texts: Xcode 8 and iOS 11 incompatibility despite having copied device support files

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I have set up up a new computer (MacBook Pro) from a backup I made yesterday from my old computer (MacBook Air). In the process of that setup, I changed my user's home folder name, strictly following the apple guide on that topic.

On my old computer, I had to move Xcode's device support files to an external disk and then manually created symbolic links between those files and the ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport directory. All of that worked, even when I installed Xcode 9 and linked its new device support files to Xcode 8 (using this tutorial, but again symlinking instead of copying). Unfortunately, this approach does not work anymore on my new computer. On this machine, I moved all of the (before linked files) from my external Volume to ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport.

However, if I now want to run a project using Xcode 8 on my iOS 11 device (which did work on my old machine), I get the following message: This iPhone 6s Plus is running iOS 11.0 (15A5304i), which may not be supported by this version of Xcode.

I have tried various methods, copying the needed files to both ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport and /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport, but none of the approaches seemed to work.


texts: Does Apple make anything public about how email delivery for me/mac/icloud.com happens?

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I'm trying to troubleshoot some email delivery issues for users on me.com/mac.com and I can't find any documentation from Apple about how they do spam filtering, etc. (see AOL Postmaster for an example of what I'm talking about)

I get the impression that this is intentionally obscured, but I thought I'd ask anyhow.


texts: Bash automatically creating () and ()! files

texts: I noticed that the Yosemite system has been creating files with names just "()" and "()!" in places where I recently made bash commands and want to know why. I can't even delete them use rm as after I press enter the cursor just moves to the next line like a unfinished command. I tried google but I guess the keywords () is too general to give me back a meaningful answer.


texts: The letter O on my MacBook no longer works

texts:
I no longer get any functionality when typing the letter O of my mid-2015 MacBook Pro.
How can I troubleshoot this?


texts: Disabling Thunderbolt-related kernel extensions in the SSV on Big Sur (Random Crashes 2015 Retina MacBook Pro)

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EDIT: Do not do this. This created a startup error that has now forced me to reinstall my OS from Internet Recovery.
I'm one of a number of MacBook Pro users unfortunately plagued by a longstanding issue apparently related to faulty power chips on the motherboard of my 2015 Retina MacBook Pro (most notably documented here as well as on a number of Macrumors threads and AD questions). It's my understanding that this issue affects the the 820-3662 and 820-3787 logic boards. For clarity's sake, I have methodically assessed and eliminated most other potential causes for the crashes, and when I initially diagnosed the problem, I went through all the typical steps including several fresh installs, EtreCheck, and an Apple hardware and software diagnostic (all unremarkable).
This problem has been reliably solved in the past by disabling several Thunderbolt-related kernel extensions on the SSV (and reportedly as well by this app, though I haven't tried it myself), which I've been doing every time I update the OS.
Probably against my better judgment, I updated to Big Sur, and after a bit of forum trawling (I am not a developer and much of this is over my head), my understanding is that Big Sur has, in the process of becoming more secure, made it much more difficult to write the SSV.
On advice from several threads and blog posts, including the following:

https://eclecticlight.co/2020/06/25/big-surs-signed-system-volume-added-security-protection/
http://disq.us/p/2ak4vda
Mount root as writable in Big Sur

I've done the following:

Boot into the Terminal in Recovery Mode (reboot holding Command-R and open Terminal under Utilities in the menu bar).
mount -uw /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD (on my Mac, I understand nomenclature can vary).
Navigate to the relevant folder with cd /Systems/Library/Extensions/
Rename the relevant kernel extensions from the suffix .kext to .kext.BAK (disabling them) with mv AppleThunderboltNHI.kext AppleThunderboltNHI.kext.BAK, for example
Repeating the above with each of the relevant kernel extensions - many users have been able to get by with just disabling the above, others have had to disable nearly all thunderbolt-related kernel extensions. Fortunately I don't actually use these functions on my MacBook. The list that I used this time comes from here and includes:

AppleThunderboltDPAdapters.kext
AppleThunderboltIP.kext
AppleThunderboltPCIAdapters.kext
AppleThunderboltEDMService.kext
AppleThunderboltUTDM.kext
and finally, the above-mentioned AppleThunderboltNHI.kext

Disabled protections with csrutil authenticated-root disable
"Blessed" the changes I've made in the snapshot I've been working with with sudo bless --folder /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/System/Library/CoreServices --bootefi --create-snapshot
Rebooted into normal mode.

Thus far, seems like it's working (I've had no crashes) but I'll need to use the laptop for a week or so to tell - the crashes are fairly unpredictable.
I've posted this for two purposes:

I hope that if this works, it's a useful resource for others that are less savvy, like myself.
As mentioned, this is well above my head and I'm hoping someone can check my work and make sure I haven't done anything completely egregious. For example, do I need to re-enable the systems protections that I've disabled, or does that happen automatically when I reboot into normal mode?

Thank you so much for your time, I really appreciate this community.


texts: How accurate is the iPhone X location data?

texts:
First of all, I understand there are similar posts, however, they are to do with previous generation iPhones. This is specifically about the iPhone X.

How accurate is the GPS information that developers can get when using the iPhone X?

I am thinking about making a Raspberry Pi project where I need to get precise location data to create a map and calculate speed for some telemetry system I am making.

To check that it is do able first, I will test it with my iPhone X as I already have all the hardware. If the GPS is not accurate enough, I will go straight to the Pi setup. For example the GPS module I will be using updates location 10 times a second. What does the iPhone X do?


texts: How to get the full path to a file on iOS 8?

texts: I'm using an iPod Touch 5G with iOS 8 and I would like to get the full path to a file, e.g. an image in the Camera Roll. I couldn't find a native option to do that - do I need to download an app for that?


texts: System-wide Keyboard Shortcut for Moving to Sidebar/Next Column

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I've been on a bit of a Keyboard-only kick lately, enabled chiefly due to the Chrome Keyboard Shortcut Extension, and I've begun bumping into a few difficult situations in everyday Desktop App use.

In applications like iTunes, or Code Editors, they have a unified sidebar with categorically organized content. iTunes has categories for your library, other people's libraries, your device, and playlists, Coda has a file picker, etc. But what is the easiest way to move keyboard focus to these sidebars? My current solution is to alternate Tab and ▼ aimlessly until I see an item on the sidebar highlighted. Needless to say this is frustrating and can lead to unintended changes being made in content panes.

I notice that most all apps have a function to hide the sidebar in the app menus, but restoring it doesn't move the focus to the sidebar.

I've looked at the Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcut Question but didn't find what I was looking for. Is there some kind of a global shortcut that will move focus between different interface elements, easily? Reliably?


texts:
I have the ~$80 apple earbuds, and it has a built-in microphone which works fine. I've used it for skype and taking calls. In Preferences, the drop down for Dictation's input has 'Line-in", but when selected, Dictation does not hear me. In Sound preferences, 'Line-in' has the full title of 'Audio Line-In Port', so it is 'there'.

So I'm just curious why Dictation won't listen via my earbud microphone.


texts: Secure erase ssd with Snow leopard (10.6.8)

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I want to return my crucial mx300 to amazon, but first I have to secure erase all data on it. I don't have any particularly sensitive files, I'm worried mainly about passwords. Unfortunately I have snow leopard (10.6.8) installed on it, so it won't be possible to use FileVault. Searching in the answers to similar questions I found this method which could be handy in my case:

"I found a workaround. Restart the computer and hold option to enter the setup screen. Go into disk utility and select the drive. Erase the drive using "Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted). Make a password for the encryption, it doesn't matter what it is because you won't need it. Hit "Erase". Now select the volume and the "Erase Free Space" and "Security Options" buttons should no longer be grayed out. Click and select your level of security and off you go. I presume "Erase Free Space" and "Security Options" should do the same thing because you just erased the drive so all space is considered free. This worked for me so let me know if it helps."

Will it be enough? Do you know other methods I can use?

Thank you


texts: Change app name without uploading new binary?

texts: Am I able to change my app name shown in App Store without uploading new binary and going though the whole submission process?


texts: Images sent over iMessages are low quality

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I capture images via iphone camera and attach to iMessages. When I send those over iMessages if it is using data image quality is very low.

For an example.

5 MB taken image once it is sent over iMessages using data is 107KB

Please note that low image quality is always switched off.

If I send over WiFi original image is received by other party.


texts: Apple Script - How to I check if an iCloud Drive file has been updated from another device?

texts: Is there a way to check, via applescript, which device has updated a file stored in iCloud Drive? I know that the terminal command mdls [file path] lists lots of metadata. Does any of it identify which devices have modified a file?


texts: I would like to sign my OS X installer using company certificate. I have .cer and .p12 files. I wonder if there is some way to do that without creating keychain. E.g. in 'productsign' tool flag --cert looks promising, but I can't find too much info about how to use it.


texts: What app is featured in Apple's Chase ad?

texts:
This Apple ad shows an Apple Watch app that lets you compete with friends. What app is this? My guess is that it is some third party app since other ads feature third party apps but others say it is a leak of upcoming Apple Watch functionality.

YouTube: Apple Watch — Chase

  Ready to start a rivalry? Apple Watch lets you set fitness goals and
  compete against family and friends.


texts: Reeder (RSS App from App Store) uses 60 GB of disk space. How do I clean this up?

texts:
> pwd
/Users/seline/Library/Containers/com.reederapp.rkit2.mac/Data/Library/Application Support/Reeder/rkit
> du -sh * | gsort -h
8.0K    rkit-edit.db
 28K    rkit-edit.db-wal
 32K    rkit-data.db-shm
 32K    rkit-edit.db-shm
 32K    rkit.db-shm
1000K   icons
 55M    rkit.db
 69M    rkit-data.db
 19G    rkit-data.db-wal
 37G    rkit.db-wal

> du -sh .
 58G    .
> pwd
/Users/seline/Library/Containers/com.reederapp.rkit2.mac/Data

I subscribe to about 200 feeds, lots of Imgur feeds with pictures and videos.

