texts: I currently have a 20-inch Early 2008 iMac (iMac8,1), with the iMac display and an external LG display. The graphics chip is an ATI Radeon HD 2400, which, as far as I can tell from the specs, only supports two monitors. Short of getting a new computer (which appears as if it would support three monitors), what are my options for getting a third display to work?


texts:
For an old C++ project compilation test I would need to try the first XCode 9 beta specifically: http://adcdownload.apple.com/WWDC_2017/Xcode_9_beta/Xcode_9_beta.xip
However the page returns error "403 Forbidden" for me. I don't know whether link is down (from old comments, these versions were working 3 years ago), or it's restricted to paid accounts.
Could anyone confirm what's the case?
Thanks.


texts:
I use Mobile Me to synchronize the settings of three different Macs, but I have some problems with specific preference file because one of the Macs runs Mac OS X Lion.

I would like to avoid that specific preference file is overwritten in the Mac running Mac OS X Lion. How can I do that?


texts: macOS: Unable to resize/move app window, title bar stuck underneath Menu bar

texts:
I installed Firefox on my Mac. The problem is that upon launching it, the title bar of the window appears stuck below the macOS Menu bar and hence is inaccessible.

I tried to zoom in and out, but it only zoom's the content. I'm unable to resize the window. Any ideas how can I fix this?


texts: Export MOV to MP4 with Quicktime on Yosemite

texts:
I have a screen capture of my computer screen using QuickTime's Screen Recording feature, but that saves it to an MOV format. I'd like to export it to MP4. Is that possible without installing anything else?

I'm using Yosemite, and I'm pretty sure I could do that with Mavericks.


texts: Do Mac installs become progressively more 'crufty' by using Migration Assistant?

texts: I'm on my sixth Mac since purchasing my first in 2006. I've used Migration Assistant on every upgrade. In between upgrades, I've installed and removed lots of programs, changed lots settings, added and removed stuff all over the file structure while programming and on other spelunking excursions.  My Mac still runs fine, but I suspect it may be a little disheveled. What's the best practice with Migration Assistance in cases like this?


texts:
Will the three commands

sudo rm -fr /Applications/Xcode.app/
sudo rm -fr /Library/Developer/
rm -fr ~/Library/Developer/

completely and safely discard the development environment on macOS for a once-a-decade start-from-fresh-during-major-release upgrade of macOS?
Update
Rather than delete, I renamed the folders in question. The folders have been refilled just fine during update to Big Sur, but renaming, and hence presumably also deleting, is problematic. I am now in an infinite loop of getting the messages "An update is available for your Mac", "Command Line Tools for Xcode 12.4". Yet after clicking "Update Now" and waiting for its completion, the message returns, and another update proceeds, downloading seemingly from scratch.
Update 2
Although /usr/bin/git --version says xcodebuild: error: SDK "macosx10.15" cannot be located., git: error: .. failed, and xcode-select: Failed to locate 'git', requesting installation of command line developer tools., running sudo /usr/bin/git --version runs fine (and reports git version 2.24.3 (Apple Git-128)).
The problem then appears to be that after renaming (and even now that I've restored the renaming) the license agreement is marked as not signed, but git doesn't say so.
Update 3
(Re-)Agreeing to the license agreement from the Terminal by running sudo xcodebuild -license does not help. /usr/bin/git still says "macosx10.15" cannot be located. and xcode-select: Failed to locate 'git'.
And agreeing under the sudo identity is indeed necessary. Attempting xcodebuild -license gives Agreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please run “sudo xcodebuild -license” and then retry this command.


texts: WhatsApp web is placing emojis before text instead of at the end

texts:
When using WhatsApp Web (on Chrome with macOS Catalina) - when I want to insert an emoji, I open the emoji popup, but then the emoji appears at the beginning of my message, instead of at the end. This happens both with R2L and L2R languages.
Here for example the order of actions was:

write "hello" (the cursor was at the end of the line)
open emoji popup
insert smiley - which for some reason appears before the first character
insert sunglasses smiley - which automatically appears at the right place - at the end of the message

After I open the emojis popup, I can move the cursor to the end of the message and then the emoji will appear in the right place. But... That's quite an annoying habit. So...
Any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: Are there email clients on the Mac that only download recent emails?

texts:
I have tried a number of clients every now and then over the past 5, 6 years, Apple Mail, MS Outlook, Inky, Sparrow, Unibox, Mozilla Thunderbird, etc. Thunderbird had a function whose description is the most similar - you can set synchronisation to days weeks or months but it didn't work or maybe I misunderstood that function. Are there email clients that can behave kinda like the mail apps on iOS/ Android, so they only download a fixed amount of recent emails?

I want my client to handle my emails syncing (perhaps caching is a better word) only the recent, say, 30 days of emails, if possible, allowing the parsing/ searching of older emails on demand (pretty much exactly like the mobile phone apps).**

Advantages:

This will keep the database small;
prevent unnecessary redownloading of confidential company files since I expect to do this on my future primary laptops too;
and also prevent potential syncing problems by first going through my entire mailbox.


texts: Love DND -- Can It Be Applied to Individual Contacts?

texts: I think do not disturb is a great improvement in iOS 6. I have a super annoying persistent caller but I need to hear their voicemails. Is there any way to have calls from their phone number forward directly to voicemail?


texts:
Is the uconv utility (a tool from ICU that provides Unicode normalization) available for Mac OS X?

I did not find it in homebrew and searching the web for solutions did not turn out anything useful for me.


texts: No entry sign on MacBook pro when installing snow leopard from 'new' disc onto new HD

texts:
My HD died on my MacBook pro so I decided to change the HD myself. I didn't have the original snow leopard disc so got a copy from a friend. When I try to boot from disc (holding c) is runs the DVD drive, followed by apple symbol. After a short while, the apple symbol is replaced by a no entry symbol. Totally at a loss as to what to do. Tried different copies of the copied disc, but same issue.

Any thoughts?


texts: External Hard Drive - Get Write Access Rights

texts: I have a Mac Book Pro. When I attach my external hard drive to it, I can only read rights. How to I get read and write rights?


texts: Automatic export to .csv when saving .numbers

texts:
For now my workflow is:

opening myfile.csv in numbers
applying changes to myfile.numbers
saving myfile.numbers
export myfile.numbers to myfile.csv (overwrite old)

Rinse - repeat when new changes come in.

So I wondered - is there a way to force numbers to automatically export to .csv when I hit "save"? (i.e. combining steps 3&4?)

(no computer science background, just curious)


texts:
I have grown to really value Versions in Lion. However it only works on a locally mounted disk on my Mac.

The majority of my files are stored on Samba shares on Linux servers, for which Versions is not supported.

Is there any workaround such that I can use Versions when editing documents on these Samba shares?


texts: Is there a way to make an iOS device brick itself every 2 hours?

texts:
I'm trying to limit the amount of time my kids can play on their iPad. Sure there is guided access mode and other solutions out there but here's what I really want:

I hand the iPad to kid with no password on it, he can unlock and watch or play for 2 hours, then, without warning the device goes all black and shuts off complete for 2 hours before it boots up again.

i.e. forcing the kid to go outside and play before he can be an ipad junkie again.

With the other solutions I've read about I need to either:

unlock the iPad first and set time limit each and every time I hand it to kid
somehow protect the password I used to login and not let kid just factory reset the iPad.

I'm looking for this way at the firmware level (maybe with jailbreaking) to make this every 2 hour thing is just part of the device.


texts: Gmail Doesn't Respect Dark Mode System Preference on iOS 13

texts:
Given Dark Mode can really enhance battery life, I'm keen to implement it.

Although all my other IOS/IPADOS 13.3 Apps seem to respect the "System Preferences" > "Display & Brightness" > "Appearance" > "Dark", I noticed gMail didn't for some reason.

Google offered this guidance for configuring Dark Mode:

  For iOS 13:

  On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app
  In the top left, tap Menu Menu  and then Settings.
  Tap Theme.
  Choose Light, Dark or System default.

Since the menu item "Theme" was missing in my gMail settings, I gave up trying to configure Dark Mode- wasn't possible to follow the instructions to achieve a correct result.

My gMail settings look as follows:

By chance I noticed my Wife was using Dark Mode in gMail.  Given we have the same iPad Pros (2019 12.9"), I decided to try to implement Dark Mode again.

Doing some comparative analysis, I investigated how our iPad configurations varied.

Below are my Wife's gMail settings. When you compare the below graphic of her correct settings with mine in the previous graphic, remark (2) things:

There is now a menu item titled "Theme" which is not present in my settings
Version Number: Both the Broken AND Working Dark Modes use same gMail version

How else did the two iPads vary?

My iPad uses both gSuite and a personal gMail accounts
My Wife's iPad only has a personal gMail account.

Remarking this difference, I made the following changes to my iPad to mirror the working iPad (my Wife's):

Deleted the gSuite gMail account to exclude possibility there was a Domain permissions issue.  This did not resolve the broken Dark Mode issue
Deleted and reinstalled gMail itself.  This too failed to resolve the fault

So both iPad Pro's use the same versions of gMail, but the iPad with working Dark Mode HAS the "Theme" menu in settings, the other with broken Dark Mode does NOT.


texts: I need a app that can help me work on a database with visual aid, I don't need it to be in a specific language, is only that I can see the workflow to better understand all the links between tables


texts: Why doesn't mobile Safari have a JavaScript console?

texts:
My question is fairly simple, seeing as iPod has full support for executing JavaScript (proven my bookmarklets (See below) why doesn't it have a "dev tools" option, or at least a JS console? Is there a specific reason for this feature not to exist standalone mobile?

Or am I blind and that it's actually there?*

As for the bookmarklets it's fairly simple, navigate to blank.org (or any site really), bookmark it, edit the bookmark and replace it with something like this;

  javascript:void(document.bgColor=prompt('Color?%20Hex%20or%20name%20will%20do.%20May%20I%20suggest%20red?','red'))

Or any JS code after javascript:

Not my code, you can find code where I got this from at http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-bookmarklets-the-right-way--net-18154*


texts: Deleted EFI partition & "critical software update is required for your mac but an error was encountered" re-install EFI or Touchbar?

texts:
So I've made the stupid mistake of deleting the EFI partition when reinstalling my 2016 MacBook Pro with TouchBar. I now get an error when reinstalling the MacOs "a critical software update is required for your mac but an error was encountered" I believe this is linked to the TouchBar not having the drivers/software needed or being installed.

