually taken!

How do I change my iPhone default importer to Picasa?
Are there any issues using Picasa for the picture and video import?


texts: Is there a way to purchase Cydia apps from a regular browser and not from inside Cydia?


texts: Getting IP address of hotspot connection

texts:
I want to find out the IP address of my iPhone Hotspot connection.
I can enable it, and connect to it with a laptop, etc - but I want the IP address so I can telnet to the iPhone (I've set up the socket server software on the iPhone).

Any ideas?


texts: New mac - installed tmux but can't use mouse in for pane switching

texts:
I have the required setw / setg setting for mouse in my .tmux.conf but they aren't working.

I've done tmux source-file .tmux.conf

I can use tmux and split windows with my remapped keys and other settings that I have such as remapping the power key ARE working.


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Although my voice memos app shows no memos, when I connect my iPhone to my Mac and browse to On This iPhone > Voice Memos in iTunes, every voice memo I’ve recorded for the last three years is there (even ones recorded on my previous iPhone).

I tried removing my entire music collection from my iPhone, but they survived. How do I delete them?

Update: Whatever this bug was, it doesn't seem to be present any longer with iOS 8.


texts: Temporaily slow down "scroll wheel" speed on Magic Mouse?

texts:
I have the "scroll wheel" speed on my Magic Mouse set to highest possible. Is there a way to slow it down just temporarily in Safari? You can achieve other similar "slow downs" in the system by pressing certains keys (shift and click the zoom button for a window to slow down the animation, alt-shift and volume keys to adjust the volumes with higher resolution etc) but nothing I have tried work in Safari.

Specifically, there is a Google Map web application I want a slower zoom for. Currently when I use the scroll wheel I go from recognizing cars to country level by just breathing on the mouse.


texts: Use shift to select word until next capital letter

texts:
I am programming and from Windows I'm used to use the "shift" + "alt" + "arrow key right/left" keys to select a part from a word until the next capital letter starts. But on my Mac this shortcut only selects the whole word. Can this be done somehow on a Mac too?

For example:

myVariable    (is the text to select, cursor is at the beginning (before 'm')).

Now using the shortcut "shift" + "alt" + "arrow key right" would select only 'my':

myVariable  ('my' is selected, pressing it again would then select the whole word.)

This is a shortcut often needed for example when programming using the programming language Java.


texts:
I have the latest Magic Keyboard (the one with a switch, not a button) and a 2018 iMac.

Today after lunch, the keyboard Magically stopped doing anything. Here's what I checked:

Battery was not low, I charged it yesterday and checked the batter was full yesterday.
Keyboard worked fine before lunch.
No coffee spill.
No kids or other bad actors in the room.
Tried plugging in and unplugging the charging cable.
Tried changing the charging cable to a different port on the iMac.

Afraid to restart because then I can't type in the password.


texts: How do I get Terminal.app pasting behavior in iTerm 2?

texts:
I often paste stuff into my terminal from websites, sometimes with newlines in wrong places, sometimes with newlines where you would expect them. However, iTerm seems to ignore any paste that contains newlines. This often leaves me confused as to wether I copied the contents of the text I wanted to paste correctly, and when I've found out that I copied them the way I wanted to, I have to reformat those lines in some text editor which all unnecessarily breaks flow. Above that, iTerm also has this weird feature that always pastes slowly instead of just putting the clipboard contents there. I know these things might have been implemented for safety reasons, but I can tell you now that I am going to execute every command I want to execute, wether they have newlines in them or not.

I've fixed this last annoyance kinda by altering some sort of delays or something in the preferences, but I would kinda rather get rid of these features and let iTerm behave as Apple's terminal app, or any OS X application for that matter. Anyone know how to tackle this problem?


texts: How can I prevent accidentally quitting an application?

texts:
I use Adium, but if I set a "Quit Confirmation" in the advanced preferences, it cancels log out. If I don't, it is way too easy to quit it, since it gets focused between apps sometimes.