Is this behavior normal? How do I clean this up?


texts:
I am running instruments via Terminal:

instruments -t /Developer/Platforms/"iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/Library/Instruments/PlugIns/AutomationInstrument.bundle/Contents/Resources/Automation.tracetemplate ~/Library/Application\\\ Support/iPhone\\\ Simulator/$simulatorSDKVersion/Applications/<randomUUID>/MyApp.app -e UIASCRIPT someJSFile.js -e UIARESULTSPATH Logs

for several test scripts.

But I keep getting sporadic crashes and this is interfering with the workflow I have set up.

Can anyone tell me what this means:

instruments[57679:1603] InstrumentsException : *** -[__NSCFString stringByAppendingString:]: nil argument
instruments[57679:1603] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[__NSCFString stringByAppendingString:]: nil argument'
*** First throw call stack:
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff90ed4f56 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff90598d5e objc_exception_throw + 43
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff90ed4d8a +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 106
    3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff90ed4d14 +[NSException raise:format:] + 116
    4   Foundation                          0x00007fff939e9375 -[NSString stringByAppendingString:] + 91
    5   AutomationInstrument                0x000000010c5b6695 AutomationInstrument + 30357
    6   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8ad07a86 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 18
    7   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8ad098f6 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 308
    8   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff90e69e7c __CFRunLoopRun + 1724
    9   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff90e69486 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 230
    10  Foundation                          0x00007fff939d7f7b -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 267
    11  Foundation                          0x00007fff93a5bb56 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runUntilDate:] + 66
    12  instruments                         0x00000001091d03c1 _mh_execute_header + 13249
    13  instruments                         0x00000001091ce194 _mh_execute_header + 4500
)
terminate called throwing an exception

Thanks!

P.S. Not sure if this is the right site to post this question on.


texts: Spotlight icon started flickering constantly

texts:
I'm running High Sierra 10.13.3 on a 15" rMBP, with Alfred v3.8.2 as my Spotlight alternative. I haven't used Spotlight for years, and I honestly can't remember if the icon was always there or not there at all before.

For the past week or so my Spotlight icon has started to flicker on and off like this all the time:

It's super-distracting..

I haven't installed any new software in this time, or done anything to my system config, so I've no idea what could have suddenly caused this. I tried installed the latest Alfred update after the issue appeared to see if that would help, but it hasn't.

I've tried searching online for a solution but they all seem to be years old solutions for older versions of MacOS, and haven't helped. Things I've tried:

Fixing permissions on my primary HD.
Adding then removing my HD from the excluded list in Spotlight prefs.
Re-arranging my menu bar icons and rebooting my system.
Deleting com.apple.systemuiserver.plist and reboot, it successfully lost all of my menu bar preferences, (display bluetooth icon, show date and time etc.) but the problem persists.

Other suggestions involved reinstalling my system, which I'm not willing to do for a little icon annoyance; I'd rather just stick some tape over that part of the screen, but that's obviously not ideal.

Any help gratefully received. Please save my sanity.


texts: Cannot connect to iPhone Personal Hotspot on MacBook

texts:
It seems that connecting to my iPhone's Personal Hotspot from my MacBook Pro (macOS Catalina) via Wi-Fi does not work, though connecting via Bluetooth does work, and likewise connecting from my iPad via Wi-Fi is no problem.
The error when I try to connect to my iPhone's hotspot via Wi-Fi (after waiting a few seconds while it attempts) is a pretty generic one; see below. What could be going wrong here? Maybe an obscurer issue with network settings?


texts:
So my usb drive is stuck on read only and I have tried many different options which I have gotten from different websites.

I have tried to restore/erase in disk utility but the options are greyed out. I have also tried entering recovery mode and erasing the USB drive from there but with no luck. I have also tried using macfuse (with NTFS-3g installed)however without any success, but I am happy to try this option again if anyone has some ideas on how to do it as I wasn't to sure what I was doing  and I was really just copy and pasting codes.

The USB is formatted as a MS-DOS (FAT32) if that helps.

Its really annoying because I cannot erase or edit or delete or do anything with any of the files. I do not mind if fixing it means I lose all the data.

Sorry if this is on the wrong stack exchange website, i'm pretty new to it all.

I have also tried turning my computer on and off again if that helps.

Thank you very much guys.


texts: Is the "Cellar" folder only used for Homebrew? If I am not using Homebrew, I can safely remove it?


texts:
Is there any way of disabling the warning popups in the current versions of Numbers, Pages and Keynote that popup when files are opened? For example:

They are pretty useless warnings, in the sense that they have never changed how I worked with a document in a given session, so was hoping I could simply shut them off. Maybe a hidden preference?


texts: Is it possible to put a iPad data sim card in an iPhone 5s?

texts: I would like to purchase an iPhone 5s for data use in the US and as an international phone when overseas.  Is it possible to use an iPad SIM card in the iPhone 5s to use for data only?


texts: are there editing commands for voice to text?

texts: My iPhone, iPad, and Mac each has the same, excellent voice to text input.  But I have never discovered if there are any voice editing commands, such as:  delete last word, or replace 3rd from last word, etc.


texts:
I'm an Android guy, setting up an iPhone for the first time so please be gentle.

I bought an "unlocked" 1st gen iPhone from an eBay seller to set up for a family member. When I insert the SIM I get this:

"The SIM card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be supported"

Am I correct in believing this message means the device is not unlocked? The vendor tells me he successfully used it with SIMs from two (UK) operators.

Assuming it is locked, if I get it unlocked in a phone shop, what's the downside? Or should I just send it back, and buy one that is actually unlocked? Unfortunately the network it will be used on is not the same as the one the phone appears to be locked to.

I'm leaning towards just getting it unlocked unofficially, as it's too old to get the latest iOS releases anyway, and it just needs to work for SMS and calls.


texts: Trick Mavericks into letting me use Windows 7 for Boot Camp

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I would like to set up Boot Camp with Windows 7 on OS X Mavericks 10.9.2. I am using the new Mac Pro (MacPro6,1), in case that is relevant. (Perhaps the PCIe flash drive is just not capable for whatever reason.)

When I point Boot Camp at a Windows 7 ISO, I get this dialog, of course:

  Your bootable USB drive could not be created
  Boot Camp only supports Windows 8 installation on this platform. Please use an ISO file for Windows 8 installation.

I'd love to know if anyone has any hacks to lower the minimum required version to Windows 7. Most of the posts I see talking about Boot Camp and Mavericks say that the wizard offers you Windows 7. I assume, then, that this change has happened in one of the updates since Mavericks was first released (or a bunch of people hastily updated their Lion/Mountain Lion blogs with Mavericks / 10.9 just for Google juice).

Oh, how I would love to follow the dialog's advice, and "use an ISO file for Windows 8 installation." That's only half sarcastic; I hate Windows 8 with a passion, but I honestly did try to make it work, and couldn't (see below). Still I am more interested in getting Boot Camp to allow me to install Windows 7, because that's what I'm really trying to do. Of course any suggestions for bypassing the below problems will be appreciated as well.

I've seen other posts where they explain how to get the bootable USB drive working by editing the minimum machine required in Boot Camp's info.plist, but I couldn't find anything in that file to mess with to lower the minimum Windows version supported - that all seemed to be about hardware requirements. I actually have had absolutely no problems creating a bootable USB drive for Boot Camp (once I realized that Windows requires about 40 more bytes than typically found on a 4GB thumb drive), or getting Boot Camp to offer me the option to use a bootable USB drive. Now I just want Boot Camp to allow me to use Windows 7.

Background: Why Windows 8 isn't working for me

I was actually trying to get Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 to work, but encountered errors in all attempts. For 8.1 I received the following error message  well into setup and long after the BOOTCAMP drive was formatted (evidence: exhibit A):

  Windows installation encountered an unexpected error. Verify that the installation sources are accessible, and restart the installation.

  Error code: 0xC0000005

For Windows Server 2012 R2 I got this error message after formatting the BOOTCAMP partition but before hitting Next (evidence: exhibit B):

  We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files.

I looked at this Apple KB article, but it's a joke. The "answer" is to format my USB drive using FAT. So that Boot Camp Assistant can immediately format it all over again. Genius.

I then tried the instructions listed here, which sounded quasi-promising:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1671442

But this made things even worse. I ended up with the following error message upon choosing the BOOTCAMP partition and clicking Next (I forgot to take a picture of my monitor here, sorry):

  Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed on GPT disks.

I tried all of these techniques multiple times with ISOs from MSDN; and even re-downloaded all of the ISOs in case any of them were damaged along the way. To further prove to myself that the ISOs were not the problem, I created stand-alone VMs using each one in Parallels, and they were created without issue.

Really, though. I just want Boot Camp to let me use Windows 7. Really.


texts: Is $HOME/.MacOSX/environment.plist still used in OS X 10.9.2 for setting global environment variables?

texts:
Is $HOME/.MacOSX/environment.plist still recognized/used in OS X 10.9.2 for setting global environment variables?

Apple's official documentation does not say explicitly it's deprecated, AFACT:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/EnvironmentVars.html

Some discussion threads claims it is no longer supported since 10.8:

How to set system-wide environment variables on OS X Mavericks

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/603785/environment-variables-in-mac-os-x/4567308#4567308

What to believe?

My experiments seem to indicate that it is not supported in 10.9.2, but I'm not sure, as I'm not familiar with .plist files etc. I'm trying to set JAVA_HOME permanently and globally for applications started by double clicking /Applications/XXX.app.

