texts: How to re-download offloaded app (with data) from my old iPad to new iPad

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I searched a lot for this question; found this question (How do I transfer app data from my old iPad to my new iPad?) but it's from nearly a decade ago, so it may not be relevant.
I will be buying a new iPad (2020) and trading in my old one (from 2017). There is one app (Multicraft, an offline version of Minecraft) which I have spent a lot of time using, and considering the amount of time I have spent creating things with this app, I'd like to keep all the data.
My question is: How do I re-download the offloaded app (with data) from my old iPad to new iPad?
Has anyone done this recently and confirmed that their method works with various types of apps?
Thank you!


texts: Enlarging APFS OS Volume - Unknown partition scheme

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I have my OSX install on a seperate AFPS partion, my home folder on another (HFS). In order to enlarge it I deleted a Linux partition following it, and now I get an error that it is not an AFPS device when I try to enlarge it. Given some other users problems with rebooting when they have this unknown partition I'm wondering if I should be concerned. The output of diskutil list follows:

Last login: Thu Mar 19 15:22:12 on ttys000
User-MBP:~ username$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF               51.7 GB    disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                47.8 GB    disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                900.0 GB   disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +51.7 GB    disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume OS                      39.6 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 21.6 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                512.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      4.3 GB     disk1s4

Here is the output of diskutil info disk0s2 | grep -e Offset -e Size:

User-MBP:etc username$ diskutil info disk0s2 | grep -e Offset -e Size
   Partition Offset:         209735680 Bytes (409640 512-Byte-Device-Blocks)
   Disk Size:                51.7 GB (51722964992 Bytes) (exactly 101021416 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes


texts: Change American keyboard icon in menu bar to black and white

texts: How can I change the American keyboard icon my menu bar from a colored icon to black and white?


texts: How to get Automator to treat text as RTF?

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I am writing a book and trying to add a service to provide syntax highlighting to text selected in Pages with Automator. I have a service accepts selected text and runs it through a shell command (pygmentize) which converts it to syntax highlighted RTF.

The problem is that when the text is returned, Automator treats it as plain text and I get gibberish back. I've tried changing the accepts back and forth between rich and plain and it doesn't make any difference. I've tried piping the output through textutil to no avail.

My only work around for now is to have the shell command copy to the clipboard with pbcopy and then use an Automator to grab the contents of the clipboard. I'd rather find a way to do this without having to wipe the clipboard, any suggestions for getting Automator to treat my shell commands output as rich text?

Is there anyway to make this work with AppleScript?


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I followed Apple's instruction to reset PRAM ("Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.") and the only thing that happened was that my Mac rebooted repeatedly until I stopped holding the short-cut. After releasing the keyboard OS was loaded but without any startup sound and my original problem remained (see Original problem)

I found out that not being able to reset PRAM may be caused by the user password, so I tried to disable the password request but this did not work either. This seems to be because of FireVault which I deactivated a couple of hours ago. My system is still encoding so it might take another couple of hours until I can see whether this approach was useful.

Does anyone have another advice?

Original problem: No sound, no micro

My MacBook Pro (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G56)) was on stand-by all the night. When I opened my Mac this morning I had no sound and my micro did not work either (A call via skype failed (I could not hear anybody and they did not hear me) but the camera worked. I cannot hear music via iTunes nor any other application. Also I cannot hear the click sound when one tries to turn up volume.). Therefore I thought resetting PRAM would be the solution but I failed in doing so as described.


texts: iPhoto has missing photos but they can't be removed

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I have an iPhoto library of about 2100 photos. It's iPhoto 11, v9.4.1 (701.67).

At some point I imported some photo's from memory stick and played around with the 'store photos in library' vs. 'link to existing photos'.
Whatever was the cause, now every time I open iPhoto I get several messages telling me photos are missing and whether I can find them. I tediously selected some of them one by one (why isn't iPhoto smart enough to look for the others in the folder I just selected?? :/ ) but some I still cannot find.

I'd rather now remove them from my library, but every time I try to select a missing picture for deletion iPhoto freezes and I have to force-quit.

I tried the repair options with Cmd+Option, but those don't seem to help and the thumbnails rebuild will just ask me for the source of 100s of photos so I just cancelled that.

I also tried the script in: http://philatwarrimoo.blogspot.nl/2010/06/iphoto-script-to-remove-missing-photos.html but after some time iPhoto freezes again and the script times out.

Any ideas?


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I would like to prepare hand-written notes (via One by Wacom tablet) for my educational purposes, therefore I would like to have a software which has

ability to create infinite long (or big enough) canvas, where I can write using my tablet.

This is something similar to Notes or Word app, where one can write as much as they want, and pages keep on increasing.

Sketchbook seems to be promising, but resizing of canvas is not available in free version.
Krita seems to be very bulky for such simple tasks.

Can anyone suggest a free software which can fulfill this need?


texts: How do I remove the source (base) from my terminal?

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I created some new aliases in my .bashrc file and did

source ~/.bashrc

Now, everytime I open my terminal it always comes with the (base)

How do I remove that?


texts: Why does iPhone capture screenshots as PNG?

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Is there a reason for iPhone to save screenshots taken as .PNG instead of .JPG?

Screenshots won't have transparent background anyways.


texts: Prior to version 11, it was trivial in iTunes to view album artwork at "actual size". Is this possible in iTunes 11? It seems that all album artwork, regardless of the resolution of the file, is limited to the same measly 400x400 size dictated by the player.


texts: Why does an uninstalled Canon LBP 5050 printer keep reappearing?

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I used to have a Canon LBP 5050. It is no longer connected to the network or the Mac. I removed the printer from: "System Preferences → Printers" and even removed the ppd from /Library/Printers, using Terminal, but for some reason it constantly reinstalls itself every time I reboot my machine.

As far as I can tell there is no special Canon software installed or gets "called up" as a logon item.

Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: Is there a way to resize Dock in macOS using keyboard shortcuts?

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I would like to be able to resize the Dock in macOS strictly using  keybindings. Ideally, this would be incrementally and work similar to the way that volume/brightness increase/decrease keys work.

I use BetterTouchTool for most of my gesture/shortcut customizations, and I have been able to achieve just about everything I've needed with it, but this is one thing I've yet to figure out.

Has anyone ever successfully achieved this? If so, what was your approach (software, tools, etc.)?


texts: Does deleting an iMessage on a device deletes it in all of the other iCloud synced devices?

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If I have my iPad and my iPhone synced through iCloud and I can see that my text messages  are being received/sent on both. If I send an iMessage on my iPad and immediately delete the entire text thread on my iPad, does it in turn delete the text threat off of my iPhone?  If not, does it show the iMessage I sent from my iPad?

Pretty much what happened was I was over my buddy's house and his iPhone and iPad are synced to iCloud.  I am assuming this because he had been text messaging me all day and all of the most current text messages were showing on his iPad.  I used his iPad to send a text message to my wife with some of our bank account information she needed.

I immediately deleted the text thread from the ipad (My wife also has an iPhone so I am assuming it was an iMessage).

My question is does this iMessage go to his phone still if I deleted it?  Or does it delete from his phone because I deleted it from his iPad?


texts: What Firewall settings needs to be enabled for Airdrop?

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Which option in the built-in firewall in System Preferences needs to be enabled to allow AirDrop to receive files on a Mac?

The Mac can currently see iPhone's and other devices in Airdrop, but does not show on the iPhone as a target for Airdrop.


texts: Network error since the macOS Catalina update

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No internet, "ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED" error in chrome since the macOS Catalina update.

I tried,

resetting the router
reconnecting to the wifi it in safe mode
diagnostics report

I tried it in Safari and Chrome a few hours ago and it didn't work in both of them. Now, it isn't working in Chrome but surprisingly it is working in Safari.

PS - Again it stopped working :(
I can open Stack Exchange in Chrome but not other sites. What is happening?


texts: VMWare Fusion: Install MacOS from recovery partition is no longer available in 10.14?

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In the old days I just install OSX virtual machine from the recovery partition.

But this is no longer available in newer Macs, any ideas?

P.S Recovery partition is actually available from diskutil

/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         1.0 TB     disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.0 TB     disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            395.4 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 46.2 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.3 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4


texts: Missing Space on Drive using Core Storage after Boot Camp Assistant Failure

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Using Boot Camp Assistant, I started to create a 50 GB partition, but it hung on partitioning. After waiting about 30 minutes without the progress bar moving, I quit the Boot Camp Assistant, thinking I would be able to fix the partition either by using the Boot Camp Assistant or the Disk Utility. However, the partition doesn't appear in either. Instead, my drive has just become 50 GB smaller. Looking for other solutions, people were generally able to find the partition by using Terminal application commands, however I haven't even been able to do that. (Notice in Disk Utility, it says Macintosh HD is 441.65GB, but "Capacity" is 500.28GB):

I tried booting in Recovery mode and doing First Aid in the Disk Utility. This resulted in the same "All's Fine," but still haven't gotten my 50GB back. I spent all day clearing 100GB to make room for a Windows partition, and now in the Finder I'm down to 43GB :/.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!


texts: I'm currently downloading the iOS 7 update (7.01), but I'd like to wait a bit before installing it. After it finishes downloading, will it still stay in iTunes until I'm ready to install, or will it delete the file as soon as I shutdown? I used the 'Just Download' option, not 'Download and Install', so it shouldn't require me to install immediately after it downloads, but can I shut down so I can install later?


texts: Strange behaviour of window.location in safari (in Tampermonkey script)

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I recently did a clean install of El Captian & added Tampermonkey into my safari. Youtube had evolved a lot since its inception and, personally, I found the homepage had become quite shitty so I used the snippet of code in my Tampermonkey script below to redirect the homepage to the subscription page

function jump(nwl){
    if(nwl=="https://www.youtube.com/"){
    window.location = "https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions";
    }else if(nwl!=wl){
      do_removeRecommendation();
      wl =  nwl;
    }
    if(nwl=="https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions"){
       removeWatched();
    }
    if(nwl=="https://www.youtube.com/subscription_manager"){
        GM_addStyle('#masthead-appbar-container { display: none !important; }'
           );
    }

}
jump(window.location.href);
setInterval(function(){
    jump(window.location.href);
},1000);

Back when I was using Yosemite this worked pretty well in my chrome. But I am switching to safari now & this is what happens when I accident go to the youtube homepage:

It bloody changed the location of some iframe which made no sense.