Is there any way I can have a "Quit Confirmation" show up when I try to quit Adium, except when I am logging out or shutting down the OS?


texts: iPod tells me to log in to iTunes account on a computer. What next?

texts:
But I am already loged in to my iTunes account and keep getting an error where my iPod tells me to log in to iTunes account on a computer

I had originally pluged my ipod in to the computer as it would give me this message and not let me update my apps.  Once pluged in it told me there was ipod updates so i installed them.  In that process it told me there was a problem with my ipod and that i had to set it to factory settings.  So needless to say, i was not happy about losing all that i had on my ipod!  But still now it gives me the same message.  I deauthorized and reauth computer and i thought that worked as it let me uppdate an app and add a new app.  But then as i started to build my app selection again it would still from time to time tell me i need to log in to my itunes on my computer before the app could be added (even though i am still loged in).  This is the same computer, and connection i have always used for this ipod.  Now that i am at work i am using my Wi-Fi here and i have been able to add apps with NO problems!  So what could be causing the problem at home all of the sudden??


texts: Swap first and last name fields in a contact record

texts:
When contacts/address book was imported from a previous phone most of the entries came in with the last name in the first name field, and first name in the last name field.

Is there a quick key method to swap those two fields without having to retype both of them or cut/paste one and type the other?


texts: After I traveled abroad, my Mac thinks I'm in the wrong timezone

texts:
I have selected the option to set the time zone base on my current location. It correctly detects my location (London), but it still keeps the time as New York time.

See screenshot image.

This is OSX 10.9.5 Macbook Pro


texts: What does "leverages the Apple Watch menu" mean when refusing my App

texts: I get the following reason to refuse my app: Specifically, upon review of application we have application/device icon leverages the Apple Watch menu., and they attached my app icon. Strange.


texts: Thunderbird not being scaled properly on Retina display when an external display is also connected

texts: If I use Thunderbird with only the Retina screen of my MBP it's fine. However, if I connect my MBP to an external display with normal resolution, then Thunderbird won't scale properly according to Retina resolution if I move the app back onto the Retina screen, resulting in the fonts being extremely small. I'm not sure if this is an ubiquitous occurrence only happening in my case. If no, there might have already been a solution to it?


texts: Gmail app on iphone shows notifications for 'everything' instead of just inbox

texts:
Recently Gmail changed their web interface, and introduced several different inbox views.  I tried them, but quickly returned to the default, which shows only the number of new messages in Inbox, and ignores the other tabs.

Gmail on my phone made the switch over to showing everything, showing unread first, but the problem is it notifies for Everything.

Google claims that you can't change this from your phone, but changes made to your desktop web interface will propagate to the iphone after a few hours.

This isn't happening.  3 days now, I still get notifications for everything, and the badge on the icon shows total unread rather than inbox unread.

Stopping and restarting gmail made no difference.

Restarting my iphone made no difference.


texts: Can you please specify that how much apple paying for per app downloads

texts:
Can you please specify that how much apple pays per app downloads.

I want to know that how much amount apple pays for app download/device.

I know, it's not a programming related question, but I don't know where to ask it. I posted a question on the Apple support forum, but got no reply.

Thanks in advance for your reply!


texts: Removing software that came from a pkg file?

texts: I can't find the uninstaller. I installed some service using a pkg file and now I want to get rid of it. How do I do that? I would prefer not to use lsbom and rm and stuff. It looks scary.


texts: Can I search for a multi-word expression in Preview?

texts: What can I do to search for a multi-word expression such as "little bug" in Preview? I want to return only words together and in that order. My first reflex was to try double quotes, but it looks like Preview is searching for them instead of ignoring them. Some googling turned up this question where someone mentions the double quoting working as of 2010. I'm running 10.7.5 and Preview 5.5. Is this a relatively new "bug" in Preview? I find it weird that I haven't noticed it before...


texts: Samsung Easy document Scanner won't communicate with scanner on OS X Catalina 10.15

texts:
After upgrading to Catalina OSX 10.15 Easy Document Creator can no longer connect to the remote scanner. It shows up within settings and can be addressed directly but not over the EDC software anymore.

The error reads:

"Scanner device is not responding. Please check that it is turned on and connected to computer".

Easy Printer Manager though shows the printer and its toner level etc.

Is there any fix for this? I know that Scan Assistent is 32 bit but that software was not needed anymore and OSX did not complain about EDC so in theory it should work.

In Samsung Easy Printer Manager also if I try to change the settings I get "Current input language cannot be accepted for device. Please change input language"


texts: "File Open" dialog is missing sidebar items

texts:
I'm having the strangest issue since updating to OS X El Capitan. My "Open File" dialogs show the sidebar but all my main (and useful) locations are missing. Take a look at this screenshot. This screenshot shows Keychain Access but this happens in Safari when I'm trying to attach a file to Gmail for example, or uploading an image to Facebook.

What I would like is for the sidebar to show my home directories, such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, etc.