I have

$ more $HOME/.MacOSX/environment.plist
{
        "JAVA_HOME" = "/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home";
}

which is edited by open $HOME/.MacOSX/environment.plist and following the GUI.


texts: Autofill logins not working on any browser

texts:
I am on Catalina. I use Safari, Firefox, and Brave. Recently, all autofilling for logging in stopped working. Now, on any website I sign in to, I have to click the username field and then click my login info from a dropdown. This also happens when I'm making a purchase, where I would like autofill to happen automatically, but I have to select my info form a drop down.
The only relevant discussion I can find is here Safari stopped auto-filling saved password data, any 'fix'? from 2018. I'm confused why I didn't have this problem back then.
My colleague uses Big Sur and still sees his info autofilling. I checked my safari settings for autofilling usernames and passwords. Is it something with keychain? Is this supposed to happen? Thanks.


texts: Audio out of sync after exporting from iMovie

texts: I recorded a vlog on my iPhone 8+ and edited it in iMovie. When I play the video in iMovie, the audio is perfectly fine and in sync with the video. However, when I export it and upload it to YouTube, the audio is completely out of sync and always starts at a certain time. I’ve done everything I could find to fix this issue yet it persists. I’m extremely desperate and I’m looking for a solution that does not include re-editing the entire clip.


texts:
In Calendar, you can have several calendar sources, e.g. Google,  iCloud, other.

However these appear to be in alphabetical order, i.e. Google first. When you add a new meeting by clicking on an ics file, it defaults to the first one. How can I change the order (or at least set the default calendar).

Inside a source, e.g. iCloud, you can alter the order of the calendars but you can't do that for iCloud and Google.


texts: How do I use Soundflower with El Capitan on my MacBook Air and hear my computer audio while recording with QuickTime?

texts:
Okay, so I've tried so hard to set up Soundflower on my computer, and it doesn't seem to work no matter how many tutorials I watch. I'm running OSX El Capitan 10.11.4 on a MacBook Air 13-inch from early 2015. What I'd like to do is be able to record my computer audio, my microphone audio, and my screen at once, and hear my computer audio through my headphones.

Here's everything I've done so far.

I have the El Capitan Soundflower version. I can't post the link, because I don't have enough reputation points.

I went into Audio MIDI setup and made a Multi-Output Device, selecting Built-in Output and then Soundflower 2ch.

I also set up an Aggregate device, merging my Built-In Device (this is what my headphones show up as; they're Urbanear Plattan) with Soundflower 2ch.

I set my output to the Multi-Output Device, and my input to the Aggregate Device (system settings>sound>output/input).
Then, I went into QuickTime>file>new screen recording and set the input to Soundflower 2ch. I can't hear anything when I play my video back. Can anyone walk me through the correct process, or tell me what to change? It would be much appreciated.


texts:
I have been trying to remove teamviewer fully becuase of some leftover services trying to run the app (which've already been deleted a long time ago). I do run a find command to see what is left from teamviewer. See below;

> sudo find / -name *teamviewer*
Password:

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.teamviewer.Helper.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.teamviewer.Helper
/private/var/db/BootCaches/FFFFEEEE-DDDD-CCCC-BBBB-AAAA000000F8/app.com.teamviewer.TeamViewer.playlist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer10.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer10.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer10Agent.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer10Agent.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer10AuthPlugin.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer10AuthPlugin.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer10Font.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer10Font.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer10Restarter.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer10Restarter.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11Agent.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11Agent.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11AuthPlugin.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11AuthPlugin.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11Font.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11Font.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11PriviledgedHelper.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11PriviledgedHelper.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11Restarter.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer11Restarter.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12Agent.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12Agent.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12AuthPlugin.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12AuthPlugin.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12Font.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12Font.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12PriviledgedHelper.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12PriviledgedHelper.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12Restarter.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer12Restarter.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer9.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer9.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer9Agent.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer9Agent.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer9Font.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/com.teamviewer.teamviewer9Font.plist
/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.teamviewer.teamviewer.sfl
/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Local Storage/https_community.teamviewer.com_0.localstorage
/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Local Storage/https_community.teamviewer.com_0.localstorage-journal

so the question is is it safe to remove all those files ( I believe so, but still need some experts' help).


texts: Allow non-admin user to sudo without access to admin account data

texts:
I need to lend my MBP to a friend for a few days while their laptop is out for repair. I would like to not have to erase my account to do that.

I have set up another User Account for them without Administrator Privileges.

They need to use my laptop for development and will probably require sudo access at some point.

Is there a way for me to allow them sudo access but not allow them access to any data stored for my own user.

Anecdotally, this does not sound possible, because sudo access would mean the highest access on the machine so everything will be accessible.

Is there any other way to achieve this without having to erase my data?

I found this question that is looking for ways to encrypt each user folder separately but without answers.


texts:
Some of the music on my iPhone 4G 32Gig started skipping intermittently when I play it on the phone. These are mp3 files synch'd to the iPhone through iTunes from my Windows 7 laptop.

I have filled it to 28G.

The same song played back again at a later time does not skip but another one might.

What is going on here?

What do I do about this?


texts: Toggle Bluetooth using wired keyboard on iMac

texts:
Every so often my iMac looses the Bluetooth mouse connection. The only way to resolve this (other than a reboot) is to switch Bluetooth off, wait about 10 seconds then switch it back on.

This involves plugging-in a wired mouse, make the above happen, then unplug it.

I use a wired keyboard which continues working without Bluetooth. Is there a way I can set something up, or a keyboard shortcut, to switch off Bluetooth, wait, then switch it back on?


texts:
After a while, lookupviewservice will occurred and use more than 2G memory (even more than this after a few days). I have to end the process manually, but after a while, it comes up again, even though I have never used the Dictionary app.

What is this caused by? There might be memory leakage with this app, but how can I prevent this?

My laptop is Macbook Pro with 10.10.2.


texts: How do I diagnose battery drain whilst asleep?

texts:
Today I've had my 2017 MacBook Pro asleep in my bag all day.  I left home with it at 100% battery and ended up not using it for the entire day, I didn't even open the lid.  When I got home, I opened it and it was at 0%.  Here is the chart from the "Energy" tab of the Activity Monitor, you can see the green areas where it was on charge.

How do I diagnose what caused the battery to be entirely depleted? Other than this small chart I can't find any historical data about "Energy Impact".


texts: iTunes music purchases after changing country

texts:
Are iTunes music purchases still available once I change the store country, assuming that both stores offer the same content which is associated with my account?

I am just concerned about making a substantial investment in music purchases now and not having the ability to download the files after crossing borders.


texts: Why does the Messages app request access to your heart rate?

texts:
In health.app, under the Sources tab, one of the apps that use health data is the messages app. It only has asked for the ability to read my heart rate data which is enabled.

I would like to know what the Messages app uses the heart rate data for. Is it an iMessage app?


texts:
My brother-in-law works at a bar. He has had an iPhone 5C there for months, so he took it and tried to find the owner's phone number so he could contact them about their phone, but iCloud didn't let him get far.

Months went by without anyone coming back to claim it. Now he has given it to me. I have tried my hardest to find at least a number to call but nothing.

Any suggestions how to get the phone unlocked or extract the owner's phone number?


texts: Can I configure my apple remote with custom keys/functions?

texts:
I would like to press the < or > button on my apple remote, and "virtually" make the mac think I pressed the left arrow ← or the right arrow → key.

Is there a free application for that?

I've found:

http://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/

http://mira.en.softonic.com/mac


texts: servermgrd certificate in Yosemite server chain of trust

texts:
I am setting up a file server in Yosemite and am trying to remove vulnerabilities so my organization's IT dept will approve. I acquired a trusted SSL certificate and installed it with all of the intermediates to complete the chain of trust.

The IT dept's vulnerability scan showed that port 311 was using a self-signed certificate.  I then used keychain to switch the servermgrd identity to use the correct certificate as explained in How do I get com.apple.servermgrd to use a non-self-signed SSL certificate?.

Now the vulnerability scan no longer shows the self-signed certificate being used for port 311 - good - but it still reports the certificate as being untrusted. The trust chain is intact for server domain, but not the servermgrd.  Also, the servermgrd certificate in keychain still shows the wrong private key, even though the servermgrd identity is using the correct cert.

Anyone know how to address this?  Could this require different intermediate certs than the server itself? Should the servermgrd certificate that is using the wrong private key be replaced?


texts:
I have problem with my MacBook Pro 2015 (i7, 16 GB RAM). It crashes when I open my session or enter in recovery mode. I did a SMC and NPRAM reset but no improvement.

Internet recovery by Apple doesn't work either, after downloading the recovery from Internet and loading the progress bar stops at 1/10.

Have you idea? RAM issue? I never opened it.


texts: How to run/manage websites on macOS versions *after* High Sierra?

texts:
High Sierra (10.13) is deprecated now that Big Sur (macOS 10.16/11) is out.
High Sierra was the last version of macOS which supported websites (technically Apache, I believe) being managed through the Server.app in macOS.
I am now looking for another way to run a 24/7 web server on macOS.
“Why not use MAMP (Pro) or VirtualHostX (Pro)?”
I have tried both MAMP and VirtualHostX (both regular and pro versions) as possible replacements; however, neither app is designed for this. They are designed to be a service for web developers who want to check their web development locally before it is deployed to a remote (usually Linux-based) server.
That is not what I am looking for. I am looking for apps/utilities/tools/whatever to help me configure and run a web server on macOS, ideally compatible with Big Sur.


texts: Almost all files are locked in my Time Machine backups?

texts:
For some reason my files are getting locked in my Time Machine backups. I mean, when you "Get Info" on one of them, the "Locked" box is checked. Folders are NOT locked, though.

Is this normal? This doesn't apply to just Apple files either (such as .pages). It's happening to .txt, .avi, .png, etc.

