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I have my first ever 4k screen - a new 55" TV - & I'm struggling with this paradigm.

I have to set it to show the desktop at an apparent 1080p otherwise I need to be within about 15" to be able to actually read it.

So, what happens if I want to watch a 4k movie on it?
This is a bit hypothetical at the moment, I don't yet have any 4k content to test this, & I've been holding back because I'm thinking it's just going to get down-sampled to display on my "1080p" output, thereby gaining nothing.

Is this actually going to be the case? Am I going to have to re-scale the screen in order to watch at 4k, or will it auto-magically display the desktop at 1080 but a fullscreen movie at 4k?

I'm currently using VLC as playback app, set to not use macOS native fullscreen, so it expands in the current Space rather than making a new one for itself.

Mac is an old Mac Pro 3,1 stuck on El Capitan, with an aftermarket 4k-capable GPU, connected over HDMI & working entirely as expected for 1080p & lower content.

To clarify, all scaling is being done on the Mac, as though it was a retina display [every other display I've ever used is non-retina, so this is all very new to me.]

Pic taken over ARD, too lazy to walk to it right now ;)


texts: How to interact with a Numbers sheet via AppleScript?

texts:
This question is related to:

SUMIFS with comparisons to relative cells

where I'm trying to figure out a way to do what I want using AppleScript.

I've been searching the Web to find a way to set the active sheet in Numbers before I attempt to make a modification there. The preliminary steps are essentially:

tell application "Numbers"
    activate
    try
        set the chosenDocumentFile to "/path/to/myfile.numbers"
        open the chosenDocumentFile
    on error errorMessage number errorNumber
        if errorNumber is not -128 then
            display alert errorNumber message errorMessage
        end if
    end try
    tell chosenDocumentFile
        try
            -- this is where I'm stuck
        end try
    end tell
end tell

Most of the stuff I've found online talks about creating or deleting sheets, but I haven't found anything that provides a clear example of how to select a sheet.

In my case I currently have 5 sheets in my spreadsheet. I know I want to select the second sheet to act on (sheet 2 - right?)

I've tried:

open the sheet 2

open sheet 2

select sheet 2

activate sheet 2

None of them seem to work, and all of them prevent the next line of code within that enclosing try statement from being executed.

I'm hoping there's some really simple answer for this (I still have lots to do before I get the code to do everything I want it to, but I'm stuck here right now).


texts: How can I mount an SMB share from the command line?

texts:
I would like to mount an SMB network share from the command line (terminal); how would I go about that?

I am using Mac OS X 10.6.4.


texts: Why don't appointment times show on my iCloud Calendar

texts: Maybe I'm confused.  I'm using Mac Leopard, so I have to use the iCloud website in order to post appointments on my calendars.  The appointment times show up on my iPhone and my iPad, but don't show up on my iCloud Calendar.  There is just a solid dot as if it were and "all day" appointment.  I can't seem to find anyone who has asked this question before anywhere on the web.  Ideas?


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I use my iPhone and the app Messages interchangeably for sending and receiving messages. They are both connected to my apple account and for a long time they worked in sync. However, recently Messages has begun to act particularly. For instance, it views all messages in the thread that have not been checked since the last time the app was open as unread (as oppose to being marked read, when I read them on my phone.) This includes my own messages that I have sent out. Also, when  I try to send a message from the app, it immediately returns not delivered.

Any ideas?

This is only on the Mac app, my iPhone still works fine.
I'm using 10.13.2 High Sierra and iOS 10.3.3

Edit: Restarted my computer (not the first time I've tried this since the problem stated), but for some reason this randomly fixed it. I don't know why. If anyone has any insight into why restarting my computer this time work, I'd be happy to hear.


texts: Ffmpeg: Arguments for optimizing video stream?

texts:
I'm using FFmpeg from a Debian machine on my local network. This machine is listening from incoming streams:

$ ffmpeg -i udp://192.168.1.3:8080 /path/to/out.avi

And from my MacBook, sending the video in AVI format:

$ ffmpeg -f <input> -i "1" -f avi udp://192.168.1.3:8080

The above commands work, but I'm looking for some FFmpeg optimization tips and tricks for minimizing the CPU load on my MacBook while maintaining the video output quality.

Any optimization arguments like bitrate (I don't really know what this is), file format alternatives (something better than avi?), resolution, protocol (udp alternatives?), anything at all that might keep the CPU usage to an absolute minimum without completely ruining the quality of the video output.

TL;DR: How can I minimize the CPU/MEMORY usage on my MacBook without destroying the video output quality?


texts:
Is there a way to do a double superscript/subscript in keynote?

I mean superscript of a superscript, e.g., (in latex notation) $a^{2^n}$.


texts: When I right-click-drag on my MacBook Pro TB 2017, a transparent window opens up and the dragging motion ''draws'' where I dragged. However, the dragging function does not work. If I release the right click, the window disappears. Happens on both my trackpad and with a external USB mouse. How do I fix this, because I need to right-click drag for some applications?


texts: Macbook Pro Xcode Uninstall sedo .h files still there

texts: I recently unistalled Xcode using Sedo developer in the terminal.  The reason I uninstalled is because every time I searched for something in finder, millions of .h and .m files would show and crowd my search.  After deleting as much Xcode files and folders as possible the .m, .h, & .c files are still showing in my finder window when searching.  They are a different color now but still there.  I want to delete them badly, I just don't think I should, but I desperately would like them to not appear in my searches.  I don't understand why I still have the .h files after uninstalling Xcode.  Please help


texts: How to get sharp screenshots from clipboard on a retina MacBook?

texts:
I would love to have a way to grab a screenshot to clipboard (via commandshiftcontrol4) and then paste it into Gmail on Chrome without it being so fuzzy.

I do NOT want to save the screenshot (and run a folder action or whatever) and I do NOT want to launch a separate app that will save multiple versions of my screenshot.

Is this possible?

This thread describes
a promising shell workflow, but when I tried it my results were either extremely blurry or completely garbled.

My current procedure, after copying, is to

Open Preview
Create a "New from Clipboard"
Tools > Adjust Size...
Change Resolution from 144 to 72 ppi
Copy & Paste

This gives the desired result, but is cumbersome.

I was hoping there was a way to do this through AppleScript, but Preview's dictionary is empty.


texts: How can I "zoom out" while viewing a text file on an iPhone?

texts: On my new iPhone 4, plain text files display at a width of 38 columns. Rows with more than 38 characters are wrapped. I want to view text files containing prose formatted with widths of 70 or 80 characters. This would mean either shrinking the display (I imagine it would still be readable under landscape orientation) or disabling word-wrap. Is there a way to do either?


texts: How to reset device passcode on iPad, as erase procedure doesn't seem to work?

texts:
My iPad (2.5yo) has a device passcode that I seem to have forgotten, and only way around seems to be to "erase" the device (by pressing Home and top power button together to hard-reset), but that always simply restarts the device and does nothing else, i.e. it doesn't go into the so-called "Recovery mode" but instead boot into regular iOS where I can login to use various iOS apps. I was following procedure mentioned here: https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204306#recovery

The device passcode is needed to "pair" the device with iTunes (on my Windows PC), as it is not paired yet, and nor is the device sync'd with iTunes.

Please note that I've already tried all passwords I could recollect and am at the 8th attempt, where device gets disabled for 15minutes, and for next wrong attempt, I think it'd get disabled for 1 hour.

Also, I am able to login to the iPad using touch-id, and launch applications etc. Only the "device passcode" is what I think I have a problem with.


texts: I have a mid-2014 15" Macbook Pro Retina.   I've got a bunch of plugs (HDMI, 2 mini DP) and my external 27" ACER K272HUL has HDML, DP and DVI.   My assumption is that there are differences between the plugs (support of different resolutions).   What is the best way to connect external monitors to mid-2014 Macbook Pro Retina so you can get the best resolution?


texts: How do I record my iPhone's screen and sound whilst recording my mic

texts: I have my iPhone plugged into my computer via USB, I have QuickTime Player open and am previewing my iPhone screen as well as the iPhone's audio, but how would I go about recording my audio from my microphone which is connected to my computer, all in QuickTime? I have tried Audacity, but that didn't work due to lag with QuickTime and that caused the audio to be horrendously out of sync.


texts: What services that I can't use when I unsubscribe the mobile me?

texts:
I've used mobile me(me.com) quite a while, but I happen to know and use DropBox.

DropBox is much better than iDisk in terms of easy of use, size, speed, and many things. I'm considering discontinue to use mobile me to switch to 50G option of Dropbox ($100/year), but before doing that, I need to know what services that I cannot use.

I need to use, even though I can live without them.

email web check.
bookmark and other items sync

Can't I use them I unsubscribe the me.com? What are the paid services that me.com provide other than iDisk?


texts: how to enable continuous scrolling in iBooks 1.0 for OSX Mavericks?

texts: According to press reports, Apple promised that the new iBooks app for OSX Mavericks would include an option to read books in continuous scrolling mode. Did this come to pass, and if so, how does one enable this?


texts: Which part of my iPhone 5 screen should I take off?

texts: I'm trying to replace my iPhone 5 battery, but first I have to take my screen off. My screen appears to be glued shut on the right side, but from what I can see of the inside of it, it looks very different than the tutorials. So I'm starting to think I'm not taking off the whole screen. In the picture below, should I continue to pry #1 out, or should I pop #2 out along with #1?


texts:
I have a mid 2010 Mac Mini with 2 drives.  I need to replace 1 of them.  How do I tell physically which drive is the second drive?  With the case upside down which drive (0 or 1) is on top?

Thanks for the assistance


texts: OSX Mail how to mark message as not junk

texts:
I have some mail messages that OSX Mail puts in my junk folder but does not show the header saying  "Mail thinks this message is Junk Mail" and so does not show the button allowing me to mark the mail as not junk.

How do I get Mail to allow me to mark the mail as not junk.

These emails are put in the junk folder by me.com/iCloud so I would hope Apple would allow control via their apps.


texts: Can't install High Sierra on VirtualBox or Parallels-not solved by changing date

texts:
I'm trying to install High Sierra on VirtualBox or Parallels Desktop. My host is MacOS Sierra.

My installer is 10.13.6 Build 17G85 with its checksums verified.