Help?


texts: How can I burn a CD with folders containing MP3's to listen to in a car?

texts:
I have a bunch of podcats that I've downloaded as mp3's. I'd like to burn them to a CD in a single directory, call it "podcasts-1". Next week when I download more I'd like to add them to the CD (if there's space) in a directory called "podcasts-2".

I used to do this on a Windows box using DeepBurner. It super simple but for some reason I've had no luck on my new Macbook Pro. I tried creating a "new image from folder" using the Disk Utility application but that didn't play in the car.


texts: Is it allowed to be an Apple trusted developer with pure Java

texts:
I am developing JavaFX with Spring applications that are shipped with native installers for Windows, Linux and macOS. I am hosting the macOS DMG and pkg installers outside Mac App Store on my web site.

When I download and attempt to install a DMG on my macOS Mojave, the latter forbids to install because the app is not from a trusted Apple developer. Downloading the same installer from FTP is allowed by Mac to be installed.

My question is - Can I have my package installer signed (by registering as an Apple developer) if the application is purely Java and has nothing to do with Apple specific SDKs?


texts: Can’t delete "com.avira.scanservice.systemextension" leftover from AVIRA Free Antivirus

texts:
I uninstalled AVIRA Free Antivirus program (under current Catalina macOS), but one file "com.avira.scanservice.systemextension" couldn't be deleted because I don’t have the necessary rights.
After uninstalling and reinstalling AVIRA several times and trying many other tips from the support site, the "com.avira.scanservice.systemextension" process is still running.
I've already wasted many hours. Please help me, dear experts, to delete this stubborn "com.avira.scanservice.systemextension"!
Many thanks in advance.


texts:
I have read similar topics here, but unfortunately these solutions does not help me.

I would like to recompile all installed software (or at least some formulas) from Homebrew using gcc from Homebrew.

Is it possible to  force Homebrew to use specific compiler (e.g. gcc) and compiler options (e.g. std library to use for linking)?

I have tried to set all kinds of environment variables, but it does not help :/ ?

0/> env | grep CC
HOMEBREW_CC=gcc
CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc
0/kpykc> echo $PATH
/Users/kp/kpykc/devel/bin:/opt/ros/indigo/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/texbin
0/kpykc> ls -la /usr/local/bin/g??-?.?
lrwxr-xr-x  1 kp  admin  31 Nov 24 16:23 /usr/local/bin/g++-4.9@ -> ../Cellar/gcc/4.9.2/bin/g++-4.9
lrwxr-xr-x  1 kp  admin  31 Nov 24 16:23 /usr/local/bin/gcc-4.9@ -> ../Cellar/gcc/4.9.2/bin/gcc-4.9
0/kpykc> ls -la /usr/local/bin/g[c+][c+]
lrwxr-xr-x  1 kp  admin  22 Nov 11 23:54 /usr/local/bin/g++@ -> /usr/local/bin/g++-4.9
lrwxr-xr-x  1 kp  admin  22 Nov 11 23:53 /usr/local/bin/gcc@ -> /usr/local/bin/gcc-4.9

Also tried to use this solution.

The reason for doing that is that I want to compile some code* with gcc and link against libraries installed from brew. But it seems that gcc can't link to libs built by clang. On other side it lacks support of some C++11 features which are required by the program* i would like to compile.

So only solution that I see, is to recompile all needed libs with gcc.

Thank you for help.

Update (on system/compiler/homebrew versions):

0/kpykc> sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.10.1
BuildVersion:   14B25
0/kpykc> brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 0.9.5
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew
HEAD: 32923f435c7cf93820f434d6bdacf3bfdc3695eb
Last commit: 11 days ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /usr/local/Cellar
CPU: quad-core 64-bit ivybridge
OS X: 10.10.1-x86_64
CLT: 6.1.1.0.1.1416017670
Clang: 6.0 build 600
X11: 2.7.7 => /opt/X11
System Ruby: 2.0.0-481
Perl: /usr/bin/perl
Python: /usr/local/bin/python => /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_2/Frameworks /Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7
Ruby: /usr/bin/ruby

In particular I have troubles with code which uses Eigen::aligned_allocator.
I have updated Eigen to HEAD version from Homebrew.
I suspect my problem is also connected with this bug. But it should be fixed in HEAD, I think so.


texts: Share iPhone screen for MacBook wirelessly?

texts: Is it possible to share the screen of my iPhone on my MacBook wirelessly?


texts: Complicated iOS upgrade - no wifi, no computer

texts:
So, my niece has an iPhone 4s that I want to help her upgrade from iOS 6.  Easy right? Lets throw in some complications.