By now, almost all the files in my Time Machine backups are locked. So when I restore a folder, for instance, every single file in it is locked. This has definitely not been the case for me before.


texts: What are the technical differences between A1387 and A1431 iPhones

texts: I know the A1387 model is sold elsewhere, and the A1431 in China, and they are both 4s, but I would like to know any technical differences between the two, i.e. what makes the China model different than the other ones?


texts: Apple powerbook G4 17" Trying to install Linux

texts: I believe followed the directions on how to create a bootable USB drive from the Ubuntu website. My question is how can I get my Powerbook to boot from the USB drive? I tried doing the command+control+o+f and it just shows me the file icon with the question mark I also tried booting it holding the option button and it directs me to a screen with two buttons a refresh and a next button, I click on the next button and nothing happens?? kinda stumped.


texts: Mac App Store downloading whole app instead of update

texts:
Mac App Store sometimes downloads whole apps, instead of downloading just the differential update needed.

Take the latest iMovie update which is a bug-fix update and shouldn't be larger than a couple hundred megabytes, but instead it downloads the whole 2 GB app.
(This happened for Xcode 6.3.1 and downloaded the whole 2.6 GB app, while 6.3 which was a major update was OK and downloaded much less than 2.6 GB)

Recent minor updates of Pages, Keynote and Numbers were OK and each was a 30~40 MB update.

I'm aware that if the process of downloading the differential update fails (network error, etc.), Mac App Store starts to download the whole app, which is a strange behaviour itself. But in my case, it doesn't even try to download the differential update.

One observation I made, was that when I click on update in Mac App Store Updates page, it goes to 'waiting' state for a minute or two, the Launchpad icon on the Deck jumps up once (which is the case of failed download.) and then starts to download the whole app.

Measures I've already taken:

Reboot
Deleted Mac App Store temp directory (opening $TMPDIR../C/ and deleting com.apple.appstore folder)
Restarting Mac App Store (Quitting and opening again)
Resetting Mac App Store (using Debug menu)
Signing out of my Apple ID and signing in again

Although occasionally downloading 2~3 GBs won't hurt me, but it would be nice to find a solution, it kinda bugs me.


texts: I have 4 CDs I made from music tracks using iTunes and I was wondering if those are MP3 or some other format. Is it possible to read them with a non-MP3 player, such as a car CD player?


texts: Connected new charger with Macbook Pro. Both Macbook Pro and Charger stopped working. Any reasons?

texts:
My macbook pro charger stopped working sometime ago. In the meanwhile I have been using friend's charger without any problem.

Today I bought a second hand charger and when I tried to connect it with my Macbook, the charging light on charger blinked for few seconds and then stopped working. The Macbook Pro also stopped working and it doesn't turn ON, no matter how long I press the restart button.

The Macbook was 60% charged before I connected this new charger. So I am assuming the reason it stopped working is because I connected this new charger.

Any ideas, what could be happening?


texts: Where iTunes stores my playlists and ratings

texts:
I am wondering where iTunes keeps all my playlists? Locally on my computer or in the iCloud? I have created the new playlist on my Mac and I can see it on iPhone (without connecting it to MAC), so it looks like it is stored in iCloud. Is it right? Do I need to do something to backup them?

And the similar question about ratings. Where they are stored and how can I keep them between iTunes and Mac OS reinstallation?


texts: How to get photos/videos from my iphone into the cloud easily

texts:
I make photos every day. I want them to be kept somewhere safe (online, not on my computer), without having to think about it.  Either over 3g, or whenever I'm near a wifi, I want my videos and photos to automatically upload.

Ideally to smugmug.com, so I don't need to take additional steps to share a subset of the photos, but something like dropbox or s3 would also do.

I find it hard to believe I'm the only one with this problem, but I haven't been able to find a good solution yet. (Best thing so far: PhotoSync with flickr sync)


texts: Disable Autocorrect with External Keyboard on iOS

texts:
Are there any smart workarounds to disable autocorrect automatically -- or near automatic -- while using an external keyboard on iOS?

By default iOS provides no way to do this as seen here on the Apple forums.


texts:
I have an iPad Pro with iOS 13.3. I have set a number of Reminders with repeats, but none of them are repeating. They don’t show up on the Lock screen as notifications, and if I look inside the app under the “Today” or “Scheduled” panels, they are only scheduled for their original days. Even though they say “Repeat daily” on them, they are not actually moving up in the queue.

What can I do to fix this?


texts:
We all know that Mac OS X has the very useful Login Items functionality which lets you, among other things, set up apps/scripts to run when you log in.

I'm looking for a way to setup a list of scripts/apps that run when I log out. A "Logout Items" list, if you will.
Basically, I want to write a few little cleanup scripts for myself that will run automatically when I log out or shut down.

So, I'm looking for a way to have a script (or, ideally, list of them) automatically triggered when I log out. The log out would wait for the scripts to finish (just like how the logout waits for you to click Save if an app requests it).

Is there a way to automatically trigger (a) script(s) when I log out of Mac OS X?


texts: Well, Monday night i went out to hangout with some friends and my iphone 5s cellular internet was working fine, midway into the night a few hours after hanging out my cellular data internet completely shut off, I usually have LTE but now not a single icon was in place of where the LTE one originally was. Is there a way to fix this? and no i havent went over my data plan. It does work on wifi as well.


texts: Changing Adaptive Undo Shortcut in System Preferences

texts:
I am aware that one can go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts, and easily change any menu bar shortcut, like Undo, for all applications. This used to work great for me! However this no longer works well in Catalina update, because the Undo command in the menu bar is now smart/adaptive and changes based on what you last did. See below:

Question: What is the new menu bar command for "Undo" that encompasses all variants of "Undo".I already tried, "Undo...". Is their a wildcard like, "Undo*"?


texts: How do I deny an app Accessibility Access forever?

texts:
I recently installed an app on my system (Mac OS X Mojave) and it showed an permissions dialog:

"[appname]" would like to control this computer using accessibility features. …

I got two buttons:

Open System Preferences
Deny

I know the app wants me to go to system prefs and allow it access. I know how to do that. But I don't want to grant it the permissions it asks for. Therefore I click Deny.

The dialog closes, but on the next system start it askes again. Every time.

Is my only choice as a user to grant it the permission it wants to get rid of it or deny it every time the system starts?

How do I deny the permission forever?

(I know I should grant it or uninstall, but then why am I offered an option to deny if I should not do that?)


texts: "Restore Windows Key" Define command as keyboard shortcut

texts:
I don't love windows but I do like the ability to search applications but pressing the windows key.

I do not want a multi key shortcut like cmd + space.  Is there a way to define the command key to bring up spotlight?


texts: macOS File Vault 2 full disk encryption does not seem to work

texts:
I got a used MacBook Air 11 (2014) and the first thing I did was wiping the whole drive and re-adding partitions.

I picked OS X extended journaled encrypted which should be the same as File Vault 2

After reinstalling the OS (Mavericks) I've updated all the way to macOS Sierra 10.12.3 and added a second user non-admin user account.

Now the confusing part:

When cold starting my MacBook it would go straight to the login screen without asking for the disk password (how would that happen if it's supposed to be full disk encrypted ? I'm not talking about hibernation, I've properly shut down my MacBook)
The login screen would show the non-admin account and a Disk Password option, both work as expected, but it wouldn't show my admin account
a) After entering the Disk Password the admin account would show up
b) If I decide to NOT enter the Disk Password, I can still log into the non-admin account. More over, if I then log out, my admin account would mysteriously appear and I can log into it without ever using the my disk password.

I used the diskutil cs list command and it shows that my Logical Volume is properly wrapped in a AES-XTS encrypted Logical Volume Family

Now the question here is, is this really working ? According to some official (maybe outdated) Apple website it should ask for the disk password on boot up, before the login screen.

Output of sudo gpt -r show disk0:

    start       size  index  contents
        0          1         PMBR
        1          1         Pri GPT header
        2         32         Pri GPT table
       34          6
       40     409600      1  GPT part - XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
   409640  235298960      2  GPT part - XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
235708600    1269536      3  GPT part - XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
236978136          7
236978143         32         Sec GPT table
236978175          1         Sec GPT header


texts: Cannot boot Ubuntu on a triple boot system (Catalina, Win10, and Ubuntu 18.4.4)

texts:
I am running a 2012 Macbook Air (5,2) with a 1TB SSD installed. I plan on using Mac as my main OS, windows for apps unavailable on mac, and linux for programming. Using the Mac Boot Manager (hold alt while booting up) allows me to boot Windows and Mac with no problem. But when I choose EFI boot to run Ubuntu, it then loads Grub. Choosing Ubuntu in Grub then gets stuck in emergency mode. I have installed rEFInd, but when I choose ubuntu it switches to Grub and rEFInd no longer comes up on startup. I have listed my disk partitions below:

% diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         450.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data Transfer                50.0 GB    disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         250.0 GB   disk0s4
   5:                 Linux Swap                         6.0 GB     disk0s5
   6:           Linux Filesystem                         244.0 GB   disk0s6

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +450.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     168.3 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 41.5 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                523.5 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            11.1 GB    disk1s5

How would I go about booting Ubuntu?

Update:

After reading the comments, I tried to create a second EFI partition. In disk utility I added a 200MB partition out of the APFS partition. Disk Utility said that the process was successful, but now my APFS will not mount.