My questions are:

Is there a way to re-create/re-install the EFI partition, if so how?
Is there any software I can download to get my touchbar installed/working.
Is there a cloned image I can download to re-install the drivers/software of the EFI partition.
Is there any other know way to get the touchbar installed.

I've read on different forums that going to the Apple store and connecting to their network either via WiFi or ethernet might work or getting someone at the Apple store to run the MRI software might fix it.

So far I've tried the following:

Frest install of MacOs via internet recovery both to the original OS and latest os.
Reset the NVRAM
Reset the SMC
Reformatted the drive back to journaled and then APFS

I'm running out of options...

I'm hoping someone out there might be able to shine a light on my situation or can think of something I haven't yet tried.

Thank you in advance!


texts: I just purchased a new 27" Cinema Display from Apple and I'm wondering if there is any way to tighten the hinge that attaches to the stand for adjusting the angle. I'm a DJ and noticed when I'm performing, the display keeps tilting forward on it's own (likely from some slight bass vibrations). I have two 24" Cinema Displays and the hinge has much more friction than the 27" - I realize the size and weight is greater, although are they normally so loosey goosey?


texts: Is Python Pre-Installed on Every Mac Version?

texts:
Is Python pre-installed on every mac version? If so, how far does it go?

Also, I know in CentOS, its encouraged not to use the Python Pre-Installed and to actually use your own Python version (to maintain longevity)

Does this apply on Mac's? Or can I just use Python thats already installed like as if i just installed it myself


texts:
I have a new imac with the Radeon 580 Pro. I'm getting this error message when trying to play games in bootcamp.

Is there any way to get the new driver or am I stuck here?


texts: How long should it take for iCloud Drive on Yosemite 10.10 to refresh and reflect changes made elsewhere?

texts:
I haven't really used iCloud Drive yet since I'm not a fan of putting my documents on the cloud, but I gave in yesterday and dropped my holiday greeting card spreadsheet on to it from my main desktop (MacPro3,1 running latest Yosemite 10.10.x) so that I could pull it up on my laptop (2010 MacBook running Sierra 10.12.x).

Went to MacBook, noticed that the file appeared on iCloud Drive, opened it, satisfied. Computer goes to sleep. A few hours later when I'm NOT on a network, I edit the document with no problems and save the update. For the heck of it, I also duplicated the file (well, had to make it a 2016 named file instead of the older 2015 name) so that now the cloud had 2 files. My iPhone 6S running 10.x promptly told me that I had the files as expected and I could view them in the app. My desktop, however, is still blissfully unaware.

During this whole exercise, the MacPro3,1 was never shut down since it acts as a server for the house. The finder window for the iCloud Drive was left open (assuming perhaps an AirDrop-like "needs to be open" behavior), but the original 2015 file still has its last modified date of Nov 27th instead of the 29th and also doesn't see the newly created "2016" file.

I haven't rebooted the desktop a bit out of stubbornness and really more the idea that not only should this "Just Work" (thanks old Apple campaign), but also curious how long is it going to take for the iCloud driver to figure things out.

How long should this take? Any thoughts WHY this is not getting picked up? Is there a way to force a refresh of the Finder window or at least iCloud to convince this thing to get up to date?

thanks

UPDATE 2016-12-02: I had left the window opened for a few days and this morning I noticed that it had finally refreshed at some point. Not sure when, but it did. Based on my observation, it was at a minimum 10 hours later.


texts:
I end up with lots of screen shots that look like this:

Obviously after a while I do not know what they are.

So I open them in Preview to see, and would like now to change the file name to something meaningful.

How do I change screenshot name while viewing in Preview.

Or is there a way to name the screen shot at the time it was taken (without auto assigning the file name). Basically, take the screenshot- pause + popup asking to name the file before it is saved, while it is still fresh in my memory what it was.

Right now I have to exit Preview while trying to remember the

  "§$%&/()?*☂☠

and rename it in Finder.

I can skip the Preview and use Finders Icon or Clover view but that is not the point of my question.

Edit: My Preview must be broken since I do not have the Pull down popup

Preview Version 7.0 (826.4)

MBA 10.9.5


texts: In Pages 5.1 how can I add "Chapter"or "§" to the numbering of a heading?

texts:
I have imported a Word document into Pages 5.1

Instead of text+number heading styles like "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", I only see numbers as available choices.

Can I customize the styles so as to add words or symbols to numbers?


texts: Is there a way to switch between discrete and integrated video cards via keyboard shortcut?

texts: Is there a way to switch between discrete and integrated video cards via keyboard shortcut in MacOS?


texts: Normal operating temperatures and fan speeds for mid-2006 iMac?

texts:
I have an aging, but still functional mid-2006 iMac at home. Last night, my wife was in the basement and said she smelled a faint odor of something burning, she said it smelled like it might be plastic. Earlier in the night, I had noticed a high-pitched whine coming from the computer.

I'd like to eke as much life out the computer, which we use for balancing the checkbook and my wife uses to check her email and do some light writing now and again, as we can get.

I had an old copy of iStat nano on the computer and saw that all three fans were spinning and none of the temps seemed too high.

Could someone tell me what the normal CPU, hard drive, and optical drive temps and fan speeds are?

Thanks.


texts: I would like to know Safari's cache lifetime. In case it has limited duration, also how to extend it.


texts: What are the restrictions of ad-hoc code signing?

texts:
It is possible to sign code or apps "ad-hoc" using codesign. The man page tells us the following about ad-hoc code signing:

  If identity is the single letter "-" (dash), ad-hoc signing is performed.  Ad-hoc signing does not use an identity at all, and identifies exactly one instance of code. Significant restrictions apply to the use of ad-hoc signed code; consult documentation before using this.

(Emphasis added by me)

I wanted to know more and tried to find said documentation, but I was unable to find any details. I have found a technical note called "macOS Code Signing In Depth", but it does not mention ad-hoc signing at all.

What are these "significant restrictions" and where are they documented?


texts: Incorrect icon of Time Capsule in Finder

texts: Have a little perfectionistic problem: quite often in Finder Time Capsule's icon not displayed correctly, when I click on it - becomes normal, what's the problem?


texts: Can't download DOC or PDF from iCloud web app

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Why won’t iCloud let me download Pages documents uploaded from a computer?

I recently updated Pages, Numbers and Keynote to the latest versions, and my OS to Mountan Lion. I went ahead and tried the "documents in the cloud" feature by saving a Pages document on iCloud.

As a long time user of the now shut-down iWork.com beta, I was surprised and pleased to find the following menu on the iCloud.com iWork web app:

iCloud appears to allow download in other formats but the options are disabled for some reason.
How can I enable this document to be downloaded in PDF and WORD formats?


texts: Is it possible to configure Time Machine to encrypt network backups?

texts:
Since NASes as usually 24/7 online, there is a certain risk of being hacked/compromised and it's not wise to rely solely on the drive's encryption inside of the NAS.
Is it possible to set up Time Machine to encrypt a backup on the MacBook and send encrypted data over to the NAS so that only by entering the passphrase on the MacBook can the backup be decrypted?
(I know this topic had been debated in the past but all threads are 5+ years old that's why I think it's worth reconsidering)


texts:
I'm trying to install OSX Yosemite.  I start the download from the app store and it sit and thinks for 40 minutes or so and then gives me the following error:

Yosemite Failed to Download
Please visit the purchases page and try again.

How do I make this work?  I've tried the download twice now,


texts: "slash trick" Accessing arbitrary paths in open dialogs in Sierra

texts: In previous versions of mac/os/x you could type a slash in a open dialog, and the dialog would then let you enter an arbitrary path, such as /tmp. In Sierra, the slash key does nothing in open dialogs. Is there a way to re-enable that feature, or another way to get to an arbitrary path (preferably with the keyboard) in an open dialog?


texts: Constantly ejecting OS X install disc when trying to boot

texts:
When trying to boot from the OS X install disc (Snow Leopard) my Macbook will just eject the disc and boot normally from the installed system on the hard drive.

Once booted, the disc can be read fine by the computer, but when trying to restart in order to make a fresh install of the operating system, the computer will just again eject the CD and boot from the hard drive.

Holding the C key when during startup to force booting from the CD drive wont work, and the CD is ejected again. Even holding the ⌥ (alt or option) symbol during startup will cause the CD to be ejected, and the only boot option shown is the hard drive.

(Note, as I've found threads with similar questions elsewhere on the internet, all with long discussions but none with an answer, I'm documenting here the solution that worked for me.)


texts:
I decided to give ForkLift 2 a try, since it is currently on sale in MAS. I've been using XtraFinder to enable normal (Cmd+X) file cut operation in Finder.

Now that I'm trying to move to ForkLift I can't find a way to make this command work.
No shortcut in the preferences can be set for the operation. Is there a workaround?


texts: How can I reformat an HDD to HFS+ in Ubuntu (without using a Mac)?

texts:
I have attached an HFS+ hard drive with Mac OS X installed to an Ubuntu machine because while booting the Mac shows a blinking folder with a question mark. I searched Google and the results say that the 3 TB HDD is damaged. When I attach the HDD it reads well in Ubuntu.

So my question is how can I reformat the HDD with HFS+ in Ubuntu without using Mac OS X?

