texts: Skewed Log In Screen When Screen Sharing

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Trying to use a Mac Pro as a headless media server. Worked just fine when I had a monitor or TV hooked up to it, but now that I've tried to remove a monitor and use it headless, I get a skewed log-in screen and an unusable operating system.

Here's what it looks like when I screen share from my rMBP (though the problem is not unique to my rMBP, I also get the same look from VNC on my iPad, an older iMac, and a non-retina Macbook Pro):

I've tried resetting my com.apple.windowserver.plist, among other ideas. Screensharing returns to normal function if I plug in a monitor for even a short moment. Somehow I am getting a problem with the default resolution when using the Mac Pro without a screen.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thank you.


texts: VMware Fusion is not opening (close after a second from launch)

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I am experiencing an issue with VMware Fusion on macOS Catalina (latest version). When I click on the VMware button, it launches for a second and then closes.

Before this happened, I was playing with the VMware settings (I removed SATA1). I tried to uninstall it from my laptop and install again but the issue still remains.

Any help?


texts: WiFi constantly taking over control on my iMac

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I am using an iMac Pro running 10.14.6. I am connected to the NAS with a 10Gbit network connection. When I go to transfer large files to the NAS I check iStats Menu and notice that the WiFi connection seems to take over the main network connection, which is significantly slower.

In System Preferences I have double checked the Service Order:

But for some reason the iMac decides to ignore this order when copying large files. What can I do to hammer it in?  Besides turning WiFi off. I mainly use WiFi to enable unlock my Mac with my Apple Watch - which is very valuable to me.

Thanks
- Joseph


texts: If I've lost access to my Apple ID, are there downsides to creating a new ID?

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I have an Apple ID that I can not longer access, so I wonder is it better to create a new one?

Let's say I've purchased apps and other products using my old Apple ID, some of which are still on my PC, but are linked to my Apple ID. Can I still retrieve those if I create a new ID, or should I purchase the content again?


texts: How to bypass iCloud login for iPhone 5 running iOS 7 when email and password was forgotten?

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I restored my iPhone 5 with iOS 7 without knowing that iCloud account will be asked. I already forgot what email and password I set on that phone.

Now, after the phone was restored and unlocked but no application can be used. I don't know what to do. When I connect it to iTunes, it keeps on asking for the iCloud email and password.


texts: Windows: Can I set the folder where iTunes backs up my iPhone

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I have a PC running Windows 10 with 2 Hard drives.

C: smaller SSD which runs windows and Office
D: large (2 TB) SATA that stores all my data.

When iTunes backs up my iPhone to my PC, it will default to C: under the Users folder. Is there a way to set it to do the backups to somewhere on my D: drive? I don't see any option there. I have D: set for my library, but I know that's different. I'm okay with manually setting the registry if needed, but hoping for a more legitimate route in case I need a restore later.


texts: Display IP address in an Automator alert

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I am running an Automator script to launch SFTP on my Mac when double-clicked. Here’s the script:

do shell script "sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist" with administrator privileges
tell app "Finder" to display alert "SFTP Opened and your IP address is"

The alert displayed is:

  SFTP Opened and your IP address is

As you can see, the alert message is incomplete because I don’t know how to retrieve the IP address of my system to pass through as a variable in the second line of my code. Any workaround? Please don’t suggest any external tools. And please don’t suggest using Automator’s System variable “IP address” with a separate “Ask for Confirmation” box because I want the IP to be displayed as a part of my existing message in the alert that I am already showing.


texts: How do you edit Homebrew's `zap` stanza?

texts: I found this question describing how to see what zap will remove.  I recently downloaded a game launcher using brew cask, but in the process of installing the game, it installed a bunch of other stuff that I would like to be deleted if I zap the cask.  How can I add to the zap trash or zap rmdir section of the stanza so that these other files are removed if I decide to zap the application?


texts: macbook pro 17 2,1 - no video and how to bypass it

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The Lapzilla of my stable has given up the video ghost. Everything else works, save for the fact that when booting it either ends up on a white screen, or a blurry black & white checkerboard. I can ssh to it and do most anything you can do from Terminal sessions, I can even go into single user mode, if the screen does not misbehave completely. It is running Lion.

I have done all the things you can think of, change hard drive, tried with external monitors, reinstall from scratch to Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion, do the NVRAM dance, etc. So apart from the video, it works, and I am not going to go for a new logic board, not worth the hassle and the expense.

I am planning to use is as "test server" for when I want to play around with Nginx and PHP, that sort of thing. My fear is that if I change something and it doesn't boot or hangs in the process and I cannot ssh to it, I will have no way to troubleshoot and the machine will be in a sort of vegetative state,

Is there a way to get a terminal session, say with a screen connected via USB or something, so that even if do not get the bells and whistles of the Finder, which I do not need, I can still see what's happening without having to rely exclusively on SSH via Wi-Fi?


texts: Can't launch calendar, contact, app store, etc

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Issue
Whenever I try to launch an app, it opens for a split second and then disappears.
System

MacBook Pro
Retina, Mid 2012
Processor  2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory  16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
Software  OS X 10.9 (13A603)

Console
App store says
10/25/13 11:42:06.515 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[593]: (com.apple.appstore.26432[2414]) Exited with code: 1

Contacts says
10/25/13 11:42:44.151 AM Contacts[2421]: Unable to load nib file: MainMenu, exiting
10/25/13 11:42:44.153 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[593]: (com.apple.AddressBook.31536[2421]) Exited with code: 1

Dictionary says
10/25/13 11:43:03.592 AM Dictionary[2426]: Unable to load nib file: MainMenu, exiting
10/25/13 11:43:03.594 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[593]: (com.apple.Dictionary.2144[2426]) Exited with code: 1

1Password says
10/25/13 11:43:30.354 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[16]: Killing auth hosts
10/25/13 11:43:30.354 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[16]: Session 100030 destroyed
10/25/13 11:43:30.356 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[16]: Session 100032 created
10/25/13 11:43:30.422 AM 1Password[2433]: Unable to load nib file: MainMenu, exiting
10/25/13 11:43:30.425 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[593]: (com.agilebits.onepassword-osx.24144[2433]) Exited with code: 1

Calendar says
10/25/13 11:44:10.895 AM Calendar[2441]: Unable to load nib file: MainMenu, exiting
10/25/13 11:44:10.898 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[593]: (com.apple.iCal.28368[2441]) Exited with code: 1


texts: Can the iPhone 7 Plus battery be damaged by the use of an external battery charger?

texts: When I bought the iPhone 7 Plus, I also bought a Mophie External Battery Charger, the Powerstation 2, I haven't used yet, so far the iPhone battery lasts long enough for me, but I read on an article that external battery chargers are one of the reasons cellphones' batteries get damaged. Is this true, or it's only with certain chargers?


texts: Getting an unlocked iPhone 4/4S to work on T-Mobile

texts:
There are several aspects I'm not clear on, and I'm wondering if what I want is even possible.

1) I want an unlocked (officially; no jail-breaking) iPhone 4/iPhone 4S. The iPhone 4 unlocked is currently $550 for 8GB at Apple. I think they'll be announcing the pricing for the iPhone 4S unlocked sometime in November.

2) I'm only interested in a month-to-month plan from T-Mobile. I see some listed here: T-Mobile Plans The one that looks best to me is the new $30 "Unlimited Web and Text with 100 Minutes Talk". I've noted that only the first 5gb of data are at up to 4G speeds, I guess the rest go back down to 2G. This will be more than enough for me.

Is this possible? Will the iPhone 4 get 4G speeds even though it is not "supposed" to be on the T-Mobile network? If this is possible, how do I go about doing it? It looks like I need a "micro-SIM"? I'm fine with giving up my old cell phone number. Are there any potential issues with trying to get this (i.e. Does t-mobile only give me a micro-SIM with a "qualifying" phone purchase or something? Or do they have to activate the phone "in-store" or something?)

Any potential issues you guys notice?


texts: How can I have a separate cmd+tab for each monitor?

texts:
I have a multi-monitor setup with my Mac. I'm looking for the cmd+tab menu to only show applications with windows open in the current monitor.
Say I had a running Terminal window open on Monitor 1 that I wanted to watch over. Say I also had a window of Notes in the background of Monitor 1. Then on Monitor 2 I open a different window of Notes. On Monitor 2 I want to be able to switch between Notes and another app without affecting what is on Monitor 1.
How can I do this?


texts: Preventing apps from being uninstalled on Jailbroken IOS

texts: I would like to password-protect apps individually (prevent uninstall) with a long password. On stock IOS this is not possible. Are there any apps that do this on jailbroken IOS 11?


texts: How to launch TextMate (and probably other software) from the command line?

texts:
I am very new to Mac, coming from Linux.

I am using TextMate, and I suddenly discovered I do not know how to launch TextMate from command line. Using completion, nothing looks like TextMate. Where is it located from a command line perspective?

Sorry for this odd question that also applies to other software, I guess.


texts: Got a Java process with about 4 GB memory consumption after just starting up macOS

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I recently found there is a Java process with more than 4 GB memory in my MBP, and it respawned after I force quit it.

After restarting the computer and entering safe mode, the process does not appear in. And I removed all the LoginItems of my account and cleared the path /Library/StartItems/, and restart in normal mode. Then the problem still there: a java process appeared after about a minute when entering the system. And seems the process do nothing...

I have no idea where the process come from and how to totally remove it.

OS: High Sierra 10.13.2


texts:
I run 10.8.5 on one of my Macs, because some of the software I use doesn't seem to get on well with Mavericks.

Is there any way of stopping App Store from repeatedly asking me to update to Mavericks? In general I appreciate the update suggestions from App Store, but not this one.


texts: When I use cmd-R on boot to restore a computer, what version OS does it go to?

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro with El Capitan installed, but it originally had Mavericks on it.

If I use the cmd-R on reboot method to restore the disk, will it restore to El Capitan or Mavericks, or some other version?

If the latter, is it possible to upgrade this restore disk to use the latest operating system so that when I restore it will use El Capitan?


texts:
Background: I recently upgraded my Mac, and it happens to have a pretty nice graphics card (not that my old one wasn't nice ... in 2006). While I didn't upgrade my Mac for this purpose, it has occurred to me that my life might be a tiny bit more efficient if I used some of this amazing graphics power that I now possess (and perhaps my old Wacom tablet) for sketching 3D designs, rather than my current method*.