    /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF               449.8 GB   disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Boot                    200.6 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data Transfer                50.0 GB    disk0s4
   5:       Microsoft Basic Data                         250.0 GB   disk0s5
   6:                 Linux Swap                         6.0 GB     disk0s6
   7:           Linux Filesystem                         244.0 GB   disk0s7

At this point, I just don't know what to do :(


texts: Is it possible to recover an erased Mac SSD partition?

texts:
I did the stupid thing of formating by accident the main SSD in my Macbook. I was using Windows through an external drive and hit the "Erase" button thinking it was another drive.
So I lost EVERYTHING in my computer and it won't boot as MacOS. I can use windows through the external ssd, and the formatted drive is "Not Allocated" right now. I only erased, I didn't mounted as a new format.
Is there any way to recover the partition/files?


texts: Remove silence from end of GarageBand track

texts:
I have just edited a song in GarageBand on OS X. At the end of the music I discovered that I have almost 5 minutes of silence at the end of the track after the music stops.

I know how that track initially got extended: I brought in other tracks that initially were long but extracted just short clips to insert into my project.  Now I have extra silence on the end of the track—i.e when the music ends the CD doesn't stop until it gets through that extra 5 minutes of silence.  In my situation I need to burn the CD directly from GarageBand and not iTunes.

Can anyone tell me how to delete the 5 minutes of extra silence on the end after my music track ends?


texts: Why is my MacBook Air is making ticking sounds?

texts: Recently, my MacBook Air began making ticking sounds at regular intervals once powered on, akin to the sound of a woodpecker. The sounds occur at regular intervals, beginning every 5.2(ish) seconds and lasting about .8 seconds. I cannot identify where the sound is coming from. What could this be caused by? Is it something to take to my local genius bar urgently or is it simply an annoyance?


texts: How to backup Mac to external hard drive in recovery mode? "No mountable file systems"?

texts:
I upgraded my mac to High Sierra without backing up my data. Then my Mac wouldn’t login, it gives me a black screen then it restarts.

So I decided to reinstall the software, but first I need to back up my data. I’ve been trying since last night. I put Mac in recovery mode, then I created a “compressed” disc image to put it on an external hard drive. I wanted to make sure I can open it before I reinstall and in the process lose all the data. I put it on a friend's Mac, and it keeps saying “no mountable file systems” and the dmg won’t open. The dmg file has a size of 500 GB.

Is there any other way to backup my data, given that I can't login into my Mac after the High Sierra install?


texts: if the startup disk is copied to external drive, can that external drive be used as a startup disk?

texts: If the startup disk is copied in its entirety to an external drive, can that external drive then be used as a startup disk?


texts: Get latest Time Machine backup when backup disk is unplugged

texts:
I know i can get the time stamp of the latest Time Machine backup with the command tmutil latestbackup | grep -E -o "[0-9\-]+$" but this only works when my backup disk is plugged in. If not, i get the error message Unable to locate machine directory for host.

Is there any other way to figure out (through scripting) when the last backup was made?

I'm running OS X Mavericks and the use case would be to eventually run this as remote monitoring for Macs, say, using collectd.


texts: imovie. Adding a static image without the gentle zooming effect

texts:
I'm using imovie 10.0.3

When I add a static image (a jpeg file) to my movie it adds a gentle zooming effect. Very pretty but I didn't want it, and I cannot work out how to switch it off. Infuriating!

I'm trying to add the image either by dragging it onto the movie, or by clicking the [+] button which appears on the photo. Either way it adds it with a zooming effect.

Within the movie I notice I can select it, and then use an "Adjust" toolbar to achieve various things (mostly colour shifts in the image)... but I can't see any options for disabling the effect.


texts: Syncing iPhone doesn't complete due to missing folder

texts:
Since recently my iPhone syncing to iTunes plays up with a dialog box saying

  Attempting to copy to the disk "Macintosh HD" failed. The required folder cannot be found.

When I select the "OK" button nothing changes in iTunes with the syncing process being stuck on "step 5 of 5" forever.

On the sidebar the iPhone info is just showing the spinning "sync" icon, which also shows in the status bar of the iPhone itself.

The whole process doesn't complete unless I quit iTunes. I've tried to remember what I might've changed in the lead up the the syncing playing up, and the only thing that comes to mind is the download of a podcast. The downloaded podcast copied over well.

I've also checked that I'm signed in to iTunes, and I have restarted the computer, just in case. None of that has fixed the problem.

Which folder could iTunes refer to here, that it considers missing, or is there anything I could do to resolve this issue?
What is happening at step 5 of the syncing process?


texts: Switch Between Apps With Alt-Tab / Command-Tab on iPad or iPhone using Bluetooth Keyboard

texts: I have both iOS devices and with keyboards. I could be much more productive if I could do Alt-Tab / Command-Tab app switching using my keyboard. Is there any way to do this? Is there any way to switch between the two most recent apps or anything similar?


texts:
I am running Mac OSX Lion 10.7.3 with Xcode 4.3.2. I have this set up because I needed to get an old iPhone application running.

My problem is I want to install git. When I install the latest version of git on Lion, and run the git command, I get the following error:

Illegal instruction: 4

After research, I discovered that newer git version does not run on Lion. So I tried following these instructions:
https://gist.github.com/digitaljhelms/2931522

However, I get make error:

 -bash: make: command not found

From what I read online, make should be installed with Xcode, which I have installed. So what is going on here? How can I get a version of git working on Lion?


texts: Full size keyboard with built in stand for iPhone?

texts: I'm looking for bluetooth keyboards for use with my iPhone. I'd like a full size keyboard that has a built in iPhone stand. Everything I've found so far with a built in stand is almost full size but not quite. Are there any full size keyboard options with built in iPhone stands? A case for the apple bluetooth keyboard that had a stand built in would also work but I haven't found one of these.


texts: MacBook Air mid 2011 Geekbench results too low

texts: My MacBook Air from mid 2011 recently only scores about ~1800 on geekbench vs 5300+ that it was before.  I'm starting the benchmarking right after reboot, and the CPU seems initially calm. Any points?


texts: SSD lost size after erasing NTFS to HFS+

texts:
I bought SSD Samsung 850 Pro drive
from my friend and it was NTFS formatted. I used macOS Disc Utility to erase it and after doing this the disc has 24 GB only (instead of 1TB). Any solution how to resize it to its previous capacity?


texts:
Last July I went on a holiday to Dubai and have bought my very first iPhone from there, the Gold iPhone 6 plus. Recently I decided to start using Facetime but for some reason I cannot find the app. I am using my iPhone in Malta, in the middle of the Mediterranean with a Vodafone carrier.

Can anyone please show or explain how can I have FaceTime on my phone?

I tried finding various videos on YouTube but could not find the right one.


texts: Is it OK to use an HFS+ start disk with High Sierra?

texts: I have a clone of my internal SSD on an HFS+ partition of an external drive. I was wondering if there are issues with using such a disk as a startup disk with High Sierra.


texts:
When following various guides on using scutil the following would seem to be correct for setting the hostname:

$sudo scutil –-set HostName doriath
>

But as you can see instead of setting the hostname a prompt > is shown: and the hostname is not set.  What is wrong here?  I am on El Capitan.


texts: Can data be accessed on a lost iPhone that was reported to "find my iPhone"

texts:
My phone was lost today, I tracked it (someone had it).

I reported it LOST with "find my iphone"and suspended my service.

Can someone activate it and use my apps, itunes, passbook, etc?


texts: Photos on Catalina will only export recent images

texts:
Macbook Air, new in the last six weeks, with an existing library brought in via the Migration Assistant. Photos added to the library directly to the new machine export properly. Photos older than the new machine, however, won't export at all. We usually get an Unknown Error (-1) or Unknown Error (-4) for these photos.

iCloud is not used/enabled. We have tried the "Repair Library" process, and it makes no difference.


texts: OS X 10.11, El Capitan, regularly almost freezes when Safari is open

texts:
On OS X 10.11, El Capitan, Safari regularly almost freezes. It usually happens on the same sites: Gmail and YouTube. I have to kill Safari and sometimes I even have to reboot the system.

Sometimes it happens when I have too many tabs open and closing them helps (it takes about 10 seconds per tab thanks to freeze).

I am not sure that the problem is in safari because I had the same problem with Chrome (once or twice, cannot really tell as I do not use it often).

So, basically I know nothing about the problem and have no idea how to solve or analyse it. I saved screenshot of top output in one of the "bad moments", so maybe someone can find out the cause?

top -o cpu

It looks like something is wrong:

the amount of faults
the number of stuck threads
the percentage of kernel_task command (it goes up to 90%)
29M of free memory...

Any ideas? It happens regularly but I cannot reproduce it consistently.

Sorry for bad English and poor description of the problem.


texts: Why does my iCloud tabs on Mac OS X not work?

texts:
I have a number of Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Macbook and Mac Mini). I would like to use iCloud tab syncing between the devices, I have successfully enabled my macbook, iPhone and iPad but I'm unable to get it working on my Mac mini.

I can confirm the settings are all switched on but the tabs are still not visible in Safari.
Anyone have any suggestions to fix this?