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and the HDD is perfectly fine - I have tested it. Just wanted to reinstall every mac osx hdd so that it can boot up.. I paid a lot for that ...


texts: When a powered USB hub is used, would we need to worry the power flowing from the hub back into the MacBook or iMac?

texts:
If I use a non-powered USB hub, the iPad Air or iPad Pro could be losing power over a few hours, because the charging power is not enough.
However, if I get a powered USB hub, would it be an issue, say, if the USB port on the MacBook, MacBook Air, iMac is at 5.2V, while the powered USB hub happens to be 5.3V, in which case the current could be going back into the Mac instead of out of it?
This may be more of an issue if the iPad Air and iPad Pro is unplugged, so the current has no where else to go.


texts: Is is possible to re-purchase an app for which I requested a refund?

texts: Yes, it sounds strange. I purchased an app that didn't initially work and I requested a refund which was promptly processed by Apple. Then I couldn't find a better app for my needs and figured out some workarounds for the initial app. Now I still have the app installed on my phone and the honest thing to do is repurchase it. How can I do that?


texts: Command Line - Enable Remote Login and Remote Management

texts:
For my job, before I deploy a new Mac laptop, I need to enable these two settings:

System Preferences - Sharing - Remote Login.  Once enabled I also need to add the admin account that previously I have created by selecting the little + symbol under Only these users:
System Preferences - Sharing - Remote Management - (the little pop up windows comes out) and I select all the features

How do I achieve the above two process via command line?


texts: Whenever i hit ⌥ or ALT when I boot up my Mac only the Boot Option "Mac Hard Drive" shows. "Mac OS X Base System" or "Recovery 10.9.1" doesn't show up. Can someone help me on this? Do i need to make a recovery drive or something?


texts: Was this a service only offered with Apple's Mobile Me? Is there anyway I can still get an e-mail address ending in @me.com?


texts: Is it possible to add credit to an account from a credit/debit/not a gift card?

texts: So I play this game on my iPod, Love Live: School Idol Festival. Within this game you can buy currency called love gems. I want to buy 50 of them, but need to add $10 more credit to my account to do it. I don't want to spend around $30 from the credit/debit/not a gift card. I already have $20 worth of credit on my account. It's just the $10 more I need. Is it possible to put $10 of credit into my account from a credit/debit/not a gift card? I've looked but the cheapest App Store card I can find is $25. I don't need $25. And I don't want to spend $15 unnecessarily. Or if I buy the gems can I charge the remaining to said credit/debit/not a gift card? It's hooked up to a PayPal account, could I add $10 through that? Please help me for I am deep in idol hell and am on a time limit as to when I can figure this out for what I want to spend the gems on if/when I buy them.


texts: External Keyboard with Italian layout not working on MacOS

texts:
I'm on Mojave and I'm trying to use an external usb keyboard w/ an Italian layout (dell kb216 wired, see the picture below).

My Mac already mounts an integrated Italian keyboard. However, when I plug it, some keys behave weirdly. For example, the key on the left of the "1" prints "<" instead of "\". How can I fix this? The keyboard preferences are already in Italian.


texts: Numeric keys (on the right side) doesn't respond at all

texts:
I have keys responding problem on a brand new iMac (Yosemite) with new numeric keypad. The right side keys doesn't respond in any application. IT'S NOT the Num Lock (Clear) button! Just checked it. Also checked with old keyboard - same problem and the other way - the keyboard works perfectly on old iMac.

*The problem wasn't there from the initial start - it was ok for day or two. I did many installs (like Adobe CS) and preferences customization in a first day.


texts: How to make a normal video from time lapse recording?

texts: I did record a video on iPhone using timelapse mode. It was by mistake. It was very important video for me. In timelapse mode it is useless... is there a way to convert recording to normal video? Need to recover picture and voice.


texts:
I want to upgrade Windows 7 on my macbook boot camp partition to Windows 10. However, my macbook is early 2008 and can only run Lion (which I believe is due to graphic requirements).

I have read David Anderson's reply with regard to upgrading the later 2008 macbook but Apple's support site re boot camp does not include my model macbook as being compatible with Windows 10.

However, the Windows 10 notification in Windows 7 tells me that all drivers etc. are compatible.

The catch 22 seems to be Windows 10 is happy with my Mac but OS X isn't willing to load the Windows 10 drivers from Lion.

Can someone report success or failure or point me a path to get Windows 10 running on an Early 2008 MacBook?


texts: How to enter a non-breaking space on iOS?

texts:
On a Mac, entering a non-breaking space is very easy. On my iPad with iOS 7 installed, I want to enter a non-breaking space. But I find no way.
I have tried the mic on the keyboard. It gives me this :
Espace insécable
:-)
I would prefer a solution coming from the keyboard. I would also like a palette offering characters or snippets.


texts: How can you remove "now playing" from the new control center in Big Sur

texts:
Is it possible to remove the "Now Playing" (Music) section of the Control Center in Big Sur?
The mac is my work machine, and I never (can't) listen to music when I work, it's not a big deal, but it's always nice to be able to fine tune a machine setup, and for me that would mean removing this.
What I've tried:
I found this help from Apple about customisng the Control Center: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl50f94f8f/mac
But when you get to the relevant setting, it simply says "Now Playing is always available in the control centre" You can optionally show it in the menu bar but can't get it out of the control centre as far as I know.


texts: Bought a selection of songs off iTunes, they are "greyed out" won't play, can't sync them

texts: Hey so I bought a heap of songs off iTunes tonight. First 20 I bought off my phone through iTunes, no worries with them. I then got another 8 but these I bought through iTunes on my pc. These 8 won't do anything. They are grey with circles to the left of the check mark. Tried transferring all purchases, downloading all available downloads, Iv checked my account settings there is nothing that says these items are hidden, logged on and off again to iCloud still nothing. Am in-visioning a laptop sized hole in my window :/ any help? :)


texts: What units does Finder use when listing an image's dimensions?

texts: What units does Finder use when listing an image's dimensions (e.g. 356 x 120 in the example below)?


texts: How do I remove or alter timestamps from Word 2011 (Mac Office) tracked changes?

texts:
Is there an easy way to batch change a group of Track Changes edit and comment timestamps in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac? Can I remove the timestamps altogether (ideally without removing my name)?

There are directions for Windows Word online, but they do not translate to the Mac  version.


texts: iOS Reboot when open .exe file in iDownloader

texts:
I recently opened my PC Graphic Driver file (.exe) using iDownloader to download that file.

When I tap the "agreed and Download" button on Nvidia's website to download, my iPad Air is automatically reboot.

Now I am afraid this kind of reboots may dammage my iPad Air .

Can reboot like these cause iPad Air CPU, memory or something damages ?


texts: Why my ipad mini 1 (A1455 Late 2012) is slower than my ipad 3(A1416 early 2012)?

texts:
My ipad mini 1 (A1455 Late 2012) is very slow and it is even much slower than my ipad 3(A1416 Early 2012). Both are running iOS 9.3.5. Why? I thought later model should be faster.

I've tried to reset the ipad mini several times, and removed most of the apps, but it is still very slow. Sometimes it does not respond to the taps or delays a few seconds. Web page loading is also very slow.

Any idea and solutions? Wanted to Jailbreak to see but it requires donation.

Thanks in advance.

Model check:
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201471


texts: Touch bar behaves differently after upgrading to Mojave

texts:
It used to be that my volume controls etc. showed up as well as the lock screen when I tapped the touch bar under Sierra. Now the only items that appear on the touch bar are related to the currently active application. Eg, right now I just see some typing assistance and esc key or Chrome specific items. Before I could just tap it and I'd see volume and lock screen.

I've configured the touch bar in system preferences and these items are in my bar there. How do I get non-application specific items to appear?


texts:
Sometimes it is said that huge tab lists are counter-productive and may actually decrease focus. Still it is often unavoidable when researching a wide subject. I really miss TreeStyleTabs from Firefox then.

Anyway - does Safari have any shortcuts to simplify navigating tabs? For instance, some sort of 'Back/Forward' between tabs, or 'bookmarking' some tab location? Sometimes it happens that the new tab is opened in the rightmost position, and it takes time to locate the previously browsed tab. The only alternative i know is built-in in Safari is Show All Tabs feature. But still it doesn't give the tab browsing history, so to speak.

Do you guys have any ideas?

Thanks!


texts: Where did sharingd file find the IP address it trying to connect?

texts:
I have this mac app installed LULU (https://objective-see.com/products/lulu.html)
using which I discovered /usr/libexec/sharingd  trying to local IP Address 192.168.2.255.
I figured out what sharingd is from here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6501958

Update: usr/sbin/netbiosd
also tries to access the same ip address.

but I want to know from where does sharingd discovers/find out IP address ?
result of ifconfig without mac address:

$ ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
    options=1203<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TXSTATUS,SW_TIMESTAMP>
    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
EHC29: flags=0<> mtu 0
EHC26: flags=0<> mtu 0
XHC20: flags=0<> mtu 0
en0: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=10b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,AV>
    media: autoselect (none)
    status: inactive
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    inet 192.168.5.218 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.5.255
    media: autoselect
    status: active
p2p0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304
    media: autoselect
    status: inactive
awdl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1484
    inet6 fe80::5cc0:dbff:fee3:d8e0%awdl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active
en2: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
    media: autoselect <full-duplex>
    status: inactive
fw0: flags=8822<BROADCAST,SMART,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
    lladdr 00:3e:e1:ff:fe:49:4e:9e
    media: autoselect <full-duplex>
    status: inactive
bridge0: flags=8822<BROADCAST,SMART,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=63<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6>
    ether d2:00:14:94:e9:e0
    Configuration:
        id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 hellotime 0 fwddelay 0
        maxage 0 holdcnt 0 proto stp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
        root id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 ifcost 0 port 0
        ipfilter disabled flags 0x2
    member: en2 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
            ifmaxaddr 0 port 11 priority 0 path cost 0
    media: <unknown type>
    status: inactive
bridge100: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
    ether 42:6c:8f:15:90:64
    inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
    inet6 fe80::406c:8fff:fe15:9064%bridge100 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xe
    Configuration:
        id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 hellotime 0 fwddelay 0
        maxage 0 holdcnt 0 proto stp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
        root id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 ifcost 0 port 0
        ipfilter disabled flags 0x2
    member: en0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
            ifmaxaddr 0 port 7 priority 0 path cost 0
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: <unknown type>
    status: inactive
utun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 2000
    inet6 fe80::f21f:cbe5:bae0:c2e1%utun0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xf
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
utun1: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1380
    inet6 fe80::7fa7:7485:c59b:f50%utun1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x10
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
en4: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    inet 169.254.218.132 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
    media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
    status: active


texts: Why doesn't Airport reconnect after sleep or shutdown?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, running OS X 10.6.8) that does not reconnect to its stored WiFi network after it restarts or goes to sleep. To reconnect, I need to go into System Preferences and choose a network in Airport settings.  Then it happily reconnects and stays connected.

I saw this question, and tried to delete and re-add my preferred network (I only have one). I went into Advanced, deleted the network, turned Airport off and on, and chose my network from the dropdown. It knew the password already though.

I was going to delete/move the preferences file containing network/WiFi settings, but I can't find it.  Would this be helpful? If so, where is that file stored?  I've already looked through ~/Library/Preferences and /Library/Preferences to no avail.


texts:
I have a new late 2016 MBP and a new Samsung u28ue590 4K monitor. According to Apples documentation:

  MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016) and late-2016 MacBook Pro models support 60Hz refresh rates over HDMI when used with a supported HDMI 2.0 display, an HDMI Premium Certified cable, and a supported USB-C to HDMI 2.0 adapter

My setup have all those things I still cannot run my monitor at 60hz (it runs at 30hz by default, and I can't change it anywhere). Is it supposed to work out of the box or am I missing some configuration?