So I hopped on over to the Mac App Store, typed in "3d modeling" (and every synonym I could think of), and was disappointed to see a pretty slim selection of apps.

Is there a good basic app for creating 3D objects?  Free is good, cheap is also good -- I don't mind paying but "3D modeling" frequently seems to mean "here's a $10,000 program that lets you make Lord of the Rings", and I'm sure it's amazing for that, but I don't need that.

I need: ability to create simple objects, mostly square or circular, including CSG, and to move them around and look at them from different angles.

I don't need: any particular file formats, or textures, or animation, or smooth organic surfaces like human faces.

If you think "designing a chest of drawers", that's about the level of sophistication that I'm looking for.  What TextEdit.app is for words, I want for 3D objects.

SketchUp is almost what I'm looking for, except it's kind of awkward and not entirely Mac-like, and to do any CSG you need the $500 "Pro" version (which I might get eventually, but it seems like there could well be something better and cheaper).

I'd almost be happy with something like POVRAY: the CSG is nice, the price can't be beat, but unfortunately it lacks any interactivity.

* (It involves whiteboards, paperboard and glue, and listening to old Yes albums while trying to visualize how things will fit together in space.)


texts: Is there any software to control at what time a specific network can be used?

texts:
I recently purchased a MiFi to be used while commuting, but apparently the AutoOn doesn't really work as expected.

In less than a week I bursted £16 pound credit, when I was supposed to pay £0.2 per each 20Mb.
As I did not downloaded 1.6GB of traffic, but I don't have time to complain I wonder whether there is some way or some software to control at what time my laptop use a specific network.

By doing this, even though the MiFi will remain active, no network will be connected and I won't be charged (though it is also strange I have made traffic with the laptop off).

Look forward to hearing from you.
Andrea


texts: Is there a way to import just an album from iPhone to Apple Photos?

texts:
I have selected a few photos on my iPhone and placed them into a new album.

I want to import that album only, but in Photos it doesn't look like there is a way to import just a single album. From what I can tell there is no option to do any filtering, not even favourites, or videos, etc.

I can either import everything, or manually select the photos I want.

Am I missing something?


texts: Are there personal finance applications offering both an iPhone and a mac version?

texts:
With the demise of Cha-ching, I find myself in need of an application for managing my expenses which I can use on both platforms.
It should work in Europe, and maybe have a decent UI.


texts: Unlocked iPhone 4S w/no SIM Card-how to start up without contract

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I am using Android phone on Verizon now.
Last weekend, I got a present from friend "ARCCOS Golf" system which only works together with iPhone 4S or later.
I contacted ARCCOS support center and got the confirmation of "Unlocked iPhone 4S" can be used for Wi-Fi only (without contract) mode which I bought from Amazon.com and tried to start the iPhone 4S. It was stuck on "Insert SIM" but I do not have SIM Card nor I do not know how to insert it etc.
Please help me!!!
Thanks, S H Keum


texts: Processes display not allowing page down

texts:
The display hangs on one page after I invoke process through command top,
Press 'space', 'arrow' take no effects.
I got recommend to use htop, but find it complicated to manipulate.

How to page top command down?


texts: Imac 2006 Snow leopard Disk Image Restore Problem

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I have installed a new internal hard drive due to old one failing. I had made a complete Disk Image of the old Drive.
I re installed snow Leopard, and then tried to restore disk Image from External hard drive, it allowed me to pick the source of the restore "disk Image" but would not allow me to choose the Internal hard drive.
Can any one help with this problem
Thanks
Nicholas


texts: iPhone does not get detected on older MacBook Pro

texts:
I had to switch temporarily to a MacBook Pro 13 early 2011 model and when I'm connecting my iPhone 7+ or iPad, it's not getting detected nor charged.

Other USB devices like thumb drives or USB-microphones are working just fine.
If I put a voltcraft USB power converter between the iPhone/iPad and my MacBook Pro, the device is getting charged but it's still not getting detected in iTunes/duet.
I already reset NVRAM (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063) as suggested in similar posts here but that didn't fix anything and I don't know what else to try.

Any ideas?
Thanks


texts: How can I terminate the running sudo command that always reopens?

texts:
When i open a new window in terminal i get this: !

I was trying to install MacPorts approximately a year ago and that did not go well.

Since i don't use terminal very often I just left it that way.

Now I would like to have it working again!

I tried to delete the com.apple.terminal.plist file and I am stuck.

When I enter my password the shell turns from sudo to tee and everything I enter is just repeated!

When I don't enter my password I get a useable shell.
What can I do to prevent the sudo command from reopening?


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut for switching between different desktops of the same application?

texts:
There's the shortcut Cmd+tab for switching between open applications. Then there's the shortcut Cmd+` for switching between open windows of the same application. But if I have the same application open in two different desktops, neither of these shortcuts are really applicable. Cmd+tab to an app with multiple simultaneous desktop instances just goes to the desktop for that app that you were most recently using. Cmd+` does nothing.
For instance, I have the terminal version of emacs in one desktop. Then I have another desktop with some terminals. How can I easily switch between these desktops using only my keyboard?  The easiest way I see is to three-finger swipe up on the trackpad and use the trackpad to select the desired desktop.
I'm on Catalina, version 10.15.6.


texts: Transferring photos from my new iPad to 2008 refurbished MacBook 13"

texts: Can I use iCloud to transfer photos from my new iPad to 2008 refurbished MacBook 13"?


texts: macOS apache installs on different directory with homebrew, how to start/stop?

texts:
Im strugling to understand different installations of apache on macOS.
As i now can say i have two installations of apache2 one in
/private/etc/apache2 ->this one seams to be installed by default with the system
/usr/local/etc/apache2/2.4 ->this one i install with brew

if i brew install/uninstall httpd24 it un/installs a symlink in /usr/local/bin/apachectl that makes the brew server under /usr/local/etc/apache2/2.4 start. But as i read (if i understand correctly) macOS comes with apache in /private/etc/apache2 wich when already running and i install brew it doesn't take the apachectl commands anymore... so im not able to stop it until i brew uninstall httpd24 and then sudo apachectl stop.

i can reach localhost:80 ->system apache
and localhost:8080 -> brew apache

so how can i controll the system apache when i have brew version installed?


texts: Remote desktop apps for OS X Mavericks 10.9

texts:
I have tried CoRD, Microsoft Remote Desktop and RDC but all three are not compatible with Mavericks 10.9

Can someone recommend how I can connect to my Windows 7 computer from my mac?


texts: Stop public betas from downloading on iPhone

texts:
I have an iPhone SE running iOS 12 with the beta profile installed. I don't always update to the next beta when it comes out.

Is there any way to stop updates form downloading as they can take up quite a bit of space?


texts:
I have opened an ssh tunnel with lucas-MacBook-Pro:~ donbeo$ ssh -D 8080 -f -C -q -N donbeo@149.157.140.64

How can I close it now?


texts: Does Graphic Card affects on picture quality and color depth?

texts:
For upgrading to Mojave, I had to change my old Nvidia cheap card to a new AMD Radeon Metal 2 support card. I have an IPS monitor and did not change it, but from when I did change the card I feel picture quality is much better and colors are very clear and natural! I an an Elec. Engineer and I know colors are sent using numbers to the monitor (Display Port is a digital interface). So the picture quality AFAIK must not relate to Graphic Card, but just to monitor which has not changed.
Am I right? Or there is something like color scheme or so that changes my imagination about this topic?


texts: If a computer is under the shared header in Finder, can they access all the files on my computer?

texts: This is a pretty basic question, but I noticed I have two other computers under the shared header in finder, can they access all files on my computer?  How do I disable this?


texts:
TextEdit keeps getting stuck in the middle of files stopping me from being able to scroll down any further. I'm on macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 - I don't remember ever having these issues on Sierra 10.12.

The only fixes I've found for this so far are:

adding a new line and then deleting it
closing textedit and re-opening (but this doesn't always fix it)

Is there a fix for this?


texts: How do I turn off new mail notifications in Mountain Lion?

texts: After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I'm receiving new email notifications.  I previously turned these off in the Mail application.  How do I turn them off now?


texts:
I am using Google Drive to sync files for web projects that I am creating. I have a PC (Windows 7 and windows Vista) and a Mac (10.11.1).

XAMPP allows you to run PHP programs and databases on your local machine. The problem is that when I edit a file on my windows machine and then go to my mac machine and try to load the file in the browser, XAMPP gives me this error...
Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0

  Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required
  '/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/drive/fireworks/fireworks.html'
  (include_path='.:/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/php') in Unknown
  on line 0

What does this mean? How can I fix it?

This problem is really annoying and I need to fix it because it is driving me nuts! If I change the file permissions, it will make it work until the next time I edit the file(s) on my windows machine.


texts:
My MacBook, with Retina Display, has problems with smooth animations. How can I turn off the transparency (and blur) in Launchpad on OS X El Capitan?

Also I'd like to turn off animation when I open folders with apps in Launchpad. Is this possible?


texts: What do I need to connect MacBook 13" mid-2010 to HDMI TV?

texts:
From what I understand, the mid-2010 MB (MacBook7,1), unlike its predecessors, is able to send audio and video from its Mini-DisplayPort to an HDMI port with a simple Mini-DP-to-HDMI adapter, and does not require extra hardware to convey the audio signal.

Is this in fact true?  Are there any other dependencies, such as the make/model of the HDTV?  And are there 3rd-party, off-the-shelf adapters (from, say, Staples or Radio Shack) that will fill the bill?

One of our local authorized Apple dealers told us we'd need a separate audio cable!


texts:
I can sync Gmail contacts to my iPhone and it works pretty well.

Is there a way I can sync my Yahoo contacts over the air with my iPhone?


texts: Problem setting up 2FA for the first time

texts:
My devices:

iPad (iOS 10.3.1 (14E304)
MacBook Air (macOS 10.12.4 (16E195))
A ten-year-old BlackBerry that very definitely doesn't run iOS.

What works:

Apple have sent exactly one 2FA code to my phone, so I know absolutely they have got the correct phone number on their system and there is no typo there.
https://appleid.apple.com works fine, going through the login process results in a pop-up on my iPad and on my Mac showing my 6-digit verification code.
The website, the iPad, and the MacBook Air all show that both my iPad and my Mac are in my list of devices

What doesn't work:

iPad shows message (in Settings.app):

  Update Apple ID Settings
  Some account services require you to sign in again.

