texts: How can I ensure only "whitelisted" applications run on OS X

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There is a security technique called whitelisting (available in Windows 7) that ensures that only specific applications and processes will run.

This is different from email whitelisting and only applies to applications running on an OS.

How can I implement whitelisting (apps) on OS X?

For example, I generally want to constrain apps to those allowed by the setting "Mac App Store and identified developers", but I would also like to run the IM app called Spark.  OS X refuses to run that app with this setting and reports that the app is "damaged".  I can change the setting to "Anywhere" and that will allow Spark to run.  The problem is that will also allow all apps to run, some of which I might regret.


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I have a directory at a unix machine which I want to copy to my macbook. I login to unix machine using a VPN connection and then try to copy the directory using the following standard command

scp [[user-name@]source-host:]source-file-path [[user-name@]dest-host:][dest-file-path]

my problem is that i cannot figure out the [user-name@]dest-host:] part for my macbook. When i go to my mac system preferences i see two options

Computer name : xxx.local
File Sharing : on
Other users can access shared folders on this computer at afp://xxx.xxx.x.xx/

I have also selected remote login option in service.
I would appreciate if someone can guide me about how to find out [user-name@]dest-host:] for mac os x version 10.7.5


texts: How do I associate a launchd 2 plist with its domain and service targets?

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What exactly are these "domain" and "service targets" and how do I associate them with plists for use by launchd?

OS X 10.10 introduces a new launchctl API for managing LaunchDaemons and launching plists. Log messages and man pages suggest that keys like KeepAlive and RunAtLoad should no longer be used and that subcommands enable; bootstrap; and kickstart should be used in preference to load -w and unload -w

However it is not clear from the man pages how to associate a plist with the "domain" and "service target" it talks about and without which these commands cannot be used with existing plists that seemingly were quite sufficient for OS X 10.9

For example [updated]:
A basic plist we are trying to "launch"; seemingly bootstrapped into "system" domain but subsequently not recognised in "system"

# pwd
/Library/LaunchDaemons
# cat com.iainhouston.django.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC -//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN
http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd >
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
     <key>Label</key>
     <string>com.iainhouston.django</string>
     <key>ProgramArguments</key>
     <array>
          <string>/usr/local/virtualenvs/django.iainhouston.com/bin/gunicorn</string>
          <string>--bind=127.0.0.1:49202</string>
          <string>--workers=2</string>
          <string>superlists.wsgi:application</string>
     </array>
     <key>Disabled</key><false/>
</dict>
</plist>
# launchctl bootstrap system com.iainhouston.django.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.iainhouston.django.plist: Service is disabled
# launchctl enable system/com.iainhouston.django.plist
# launchctl kickstart system/com.iainhouston.django.plist
Could not find service "com.iainhouston.django.plist" in domain for system

Motivation

The system log records that launchctl -w load ... complains when we use KeepAlive with RunAtLoad that This service is defined to be constantly running and is inherently inefficient. so we are motivated to use the new interface.
Not only that, we have significant problems with excessive processor usage that we want to control by providing the appropriate on-demand keywords so, again, we are motivated to understand how to interact with the new launchd .... not easy with the docs as they stand!


texts: On plugging in my iPhone to the car stereo, music plays automatically

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I have a Sony head unit in my car that has a USB socket and no Bluetooth. When I plug in my iPhone 5C running iOS 10.3.3 into the USB, it starts playing music from my iTunes library automatically.

I do not have a iTunes Match or Apple Music subscription. Neither do I have my credit card linked to the iTunes Store, which could cause accidental subscription to the service.

I do not have any songs synced to the device from my iTunes Library.
I haven't used iTunes Wi-Fi Sync in a long while.

I have a 4G data connection active on my iPhone while in the car.

I have turned off automatic Music download from iTunes Store.
Mobile Data is turned off for music and there is Zero KB of download music.

But as soon as I plug in my iPhone, it starts playing some random song. I fail to understand how this could be happening?

Where is the iPhone getting the music track from? There is no Wi-Fi connection as I am in the car. It sometimes plays a random track from my iTunes library. How do I tell the phone to delete whatever information it has about my iTunes library without screwing up the link between it and my Mac for everything else?


texts: Error: unable to open database in macOS Mojave

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sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/V6/MailData/Envelope\ Index vacuum;
Error: unable to open database "/Users/Me/Library/Mail/V6/MailData/Envelope Index":
unable to open database file

This happened after upgrading to Mojave.


texts: Option-Delete deletes word with white space in front

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So this has been driving me crazy for a while now: when you have a lot of blank space before a word, you go to the beginning of the line and push option-delete, it will delete not only the blank space, but also the next word. All editors in Windows and Linux will only delete the blank space. Is there a setting for this? This is an absolute must-have for me when, for example, trying to format code in XCode. As an example:

This is line 1 (caret->) |             this should not get deleted

Pushing option-delete, I expect this:

This is line 1 (caret->) |this should not get deleted

But instead, I get this:

This is line 1 (caret->) |should not get deleted

This is particularly nasty when you copy-paste code from somewhere, and get something like this:

UIImageView *imgView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:
                                              CGRectMake(0,0,100,100)];

....and you want to quickly consolidate into one line.  Does anyone have a fix for this?


texts:
I have two libraries from the Photos app (version 1.3 on OS X 10.11.2).

Is it possible to merge them or to move pictures from one library into another?


texts: How can I explain the value of the Secure Enclave / (TPM chip) to a privacy conscious user?

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The Apple Secure Enclave offers many opportunities for privacy and security.  Credit card information, Private keys with specific I/O functions (the private data is never exposed), PII, etc are all protected.