EDIT:
I have tried the following:

Boot in safe mode. This revealed the option to set the refresh rate, however only to 24hz, 28hz or 30hz. When booting normally this option was again not there.
Reset NVRAM. Did nothing.
Reset SMC. Did nothing.

I'm not sure this is a duplicate question as suggested in the comments as this monitor supports HDMI 2.0. If the monitor for some other reason doesn't support the 2016 MBP I would be interested in knowing that.

EDIT2:


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Why do full-screen applications change their order in Mission Control?

Say I'm on desktop 1 and a click an app in the dock for a window on desktop 3.  It will reorder my desktops, moving 3 to 2.  How can I keep it from doing this?


texts: Transmission causes all system processes using networking to freeze

texts:
When using the app Transmission for bit torrent downloads, something will happen to the network stack that causes all applications using networking to hang.  This problem will persist, it seems, until the system is rebooted.

This is a known issue reported in 2008 but it has not been resolved because the developers claim that it is a problem with the operating system.  I'm running High Sierra and seeing this problem occur consistently after between 2 hours and a few days of starting Transmission.

Is there a known workaround or solution for this problem?


texts:
I need to find a folder nested in a folder.

example:

/Volumes/"4T Virtual Machines"/outerfolder/innerfolder

mac $ pwd
/Volumes/4T Virtual Machines
mac $ ls -lR outerfolder/
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Aug 28 18:02 file1
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Aug 28 18:02 file2
drwxr-xr-x  5 mac  staff   170B Aug 28 18:04 innerfolder/
drwxr-xr-x  3 mac  staff   102B Aug 28 18:07 otherfolder/

outerfolder//innerfolder:
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Aug 28 18:04 aaa
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Aug 28 18:04 bbb
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Aug 28 18:04 ccc

outerfolder//otherfolder:
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Aug 28 18:07 justskip
mac $

Let's have two cases the outerfolder is at the root of the external drive and the outerfolder isn't at the root of the external drive.  I should be able to modify one solution to the other.

I'm writing in applescript on macOS yosemite or later, but potentially invoking a Unix command from applescript. So the solution may be in all applescript or Unix command called from applescript.  The Unix command approach

Here is the Unix command I have for finding the outer folder:

find /Volumes -type d -maxdepth 1 ! -name Volumes -exec find {} -type d -maxdepth 1 -name "Virtual Box" \;

I tired a third nested find, but errored out

 find /Volumes -type d -maxdepth 1 ! -name Volumes -exec find {} -type d -maxdepth 1 -name "Virtual Box" -exec find {}  -type d -maxdepth 1 ! -name inner  \;
find: -exec: no terminating ";" or "+"
find: -exec: no terminating ";" or "+"
find: -exec: no terminating ";" or "+"
mac RC=1   $


texts:
How can I display About This Mac window?

I know that it is managed by the loginwindow process so I tried to open in applescript(I'm still a beginner).

tell application "System Events" to tell process "loginwindow"
    open window "About This Mac"
end tell

The code keeps on running. It neither stops nor displays window nor shows any error. Is it even right command?

So, how can I open About This Mac window?

The solution is not limited to applescript. Is there a way to open it from terminal?


texts: How to parse output from diskutil activity in bash script

texts:
I want to be able to run a bash script over each line output from diskutil activity", I haven't been able to figure out how to do this though.

I thought maybe I could simply:
diskutil activity | xargs bash myScript.sh

I have a feeling that xargs is just going to wait until diskutil activity is finished talking, which it will never do until you end the process.

Any suggestions on how I can execute a script per line of output would be appreciated!

Cheers!


texts: youtube-dl in automator action file; video and audio not muxed

texts:
I built an AppleScript to run as a Service for Safari. But I am running into a problem where the audio and video aren't being muxed. This doesn't happen when entering the same command into terminal.

I have a configuration file for youtube-dl:

-f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]'
-o '/Volumes/Godzilla/Video/YouTube Video/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s'

This is the automator script which uses the current Safari URL as input:

on run {input, parameters}
    try
        do shell script "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl " & input
        (display notification input with title "YouTube Video Downloaded") beep
        delay 1 --> avoid quit before notice
    on error
        display notification "YouTube Download Failed" -- show error message
    end try
end run

EDIT: OK, I have requested the audio file in the config the question is why are the files not being merged after AppleScript runs youtube-dl?

I changed my AppleScript to this which provided some details to the issue:

on run {input, parameters}
try
    tell application "System Events"
        set pid to do shell script "cd /tmp/; /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl  --newline " & input & " > /tmp/vidstatus 2>&1 & echo $!"
        delay 1
        repeat while ((do shell script "kill -0 " & pid) is "") -- check if pid is still responding
            display dialog "Status: " & (do shell script "tail -n 1 /tmp/vidstatus") -- display last line of output
        end repeat
    end tell
on error
    display notification "YouTube Download Failed" -- show error message
end try end run

This is the message I get from Status:

  Status: [youtube] IrxpSFtGX1k: Downloading webpage
  [youtube] IrxpSFtGX1k: Downloading video info webpage
  WARNING: You have requested multiple formats but ffmpeg or avconv are not installed. The formats won't be merged.

This is odd because they are obviously installed. The same request is working from terminal. I am testing this script from within Automator—could this be the issue?


texts: How can I programatically fill a flash drive with my latest photos from iPhoto?

texts:
Suppose I want to fill up a flash drive with the most recent photos in my iPhoto Library.

I want to end up with an external drive that has all my photos in a single directory (no nested folders)
Those photos that have been modified, I want the modified version of the photo to end up on the drive.
Those photos that have not been modified, I want the original version of the photo to end up on the drive
I want to start with the newest photo and work backward in time, so when the drive fills up, the latest photos will be included on the external drive.
I fully expect that the external drive cannot hold all the pictures in my library. Any warning to this effect must be non-modally, and not prevent the script from proceeding to fill the drive with the newest photos in my library, then halt gracefully when the disk is full.
I want to do this programmatically (shell or AppleScript), without launching iPhoto.

Does anyone know how to go about doing this? I've written some shell scripts over the years, but none of them quite work the way I'd hoped.

I suspect the right answer will involve some copying and some "if" statements.


texts: I want to my iPhone to forget my apple Id ?


texts: How to pull Newsstand apps out of Newsstand, or else put other apps into Newsstand?

texts:
I was happy to find that in iOS 7, Newsstand can finally be put into another folder. However, Newsstand, Passbook, FaceTime and the other default factory apps still cannot be removed from the phone (without jailbreaking). This is perfectly fine -- we can throw these apps on the last screen and ignore them, or at least that's the way it should be.

In fact, my New York Times app is stuck inside Newsstand and I cannot take it out. It is the only app in there. Ideally, I'd like to pull it out, throw it in my custom "News" folder, and throw Newsstand on screen infinity, never to be noticed again.

But I'd take another solution: Adding all my "news" apps to Newsstand. Unfortunately, Newsstand will not accept these apps (NPR, AP, Instapaper).

Is there a way to put all these apps in the same, single folder?


texts: Finder displays "Create PDF" option for SVG file, but when I select it nothing happens

texts:
The Finder displays a "Create PDF" option when I select a SVG file, but, when I select it, it does nothing.
Does anybody know how to use this feature?


texts: AppleScript to repeat action in the next window

texts:
I would like that if I press a certain keyboard shortcut (cmd + down arrow), the same will run on the next window in the same app.

Is an AppleScript the only want to get this functionality? I have never made an AppleScript before.


texts:
I am trying to enable SNMP version 3 with a single ready-only user on Mac OS X 10.8.5 so that I can remotely monitor the health of the computer. When I attempt a local snmpwalk, this message is returned:

No log handling enabled - using stderr logging
snmpwalk: Authentication failure (incorrect password, community or key)

Below are the exact steps I executed to get to this point. What am I missing? FYI, the username I am using is rouser with password 12345678

sudo snmpconf -i

creates /usr/share/snmp/snmpd.conf with permissions -rw-r--r--   1 root  staff    484 Sep 25 14:44 snmpd.conf and contains:

# snmpd.conf
#   - created by the snmpconf configuration program
#
# SECTION: Access Control Setup
#
#   This section defines who is allowed to talk to your running
#   snmp agent.

# rouser: a SNMPv3 read-only user
#   arguments:  user [noauth|auth|priv] [restriction_oid]
rouser  rouser priv

create user:

sudo net-snmp-config --create-snmpv3-user -ro -a 12345678 -x 12345678 -X AES -A SHA rouser

that creates /var/db/net-snmp/snmpd.conf with permissions -rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    46 Sep 25 14:44 snmpd.conf and contains:

createUser rouser SHA "12345678" AES 12345678

that command also updates /usr/share/snmp/snmpd.conf to this (last line added):

# snmpd.conf
#   - created by the snmpconf configuration program
#
# SECTION: Access Control Setup
#
#   This section defines who is allowed to talk to your running
#   snmp agent.