Pressing "Continue", entering my Apple ID password, then my device unlock code, leads to pop-over window saying:

  Approve This iPad

  Go to one of your other devices signed in to iCloud to approve this iPad.

  Waiting for approval…

And then it just sits there. Nothing else happens, no popup on any device.

Mac shows message (in Preferences.app > iCloud):

  Update Apple ID Settings
  Some account services require you to sign in again.

Pressing "Continue" (twice, because the first time shows the same message as a modal dialog), shows me a dialog for entering my Apple ID password (icon is a keyring, if that's relevant).

Entering my Apple ID password shows me "iCloud Preferences wants to make changes to your account. Type your password to allow this." (this only accepts my device account password, not that it's clear from the appearance).

Entering the password for my user account on my MacBook Air shows the following message on my MacBook Air:

  Go to one of your other devices signed in to iCloud to approve this MacBook Air.

     Waiting for approval…

And then it just sits there. Nothing else happens, no popup on any device.

Possibly relevant detail:

I have just changed my Apple ID email from a @yahoo.com domain to a @gmail.com domain.
Confirmation emails have come through just fine.
iCloud emails can be downloaded in Mail.app on the Mac (never set that email account up on the iPad)
(Edit) I have AdBlock Plus installed on both devices


texts: efficient duplication of Time Machine backups to remote location

texts:
I have been using both Arq and Time Machine for backup for years, but a year or so ago I got unlimited Google Drive space and decided to try making a remote backup (with Arq) of my Time Machine drive.

This may seem ridiculous, but it helps ameliorate a major problem with Arq: you can't move your remote backup from one service to another.  For example if you signed up for Amazon's drive when it was $5 a year for unlimited space, and used it for your Arq backups, and then decided not to pay $120 a year for sufficient space for your backups when Amazon said "oh, just kidding!" and changed their prices, you're unable to move your backup history to another location. (Since history is the whole purpose of a backup system, this is the one reason I no longer recommend Arq to anyone.  I used to enthusiastically recommend it to friends and family.)  Backing up your Time Machine disk allows you to have a remote backup that you can move from one service to another without losing any history.  (The only obvious downside is that you must first restore the whole Time Machine backup if your Time Machine disk has died and you want to change cloud provider at the same time.)

There is a non-obvious downside, however: Arq really sucks for this use case, for reasons I don't understand.  It gets through about 3400 GB (out of around 3600 GB) around the first day, then runs for days and days making virtually no progress, and then might at some point start to make some progress.  I don't know if I have ever seen it complete the backup. Many times I need to shut down my laptop before it completes.

I'd like to have an efficient way to backup my Time Machine drive to a remote service.  It can't depend on (e.g.) running rsync or Resilio Sync on the remote service.

In case it's relevant for any reason, I have fiber, so the bandwidth is limited by the devices on both ends and any throttling the service does, rather than by the quantity of data pushed.)

One thing that Arq got right is the end-to-end encryption, so any replacement should include end-to-end encryption.  I'm not about to trust anyone with everything.


texts: How to make and use an USB stick with GParted that will boot on a Mac?

texts: I want to create a USB stick with GParted on it that will be recognized by my Mac. Obviously, I want to create it on a Mac, also. This is not mentioned in the documentation here.


texts: Is there a way to globally change the appearance of messages in Messages (Beta) for OS X?

texts: In OS X Messages (Beta), the appearance of a given message thread can be changed by selecting submenu options from the View > Messages menu item; but this only applies to the currently displayed message. Is there a way to configure these options as defaults for (all) new threads?


texts: Is there a way to set multiple passwords for a single account on macOS?

texts: I wonder if there is a way to set multiple passwords for a single user under macOS?


texts: Can we capture a screenshot of vim window using Terminal?

texts:
Let's say I have a file called hello.py.

# File: ~/hello.py
print('Hello')
print('Stack Exchange')

I would like to get a screencapture of hello.py when opened in vim editor as the ~/hello.png.

Need
Needed is a script called highlighter.sh which can do this.

bash highlighter.sh hello.py # should give hello.png with
                             # syntax highlight
# For example when we open hello.py in vim
# It gives syntax-highlighted code, I need
# screencapture of this tab or window.
# In the end of command these tab or window should be closed.

Usage

We will have syntax highlighted png files for all the scripts which we can quickview in Mac.

Updates so far

Open the terminal # or, cd ~
vi hello.py
cmd t # opens new tab
screencapture -l$(osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal" to id of window 1') hello1.png  # this captures this command, not the screen of vim tab.

Related links:
https://github.com/thismachinechills/pyscreencapture
https://github.com/vorgos/QuickGrab
https://github.com/smokris/GetWindowID
Take a screenshot of the top-most window


texts:
About three months ago, my MacBook Pro retina 2014's fan started spinning continuously because launchd is hogging the CPU up to 70%. When I checked the system.log, it shows this code over and over again:

Jun 18 21:59:54 MacBook-Pro-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (/var/root/Library/alumni/alumni[41060]): Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 13: Permission denied: /var/root/Library/alumni/alumni
Jun 18 21:59:54 MacBook-Pro-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (/var/root/Library/alumni/alumni[41060]): Service setup event to handle failure and will not launch until it fires.
Jun 18 21:59:54 MacBook-Pro-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (/var/root/Library/alumni/alumni[41061]): Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 13: Permission denied: /var/root/Library/alumni/alumni
Jun 18 21:59:54 MacBook-Pro-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (/var/root/Library/alumni/alumni[41061]): Service setup event to handle failure and will not launch until it fires.
Jun 18 21:59:54 MacBook-Pro-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (/var/root/Library/alumni/alumni[41062]): Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 13: Permission denied: /var/root/Library/alumni/alumni
Jun 18 21:59:54 MacBook-Pro-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (/var/root/Library/alumni/alumni[41062]): Service setup event to handle failure and will not launch until it fires.

Anyone knows how to solve this? I've tried upgrading the OS X to Sierra (previously I'm still in Yosemite) but it didn't solve the problem at all. I can't access /var/root/Library/alumni either.


texts: My purchased ringtones are gone from my 5s after updating to 8.1.1?

texts:
I updated my iPhone to iOS 8.1.1 last week. All data got restored correctly (i.e. I could access my apps, documents, etc) after the update with the exception of my ringtones.
However, I no longer see my purchased ringtones in the list under Settings > Sounds > Ringtones.

I saw a similar thread whose solution mentioned running iTunes and syncing the iPhone, so I made sure to sync iTunes with the iPhone - still nothing.

EDIT: I could not recover anything under the Purchased tab in iTunes.


texts: Create partition on MacBook Air that isn't deleted during restore

texts: I have a 20gb file that I need to back up and I don't have an external drive or access to any high-capacity cloud storage but I need to format/reinstall OSX Lion on my MacBook Air. On Windows and Linux it's possible to make a partition and just ignore it when formatting/reinstalling but being as ML will get pulled down through the App Store I don't want to risk losing the file. So, my question is: How (if at all) can I make a partition that the OSX installation program won't delete when I format and reinstall OSX?


texts: Finder quick look performance deteriorates gradually and improves only with reboot/re-login

texts:
I am working on images, and need to quick look through a large number of them (1000s), deleting the majority of them, and keep only the good ones. The images are in many subdirectories under the main directory. Basically the workflow is step 1) quick-look, step 2) either delete or use the down arrow to move to the next one.
I notice that after going through a number of images, it progressively takes longer for quick look to load up images in the preview column. I am using the Columns view in Finder.
Logging out and back in again makes it fast again. But logging off means I lose all the other things also (of course they reopen automatically, but its a drag).
Is there any way I can speed up the quick look performance in the Finder's preview column without having to log out?
The device is a MacBook Pro running High Sierra.


texts: Forcing iTunes to search for multiple missing tracks

texts: In the past, when I played a missing track in iTunes (under OS X), it would first ask whether I wanted to manually locate it, then would ask whether it should search for additional missing tracks in the same location. Currently, my copy of iTunes 12.8.2.3 still does the former but not the latter. How can I make iTunes search for multiple missing tracks at once, so I don't have to locate the file for each individual missing track manually?


texts: Where does MacOS store remembered Wi-Fi Names?

texts:
My mac knows about 50-100 different Wi-Fi network names. I'd like to know where they are remembered, I can't find it. I've searched.

I understand that there is a GUI for editing this information, but it is horrible.  I want to know the file where the data are stored. The Apple user interface is horrible because you can't search or sort. I have more than 100 names.


texts: Error Message Says FileZilla Will Damage My Computer

texts:
After updating to Catalina, when I start FileZilla, I get the error message "filezilla will damage your computer. you should move it to the bin”. I had installed FileZilla from the App Store, and not directoy from the Filezilla Website.
I found a few discussions on this topic - also mentioning FileZilla explicitly - on the net, usually in combination with an advertisement for some "mal cleaner software" (for example here). Before the upgrade, I had used FileZilla frequently, and did not notice any problem.
Is this a false alarm by the Gatekeeper, or should I suspect that this app indeed is infected and remove it?


texts:
I am trying to print a file (a pdf), without intervention. Not Automator specific, I can deal with applescript or terminal or whatever. The specifics of what I want are:

Print to specific Printer
Print to specific Page Size (Non-Standard)
Auto-Rotated (Optional)
Scale to Fit, Print Entire Page (Ends up being 109 to 112%. 110% works)

I can do this manually through Preview's print menu, only the page size is non-default, but I want to automate it, drag and drop, somehow.
Things I tried:

If I print from Finder, it uses Preview, but it's blown out of size, and wrong Page size.
If I drag it onto the printer in ~/Library/Printers/printername, it's like using LP, but without the options.
Applescript's printing options are poorly documented.
Automator's "Print Finder Items" it's like #1.
Automator's "Print Images" is like Preview but "Scale to Fit" does not work like Preview does, I can't choose the page size, and "Auto-Rotate" doesn't work at all.
If I print from terminal via LP or LPR, I can set page size and orientation/fit-to-page, but I can't scale it to 110%. This is the closest thing to what I want.

How can I do this? It shouldn't be so hard, I want to do what the GUI can, not like I want extra features.
Worst case, how can I emulate mouse or keyboard control of Preview's print menu? All that would be needed is to 1. open file, 2. Bring up print menu, 3. switch to a preset or page size, as all the other options including scaling are default., 4. press print/enter.


texts: What cables can be connected to the Apple 30 Pin Connector?

texts:
What cables can be connected to the 30 Pin connector on Iphone 4S?