I created the ISO with this method:
Install macOS High Sierra as VirtualBox guest (on macOS High Sierra)?

Both VirtualBox and Parallels boot up the ISO to the "Install MacOS", but when I hit 'Continue', I'm having the "This copy of the Install MacOS Sierra application is damaged, and can't be used to install MacOS".

Changing the date with the terminal using "date 090100002018" (1st of Sept.2018) doesn't work.

Any ideas?


texts: iCloud breach and what to do following it

texts:
I have reason to believe that my iCloud account was recently breached and whoever did it is trying to lock my devices. I am aware that this is done through Find my IPhone and that they have set it to lost mode. However, when I go to Find my IPhone and I view the details of my mac, it simply says locked 6 minutes ago without an option to un-lost mode it. Is there any way to fix this / am I doing something wrong or do I have to go to an apple store and prove I own the device and such?

Thanks all,

Jimmy


texts: Removing the 'Computers' menu item from the ATV 2 menu

texts:
How can you remove the 'Computers' menu item from the Apple TV menu? I do not plan to use Home Sharing, and would like to remove this menu item altogether from the main screen. ATV can be jailbroken or not.

What steps can be taken to achieve this?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (10.6.7 with latest updates).
Next to me is a TP-LINK TL-WR841 Router.

Sometimes, it says I am connected to the network, but I can't ping anything online. Sometimes, while trying to connect AirPort gives me a "connection time out". Other times, AirPort says it can't find ANY networks.

In all those cases, my friend sitting next to me with his other MacBook pro is online without issues (except every time I annoy him to restart the router).

I tried to restart AirPort, restart the computer, restart the router. My router's channel is on "auto" (currently 1). When connecting via Ethernet everything is fine. I downloaded "iStumbler" which shows one other weak signal on channel 6.

It was working fine yesterday.

Could it be some wireless device interfering with only my laptop? Is my AirPort dead? Are there firmware updates for AirPort?


texts: Mail.app performance after upgrade to Lion

texts:
I am having some big issues with Mail.app after upgrade to Lion. Performance is horrible.

When i open a message, cpu usage grows up to 150% See monitor activity screenshot

I already tried to repair permissions and remove all accounts to recreate it but it didn't make any difference.

I'm using 2 accounts with imap. The total messages on inbox is 12.000. Before upgrade, it was running fine.

Anyone experiencing this? Any ideas of what should i do?


texts: Downloading Podcast on iPhone iOS 5.0 No Longer Shows Date In Music App

texts:
Since I upgraded to iOS 5 when I download podcasts from iTunes on my phone the date the podcast is published is no longer downloaded.

See the below screenshot, notice how the last podcast has a published date of 11/3, that one I downloaded via iTunes on my computer.  The others I used the iTunes store on the iPhone to download directly to the phone.  Downloading directly from iTunes on the phone is nice, but then the phone holds all of the podcasts out of order.

Thoughts?


texts: Installed application does not show in Applications folder

texts:
I have installed Slack App on  my Mac OS and it works all fine. However, I do not see that application in Applications folder. I am very new to Mac and may be I am missing something but to my knowledge, IF App does is installed on the machine then it has to be in Applications folder.

Is there any reason under which it can not be in the Applications folder?


texts:
I've been struggling with the following problem:

I am writing something in German during the day, therefore I change my keyboard layout to their QWERTZ style.
When I lock the screen or close my MBP it somehow locks the keyboard style as well.

When I come back and try to type my password, no success. My password has a certain special symbol that cannot be typed on the US keyboard using German layout.

I try the shortcut to change layout and nothing happens. At the top of the screen I can't see the flags either.

Is there a way to change keyboard layout on the Lock Screen?

Everytime this happens I have to reset the computer using the power button, which is bad to my open applications.


texts: Can I transfer everything I have stored on my phone to iCloud storage?

texts:
I need to free up space to update my iPhone 4 (8 GB) to iOS 7. I have purchased 25 GB of storage for iCloud.

Is it possible to move everything that is in the phone to the iCloud storage, so I can have room to update? I have been deleting pictures. Instead, can I move them to my iCloud storage?


texts: Dual Monitor support without external video card

texts:
I'm thinking about buying a MBP Retina 13".

Now I want to work at home on 2 Monitors, so the MBP will be somewhere under the table.
Is it possible to connect first Monitor via HDMI and the other one via Thunderbolt/MiniDP Adapter to DVI.


texts: Notes created via Siri don't sync with Gmail until they're manually edited

texts:
For years, I've successfully used Siri to create notes that were then synced with Gmail, as described here: http://lifehacker.com/5569758/seamlessly-sync-iphone-notes-to-a-gmail-account

A few weeks ago, this stopped working when the note is created using Siri.

This is how I get things out of my head into my GTD workflow, so it's a real problem!

Here's what I know:

If I create a new note by hand (go to Notes app, type in new note) it syncs immediately.

If I create a new note using Siri (for example, "Hey Siri, note, this is a test") the new note appears in the Notes app but not in Gmail.

If I subsequently manually edit that note in the Notes app (for example, add a space to the end of it) and save it, then it appears in Gmail.

Setup details:

I use the Gmail account for Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Notes.

In Settings/Notes, I'm using Gmail as the "Default Account for Siri."

I've tried all the options for "New Notes Start With" (Title/Heading/Body); they all seem to work the same.


texts: Is there something similar to the Greasemonkey script system for a browser in iOS?

texts:
Greasemonkey is explained in this Wikipedia entry.

I would like to add my own stylesheet to a particularly non-mobile-friendly website. Is there any way to accomplish this? Are there any browser apps that can do it?


texts:
I have Xcode installed, but when I type gcc in terminal I get "command not found". Maybe I messed up the $PATH variable? What is suposed to be the default value?

EDIT:

(...):/ imac2$ echo $PATH

/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Applications/SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-Beta/jsbuilder:/Applications/SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-Beta/bin:/Applications/SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-Beta:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin


texts: (open)SSL set-up on macOS Catalina (NO Macports and NO brew)

texts:
Im trying to build Elinks on macOS Catalina, but it seems that I fail to properly set-up the SSL functionality. I tried to download openSSL, versions 1.0.2u, 1.1.1g, and 1.1.0g, but still Elinks gave me SSL error (the one about the incomplete struct: socket.c:148:40: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct ssl_st').
The same problems (i.e. no proper SSL configuration) I get when I'm trying to build Lynx. I build Lynx, and when I'm trying to view any https webpage, I get the error that https is not supported.
I searched my macOS, and there is the LibreSSL 2.8.3 install, under /usr/bin. Also, because I have Anaconda3 install, with which openssl I get the openSSL under anaconda (~/opt/anaconda3/....).
I used as SSL lib the /usr/bin, but Lynx complained that it cannot find any SSL lib under /usr/bin.
Can anyone help me on how to properly set-up openSSL on macOS Catalina, so I can use it to build code that needs it?


texts: How to make external display go to sleep after xx mins?

texts: I'm using my new 2016 12" Macbook as a "desktop" by connecting it to an external display, USB Keyboard/mouse and running it in "clamshell mode". Works beautifully except the display never goes to sleep. I was kinda figuring it would go to sleep just the same way the internal display does but it will stay on for hours if I let it. I did set up a hot-corner to sleep the display and that works fine but that means I always need to do it manually. How can I get this to work so that it acts normally? Do energy saver settings not apply to external displays?


texts:
I get a persistent pop-up window that states:
Apple wants to make changes. (See pic below)

Before I mindlessly press OK, I'd like to know what the action is about.

Can anyone suggest how I might find out more about what is involved?

No application appears to be involved by name.
The icon shows a "console" window inset over the locked padlock.
I was running Safari 11.1.2 build 12605.3.8.1 on macOS Sierra 10.12.6
It remained onscreen after I quit Safari.
It requires three cancels to cancel.
has recurred maybe half-a-dozen times in the last week.

Note: I have removed the user name which appears correctly for my account.

UPDATE (Edit)

As per a suggestion in the comments, I ran Activity Monitor. It runs okay; but, I don't know what to look for so I tried all the variations I could think of without any Eureka moment.

Not very much later, I got this pop-up window asking for password permission to make changes. My User Name was right (erased from the screen-grab). Although the window identified the Activity Monitor as the application, there was no ? in the lower left corner for any more detail.

I decided to click OK without password and it hated that. After a few tries, the window tried giving me my original password hint from the OS set-up. It took three "Cancel" clicks to go away. It hasn't recurred.

Meanwhile, the first anonymous "Apple wants… " pop-up window appears, from time to time, during Safari use. Occasionally, Safari becomes unstable and the main window closes.

UPDATE (Edit) Problem Resolved.

Today was a slow news day so I called Apple support who encouraged me to download and install Malwarebytes (Tip of the hat to them) which identified the location of suspicious files as similar to ones I found according to Apple Support discussion thread found in the answer given by Ashley.

The plist was a simple run-on-load and the other file was an executable and my unix is a bit… non-existent.

The Files found were:
~/Library/Application Support/com.SearchProvided
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.SearchProvided.plist


texts:
I currently have two Mac Mini servers with several Mac clients and everything works well (DNS, Open Directory, Contacts/Calendar/Messaging, File Sharing, Time Machine, etc). I'm open to introducing Windows 7/10 and Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS) into the environment as BYOD option. Mail is handled by two linux mail servers (IMAP only).

Does OS X server integrate into these environments? I'm sure both can join Open Directory, or at least Linux can.

Most importantly, how can I get Contacts/Cal to work across Android/Windows mobile and desktop devices?

OS X 10.10 Server


texts: macOS Big Sur can't remove ghost icon from deleted application

texts:
I've deleted TextMate and its alias from Launchpad and Library - still have a "ghost" icon showing in all windows (see screenshot).