# rouser: a SNMPv3 read-only user
#   arguments:  user [noauth|auth|priv] [restriction_oid]

rouser  rouser priv
rouser rouser

enable SNMP:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.net-snmp.snmpd.plist

that command changed the permissions of /var/db/net-snmp/snmpd.conf to -rw-------   1 root  wheel  1420 Sep 25 15:04 snmpd.conf and changed its contents to:

#
# net-snmp (or ucd-snmp) persistent data file.
#
############################################################################
# STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP
#
#          **** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE ****
#
# STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP
############################################################################
#
# DO NOT STORE CONFIGURATION ENTRIES HERE.
# Please save normal configuration tokens for snmpd in SNMPCONFPATH/snmpd.conf.
# Only "createUser" tokens should be placed here by snmpd administrators.
# (Did I mention: do not edit this file?)
#

usmUser 1 3 0x80001f888098ad4f304567245400000000 "rouser" "rouser" NULL .1.3.6.1.6.3.10.1.1.3 0x22051a77e41dc526caebc92dc387257482bcd$
setserialno 1673336648

##############################################################
#
# snmpNotifyFilterTable persistent data
#
##############################################################

##############################################################
#
# ifXTable persistent data
#
ifXTable .1 14:0 18:0x $
ifXTable .2 14:0 18:0x $
ifXTable .3 14:0 18:0x $
ifXTable .4 14:0 18:0x $
ifXTable .5 14:0 18:0x $
ifXTable .6 14:0 18:0x $
ifXTable .7 14:0 18:0x $
ifXTable .8 14:0 18:0x $
##############################################################

engineBoots 1
oldEngineID 0x80001f888098ad4f304567245400000000

try querying the system locally:

snmpwalk -v 3 -u rouser -l authPriv -a MD5 -A 12345678 -x DES -X 12345678 localhost .1

that returns:

No log handling enabled - using stderr logging
snmpwalk: Authentication failure (incorrect password, community or key)

/var/log/snmpd.log:

/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 61: Error: example config COMMUNITY not properly configured
/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 62: Error: example config NETWORK not properly configured
net-snmp: 2 error(s) in config file(s)
NET-SNMP version 5.6
Authentication failed for rouser
Authentication failed for rouser

disable SNMP in the meantime

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.net-snmp.snmpd.plist

Any thoughts? Thanks!


texts: Keynote : export slides to pdf with notes

texts:
I would like to export my Keynote slides to pdf with the presenter notes. The layout of the resulting pdf is not good : the slides are scaled down on each page, and the text of the presenter note is not aligned with the slides (see screnshot)
Is there a way to change that layout ? I tried the option "print to pdf", but I can't get good result.

If it's impossible to get nice pdf from Keynote, do you know any other app that could handle this correctly?


texts: Mail notifications continue to appear even when mail app is closed

texts: When using a variety of email clients (Newton, Nylas), MacOS will still show notifications for incoming mail when the client has closed. Is there a way around this?


texts: Use the power of the graphic card on a MacBook?

texts: Is there a way to use the processor of the graphic card on a new MacBook Pro to do some long and repetitive calculations?


texts: Is there an app that will record HD video but sleep or dim the screen? The camera app that comes with the device chews through battery power like crazy.


texts: macOS not allowing to change the sequence of partitions from command line!

texts:
This is the Disk List for my iMac.

I am trying to merge the partitions macOS and macOS 2 using diskutil mergePartitions now the problem is on running this command macOS will keep data on the first partition which is macOS and will erase everything in between the first and last partition (Last partition included), now the last partition is macOS 2.

I want to preserve the last partition which is macOS 2 and delete every other partition so I thought why not include the last partition as the first partition (Which I want to preserve the data on) and include the first partition in the last parameter - which will be deleted.

Here's where the issue occurs macOS doesn't allows me to change the sequence of the partition

So I am stuck with merging partitions from command line

I don't want to use disk utility to merge partitions cause last time when I used it to merge partitions some free spaces were created and were not going away until and unless an entire disk format was performed!

One more thing macOS is the first volume on the disk so removing it from dusk utility using the partition option will not happen


texts: Junk Folder Rules: block any sender with an emoji in the address?

texts: I know how to do block a sender for any given emoji, but how can I do this for all emojis?


texts: Change iTerm2 profile depending on current directory

texts:
Using my .bash_profile, I used to change my iTerm2 profile per machine with the following command:

echo -e "\033]50;SetProfile=ssh\a"

Now, I want to change it depending on my current working directory.

Ideally must work something like this:

Once I enter /mnt/production or any subfolder inside, iTerm should change to production profile.
Once I leave that directory, should change to bash profile.

Is there any way of doing that?


texts: I updated to Mavericks — now my G5 is so slow I can't stand it!

texts:
Everything takes time now since I upgraded to OS X Mavericks. Starting applications, switching from monitor to monitor, sending mail, downloading mail, typing... you name it, there is a beach ball for that.

I'm no programmer, just a simple graphic designer so I can't read processes or error files. I just need to know what to do to fix my Mac so I can work again!

Please! When Mac is sad, Hanna is sad.


texts: iPhone USB in Network preference pane missing. How to get it back?

texts: In the Network Preferences I miss an entry for iPhone (see Screenshot, same as for iPad). How can I get it back and connect to the Internet from Mac through iPhone using USB-C?


texts: What can I use to save/restore Safari's history?

texts: Is there a way to save/restore the browser history on Safari? I'm asking because I found a way to show the hidden Debug menu on the browser where there is an option Sync iCloud history. The thing is that I don't want rely only on iCloud to restore the browser history. Besides, I really don't know whether syncing iCloud's history would work like that, or rather would merge or override the history or some other particular kind of data in all devices.


texts: Does showing a flashing time separator slow down a Mac?

texts: Is there any reason to be concerned that showing flashing time separators would slow down my Mac, since the computer now has to keep flashing the separator? What about showing seconds? Why or why not?


texts: Change update frequency of App Store in Mountain Lion?

texts: The Mac App Store on Mac OS X (10.8.3) notifies me frequently about new app updates by showing a little popup. How can I change the update frequency or the way Mac OS X notifies me?


texts: Macbook air 2011-mid keyboard keys Q W E R T Y U I O working sporadically

texts:
I have an issue where only QWERTYUIO keys are working sporadically or just not working. I have to press them a lot of times to start working and they work for a while and stop again. I have tried reseting PRAM and SMC but with no luck. When I use the Keyboard viewer they keys are not even being registered when I press them.

Kind Regards


texts: Create Message with Apple Mail from commandline

texts:
I am not working on an Apple computer, but I know people who do. I want to create a shell script for them which allows them to create a larger number of messages automatically. It should look like this:

function mymail {
  Mail ....
}

mymail "recipient1@mail.com" "subject1" "message text" "attachment.txt"

Can I pass commandline arguments to Apple Mail in the mymail function which will allow me to create these messages from the shell? The mailer should not actually send the messages. It should just display message windows or save them in some folder to be reviewed by the sender.


texts:
How do you change touchbar settings in OSX Mojave?
In previous versions of OSX, you would click 'Customize Control Strip'.

Customize control strip option is missing in Mojave

According to apples documentation, it should be easily done in the keyboard preferences under 'Touch Bar'. However there is no touchbar option
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/touch-bar-mchlbfd5b039/mac

You can set options that change what’s shown in the Touch Bar. For example, instead of showing app buttons and the collapsed Control Strip, you can have the Touch Bar show just the expanded Control Strip or just app buttons. You can also change what happens when you press the Fn key on the keyboard.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Keyboard.
Set options.
Touch Bar shows: Click the pop-up menu, then choose an option—App Controls, Expanded Control Strip, F1, F2, etc. Keys, or Quick Actions.
If you don’t want the Control Strip to be shown at the same time as app buttons or Quick Actions, deselect Show Control Strip.
Press Fn key to: Click the pop-up menu, then choose an option.
The options available depend on what you set for “Touch Bar shows.”
You can use the Automator app to create custom workflows for Quick Actions that are available in the Touch Bar, if you set the options for the Touch Bar to show them or added the Quick Actions button to the Touch Bar.
To always show function keys (F1, F2, etc.) in the Touch Bar for specific apps, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, click Shortcuts, select Function Keys in the list on the left, then add the apps on the right.

Update
I looked at a coworkers laptop also running 10.14 Mojave and they do have a 'Customize Touch Bar' option.


texts: Is "Ignore ownership on this volume" reversible?

texts:
In other words, does it just hide the permissions on file, or change them? More specifically, if you have a volume with file on it that have different owners and you check Ignore ownership on this volume, and then later you uncheck it, will the original ownerships/permissions revive correctly?

I have not seen anything that answers this directly, although what I have seen about problems with Ignore ownership settings needing to be reset and about them being recorded in /var/db/volinfo.database suggest that the answer to my questions is yes. Nevertheless, it would be very reassuring if someone could confirm this.

(The context is that I have a bootable backup on an external disk that I would like to keep the permissions intact on so that I can boot from it if needed, but I would also like to be able to read from it on another computer where the users don’t match up to give me access to the relevant files. Being able to switch Ignore ownership on for the latter, and then switch it off again to leave the disk in good condition for potential boot/restore use, looks like it would be a nice, simple way of doing this, but I am concerned about breaking things if I experiment.)


texts: MacBook Air starts to heat up when turns on

texts:
My MacBook air begins to heat up everytime I its tur on, after few minutes the fan starts to become noisy, what can I do to solve this problem?

This is the screenshot of my activity monitor and console


texts: My Apple ID and phone number are being used on a new phone -- what does this mean?

texts: I received a message that states my Apple ID and phone number are now being used for iMessage and FaceTime on a new phone. I haven't gotten a new phone, so what does this mean? The same message appeared on my IPad.


texts: Disabling lots and lots of NFS mounts based on location

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I have a number of NFS automounts in my Local directory node on 10.7. I am using a laptop and when I work at home I don't have access to the servers. As a result I often get beachballing Navigation Services dialogs for example, and logs are flooded with NFS error messages on this and that server not being reachable.

Is there some simple app (preferably a GUI one but scripting will do as well) which will disable the mounts when I am on WiFi or just not at work?


texts: Can I remove the page breaks (or re-flow postscript documents) in PDF files?

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I have a piece of software that formats source material and produces PDF files.  These resulting files may be any length and are broken into pages according to a selected page size.  (In other words, very standard paged output.)

Since these files are not intended for printing, what I would like is to have them converted to take up one page only with a length that matches the total length of the content.

Does anyone know of a method for reformatting PDF this way on a Mac, or of an "editor" that can perform this one function?

Alternatively, if there's a program that can convert a PostScript file into a single-page PDF by calculating the necessary page size, that would work too.


texts: iCloud photo library causing duplicate photos

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Ever since I started using iCloud photo library I am getting duplicates in photo on iMac OS X El Capitan. Also, all photos that went into the iCloud photo library  uploaded on iPhone too.

What am I doing wrong? I don't want all photos on iPhone and certainly don't need duplicates in photo.


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I want to trick IOS to use my IMAP server so I can help my buddy retrieve his mail password (which he forgot, but is still stored on the iPhone).

So he has a Yahoo Mail account configured and working and I just want to edit the settings file so the Mail app will use the IMAP server that I just set up to intercept his password.

I tried modifying the file /private/var/mobile/Library/Mail/metadata.plist and "Envelop Index", changing imap.apple.yahoo.com with my server, but these two files seem to act more like a cache, they got rewritten when he did check mail.

Any ideas what file I should change or any other way to get the password? I know the password is kept encrypted in the keychain database, but it's too difficult to decrypt that.


texts: Where are the MacOS startup boot icons located?