Although if we refresh the page, it would then redirect to https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions quite nicely.


texts: El Capitan Downloads folder in dock doesn't expand

texts: When I click on my downloads folder in dock it opens the downloads folder in Finder, instead of showing the expanded file contents. How can I fix this?


texts: Downgrading from iOS 8.1 beta 2 to iOS 8.0.2

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I have to use a backup of my iPhone but iTunes says that is not compatible with
the beta distribution. So I need to downgrade to iOS 8.0.2 but it seems not possible.

Any Idea?

Now I'm downloading it (iOS 8.0.2) manually and I'll try to replace manually.


texts: Problem setting up Outlook 2011/2016 with Google-apps email

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I have an email address managed Google Apps (it uses the imap.googlemail.com and smtp.googlemail.com servers, but the part after the @ is not gmail but the domain of my university). I use exactly the same settings in Thunderbird and Postbox (see here), but couldn't manage to make it work with Outlook 2011 nor 2016.

I get this error:

Any ideas?


texts: How do I get Finder windows to reopen on start up?

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I just got my new computer with system 10.7.2 and this is really bugging me. I like having a few Finder windows always open. When I shut down and then start up my computer the next day, all the windows I had opened in the Finder are closed save one. It always just has a single Finder window open. If I have 5 windows open when I shut down, I want all 5 of them open the next day. How do I make this happen? I can't stress this enough. The windows won't stay opened on restart.

In the general preferences I have the "Restore windows when quitting..." button checked. When I shut down, the "Reopen windows when logging back in" button always remains checked. I can find no other mention anywhere regarding windows maintenance and it's driving me nuts! This should be a no-brainer but I can't find any way of correcting this situation. It seems everywhere I look on-line, people are having the exact opposite problem.


texts: How can I review the most recently shown dialog box in OS X?

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I was just typing a long string of text into an input field in Chrome. I saw my screen flash briefly and the shape of a dialog box appear, but before I could stop typing I had already hit some key that closed the box (I'm guessing space, but possibly a letter or even enter).

How can I find out what the dialog box said and what action I took to close it?

I'm using OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.


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Since macOS update 10.15.4, I have been having a problem with Safari.

When I open Safari on one desktop/Space and switch to another one, after a short delay of approximately a second Safari steals focus and swaps Spaces back to the one where it is open. No matter how many times I change the space I'm using, it keeps reverting back to the one where safari is open.

Any ideas on what might be causing this, or how I can fix it? I use Spaces a lot for my workflow and this basically renders them unusable while safari is open.


texts: Choose custom colour for shape fill in Pages 5.2

texts: How can I choose a new color for a shape fill in Pages 5.2? There is a default set of colors to choose from and I need a specific branded color.


texts:
I recently purchased a new iMac which I love except for one sort of big issue - the text is blurry on several programs. At first I thought it was a browser issue when I noticed it in Gmail (using Chrome then Safari) and now I notice it's in other programs/applications on the computer as well. I have tried changing the display settings and nothing seems to help. After doing some searches on this it seems like this is a common issue with Apple. Is this something that Apple users just learn to deal with? It is night and day from my PC where the text was as crisp as can be...I was really looking forward to making this switch but this would be a deal breaker I think.

Here are some screenshots that I captured:


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I'd like to share internet from ethernet (10.0.100.2) to Wi-Fi.

But when I do so and then I connect a device via Wi-Fi I get a whole different network: 192.168.2.0. Is there a way to use the same 10.0.100.0 network?

I need it because I have internal DNS and need to debug stuff over the LAN.


texts: Strange padlock icon on status bar (not rotation-lock!)

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I recently noticed that a strange padlock icon with a "T" in it on my status bar. It is not rotation-lock tho. What exactly is this?

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.6


texts: Is there a way to bypass the network search when booting with the Option key? I switch between macOS and Windows with Bootcamp, and while the partitions come up quickly, I can‘t choose one before the wifi search is over. It‘s only slightly annoying, but still annoying.


texts: Monitor and MacBook Pro not on speaking terms anymore

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This one puzzles me.  I have this setup

[MBP]<----[HDMI]----[HDMI-DVI Adapter]---->[BenQ FP222W]

When I plug in the monitor, the MBP detects it and the screen flashes like normal.  Likewise the monitor detects "Input: DVI" and the backlight comes on. Then nothing.
I can move windows to and from the blank screen (they don't display, but they do move there), and as far as my computer seems to know, it's connected.

But here's the weird part, I've tested every component and everything works:

Monitor with new laptop and same cable -- WORKS
Monitor with my laptop and DVI cable (DVI to displayport) -- WORKS
Different monitor with original cable -- WORKS
Different monitor with just HDMI cable -- WORKS
Monitor with VGA cable (VGA to displayport) from different computer -- WORKS
Monitor with DVI cable to different laptop -- WORKS

What am I missing?  I've verified that all the outputs on my laptop work, all the inputs on the monitor work, and all the cables work.  I'm out of ideas (and also curious to see what other people think).

Just to cover a few bases, I tried holding the cable at different angles, I tried leaving the monitor off (in case the gremlins inside can be killed with a lack of electricity), and the monitor was working on Friday Jan 2 (then I was gone all week last week, and it started being picky yesterday morning).


texts: xcode 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 crashing when creating new project everytime

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I recently installed OS Mavericks as Virtual Machine. Everything else is working fine.  I got Xcode 5.0.1 ( and then tried Xcode 5.0.2) installed successfully.  However, Xcode crashes everytime I create new project.

I go to File -> Project and select the template for new project. As soon as I enter the project name and hit the create button I get locked out of the Mac.

I then have to enter my password once again and start Xcode again. It does not open workspace at this point.

Surprisingly, it seems that all initial files are getting created.  When I open Xcode after the crash I can go to File -> Open and then open the earlier created project.  I am very new to iOS development and learning on my own reading books. I don't know if it is creating all the required files or not ?

Can anyone please confirm if these all the files which need to be created for a page based application ? ( please see the screenshot ), also;
Is there a remedy to this problem?

I tried https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19473231/xcode-5-crashes-on-new-project-creation however it does not work in my case.


texts: Synchronize calendar between Mac, Android mobile and Windows 7

texts: I´m currently using my Mac with Lion. Using Bootcamp I installed Windows 7. I also have an Android phone. Now I´m looking for a calendar software that allows me to synchronize between all three OS. It should not be an online solution.


texts: Show progress indicators in Mail 6 (Mountain Lion)

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Apple seems to have taken the brilliant decision of not showing progress indicators when you are checking for new emails. This is annoying, as you get 0 feedback when you press the "Get new messages" button.

Is there any way of getting Mail to still show the "checking for email" progress indicators?


texts: Stop MacOS Catalina adding SSH keys automatically

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Getting a bit annoyed by this now and probably something simple!

I have various different ssh keys that I use to connect to a range of servers as well as a key to access Github.  These keys are all listed as identity files in .ssh/config and work well.

However, ssh agent keeps automatically loading a bunch of keys that has the knock-on effect of throwing up a too many authentication errors message when trying to connect to another service.  Every time this occurs I have to ssh-add -D.  This works fine for a couple of hours but will then crop up again, seemingly for no reason.

Each host is set up in .ssh/config with its own identity file listed and I don't have a wildcard statement at the top of the file.

Any thoughts much appreciated.


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Every few sentences, the phone speaks a phrase that sounds like "one dollar." It's not in the text of the screen. Anyone know what this is?
This also happens on the Uber driver app when it’s speaking instructions. It’s the weirdest thing. It happens on multiple web sites (not just Uber.com), though not all.
I was thinking maybe it has something to do with HTML tags ???
I also found this question:  say command says wrong text (for some voices)
and am not sure if it's related. I don't have special voices installed on my phone. I'm just using the female voice.

Listen here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-339437908/one-dollar#t=0:04
Recorded from https://www.uber.com/a/drive-pp/?exp=nyc
Note that the phrase "one dollar" is spoken quite a few times throughout the recording and those words do not appear anywhere in the
text.

Or

Test it out yourself:
Go to Settings>General>Accessibility>Speech and enable "Speak Screen".
Then try it here: https://www.uber.com/a/drive-pp/?exp=nyc

** Edit: **
I was digging around and I noticed I was using the "female voice" setting under Siri, but the Accessibility settings have options for multiple voices. Using some of the other voices, the extra words were not spoken, making this question very much related to the linked question. However, the linked question refers to a specific word being spoken as a different word. I am concerned with why this extra phrase is being inserted into the text. The bounty remains and I hope someone can answer. And until then I'll be using the Australian voices because they don't exhibit this behavior.


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Here there are many shortcuts for Numbers https://support.apple.com/kb/PH23737?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US.

I would like to have one for Borrom border. I tried (without success) the following:

Is it possible?


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I am using Scratch which is based on Adobe Air, I believe.

At some point I mistakenly denied access to my microphone on that program (it asked me "May Scratch access your microphone" or something along the lines through the OS, and I said "no" by mistake).

Now I can't seem to find a place where I can recover the access and allow Scratch to access my microphone.

Any ideas where that toggle would be?


texts: Alt-keys (option-keys) in emacs emulation (jetBrains PyCharm)

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I suspect this is a general issue with the Mac as opposed to anything specific to the app I'm struggling with now, which happens to be PyCharm from jetBrains.  The reason I suspect this is a general problem is that I've struggled with it before with other apps, namely emacs itself and perhaps some other apps that have emacs keybinding emulation, but not sufficiently often (once a year or so) that I can remember the solution.  What I do remember is that the solution was really obscure and perhaps not something we had to do to the app directly, but to the environment or context.