When I enter Launchpad that ghost icon (in last screen) won't delete even when the option key is held down and icon quivers.
If I scroll to first Launchpad screen the ghost icon automatically appears as the last item in that window, then auto-scrolls to next screen where ghost icon moves to last item again, etc. until it shows in the last Launchpad window by itself.
I've used AVG Cleaner with no change, ran the reindex option for Finder with no change.
Essentially, I can't use Launchpad since it auto-scrolls from any screen to the last screen with the ghost icon of "TextMate alias".
Any thoughts?


texts: Can data be recovered after iOS system restore

texts: Is it possible to recover data from a restored iPhone. iPhone encrypts data by default so is there any chance of recovery after the key has been deleted during restore like brute force or jailbreaking etc?


texts: iPhone Photos shown on preview but gray when opened

texts:
On my iPhone SE, some (but not all) of my recent photos will display their preview within the Photos app, but when I click on a photo it just shows a gray box. On some photos, a single line of pixels will appear on the top or the right side.

The images that are affected by this are unable to be uploaded onto iCloud or onto an alternative cloud storage service, and cannot be sent to someone else via any method.

I feel as if these files are corrupted, but have no idea how or why. Any advice on how to fix this issue or recover these photos?


texts: Safari 5.1 (OS X Lion) Inspect Element / Web Inspector always pops up and is not docked to main window

texts:
Been using OS X 10.7 Lion since early developer previews and there is this bug (or feature that's not implemented). Clicking Inspect Element/Web Inspector of the Develop tools will always pop up the Web Inspector window. It used to be stuck or used to remember my preference and used it as default.

It is docked by default on Chrome and FireBug is well docked in Firefox and it was docked by default (or remember my settings) in Safari 5 on Snow Leopard.

Anyone faced this issue and have a fix?

Much appreciated.


texts:
I am trying to use time profiler. It worked in the past with an older version of the same code but now it looks like it is not working anymore.

From Xcode, I go on profile and select time profiler and then start recording. The record stops after not even a second. I never really understood when time profiler decides to stop the recording but in the past it was long enough to get info of interest. The call tree looks like (let me know if you'd like me to zoom on any part)

As all symbols on the left of the call tree are yellow (don't exactly what it means), it seems like my code never really started doing anything. Of course, my code works fine and run without error in both regular and #define DEBUG mode whether on Xcode or through the command line.


texts: Increase the quality of the screen recorder in iOS

texts:
I like the screen recorder in iOS 12, but I was hoping that it would get more frames per second.

I don't see any settings screen. Am I missing something simple?


texts: On Mac, can one easily automatize repetitive work?

texts:
Let's say I have some repetitive work on Mac which requires click menu A, then give some input, click button on and on.

Can anyone easily automatize these kind of tasks with Mac? What kinds of options do I have for it?


texts: I'm trying to drag a .mov file into iMovie from Finder, but nothing happens when I try to drop it into the videos/images section. How do I put it in iMovie so I can edit it?


texts: How to save my app files and/or data from my iPad 1 whose screen won't turn on?

texts:
Backstory:

I bought an original iPad when it first came out, my first Apple product, and it's been a great computer but recently it doesn't work anymore. Basically, the screen won't turn on.

Everything else seems to work. I know this to be true because I've touched the black screen randomly (Well, I remember the position of my homescreen apps), turned on apps, and heard sounds from the app. I just can't see anything.

Just to be clear,

I only have 1 PC desktop computer with Windows XP installed.
I like to think I know a lil' bit more on computers than the average person but that's about it. Please no advanced techie-talk.
My iPad has ios version 5.x. Uh... the one before Google Maps was removed. It's the 64Gb with 3g version.
I regret not enabling Apple's syncing thing before it broke. Apple icloud? Think would've stored my app data.

What is the problem:

My main problem is, how do I take out the many files I have on that iPad 1?

The files I'm most interested in rescuing include

Apple's photo app pics

Photos I've taken with camera and inserted
The pictures I've edited with some Adobe app
The screenshots I've taken

App data

Paper by Fiftythree - I created some nice illustrations with this app but don't know how to get it out
Browser bookmarks - Not a big deal but if possible.
Basically, any other app data. I can't remember them all and what I've had.

What can I realistically do to fix my iPad screen?

Sorry, it's my first Apple product, so I don't know what can be done if anything. I guess what are my options? If my iPad screen can't be fixed, what can I do with it besides throwing it in the trash? By which I mean is there something cool I don't know about? Just wondering.

Just to reiterate, my more urgent question is number 1: saving my files.

What have I found + tried:

I've connected my iPad, gone to iTunes, and noticed a tab where I can download and upload app files. I was able to extract my writing notes from the "ia writer" app. However, all other apps like the one from Adobe aren't there.
I thought I could still use my ipad by pretending to be blind and using voice command (I think they call it that) but don't know if can turn on the accessibility features with my current situation or know how to use it.
I wondered how to turn on the icloud thing even with the black screen -- assuming Apple's icloud will back up my data through the Internet. If the icloud thing is the best solution, I won't complain too much that I have to get another ipad to rescue my files.
Found I can still update the iPad's ios via iTunes. Would that help? Fear that since can't see the screen, the update might show some confirmation button and won't progress with install, making matters even worse.

How do I feel:

Guess it doesn't matter but aside from feeling down my iPad doesn't work, I can't at least take my files with me. In a way, my files are more important, especially my illustrations from the Paper app and the photos I took.


texts: How to export Calibre's library for Database Support?

texts:
I have used Calibre but I would like get more freedom in exporting it elsewhere for edits.
I would like to do quality assurance of my books, papers and literature.
Calibre does not communicate with database systems like MySQL, PostgeSQL and Oracle, discussed here.
I would like to bind Calibre to PostgreSQL to do the data verification of each document in database.
I think the best way would be to export Calibre´s library.

How can you export Calibre's library?


texts: "FileName" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the bin" when opening files from Finder

texts:
I have tried re-downloading Microsoft Word, Excel multiple times and restarting before trying. However, this problem still persists.

This problem is applicable to all my documents, even PDFs too.

However, when I Command + O in the app itself, the document can be opened and functions normally.

The problem happens if I directly double-click or open the files from Finder.

Please advise me on how I can solve this issue.


texts: Replacing the Internal Time Capsule Hard Drive

texts:
I'm trying to install a new hard drive in my TC after the original one died, but to no avail.

I bought a 1.0TB 3.5 WesternDigital SATA disk and formatted it for OS X using a SATA-USB connector. It worked and the disk is usable. BUT as soon as I plug it back in TC and power it up, TC displays its amber non-flashing light and its wifi stops working.

However if I remove the HD, the wifi gets back on its feet...

May some TC genius come to the rescue of my troubled soul.


texts: How do I migrate the @me.com email from one Apple ID to another?

texts:
So my girlfriend has this setup with her Apple IDs, where she has one Apple ID as her primary, with which she is logged into iCloud on all her devices, and she also has a second Apple ID which she only uses as an email account.

I would rather like to streamline this whole setup by migrating the email address of the secondary Apple ID to the primary.

I do know that it is not possible to simply merge the two Apple IDs, but I thought there may be a way to migrate an email address. The emails associated with that address wouldn't even have to be migrated over since I can do that manually within Outlook.


texts: Extract wallpapers from macOS installation CDs or disk images without installation

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Is there a way to extract wallpapers from macOS installation CD without performing installation itself?

Yes, I understand 7zip can unzip dmg file as a simple archive. But what next? I don't see any wallpapers after unzipping.

My ultimate aim is to get the original unaltered desktop background pictures included with Mac OS X versions 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9.


texts: Does a normal iTunes backup instead of the iCloud one save the wifi passwords?

texts: In case I restore my phone or change for a brand new.


texts: Make iTunes song options stick on other devices?

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When I set certain options for a song, such as a Volume Adjustment or Start Time or Stop time, it would be nice if those options were kept when the song is played on another device, such as an iPad or iPhone.

For example, if I cut off the first several seconds of a song (say, to get rid of a spoken introduction), iTunes will do that and start the song proper, but the same tune played on the iPad will start at the beginning (including the spoke intro).

Is there some way to get iTunes to modify the actual file rather than some internal database (or whatever)?


texts:
While trying to run Bootcamp 5.1 on Windows 8.1 (which is claimed to be supported here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1720), I am getting the error message "Boot Camp requires that your computer is running Windows 7".

Is there something I am doing wrong?  How do get the proper drivers installed on my Boot Camp install of Windows 8.1 on my Mid-2011 Macbook Air?


texts: Can the DocSets installed by Xcode be moved to an external disk?

texts:
While attempting to clean up my Air's SSD, the estimable DaisyDisk showed me that 4 GB is being eaten up by Xcode DocSets. I like keeping my friends close and my SDK documentation closer, so I'd be happiest if I could maintain a copy of these DocSets on an external disk, so they're available offline but not cluttering my SSD.

The DocSets currently exist at ~/Library/Developer/Shared/Documentation/DocSets. Is it possible to move the .docset files themselves to a different location (perhaps symlinking to them) without breaking Xcode's doc viewer?


texts:
I have found no way that iPhone is able to do what I need here. I have iOS 6.x (jailbroken).

I would like to set 3-4 Sounds themes (basic feature of all Nokia). Example I need:

Normal: vibrance ok, sounds normal
High tone: volume up
Silence: vibrance ok but only with a single low tone to alert of SMS, email etc
Dead: no vibrance, no sounds.

Is there any app or somethign that let me set this 4 profiles?

I have not been able to find a way to do this with either jailbreak tweaks nor with the built in iOS.

(Please note I know I can switch between silence and do not disturb, but I want to personalize this profiles, also I need high tone profile)


texts: Cancel A Specific Reminder for App Store Update

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I have a Mac Mini server. I bought it with Mountain Lion OSX and Server 2.2.2.

I do not use my mac mini as a server anymore, I just use it as a desktop and use a NAS for my local server. I did not want to pay for the upgrade to Server.app version 3.

The app store keeps reminding me there is an update for the Apple server program but when I tried to update it it told me I'm not eligible for it because I don't have Mavericks OS, the most current OS version. The update reminder for the server app has been up there for a couple of weeks and I'd like it to go away.

Is there any way to cancel the update reminder for this one specific update that I am not eligible for? I do not want to turn off the service completely cause I still want to know about updates for all my other programs/apps.


texts: Finder freezes when deleting files across a network

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I have my MacBook 5,2 hooked up to an Ubuntu 10.10 'server' via ethernet.

I've installed netatalk (AFP fileserver) and avahi-daemon (Bonjour for Linux) on the server. I've disallowed Spotlight from indexing the networked drives.