I mean to say; what output, input, audio, video, usb.... does it support.


texts: Don't have audio or video symbols on my Facetime

texts:
I am a first-time user of Facetime.  My Facetime are activated but I can't make avideo or audio call.  The video or audio symbols are not available.  I goto Facetime setting and couln't sign in the account to view the account.  Message was"Unabe to contact the Facetime server".

What's wrong ?

My connection to the web is OK, my wife's Ipad facetime is functioning OK.

I still can't call on Facetime.


texts: Share iTunes library using a blank disk image?

texts:
Is it possible and safe to share an iTunes library between users on the same Mac using a blank disk image to hold the library?

The goal would be to have all albums in one place only and to be able to handle sync'ing both iPhones to the same library and holding all backups on this image.  Also this simplifies library management and backups (we switch computers every 6-9 months)

What I'd be afraid of are things getting "screwed up"

Also with this solution is it possible to use 2 iTunes accounts?


texts: Is spam filtering on-device possible on the new iPad?

texts: Is there any way to enable spam filtering on iPad mail?


texts:
I want to resize (shrink) the capacity of the backup.sparsebundle to approx. the size actually taken up the files.

What I did thus far

I already compacted the image:

 # hdiutil compact backup.sparsebundle
 Starting to compact…
 Reclaiming free space…
.............................................................................
Finishing compaction…
Reclaimed 0 bytes out of 265.2 GB possible.

The stats

My system:

# system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType

  System Version: OS X 10.11.5 (15F34)
  Kernel Version: Darwin 15.5.0
  Boot Mode: Normal
  Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
  System Integrity Protection: Enabled

Disk image size:

# du -sh backup.sparsebundle
213G    backup.sparsebundle

Volume size:

# diskutil info /Volumes/backup | grep -E 'Free Space|Total Size'
   Total Size:               501.8 GB (501806010368 Bytes) (exactly 980089864 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Free Space:        284.8 GB (284753629184 Bytes) (exactly 556159432 512-Byte-Units)

The problem

The problem is that hdiutil doesn't allow to shrink the image, because the target size is below the content-min-length allowed:

# hdiutil resize -size 224GB MBA11-backup.sparsebundle
hdiutil: resize request 469762048 is below minimum size 800587800 allowed.
hdiutil: resize: failed. Invalid argument (22)

Here are the limits:

# hdiutil resize -limits MBA11-backup.sparsebundle
min         cur         max
800587800   980089864   34359738368

The values are in 512 sized sectors, so the minimal size is (800587800 * 512) = 409900953600 bytes or 409.90 GB.

What I want to achieve

I would like to get rid of the free space and shrink the image Total Size of 501.8 GB to approx. the space actually in use of 217 GB (Total Size minus Free Space).

Why is the minimal size allowed so much greater than the actual space in use?
How can I reduce the minimal size set in order to shrink the image to the approx. actual space in use?


texts: AppleScript issues with Terminal commands

texts:
I want to run this command in Terminal via AppleScript but Script Editor doesn't like the dollar sign. It says: Syntax Error: Expected end of line but found unknown token. How can I enter this command into Terminal without Script Editor complaining? I'm totally new to this and this command is not mine, I don't really want to change it.

tell application "Terminal"
do script "exec ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)""
end tell


texts:
I am going nuts trying to figure out how to fix this.  When I use my Apple TV for Netflix, Youtube, NHL, etc it all works just fine.  When I try to rent a movie from Apple (iTunes) it has a black screen, the message "Could Not Sign In" and an okay button and that is it.

I have full connection to my WiFi according to the my network info in the General tab.  The only answers I have found is to use a micro-HDMI cable but this appleTV doesn't have that.  It only has an Ethernet, Optical, and HDMI ports. I have not tried to hard wire it as the TV is on the other side of the house from the router and that is how I want to use it.

Anyone have any ideas before I try to use this as a skipping stone across my pond?


texts: How can I make my Terminal login as my mac account and now bootcamp partition?

texts:
I recently installed windows 7 on a partition using bootcamp and all went well. Now i am trying to use terminal on my original mac partition on OSX but the command line comes up as:

myusername-Win7:~ username$

i am having trouble connecting to an ssh tunnel for lowering for WoW, could this be my problem as it looks like its using windows 7?


texts: How do I get Safari to prompt me before allowing cookies

texts:
There is a feature in Internet Explorer's cookie handling preferences that causes Internet Explorer to prompt you for each new cookie that is being saved. The preferences in question let you allow or deny each cookie, domain-by-domain and get IE to remember the setting for each domain.

Is there an extension for safari that will emulate this behaviour?

In essence, I want to be prompted when whatever.doubleclick.net tries to save a cookie and tell safari to reject the cookie, and all cookies for that domain.


texts:
When editing text in selection using Applescript in an Automator service, is it possible to keep the original indentation whilst adding tabbed spaces in front of it?

Automator Workflow and Script

on run {input, parameters}
   if "/*" is in item 1 of input then
      set input to replace("/*", "", input as string)
      set input to replace("*/", "", input as string)
      set input to extract(2, 2, input)
      set input to indent(input, false)
      return input
   else
      set input to indent(input, true)
      set input to "/*" & return & (input as string) & return & "*/"
      return input as text
   end if
end run

on replace(searchString, editString, inputString)
   set previousDelimiters to AppleScript's text item delimiters
   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to searchString
   set stringItems to text items of inputString
   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to editString
   set outputString to stringItems as string
   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to previousDelimiters
   return outputString
end replace

on indent(input, incrementing)
   set spacing to tab
   set input to input's text items
   if not incrementing then
      set previousDelimiters to AppleScript's text item delimiters
      set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
      set output to replace(spacing, "", input as string)
      set AppleScript's text item delimiters to previousDelimiters
      return output
   else
      set previousDelimiters to AppleScript's text item delimiters
      set output to item 1 of input as text
      set AppleScript's text item delimiters to linefeed & spacing
      set output to spacing & (every paragraph of output) as string
      set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
      return output
   end if
end indent

on extract(startOffset, endOffset, input)
   set firstParagraph to (first paragraph of input)
   set lastParagraph to (last paragraph of input)
   set firstLine to length of firstParagraph
   set lastLine to length of lastParagraph
   set input to text (firstLine + startOffset) thru -(lastLine + endOffset) of input
   return input
end extract

The following snippet demonstrates expected results and current output using the aforementioned workflow and script:

Sample Input

let c1 = CLLocation(latitude: self.latitude, longitude: self.longitude)
let c2 = CLLocation(latitude: coordinate.latitude, longitude: coordinate.longitude)

Expected Result

/*
    let c1 = CLLocation(latitude: self.latitude, longitude: self.longitude)
    let c2 = CLLocation(latitude: coordinate.latitude, longitude: coordinate.longitude)
*/

Current Output

/*
 let c1 = CLLocation(latitude: self.latitude, longitude: self.longitude)
 let c2 = CLLocation(latitude: coordinate.latitude, longitude: coordinate.longitude)
 */


texts: Upgrade to Swift 5 without upgrading OS X

texts:
I am currently using Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6. I cannot upgrade to a more recent OS version as the business applications I am using for WFH will not work.
The default swift installed is 3.1. I want to upgrade to Swift 5 without upgrading my OS X. I cannot upgrade Xcode as it needs the latest OS X. Is there a way to install swift 5 as a standalone using homebrew or other methods?
Thanks
Ali


texts: Before the update to 8.4, when I was listening to a song, there was a button in the upper right where it would bring up the whole album that track was on so you could listen to other songs on that album (for example, if I was listening to all songs on shuffle and I heard a song and wanted to see or listen to other songs on that album).  After the update, I can't find that option.  Help/suggestions?


texts: How to fix songs still waiting in iTunes Match?

texts:
I've recently refreshed my iTunes library and, as a result, decided to delete everything in iTunes Match and re-upload just to make sure it's all current and correct.  It's a large library (nearly reaching the 25,000 song limit), so the process understandably took a while and there were some duplicates to get rid of, etc.  The iTunes Match status icons helped a lot with that in terms of sorting and finding what needed to be addressed.

After a few days, however, there are still a number of songs (27 to be exact) with no discernible pattern among them which perpetually have a status icon of "Waiting" for iTunes Match.

I've tried selecting "Update iTunes Match" from the "Store" menu, closing and re-opening iTunes, even rebooting.  I can't seem to get iTunes Match to upload those 27 remaining songs.  Has anybody seen this before?  Are there other things I can try?


texts: How to monitor client connections for the built-it ftfp server?

texts:
I have started a MacOS' built-in tftp server.
Now I'd like to know if it's serving its clients, and how well, because some of these clients are picky and tend to time out randomly.
Is there a way to monitor client connections – their requests, download speed, etc?


texts: Is it possible to create a compressed file protected by password that can be opened on Mac & PC?

texts: Is it possible, on a Mac, to create a password-protected zip file, that can be decompressed on a PC and on Mac without problems? Is there a free way to do it if possible?


texts: OmniGraffle: Stretch a pasted bitmap in one direction

texts:
I pasted a bitmap image from Preview.app into OmniGraffle on my Mac. It is a monthly calendar, so I want to stretch the calendar vertically to fill the printed page and maximize the space in each calendar day's box.
When I drag the selection box on the middle of the bottom edge, the entire graphic stretches proportionally in both directions.
➥ How do I stretch the graphic in only one direction (non-proportional stretching)?
I do not care about the image distorting, that is to be expected.
I tried holding down modifier keys:

Option orients the proportional stretch from the center rather than the default of "to the right".
Command key enables rotation rather than stretching.
Shift seems to have no effect.
Control displays a context menu.


texts: itunes on PC autofills music on iphone 7 despite option settings

texts:
itunes keeps autofill music on my iphone 7.  I have "manually manage music" checked device summary page in itunes & the "prevent ipods, iphones, &ipads from syncing automatically" option check in device preferences. However when I delete songs from the iphone itunes will start automatically coping / autofilling songs to the iphone. I'd like this to stop so that I can delete a bunch of songs then manually add new ones I want. Seems like itunes isn't looking at/obeying/caring about settings.
It looks like itunes wants to fill in "missing" songs on the iphone i.e. the songs with gray dotted circles in the left hand column. I'd like it NOT to do this automagically. What else do I need to do to not have it do this?  I could delete them on the iphones but I'd like to see which ones are missing before I do that.
Is there a solution for this?


texts: OS X 10.11(.1) Randomly freezes while browsing

texts:
Ever since I updated to El Capitan I keep getting random freezes.. this is the 2nd time it happened while browsing on safari and while watching videos on Youtube. Anyone having problems with this as well? Im on 10.11.1.