The problem is that alt keys don't work as expected as modifier keys, but instead input glyphs. For example, we want Alt-D to perform the editor function "Kill-to-end-of-word," but, instead, it inputs ∂; we want Alt-B to perform the editor function "Move-caret-to-previous-word," but, instead, in inputs ∫.  Oddly, Alt-F works as expected to perform "Move-caret-to-next-word" instead of inputting ƒ.

Here are some more details:

Mac OSX yosemite, PyCharm CE 4.5.3, emacs key bindings
(command-, / Preferences; Keymap; Emacs)

I check the key bindings on the right hand side, the spyglass-with-cannonball icon says "Find Actions by Shortcut" on hover, I click that, enter "Alt-B" and it finds "Move Caret to Previous Word." However, when I go back to the editor window and press "Alt-B" I get ∫. Likewise, when I search keymap for Alt-D, I get "Kill to End of Word" (just what I want), but in the editor window, it prints as the curly derivative sign ∂.


texts: How can I throttle bandwidth for iTunes ony?

texts: I saw a few questions asked and suggest Waterproof and a few other apps, but it seems to throttle everything outgoing on my Mac. I want to only throttle the download speed on iTunes. I normally use jDownloader to download things, and I am able to put a speed cap on my downloads, is there a way to do that for iTunes?


texts: my iphone 6s plus has been freezing on me randomly and frequently. i have the most current ios. this was happening before the latest ios upgrade. i tried both soft and hard restarts. then i did a "reset all settings." it is still happening. i've researched how to fix it, i even called apple. apple and all comments about the problem have told me to rest using "erase all contents...." i would rather resolve the issue without doing that. does anyone have an idea how to solve the freezing problem? and, if i must reset all, how do i transfer/copy my current passwords so that i can import them back into my now factory set iphone? i back up my phone to icloud daily through auto backups and and i backup to my mac and often with itunes. i tried to find out if icloud keychain has my passwords stored there. but i can not locate keychain in my icloud. thanks. gregg


texts: MacBook Pro | Screen Brightness not working

texts: I recently got a a MacBook Pro early 2011 and I am not able to change the brightness, either higher or lower. The brightness keys don't work and the brightness setting in System Preferences > Displays, doesn't appear to show. I have to change the settings for the brightness keys but still it doesn't seem work. What should I do to fix this?


texts: Is there a way to access the "Recent Items" list from the terminal?

texts:
The Apple menu "Recent Items" entry is handy, but at times I would like to be able to access it via command line, e.g. to change to a directory I was just working in with a GUI app. Is there a way to get access to at least the last open file or folder from Desktop to terminal?

Failing that, is there a way to access a smart folder from the command line (for example, if I have one that consists of files modified in the past 2 days).


texts: How can I resize an image created using dd which contains a block-by-block copy of my Mac drive?

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I created a copy of a working (but getting a few disk errors) 1TB spinning disk drive using dd. I can mount the image (hdiutil attach or just double click in Finder) no problem and see the files on the main HFS+ volume. However, I don't see the other partitions which I know are there (EFI, Recovery HD). I know these are there because if I restore the image directly to a physical drive, they are there.

However, I would like to restore this image to a 480GB SSD (smaller), so I need to shrink the main/large HFS+ partition of the image. There is plenty of free space in the partition (700GB) so this should be feasible.

I have tried converting the image to a read-write image (hdiutil convert -format UDRW) or a sparse bundle (hdiutil convert -format UDSB - results in a 200GB file).

The read-write image won't resize:
hdiutil: resize request is below minimum size allowed.

Running hdiutil compact on the sparse bundle won't shrink it:
Reclaimed 0 bytes out of 796.9 GB possible.

What is the correct way to accomplish resizing the main/large HFS+ partition in the full disk image?


texts: How do I forget neighbours' (never-joined) Wi-Fi networks?

texts: My WiFi can see 12 networks belonging to neighbours, locked and password protected, some with silly names. Network/Wi-Fi/Advanced allows me to remove names from the list, but only for networks I have joined. How can I remove the others?


texts: Changing Input Source not working in some apps

texts: I have a couple of Input Sources set up (Australian and Teknia Greek, the latter added into ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts). These work correctly in some apps (e.g. Chrome, TextMate), but in other apps (all Office apps, TextEdit, Notes) I am unable to use Teknia Greek. Even if this is selected while focused on another app, as soon as I focus back on one of these apps, the Input Source switches back to Australian. This only affects my MacBook Pro. My iMac has the same setup and works correctly. Both are running Mojave.


texts: Force relaunch of Finder from terminal into background

texts:
For some reason, Finder is no longer running and will not relaunch using conventional methods.

I can, however, get it running with the following command in the Terminal:

  prompt$ open -g     /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder &

Despite the fact that I'm ending the command with an ampersand and passing the -g flag to open, the resulting Finder opens attached to a completely new Terminal window that, when closed, causes the Finder application to also exit.

How can I relaunch the Finder from the Terminal, ensuring that it will run in the background without spawning a new shell?


texts: I'm trying to use a script to call compare file size. Unfortunately the version of find on my mac does not support the -printf switch. Any suggestions?


texts:
Macbook Pro 13" 2015 with OS X Yosemite on board. I've been trying to install OS X El Capitan, but always get the following message:
"This copy of the Install OS X El Capitan application can't be verified. It may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading."

By the way this is not a date time issue, date is correct on my computer.

How can I fix this? Who knows the solution, please help.


texts: How to make a small storage in my macbook to act as a USB stick?

texts:
I want to partition 128Mb out of my macbook hard drive and use it as an external usb; mainly for scanners that they can stick a usb stick into. This way I won't need to install drivers for every scanner I use.

Is that possible? Is there a small app that can make it? Convert the usb port into a usb stick on option.


texts: Can Mavericks Spaces support 3 windows spanned across 2 displays?

texts: Is it possible to have a 3-screen Space across two displays such that you can swipe to toggle between seeing displays 1 & 2 or 2 & 3?


texts:
I'm going to collaborare with several customers to develop iOS apps, and I was wondering how should I deal with app store subscriptions ?

Should I subscribe by myself and pay 99$ per year (and have the apps with my development username) or should I ask to each of my customer to subscribe ?

Also, how many apps can I submit per year ? Is there a limit ?

thanks


texts:
Bottom Line - Source Control for iWork files in organised folder structure.

Background -
Our work has moved to iWork as the primary office suite. And one of my irks is that we have way too many emails with files as attachments flying back and forth.

I tend to download the attachments and put into the respective folders on my local drive for reference. For example, my Documents folder has multiple folders with project names as folder names and holds files inside.

Solution vision -

Every time I download an attachment, rename the attachment with the date as prefix - I can solve this using Hazel, kindof.
If the downloaded item is edited, create a copy of the old document and rename the new document with newly edited date - a little tricky.

OR

A local repository which does source control for the Mac, as I can't use third party cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive or iCloud.

Tools available - Applescript, Hazel, Alfred, Better Touch Tool. Can buy new tools if needed.


texts: Clipboard paste hangs application for 30s

texts:
I'm on MacOS Catalina 10.15.3 (Darwin 19.3.0). My Mac frequently gets into a state where every attempt to paste from the system clipboard freezes the application I'm pasting in to for about 30s, meaning I see a "beachball" when hovering over that application, but can still use other applications.

It also happens with pbcopy/pbpaste:

echo foo | pbcopy
time pbpaste

real 0m30.031s
user 0m0.226s
sys  0m0.202s

It takes almost exactly 30s every time. Note that there is also no output from pbpaste.

I can temporarily resolve it by running rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist && killall Finder, but the issue returns within minutes. Rebooting does not help.

How can I resolve this?


texts: IF statement doesn't work properly in osascript

texts:
I'm working on script which should do something if application is running or not Also there should be a timer of checking(60 seconds) The problem is that "if" statement which is checking "count" doesn't work.

Here is a script:

#!/bin/bash
osascript -e "do shell script \"

COUNT="0"

while true;
do
    if (ps aux | grep Skype | grep -v grep > /dev/null)
    then
        echo "RUNNING" > /Users/someuser/Desktop/RUNNING.txt
    else
        echo "STOPPED" > /Users/someuser/Desktop/STOPPED.txt
    fi

    sleep 1
    COUNT=$((COUNT+1))

    if (("$COUNT" > "60"))
    then
        exit 0
    fi

done

\" with administrator privileges"


texts: Put windows on a *partitioned* external hard drive?

texts:
I'm a Mac user who needs access to a windows program. Instead of using bootcamp (which I've used in the past) I'd like to put windows on one partition of an external hard drive so I don't have to take up space on my computer. What I'm after is being able to boot into windows from one partition and leave the other partition free to use for extra storage (on mac or windows, like a flash drive). [Here is the tutorial][1] I followed, but when I go to boot into windows on my mac it says "Unable to verify startup disk". Does anyone know how to resolve this?
(Note: I did do this a couple years ago with my old mac and it worked, and I don't remember what tutorial I used. So it is possible, at least with mac os from a couple years ago)
Thanks in advanced!
EDIT: This is regarding a 16" MacBook Pro running mac os catalina
[1]: https://www.instructables.com/id/Installing-Windows-on-External-Drive-With-Mac-Part/


texts: Mobile Safari - link to MP3 and show album art?

texts:
I've created a web page that has a link to an MP3 file. When I click the link, the OS plays the MP3 with a full screen image of a generic image:

Is it possible to show album art in this view? I've embedded album art in the MP3 file, but it doesn't show up so I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong with the sound creation tool or if there is something special that needs to be done with how the file is hosted.

Has anyone seen a song that plays from a web page with album artwork?


texts: Map the application key to right-click at caret position using Karabiner-Elements

texts:
To map the application key to right-click using Karabiner-Elements one can use:
"simple_modifications": [
    {
        "from": {
            "key_code": "application"
        },
        "to": {
            "pointing_button": "button2"
        }
    },

However, this will perform a right-click at the position of the mouse pointer. I want it to move the pointer to the position of the caret and then perform the right-click.
Presumably, to do this I need to use "complex_modifications" rule.
My main problem is I don't know how to change the mouse pointer position to the caret position.
Using AutoHotkey there's an answer here  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41206243/moving-the-mouse-pointer-to-the-cursor
I can't say I really understand the answer there but anyway I'm looking to do this with Karabiner-Elements


texts: Can I see my CPU and memory usage meters in the menu bar?

texts: I'd like to be able to view my cpu and memory usage in real time.  Not as a desktop widget or window application, but as a widget in the menu bar.  Is this possible?


texts:
Is is possible to set up a reverse SSH tunnel on an iPad?