Everything works as it should, however, from time to time when I delete files that reside on the Ubuntu server from my MacBook, Finder will freeze. I can kill the Finder process. I then try to restart it from the Terminal in this way:

open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app

but this doesn't work. The following error message is printed in the Terminal:

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app.

The only solution I know of at present is to reboot the MacBook.

So I guess I need to know what my options are here. Is it better for me to use SMB? Or is there a config file I can alter? I have a feeling this bug may be linked to certain disallowed characters in file or pathnames.

Has anyone else experienced this bug?

Cheers.


texts: How to make MacBook auto switch graphics judging by its power type?

texts: I want my MacBook to use Integrated Graphics when running on battery power and use Discrete Graphics when running on external power automatically. I can easily do this on Windows, but I couldn't find any setting to do this on macOS. So I wonder, is there any way I can do this on my MacBook, running El Capitan?


texts:
I'm running a macbook pro on English language, with a danish keyboard (Microsoft Ergonomic 400) - for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get the dollar sign out of it.

I'm used to press AltGr+4 to get it. Now it just gives me the £ sign.


texts: Frequent, lengthy voice recording damaging to iPhone?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Apple iPhone 4 flash memory

I have an iPhone 4S and lately I've been seeking a way to record some class lectures. Today, I decided to try out using the Voice Memos app on my iPhone and I was absolutely stunned by the quality.

However, if I use my iPhone I'll be recording 1/4GB - 1GB every weekday for the foreseeable future and I'm worried the frequent data read/write will damage my iPhone. I know that flash drives will die after 1000 read/writes, and I'm pretty sure that iPhone's memory is flash-based. I'll need to keep my phone healthy for another year.

Will frequent, intensive daily R/W kill the phone?


texts: How can I get WiFi ack failure count, retry count and multiple retry count for on Mac ?


texts: When I update an app, it makes me put in my password then in says update again. It never updated, why does it do that?

texts: The app never updates and it keeps telling me to put in my password.


texts: Are any priorities among criteria that are checked during app review?

texts:
Apple refused for the third time my app. For first two times reason was about semantical, performance issues. Now something wrong with meta info, I forget to set appropriate adult classification.

Does it mean that they haven't found any issue with the binary? Is it an order that they check first binary and then meta?


texts: After restore, WhatsApp does't show photo anymore

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After the restore from backup of my iPhone 4S I realised that photos in my Whatsapp chats are not present. Moreover, instead of each photos preview there are a question mark as in the photo reported here below:

I tried to solve the problem with:

a reset of the phone;
a battery pull;

But nothing change.
Someone know how can I solve this problem? Thanks.


texts: Max Heart Rate during Workout Apple Watch

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I am wondering if it's possible to set a max heart rate during a workout in the new Apple Watch 6. It's the only feature that I need in a new watch. If it doesn't have it I'm buying a garmin watch.
Kr,
V.


texts: Keyboard shortcut for closing the color picker & other tool windows? Command + W won't work

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Many applications (e.g. Xcode, Pixelmator) can launch OS X's standard color picker tool window (seen below) and others (e.g. the font picker). These tool windows look almost like regular windows, but they have a shorter title bar and the three gumpdrop buttons at left are slightly smaller too.

What I'd like to know is:  How can I close such a tool window, using only the keyboard?

I've tried Cmd+W but it doesn't work for this kind of window. Rather, Cmd+W seems to cause the parent window to want to close instead. What am I missing?


texts: How to remove unfinished Boot Camp Partition?

texts: When I tried to create a new partition using Boot Camp it suddenly crashed and my computer restarted. Apparently the partition was created because the 50GB I specified during creation are gone from my HDD but the partition never got registered. How can I remove the partition and begin from scratch?


texts: What time do iTunes Connect daily sales reports begin and end?

texts: The iOS app store and iTunes Connect generate daily sales reports for apps. The reports say, for example, that I have 15 app purchases and 10 in-app purchases. What time of day do these reports begin and end? E.g. does it count sales from midnight PST to midnight PST, or a different time frame? I am interested in tracking the in-app purchase receipts that I process of my server (to verify that they are valid) vs. the iTunes Connect sales reports to see if the numbers line up.


texts: How to verify in bash if a certificate is already imported in the KeyChain?

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I want to check, from the command line, if a certificate is already imported in the KeyChain in order to avoid doing a sudo security add-trusted-cert ... if that's not necessarily.

I already have the certificate on disk but I don't know how it verify if it already installed in the KeyChain or not.


texts: Is a hardware-based full disk encryption possible on a Mac?

texts:
Is it possible to use hardware-based full disk encryption (perhaps on a Samsung 840 Pro SSD) on a Mac, specifically a Macbook Pro 8,2? If so, how?

My understanding is that this will be handled in the BIOS or possibly EFI, however I think Apple's EFI is generally quite locked down.

I'm not looking for any software-based solutions such as FileVault 2 or TrueCrypt. I dual boot and matters will be simpler if it is handled in hardware.


texts: I recently installed iCloud into my iPod touch 4th generation. I'm thinking about resetting my iPod because of some problems I've been having lately. Will iCloud back up/save all my info, apps, etc? Thanks!


texts: Preview: PDF Highlighting & Search Stop Working until Restart

texts:
A problem has recently become much more prevalent for me when using Preview to search PDFs for text (using Command + F or the search box in the upper right).  At first, everything generally seems to go fine:

(as it should be) a list of thumbnails appears in the sidebar, indicating all of the pages that contain the search term.
Generally, though not always, the term I search for will be highlighted on the first page that it occurs on.

But, after this, things quickly start malfunctioning:

Generally speaking, if I click on thumbnails lower on the list, Preview will take me to that page in the PDF (like it used to).  But, it will no longer highlight the searched for terms.
Instead, Preview will make a low-pitched beeping noise of the sort that occurs when one tries to perform some un-permitted action in a variety of mac situations.
Furthermore, once this occurs, I cease being able to make any highlights at all in the document I am viewing with Preview.  In fact, I can't even select any text any more.

Below is a list of unsuccessful efforts to resolve this:

Closing the side bar does not work to resolve this.
x-ing out the search box in the upper right does not resolve this.
Selecting the "Tools" menu and then "Text Selection" does not work either, nor does clicking on the text selection icon in the edit panel.
If I quit preview and then re-open the PDF, I am able to highlight again.  But, the problem will re-surface as soon as I try performing another search.
Working with the same files in other PDF programs (e.g. Skim, Acrobat, etc.) poses no problems.  I'm quite certain it isn't a problem with the underlying PDFs.
None of the responses to this question resolve this.  (indeed, I supplied one such response myself a while ago, but that trick and the others no longer work).

I've used Preview for many years without problem.  This issue started cropping up relatively recently for me, I believe within the past 3-4 months.  I had hoped that upgrading to Catalina might resolve it, but it did not.

I'd like to think I am fairly sophisticated with computers (I have a reputation of close to 8,000 on the main stackoverflow page), but I am baffled by this.  I also don't have a good handle on how I can get diagnostic information or how I can create a reproducible example.

Any leads on how to tackle this would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How do I continue to use Time Machine backups after switching my hard disk?

texts:
I replaced my HD with an SSD (256 GB), and restored the contents from my Time Machine backup (external HD 320 GB).

Now, after a day of working, I plugged in my external HD to make the next backup. Time Machine now started to scan my files, prepared the files etc. (took rather long, because it somehow needed to scan everything), then entered the "Deleting old backups" phase. Everything looked normal, but just when it was about to finish, it failed with "This backup is too large for the backup disk.".

Only about 200 GB of my SSD are used, so this should easily fit on the external 320 GB HD: Not many files have changed since the time I restored the backup.

When I look into the Time Machine drive, I see, that it has automatically deleted all my old versions already I'm really not happy about that! Only the latest one is left - the one I restored from yesterday, and now it seems to create a separate backup for my new disk? Ok, "200 GB x 2 > 320 GB", but that's not what it should do. It should just continue writing the differences, as it has always managed to keep several old versions, so why would it be any different just because I moved the contents to an SSD?

Is there a way to make Time Machine "reconnect" to the new SSD (I assume, it is still somehow "connected" to the old HD, and therefore doesn't treat the changes on my new SSD as changes to the backup?)

I wonder, if I should have rather cloned my HD (e.g. with a third party tool), without Time Machine knowing about it?


texts: Create a USB stick with Windows installer on it

texts:
I google it before but I was not able to find what I want. I want to make a stick with windows 10 on it from my mac (MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010)) and I want to instal it on a PC (not an apple product). Everything I find online are people doing the USB on a mac and installing on another mac or on an windows and instaling on another windows.

Beside that my Boot Camp Assistant look like this:

instead of like this:

P.S.: please ignore the error mesage, I was not able to find any screen shot without it, but the page looks similar


texts: Cant't stop or kill mysql process and there is no installation to be found

texts:
So I've tried installing mariadb and using the mysql command but I always get the following error:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock' (2)

If I uninstall mariadb and try using mysql I get:
command not found: mysql

If I then do ps ax | grep mysql I get this:
7809 s000  S+     0:00.00 grep --color=auto --exclude-dir=.bzr --exclude-dir=CVS --exclude-dir=.git --exclude-dir=.hg --exclude-dir=.svn --exclude-dir=.idea --exclude-dir=.tox mysql

If I try killing it with the PID 7809 (This ID is changing every single time I run the command) I get this:
kill 7809 failed: no such process

I've deleted every single folder using this tutorial but it didn't help. I don't have mysql in my mac system preferences so I can't uninstall it there. I have no clue what else to try. I also tried all kinds of Launchctl unloading but mostly I just get this error:
Unload failed: 5: Input/output error

Every time I restart my mac and check what processes are running mysql is always there. Did anyone experience something similiar?


texts: How do I make it so that input method is always set to one I actually choose?

texts: I am running 10.11.5, after shutting my MacBook pro to trigger sleep, and then reopening it, the input method will always switch back to Australian, I want to keep it set to Squirrel (http://rime.im/ -- N.B. all the documentation for this is in Chinese). How do I make it so that squirrel is always selected? Ideally, I could even remove Australian, but for some reason, I am prevented from removing all the inbuilt English input methods.


texts: Auto-Refresh Page for Google Chrome on iPad

texts: Is there an extension I can download on an iPad to auto-refresh a Google Chrome page?


texts: “Your system has run out of application memory.” Springboard leak?

texts:
I have a problem with system run out of application memory last days. All my applications are frozen after the system message, and the only way to work again is to make a cold reboot with button.