Her Wifi is broken. From what I've seen online, this is generally about a bad previous upgrade that didn't get wifi set right. So, this means no OTA updates. A lot of cloud services seem to want Wifi only,  and makes it hard for iCloud backup.
She has no associated computer. From what I've seen before, this may or may not make it possible to do an upgrade at all.  I took those links from an old answer, and I'm wondering if things have changed since then - new iTunes and iOS and all.
She has so much stuff on the device, that she can't do an OTA update - not enough space to download the firmware. She seems to need a computer to download for her phone.
Compounding #3, she is a new mom, and has a lot of pics that can not be lost. Oh, and again, it's hard to offload these with cloud services because of broken wifi.

So, how can I help her upgrade her phone? Is it possible to temporarily use iTunes, say as on a Mac OS X Guest login, have her upgrade, and not worry about iTunes again? It's fine if she blesses that one for downloads and loses it.

The biggest threat is lost media, but without Wifi its hard to use cloud services to get these off.


texts:
Rrunning macOS 10.12, Sierra, on my secondary Mac and am fairly happy with stability and all that.

Nonetheless the one thing bugging me to the max is the incompatibility of GPGTools. I know that it isn't GPGTools fault. What would be a recommended alternative to decrypt gpg/pgp emails coming into Mail 10.0 ?

Yes, I am aware that I shouldn´t be running production stuff on a beta.


texts:
I have 0.80$ credit and I need to use it in order to change my region, so I can buy more store credit, since my credit card is not from USA anymore I moved back

I need to find a way to use that amount, do you know any apps? how do I find an app in price order?


texts: Disabling highlighting of menu items when using a keyboard shortcut

texts:
Whenever I use a keyboard shortcut that is accessible using the menu bar, the related item gets highlighted in blue for less than a second - which I find visually annoying.

Can one disable that effect?


texts: How can I check if iPhone has been manipulated or compromised firmware?

texts: I would like to buy a secondhand or refurbished iPhone 7 or newer. Since I am not watching anything regarding the hacker's scene, I am not up-to-date. Is any newer version of the iPhone hacked? Is it possible to manipulate iPhone firmware?


texts: Any nice, stable ways to keep a window 'Always on top' on the Mac?

texts:
I am looking for a stable way to keep any window 'always on top' on OSX.

Afloat, an app that does that requires SIMBL/easySIMBL, which it seems is not very stable.

Are there any better solutions? It's actually surprising that there is no native way to implement this.


texts:
After installing iOS 10.3 last night, iCloud is missing in my settings.

Can anyone help or advise ?


texts: iTunes song selection goes to top after clearing search box

texts:
I used to be able to type something into the iTunes search bar to filter the songs. You could click on a song, clear the search, and focus would stay on that song/album's position. I've since added a good amount of music to iTunes, and now when I clear the search box it moves to the top of the list every time.

This is really annoying. I'm pretty sure it has to do with surpassing a certain number of songs (I'm at 10,145) because it still works in smaller sized playlists (e.g. one with 3,000 songs).

I even tried regenerating my iTunes library from scratch (removing the Music/iTunes folder, relaunching, and re-importing everything) and the same behavior occurs.

Does anyone know how to get this functionality back? Is there a setting somewhere I can set? Or is this just a bug with iTunes (or maybe Cocoa?)


texts:
So, I have a really weird problem with OS X 10.8.2. When I last configured it from scratch for the last time (the release of Mountain Lion), I was using the Apple keyboard. So, the default input method is the Belgian one.

But since, I bought another keyboard (Corsair K60). And as the keyboard layout is a bit different from classic Apple layout, I made my own with Ukelele.

It's been working really well since, I think, the last extra update pour 10.8.2. Since then, every time I switch to an app where you mainly type text (Notes, Sparrow, Twitter client, ... But not with Messages weirdly), OS X switch the input method to Belgian. And I can't switch back to my custom one.