I'd like to be to do basic nmap TCP scans and use some other tools that the iPad doesn't have on remote networks.  So my idea is after I've connected to the network, ssh to my home server.  Then from my home server ssh back onto my iPad.

Are there any apps out there that provide this functionality?  Is it possible without jailbreaking?  Or is there an even simpler solution that I'm missing?


texts: How to figure out what formula corresponds to a given package in homebrew?

texts:
I am trying to install 'Parallel Patterns Library' for c++. The package is generally abbreviated 'ppl'. As I did

brew home ppl

I figured that the formula 'ppl' is associated with 'Parma Polyhedra Library' and not 'Parallel Patterns Library'. How can I find out what formula is associated with 'Parallel Patterns Library' (if any)?

Eventually more generally, I'd welcome advice on how to install 'Parallel Patterns Library' if there is no homebrew formula for it.


texts: How to automatically tag file by name or extension

texts:
I was wondering if there is a way to automatically tag a file as it reaches your computer, like downloads, copying from an external drive, etc. I would like to simulate gmail filters, like labelling every email as it reaches your mail.

I would prefer if we could do this by name, but if it could be done by extension, that would be ok too.


texts: Upgrade to Yosemite Cutting Off Photoshop CS6 Dialog With Two Displays

texts:
This isn't my screenshot, but this is what is happening in Photoshop CS6 after updating to Yosemite, the top of the open dialog gets chopped off. We've tested and this only happens when the second monitor is plugged in. We've adjusted the resolution of the second display and switched it back again which works to resolve it, but once you close Photoshop it returns to the broken dialog behaviour.

This Apple discussion is the best discussion I've found but doesn't have any suggestions outside of the resolution one we found.


texts:
Today I lost my iPhone and because of that I proceeded to unregister it from Apple as http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526 indirectly suggests.

What does it really mean to unregister a product?


texts:
If I have OS X display the time in the menu bar with blinking separators, the seem to blink inconsistently. I've taken a 32 second video of the effect. It's happening on two of my MacBook Airs, 13" Mid 2011 model. Running MacOSX 10.8.4. One is used at work and the other is my personal machine.

I know that this is a rather small issue but I'm still very curious on what might be causing this problem.

Update

Looks like it's fixed in Mavericks!


texts:
I've read in quite a few places that sales trend reports update anywhere between 3AM - 5AM Cupertino time once a day.

But what about other stats?

When do app ratings update?
When do customer reviews update?


texts: Software to allow saves to external drive when it's not present?

texts:
I'm wondering if software for this purpose already exists.

What I want to be able to do is to be able to save to my external drive when it is not connected to my computer. By this I mean I want the drive to always appear as though it is connected so that I can choose to write to it whenever I want. If the drive is connected when I save to it the files I want to save will be written to my local drive and then when the external is connected, copied across.

Does anything similar to this exist?


texts: Accessing a PDF stored in iBooks (on a jailbroken device)

texts: On a jailbroken iPad, I was looking for a way to access a particular PDF from iBooks. The files reside in /var/mobile/Media/Books, so basically I was looking for a way to find the random filename of a particular book. Is there any method?


texts: How setup macports package bash to be used from terminal.app

texts:
I've made a bit of confusion trying to make terminal.app use /opt/local/bin/bash installed from macports as shell.
I've used:
chsh -s "/opt/local/bin/bash --rcfile ~/.profile -v"

trying also with -l option but still do not reads ~/.profile.
I've set also
/opt/local/bin/bash --rcfile ~/.profile -v -l

in terminal.app preferences.
Any suggestion to correctly set up terminal.app to use /opt/local/bin/bash and to load ~/.profile?
Thanks


texts: Cannot `brew install` from a `bash` script

texts:
I want to create a script to setup an environment on a Mac. Here's a simple sample...

#!/bin/bash
brew install gcovr || exit 1
gcovr --version

  NOTE: Script assumes brew was previously installed .

When I execute the script I get an error.

$ ./install
Warning: gcovr 4.1 is already installed and up-to-date
To reinstall 4.1, run `brew reinstall gcovr`
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/gcovr/4.1/libexec/bin/gcovr", line 6, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

However, if I run it directly from the command line, it progresses as expected.

$ brew install gcovr
Warning: gcovr 4.1 is already installed and up-to-date
To reinstall 4.1, run `brew reinstall gcovr`

It should be noted, the script does install gcovr before failing and bailing.


texts: How to (Right click + Move mouse to the Left) in MACBOOK PRO

texts: I am using Genymotion and playing game: Clash of Clan. To Zoom in I need to : Right click + Move mouse to the Left. How can i do this Macbook pro retina display 15 inch. I know that  tapping with two fingers means right click. I tapped with two fingers & without pulling them back i moved them to right of screen but nothing seems to happen. I also used my third finger to move right while tapped with 2 fingers but neither of these two tricks worked.


texts: Update Macbook 8.1 from Snow Leopard to High Sierra

texts:
So I have established that I have a Macbook 8.1 that apparently can run High Sierra. Problem is I can't download from app store because it says it requires 10.8.0 to perform that task.

The Macbook will be used by wife for mainly browsing, iTunes, word processing and other stuff. I have a PC with Linux and Hackintosh for all my heavy dev stuff so not worried about High Sierra running possibly slow but if it is dreadful I'll just update the RAM and possibly upgrade to an SSD.

I have been told that it might be a good idea to create a bootable DVD and install from that instead. So was wondering where I can get an official .iso (or .dmg?) of High Sierra or would you guys recommend taking it to Apple to do this?


texts: Can the Macbook Pro drive two Ultra HD monitors at 60FPS each?

texts:
I'm referring to the 2015 Macbook Pro, 15-inch, with the AMD Radeon R9 M370X with 2GB GDDR5 memory. Can this drive two Ultra HD monitors (3840 x 2160) at 60FPS each? If so, would you be able to simultaneously use the built-in display?

To be clear, I'm referring to SST (single-stream transport) monitors, not MST (multi-stream transport).

You'd have to plug each monitor into a Thunderbolt port, since HDMI supports only 30FPS. Are both Thunderbolt ports on different Thunderbolt buses, or the same? In the latter case, there may not be enough bandwidth.


texts: iCloud and AppleID 'married' to Macintosh

texts:
When purchasing a used Macintosh, what does one need to know (i.e. what will adverse outcome) regarding the Hardware (serial #?) being tie to an ID?

Apple Products: Due to Apple removing the old website they had to check for iCloud or Apple ID accounts tied to devices we cannot be certain whether or not a device was tied to an account in the past. There is a possibility that a device may bring down a lock from a previous owner after we have already processed it. If a device does bring down a lock past our standard 30 day return policy it will not be accepted for return.

What can be done and what resources are available to mitigate this risk before buying the used hardware?


texts: Enable mouse back button action inside citrix workspace window

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro(macOS 10.15.3) and am logged into a Windows 10 system through Citrix Viewer. I have a Logitech MX Master 3 connected to MacBook through bluetooth. The back navigation button works fine in chrome when I am on my macOS but it doesn't work in the Windows desktop through Citrix. Is there any setting which I can enable to make this work?
Sorry for tagging virtualbox, citrix tag wasn't available.


texts: How can I disable keyword highlighting for lookup on Mac OS?

texts:
Mac OS has started adding this annoying grey box around keywords/topics when I mouse over them. It happens a lot when I am typing about movie titles and other known hot topic items. If you click on the grey box it does a "Lookup" on the keyword.

How can I disable this auto highlighting of keywords for lookup?


texts: Can you recover recovery mode after erasing HDD?

texts:
I plug in a USB stick with Mojave macos installer. When I boot with Option key hold down, USB is not listed.

I have tried different DMG images and different USB drives.

Previously I erased macbook HDD (it has Linux only now) and flashed EFI partition with Refind. Consequently, Cmd+R recovery mode is not accessible anymore on my Macbook Pro 2017.

In this case, it seems that only two options left:

Use bless , which is only present on macos and requires physical USB stick not DMG/iso image.
Recovery mode where you can configure drive to become bootable or at least check why it is not

Are there any other options? I seem to be left locked out because my USB stick with installer is not listed there.


texts: How can I hide a partition (or prevent it from mounting)? I want an effect similar to the recovery partition: it's completely undetectable outside of Disk Utility/the boot menu.


texts: How to unregister "httpd" after "wfsctl stop"?

texts:
How does one properly unregister httpd from launching at reboot following a sudo wfsctl start and subsequent sudo wfsctl stop?

Background:

wfsctl is a "WebDAV File Sharing control utility" released with macOS High Sierra. wfsctl is located at /usr/sbin/wfsctl.

In my case, after an initial install of macOS High Sierra, the Apache httpd daemon is not initially serving content. (This was expected.)  The observation that httpd was not serving could observed in various ways, including:

type localhost into a web browser on the same machine
type curl localhost in the terminal on the same machine.

curl localhost
# curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 80: Connection refused

When the wfsctl WebDAV services are started for the first time, then httpd is also started.

sudo wfsctl start
# ...
sudo wfsctl diagnose
# ... snip ...
# All httpd processes:
# COMM             RUSER             PPID   PID STARTED
# httpd            root                 1   885  4:18PM
# httpd            _www               885   890  4:18PM

It was not surprising that an Apache httpd was started.  Although, the baseline Apache httpd configuration also start serviing the contents of /Library/WebServer/Documents in addition to and separate from any WebDAV shares. In particular, index.html content is returned via either localhost in a web browser or curl localhost in the Terminal application.

curl localhost --verbose
# * Connected to localhost (::1) port 80 (#0)
# > GET / HTTP/1.1
# > Host: localhost
# > User-Agent: curl/7.54.0
# > Accept: */*
# >
# < HTTP/1.1 200 OK
# < Server: Apache/2.4.28 (Unix) mod_secure_transport/2.4.27
# < Content-Location: index.html.en
#
It works!