I didn't install any new software, and Springboard is acting like crazy (I think it's the main source of leak since I am able to force Springboard to quit in Activity Monitor and somehow I can use my Macbook Pro for a few minutes after that).

I have 360GB available on my system disk and 16GB RAM.
MacOS Sierra, 10.12.6.

Does anyone have this issue, and how did you solve it?


texts: Is there an iOS SMS Texting app that allows parent to get a record of all texting messages?

texts:
My son (pre-teen) received an iPod Touch for Christmas.  He has a friend that does not have an iOS device.  But his friend can text.  I am still at the stage and my son is still of the age that I would like to have a way to know when he is texting and what he is texting.  Is there an app for that?

[It could be something that allows me to setup an account and login to a website to see activity.]


texts:
I just bought a new MacBook Pro 2017 (no TouchBar) a month ago. I have run a speed test with Blackmagic Disk Speed Test application. The result is in image below.

I think SSD write speed is a little slower than normal. Anyone can help me with this? Thanks so much.


texts: Is there a way to install or run jdk 8 without admin privileges? I would like to compile a java project I have that requires jdk 8 on a computer that has only jdk 6 installed. I am not an administrator on the computer.


texts: iCloud Photo Library takes way less space than library on disk

texts:
I use iCloud Photo Library to sync my photos and videos between multiple devices (two Macs, iPhone, iPad). One of the Macs is set to keep all original files from the iCloud Photo Library. Everything is working fine, but the shown storage usage does not make any sense to me.

The Mac that's set to keep the originals has a "Masters" folder of roundabout 115 GB - that is, to my understanding, the raw image data and not counting for any significant metadata (smaller previews, faces information, etc.)

My iCloud dashboard shows that only 27 GB are in use for photos and videos - that is way less than expected. Most interestingly, I was able to re-download the library to my Mac with 115 GB of image masters from those 27 GB. That does not make any sense to me.

I'm worried that the iCloud storage usage counting is corrupted. As far as I can tell, no image data seems to be lost. Any explanation is highly appreciated.


texts: does thunderbolt support connecting multiple computers to a monitor

texts:
I'm planning to get a new Mac mini server plus a mac book pro.
I would like information about Thunderbolt support for connecting two computers to a single display, i.e. in my case the Mac mini to the Thunderbolt display port and simultaneously the Mac Book pro with the Thunderbolt cable.


texts:
After the update I got an invisible window that blocks me from clicking.  The window about the size of the "restart/sleep/shut down dialog box" and can be moved. At first I had no idea it was a window, but then I did a cmd-shift-4-space screenshot and saw the area being highlighted. Right now I do this trick to visualise it, and then move it out of the area I want to acess. When you switch programms by cmd-tab to the finder, and no regular finder window is open, nothing is being selected and all windows are inactive. Therefore, I think the ivisible window must be one of the finder?
I happens to be only present on desktop 1
not in safe boot, or another "test user"
Whats going on? could it be some sort of maleware? I insalled cracked software once or twice…


texts: Importing Photos from Lion to Yosemite Photo Library to External Storage Device

texts:
I recently upgraded to Yosemite.  Before that, I used to have my library stored on my external hard drive.

Now I am panicking because while I was able to move my Yosemite Photo library to my external storage device, I do not know how to merge the old and the new library.  It's simply not importing.

Please help! and let me know what other information I need to provide you with.

I have a MacBook Air 10.104 OS X Yosemite.


texts: iCloud storage is full, how to find each folder size?

texts:
I'm using a 50GB plan on iCloud and now it seems to be almost full. I received the message saying it is almost full and checking iCloud discovered there is less then 1GB free.

I would like to know which are the biggest files/folders, so I can move them elsewhere. I tried to find folder size in the following way:

My-MacBook-Pro:com~apple~CloudDocs me$ du -h -d 1
184M    ./SomeFolder
1.4G    ./AnotherFolder
5.5G    ./Me
4.4M    ./.Trash
 16K    ./Downloads
7.0G    .

But, due to the mechanics of iCloud (I think) some files are stored on iCloud only, and so I'm failing to get the full size of everything.

How to proceed?


texts: iMovie 10 - How to layer a background under a title?

texts: I'm new to iMovie 10 and in my project I added a title clip with a duration of 60 seconds and I would like to add a background clip UNDER the title clip.  But when I select a background from the backgrounds and drag it into the timeline, the new background clip is layered above the title clip -- ie during replay the background is displayed over the title hiding the title underneath it.  Repositioning the background clip by dragging it under the title clip in the timeline does not work - the background clip snaps back to the top.  What to do?


texts: What shell command will clone a directory instead of making a deep copy?

texts: I wish to take an APFS clone snapshot of a large directory using a shell script. In Finder, I can just Cmd-C, move to the other folder, and Cmd-V and within a few seconds I have a duplicate that takes little extra disk space. Using the cp shell command, it takes ages and creates a copy that takes up disk space. What shell command can duplicate a folder "instantly" the same way Finder can?


texts: Can a child post an app to the app store?

texts: I am 11 years old, and I have made an app I want to post to the App Store. Is there any way to do that, or do I have to use my mom's account? (I have an Apple id because of Family Sharing)


texts:
Hello I don’t know if there is a problem with my macbook just bought it yesterday and I found out that after I key in my password to enter the macbook there is always this progress bar and I ask my friends who own a macbook and none of them have the progress bar after entering the password.
Secondly I also notice that during the enter password page and the home page the battery shown on top is different after i enter the macbook for example: the battery show 96 percent then when Enter my password after the progress bar load finish and enter the home page it show me 100 percent.
Please help if you know anything thank you so much


texts: Experiencing enormous noise when initiating Bluetooth headset call mode on iPhone

texts:
When I'm initiating a call using any 3rd party app like Slack or Google Hangouts using Bluetooth headset (I've tried a couple of different models from Bose) on my iPhone I'm experiencing very loud noise.

When I'm connecting headset during the call or listening music it just works as expected.

Initially, I was blaming defective headset, so I tried few different models, and it's the same.

Did anyone experience something like that?


texts: I bought a used MacBook and the previous owner asked if I wanted Adobe CS 6 on it, so I said sure. I was wondering if there was a way I could find the serial number in the system files somewhere, so I can register CS 6 to my Adobe account.


texts:
Before iOS5, we were recommended to save our iPhone's shsh so that when a jb came out, we could restore it back a jb-ed version.

For iOS5, Tiny Umbrella couldn't find any shsh.

So, is there anything we should do while waiting for iOS5's untethered jb?


texts: MacBook 12'' 2017 cpu speed: 1.4 GHz but Intel says it's 1.3 GHz

texts:
The full spec for the 2017 12" MacBook is an i7 Kaby Lake cpu with 1.4 GHz base frequency and Turbo up to 3.6 GHz.

Various articles on the web state that the i7 used is specifically this model:

Intel i7-7Y75

Looking this up on Intel Ark shows the base frequency as 1.3 GHz.

Why is the stated base frequency on Apple's website higher than the one in Intel Ark? Does Apple use a factory overclock on the i7's in their MacBooks?


texts: Wi-Fi has stopped working around the time 10.7.3 update. Might they be related?

texts:
I have a MacBook Air which was working fine. Now I have awful network issues since the 10.7.3 update.

My home router is a D-Link DIR-615. I was securing the Wi-Fi network using WEP which worked great on Windows 7/XP/Vista, Ubuntu, iOS, and Mac OS X Lion.

Then I installed the 10.7.3 update on my MacBook Air and the Wi-FI stopped functioning on it. I started to receiving error messages saying, "Select a certificate and enter username and password". I googled this and decided to switch to WPA security since is more secure and though this issue would be resolved. Easily done. No more error messages, internet is working fine everywhere...except on the MacBook Air.

Now when I attempt to connect to Wi-Fi on my MacBook Air, it attempts to connect to my network and connects but gives the error message "Alert: No Internet connection". I checked and it is not getting an IP address. After two minutes or so, it receives a proper IP address, but the internet is not working. Sites simply won't load. When I try to ping my router, I get timeout messages. I have verified that my DNS settings are correct.

Here's what I've already tried:

Turning firewall on/off/on again
Removed Wi-Fi configuration from System Preferences > Network, and added them again
Rebooted my router (several times)
Cleared /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration folder
Installed 10.7.3 combo update

All other Wi-FI devices on my network work with no issues. It's just the MacBook Air that is having this problem.


texts: Where osx 10.10 notification center settings are stored

texts:
Prior to Yosemite Notification Center settings stored in an sqlite db in ~/Library/Application\ Support/NotificationCenter/
Now this folder does not exist anymore, where does the OS store those settings?

TIA!


texts: I "erased all content and settings", but did not sign out of iCloud before selling my iPhone?

texts: Before selling my iPhone, I erased my iPhone with all of its content and settings, but my problem is that I forgot to sign out of iCloud first. I somewhat remember being asked to provide my Apple ID in order to turn off Find My iPhone, but I am not fully sure. After erasing the device, I also removed it from my iCloud's devices lists as well. My question is, will my iCloud's data still be synced on that iPhone and accessible to the new owner? As I did not sign out of iCloud before. I know that the data will still be on the iCloud's server, but will it be synced with that iPhone after resetting it as well? I just want to make sure my personal data is fully wiped out on that device from everywhere.


texts: Where do Safari or Chrome store the flash media data

texts:
Where do Safari and Chrome store the flash media files? For example, I use Safari/Chrome to listen Pandora during work time, and all my work is done through ssh to other computers. However, in such scenario, my time machine still needs to backup several hundred MB data for every hour.

Btw, I've already exclude ~/Library/Caches directory from Time Machine.


texts:
The Bluetooth indicator in the Macbook's menu bar is indicating a connection, but does not list a connected device in the Bluetooth preferences. system_profiler SPBluetoothDataType shows it is my iPhone running services:

PAN Network Access Profile, AVRCP Device, Handsfree Gateway, Audio Source, MAP MAS-iOS, Wireless iAP, AVRCP Device, Phonebook

There is no indication of any bluetooth connection in the iphone's bluetooth menu, and i never asked it to do any of this.