I've already checked I've selected the option : "Use the same input method for all documents" is activated. So, I'm a bit stuck here. Any help ?


texts: How do I mount an encrypted DMG on Windows

texts:
I am looking for a piece of software that can mount a DMG file on Windows or encryption software that can mount the encrypted volume as a virtual drive on Windows or mac

Most of the software I have found so far does not mount but as a virtual drive but have an interface to add or remove files and folders from the DMG.


texts: What can be done to rename two conflicting applications that have the same name?

texts: Is there a way to rename an application? I like to use the desktop app from getpocket.com which is called Pocket. I would also like use the app from lastpass called Pocket. I can't use both with out overriding the other. Is there a way that these two apps can live in harmony?


texts: Where can I access official AppleScript documentation?

texts: Is there any official AppleScript documentation? If so, where can I find it?


texts:
I'm an iOS developer and I've been selling very few apps on the App Store. I would like to ask some questions about withdrawn money from iTunes Connect.

I already know

Minimum payment: $150 (USD)
Apple will fund every month

My question

If I earn over $150 in my account, for example: $500, how much money
will I receive?
I've known that Apple will fund every month, additionally, after 45
days of the first day of the month, is that correct? I am a little
bit confused to calculatate this, for example, I started sale of my app at July 16, 2015, so what day does money arrived to my bank account? In addition, how do I calculate this?


texts:
I'm trying to get back an old password for my email. I've found the password in the keychain, but it gives me a hashed version of it, along the lines of:

1/s......  44 characters in total.

What hash is used in this case? Is there a way to find out the original password, like through rainbow tables?


texts: Encrypted disk in Windows 10, unreadable by macOS

texts:
I encrypted by external HDD with exFAT format using VeraCrypt on a windows machine. When I plug in the encrypted disk into MacBook (running macOS Mojave), I get the error "the disk you inserted was not readable by this computer". If I open VeraCrypt for mac and try to mount the disk, I get the error "hdiutil: attach failed - no mountable file systems"

I have FUSE for macOS installed, before installed VeraCrypt.


texts: Is there a bash command that can be used as Spotlight or an option with ls that only prints files containing certain text? I want to be able to open Terminal and type something ls -SOMEOPTION filename and find all the files that have filename in their name, and this option could be used with -R and it would work as a replacement for Spotlight.


texts: Do I need to go through all Mac OS upgrades?

texts:
I right now have macOS Sierra, and want to upgrade to the latest Mac OS. Do I need to install high Sierra first?

Also, how do I get the upgrade offline files? And how do I install these?


texts: Is there a way to limit the size of the disk swap file in Mac OS X?

texts:
It seems to be that in OS X, whenever you are out of ram the system happily swaps to disk. This easily becomes an disaster due to the fact that the swapped out memory eventually fills my drive. On my Macbook Air with 2GB ram and 64GB disk this is a major problem.

In order to solve this I've created a crontab running a purge-command every 10:th minute. It minimizes the swap from growing and also makes the system more responsive whenever the system is swapping. I've tried to disable swap but it's far to unreliable.

Can you configure this behavior? Is there a better solution?

$crontab -e

*/10 * * * * purge


texts: Add music files from my computer to an iPhone

texts:
I need to put some music files on somebody's iPhone.
How can I do that without erasing the content of his iPhone ?


texts: 4K 60Hz over DP with Late 2013 Macbook Pro 15" + Dell P2415Q?

texts:
I have a Late 2013 15" Macbook Pro with discrete graphics.

According to this Apple support page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206587 this model supports 4K 60Hz over MST.

I just purchased a Dell P2415Q monitor, which supports DisplayPort 1.2, MST, and 4K 60Hz.

I have the two connected by the included mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable.

And the monitor is running at 30Hz.

Everything I've read suggests that I should be able to get the monitor to run at 60Hz, but I can't find out how to. I'm trying to find answers among all the search results, but they're either outdated, different models, or asking about HDMI.

Can anyone assist me?

EDIT: Here's the monitor's display options, which show that I've turned on MST and where I'm getting that it's running at 30Hz:


texts:
I've found 14GB of files in /private/var/folders. When I looked inside one of them, I found Xcode inside. The path was /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/668EAA54-DCF6-4F62-9DB1-8F4B5E132200.activeSandbox/Root/Applications/Xcode.app

It was created in November 2018, but I didn't install Xcode in 2018. I installed it a year later, and even then it was via the Apple Developer website.

Is it safe to remove Xcode here?


texts: List all programs without any window and kill them

texts:
has anyone an idea for an AppleScript that checks the number of windows of all applications and kills programs with window count 0?