Finally, stop the WebDAV services with sudo wfsctl stop, then reboot. After reboot, httpd is apparently still running:

# after `sudo wfsctl stop` and system reboot ...
curl localhost
#
It works!

sudo wfsctl status
# disabled

sudo wfsctl diagnose
# ...
# WFS is not enabled.
# ...
# All httpd processes:
# COMM   RUSER  PPID   PID STARTED
# httpd  root      1    85  6:12PM
# httpd  _www     85   414  6:13PM

Footnote:
Is it a reasonably expected behaviour that sudo wfsctl stop does not also unregister httpd?

Perhaps wfsctl presumes to not interfere with other services with might be used to start the httpd web server?  (Though, in my use case, httpd was not enabled via any other means than wfsctl.)


texts: System files not showing in Finder Search Results

texts: I have enabled showing hidden files in Finder and I can see them when viewing containing folder.  However, when I search for such files they do not show in the search results.  Specifically I was searching for .bash_profile, which I have created and edited before and I know exists in the file system, but it is not appearing in the results in Finder.  I enabled including System Files in Finder but that did not help.  What other changes do I need to do in my system to enable finding these files?


texts: Is running an app directly after opening .dmg file without installation safer than installing it?

texts:
For macos apps downloaded from the Internet, I am kinda paranoid and don't trust most of apps for security reasons, especially I am living in a country which does censorship too much.
I think there are three ways to run an app.

Open the .dmg file (basically mount it), double click the app to launch it directly.
Drag it to somewhere else (user space folder) other than the default Applications folder which requires root permission.
Drag it to the default Applications to install it.

I am wondering if I choose Option 1, can I say it's much safer way than the Option 3?

The above words are my question. The following words are just some optional questions. You can ignore all the following words.
If I choose Option 1, will it cause any issues when running such app? So far, I don't see any issues by using this way.
I am wondering if there are any better options here to run the app in a sandbox? (virtual machine is not an option here because I care about performance too. I don't want to pay extra cpu/ram resources to affect the performance)
Btw, I knew the best way to avoid such problem is to NOT run any apps I don't trust. But this is life, and I have to run the apps which I don't trust, otherwise I can not work and live in my society.


texts: Do any iPad e-book readers support sharing excerpts?

texts:
Are there any e-book readers for iPad that allow the user to highlight a block of text and share it, either by email or blog post?

Use case:

While reading the fifth chapter of The Brothers Karamazov, the user has an insight into The Grand Inquisitor sequence and wants to blog about it.  The user highlights a sentence and activates a share feature, and the e-book reader copies the highlighted section into an email, or posts it to Instapaper, with appropriate annotation.


texts: What cable provides support for dual external monitors at 1920x1080 on a MacBook Air?

texts:
I'm considering getting a new MacBook Air computer and would like it to drive two external monitors at 1920x1080 resolution.

What cable or adapter would I need to run such a configuration?

A related question for MacBook Pros mentions some solutions that might apply here:

Would Two Apple Thunderbolt Displays work?
Would a DisplayLink adapter work with standard 1080p displays?


texts: Recently update my MBP to Big Sur and I don't recognize the name in terminal

texts: steltz is my username but I have no idea where "Omkars-MBP" came from? I've always owned this computer since it was brand new, so I'm not really sure what to do...but this is weird. Any advice?


texts:
My aging Early 2009 Macbook White is getting a bit long in the tooth, so  after learning about Fusion Drive, I'm considering combining the existing 500GB HDD with a budget-to-medium-class SSD drive, to prolong the life of the machine.

As far as I understand, Fusion Drive will fill up the drive to within 4-5 GB of its capacity.

In other news I read that some mainstream SSD controllers (eg. Sandforce) have very poor write performance when the disk is used to its full capacity.

So my questions are:

Is the "fullness" of a Fusion Drive SSD considered "full capacity" in the context of controller performance degradation?

Which aftermarket SSDs are supposed to perform consistently fast in the Fusion Drive scenario? So far I have looked at Samsung 840, OCZ Vertex 2, Agility 3, Intel 330, based on a combination of price, brand reputation and reviews - but several of them are Sandforce drives.

Thirdly, does it make sense to create an empty 8-10 GB partition on the SSD before creating the Fusion Drive, to keep the drive from filling up? And is it even possible to create a Fusion Drive on a partitioned SSD?

Cheers!


texts: How to find what ctrl+alt+up/down is mapped to?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 2015.

I want ctrl+alt+up/down to map to duplicate line above/below in Intellij, but it is intercepted by macOS and causes the window to maximize to top/bottom of the screen.

I can't find where that mapping is in the keyboard shortcuts.

Does anyone know how to remove the mapping from macOS?


texts: Can I exclude itunes from the Software Update feature in system preference?

texts: I've reverted from 11 back to 10.7 three times by now because I keep forgetting to uncheck iTunes whenever it prompts me to install patches. I'd like to be able to tell the updater to skip over iTunes automatically.


texts: Mojave App Store Only Shows "Updates" Tab

texts: I'm having trouble with the App Store since installing Mojave. The issue seems to have been addressed here, but since I'm new to this site, it won't allow to post there with follow-up questions. I'm not sure how to find/fix the "CFBundleVersion" issue described in that article. Furthermore, when I click Apple > App Store, it opens the current (broken) version, not an older version of the App Store. Any advice for someone who's a novice? Thank you!


texts: My MacBook shows the screensaver seemingly forever! How do I tell it to just go blank after an hour or two without suspending the laptop?

texts:
For security reasons I have the screen on my MacBook set to lock after 1 minute of inactivity, at which point it displays the photos I've downloaded to it, but when I get up in the morning the screen is still on, still showing the photos.  This seems stupid, and is definitely not the behaviour I'm used to on my previous OS.
How can I set it to lock the screen after 5 minutes, and then turn the screen off after an hour.
I don't want it to suspend, since some things (containers and such) continue to run which don't need the screen.


texts: What substances I can use to clean the touch sensitive screens like iPhone, iPad?

texts:
I heard that you are not supposed to use substances containing alcohol because it will destroy the anti-grease coating layer that's above the glass.

The problems is that just water and microfiber cloth is not always enough and I want to know what is safe to use.

Update: Please do not recommend a specific product, or at least do not recommend it wihout specifing the content. This is important because most products are not usually available outside the US.


texts: Quickly save Screenshot in MacOS Mojave with keyboard Shortcut

texts:
In MacOS Mojave, when I take a screenshot with CMD + SHIFT + 4 (so this isn't a normal screen shot, it's a screenshot of a little part of my screen), it takes several seconds before it's saved. Actually, the OS allows me to click on my screenshot and edit it for instance.

But what if I want it to be immediatly saved after I took the screenshot with a shortcut Keyboard ? (This feature changed in MacOS Mojave, before this version of MacOS, the screenshot was indeed imemediatly saved).

This question explains how to permanently remove the waiting, but what if I want to remove it on particular moment and not always ?


texts: Mac boots into log on screen quickly but takes long time to log into account

texts:
I just replaced the stock OEM hard drive on my 2010 macbook pro 15 inch with a Samsung 840 Pro SSD 256GB and installed Yosemite on it from scratch with USB (the first time i am using Yosemite). Now when i boot my macbook pro up it takes about 5 seconds to get from powered off to the log on screen, but then when i enter my password it shows a loading bar that slowly fills and my user icon changes to an apple logo. Then after about 20 seconds it logs in. Moreoever the log on screen is gray with the user icons, which is not my background on my account. But if i log in and then log out it changes the log in screen to be my desktop background.

This is a big change from my old mavericks where it took longer to boot up but instantly logged me in. I thought SSDs had super quick boot and log in times.

Here is a video of what is occurring to me.

It shows the quick boot to log on screen with the strange gray background, me logging in and having my icon change to an apple with a loading bar under it, and then me going to a website, and logging out, notice that after i log out the log on screen changes to my desktop background. And then i log in again and it goes quickly unlike the first time.

Link to console messages from boot

After doing a restore via the net with cmd Option R it seems to be booting normally

Here is a link to the console messages now after i restored it.


texts: How can I find out the HFS+ filesystem blocksize for a local volume on a MacbookPro5,4. I think its 4k. I need to confirm this. Diskutil reports that the disk blocksize is 512 bytes.


texts: How to disable Bluetooth Sharing via terminal?

texts: I want to disable the Bluetooth Sharing that is located in the sharing preference section. I want to be able to disable it via terminal, does anyone have an idea on how to do that?


texts: What is the best way to make my Mac's photo library the master?

texts:
I want my photos library on my iMac to be the master library.
I keep experimenting trying to get it this to work efficiently, but keep failing.
Right now,
On my iPhone, I have “iCloud Photos” on, and “Upload to My Photo Stream on.
On my iPad, I have “iCloud Photos” off and “My Photo Stream” on.
On my Mac, I have System Preferences/Apple ID/Photos checked

To get photos to my iMac, I have been selecting photos one by one and forwarding them to myself in order to manually put on my Photos.

Is that the way it’s supposed to work?   If not, what am I doing wrong?


texts: My computer was stuck in a boot loop so I connected the drive to another computer and ran fsck. i get the error "failed to read spaceman cib 0xfcfe" "Space manager is invalid" "The volume /dev/disk3s1 could not be verified completely". Is there any way to get the data off this drive? (APFS)


texts: OS X not bootable after full restore on Macbook 12"

texts:
just got usb->usbC cable and was able to do a full restore of my backup from MBA13" (2011)

Everything was OK, until reboot after recovery - recovered partition was not just bootable :(

Before the backup I fully updated MBA13 to OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) which was the final release until yesterday

I cannot find any info on this in the internet, but I have no errors, no any issues - just not bootable recovered partition

PS. on Option-key boot to select partition there is no main hdd in the list (only recovery partition is available)

Also, when open Select Boot utility from recovery menu - there is no available options at all, the same time Disk Utility shows partition like full of data, from Terminal I can see files


texts: How do I disable the drop shadow from text on the Desktop?

texts:
Does anyone know how to get rid of the text drop shadow from files and folders on the Mac desktop?