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Where is the exact location of certain icons like the internal storage drive icon you often see in the startup boot manager and other boot icons like it located on MacOS?

MacOS Catalina 10.15.2


texts: What are the different columns in this Terminal display?

texts:
I am wondering what the different columns are in this attached screenshot of the Terminal window. The command line that I typed into Terminal is:
ls -l ~/Desktop

It is the command for the computer to bring up all of the files that are located on the Desktop. There is another column to the right with the file names. I left that out of the screenshot for privacy purposes.


texts:
Since updating to Yosemite, whenever I plug headphones into my MBP, it selects Soundflower as the default output device. I then have to manually change it everytime. Anyone know why this is happening, or how to fix it?
Also, I can't get rid of Soundflower for some reason.


texts: I want to rent a movie on my MacBook Air and my husband and I want to watch the movie together using two separate headsets. Can this been done. I have 3 headsets to choose from, Wireless Bose, Logitech  usb plugin and a set that uses the pin plug in. I am not able to bluetooth my bose - only works on my iPad. The other two pin plug in and USB plug in only allows one to work at a time. Is it possible for both of us to watch a movie using separate headphones on MacBook Air??


texts: I am trying to download the Xcode 7.2.1 Version, but it just keeps saying installing on my computer, and nothing is happening. What do I do?


texts: Ruby 1.9.3's infamous OS X OpenSSL segfault in http.rb:799

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[Post shortened and updated with an answer.]

Ruby 1.9.3 compiled on OS X 10.7.4 with MacPorts crashes in my Rails apps when using SSL in http.rb, e.g. when authenticating to Facebook:

(facebook) Callback phase initiated.
/opt/local/lib/ruby1.9/1.9.1/net/http.rb:799: [BUG] Segmentation fault
ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [x86_64-darwin11]

Note: This is a real solution to the segfault problem, not a try-my-favorite-alternative-ruby-installer-du-jour solution. I didn't want to modify half my system on half a dozen devel and production machines by installing RVM, rbenv, Homebrew or anything else. I also want to show how I found the problem since this can occur with any Ruby installer.

Some things I noted by trial and error:

Compiling OpenSSL and Ruby using --with-openssl-dir=/usr or ..=/opt/local did not help.
After recompiling Ruby 1.9 using /opt/local as openssl-dir, other than in numerous other posts on the web, I could run SSL based connects from the command line fine. However, SSL connects in my Rails projects were still crashing.
The crash backtrace which OS X saves in /Library/Logs/CrashReporter contained traces of libssl.1.0.0.dylib (MacPorts) and libssl.0.9.8.dylib (OS X). But all my MacPorts files were linked against OpenSSL 1.0.x. (find /opt/local -iname "*.dylib" | xargs otool -L is your friend!)
This occured only on my live apps. Not on virgin new apps.
This occured only when using the pg Postgres gem which contains native extensions.

Looking at the PG gem's bundle:

$ otool -L /opt/local/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.1/gems/pg-0.14.1/lib/pg_ext.bundle
/opt/local/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9.1/gems/pg-0.14.1/lib/pg_ext.bundle:
/opt/local/lib/libruby.1.9.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.9.1, current version 1.9.1)
/usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, current version 5.3.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 159.1.0)
/usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 228.0.0)

The PG gem does not link against MacPorts's libpq! And:

Jens ~/Sites/testapp$ otool -L /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib
/usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib:
/usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, current version 5.3.0)
/usr/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib (compatibility version 0.9.8, current version 44.0.0)
/usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib (compatibility version 0.9.8, current version 44.0.0)
    (...)

... OSX's libpq (of course!) links against OS X's libssl and libcrypto. Bingo!

Solution: RTFM! PG's README-OS_X says:

  If you need a custom installation of PostgreSQL, you should ensure that you either compile it against the same version of OpenSSL as the OpenSSL extension of the Ruby you'll be using, or compile it without SSL support. If you fail to do this, you will likely see segfaults ...

So:

sudo gem install pg -- --with-pg-config=/opt/local/lib/postgresql83/bin/pg_config

Bingo, problem solved.

$ bundle exec rails runner "require 'net/http'; require 'net/https'; h=Net::HTTP.new('gmail.com', 443); h.use_ssl=true; puts h.get('/');"
#<Net::HTTPMovedPermanently:0x007fe48d5590a0>

If your bundle does not reference the current latest pg gem version, then you'll need to specify the version when reinstalling, e.g.

gem install pg -v 0.13.2 -- --with-pg-config=/opt/local/lib/postgresql91/bin/pg_config


texts: Installing VirtualBox guest additions on v4.3.28 (IE no Devices menu tab)?

texts: Using OSX Yosemite and VirtualBox v4.3.28 I'm trying to install guest additions. In all online sources it says go to Devices -> Install Guest Additions but in this version I guess there is no Devices menu. In all the screenshots on the help it shows Devices next to Window and that is just not present on my VB (See screenshot). I've checked in other menus and VB preferences but I don't see anything related to guest additions or devices anywhere.


texts: Is there a fix for Mac OS Preview, file opening window not showing on opening the application?

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Hello I am using Mac OS 11.2.3 M1 Macbook Air
When I open Preview no window shows up to select a file to open. But when I secondary click on the logo and open a recent file everything works fine. Is there fix for my problem?
P.S. all functions inside preview seems to work but my inner perfectionist is screaming!


texts: How to save sent messages in same folder as message being replied to?

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One of my favorite features back when I used Outlook was the option to save sent emails in the same folder as the message being replied to. For example, if I had moved a message to folder A and was replying to that, my reply was saved in A, not Sent. (If I replied to a message in my Inbox, my reply went to the default Sent folder.)

This made it really easy to see an entire thread when I came back to it later. This workflow is a huge time-saver for me and is the only thing I miss from Outlook. Right now, I manually move sent messages to the folder with related messages which is tedious. Is there a way to recreate this feature from Outlook with Mac Mail? (I'm using Mac Mail 6.2 on OSX 10.8.2).


texts: Any app that attempts image or movie conversion locks up

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Last week I made the mistake of opening an old AVI file, which QuickTime automatically converted to m4v. Well it tried anyway; when it got to the end it locked up.

Since then I cannot do any sort of image or movie conversion. QT Player continues to die immediately after launch. Any other program that tries to convert anything also locks up (beach ball). For instance, I just tried to export an image from iPhoto - dead.

I assume that there's a file somewhere that lists which files QT was working on, and it keeps trying to open/convert them (I can see the windows open, then die). Does anyone know where this might be?


texts: "Hey Siri" suddenly stopped working on MacOS Mojave

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Siri works perfectly after I manually click on the Siri icon on my TouchBar or click on the menu bar Siri icon so there is no issue with my microphone.
Also there are no user accounts to manage in my Parental Controls Preferences.

However it does not start when I speak "Hey, Siri".

I have tried the following:

Unchecking and checking listen for "Hey, Siri"
Reset Ask Siri in System Preferences
Restart my Mac
Reset NVRAM
Reinstalling the OS

Nothing has worked. Please help me fix the issue.

Update 1:
In Safe Mode even Siri does not work let alone Hey Siri. It gives me an error stating "No microphone found."

Update 2:
After taking advice from a Senior Apple advisor, I formatted my hard disk and reinstalled macOS. The problem was fixed but not for long. Today I vividly remember that this problem started after pressing the Siri icon on my Touch Bar while being connected to my bluetooth headphones

Version: 10.14.6 (18G95)

Model: MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

P.S. Other problems that might be related:

The familiar Siri feedback sound that plays once Siri starts also has stopped working when I start the app manually. It however works when I am connected to my headphones.
The volume feedback beep that occurs when you change volume using the Touch Bar also has stopped.


texts: Why is my mac displaying a grey loading screen on wake up?

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Typically after being closed for a few hours, overnight, etc, I open the laptop and get this horrid grey screen for probably 5 minutes. When it does come back the UI is locked for another minute or so. Why would it decide to start doing this only recently?

I've checked hibernate mode, which was set to 3. I changed it to 0 and that made no difference. Still grey screens me every morning.

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

2.5 GHz Intel Core i5

16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

Disk space is about 50% used. Battery fully charged and still in good shape. Laptop is pretty much always plugged in. Full charge lasts all day, so I don't think it's a power issue.
I have clean my mac constantly profiling the machine, which reports not even half RAM usage at wake up, and across the board very low consumption.

Starting to get pretty annoying. It never did this until recently, about 4 months ago. I usually keep my OS a version behind on purpose, fyi. Anyone else know what this is and how to prevent, disable, or correct it?


texts: MacBook Pro 15" 2008 freezes with colorful screen

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Starting a few days ago my Mac froze mid usage, was using Chrome when it did it. I got all these crazy colors everywhere, and it froze. I turned off the power, waited a few, then turned back on.

It came up with some text telling me it didn't shut down correctly and hit Esc to reboot. I did, it showed that text again. So I turned off, took out the battery, waited 10 min.

After that, I turned back on and it came on and booted up. Again, I used it about 10 to 15 minutes and the colors went crazy again and it froze. Had to turn off again. I've done this a few times since then, trying to figure out what's wrong with it.

I booted into Mac+S console, ran fsck and it said drive and files were good. I mounted the drive, all my files are there. So I exited console and rebooted.

At this point, I can't get past that text telling me to hit Esc to reboot.

It's a MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2008) with Sierra.


texts: Import photos from Time Machine backup of other machine, without losing metadata

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I replaced my MacBook and I have the Time Machine backups from my old laptop, but I'd like to start the system fresh, importing only the files I really need and re-installing all the programs manually, I'm basically copying and pasting the files I need.

Both Photos and High Sierra are the same version in my old machine and my new one.

My problem is that I can't find a way to import my pictures from Time Machine's Photos Library, since Photos Library is not just copy and paste like regular files.

I tried: Copy Photos Library from Time Machine and paste in my new Pictures folder

Didn't work, even though I opened photos app pressing option and selected the new Library. The following error pops-up: An error occurred while repairing permissions – which makes no sense, since I was using the same version of Photos before.

I know I could open masters and import JPEGs, but in this way I'll loose the location/date of my pictures.


texts: How to make terminals open side-by-side?

texts: I use terminals a lot, and I frequently open and close them. The problem is that whenever I open a new terminal using ⌘+n it overlaps the current one, and I have to move it out of the way first. Is there a way to make them open side by side from top left to bottom right?


texts: Safari Web Inspector stops logging network activity

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I'm using Safari 10.0.1 on Sierra 10.12.1.