What's going on?  Is it possible this is malware?


texts: Missing purchased tab in App Store and Family Sharing in iOS 11

texts: How can I get access to family purchased apps in iOS 11? The new version of the App Store has no purchased tab where I can select the family member in top left corner and get access to download app without payment from my Apple ID. iBooks and iTunes Store have this tab.


texts: What domain name is appended to a default Apple ID when created in OS X?

texts:
Upon booting a MacBook Air for the first time (OS X, Version 10.8), I was prompted to create an AppleID. I selected a username and a default domain name was added automatically to this username.

I cannot recall what the domain name was. Does anybody know the default domain name?


texts: How can I remove errant podcast entries in iTunes?

texts:
I am using iTunes 10.6.3 on OS X 10.8

On my second generation AppleTV there are 8 podcasts showing that I have long since deleted. When I look in iTunes there is nothing there. I then created a smart playlist that would show only podcasts and it listed the 8 podcasts just as the AppleTV did. The problem is, in the smart playlist all 8 of the podcasts have exclamation points showing that iTunes does not know where the actual files are.

Seeing that I closed iTunes and edited the library xml file to remove each of the haunting podcasts. Upon opening iTunes the same entries show up again. It appears that the itl library file keeps adding them back to the xml file. Is there anyway I can remove these entries from the itl file directly? If not, how can I get these things not to show up on my AppleTV?


texts: Does upgrading macOS causes one to lose data?

texts: I am currently running macOS Sierra 10.12.6 on my Mac. I am in the process of upgrading the OS to the current public release macOS High Sierra 10.13.6. Will I lose my data during the upgrade process?


texts: Image Capture asks for 'iphone to be unlocked' but when unlocked still dosnt work - issue with iOS 10 / OSX 10.8 compatibility ?

texts:
Ive got a mac mini running osx 10.8.5. To get images from my iphone onto the computer i used to use osx's built in Image Capture application to transfer them across as it allows me to drag and drop file them where ever i want and is light weight and quick (unlike iPhoto / Photos in new versions of the OS).

Ive recently updated my iphone to a iPhone 6s running iOS 10.x (latest). Now when i plug the iphone into the mac mini and launch image capture it says the phone needs to be unlocked, so i input the passcode into the phone, but nothing happens in image capture and im not able to download the images.

Does any one know if this is an incompatibility issue between iOS 10 and OSX 10.8.5 or is something else ?

Just in case any one asks : Why havn't you updated from OSX 10.8.5.. Because if it ain't broke don't fix it. Its a machine used for work and its still super snappy, although if it needs updating to work with iOS 10 i will have to do it, i just don't want to do it un necessarily.


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I was just watching the Windows 8 keynote and Steven Sinofsky said 8 will be able to run on ARM CPUs, which are also used in iDevices.

So I'm curious, would it be possible to run 8 on an iPad, similar to how iDroid works?


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My neighbors just setup a Wi-Fi network, and my MacBook is now automatically connecting to it.

I've never manually connected to it
It has a single bar ("dot") of signal, my network has all 4

This is starting to get on my nerves, as I run lost of server software on my computer that I need access to from my other devices, and I don't want my neighbors to have access to. Additionally, I run a BitTorrent client often, and I feel bad using it on someone else's network, due to the high bandwidth usage.

Note that I do have a terrible router that's normally sold for $10 now, and I do lose wireless for ≈ 10 seconds every hour or so, and it might see the other network as a good alternative to no network. How can I prevent it from connecting automatically, other than asking the owner to set a password?
Also note that my admin is quite paranoid, and I have very limited access to the Network. My options are "Turn AirPort Off", "Network Name", and "Show in menu bar". "Ask to join new networks" is permanently checked, and I have no advanced options. Might there be a "forget network" feature like on iOS?


texts: Find out which app icon is missing in xcode for an app

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I already published an app succesfull to the appstore.
But now something has changed and I get an error when publish again the same app:

Missing required icon file. The bundle does not contain an app icon for iPad 152x152
Missing required icon file. The bundle does not contain an app icon for iPad 167x167

How can I find out which of the icons are wrong. I cant see any slot with 152pt in the appicon.xcassets.

I have already created all possible icons with an icon-maker tool and I see all icons of my appicon.xcasset, but now something seems to have changed.
I can't figure out which one is missing.

Any hints ?


texts: Can I force Safari to always show bookmark names, not webpage titles?

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I have several bookmarks for finance.yahoo.com. Each bookmark lists a series of stock tickers that I am watching. I gave the bookmark unique names that makes them easy to identify (e.g. "$-Investments".)

If I go to Safari's location field and start typing "finance", there is a popup list with a Bookmarks section, but the bookmarks are listed with the cached webpage title and the URL. What I want to see in the bookmarks section is the bookmark name instead of the cached webpage title. How can I make this happen every time, without having to use drastic measures like private browsing, emptying the cache, or resetting Safari?


texts: Is a person fully able to make use of iCloud's ability to store and sync documents in the cloud if a person is not a die-hard iWork user?

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I see that if I use Preview.app its new method to move files to the cloud, I am not able to access it on my iPad or iPod.

I have only one Mac, and an iPad and iPod touch. I use MS Word, Excel, etc., not iWork.

Given the above, am I right that iCloud does not really serve me, with regards to hoping to shift some of my documents and work into the cloud, for nicely synced access and consumption on other devices?

(Note, I understand that iCloud's features syncing calendars and contacts work fine. I am talking about documents syncing and cloud storage features -- whether they do not serve my situation.)


texts: nslookup works with /etc/resolv.conf, ping and ssh don't

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In our local university network, I have (obtained by DHCP) the following setup in /etc/resolv.conf:

search a.domain.com b.domain.com domain.com
nameserver x.x.x.x
nameserver y.y.y.y

The settings are the same in System Preferences as well.
The following problem occurs:

nslookup server

works, and is using one of the nameservers to correctly ask for server.a.domain.com.
If I try to ping however,

ping server

fails with unreachable host.

ping server.a.domain.com

works. Manually adding server with the ip address obtained by nslookup to /etc/hosts makes ping work too, but this "solution" circumvents the nameservers and is thus not ideal (and I would have to add about 20 other entries as well). Any idea what is causing this? Why does ping not use the results of nslookup/the searchdomains?

ssh server

also fails, which is the real problem/inconvenience.

I already added AlwaysUseSearchDomains to mDNSResponder, but this fix only helps the problem when using server.foo.

I'm using OS X Lion 10.7.3.


texts: High Sierra 10.13.4 Transparency Not working

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With the recent update to 10.13.4 I now have issues with applications, notifications area and any other area that is showing images or text with a transparency.

I would show you a screenshot but when you do take a screenshot it actually renders correctly. Therefore I need to describe it... it is like a highlight of the general colour as though you were highlighting the image or text in word. It is not a strong highlight but it is very annoying nevertheless. Actually will take a photo on my phone:

What it should look like:

I have a Mac Pro with a Nvidia Geforce 680 in it so I believe that it might be something related to the new eGPU support.

Any ideas?


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Here is my setup:

Macmini
Genius 120-degree webcam with internal mic
55" LED TV

We're using this for video conferencing, remote code review. So we're doing a lot of work with other people outside our office. The mic echoes on their end. When the people on the other end speak they hear an echo. We do not. I assume this is because the noise cancellation isn't properly calibrated for the setup. Is there a way to properly calibrate?


texts: How do I secure the Firewire cable on my MacBook Pro?

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Firewire connections can be a little touchy. Since I use my MacBook to record audio - sometimes on location, hooked into an interface or Firewire mixing board - I'm often concerned that the cable will get jostled and disconnect in the middle of a critical operation.

Does anyone know of any method or device that will secure the cable to the Macbook's Firewire port more effectively?

Low-tech solutions would be welcome. (For example, I use a thick rubber band to do the trick on my portable hard drive, running the cable back through the rubber band and holding it against the top of the drive.) However, I wouldn't be averse to purchasing a small gadget or connector of some sort.


texts: Sudo password doesn't work even if I have no password

texts: I've erased the password from preferencenow I can log in without using any password but when I run a sudocommand terminal ask me a password if I insert nothing or the old one it return error. What's happen?


texts: How can I get back a system file after deleting it from my Mac?

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I've deleted a system file from my Mac and need to get it back.

System files can include:

hidden files in the root of / - especially unix files in /private
/System files
/Library files
/Applications files that ship with the core OS

System files are not any app, user files or files that can be regenerated by a known sequence such as cache files, Spotlight index files, etc…

Canonical question and answer for this comment by bmike♦.


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I'm mostly a Java developer and have been developing on Linux for the past 5 years. I'm pretty happy with Linux but time to time I need to run proprietary software that is not supported on Linux so I've decided to give Mac a try.
I was wondering if anyone has any advice like how do you organize your development environment.


texts: Drag and drop items as attachment in Entourage

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I find it little tedious to drop items in new email and make it an attachment. I need to resize both, source and destination window, so that I can pick and drop the item. This takes time. Yes few seconds more, but it matters.

Is it possible to drag an item from source window and then press command+~ (or command+tab) to chose a destination window and then drop it there? Any other easier solution available?


texts: When Command-Tab(bing) through Notes, the cursor gets stuck in the search field and I cannot seem to get it out?


texts: Free PDF reader for iPad with 2 pages side-by-side layout (like a book)

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I just bought a 12.9" iPad Pro. I was surprised to realise that I couldn't read my PDFs in 2 page, side-by-side layout in landscape orientation with iBooks.

Is there any free PDF reader app that provides this feature?


texts: How to test my video memory on a 2010 13" MacBook Pro?

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I have MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010, NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

Recently (but right after installing OS X Lion) I've encountered artifacts on my screen. It's quite often and I can't say if the problem came from Lion (which brought me also problems with sleeping and few freezes, which I never had on Snow Leopard)

So is there any good way how to test my graphics card? or just it's video memory?


texts: Parallels with Windows 10 VM automatically shuts down after 30-40 min

texts:
I have Parallels on my Macbook Pro. I'm have Windows 10 VM inside it and few month ago I noticed that it's shutting down by itself when I'm working in it. It's very annoying so I searched logs and found this one:

I think it might be related to my issue.