I would prefer a subtle shadow with an offset of 1 pixel.

If you know of a hack to get rid of the drop shadow completely, please share!


texts: Is there any way to restrict access to the Find My app on my kids' iPads? I'm concerned about the possibility of precocious six-year-olds marking their parents' devices as lost or remote wiping them.


texts: Can I use both Mac mini display ports at the same time and which adapters do I need?

texts:
If I have two DVI monitors that are exactly alike, could I connect them both to the same Mac mini and extend the desktop using both displays? Can I use both the HDMI and Thunderbolt ports at the same time, and if so, what adapters do I need?

Presumably, there is such a thing as a HDMI to DVI adapter, but what about Thunderbolt? I see that the connector of the Mini Display port to DVI adapter has the same shape as the Thunderbolt port, but will the Mini Display port to DVI adapter work? Thanks for the advice.


texts: After upgrading Snow Leopard to Lion, can I reinstall the original Snow Leopard to a virtual machine?

texts:
If I upgrade my Snow Leopard to Lion, is it technically and legally possible to reinstall the original Snow Leopard into a virtual machine, which is inside the same, original, Apple-branded iMac?

From the Snow Leopard software license agreement §2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions:

  A. Single Use License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, unless you have purchased a Family Pack or Upgrade license for the Apple Software, you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.

It would seem to me* that there's nothing wrong: the working operating system is Lion (not Snow Leopard), so I would enable only one copy of Snow Leopard to run. The virtualization software is running under Apple-branded computer. Right?

Is it technically possible?

*) iANAL


texts: Suddenly unable to screenshot- Do not have permission to save files in the location where screenshots are stored

texts:
Recieved the error:
 'Your screenshot could not be saved. You don't have permission to save files in the location where screenshots are stored.' with OS X Yosemite.

I opened terminal and tried directing the screenshots to save on my desktop:

Brigittes-Air:~ eggsalad$ defaults read com.apple.screencapture location
2017-01-06 03:04:47.765 defaults[17729:1947540]
The domain/default pair of (com.apple.screencapture, location) does not exist

So I tried writing and:

Brigittes-Air:~ eggsalad$ defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop
2017-01-06 03:05:08.652 defaults[17742:1948451] Could not write domain com.apple.screencapture; exiting

I'm not sure where the screenshots are being stored if the location does not exist. Ideas?

EDIT

I ran something else and got a different response, but defaults are still unchanged.

Brigittes-Air:~ eggsalad$ defaults write com.apple.screencapture location/Users/eggsalad/Desktop killall SystemUIServer

2017-01-06 03:22:35.444 defaults[18265:2001767] Unexpected argument SystemUIServer; leaving defaults unchanged.

2nd EDIT
Result of:
ls -l ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screencapture.plist

was:

ls: /Users/eggsalad/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screencapture.plist: No such file or directory


texts: Applications in ~/Applications not shown in Applications folder in dock

texts: I just noticed that brew cask install symlinks to ~/Applications. This works fine, but the application item in my dock does not show apps from that folder. Is it supposed to work this way? I expected to have an aggregated view of /Applications and ~/Applications in my dock.


texts: How do I set up my iphone 5s so that it shows all my calenders (home and office) but does not put my home calendar entries on my calendar at my office?


texts:
When running pmset -g, the sleep value (putting the system to sleep) is set to 1 (sleep prevented by coreaudiod)

I have set my screen saver to show after 10 minutes of inactivity.
I then set my display to shutoff after 20 minutes.
I then modified the disksleep value to 20 minutes as well.

At this point, I noticed that I get this "warning":

  Warning: Idle sleep timings for "AC Power" may not behave as expected.
  - Display sleep should have a lower timeout than system sleep.

This is because my displaysleep is 20 and my sleep is 1. Can this be explained, why is system sleep set to 1, what does this really mean?


texts: I have made an app and loaded it onto my iPad. I am wondering how I can pull the .app file on my iPad onto my Mac so I can distribute it. I would usually build the app for release to get the .app file outputted, but there is some bug in Xcode that makes the stage 'compiling swift files' last forever. Thanks.


texts: How many worldwide average system processes and minimum process runs in Mac OS X?

texts:
As I can check system processes in activity monitor, it is around 76 process running in my mac.
As I assume if number of running system processes increases then it impacts on Mac speed.
If number of running system processes is high then Mac speed will poor , if it is nearest to average running process then Mac speed can be fair , if it minimum then speed will be excellent
Can anyone recommend or help me to identify that least number of system process and average system process runs in Mac.


texts: Attempted to fix macOS startup volume after failed dual-boot Linux install, but failed and now original partition unknown

texts:
Attempted to install Linux on my MacBook Pro 15" 2015 one day for school, but then the install failed and I had a GRUB issue similar to this: How do I recover/fix my OS X partition?.

Weirdest part was that before this I was able to boot into macOS Catalina just fine, and then after taking a look at Disk Utility (noticed swap partition exists, but not ext4) and shutting down (and then rebooting), the drive disappears.

Being shocked, I thought that deleting the Linux partition would solve my problems. WRONG (don't ask why plz). I formatted it to FAT32, then realized that did nothing. The linux partition(s) should be around 115 GB (since I allocated 40 GB for swap and 75 GB for Linux - tho I could be wrong). So, then I combined those two partitions and had a ~110 GB FAT32 partition.

I went into recovery ALT+CMD+R, and the drives couldn't be repaired.

I followed these directions: MacOS Disk Partition FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF

However, I realized that I typed in the incorrect start and size for all of my partitions and I don't remember the size of original partitions. Now I'm just stuck wondering how I could recover the data off my drive.

My main issue is after running gpt destroy ..., how would I know the original contents and can I still recover my files?

In Disk Utility, I wiped the FAT32 partition and replaced it with APFS, but the mac partition will not mount.

I'm also quite bad with terminal commands, but I'm willing to type whatever is necessary to get the data from my computer, since there's a lot of schoolwork on it.

I'm using an OWC Aura Pro 2 TB SSD, and I'm wondering if this could also be a factor.

Output of diskutil list and gpt -r show disk1:

Edit: scratch that, I only see disk1s1 now, and that the other two partitions are gone completely:

Edit2: heres the output from running commands from klanomath (thank you!)

-bash-3.2# export LC_CTYPE="ASCII"
-bash-3.2# dd if=/dev/disk1s2 bs=512 count=1 2>/dev/null | vis -wc;
'\M^Q9\r\M-/\^X\s\M^E\^A\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\M-7q\a\0\0\0\0\0\^A\0\0\M^@\0\0\0\0NXSB\0\^P\0\0\M-3\M-mA\^Z\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\^B\0\0\0\0\0\0\0T\M-6\^\\M-C\M-k\M-\Kk\M-(bL\M-"\M^D?\M-^Z\M-d\M-4\a\0\0\0\0\0\M-8q\a\0\0\0\0\0\^X\^A\0\0\M^\l\0\0\^Z\M^M\^B\0\0\0\0\0~\s\^B\0\0\0\0\0\M-L\0\0\0\^R\^_\0\0\M-J\0\0\0\^B\0\0\0\M-~\^^\0\0\^T\0\0\0z\M-.\a\0\0\0\0\0\M-xA\s\0\0\0\0\0\^A\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0d\0\0\0\^B\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\^F\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\b\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\n\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\f\^D\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0-bash-3.2# dd if=/dev/disk1s2 bs=512 count=1 2>/dev/
-bash-3.2#
-bash-3.2#


texts:
I just wonder if there are any ways to check the date and time when the Mac OS X was installed.

I guess the system must store the information of this type somewhere, but I don't know how to mine it.

In my case, my MacBook Pro was stolen. When I found it 10 days later, the hard disk had been repartitioned and it had been installed with a fresh Yosemite version.

Now that it turns out that if I know the time/date the Yosemite was installed, I may be able to identify who is the thief.

Cheers,


texts: Map keyboard key to mouse click in a certain position

texts:
I want to map my keyboard's arrow buttons to mouse left clicks (mouse down/up) at specific areas of my screen.

For example:

left arrow key   ---(map to)--> mouse left click at position W: 120px | H: 300px
right arrow key ---(map to)--> mouse left click at position W: 120px | H: 300px

Is that possible?


texts: Unable to install Transcend Jetdrive 520 SSD on my Macbook Air 2013

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I am trying to erase my new SSD (Transcend Jetdrive 520 ) for Macbook Air using Disk Utility but it is failing & giving the error "Could not mount disk" after erase.
Same is happening in terminal mode as well.
I purchased the 480 GB model but Disk Utility and Teminal are showing only 1024 MB

My terminal experience is as follows:

Last login: Sun Aug 27 12:20:48 on ttys000
Visheshs-MacBook-Air:~ visheshgupta$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            120.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +120.1 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 8CB5951A-2E74-4F72-BF5E-436BA87DF490
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.1 GB     disk2
   1:                       0xEE                         1.1 GB     disk2s1

Visheshs-MacBook-Air:~ visheshgupta$ diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ Emptied /dev/disk2
Started erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Waiting for partitions to activate
Formatting disk2s1 as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with name Emptied
newfs_hfs:
WriteBuffer:  pwrite(3, 0x10debf000, 1044480, 116338688): Input/output error
newfs_hfs: write (sector 227224): Invalid argument
Mounting disk
Could not mount disk2s1 after erase
Error: -69832: File system formatter failed
Visheshs-MacBook-Air:~ visheshgupta$


texts: Any way in OS X to use a keyboard shortcut to switch to a full screen application?

texts:
OS X has a feature where you can create a keyboard shortcut for switching to a particular desktop / space. However, there isn't an obvious way to use a keyboard shortcut switch to directly a full screen application. Is there a way to do this?