At some point, usually after ~5 minutes or about 100 requests, the web inspector stops logging network requests under the Network tab.

Same thing happens with the Timelines tab.

I've had this problem since Safari 9 on El Cap.

Any pointers on how to solve this?


texts: Blurry font when connecting MBP Mid-2012, Retina to an HPes 27" display

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My MBP (Mid 2012, Retina) running El Capitan is now connected to an external HP Display via an HDMI cable.
It all works fine, but the fonts on the HP are not as smooth as the MBP. Now, I get that Retina is quite superior so I may immediately catch abnormalities in an external display - but I assure you, that's not the case.

The HP font is significantly rough on the edges, contributing to a blurry font (and a string of headaches).
I called HP, and they tried to get me to buy their $67 paid support to give me the "drivers" for the monitor that I know they don't have.

Either I need to get an easy fix here, or I call Apple, OR you folks can be kind enough to refer me to any other affordable and sleek looking external display at BestBuy or Amazon.ca

I still have a return policy on hand with this bestbuy, so I may be able to exchange it for a display that doesn't have these silly issues.

Thanks!


texts:
I can read a USB disk formatted as FAT32 on my PowerBook G4 with Mac OS 9.2.2 but it does not recognize and asks then I erase the disk if I insert one that is formatted as FAT16; formatting it as FAT32.
I can read a FAT16 floppy disk just fine using a USB-FDD.
Is it possible to add support for FAT formatted USB drives to Mac OS 9.2.2?


texts: How long does it take to restore from an iCloud backup?

texts:
I have 12.8gb worth of photos and videos and I remember shooting videos in particular that was 1 hour long and another 30 minute one.

Last night it didn't take long for the 5,000 photos (inc. short videos) like a few mins at best to come and the 6,000 photos rest is still pending it says "Downloading 6,0000 xxxx originals" in my Photos app. And my video for example that 1 hour one, (i sometimes record videos for YT on my phone) and the other 30 minute one hasn't come through so i wonder if that is what is slowing the restore process.

Googling online it says it can take 1-4 hours per gb to restore from an iCloud backup...

I was thinking maybe it was faster to restore from iTunes...

iCloud backup total: 14.5gb

Photos and videos: 12.8gb


texts: Why will my Mac only load Google and Facebook?

texts:
I'm running into this really strange problem on my 2013 iMac at home (running Mavericks): the internet will work for a while, then at some point it will stop being able to load any websites except for Facebook and Google (and Google-owned sites, like Gmail and YouTube). These sites work fine, but attempting to access any other site will get stuck on "Connecting..." and eventually time out.

This applies to all browsers. It also applies whether I'm connected via ethernet or WiFi.

Attempting to ping other sites like amazon.com, bing.com, etc. via ping just shows a string of timeouts. nslookup does seem to give back IP addresses, but even plugging these directly into a browser's address bar, I still get nothing.

So I guess that means it's not a DNS issue? All the same, I've tried my ISP's default DNS, Google DNS, and OpenDNS -- no difference.

I can confirm the problem is just with my iMac. Other devices on the same network can connect to any website just fine. Furthermore, if I actually start up a Windows VM on the iMac, the VM can also connect to any website!

Rebooting the computer fixes things for a while. But eventually the problem comes back.

Does anyone know what the issue might be? I've Googled around a bit, and it does seem that some people have encountered similar issues; but I wasn't able to find any solutions that worked for me.

EDIT: Maybe this is the same issue as in this question. However, bouncing mDNSResponder as prescribed in the top answer to that question didn't solve the problem for me.


texts: Excel 2011 copy and paste beachball hang freeze issue

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The issue occurs for some users using Excel 2011 on OSX.

If the Excel spreadsheet is of any moderate size, say greater than 10 MB, when doing a simple copy and paste, there is sometimes a very long delay and the colored beach ball appears. It appears the program has hung.

Pressing command option escape, bringing up the dialogue box to force quit an application, shows Excel to not be responding. Yet if you wait long enough, the hang ends, all returns to normal, including the copy & paste being executed.

For a big Excel spreadsheet of around 100MB with multiple sheets and graphs, the wait time for a resolution (timed several times) is about 7.5 minutes.

This is a frustrating issue to pin down, as sometimes cut and paste in the same spreadsheet works fine.  If not, and you use Force Quit, then often recent work is lost.  This ill defined yet regularly recurring issue is a real productivity killer.

It is possible this issue only arises for Retina Macbook Pros.
This behavour and issue may be related to more general memory issues with
Excel 2011 on OSX.
Excel 2016 does not appear to show this issue, just Excel 2011.
The issue appears independent of Office update or OSX version from OSX 10.8.x to OSX 10.11.x


texts: Replace string with new line + string in a big file

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I need to replace the string ),( with )\n,( in a 10GB file. The \n in this case obviously stands for a newline.
I've tried so with this command:

sed -i '' '/),(/ s//),\n(/g' bigfile.sql

However, that didn't really work as expected. It did replace the string, but it didn't insert a newline, but simply a "n" (so it just neglected the backslash and escaped it).
Any other takes on this, or where's my mistake in the above command?


texts:
As for testing purposes I'd like to get into WiFi settings much more deeper and want to use some WiFi managing app like Airport on OSX which I recently did use on OS X and wonder what's the counter part on iOS, if there's any.

Get an idea here:
https://superuser.com/questions/286457/connect-to-wifi-network-using-mac-terminal

Am keen on any feedback, as you can imagine.


texts: How can I change the Chrome Dock Tile Icon to show the favicon of the current tab?

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I would like my Chrome Dock Tile to show the (dynamic) favicon of a tab.  There are several scenarios I could imagine, any of which would be incredibly useful to me:

The Chrome Dock Tile icon is completely replaced by the favicon.
The Chrome Dock Tile shows the favicon in, for instance, the lower right hand corner of the main icon, similar to the download indicator.
The favicon is that of the front-most Chrome tab.
The favicon is that of a specific, pinned tab.

A solution that was live would be ideal, but an AppleScript I could set to run every 5 minutes or something would also be ok.

My use case is that I have Gmail set to display the number of unread messages in my Inbox in the favicon.  I would like to have that displayed in the Dock so I could see if I have new unread messages without bringing Chrome to the front.


texts:
I have 2 MacBook Pros: a Late 2008 model and a Late 2011 model. Both of them are running Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8.

The Late 2008 model has no issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks.

The Late 2011 model has a terrible Wi-Fi reception (typical MCS in the range of 0 to 5). It remains even after replacing the Wi-Fi card with a different used one, and even a new flat Wi-Fi card. I even tried deleting and adding the Airport again in the Network panel.

The antenna wires look fine. What else could be causing such poor reception?

Please see the attached screenshots:


texts: Lightweight SQL server to serve .sql content

texts:
I have a python project that needs to access sql data. I actually have the contents of this database as .sql files and I'm wondering what's the fastest/lightest way to run my project

The python project uses the import MySQLdb statement.
This led me to install pip install MySQL-python and brew install mysql-connector-c and then I'm trying to set up a MySQL server so I can finally run the program
If possible I'd like to avoid the huge official MYSQL editions I can find on the internet
I'm rather looking for lightweight alternatives

It it actually possible to find some lightweight (my)SQL server that would successfully let me connect from python or is there no avoiding the heavy official MySQL editions ?


texts: Activate Emoji & Symbols and Character Viewer independently

texts:
Sometimes when editing text, I want to use the Emoji & Symbols viewer to quickly type a symbol. Other times, I want to open the full Character Viewer window. Unfortunately, there only seems to be one keyboard shortcut to open them (Edit > Emoji & Symbols, ⌃⌘space), and it simply remembers which you used last. Changing which interface is displayed seems to require the use of a mouse to click the toggle button in the top-right of the window.

How can I easily select which of them to bring up? Ideally, I would like to end up with two keyboard shortcuts, one for each interface. Third-party solutions are acceptable, but a native solution would be ideal.

Possibly useful starting point: "Show Emoji & Symbols" in the Input menu (enabled via System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard > Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar) seems to always bring up the full Character Viewer, regardless of the last state. Activating this with a keyboard shortcut would be perfect, though I would much prefer doing so programmatically rather than via the menu GUI.


texts: Macbook Air (Mid 2013) keyboard and trackpad not detected

texts:
I was holding down a key (can't remember which) and then my keyboard and trackpad were no longer responsive. Multiple restarts, PRAM, and SMC resets did not do the trick.

I can use the keyboard and trackpad perfectly in my Windows partition (which I bootcamped) but can't seem to use it in my OS X partition or the recovery partition. It can however detect external keyboard and mouses. I have Googled endlessly for hours.

Anyone else experience this issue or have any suggestions?

I am desperate. I will travel to Alaska and hit option 5 times at this point.


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I’m trying to use the Blue Yeti microphone on an iPad Pro like I would with a MacBook Pro. I’m wondering if the same kind of control features are available on the iPad Pro (or any iOS devices).
With the MacBook Pro, the Blue Yeti microphone input level can be controlled via system preferences. Also the MacBook Pro’s built in speakers can be used for audio output with automatic echo cancellation.
When plugged into an iPad Pro (using a USB C adaptor), I could not find a way to adjust the input level of the Blue Yeti. Also the only way I could (or know how to) get audio output is by plugging in headphones directly into the Yeti. I could not figure out how to use the built in speakers of the iPad.
Does anyone know how to make the Yeti work on an iPad Pro the same way as on a MacBook Pro? Thanks


texts: Why won't Netflix play videos on my iPad?

texts:
Go to watch any video instantly.  Click on play video.  It'll say that it's preparing to load.  Then it switches to the video screen for half a second, then back to the preparing to load screen, then dumps me back to the browsing for instant videos screen.  So the video never played at all.