I didn't find any good solution in google..

Any idea?


texts: How to disable long press Caps Lock feature in Mac keyboard?

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There is a feature in Mac keyboard, where keeping the Caps Lock key held for over a second or so, the light will turn on and will change some behavior of input method.

What I want is totally disable this feature, even pressing Caps Lock for a longer duration, the light won't turn on, and don't change other behavior.

I only want to disable "press and hold" feature, my main language isn't English, so I need that feature tap to switch language, but I don't want 'press and hold' feature

How do I do this?


texts: I downloaded Fitbit onto my computer and then deleted all of it, but I can not get the icon to delete from my menu bar. I have tried to drag it over so it will delete, but it will not move.


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I installed and removed Quicksilver and since that time the keyboard shortcut for Spotlight has not been working. I mean when I press cmd + space it should open spotlight search bar.
I've been into Keyboard Settings > Shortcuts > Spotlight and it is correctly set to cmd + space. I've tried changing it to another setting and then back and also by pressing the 'Restore Defaults' button on the page but nothing has helped.

I can access the spotlight search if I mouse click the magnifying glass in the menu bar so I know the spotlight search feature is still there and working. But pressing cmd + space right now does nothing.

How can I get the shortcut working again? Maybe there's something I can type in the terminal that could help?


texts: Numbers v3.1: Automatically link URLs in spreadsheet?

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I've inherited a spreadsheet that has a loooong column (thousands) of URLs, all unclickable. I'd like to make them clickable.

I have tried the following:

Highlighting the column.
Select column, then Edit > Substitutions > Tick 'Smart Links'.
Doesn't work on the selected column. ONLY works if I edit a single cell's text (the URL).
The rich-text dance.
Pasted the contents of my URL column to a (rich text) Textedit document, and invoked the substitutions magic. Hooray! The formerly text-only URLs are now clickable links in TextEdit! But pasting them back into Numbers doesn't work: They appear as unclickable text again.
Weren't there prefs for that...?
I thought this option was available in previous versions of Numbers: a check-box in Numbers' preferences, "Hit enter to go enter the next cell below to edit that cell's content". I did this in an older Numbers version: While slow, it did the trick: Hit enter (edit the existing text of the highlighted cell), hit return, and boom! Numbers made the previous cell's URL content clickable! Where is this option in Numbers 3.1?
Hello, Inspector.
In Number's cell inspector panel, there's a "Character Styles" drop-down that seemingly provides what I am looking for - "Link"! Except it  turns gray if I select a column, or even just highlight a single cell. It is only selectable if I edit a single cell's content.

Edit:
I sorta-kinda made those URLs clickable by installing Libre-Office and using Calc (LO's spreadsheet component). Pasted in the links, and with Calc's smart URL detection, it found the URLs and made them clickable. Saved as an Excel spreadsheet, opened in Numbers, et voilà, clickable URLs.

Surely there's an easier way other than "Download and install Libre-Office"?!


texts: How to delete all conversations all at once in iMessage?

texts: It's clear on how to delete conversations in iMessage one by one. Does anyone know how I can delete multiple or all conversations all at once? Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to copy and paste slides in Preview?

texts: I'm editing a presentation that's saved to pdf in Preview.  I want to copy a slide and paste it back in several times so I can annotate it in different ways.  Is there a simple way to do that?  Normal copy and paste doesn't work.  At the moment, I'm duplicating the document and dragging and dropping the same slide from the new copied document back into the original.


texts: How Do I use the Logitech G600 mouse with my Macbook pro?

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How do I make all the buttons work, how do I configure different modes on this gaming mouse?

I've tried steermouse but that did no good for me? Any help with this will be awesome, I plan on using it for my mac's Guild wars 2.

P.S I run Mountain Lion 10.8.2

Thanks


texts: open image full screen with "open -a Preview"

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Using osx 10.9.3

I would like to write a script that opens images full-screen with preview but I can't seem to find the command line options for the Preview application.


texts: Map certain ports to URLs via hosts file or DNS resolver

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I use SSH tunnelling extensively to gain access to remote machines that are behind a firewall. So to access a development server I use something like http://localhost:8888 which is forwarded to port 80 on a remote host.

Is there a way to simplify my setup with custom domains? For instance, I want to be able to type in http://remote.dev and actually be accessing http://localhost:8888?


texts:
How can I save a downloaded image to the folder called pictures that I see in System Preferences/Desktop & Screen Saver/Desktop?
I'm assuming that this is a good place to store images that I download for wallpaper.
Thanks
Gary


texts: Bought an iPad but it's supervised.Is there a way to remove it?

texts:
I bought an iPad Air 2 from a third party and I see it's supervised.It has many restrictions.There is no delete button in Settings.The iPad is iCloud free.I tried restoring it in recovery mode, restore and update in iTunes and then Set up as new, erase all data from the iPad but the configuration won't be removed.When it's being set up it says "retrieving configuration".I tried iActivate win but it says that it's not in their servers.

From what I've read, if the configuration persists then it's in DEP.Can it be removed from DEP somehow?
Is there a WAY to make this iPad  a normal one so I can use it?


texts: How can I prevent FaceTime from launching when I plug in an external video camera?

texts:
We have iMacs that we use as industrial control computers, and we connect FireWire cameras into them via Thunderbolt adapters. On previous OS X versions, we would have to go into the preferences for iChat / Messages and prevent them from automatically launching when these cameras were connected, to make sure those applications didn't mess with our own video software.

However, on Mavericks these preferences have disappeared, apparently because now FaceTime is the application that automatically launches when an external FireWire camera is plugged in.

FaceTime seems to lack any formal exposed preferences, so is there another way to disable the automatic launching of this application on the connection of an external camera (a preference setting written at the terminal, etc.)? If so, how would we do this?


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I'd like to hide some parts of the pictures, that I import to keynote presentation (I use version 6.2 (1861)). To do this I overlay white rectangles without shades on top of these parts of the images and use white color as a background color of the slide.

However, when I convert a slide with an overlaid rectangle (although the background is white and the rectangle is filled with white) I get an artifact: thin edge line of the rectangle in black on my pdf. How can I get rid of it?


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I bought an iPad, the user had removed the iCloud in front of me. But he did not remove the MDM profile from the iPad.

She did the full reset on the iPad, however the MDM profile is still there how can I remove that or should I return the device?


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I would like to know how to type Chinese (simplified), using Pinyin, on my MacBook Pro.

I went to System Preference > Language & Text > Language, moved Chinese (simplified) on the list right after English, and then under the Input Sources tab, I check Chinese simplified and English.

After all these steps, I still have no clue how to type Chinese. (When I open TextEdit, I don't see any language selection.)


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In my iMac 21.5-inch computer (OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.1) I have a cordless keyboard.

At the top of the key 6 I have ˆ instead of ^.

This is a problem. I never have needed to use ˆ, however ^ I need to use it very often. For example, formatting formulas at Math Stack Exchange with MathJax.

Therefore I need to look it up in the Internet.

Is there a special shortcut for having an input of ^? Or is there a way to change my keyboard inputs?


texts: How can I allow a "development" program through the firewall?

texts: I have an application (java) that I compile/run through netbeans, I want to access it from a different computer. Opening a port might be the best solution, though if so I'd like to be a little more restrictive than just opening to any IP. I actually think restricting via MAC address would be a better solution (do to IP's changing via dhcp but the computers not). Suggestions welcome.


texts: Does VSCode have Full Disk Access via Terminal?

texts:
I can use the terminal in VSCode and the terminal has Full Disk Access, so does VSCode have Full Disk Access?
Can VSCode and extensions run terminal commands?


texts:
How do you get rid of the search box within the imessage app at the top? I enabled it by doing the following:

In the Messages app, back out to the main view that lists all conversations. Scroll to the top (by tapping on the time at the top of the screen — an eleventh hidden trick for this list!) and then pull down a bit more by tapping the middle of the display and dragging your finger down a bit. You’ll see a hidden search box appear above the first conversation.

How can I reverse this?


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I enabled 2fa for my apple account, and now iCloud keeps asking me my password a lot of times every time I login. I think it doesn't even bother to check it, since as soon as I enter it, it pops the window again immediatly after I hit either login or cancel (it gives up after a few tries).

I've created an application-specific password and I'm using that one, to no avail.


texts: How would I limit per day usage for user with standard access rights to X minutes on macos 10.15?

texts:
I have account with administrative access on home computer, naturally.
How would I trim to family member with standard rights usage to 30 minutes per day on macOS 10.15 (in screen time or whatever.)
UPD20210407 I've filed FB9071215 with Apple to untether that functionality
from family sharing setting.


texts: Can I make automatic log-out when Mac is asleep?

texts:
I'd like to have my MacBook Pro to automatically log out when it hasn't been used for a certain period of time, e.g., 30 minutes. I defined my System Preferences to do so when it's "inactive" for that period of time. However, it doesn't seem to automatically log out if I close the lid when I'm done working. For example, if I close my lid and my Mac sleeps overnight, opening the lid in the morning shows me the account that was last logged in.

Does sleeping prevent a Mac from logging out automatically? From my point of view, sleeping is the ultimate form of inactivity.

If the above is true, is there a way to make my Mac to automatically log out despite its sleep state? Or could I even force it to log out immediately when it goes to sleep?

I see many questions on this site and other sites that talk about ways to prevent automatic sleep or log-out behavior, but not anything about my issue. FYI, I'm running macOS 10.11 (El Capitan).


texts: Restore gmail messages to mail.app after TimeMachine restore

texts: I have a dozen different email accounts for different roles, all of which I interact with through mail.app.  I had a hard drive disaster, and restored from TimeMachine.  It did an impressive job of restoring my complex email structure for backed up email, and of course new emails coming in are fine.  But I am missing the month (urgh) of emails between the most recent backup and the restore.  They are still on gmail (some POP and some IMAP accounts).  How do I mark them as not already downloaded, so that they'll be retrieved from gmail?


texts: I just recently install my Windows 8 in the bootcamp (version 5.0.5033).I try to adjust the brightness but still remain very bright and also adjust in the bootcamp control panel but also same. The brightness is so bright until my eye cannot open. Please help.


texts: How to install homebrew to /usr rather than /usr/local

texts: I'm wondering if it is possible (and if so, how) to install Homebrew package manager to /usr directory rather than /usr/local directory. I have macOS High Sierra.


texts: Software to control the amps output through USB

texts:
I have a 2014 MBP, and I'm trying to set it so I can charge my phone off the USB. I know it's 3.0 because it is capable of 1000mA in this cropped screenshot of my System Information:

But it's claiming it's only requested 500mA which I know is BS because my phones says "Charging Slowly"

Apple hates Google, idgaf, is there a way I can control the Current Required or Extra Operating Current or something?