A few other people have asked this, and there have been some suggestions, but I haven't found one that accomplishes what I'm asking:

One suggestion is to turn on "When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application", and then switch to the application. I do not want to turn this feature on, as I frequently switch to applications without wanting to change spaces.
Another suggestion is to use Ctrl + arrow keys, which can be used to switch to a full screen application, but not directly to one. You have to be on an adjacently space. I want a keystroke that switches directly to the application.

I'm willing to use third party applications like BetterTouchTool to bind a script or application to a keyboard shortcut if it will allow me to do this.


texts:
I need assistance. How can I create a keyboard shortcut for the Mac OS Photos app's "Export Unmodified Original For X-# of Photos"? I read online that the System Preference's Keyboard Shortcut needs to have the exact wording of the Menu-Item…
So for example, if I export 5 photos. Then next, I want to export 12 photos, what verbiage do I enter since I don't know the exact number every time I export? Or does it have to be the exact number for the shortcut to work?


texts: Can wildcards be used in the website whitelist/blacklist in macOS Parental Controls?

texts: In the Web section of Parental Controls in System Preferences in macOS, under Customize, can wildcards be used under "Always allow these websites" and "Never allow these websites"? For example, if I want to allow/deny example.com and all subdomains thereof, will it work if I add an entry for *.example.com? Or is this implicit by just adding example.com?


texts: Two identical iCloud Group lists in Contacts

texts:
For some reason - & this has been the case for as long as I remember, years at least - I have two sets of iCloud Contacts in my Contacts address book.

One is called 'iCloud (me.com) the other just 'iCloud'

The content of each is identical, except for one thing, & I'm a bit scared to test this too hard for fear of breaking something...
If I delete a contact group from either list, it deletes it from both after showing the sync 'wheel' for a couple of seconds.

The difference is…
If I do this from 'iCloud' then  Cmd ⌘   Z  to undo, it restores the group to both lists within seconds.
If I delete from 'iCloud (me.com)' then undo, the group is not restored to the 'iCloud' list

Has anyone any clue as to why this may be & if it is truly safe to delete one list entirely?

Sorry for all the blurriness ;-) The highlighted group is the one I just deleted then undid, which didn't return it to the duplicate group. The actual contacts, btw are still preserved in both lists, even though the group has now gone.

Incidentally - my iPhone shows only one list… & appears to be a mirror of the 'iCloud' list [the bottom one in the picture, with one group now missing]


texts:
I understand that backing up in iTunes then restoring the backup to the new device should transfer everything.

But thinking specifically about the case of upgrading my iPad 1 to an iPad 2: Are there any issues I should be aware of if backing up from an original iPad 1 and then restoring to an iPad 2?


texts: What is the best way to manage trusted device for multiple Apple accounts?

texts:
Apple Developer website requires the account to have a trusted device. I'm using personal iCloud account associated with all my Apple devices but the Apple Developer account belongs to the company.

I have identified my personal workstation as a trusted device for this company iCloud account. This means I have to log out from iCloud of my MacBook every time someone has to log in to the Apple Developer website.

Is there like an app that entrust the device as a trusted device to get login code without having to sign out iCloud?


texts: How can I delete duplicate entries in keyboard shortcuts services?

texts:
I have several duplicate entries in the keyboard shortcuts services.
I want to delete the duplicate entries, and right clicked and clicked show in Finder to find the location of these. But it leads to Applications folder.

So I tried find these location manually, but I could not.


texts:
It's annoying as hell to let others use your computer on a guest account with Little Snitch installed, all the consecutive popups one after another...it's really ridiculous.

Also in the event my Macbook is stolen, a user logs into guest, all the dialogs will clearly let him know to disable connections.  So little luck there using "Find my Mac."

Anyway to just disable this or set a rule to allow everything?  Of course any rules created in LS within the guest account do not save after logout.


texts: BootCamp Windows10 error 0Xc0000225 after creating a new partition

texts:
I was running Windows 10 through BootCamp for a week. Than I ran out of space on Windows. I decided to follow a tutorial that tried to contour the limitation of BootCamp (which doesn't allow to add space to an existing partition) by adding an MS-DOS partition via disk utility.
But then, after restart, windows says : code 0Xc0000225.
I went to the CMD+R  menu : Window and check the installer log. But can't copy it here sadly as it's on my computer and I'm on my phone now.
The tutorial I followed:
https://youtu.be/pUpVmqK-Zos


texts: Problem after cloning a Mac with dual boot

texts:
I bought an SSD to upgrade my MacBookPro (late 2011) and have cloned the HDD with CloneZilla. I have dual boot with OS X Yosemite and Windows 7 Pro.

However, now on the SSD, I can't boot into the windows partition. It doesn't show when I hold the option key, and if I try to restart with the windows partition as the target disk, nothing loads.

I have created a Windows startup repair disk using the HDD Windows partition, but it says that the version is not compatible.

Here are the outputs from a few commands which may be useful:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE   IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            400.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data Windows HD              99.2 GB    disk0s4

also

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
     Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE    0   0   1 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  976773167] <Unknown ID>
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
*4: 07    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] HPFS/QNX/AUX

and

sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0
gpt show: disk0: mediasize=500107862016; sectorsize=512; blocks=976773168
gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Malformed MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 976773167
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         MBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  781249984      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  781659624    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  782929160        760
  782929920  193843200      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  976773120         15
  976773135         32         Sec GPT table
  976773167          1         Sec GPT header

Can this be fixed so I can boot into the Windows partition?


texts:
Suddenly, my home directory is in the group messagebus instead of the usual staff.(I blame texlive for this, but have no evidence.)

The problem is that both groups have the same ID:

$ dscl . -read /Groups/staff
AppleMetaNodeLocation: /Local/Default
GeneratedUID: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF00000014
GroupMembers: FFFFEEEE-DDDD-CCCC-BBBB-AAAA00000000
GroupMembership: root
Password: *
PrimaryGroupID: 20
RealName: Staff
RecordName: staff BUILTIN\Users
RecordType: dsRecTypeStandard:Groups
SMBSID: S-1-5-32-545

$ dscl . -read /Groups/messagebus
AppleMetaNodeLocation: /Local/Default
GeneratedUID: CF898A47-EA83-4E18-AE17-C05E56FBC550
Password: *
PrimaryGroupID: 20
RealName: messagebus
RecordName: messagebus
RecordType: dsRecTypeStandard:Groups

What is the safe way to get rid of the messagebus group (or give it a different ID)?
“Safe” here meaning of course that I don't damage my staffgroup.


texts: Scroll lock on USB keyboard does not enable scroll lock

texts:
I have a Windows keyboard that attaches to a KVM that I use to control my Macbook Pro and my desktop. Pressing scroll lock twice on the KVM switches between the two computers. On the Macbook scroll lock is mapped to the decrease brightness button, and pause/break is mapped to increase brightness. I can switch between the two machines, but the screen changing brightness is a bit of an annoyance.

Is there a way to map the scroll lock button to using scroll lock on just the USB keyboard?


texts: Why is the Arabic font on my iPhone different from what it is supposed to be?

texts:
The default font for Arabic seems to have changed to "San Fransisco" in some update in the past, but my iPhone shows what I believe is the "Nastaleeq" font, which is supposed to be used for Urdu.

This is what it should look like (SF Arabic):

This is what it looks like on my iPhone:

To be clear: my device language is set to English, but wherever there are Arabic chracters they appear as in the second photo. It is quite hard to read this font, and I am puzzled as to why it appears for me, even though it is supposed to be SF Arabic.

Is there a way to fix this/change the font?

Edit: Here is an example from Safari:


texts: Apple Xcode: remapping camera's Pan, Orbit and Dolly controls in SceneKit module

texts:
I'd like to remap the following camera controls in SceneKit module of Xcode 9.2 (I'm coding in Swift):

panning  – alt + LMB

orbiting – LMB

dollying – alt + MMB

Pan drags the virtual camera along the XY plane, Orbit rotates the camera around Y axis and Dolly moves the camera forward and backward along local Z axis.

  Is it possible to reassign mouse hotkeys for pan, orbit and dolly operations in Xcode's module SceneKit the same way as it works in Autodesk Maya?

panning  – alt + MMB

orbiting – alt + LMB

dollying – alt + RMB


texts: Can't login to Apple Support Communities

texts:
It seems I am unable to login to Apple Support Communities with my Apple ID. After login, I keep being directed to the following page:

https://discussions.apple.com/backsoon/error.html

Anyone else have the same problem? What can be done about this? I have already reset my Apple ID password, and deleted my browser cache, all to no avail. Thankful for any pointers.

EDIT: I have tried both Firefox and Safari - same story. Even after clearing the cache. What's happening there?


texts: macOS wants to make changes. Enter an administrator's name and password to allow this

texts: My macbook periodically asks for my password when waking up. It always looks like below and usually has a skype icon (but not always, i think). Is there a way to find what event is causing this using console.app? I've already tried some standard steps to reset the keychain.


texts: iPhone 4s repetitive charging sound with black screen

texts:
This didn't happen before so it's new.
Every time the iPhone is out of battery and I plug it, it doesn't show up on screen that it is charging and keeps repeating the plunging sound. And it won't turn up if I let it still plugged and it heats so I leave it without charge for 2-5 days then when I check if the screen works before charging and displays no battery icon I will charge and it will return charging normally and opens. Do you think this has to do with the battery? or some bugs in the iOS? Please help me.


texts: Xcode install fails at 95% under OS X El Capitan

texts:
Tried to install Xcode for the first time. Tried 3 times now, same problem each time. After it reaches around 95% it fails, and I have to restart from scratch (2.5h). Going crazy.

Could it be because the computer goes into "rest-mode" while it installs?, i.e., black screen. Don't see what else it could be. Internet is fine, and I get no info apart from "Failed to install Xcode".


texts: Can anyone recommend an offline mapping application for Mac (something similar to Google Maps, but that works when not connected to the internet)? Ten years ago, Microsoft Streets and Trips worked well for Windows, but I'm looking for something similar now for Mac.


texts: Should I install firmware for Samsung SSD 850 EVO?

texts:
I've a Mac Mini Late 2012 model that I've recently replaced the HDD to Samsung SSD 850 EVO. Everything works fine(except damaged IR Sensor) and my Mac startup speed is fast. I've been searching around Google about the Firmware particularly for 850 EVO but there's no firmware to download from the firmware download page , and seems like there are problems regarding the firmware download for 850 EVO PRO model.