I tried resetting the default things, such as PRAM etc. I even brought my MacBook back to the store and there wasn't any hardware issues.

I checked the log and both of the times these freezes happened I see something about watchdog daemon becoming unresponsive. After the freeze, which takes 1 minute or a bit less.. the macbook becomes responsive again but is very very sluggish.

I'm running OS X 10.11.1 on a MacBook Pro 15" 2014.

I could get you log files if needed, not sure which part would be interesting for you but just let me know.


texts:
I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion and tried to open GIMP.  To my dismay my computer asked me where X11 was.

How do I find X11 and run GIMP?


texts: Office 2016 activation issue after migration to a new computer

texts:
After migrating to a new computer when trying to active Office 2016 I'm getting the following error message:

  Another account from the same organization is already signed in. To
  switch accounts, please go to Applications/Utilities/Keychain access,
  clear all entries including the 'Office' keyword, and then restart the
  app.

I tried following the steps here https://medium.com/@wangyidan621/microsoft-office-activation-and-keychain-removal-19664b1e7e77 but it didn't solve the issue.


texts: Is it possible to show the playlist and video for VLC at the same time?

texts:
This was asked and answered a number of years ago, but it seems the old option was removed. Is the option living somewhere else now that I just can't seem to find or has it been removed entirely?

I am running VLC 3.0.4.


texts: To convert .iso file to .img file while trying to dual boot with linux

texts: It says no such file or directory.where did I go wrong?


texts: How can I send an email from within iCloud.com using a different email address?

texts:
I have my own private domain hosting solution with email, for example, test@test.com.

When I am using the iCloud.com website from my browser, let's say for creating a spreadsheet, I will want to shed that with other people, however, I don't want to send it from my iCloud email address, instead I want to be able to send emails from within iCloud.com using my other email address, e.g., test@test.com, how can I do this?

Please note I am NOT asking to be able to send from iCloud from Mail, this is different.
I believe my question is not the same as "Can I use a non "me.com" address to send email with iCloud".

If I am logged onto iCloud.com through my browser, I want to be able to use the mail part to send emails from my test@test.com address and not my name@icloud.com address.

I have checked the settings within iCloud and was not able to find anything.


texts: Data written to USB to Serial adaptor differs from data received – regression in OS X 10.11.2

texts:
After I update to OS X 10.11.2, El-Capitan, from 10.11, my Aten USB to Serial UC 232A no longer works properly.

When I send hexadecimal data, for example client send : 02 01 10 30 30 30 03 CB, the server will receive 02 01 10 FF 82 8A 03 CB 00. Server always receive different data even when I send same data twice. Somebody can help me? Thanks.

Note :

I use MacBook Pro - Mid 2014
I use CoolTerm to send data and the Adaptor is Aten USB to Serial UC 232A.


texts: Why is the text-to-speech hotkey not working?

texts:
For some reason, my text to speech isn't working. I don't know why it stopped working. It works when I manually click it, but when using the default hotkey alt+esc, it doesn't do anything.

I have no idea what happened. How can I fix this? I tried changing hotkeys, but the problem persists.


texts:
Let me just state what has already been tried and what is already known. When I downloaded and tried to run the installer, the following error pops up:

  "Currently, the macOS installer on Catalina displays an “unknown author” warning. We are working to address this."

So I tried other methods such as running the following in the terminal:

sudo snap install --classic heroku

and

curl https://cli-assets.heroku.com/install.sh | sh

but both required some sort of superuser access, password required (which I have no idea what it is).

I have also downloaded the macOS tarballs but I have no idea how it works too.

Could somebody provide some advice? Thank you!


texts: What's the difference between the Safari iOS cookie settings?

texts:
On mobile Safari there are 4 settings for cookies:

Always block
Allow from current website only
Allow from websites I visit
Always allow

#1 makes sense but I am unable to distinguish the 3 remaining options.

Other browsers have settings to allow all cookies (could be #3 or #4 above) or only from the current website (eg on example.com don't allow cookies from thirdparty.com; could be #2 or #3 above).

So what is the third behaviour? And which option is which?


texts: Does iCloud Backup of iOS Devices have snapshot history?

texts:
I have always used my Mac/iTunes to back up iOS devices.

One benefit I see is that my Mac Time Machine solution will backup the contents of the computer, including the iOS backups – I imagine that as creating something similar a to snapshot history of the iOS devices (assuming one can navigate to earlier Time Machine snapshots, and extract & restore the iOS backups therein).

Recently, Apple seems to have improved its iCloud Backup solution. Does Apple provide snapshot histories of iOS backups, or only the latest backup image?


texts: Use mnemonics/menu-shortcut keys with Windows apps running on Mac

texts:
I installed Crossover and then EditPlus. The app starts up great:  but the feature I was most interested in - mnemonics - is not working. They should be activated by hitting option + < Key> but instead European characters are placed in the editor panel.

Has anyone figured out how to do mnemonics for Windows Apps?   iirc the same thing happened with linux apps accessed via XWindows.


texts:
I'm using macOS Sierra and when I try to view failed login attempts, grep doesn't return any results because the keyword has probably changed or I'm looking in the wrong place. Does anyone know where/how to find these?

I've looked at similar questions but they are all out of date. The most recent post I found suggested trying these but neither produced any results.

grep "Failed to authenticate user" /var/log/system.log
grep "authentication error for" /var/log/system.log


texts: Is it possible to take multiple, continuous photos with a delay in iPhone?

texts:
In iOS, if you hold the home botton in the Camera app, you can take a series of photos continuously. However, I want to use this with a delay (10 sec), and since there is a reason to use the delay I can't hold the button.

So is it possible to take a series of photos continuously, possibly the number of photos or the total time set in advance?

I use iOS 10.2.1 and would like to use it in both the main and selfie camera.


texts: Sharing mac WiFi over Ethernet breaks all internet connections

texts:
I'm trying to share internet from my macbook to my iMac. The macbook connects via WiFi, and I want to share it's internet over ethernet to the iMac.

WHen I set this up in sharing and turn on internet sharing, my macbook loses all internet connectivity. I can only get it back by turning off sharing and then disconnecting and reconnecting to my WiFi. My settings are below:

The iMac doesn't get any connectivity either. It recognises that there is an ethernet connection and it get's an IP, but it can't access the internet.


texts: How to systematically change a default app for files in a given folder

texts:
I would like all of the (say) pdf files that land in my Download folder to open with (say) Acrobat instead of my default Preview (but I want to retain Preview as a default for all other pdf files).

I know how to do that by hand through the finder, but I would like that to be done automatically whenever a file is added to the Download folder.

I take pdf as an example but I would like this to be feasible with any file extension.

As a bonus, the default would revert to Preview when the file is moved from Download to another folder.

Thanks !


texts: Question marks folder when I turn on my mac

texts:
I recently tried to reinstall macOS on my MacBook Air 2017 (Catalina) because it was slow and full of problems (for example, I didn't have any disk space though I had deleted and uninstalled everything).
So I started to follow a tutorial: I launched my device by going to my mac recovery, "Disk utility" and I deleted all the data in my Macintosh disk.
I don't know why, but my mac turned off. When I turned it back on, I saw a question mark inside a folder.
So I turned on my mac again, and I pressed CMD + r. I see a progress bar with a planet. It seems to work for now. But after that, when the progress bar is loading with the apple logo, there is a startup sound, the screen becomes completely black, and it comes back to the question mark inside a folder.
I also followed this tutorial. The unique difference is that I press alt rather than cmd + r. I select my wifi, and the downloading of the OS seems to work again, but still the same issue.
Here is a video of the issue.
I tried again and again, the same thing happens everytime, at the same level of loading.
I already tried to reset the NVRAM, but it changes nothing.
If you have a possible solution to share me... thanks !


texts: How does iPhone know I'm travelling with location services switched off

texts:
Recently acquired an iPhone SE (after a factory refresh), and I have location services turned off.

Twice recently I've taken a train, and had the pop-up/splash screen offering to turn on do no disturb when I'm driving.

How does the phone know I'm "driving"? It would be easy to tell via GPS from my speed, but I'm sceptical it would be possible using an accelerometer (trains are pretty smooth). Is my phone still recording/tracking my location even with location services switched off?


texts:
I have encountered this question and in accepted answer there is information that doesn't click

  For instance, the iPhone 5 should theoretically be able to handle up to 14 connections, but both AT&T and Verizon limits it to 5.

How can carrier limit hot spot connections?

To clarify I own iPhone that uses sim card, and live in Europe.


texts: Is there a Notification Center widget to show more calendar information for tomorrow?

texts:
I like the "idea" of the Notification Center, but it is awfully coy and so is not as useful as it might be. For example (below), it tells me I have an "event" in the afternoon but it doesn't tell me what that event is. It obviously knows what that event is but it wants to make me launch the Calendar app I guess.

Is there some setting I am missing? Or is there a plug-in which offers expanded calendar info in the sidebar?

macOS 10.11.16


texts: MacBook Pro stuck on loading screen trying to boot from new SSD

texts:
So I recently bought a brand new SSD for my Macbook Pro Mid 2009 Unibody. I installed the new El Capitan operating system on the SSD by using a USB-SATA cable. After it finished installing, i replaced the old harddrive with the SSD and booted the mac. However when trying to boot it gets stuck on the apple logo with progress bar underneath. It just sits there at 100% (picture below) and has done so for about 5-6 hours now.

Anybody with some sort of solution or question feel free to write I am almost willing to do anything to get it to work.


texts: Will my calendar and contacts in iCloud be lost if I delete backups?

texts:
I cannot do any new backups because my iCloud storage is full.

I want to switch to using my computer for backups and delete the ones I have in iCloud. However I don’t want to lose my contacts and calendar that are also stored in iCloud.


texts: How to fix apple diagnostics error DEC500?

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For a related question, I was trying to run apple Hardware Test (Apple diagnostics) on my Macbook Pro Retina.