I am not going to buy some obscure specific $30 adapter, that's not the point of this. I am not going to use a USB-Y cable, that's not the point, and I'll lose a perfectly good USB port, leaving me with zero. All I'm looking for is some software to control the output.


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I'm considering a Mac purchase but I don't know if it is right for me.

I use laptops and PCs mostly for programming, most of my time I develop in C# on Windows and Mono Linux (I'm considering to develop on Linux and test if they run on Win), other than that I use Java, Python, C, and Ruby (this is my hobby and freelance projects)

I would also from time to time play some games.

So my current focus is to do my work on Linux (I'm having a hard time to switch) and do fun like games on Windows. But the Linux learning curve compared to Win is rather high.

So is Mac right for me?
What's the learning curve compared to Linux switch from Win?

Now I know that most if not all software dev platforms are for Mac, but can I use a VM to test Win capability? And are there any cost relating the dev tools for Mac that integrate tightly with the OS?

Can I play games on this (e.g Civ 5, Hitman & others)?

I'm considering a MacBook Pro with i5 (i7s are way too expensive on the mac).


texts: 2013-Macbook Air compatibility with Matrox Dual/TripleHead2Go DP

texts:
I have been using a matrox TripleHead2Go DP (work) and DualHead2Go DP (home) with a late-2010 Macbook Air (Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics) with two Dell 2007fp monitors at 2*1600x1200@60Hz (i.e., one large display spanning both monitors with MacBook Air closed).

With a mid-2013 Macbook Air the same monitor setup was autodetected as 2*1600x1200@50Hz, which isn't supported by the monitors. Manually switching to 2*1600x1200@60Hz leads to mirroring of the displays in the two extermal montiors at 1600x1200 (macbook closed). Changing to lower resolutions will allow the desktop to span both monitors with the macbook closed but isn't ideal.

I couldn't find anyone else with a similar problem. Matrox customer support blamed the new Intel 5000 GPU in the new Macbook Air and had no further suggestions to fix this issue. Has anyone encountered this problem with the new mid-2013 Macbook Air and the Matrox Dual/TripleHead2Go DP unit(s) and have a work around?

The matrox units have the latest firmware updates, and I'm using the most recent version of the PowerDesk software from matrox.


texts: how to use different port for dns on Yosemite?

texts:
According to https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/resolver.5.html

you should be able to set a different port for dns, ie:

 example, 10.0.0.17.55 specifies that the nameserver at 10.0.0.17 uses port 55.

but:

sh-3.2# networksetup -setdnsservers Ethernet 185.37.37.37.54
185.37.37.37.54 is not a valid IP address. No changes were saved...
** Error: The parameters were not valid.

what gives? how can I fix this?


texts: Automator PDF text to Spoken Audio file: What's wrong with this script?

texts:
I have pages of PDF notes which I want converted to spoken audio to aid revision.

There are several suggested workflows online, but I'm still not getting the results I want.

I used this model from Macworld hints (see comment from chrischram).

An RFT file in TextEdit gets converted happily, but when I try and add a PDF, I get errors.

If I select the text myself, the workflow functions perfectly… What have I missed?

Current workflow (translated from German):

Get finder items
Extract PDF text (as RTF, save to folder)
Get TextEdit document contents
Convert Text to Audio, Save
Import data to iTunes
Add imported data to Playlist

For any help, I'd be grateful!


texts:
New 27" iMac just a couple of months old. This thing is usually FAST, it's 4.2Ghz Core i7 with 40GB RAM.

Recently doing some file renaming en-masse using an app from The App Store (Name Mangler 3) I noticed how slow the finder is.

Here is video evidence of what's happening: (watch the full 15 seconds or so).

The only things I can think of are:

I originally downloaded the free trial of Name Mangler from their website rather than app store. Given this version wouldn't be sandboxed the same was as the App Store version, could this be messing things up?
We have also corporate Sophos Endpoint which was recently installed - could that be involved?

The slowness does tend to seem to be connected mostly to file access, rather than generally (it still renders After Effects videos like a champ).


texts: Log in to a monitor-less Mac over the network

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Is it possible to share the screen OR remotely ssh login to a Mac that has no user logged in, i.e. it's sitting on the login screen after power-on/restart? The Mac in question uses macOS 10.15.6(ish).
Background story
I'm having a problem with getting the monitor to wake up properly, connected to a Mac Mini 2018 - purchased two months ago.
( The monitor problem is the original, but separate, long story problem on its own so I'll leave it out for now, if you're interested check out lots of threads over the net about it, especially https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8623270 - the original problem itself warrants its own thread(s))
So from a powered-up state, if I power on the Mac mini, as the monitor won't turn on properly, but I suspect that it actually might be on (because the power LED is on), it maybe ends up on the macOS login screen. The Mac mini itself has screen sharing and remote login turned on, so I was wondering if it should be possible to remote login to this computer from another Mac etc. Current attempts however; I haven't been able to spot the computer on the network. It doesn't show up in Network in Finder. I've tried pinging "mac-mini.local" etc, to no avail. The network name of the Mac mini should be just that, the default "Mac Mini".
My idea is, if I can login to the monitor-less Mac Mini, I can make sure it's even "alive".


texts: iTunes updated on my iPhone 5c to 9.0.2 but now iTunes on my laptop won't connect to my phone

texts: I have updated the latest iOS software onto my iPhone. When trying to connect to my iTunes library on my laptop, I get an error message (the iPhone cannot be used because it requires a newer version of iTunes). Both my phone and iTunes on my laptop state that I have the latest version... help!


texts: MacBook battery versus Tesla or Chevy Battery

texts:
I am curious to know from other users who are knowledgable with LiION batteries.  I work on a MacBook and just recently got a new machine.  From all my research of LiIon batteries, the optimal life to maintain the charge from studying EV-Car technology is to maintain charge from 20%-80%.

Is the same true on the MacBook?

Since both use LiIon i figure there should be parallels, but I figure there are differences with power management which may be chip-based.

Thoughts?  Thanks in advance.

Tri


texts: How do I specify what is used as the real C compiler?

texts:
I have a configure on Mountain Lion that's running into trouble:

[snip]
checking for gcc...
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/Users/jonathan/Downloads/httpd-2.4.4':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

Meanwhile, I have just opened Xcode and installed command-like tools, including /usr/bin/gcc.

Is there a way I can invoke the configure script so it will take /usr/bin/gcc as the C compiler?

And when I specified:

CC=/usr/bin/gcc

It gives:

checking how to run the C preprocessor... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc -E
configure: error: in `/Users/jonathan/Downloads/httpd-2.4.4':
configure: error: C preprocessor "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc -E" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details

For now I'll ask: how do I tell it what to use as the C preprocessor?

(Long-term what I'd like is to know why it's not aware of standard command line tools and pulls C-related functionality from an esoteric place.


texts: Macbook Pro loses wifi in Bootcamp when closing lid

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I have a 2012 Macbook Pro which I have Windows 10 installed using Bootcamp, and I mainly use Windows instead of macOS. It has worked fine for years but recently it has developed a problem where if I closed the lid (I guess let it enter sleep mode) and open it back up it loses WiFi connection. Further to losing the connection it also fails to detect any access points until I restart the laptop.
I have tried running all sorts of updates (Windows, Bootcamp etc.) but nothing seems to work. I was thinking it could be a hardware issue as it happens specifically when I close the lid of the laptop however it does not occur when using macOS on the laptop (haven't used in a while so need to confirm to be sure) so this is likely to be a software fault rather than hardware.
Does anyone have any ideas?


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On my Macbook I note a series of youtube URLs that I would like to watch, sometime.

They are extended documentaries, and so I'd like to watch them on the TV. The TV is hooked to an Apple TV (4th gen).

I could of course use the youtube app on the Apple TV to search again for the URLs, but this is terribly tedious. It's a task best done on a computer.

How do I send a set of youtube URLs from a Mac to the youtube app on Apple TV?

Yes, I am aware that I could use AirPlay. But doing so inevitably requires me to run back and forth between the Mac and the Apple TV.

I could also send the URLs via Google Keep to my iPad, and AirPlay from the iPad to the Apple TV, but I'm hoping there is a way that turns the Apple TV into a standalone device, without requiring me to type the URLs by hand.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to view next page in Microsoft Word for Mac?

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Is there a keyboard shortcut to view the next page in Microsoft Word for Mac?
In Adobe Reader, when I press the Right Arrow key, the view jumps to the next page.
I am looking for something similar in Microsoft Word for Mac.


texts: Hotkey to start and stop an application?

texts: I am using chunkwm for managing windows. How can I start/stop it with a hot key? Currently, I start it in a terminal window. To close chunkwm, I "Ctr-C" in the terminal. I would really like to have a hotkey to toggle between chunkwm on and off.


texts: Safari stops playing audio after user login

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This was happening since Sierra for me and it's still here now on Mojave. Every time, when closing my macbook over night (just switch user to login screen, no logout or shutdown), if I don't quit Safari, the next day when I login the audio is completely silent in Safari. The system audio is still working and songs in Finder/iTunes play normally, but not Safari.

But the really annoying part is that the only way (I found to work) to get the sound back was to restart the whole system. Restarting just Safari did nothing, logout/login did nothing, killall Safari nothing, etc.

Does this happen to anyone else too? Do you know of any way to fix the sound, other than rebooting the computer? Thanks!


texts: What is the best way to guarantee that the person I send an image to from my iPhone 10 receives it in full quality?

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I have an iPhone X and I want to send high quality photos to someone using another device I don’t know.
I’m taking photos in HEIF 12 megapixel format.
To maximize the quality of the photo received by the other does it work best to send photos through text message Facebook Messenger or email?