Thanks a lot!


texts: Want to increase spead and reponsiveness in older Mac

texts:
Current Information:
Software:  Mac OSX (10.5.8)
Processor:  2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory:  1 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

I want to get my computer moving faster, specifically around safari, itunes, iphoto, etc. Would it be easier to just erase my entire Hard Drive (backed up of course) and buy Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8) since I would have to upgrade to snow leopard (10.6) before upgrading to Mountain Lion anyway?  Trying to be cost effective and keeping it simple and not compounding the issue of responsiveness and freezes.


texts:
I was wondering if it's possible to make Launchpad a space?

Just like how you can get the Dashboard to show as a space (System Preferences -> Mission Control -> Show Dashboard as a Space).


texts: How to remove duplicate files from the Photos app library

texts:
I am running OSX 10.12.6 and sorting a large number of mostly not native digital pictures (scans from negatives).
Using the command:

fdupes -r -A  "/Users/yves/Pictures/Photothèque.photoslibrary/Masters"

I get many results of duplicates like below, same files but in different subfolders:

/Users/yves/Pictures/Photothèque.photoslibrary/Masters/2019/12/27/20191227-174527/_NIK3130.tif
/Users/yves/Pictures/Photothèque.photoslibrary/Masters/2019/12/31/20191231-081818/_NIK3130.tif
/Users/yves/Pictures/Photothèque.photoslibrary/Masters/2020/01/02/20200102-183407/_NIK3130.tif

Is this normal behavior ? I understand the same files may have been imported several times, but I wonder:
is is safe to eliminate the duplicates and how best to do it ? For convenience I am using exiftool in combination with Applescript to adjust (reconstruct mostly)  picture metadata in the Photos library from selected pictures and want to make sure I do this only once and for the correct file.


texts: AppStore won't install OS X 10.10.5 update

texts:
I am trying to install the 10.10.5 update. It seems impossible. Every time I click "update" in the AppStore and confirm the reboot, a dialog pops up: The available updates have changed. When I click "Show details", nothing happens and the update gets added to the installed updates.

Maybe the download is broken? How can I force the AppStore to re-download the patch? Can I install the update anyway? Where does the AppStore put its downloads?


texts: Importing only RAW with Photos - ignoring JPEG

texts:
My camera creates both RAW and JPEG photos. Normally I delete the JPEG photos before importing. Today I forgot to do that. Now the photos on the card are deleted, and it seems that I only have JPEG images in my Photos library.

To test this I created two smart albums, one with only RAW, one with no RAW - effectively JPEG only. The last photos are only found in RAW, not in the JPEG album. Why is that? I can't find a setting to prefer RAW either.

Why would Photos ignore the RAW files, while it's obvious that these are preferred?


texts: Opening a new iTunes window for my apps (Windows 7)

texts:
I've currently got around 700 apps installed on my desktop PC, and 500 installed on my iPad.

I'm trying to remove all of the apps from my iTunes library that aren't on my PC, but it seems the only way of doing this is to delete my entire library and sync them back across which I have to be honest and say I'm not very keen on. It's a nightmare to have to keep clicking between them, especially in the new iTunes. At the moment I'm taking a screenshot every time I delete an app, which is far from ideal.

I'm wondering if there is a way to have one window open with a list of apps, and one window open with a list of my syncs within iTunes?


texts: How to fix a Time Capsule disk in "Internal disk needs repair" status?

texts:
My Time Capsule disks shows "Internal disk needs repair".

How can I repair the disk (without erasing it)?


texts: What is the ideal charging behavior for a new Retina MacBook Pro?

texts:
I've called Apple Support a bunch of times, but I got conflicting answers.

To my knowledge, new technology makes it okay to keep the charger plugged in non-stop, but I want to make sure I am properly caring the computer.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  iTunes videos on a different harddrive?

I have read several articles online about the most efficient means of splitting an iTunes library across multiple drives, unfortunately none seems efficient and some that I have tried do not work as advertised.  So I thought I would throw this out to this community to see if anyone has a more workable solution... I am running the very latest version of iTunes 10.5.2 on the very latest version of OSX 10.7.2 on a Mac mini that has two 750GB drives.  I need to split Movies from Music/Audiobooks due to the size of my library.  I copied all movies to the second internal drive manually, and deleted them from my library then I unchecked the preference options to keep the folder organized and to copy items when adding to the library but each time I try to drag the Movies back into iTunes it seems to be copying them onto  the primary drive as if I hadn't unchecked the options.  What the .... ?  Anyway can someone tell me what the secret incantation is to do this split?  This is RIDICULOUS and I know this is not the first time someone has run into a disk size limitation for an iTunes library. Apple really needs to address this in some straightforward manner!


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