Mackbook details:

I tried restarting with the D key pressed, with the intention of running Apple Hardware Test.
I was greeted with the following screen:

On pressing R, the error continues further saying:

Pressing S shut it down.

I tried pressing option+D on startup. This starts internet recovery. I select the appropriate network and then it errors saying:

I researched online and a suggestion was that somehow the diagnostics tool is missing. And it was. There was no folder at /System/Library/CoreServices/ called .diagnostics.

I downloaded the relevant files from
https://github.com/upekkha/AppleHardwareTest

To copy these files to the correct location I turned off SIP by going into recovery mode. After I copied the files, I restarted with D pressed, but I was met with the same errors. The same errors as above occured with option+D on startup as well.

How do I get apple diagnostics running again?

UPDATE:

I created a bootable USB with the relevant AHT as per the answer below.
On holding option at startup, I'm presented with a screen with three options: Macintosh HD, Windows, and EFI Boot.
I select EFI Boot, and a very quick black screen with a bunch of text appears and then the apple logo and loading bar appears. No AHT. I did the same thing on another machine - an Air, and it loaded the AHT, but said "Machine not supported", when I tried to run it, (which makes sense since the AHT is for a different model). I was able to capture the screen by taking a video of the process and then selecting the still frame. It goes by in less than half a second.


texts: I simply want to email a photo from Photos. When I click on the share button, I do not get a message box to address an email


texts:
can anyone help me to remove the selfcontrol app that is blocking my facebook and you tube? i'm using a macbookpro w/version 10.11.6. i haven't contacted SelfControl app for help yet.
iv'e already deleted the app but it still effects my computer.


texts: Reclaim lost (unpartitioned) space on Fusion disk

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First my Bootcamp crashed due to a Win update on my iMac. Then I tried to fix it, assisted by an AppleCare person (using Diskutil and Terminal). Now it seems I have lost 500GB+ on my Fusion drive, and I have not been able to restore Bootcamp using BA.

I know very little about terminal, and don't know for to regain the lost space and make the fusion disk ready for setting up Bootcamp again. Help would be very welcome!!

Thanks!
Tormod

I'm attaching a couple of screenshots that probably shows the situation currently.


texts: How do I transfer music ratings from one computer to another

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I have two iTunes libraries, a complete one on my home computer and a partial one on my work computer.  All of the songs on my work computer have ratings.

How can I transfer the ratings from the work computer to the home computer without destryoing or replacing the home computer's library?


texts: How can I pipe HTML content to Safari via the command line?

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I have a situation in which I'm getting HTML content via a pipe.  I'd like to display it in a browser window.  But the obvious step,

somethingThatProducesHTMLonStdout | open -f -a "Safari"

does not work: Safari displays the content, but as plain text; it does not render the HTML. I know for a fact that my HTML content is valid HTML content.  In fact, it is easy to demonstrate this problem with a trivial test case:

echo "foo" | open -f -a "Safari"

does the same thing – displays plain text, not rendered content.  I'm at a loss as to why Safari insists on doing this.  What is the secret to making it render the HTML?

Note: I know I can make this work by saving the content to a temporary file and then opening the temporary file.  I want to make it work without using a temporary file, if it is possible.


texts: How to use a iPhone 4S (that was activated on a CDMA carrier) with a local GSM network?

texts:
I'd like to know if I could factory restore my iPhone 4S, insert a SIM card and see if that would make it activated in the other GSM network. The phone was bought from a regional CDMA carrier but they're being extremely shady in confirming whether or not it's SIM locked and if they'd be willing to unlock it for me.

I bought it out of contract and took their service on a month by month basis but it's becoming extremely expensive. Are there any options of unlocking my iPhone 4S (CDMA) to use on a GSM network? And if not, why?

You can see here what iTunes told me after I had reset the phone to troubleshoot a issue and suddenly got the idea but didn't try it because I didn't have a micro-SIM card at the time.


texts: How to "press 1 to talk to finance" when making a call from macOS via iPhone

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I just called my ISP from my Mac using FaceTime - The call worked perfectly until I was asked to press 1 to speak to finance and I had no idea where to find the keypad - I only have controls to mute or hangup.

How can I use FaceTime to interact with these sorts of calls? I am running macOS Mojave 10.14.6.


texts:
I have heard of an issue with using the AT-DP400 DVI-MDP Adapter with a Thunderbolt display. I heard it will output a max resolution of 720p not the 2560x1440?

Has anyone tested this setup?


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I've set up a computer on another subnet.  This machine is on ip 10.1.1.39.  I am able to ssh to it and the prompt returns the correct name for the machine.

When I try to ARD, it fails to connect.  I check on the remote computer and it had remote management set.  When I check using sudo tcpdump -n -i any src or dst my.current.pc.ip I see a LOT of traffic.

When I try to telnet 10.1.1.39 5900 I get the following response:
RFB 003.889

Is there something simple I am missing?

Note:

Both machines are on 10.12.6 (Sierra).  Both are on different subnets, but can see one another with ping and ssh.


texts: MacBook Pro 8,2 (Early 2011, 15'' Unibody 2.3 GHz i7) - OS crashes randomly, after log in screen goes all white

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I have a Macbook Pro, randomly started running into issues when logging in after start up. Occasionally will get the desktop to load but shortly thereafter the OS crashes leading to a screen with multiple colored lines which sometimes resolve after varying amounts of time. Following the crash and after re-boot/log-in the screen will go to all white.

After many of these crash sequences I booted into Recovery Mode and did a complete wipe of the harddrive with a fresh install of macOS (Sierra). I created a new user profile and logged in. All seemed well with normal use but after about 15 minutes of function as usual it went back to the same crashing sequence and white screen after log in.

Suspecting a hardware problem, I ran AHT (apple hardware test) and cycled 4 times with the Extended Testing which read "No trouble found." for each cycle. Subsequent to this and suspecting a hard drive issues that is simply not being picked up by the AHT I booted again into Recovery mode to try running first aid on my hard drive and noticed that it is registering and being completely used with no free space (after a complete wipe and reinstall of macOS...it should be essentially empty).

I figure the complete wipe and re-install of mac OS would have solved any software related trouble that could be leading to this issue. That being said, I'm leaning toward one of three potential hardware issues being the source of my woes: hard drive, logic board or RAM. Right now the hard drive is my top suspicion but the clean cycles of AHT is confusing me.

Any ideas on where I can go from here to try and narrow down the source of the problem before I go trying to get any of the hardware replaced?


texts:
Previously I was using Catalina Beta

A few days back Catalina came out, and I upgraded to it.

Just now I've got the following update notification:

My guess is that I am still enrolled in the developer beta testing program, and so I continue to receive betas.

If this is correct, how to remove myself from the beta program?

And if not, what's going on?


texts: Snow leopard server: use a NAS volume as share point

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I have a mounted nas volume (/Volumes/Volume_1) and i would like to create a share point on this, so that it can be accessed via FTP or whatever.

Yet, when in server admin > file sharing, I cannot see this volume.

Is there anything I can do to see my NAS volume?

PS: that's a shame, I wanted to tag my post snow-leopard-server... because I thought it made sense... but it's not possible until I earn these 150 reputations :)


texts: Using the replyto: field as a filter in mail.app

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I've been getting spam that has one thing in common: all the mails have a reply-to field of the form: replyto1@<domain> where the domain changes from email to email.

I'd like to set a search to filter these, but from looking around it appears that mail.app cannot filter based on the reply-to: field. Is that correct ? Is there any way around it ?

I'm running the latest update of Mavericks.


texts: Get a list of ALL services running and not and whether or not they should be running

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The basic problem I am trying to solve is that a Norton Anti-Virus process got stuck soaking up one full processor, and I had to kill it. (there was also a message on the norton app that said something like "Norton Anti virus can't continue, please reboot to continue protection") I don't want to reboot because I have lots of state (ssh tunnels, command history in a bunch of terminal sessions, etc) that is useful and will be lost on reboot.

I also don't want to be running around with broken anti-virus protection, so I had hoped launchctl would be able to give me a list of services that told me which ones were running, which ones were not running and which ones were configured to run as a daemon on start. Then upon finding a not running norton service that should be running I could simply restart it (or confirm that it had restarted itself).

Searching for answers on this is difficult because I get swamped by "list of running processes" results.

I've seen answers that talk about launchctl bstree and launchctl bslist which look close, but I'm on Sierra, and the man page for launchctl has this:

LEGACY SUBCOMMANDS
 Subcommands from the previous implementation of launchd are generally available, though some may be unimplemented. Unimplemented sub-
 commands are documented as such.
...
     bslist [PID | ..] [-j]
          This subcommand is not implemented and has been superseded by the print subcommand, which provides much richer information.
...
     bstree   This subcommand is not implemented and has been superseded by the print subcommand, which provides much richer information.

That's all well and good, but I can't see how the print command lists anything. It seems to require a specific service name, which hardly seems like a replacement for a "list" command. Is there a way to get a list out of print?

Environment: macOS Sierra


texts: I right clicked an important email, and accidentally clicked "archive". I am not even sure what that's supposed to do, archiving sounds like it should keep it but the opposite happened. I was able to find it in ~/Library/Mail/.../Archive.mbox, but it doesn't appear in the Mail Application. Is it possible to get it "listed" again?


texts: Automated LDAP and Search setup on Catalina

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I'm looking for an automated way to set up LDAPv3 on OSx Catalina.

There is an additional level of complexity as we need to set a custom search base for the Automount, Groups, and Users.

Prior to catalina:

/Library/Preferences/OpenDirectory/Configurations/Search.plist
/Library/Preferences/OpenDirectory/Configurations/LDAPv3/my_ldap_server.plist

These files are now write-protected, yet the OS is still capable of writing to them it seems(or rather the /System/Volumes/Data/Library/... variant)

I can't understand why sudo/root can't write to these files as I can't find a firm link that would limit this in /usr/share/firmlinks

I'm also open to other automated ways of setting up LDAP connections by the way :)

EDIT: Please note that I'm not looking to edit the files mentioned above. I'm trying to automate LDAP setup! It can be done in the system preferences, and I'm just looking for a terminal way to do the same.


texts: Automator Service to insert text only available when text is selected

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I'm trying to make an Automator Service to insert the current date.  I have one that works but it is only available in the Services menu when text is selected.  I need it to be available when there is no text selected.