Any idea on how to fix this?


texts: Is there a Mac screen capture tool that will export to animated gif?

texts: I'm looking for a screen capture tool working on MacOSX that will export the capture to animated gif.


texts: Why does my command line prompt now beging with "vpn"?

texts: I was just (unsuccessfully) playing around with setting up a vpn in OS X Server, and now all my new terminal prompts begin with "vpn" followed by my user name. Anyone know why this is the case and how I can revert back to my default prompt, without "vpn"?


texts: Is it possible to add an internal broadband card to MacBook Air?

texts: I have a Mid-2011 MacBook Air 11". Can I add a Verizon (or any kind of) broadband card to it internally? We want to avoid having an awkward USB modem hanging off the side.


texts: How do I delete voice memos off of itunes?

texts: My brother and I share a computer and often use the same itunes app for all our music. Something that it does that I hate is it puts all my voice memos in, too. I would rather them not be there because I'm worried my brother will get on and listen to them one day. I try to delete them but it says if I delete them off itunes, it also deletes them off of my iphone which I don't want it to do. What should I do??


texts: In the Downtime settings, is there a way to customize the lengths of time that are shown?

texts:
I use Downtime to help manage my children's time on certain apps on their iPads.  We're on iOS 14.  When I want to give them some extra time, I have the following options:

Allow for 15 minutes
Allow for 1 hour
Allow all day

I very often want to allow for 30 minutes, as that's how we earn time bundles at my house.  Is there a way to alter the times that are shown (either add one, or change one of those options to my preferential amount)?  I might be open to a third party app, but prefer the built-in if possible.  And yes, I understand this doesn't replace parenting - this is just one part of the picture.


texts: Macbook Pro screen keeps randomly going black after login, weird issues

texts:
A couple days ago while I was using my 15 inch Macbook Pro 2015 Retina Display laptop (got it brand new 2-3 months ago, running latest version of Sierra), the screen flashed black a few times, and then completely went to sleep on its own while I was in the middle of something. I couldn't get it to wake up, so I had to force restart it. After that, I couldn't get it to turn back on unless it was connected to a power source. As soon as I would turn it back on and login, the screen would go black again. Even just opening finder or safari or sitting on the desktop would make it go black.

I looked online and attempted resetting the SMC and PRAM several, several, several times. Sometimes, I would login and the screen would be completely distorted and discolored. I attempted logging in via the Guest account, and browsed Safari for 2+ hours just fine, but as soon as I went back to my user account the problem started again. I rebooted and ran the disk utilities and even re-installed Mac OS completely. I still have no luck, and now, sometimes when I turn it on, the "startup chime" will play over and over again every 2 seconds like it's trying to start up but can't.

I'm not sure what to do at this point as I've already tried a fresh install of Mac OS. Next, I was thinking of erasing my drives but before I do that I want to see if there's anything else I can do. I even changed all of my system settings to not dim the screen display and to never go to sleep because the screen was randomly dimming at times.

Any thoughts?

P.S. I'm currently typing this on the Macbook after booting it with command+r and clicking on "safari help", again it works fine in when logged in as Guest too, it's only after I login to my user account that this happens. Sometimes it's immediate, sometimes it takes a few minutes.


texts: How to install and setup s3fs on OS X 10.7 (Lion)

texts:
I installed s3fs, a tool that allows mounting Amazon S3 buckets as a file system. I created folder for mounting in /mnt/s3 then I created a file in /etc/passwd-s3fs with the content BucketName:AccessKeyId:SecretAccessKey
but I still can't access it, and the error is:

  s3fs: could not determine how to establish security credentials

Am I missing something?


texts: Macbook Pro Display - Green Flicker only when Photoshop etc is open

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I have a 2011 Macbook Pro and I've suddenly been having this recurring problem of black pixels appearing green and flickering...

Firstly, if I have no software open and "Automatic Graphics Switching" ticked, in the Energy Saver preferences, it stops the flickering and the display is fine. If I untick it, the flickering green appears again.

Unfortunately the moment I open any software, like Photoshop, Buildbox, SketchUp etc, the green flickering starts and displays, even if the "Automatic Graphics Switching" is ticked or not.
The moment I close the software, and if the "Automatic Graphics Switching" is still ticked, the display is normal.

What's even WEIRDER, is that if I mirror my screen onto a Monitor, and open Photoshop of example, the Macbook Pro display/black pixels still flicker green but the monitor renders/displays everything perfectly fine.
If I close the software, the flickering stops an displays normal.

So... What's going on?

Is it the display or the graphics card?
Surely if its the graphics card, the mirrored monitor would display flickering pixels too?

Also, I did a Hardware diagnostics and the only error was the Battery (which I bought off Amazon 6 months ago).
My mac is fully up to date with El Capitan.

Help me please
Thank you so much.


texts: MacBook Pro issue with local IP download over wifi

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I am facing a strange situation on my MacBook Pro. I'm serving a file via http (whatever server I use, I get the same problem: apache, node.js, ...): [http://localhost:8080/myFile] with my wifi adapter:

MBP (model 15-inch, Mid 2012, MacBookPro9,1).
AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0xF5), firmware version Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
When I try to download the file via [http://localhost:8080/myFile] or via [http://127.0.0.1:8080/myFile], it works flawlessly.
Now when I try to access the same file, but this time via my local ip and from my machine [http://192.168.1.5:8080/myFile], the download starts but stalls after ~60kbytes ! This happens, no matter which file I serve, and no matter which server technique I use. I tried downloading with browsers (safari, chrome, firefox) and using command-line tools (wget, curl), and I always the same problem...
Now, if I try to download the same file, using the same URL (i.e. the one with my local IP) but this time from a distinct computer, it works perfectly again... I am puzzled.
Even stranger, if I try to do the same experiment, but this time with my ethernet adapter (and switching off my wifi adapter), I have absolutely no problem... meaning I can serve and download the file as expected, using either localhost or local ip url.
So this issue seems to be related to my WiFi adapter.

I do not have any kind of firewall/little snitch/... installed and I checked my WiFi adapter configuration, there is nothing special there.

I tried turning off and on the wifi adapter, shutting down and restarting my mac, everything in vain.

In summary, I cannot download a file that is served locally via my WiFi adapter... But I can download it from a remote machine or using the local loopback (localhost, 127.0.0.1)

Any suggestion about why this might happen / how to push the diagnosis further / how to solve the issue?


texts: My iPhone thinks there are 3.5 GB of photos but I literally have no photos there (just deleted everything!)

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I’m not sure why this is happening. I tried deleting my photos and emptying the deleted photos file. I also deleted all shared albums etc.  there’s literally nothing on my photo album. This issue existed before I updated to iOS 14.4.2 and persists since the update just ten minutes ago.
Do you have any advice?


texts: Does a slow Time Machine disk affect general Mac performance?

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Say a Mac Pro tower has OS X + Apps installed on a blazing fast PCIe SSD. It also has Time Machine enabled on a slow 5400rpm mechanical drive. The TM drive is internal and connected at all times.

Will the relative slowness of the TM drive affect general performance when the Mac and its filesystem are being used strenuously? Are internally connected TM drives being being read/written to constantly?


texts: Uninstalled Accountability Software Still Encumbering Internet Connection

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Hey so I have had connection problems for over a year now on my 2014 Macbook Pro, and after trying literally everything Google could point me towards I have found a possible culprit - but obviously I have no idea how to fix it.  After getting the computer I installed an accountability software called X3Watch that sends reports of flagged websites to a friend, to deter me from going to illicit websites and stuff.  When my computer started having problems (it was only slow when using anything requiring an Internet connection) I uninstalled the program thinking it was interfering with the browser.  It didn't fix anything, but apparently I was right.  Here is what I found in my system log when I try to connect to any website:

Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: OPEN SQLITE
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: Found version record
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: Get format for User blacklist http://www.x3watch.com/api/v1/blacklists.json?auth_token=CziY4zduXqQZKoF47TuP
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: Get format for User whitelist http://www.x3watch.com/api/v1/whitelists.json?auth_token=CziY4zduXqQZKoF47TuP
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: settingsURL string http://www.x3watch.com/api/v1/users/show.json?auth_token=CziY4zduXqQZKoF47TuP
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: heatbeast post format auth_token=CziY4zduXqQZKoF47TuP&source=MacBook Pro&source_id=C02N2DQJFH00
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: RECEIVED DATA FOR ENDPOINT (http://www.x3watch.com/api/v1/users/show.json?auth_token=CziY4zduXqQZKoF47TuP)
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: blocking value 1
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: RECEIVED DATA FOR ENDPOINT (http://www.x3watch.com/api/v1/whitelists.json?auth_token=CziY4zduXqQZKoF47TuP): {"errors":"Feature requires premium subscription"}
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: JSON : {
        errors = "Feature requires premium subscription";
    }
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro x3d[960]: +[SBJsonStreamWriter initialize] NSCache supported
Apr 27 22:42:00 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.ReportCrash.Root[977]): Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash.DirectoryService

So it's obviously still going through this super long process every time it loads a webpage, sometimes hundreds of times if there are lots of links on a page.  No wonder it loads slowly.  But my question is: How do I fix this process.  I recently reinstalled my OS just to see, but it didn't do any good.  I'd like to avoid restoring to factory settings, but I am not opposed if it is the only way.  Any other thoughts on how to get my computer to stop going through this process?


texts: How to set Photoshop CC window size to 1280x720 via AppleScript?

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I'm trying to resize the Photosshop CC window to 1280x720 to record it in 720p. I tried multiple ways, including AppleScript, SizeUP! app, terminal etc but none work.

Here's an example of AppleScript I'm using:

tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Adobe Photoshop CC"
    display dialog (get name of window 1)
    set position of window 1 to {50, 50}
    set size of window 1 to {1280, 720}
end tell

It does set the position, but does not set the size of the application window.

When I try

tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Adobe Photoshop CC"
           tell window 1
            set {size, position} to {{1280, 720}, {150, 150}}
            end tell end tell

I get the error "System Events got an error: Can’t set application process \"Adobe Photoshop CC\" to {1280, 720}." number -10006 from application process "Adobe Photoshop CC"

I have also tried to set bounds instead of size with the following code to no avail.

set the_application to "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC/Adobe Photoshop CC.app"
tell application the_application
    activate
    set bounds of window 1 to {1, 1, 1281, 721}
end tell

and I get "Adobe Photoshop CC got an error: Can’t set window 1 to {1, 1, 1281, 721}." number -10006 from window 1

SizeUP! app does change the position but does not effect the Photoshop window size.

Does anyone know how can I resize the Photoshop application window on a Mac to 1280x720 to record it in 720p?

Thanks!


texts: How can I rotate a video by a few degrees?

texts: I've taken a fairly tilted video and want to rotate it to be level, how can I do this?  I'm open to any third-party apps but purely apple solutions are better.  I have FCPX, but I don't know if I can use that.