All devices are using the latest available software (iOS and Mac OSX)


texts: Apple Configurator 2: Where are the Blueprints?

texts:
Apple Configurator 2 is scriptable with Automator, Apple-Script and Shell.
Nowhere it is though possible to invoke the blueprints I have defined in Configurator.
I can rebuild the contents of those blueprints within Automator, Apple-Script and Shell, but I cannot reuse, what I already built in Configurator.
Or am I wrong? Where are those blueprints?


texts: Use Dell Inspiron laptop monitor as only monitor for mac mini

texts: I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop and I am planning on purchasing a mac mini, new version , I am tight on money for a while and want to use my current laptop screen as monitor for mac mini, I just want to know if it is at all possible to do, I have windows 7 and ubuntu 11.04 installed in my laptop, and I don't really care if need to wipe them out, or purchasing a monitos is the only option left, also I am planning to use it for coding and stuff, so VNC is probably not a good choice.


texts: Can you list Mail attachments separately rather than as icons in the text?

texts: In Mail, is it possible to show attachments in a separate list (like in Entourage) rather than as icons buried within the text?


texts: Most keystrokes on my Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard are ignored

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I am trying to get a Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic keyboard to work with my MacBook Pro and while I found a couple of posts on similar issues, none of the suggested solutions worked for me, so I am posting this, hoping someone has a fresh suggestion:
Problem
My keyboard is skipping a lot of keys. I.e. some of the keystrokes do not appear in my editor/browser. Also moving the complementary mouse (connected to the same dongle) makes very sluggish moves on screen. It affects all keys. Occasionally, it starts working well for a couple of minutes and lagging usually starts when switching apps e.g. if I switch from OneNote to Firefox.
Setup

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) macOS 10.15.7
Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse & Keyboard. They are wireless and connect to a Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v9.0
To connect the transceiver I use a 4x USB 2.0 to USB-C hub.
An additional wired mouse plugged into the hub

Troubleshooting so far
Following other posts, I tried the following on my mac:

turning it off and on again
turning bluetooth off on the macbook
disable handoff for icloud devices
disable slow keys and sticky keys.
use different usb ports (both usb c ports on the mac and usb ports on the hub
run sudo fs_usage | grep -v 0.00 to see if there is any kernel throttling happening.
disabled mouse keys

To rule out any issues with the usb dongle/hub or wireless signal jamming, I plugged the usb dongle into my Huwai MateBook (running Ubuntu), while I kept the MacBook running next to it. The keyboard works perfectly well on the other laptop.


texts: Remember WiFi but don't autoconnect on iPhone?

texts:
I have 2 WiFi networks I can connect to at home. There is one that I prefer but is not the strongest signal, so my iPhone will usually connect to the other network.

On occasion I need to connect to that other WiFi, so I'd still like to be able to easily connect to that one when I need to (not that often). Because of this, the Forget Network option on the WiFi connection settings isn't really suitable as I'd have to reenter the password to connect each time.

How can I remember a specific WiFi connection without having the phone automatically connect to that network when it finds it? I still want to autoconnect to other networks as normal.


texts:
Are the loops and sound effects that are found in Garageband royalty free?

Specifically, can I use them in my game that I am developing for the iOS App Store whether I sell the App or make it free?


texts: How do I move a file into a folder in the iOS version of DropBox?

texts:
I uploaded a file from my email to DropBox on my iPad. Then I got several more files of the same type and realized that it would be appropriate to keep all of them in a folder.  I created the folder and was able to put the new files into it, but I see no option to move existing files into existing folders.

Hold-and-drag doesn't seem to work.
The 'edit' menu doesn't seem to work.

Is it possible to move an existing file into an existing folder in DropBox on the iPad? And if so, how?


texts: Removing, or minimizing, scratches on the top of a Magic Mouse

texts:
Though I'm comfortable using either a trackpad or mouse for most tasks, there are some things that I prefer to have the precision of a mouse for. On one such occasion I was traveling with my MacBook, so I decided to toss my Magic Mouse into the bottom of a bag with other loose things. When I took it out, I noticed that the surface got all scuffed up and felt different.

The mouse still works, but the scratches annoy me. Is there any way to remove or minimize them? My biggest annoyance is the lack of consistent friction on the surface of the mouse - it makes performing some gestures harder. I'd like to have the entire surface have a consistent level of friction, and, if possible, have it feel like a new Magic Mouse. Is this possible?


texts: Is there a way to stop and start Macbook fans manually without reboot or sleep?

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Macbook Pro 15" 2011

I've had Macs Fan Control for more than a year,  and it spins my MB's fans at the max 5500-6000 rpm most of the time and I'm used to that noise because cooling is paramount. But yesterday one of the fans started to be extremely noisy. It makes a sound as if the blades were scraping against something.

The odd thing is that the sound goes away for some time (returns seemingly at random) if I put MB to sleep or reboot it. But the sound will become worse if it appeared at ~6000 rpm and I set MFC to the lowest 2000 rpm. So the only way to stop fans from doing that annoying noise is to stop it completely and start back up.

So the question is, is there a way to do it quickly or do I have to wait my MB to 'fall asleep' every time?

p.s.
I know that I should replace the fan, but I need some solution better than cmd+option+eject+wait until I do.


texts: Address Book: Is there any way to move the fields up/down?

texts: Is there any way to move the fields within Address Book up or down? I like to have order on my address book and it looks really bad when the phone number fields are all over the place.


texts: Tinkertool took care of most of the too-small fonts (are any Apple designers over 40?), but the white text on my preferred light desktop is bad. Linux GTX has a rather tricky file to hand-edit to fix a similar bad default. Does Yosemite have any well-hidden way of changing the desktop icon font color?


texts: iMac boots quickly but takes loooong time to log into account

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I do have a pretty good iMac (Retina 5k, Late 2014, 4GHz Intel Core i7, 32 GB RAM with a 3 TB Fusion Drive) running the latest stable macOS Sierra. When powering on, the log on screen appears pretty fast. But when I entered my credentials, the mac takes about 10 minutes until it's usable. I can click on windows before, they react after a long time, but I hear the hard drive for ~ 10 minutes and only after that the mac is really usable.

What could be the cause for this? I'm sure this isn't normal as my MacBook Pro is much, much faster (although there's an SSD, not a fusion drive).

What could I do to find the cause? Maybe the Fusion Drive is messed up?

EDIT:

I just found that disk0s2 is my rotational disk, disk1s2 is my SSD, I found screenshots of the storage system report which show it exactly the other way round... may that be the problem?


texts: On the MacBook Pro, send file links via iMessage?

texts: I have two Macbook Pros in my office.  I would like to send a link to a file (specifying its path) to another user, using that other MacBook Pro. We have a commonly mounted network drive. So I would just like to send the link to the file I'm asking her to reference.  I can see that the 'add link' feature lets people attach URLs.  But what about these semi-private files on the local network?


texts: If I send my mum an iMessage it goes through to her boyfriends phone?

texts: If I send my mum a text message it goes through to her phone number, but today I sent her an iMessage and it went through to her boyfriend do phone instead. Why is this?


texts: App Store - Free app with externally paid for login - does this require revenue split with Apple?

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I'm trying to get clarity on this, I believe I know this answer but would like validation that I am correct.

I am building app and which will be free on the App Store, but users will have to login to a privately paid for system to access it.

E.g. anyone can download the App, but to use it, will have to have a contract with my company and then be provided with the credentials to login.

My thought is that this is fine without the revenue split, as lots of other apps do similar things, e.g. Facebook, Banking Apps, etc.. and to me, it wouldn't make sense for them to rev share either.

Thanks


texts: Shortcut to switch windows of same application on an iPad

texts:
Apps like Safari and Notes support multiple windows per app. The documentation only shows two ways to switch between these windows:

From an open app: In the Dock, tap the app you want to view.
Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen if you don’t see the Dock.

From the Home Screen: Touch and hold the app you want to view, then tap Show All Windows.
For an app in the Dock, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen if you don’t see the Dock.

Is there a keyboard shortcut, like how Cmd-Tab switches between different applications? macOS has Cmd-`, but it doesn’t work on iPadOS.


texts: Change background based on location/wifi?

texts:
Does anyone know if an application that can change the background of the desktop to a different set of images based on your location?

I am thinking about writing an AppleScript to do this, but if someone knows an application / script that already does this that would be great?

I want it to check every time I login to the computer and it would be great if it could do the 1 hour rotation that I currently have, but otherwise a random image from a folder each time I login would be fine too.


texts:
I'll be working in a space, and then something starts bouncing in the dock (like Mail), so I switch to that space, and I see a dialog for a split second, but then it disappears.  I try moving the main window, to see if the dialog went behind it or something, but it isn't there.  While I can move the main window, I cannot interact with it because the dialog is modal.  If I switch to a different space then I see the dialog again for just a split second.

Eventually if I switch spaces enough times the dialog will stop disappearing.  I haven't found any pattern that works reliably.  Another solution is to disable spaces, close the dialog, and then enable spaces and move everything back to the correct windows again.

It is rather annoying.  It happens with multiple applications too.  I've tried selecting the application by clicking on it in the dock, or switching to the space, and I get the same behavior.

The question is: Is there an easy way to get to the dialog box, or to keep spaces from doing this?  Thanks!


texts: Can "Buy with ApplePay" sync between a website and an app?

texts:
At WWDC2016 Apple announced that ApplePay could be used to make purchases in Safari and they've created a JS API to allow this. From what I can see this is only for once-off purchases, it simply authenticates you and charges your card.

Is there any similar tool to access purchases which have already been made via an app which the website owner has created? For example if someone buys my task management app from the AppStore, can they then go to my website and "log in with ApplePay" or "log in with TouchID" and (if Apple confirms they have purchased my app) they can now they can access the web version of the product, customer-only support, etc.


texts: How to safely install rEFind from recovery mode?

texts:
I want to dual boot OSX and Linux on my Macbook Air, and to do this, I read that I need to install rEFind. If I try doing that I get a message in the terminal:

**** ALERT: SIP ENABLED! ****

rEFInd cannot be installed because System Integrity Protection (SIP) seems
to be enabled! You must install rEFInd from your Recovery installation or
from another OS. To install from the Recovery system:

  1. Reboot
  2. Hold down Command+R as the chime sounds
  3. When the OS has booted, select Utilities->Terminal
  4. Change to this directory with the 'cd' command; it will probably be under
     /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/kramer65/Downloads/refind-bin-0.10.4
  5. Re-run this script.

If you believe SIP is NOT enabled, you may attempt an installation anyhow,
but it may fail.

For more on this subject, see http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/sip.html

Do you want to attempt installation (Y/N)?

So I followed the instructions. I rebooted into recovery and then tried to install rEFind again, but I get the same message.