Here is the Automator Services script:

The application I'm trying to use the service with is TextEdit.  I'm seeing the same behavior in other applications like TextMate and Pages: few or no entries in the Services menu until I select some text, then lots of Services available.

Perhaps there is some way to do this with AppleScript, like getting the text onto the clipboard and sending a "command-V" to the application.  But I would still need the AppleScript to be available in the Services menu somehow.


texts: How to avoid auto starting playback when importing playlist in iTunes library

texts: Whenever i import a large folder into iTunes i have the problem that if in one of the subfolders there is a playlist, it will auto start playing. How can i prevent this?


texts: The headphone jack on my MacBook Pro just stopped working. How do I fix it?

texts: The headphone jack on my MacBook Pro stopped working. It was working fine, then just spontaneously stopped while I was using external speakers plugged into the output jack. Now, neither speakers nor 3 different headphones have sound. The internal speaker on my MacBook Pro still works.


texts: How to preserve DHCP server settings when migrating from Lion Server to Mountain Lion Server?

texts:
I understand that DHCP server features will be "removed" from OS X Server with Mountain Lion and that there will be no way to manage these using the only remaining app for managing server features (Server).

However, I also gather that it is possible to not only preserve DHCP server settings, but continue to manage them under Mountain Lion Server, if one is careful to follow certain steps. But it's not entirely clear exactly what those steps are, and I don't want to undertake an upgrade at the risk of loosing (even for a second) critical settings and functionality (my entire network has static IP addresses assigned by Lion Server).

How can I ensure that I do not loose my DHCP server settings, and can continue to manage them, through an upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion Server? In particular, what are the steps to save my existing settings in Lion and have them used throughout the upgrade process to Mountain Lion?


texts: Airport express with double NAT is super slow

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We have a satellite modem which will hand out a single IP address via DHCP. We're unable to make changes to this modem.  We want to share the network connection to a PC with ethernet and wirelessly to an iPad.

We've put a new Airport Express in, with the modem connected to the WAN port and the PC connected to the ethernet port. As the modem will only hand out a single IP, we've setup the Airport to share this address (NAT) and to hand out addresses (DHCP).

Naturally, we're getting the double-nat warning, which is expected.  The setup works in that, the PC and the iPad both get address via DHCP from the AirPort and can surf the web.

However, when the modem is connected directly to the PC, download / upload is 5Mbps / 1Mbps.  Via the Airport it's 50Kbps / 220Kbps.

We've tested both ethernet cables between the modem and the PC and they don't appear to be the cause.

Any ideas on why the AAE is so slow when setup in this configuration?


texts: "not authorized" on this computer when syncing iphone to mac even though authorization already performed

texts:
Even though this computer is already authorized for iTunes:

Following the directions on the warning message as seen in the screenshot:

I did authenticate this computer

    Store | Authorize this computer

(which btw had already been authenticated in the past - so I don't know why it lost the auth..).  But the error message continues to happen.

So then we are in a catch22. iTunes say I am already authorized but then turns around and says I am not. I have repeated this process to ensure it were not just temporary.  Why the discrepancy here - and what to do to resolve?


texts: Error installing Nvidia driver for Mac Pro

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I am fairly competent with computers, but I've run into a problem that has me completely stumped. I have an Nvidia Quadro K1200 graphics card in my Mac Pro tower. I have used the Nvidia drivers with no problems, up until a few weeks ago, when Apple released the security update for OS X 10.11. When I tried installing the new driver, it gave me an error. I have now gotten this error in both OS X 10.11 and macOS 10.12, with both driver versions 346.03.15f03 and 367.15.10.05f01. The error appears after running through the whole install dialogue:

Now, I looked at the logs in the Console and it appears to be some kind of SandboxViolation or System Policy error. Here is the list of errors that occurred during the installation:

I can add the full text of the errors if that would be helpful, but I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas of what the problem is and how to fix it.


texts: Command-line arguments for "Remote Desktop Connection for Mac"?

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I haven't been able to find any documentation that would indicate this is possible, but is there any way to pass the hostname you'd like to connect to as a command-line argument to Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection for Mac?

Some background info for those interested:

I'm a systems administrator, and I'm in the process of moving to a MacBook Air as my primary work computer from a Windows 7 laptop. I frequently use Remote Desktop Client to connect to servers, and in Windows, I use Launchy as my keyboard launcher. I've assigned "rdp" as a keyword so when I invoke Launchy, type "rdp {tab} servername" it passes the text after the tab key as the hostname to mstsc.exe (i.e., mstsc.exe /v:servername). This results in the remote desktop client opening a session to the hostname specified.


texts: I've check all my settings, my phone is not in Do Not Disturb mode, but I cannot get my alert sounds (messages, phone calls, etc) to work. Only vibrate works. Toggling settings off and on does not work either.


texts: I’ve defined vocal commands using System Preferences ﹥ Accessibility ﹥ Dictation (macOS 10.14.4). Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. I guess recognition rate is not 100%, and I’d like to improve it, for instance by chosing different wording. “Make it so” may be better recognized than “Engage”. How can I get feedback on recognition rate?


texts: In my iPhone Application iAd displaying in many countries but not in Dubai, why its happening?


texts: stream Mac audio via bluetooth to my hearing aid

texts: My hearing aid receives bluetooth audio from my iPhone (bluetooth LEA), but not from my Mac. I watch all films on the computer screen, but want the audio-channel to be streamed to my hearing aid. Can I tunnel the iphone?


texts:
My girlfriend has just got an iPhone.  I've created a free apple account for her and added it to a family, with myself as the organiser, thinking that this would mean she could download my purchased apps.  But whenever she tries to download an app that I've purchased from the list of my purchases, she gets this message:

  This redownload is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled.

If she tries do download it from the main store, she is prompted for payment info.  In either case, no app is downloaded.

We've tried:

Apps I've had for years
An app I downloaded today
Paid and fee apps
Everything at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201088
Everything at https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201454
Signing out of iTunes and back in (both of us)
Disabling and re-enabling purchase sharing
Enabling automatic downloads of apps

I'm not willing to try:

Adding a payment method for my girlfriend - with nothing else working, I don't trust them not to charge it
Erase and restore the phone - too much faff
Removing and re-adding her to the family - I've read there's a limit on how often you can do this

How can I use Family Sharing for purchased apps?  Does it even work?  It really feels at this point like the feature doesn't work at all and that Family Sharing is just a lie.


texts: How can I manually sync local files to icloud?

texts:
For some reasons my local files are not sync'd to the icloud drive. I am still trying to figure out the root cause.

The icloud sync seems to have been stopped sometimes in Sep this year.

All newer files have the 'up' arrow under them in Icons view.  It means they have not been uploaded yet, for weeks.

I have made sure I have turned on all the related options

But the 'icloud drive' does not show any upload status message:

I wanted to try the 'sign out from icloud then sign in again'  trick but the message is not reassuring for me:

My local drive is too small to hold all archive data and it will definitely fail!

I am very reluctant to go down this route at this stage.

My question:

Is it possible to make a certain subfolder to sync to iCloud with some commands, hopefully similar to rsync?


texts: I have a wireless network set up at home via Time Capsule. I also have Time Machine installed on two laptops and they backup to the Time Capsule. I have noticed that whenever a backup is running the wireless connection speed drops from 30Mbps to around 8Mbps or less. Is this normal and is there a way to minimise such drops?


texts: I don't know if it is correct to call them iWork 2013...but is there any video tutorials for them? I can only find tutorials for iWork 09 on Lynda.com


texts: How to transfer iPhoto slide show to view on PC from iPhone

texts: I have created a slide show on my iPhone using iPhoto. How do I get that onto my PC or convert it into a video / mov or something?


texts:
I don't have Mountain Lion and I don't feel like paying 20 bucks for it. I have an older mac using Snow Leopard and I want to install Lion on it. I already bought Lion for a newer mac with my apple account, so I should be able to install Lion on the older one right?

I can't find Lion on the appstore, how do I install Lion?

Thanks.


texts: Xcode, change background color of selection

texts:
Like text editing apps, i would like to change background color of some selection in Xcode editor.

Is this possible?


texts: My MacBook keyboard is not functioning properly . If I type a it shows aq1 and also for a and q . For s sw2 and so on . I have tried running it in safe mode but it didn't help .the problem is only with alphabets and numerals all other keys are working properly . Strangely p, z, x , c,v,b, n and m are also working


texts: Attaching a HDMI screen to my Macbook interferes with Network access

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I have a Macbook Pro and an USB-C Adapter where I can attach a HDMI screen.

Without a screen attached:

on the iPad remote I press the Play button turns green
Once I press the Stop button the Play button instantly goes back to white and the Stop button changes into a Skip Back button

Now I attach a HDMI screen and the Remote now is either responds sluggishly or can't even connect to Logic Pro.

The problem is reproducible so in order for the Remote to work I need to unplug the HDMI monitor.

Update

I am using a Macbook Pro TocuhBar 13". The USB-C Adapter I'm using is from Satechi. However

I realised that attaching the monitor via HDMI it will generally affect my network connectivity. I had troubles with both, connecting to my Wifi and also browsing the web.

When the screen is attached it takes approx 12 seconds to load google.com.

As soon as a the screen is removed it takes less than half a second.


texts: Safari and Firefox displaying different colors than Chrome

texts:
On this website, the blue button has the defined color #1E9AE2. In Safari and Firefox on macOS, this color is displayed as #449AE0:

In this screenshot, Safari is on the left, and Chrome to the right.

If I switch the following setting to "sRGB IEC61966-2.1", Safari and Firefox display it like the others too:

What's the reason for this difference?

Do all macOS computers have this setting as a default?


texts: Applescript, OS X : How to Get a list of phone numbers from Contacts, and send an iMessage with Messages App? Halfway there I think..?

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I am trying to create an applescript that will grab all of the labeled phone numbers of 'mobile' and 'iPhone' from the every contact in Contacts App (specifically the phone numbers from the iCloud account), and then send an iMessage or SMS to them using Messages App.

I think I have a good part of it, but I get 2 errors that I can't seem to understand.

tell application "Contacts"
    repeat with eachContact in (get every person)
        repeat with eachPhoneNum in (get phones of eachContact)
if label of eachPhoneNum is "mobile" or "iPhone" then
            delay 2

            tell application "Messages"
                set myid to get id of first service
                set theBuddy to buddy eachPhoneNum of service id myid
                send theMessage to theBuddy
            end tell
end if
        end repeat
    end repeat
end tell

Corrected Error 1: Contacts got an error: Can’t get label. As script is above.