Since the firmware is not found, is there a need to download and install the firmware? And since Samsung Magician is not supporting Mac OS, should I download a 3rd party TRIM enabler(like DiskSensei) or enable the TRIM support manually? Is TRIM necessary for every SSD?


texts: How can I remove duplicate photos in Camera Roll?

texts: I got a new phone and they transferred all my photos over.  The machine they used to transfer from the iphone 4s to iphone 5s died right as it was finishing so we started all over.  Now I have duplicates and they're in a random order. Is there any way to either group duplicates together or reorder them?


texts: Kept logging out after I log it or move pages between two monitors

texts:
This is somewhat complicated but simple.

I have two BenQ monitors with Mac Pro 2010(RX570 8gb).

(1) Im using MacOS Mojave but I can not log in cause my computer log out after 3 sec.

(2) I pull the power cord out for resetting and it worked fine for 10~30 min  but suddenly log out by itself especially if I move anything between two monitors.

If I connect only one monitor, then it's not a problem and I don't see any issues like logging out by itself. But once I connect two monitors, then I have problems. I assumed that Palette Master Element cause software issue so I formatted my computer for once. And yet, I still have this problem after I got MacOS Mojave. I've been using dual monitors for 2~3 years!! I don't understand why is it happening. In guest account, it works fine with two monitors but not in admin account.

I contacted both BenQ and Apple for several times but I can resolve this issue.

The real question is why MacOS log my computer out by itself? Any idea why?


texts: Which iPad/OS X apps can be used to create music for a game?

texts: Surprisingly many music applications are being available for iOS and (maybe) OS X. Are there ones that can be in fact used for game creation? I'm looking to create in-background music, and maybe special effect sounds.


texts: Where are my old (previous) iCloud files after upgrading to OS X 10.10 Yosemite?

texts:
I previously had about 200 .txt files saved in iCloud via TextEdit.

After installing the Yosemite (10.10), there is now a folder hierarchy in iCloud, and all my previous files seem to have disappeared.

I have looked in /Library/Mobile Documents -- they're not there.

I have tried showing hidden files and looking through the Library with no success.

update - I have several Time Machine backups made well before I updated to Yosemite, but there are no documents in /Users/(username)/Library/Mobile Documents/(textedit folder)


texts: Brand-new MacBook pro shows grey screen with throbber in installation

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A good friend of mine got a new MacBook. She lives on a remote Spanish island, and I have only Chat contact with her right now.

She unpacked the MacBook (a pro 15-inch from this year) and walked through the first steps of the installation process. Apparently after choosing her installation language, a grey screen with a clock or throbber icon turned up. It's been there for an hour now, with no signs of actual activity (like HDD sounds). I asked her to do a hard reset (Using Ctrl + Command + Power button); this boots the machine up, but leads back to the same grey screen.

I now asked her to do a reboot into Safe Mode, which Apple recommend in their knowledge base as the next step.

It doesn't seem normal for the installation procedure. It also seems terribly unlikely that the HDD would break right at that moment, doesn't it?  She is totally distraught and has nobody to help her there. Does anybody have any idea what to do, short of bringing the machine to an Apple store, which there probably isn't one on the Island.


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Is there a command I can use just to get the hard disk temperature in the terminal?

Is this possible without a third party app?


texts: Why is my new internal hard drive no longer visible in disk utility on my macbook pro?

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I just installed a new WD Blue 750 GB 5400 RPM hard drive into my Mid 2012 MacBook Pro, 13 inch, 2.5 GHz.  I attempted to erase/format the drive, but it apparently froze while going through the process.  I allowed it to run all night, but it did not progress overnight.  I attempted to startup again, but the drive is no longer visible.  I only see Disk0 Mac OS X.

I opened the terminal and upon running diskutil corestorage list; the results said "No CoreStorage logical volume groups found."

What are possible solutions or troubleshooting techniques I can try?  What could cause this problem?  I appreciate any help and/or guidance.


texts: How do I rip out the apple's m4v subtitle?

texts: How do I rip out the apple's m4v video format's subtitle for reading? Personally sometimes I just want to read through what the video said rather than having to go through the video. Does any one knows how to do this?


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I installed OSX Fuse via Brew, as installing it via official installer causes brew doctor to go all crazy. Mavericks, 10.9.1

I followed the instructions after the installation:

brew install osxfuse
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/osxfuse-2.6.2.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/osxfuse-2.6.2.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz
==> Pouring osxfuse-2.6.2.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
If upgrading from a previous version of osxfuse, the previous kernel extension
will need to be unloaded before installing the new version. First, check that
no FUSE-based file systems are running:

  mount -t osxfusefs

Unmount all FUSE file systems and then unload the kernel extension:

  sudo kextunload -b com.github.osxfuse.filesystems.osxfusefs

The new osxfuse file system bundle needs to be installed by the root user:

  sudo /bin/cp -RfX /usr/local/Cellar/osxfuse/2.6.2/Library/Filesystems/osxfusefs.fs /Library/Filesystems
  sudo chmod +s /Library/Filesystems/osxfusefs.fs/Support/load_osxfusefs
==> Summary
  /usr/local/Cellar/osxfuse/2.6.2: 84 files, 5.0M

Now, when I try to lunch TrueCrypt, I still get an error:

/Applications/TrueCrypt.app/Contents/MacOS/TrueCrypt
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libfuse.2.dylib
  Referenced from: /Applications/TrueCrypt.app/Contents/MacOS/TrueCrypt
  Reason: image not found
fish: Job 1, '/Applications/TrueCrypt.app/Contents/MacOS/TrueCrypt ' terminated by signal SIGTRAP (Trace or breakpoint trap)

My research indicates I need MacFuse compatibility layer with my OSXFuse install. How do I get that with brew?


texts: `open http://foo.com` and specify the chrome user which is to be used

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Using the open command from terminal I would like to be able to specify the chrome the specific chrome user to open the url with?  Local Chrome users are outlined here.

Essentially I have a local chrome user which I use for testing but the user which the local Chrome user which link opens with is the user which has the last selected window and
jumping back and forth between chrome and the terminal often the link I am opening for testing end up opening in the chrome user which I use for practical purposes (not testing).


texts: Unable to boot into 10.4 installation disc

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I'm attempting to fix my friends old iMac G5 running OSX 10.4. There are a bunch of updates she needs, but she doesn't know her admin password. I'm attempting to reset it with her 10.4 install disc, but when I attempt to boot into it, the machine just runs and runs and runs and never seems to make it to the installation screen. I thought maybe it was the disc, so I downloaded an ISO of 10.4 and tried to boot into that, but that didn't help either. OSX seems to recognize the discs when I view it's contents in the folders, but booting into them just don't seem to work. Should I try booting from a USB version?

I wanted to show her what Ubuntu might look like (so she doesn't have to pay $200 for Leopard, the last version of OSX her iMac will support), but booting into that LiveCD fails too.


texts: Searching by file name (as opposed to name and contents) in Lion

texts: In earlier versions of OSX, when you search in a Finder window, it gave you the choice of searching by contents or file name. In Lion this choice seems to have disappeared, I can only search by content now. Is there any way to search by name in Lion?


texts: App Store repeatedly asking me to update

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I have run into a frustrating problem with my App Store. I recently installed slightly older versions of Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and Xcode and App Store prompted me to update them to newer versions. I complied and the apps finally got updated albeit it took me an abnormally long time despite being on a high-speed broadband connection.

However, next time I tried running one of these applications, they seemed to have reverted back to their older versions and App Store automatically started updating them again. I let it complete – ALL OVER AGAIN, hoping it to be the last time I was having to do this. But the same problem again! Why are apps falling back to older versions after being updated through App Store? Is there any workaround?


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How to get gdb working on macOS Big Sur?
The gdb from brew install gdb doesn't work (nothing counts as an executable somehow), and all the tutorials I find online are years old


texts: Chrome history and favorites in Spotlight?

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I have fallen in love with the new Spotlight window in Yosemite as a replacement for Quicksilver (or Alfred, or whatever).

However I would love to be able to "search" into Chrome favorites and history. A bit like if I searched into Chrome's address bar.

Is there any way to make it happen?


texts: How to solve "An error occured while verifying firmware" when updating to Mojave?

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I just bought an early 2015 MacBook Pro that comes with macOS sierra. I want to update it to Mojave so i could run newer version of Xcode. But unfortunately i got this error everytime i tried to update it:

  An error occured while verifying firmware.

I tried to update it to High Sierra, but it does the same thing.

I borrowed my friend's bootable USB with High Sierra and change my SSD format to APFS, but it still gave me that error. I've tried to google for an answer and one of the forums that discussing this issue tells the original poster that it might have a problem regarding the logic board of the MBP. Which kinda freaked me out.

Why is this happening? And what should i do? Because i just switched to a mac from a windows laptop, so i still have zero knowledge about macos.


texts: iPhone buyer requesting I set passcode before shipping

texts: Is this a scam?  I've completely reset the phone, and he is asking that I set a specific 6-digit passcode before shipping for security reasons.  Should I do it?


texts: Will Gatekeeper work same in Administrator Account and User Account?

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I heard that when using User Account, Mac asks more password and confirmation. But does this also apply to when running/installing new apps first time?

What I'd like to know is, will Gatekeeper in Administrator Account still check every new app before it is launched and ask me if I really want to use it?

I got worried that what if I end up downloading some image file that is actually hidden installer and Gatekeeper won't ask me if I want to install it (and notify me I accidentally got installer file hiding as something else) if I'm using Administrator.

Basically, will security be as tight in Administrator account than it is in User Account?


texts: After Updating Mac to 10.13.5 Guest User Account Appeared?

texts: After updating to 10.13.5 i have disabled guest user earlier . It reappeared again is it normal or some malware there ?