When I try to install rEFind from recovery mode, can I safely ignore the message about SIP and type in Y to continue installing rEFind? All tips are welcome!


texts: Edit a date value in plist from terminal

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I am trying to edit a date value in a plist to todays date.  I found a previous question on here relating to it, but i get an error every time.

Here is what i am using

defaults write com.test.name.plist TestAppFirstSeen $(date +"%Y-%m-%d %l:%M:%S +0000")

This is the error i get:

defaults[10761:276123] Unexpected argument 11:43:25; leaving defaults unchanged.

Any idea what i am doing wrong?


texts: Magic Trackpad / Mouse very spongy on Windows 7 with Bootcamp Update Drivers

texts:
It seems to me that both, Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad respond differently on Windows.
While using them with Mac OS X feels natural, on Windows 7 with drivers extracted from Bootcamp Upgrade, it feels spongy / laggy / delayed / with latency, no matter what the mouse settings are. So I feel like I'm not in touch with the mouse pointer (cursor).

It makes me sad that I should not be able to use this excellent hardware on my Windows PC, and I would like to know if this can be fixed.


texts: Don't charge iphone when plugged into macbook?

texts: Is it possible to temporarily keep your iPhone from draining the macbook battery? When I'm out and about I sometimes want to connect my [nearly empty] macbook to my [not so empty] iphone so I can tether without using WiFi (saving battery), but then my poor macbook starts charging my iPhone and is drained even faster.


texts:
Lately Numbers has been quitting unexpectedly on my MacBook Air and all the pre-installed templates are gone. Also it quits when working on formulas.

I'm thinking I could store documents in the cloud and uninstall and reinstall.

Is this possible? Will Apple charge me for a new Numbers App?


texts:
I recently purchased an ultra wide monitor, with a native resolution of 2560x1080.

This is great but it's only working with Windows !
Apple is limiting HDMI resolution to be no more than 1920x1080, for no reason at all. I read everywhere than I need to buy whatever cable or adapter and to use display port, but I just can't.
I also tried SwitchResX but same problem, resolutions over 1920x1080 are not available.

So I searched for a solution, and I found something interesting there : https://discussions.apple.com/message/25831860#25831860
It seems that increasing the framebuffer size will set bigger resolution available.

But I can't find any info about this with an Intel HD 3000. Is someone have any clue about where to begin ? I guess it's happenning in AppleIntelSNBGraphics but that file is quite big...

Another question I'm having is, is this still the case on Yosemite ? Because I'm on Mavericks and I could do the update if that might solve this issue.

Thank you.


texts: Deleteing Original File After Creating Another

texts:
Here is the Script I have so far:

#! /bin/bash

dd=$(date -v -1d '+%Y-%m-%d')
for file in *.csv ; do
    saveName="${dd} - TF.csv"
    cut -d',' -f5,8 "$file" > "$saveName"
done

The file above would output 2014-02-09 - TF.csv and the file that created the file is Campaigns stats for period from Feb 9, 2014 to Feb 9, 2014 I'm trying to delete Campaigns stats for period from Feb 9, 2014 to Feb 9, 2014 how do I delete this with the script above after it creates 2014-02-09 - TF.csv


texts: Terminal Encoding Not Working For Certain Characters

texts:
EDIT

This problem was solved in my case by changing terminal emulation from VT100 to xterm.  Apparently the two programs I was trying don't behave properly when it comes to VT100 terminal line drawing.  geekosaur's answer was accepted since it lead me to change what terminal emulation I was using.

Original Question

I noticed in certain terminal applications, specifically bpython and weechat, that certain characters are not being rendered properly in the terminal are not being rendered.  I only just started using these terminal apps again recently after about 1.5 years or so ago back when I was on OSX 10.5 and I don't recall having this problem.

Here are some screenshot examples.

My weechat; notice the ? marks by the nicklist:

What weechat is supposed to look like - a nice thin line separates the nicklist  :

My bpython - the border characters are replaced with q's and ?'s:

What bpython is meant to look like:

I've tried messing around with the encoding settings and various fonts, but nothing yet has solved this problem.  I'd like to know what the cause of this problem is and how I might go about fixing it.


texts: Why does my Mac (Mavericks) always try to import photos on boot?

texts:
Every time I start up my iMac running Mavericks with my phone or ipad connected, I get this dialog:

  Photos in the Camera Roll of “iOS Device” cannot be imported because the device is locked with a passcode.

Image Capture is set to open no application on connecting an iOS device, iPhoto is also set to not open any application on connecting a camera, and I can't figure out what else would be causing this.

Prevent Photos app on OSX from launching when plugging in device is technically a duplicate, however the answers in that question do not do anything for me (neither Image Capture nor iPhoto appear to be the problem).

Why does this happen and how can I make it stop, short of upgrading my OS (which I have technical reasons for not doing)?


texts: Karabiner Elements: Why is a series (or sequence/batch) of keys called in {…"to": …} only executed every second time?

texts:
I used the original Karabiner app 10.22 and could very precisely restrict any actions via Apple's Accessibility Inspector to work for specific dialogue windows.

This is no longer possible with Karabiner Elements.

So in order to (in Safari) click the context menu's item "Element Information" (which I use very often) I tried this code in "Complex Modifications":

 "to": [ { "pointing_button": "button2" },
         { "key_code": "e" },
         { "key_code": "return_or_enter"}  ]

Which did work, but alternately only opened/showed the context menu or actually executed "Element Information".

By experimenting, I found a workaround that mostly works for me:

"parameters": { "basic.to_if_held_down_threshold_milliseconds": 50 },
"to":       [ { "pointing_button": "button2" } ],
"to_if_held_down":
            [ { "key_code": "e" },
              { "key_code": "return_or_enter"} ]

My questions:

Why are not all "commands" in the first code example executed in due order (or: only alternately) and (more interestingly:) how can you ensure that each "command" is executed every time?


texts: How do I allocate a keyboard to a specific app

texts:
I'm searching for an app or script that would allow me to have two keyboards connected to my Mac.
One would be for normal usage and the other one should be allocated to a specific app. I think it could be very handy especially if you have to change between different apps all the time and don't want to use cmd + tab.
I often have to watch videos and like many others I control them via "Video speed controller" which allows me to advance, rewind, pause, increase and decrease speed and many more. Likewise, I thought about getting a "half keyboard" with which this could be possible and also pretty cheap.
Is there any chance to make this happen?


texts: Can Timemachine restore the backup of an external drive to another external drive?

texts: I have two external drives attaching to my Mac, one for file storage and one for time machine. The latter one keeps the TM backups of the former one. If someday I lost the former one is it possible that I could just buy a new drive and restore the data back to the new drive easily?


texts: Is there an API to Apple Books sync metadata?

texts:
Apple Books can sync books over iCloud. Is there an API I can use to access metadata on my books, such as title and bookmark locations.
This question is a follow up to the unanswerable, How to sync PDF bookmarks from MacOS Preview to iOS Apple Books?.


texts: How can I stop QuickTime from opening WMV embeds?


texts: how to delete photo stream from ipad running ios 6?

texts:
I have an older iPad 3 running iOS6 that I no longer use as my main device, and it is now dedicated to specific apps.  I no longer take photos or videos on it, so have no need for the Photo Stream feature on this device at all.

I have deactivated the feature, and accepted the "This will delete all photo stream content from your device" dialog.  However the photo stream content is still taking up more than 2GB on the device.  Nothing seems to actually give me that storage back again.

How can I reclaim the Photo Stream storage space on this device?


texts: No Response to iMac keyboard or trackpad (wired or usb)

texts:
Problem: mid2011 iMac Mavericks was operating perfectly.  Logged off, powered down.  Next morning, powered up; system boots normally to login screen.  No response to keyboard or trackpad...trackpad light blinks trying to link but will not.

Attempted: Tried usb keyboard no change.  Tried all usb ports no change.
Plugged keyboard into macbook...works normally; wireless keyboard and trackpad too.
Removed batteries from kybd and trackpad; powered up iMac with nothing plugged into ANY port. System boots to login screen but does NOT prompt "No Keyboard or Mouse Found" as it should.
HELP!


texts: No Message Notification From Android Phone

texts:
I have an iPhone 8 running iOS 11.4.1 and I have run into a rather annoying problem with the Messages app that I can't seem to remedy. My wife has an Android phone and I'm finding I am no longer receiving SMS notifications sounds when I receive a message from her. I have checked to see if her contact or the phone has been set to "Do Not Disturb", but it has not. Sometimes I get the notification sound and the screen lights up as expected but it seems to happen only when I receive an SMS from an Android device. Whenever I receive a message from a iPhone it works everytime.

Anyone else run into this problem?


texts: Is it possible to download Snow Leopard?

texts:
I see that Snow Leopard is available in a box sent through the mail.

Is it also possible to download Snow Leopard from somewhere? So I don't have to wait for it to be mailed to me.


texts:
When I send a link or an image in messages in reply to another, and my message transmits, I am left only able to see that message. This messages interface gives me no means to return to view the message history, or to the main messages list of histories.
This has occured in ios 14.2 and in ios 14.3 on an iPhone SE 1st gen with about 8 gigabytes of unused/available memory.
I have to double-click the home button, swipe messages up and relaunch the application in order to obtain normal behavior.
Is there a fix for this bug?


texts:
I'm trying to treat my iPhone as an alarm clock. But, it's not working. I'm not a light sleeper and the iPhone "alarm clock" does not have that kind of explosive power my traditional alarm clock has.