Still experiencing Error 2: Can’t make «class az20» 1 of «class azf4» id "89E7AF18-A017-4119-B788-CBB96571FAAE:ABPerson" of application "Contacts" into the expected type.


texts: How can I see which of my iPhone apps support Siri Shortcuts?

texts:
Is there an easy way to see which of the apps I have installed on my iPhone support Shortcuts?

At the moment, I'm going one by one through each app in Settings and tapping through to Siri & Search to see if Shortcuts are supported. There has got to be a better way.


texts:
Since the update to Mavericks, my MacBook has stopped going to sleep when I close the lid. I did some investigation and found out a command (pmset -g) to identify the process(es) that prevent it from sleeping.

The output:

$ pmset -g
Active Profiles:
Battery Power       -1
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 sms                  0
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 gpuswitch            2
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                0 (sleep prevented by AddressBookSour)
 hibernatemode        0
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         15
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

As you can see, AddressBookSour, short for the process Address Book Source Sync, is preventing the computer from sleeping. Unfortunately I can't quit this process, because it's a daemon and soon after I kill it, it starts again. I tried deactivating the synchronisation of my Google Contacts from the Address Book (I don't use iCloud) but it didn't help: the process is still running and preventing the sleep.


texts: What external DVD drive should I use my MBP's internal drive is broken?

texts:
I've got an old MBP where the internal drive starts to refuse reading discs and stopped burning discs a while ago.

Now I'm thinking about getting an external drive (DVD-RW, USB or Firewire). Most of these devices don't explicitly mention Mac compatibility. According to this forum post, most of the drives should be compatible though.

I was wondering if there's some sort of "official" compatibility list for different versions of Mac OS X? I also read somewhere that OS X 10.5 and 10.6 are compatible with most of the external drives... is there some information about which devices won't work?


texts: How to fault find MacBook Pro that shuts down very soon after boot?

texts:
How do I fault-find a macbook pro that works fine in one OS but repeatedly shuts down soon after boot? (Every time the machine is booted into OSX environments, even the installer, the machine will shutdown soon after boot).

I have a MacBook Pro 5.5

It had a problem of randomly shutting down during boot.  This corrupted (beyond easy recovery) the HD.  I replaced that with an SSD. (I had backups of my data and the original MacBook Pro disc can probably be fixed).

I installed a Linux (Fedora 18, then Fedora 20).  This was a 64 bit OS  using all the HD.  I had no problem with shutdowns.  I could play full screen video, DVDs, play games, etc with no problems.  There are frustrations using Fedora on this MBP, so I decide to wipe the drive and re-install Snow Leopard.

Installing OSX (Snow Leopard) from the grey discs that came with the machine is frustrating.  The machine will reboot very soon (a few minutes) after I have booted from the grey Install disc.  So far I have managed to boot and use disc utility to wipe the HD and reformat / partition to add a GUID HFS partition.  But I am still getting shutdowns after a few minutes of use.


texts: Is there a way to auto-upload photos to Flickr on Mac?

texts:
I'm using Dropbox as my primary auto-upload tool from iOS, and I'd like to streamline the process of getting photos to Flickr. Rather than using the Flickr iOS app's built in auto-upload, I'd like to only upload the photos once (via Dropbox) and then have something monitor the Camera Uploads folder on the Mac for new files.

Is there a tool that monitors a folder on a Mac and uploads any newly added photos to Flickr with privacy set to private?


texts: Can I downgrade from iOS 11 developer beta? I'm not worried about data preservation

texts:
I simply want to get rid of this buggy beta.

I regretfully installed the beta on my dailydrive/main device.

I'm aware that I may not be able to preserve all of my data because I didn't make any backups whatsoever, therefore I've performed manual backups of my most precious files.

I just want to go from iOS 11 Beta 2 to a clean and completely-reset latest-version of iOS 10.

I have the developer beta if that makes a difference.


texts:
When you hold down the option key before clicking on the wi-fi menu, you get all sorts of detailed stuff about your current connection.

Is there any way of making this the default behaviour? A terminal command perhaps?


texts: How to find un-synced content on my iPhone

texts:
iTunes is telling me there's updated iOS firmware available (4.3.5) for my iPhone 3GS.

I've synced the iPhone to iTunes already. Repeated the sync several times.

Regardless of this, every time I go to apply the firmware update I get the following warning from iTunes:

I'm uncertain how this can be as I've most definitely completed a successful sync. How can I figure out what remains un-synced from my iPhone to iTunes so I can resolve this and apply the firmware update?

Edit: I'm not interested in whether I can safely ignore this warning and apply the iOS upgrade. I want to know how I figure out what's triggering the warning. What content does iTunes identify as unsynced?


texts: Unity Case sensitive file system on macOS

texts:
I have a NAS which has all of my unity projects on it, I recently bought a MacBook Pro and have connected it to my NAS so my laptop and computer now have their own cloud sorta thing.

When I open the projects in unity on my PC, nothing happens and it happily opens them without issues. On my Mac, however, whenever I try to open them off my NAS, it just comes up with 'Fatal Error: The project is on a case sensitive file system'

I'm guessing it's got something to do with Linux/macOS as it's only occurring on my mac.

Any ideas?

Nathan


texts: where are the pictures of the skype contacts saved (see if someone is invisible)

texts:
i just thought you could see if someone is invisible in skype, if you just delete (reset) his profile picture. Because i know if you install skype on a new device the profile pictures are saved only if he is online (or invisible). That means if i just want to so if someone is invisible you just delete or reset his profile picture and if you see after a few seconds his picture again = he is invisible.

BUT...
i don't know where the contact picture are saved on on my mac (running mountain lion). I just couldn't find theme...
so if you know where they are saved, would it be great.


texts: Can I limit the amount of space itunes match uses on my iphone?

texts: I have an iPhone running ios 6.1.2. I use match frequently, and I notice that from time to time it will completely fill up the space on my iphone. This tends to cause the phone to run very slowly until I delete some items off of the phone. I would like to limit the space of match on my phone so that it will never fill it up. Is this possible?


texts: How can I force Google SafeSearch on my kids' Mac?

texts:
I'm pretty sure there's a way to force enable Google Safe Search by editing a hosts file on my kids' Mac. Can someone tell me how?

I'm guessing I need to sudo nano /etc/hosts

According to How to: Enforcing Google SafeSearch I should use:

216.239.38.120     www.google.com     #forcesafesearch

Is that enough?


texts: How do I know that this app is not secretly sending my data elsewhere?

texts:
How do I know that what I store in this app is only saved locally, and the dev doesn't have access to my files?

https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/foto-segrete-kyms-foto-video/id462182115?mt=8


texts: Does upgrading Yosemite risk losing material on HD?

texts: What are the risks of losing what's on my hard disc--especially programs--when I update Yosemite?


texts: Finder Tags just show list of tags, not tagged files?

texts:
I like the idea of Finder tags and I want to use them. I tried tagging files in Finder. Then I clicked the tag in the sidebar and... it just shows a list of all my tags... instead of the documented behavior listed on Apple's website as well as user forums. Please pardon my impudence for daring to question the absolute wisdom of the Mac user interface and its documentation, but is there anything outside of the listed instructions that I need to do in order to get tagged files to show up? I just wanna use tags.
And... question dismissed and deleted in 3, 2...


texts: Turn on a iOS hotspot without 3G connection

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Is it possible to turn on my hotspot on my iPhone 5s (running iOS 8) without wifi or 3G connection?
I would like people to connect to my network to play LAN games while overseas. However, I do not want to turn on my 3G so as to save money from the data charges. Is there any way to turn on your hotspot while your 3G/4G is off without jailbreaking?


texts: How can I temporarily send SMS text messages instead of iMessages to a specific contact using Messages on Mac?

texts: I have a contact that I text with regularly on my Mac with the Messages app (version 13.0). Usually we use iMessage. But they don't have an iPhone, so if they send me an SMS message, I know they're on their phone. It shows up in the same conversion. By default, it has me reply by iMessage, which they wouldn't get immediately because they're not on their Mac. I used to be able to simply pull down a menu from the contact, and switch to their phone number to send as an SMS instead. But at some point in the past (probably a macOS update), that option disappeared. Instead, I have to start a new conversion, start typing their name, and then I can select their phone number to send as SMS. Once I select that, it immediately merges into the previous conversion (though it still has me sending as SMS). Is there an easier way to accomplish this? It seems like a ridiculous amount of effort for such a common task.


texts:
I have a WesternDigital external(usb3) 5TB hdd that keeps mounting as readonly on the mac every time I reconnect it.
The drive was formatted ExFat with diskUtil and is only about a month old.
I've run sudo fsck_exfat -dy /dev/rdisk3s1 several times, I keep getting results like this.
0 clusters were marked used, but not referenced
0 clusters were marked used and CLUST_BAD
21 clusters were marked free, but referenced
** Rechecking main boot region.
** Rechecking alternate boot region.
Write     offset = 0x000006040000  length = 0x040000
fsck_exfat: Couldn't write 262144 bytes at offset 100925440, errno 9: Bad file descriptor

I can remount the drive with sudo mount -u -o rw /Volumes/Clients and it seems to work mostly fine (found one corrupt file, but since theres tens of thousands of files, I cant check them all).
How do I troubleshoot the drive further?


texts: How to set a new desktop image when creating a new desktop in Mission Control?

texts:
When you make a new virtual desktop from Mission Control the background image is by default the same as your first desktop. Is it possible to have each new virtual desktop use a different (or at least random) image instead?

What I'm not looking for:

I understand I can select "Change picture: [time]" in System Preferences > Desktop & Screensaver, but that is not what I want. I want each virtual desktop to have a different image (when created, not manually) than Desktop 1 that does not change.

Edit: OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks


texts: MacBook Pro Boot camp assistant not enough space on start disk

texts:
I'm getting the "not enough space on start disk" when trying to use boot camp-assistant.

I have disabled auto time machine and removed the drive.
I have used the command sudo tmutil thinlocalsnapshots / 999999999999

None of this worked.

The output of command diskutil apfs resizecontainer disk0s2 limits is:

It doesn't look right that the recommended minimum is 250 GB? What can I do about this?

Update

Have 90GB available.