Is there a way to make the alarm clock much much louder?


texts:
I have an old iMac G4 that's well beyond being supported in any capacity by Apple. Two years ago, when taking it apart to upgrade the hard drive and CD drive, I accidentally severed the connector on the logic board for the display. At the time, I looked around to see if I could find somewhere I could purchase a replacement logic board, but pretty much the only place I found were some people selling them on eBay from unknown origins for wildly varying prices. I ended up dropping the matter, as I didn't have a need for the machine anymore, but it got me thinking:

Where can I purchase repair parts for Apple products? Presumably the Apple Certified Repair shops have a supplier - do their parts come directly from Apple? Can a "regular person" like me obtain parts directly from Apple as well? If not, are there any certified repair places that are willing to resell the parts they have access to? Or is eBay, with parts from who-knows-where, the only option?


texts: OSX Server: should I use Open Directory?

texts:
I'm currently setting up an OSX Server (Mavericks) in a small company (10.9 on the clients as well), and I'm trying to decide what the best approach is to manage accounts.

The accounts will not be used for roaming; everyone has their own workstation, and never has any desire to log into other machines. This appears to eliminate the need for home directories on the server.

Now I'm wondering whether I should create Local Network Users or Local Users (in both cases without a home directory on the server). What is the advantage of using Open Directory to manage Network Users rather than creating Local Users and leaving Open Directory switched off?

There are no other servers or off-site networks involved that we need to 'hook into', so that is not something that seems to lead to a requirement for an Open Directory server.

Is there any reason why I should not just create Local Users instead? What can they not do that Local Network Users can do?

EDIT: While I'm still interested in the answer to this, I've since elected to set up accounts using Open Directory. I could not find a reason not to, and I figured that there might be services that require it of which I'm unaware at this moment. This will hopefully ease future migration.


texts: Lock every object across entire keynote deck using applescript?

texts:
I'm trying to use an applescript to lock every object across every slide of a keynote deck, with only partial success. I've provided the code I'm using below. So far it works, but it seems to skip any objects that are grouped. Is there any way I can tell the script to also include grouped objects?

tell application "Keynote"
    tell document 1
        tell every text item of every slide
            set locked to true
        end tell
        tell every shape of every slide
            set locked to true
        end tell
        tell every image of every slide
            set locked to true
        end tell
        tell every movie of every slide
            set locked to true
        end tell
        tell every line of every slide
            set locked to true
        end tell
        tell every item of every slide
            set locked to true
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

The intention is make it so that the content of every slide is locked, with the exception of the presenter notes. I'm not even sure if this can be done, so I'd appreciate any help on this. Thanks in advance!


texts: Can still boot to Windows even though I deleted the partition

texts:
I re-installed Mac OS and erased the recovery partition so Bootcamp would have a punt at installing Windows.

Still not managed to re-install Windows, and when I boot with -Alt- held down it still shows Windows as a disk. Why is it still there?


texts: Why is my iPad causing WiFi interference?

texts:
I have a 3rd gen 32GB iPad with a 3G/LTE connectivity (and the latest software) and let me be clear from the start - the WiFi is working perfectly fine for me and I've had no problems with it whatsoever.

The problem is with my iPad causing quite a serious WiFi interference for some other devices on one WiFi network (at my friend's house). It happens only on this single WiFi network and I am 100% sure it is my iPad causing the problems.

Basically, the moment my iPad connects to the WiFi several other devices connected to the network drop their WiFi connection. These are: a Samsung TV and 2 laptops (HP and Dell).

What's interesting, there are several other devices that don't experience no such issues with the WiFi connection, e.g. a couple of iPhones, few other laptops and other mobile devices, including another 3rd gen iPad with 3G/LTE (similar to mine, just 16GB).

If I switch off the WiFi on my iPad and wait a minute or two, all the other devices resume normal WiFi connection.

Any idea what could be causing such problems?

I've already tried resetting network settings.


texts: Is there a signature-taking attendance app for iOS?

texts:
I have a hobby organization that records sign-ins on a weekly basis. I would like to find an app that allows me to take attendance and have each attendee sign that they were present, then be able to generate a printable sign-in sheet that can go in the printed records.

Does anyone know of such an app? I've found good attendance apps, and I've found apps to take signatures though they usually only allow for one person to sign. I need the best of both worlds!


texts: How can I change the preferred application for opening "fmp7://" URLs from FileMaker Pro Advanced to FileMaker Pro?

texts:
I have both FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced installed. Because the available licenses for the Advanced product are limited, I shouldn't use it unless necessary. But when neither application is running, my Mac will currently open any "fmp7://" URLs in FileMaker Pro Advanced. How do I change this so that FileMaker Pro is opened instead?

(There's no obvious configuration option for this in either application's Preferences window.)


texts: Script to download photos from shared iCloud link

texts:
I have a list of the iCloud links which are shared. I can click on the link and download it one by one. However, is there any way I can run the script and download all the images from a shared link?
I tried a couple of scripts using python too but didn't help.
For example:
iCloud URL is: https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/06DzXXXXXXXXDzyQ9g

It doesn't end with .jpg or .png but once I click on it, I get an option to download images. So wget didn't help me.


texts: Apple mdls (MetaData List) command on Networked Drive

texts:
I have discovered mdls as a way of extracting information from a (photo) file. However, I have found that it doesn’t seem to work properly if I am accessing the file over the network. Some of the meta data is missing, most notably the GPS data which is what I wanted most.

However, if I copy the file to a local drive, then the metadata is all there, and everything is fine again. This suggests that mdls is looking in the wrong place for some data … ?

It gets weirder depending on the network:

If I connect using SMB I get a limited selection of metadata
If I connect using NFS I get the message that it could not find the file at all.

How can I use successfully mdls on networked files?


texts: Is buying iPhone apps like a subscription or a one time purchase?

texts:
I've got a couple of questions regarding buying iPhone apps.

1) If Fruit ninja is $0.99 does it mean that if I buy it i will have to pay $0.99 every year? or is it a one time payment (what other hidden payments are there?)

2) Is there anyway we can be tricked into buying something that is not what we thought it is.. like if i search for fruit ninja (or some other game) how big is the chance that there is a "con app" waiting for me to buy but isn't actually the original one.


texts: Unlike other folders, dragging apps out of /Applications create an alias. What controls this behavior?

texts:
I usually install Cyberduck by dragging the .app bundle into the Applications folder on the root of my hard drive (/Applications). However, on macOS versions 10.7 Lion and newer, if I later decide to move Cyberduck to my desktop, Finder will create an alias by default, instead of actually moving the .app bundle.

By contrast, if I instead install Cyberduck to my user Applications folder (~/Applications), and later attempt to drag Cyberduck to my desktop, the .app bundle will be moved like any other file.

What makes the /Applications folder so special? Is it possible to add the same behavior to another folder, or—if SIP is disabled—to modify /Applications to behave like a normal folder?

A couple things I have already tried:

/Applications is owned by root:admin. However, sudo chown root:admin ~/Applications has no effect on dragging behavior.
Inside of a test VM, I renamed /Applications to /Applications2. The renamed Applications2 folder retained the same dragging behavior as before, suggesting that the functionality is not hard-coded to a specific path.


texts: upgrade to macOS high sierra, bootcamp win10 disk exists but can not prompt when turn on the power

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I just upgrade my mac mini to macOS high sierra.
Before, when I turn on the power, there is the option for me to choose boot from Windows 10 or macOS.
but right now, it boots and enters macOS directly.
I checked and found that BOOTCAMP disk still exist,
all content of the bootcamp hard disk appeared and nothing removed.

Is there any way to activate/import the existed bootcamp disk and add the option for Windows 10/macOS when turn on the power?


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I'm trying to add a test credit card in my Applet Wallet (with icloud and app store signed in to my developer account).

I found a list of test credit cards available from Apple's page https://developer.apple.com/apple-pay/sandbox-testing/

However, most of these cards (tried about 10-15 randomly selected ones), threw either invalid card or unsupported errors.

Has anyone encountered the same issue?


texts: Will this get rid of all the data on my macbook pro (high sierra)?

texts:
I tried changing the administrator's short name and the admin user ended up turning into a standard one. Now I can't log in with the administrator username and password if I want to make changes to the laptop. Someone suggested the below solution a while ago. I just have one question before trying it though. Is Will doing this erase all the data on my laptop? I have no way of knowing when the last backup was (if there even was any).
The solution:
"If it's not already, make sure your Macbook pro has an up-to-date backup.
Then follow these steps:
Shut down your Macbook pro
Power up your Macbook Pro and immediately press and hold the Command + S keys
Keep the keys down until you see the text on the screen
Now enter the following command:
/sbin/fsck -fy
and press enter
Next enter the following command:
/sbin/mount -uw /
and press enter
Now enter the following command:
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
and press enter
Finally, enter the reboot command
and press enter
Your Macbook pro should reboot and you can log in normally, after which point the Setup Assistant will launch. Now you need to create a new admin user. Don't worry, your other user accounts should be intact. NOTE: You should choose a new user name for this admin account.
Once you're back up and running you can go to Apple > System Preferences > Users & Groups and select the Allow user to administer this computer checkbox for the 'grant' user."


texts: View PDF on iPad from Windows 7 over WiFi

texts: I have a home fileserver running Windows 7. I have a directory with PDF files. I want to view the PDF files on my iPad 2 over WiFi and not locally store them on the iPad. Is there any app which can help me? I tried to read the Goodreader docs and could not find much information without buying it on the iPad. Can someone help?


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I am trying to create an Automator application which I will be distributing to other users on the network. The automator app will be accompanied by a ZIP file and a PKG installer file.

I need to run the PKG installer file the automator app. For this I'm trying to use the Run Shell Script using the following command:

open gdata.pkg

The problem I'm having is that Automator cannot find this file. I think it doesn't pick up the current path. I tried changing it to following ways:

Experiment #1:

cd $@; open gdata.pkg

Experiment #2:

open ./gdata.pkg

Both didn't work for me. Automator keeps giving error that it couldn't run the script. How do I accomplish this here?

My next step after this would be to decompress the accompanied ZIP file onto a new folder on user's desktop.