Question

Has Apple found a way to describe, illustrate, or educate an end user on why this is valuable?

As a techie, I jumped to the iPhones with the Secure Enclave, but I think people are understanding it.  (Some users said it sounded like "enslave" and that explained their initial bias against it


texts:
When I do brew install ant for example I get a progress bar like this:

It's more a problem when multiple things are installed cause it's easy to miss errors etc. now.

I don't really know what to do.


texts:
Total scripting novice here, appreciate any insight.  Have a few scripts that automate button presses in a specific application, triggered by Function keys.  Worked well before Catalina, now when triggered by a key, will run 3 times consecutively instead of just once.  When run manually from automator, the script runs as intended.  Hoping I'm just missing a setting somewhere.

Here's one of the scripts:

on run {input, parameters}

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Pro Tools"
        set frontmost to true
        if exists (window "Audio Suite: RX 7 De-click") then click button "Render" of window "Audio Suite: RX 7 De-click"
    end tell
end tell

return input
end run


texts: How can I make and receive calls on a MBP using an Android?

texts:
This is almost like using my Mac as a Bluetooth headset. An app called HandsFree 2 used to do this beautifully, using Bluetooth to pair my Android and Mac, I could make and receive phone calls without touching my smartphone. I would be working on my laptop and a notification of an incoming call would show and you were able to pick it up and talk only using the Mac.
The app is now discontinued and not working and I haven't been able to found an alternative.
Is there any way to do this?


texts:
Can I Change my iTunes account credit to cash or used it for something so I can get money  ? So can someone help me on this because I load $400 on my iTunes account and in need it back now
Thanks


texts: Massive Amount of Random Files appearing in Documents

texts:
Really hope someone can help me with this issue!

For the past few months, I have had an annoying issue whereby I have multiple 2-character 0-byte random folders appearing within Documents, along with an index.dat file at the very top which seems to form the quickest. It appears to only happen when I use Safari, but I have become quite attached to the browser so would prefer to continue doing so.

I have tried deleting all cookies and updated to the latest macOS, but to no avail.

Would appreciate anyone able to help as its left me very puzzled!


texts: The say Command is not Working in High Sierra

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I recently upgraded my MacBook to High Sierra (from El Cap).  It appears I can no longer use the say command.  When I enter a simple command

$ say -v "Alex" "Test"
[...hangs...]

$ sudo say -v "Alex" "Test"
Password:
[...hangs...]

My laptop hangs.  Is this a known issue and are there known fixes?  If not, does anyone know what next steps I might take in diagnosing this problem?


texts: Restored iPad , old Apple ID, find my iPhone still on

texts:
So we have a iPad with an old Apple ID that is now disabled, can't get the restore to work because find my iPhone is still on and it keeps asking for the Apple ID and password of this account to turn off the find my iPhone
I am over it! Just painful, anyone know what to do?
Dee


texts: Using @me.com email when @icloud.com is also available

texts:
On iCloud Mail I can see that I have two email adresses:

myname@me.com
myname@icloud.com

I would like to use the @me.com as my primary email address. However, on Apple Mail (on macOS and iOS), it only lists my @icloud.com email as an option when composing mails.

How do I change that behaviour to @me.com?


texts: iMessage not working between two specific devices

texts:
iMessage works perfectly between my iPhone and my iPad. It works perfectly between my iPhone and my girlfriend's iPod touch. But it does not work at all between my iPad and my girlfriend's iPod touch.

All three devices can use iMessage just fine with other devices. The only issue is when we try to communicate between iPad and iPod, and it's really infuriating. Any ideas?


texts: Is there a website, platform, to find beta testers for OSX applications?


texts: What's the most recent Mac that will run Leopard?

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We have edit bays (13) and use Mac Pro 2.1's and Mac Pro 4.1's both dual Xenon  quad core.

When a computer dies, we usually look for the same motherboard which are getting harder to find over time. Hackintosh and Quo are out - they seem too sketchy. We are looking for options to run Leopard to maintain compatibility with the SAN.

What is the most modern/recent motherboard or Mac that will run Leopard?


texts: What do double quotes mean around a domain in `defaults`?

texts:
While experimenting with the defaults command, I issued the following on my terminal:
defaults read com.apple.Safari

In the output I can read the following:
"ShowFavoritesBar-v2" = 1;

Note the double quotes!
Almost all of the other domains don't have the double quotes, whereas this one yes. And, if I'm not mistaken, it was an option I changed through Safari itself, just before issuing the command.
What do double quotes mean around a domain in defaults?


texts: How do I send the "Windows key" to the remote machine with the screen sharing app?

texts:
It seems like the screen sharing app doesn't send "Windows key" presses.

To be clear, I want to be able to press the "Windows key" on my standard PC keyboard so that the machine to which I'm connecting receives it as a single key press. How do I achieve this?

Is there a way to translate, for example, Shift+Option+F12 to send the Windows key? Other advice welcome.


texts:
Is it better to create new Apple ID for my developer account, or is it ok to use my existing one?

And what are the rules regarding names (like can I use nickname or I have to use my real one)?

I'm individual not a company, and will be creating an individual account.


texts:
I need to realize a presentation with this approach:

I want to realize different slide for screen 1 and 2 (or one single slide that fill correctly each screen with different contents). The content or slide scrolling must be synchronized in screen 1 and 2, so if i move one slide right screen 1 and 2 have to move one slide right togheter... I have read about multiscreen support in keynote ,but all i have read seems to limit this support to 2 screen the "laptop source screen" and an external screen, it possible to make a presentation like this in keynote?


texts: Why does my iPhone still think I have 7gb of pictures on it even after I deleted all of them?

texts: I didn't have any space left on iCloud so I went to check what's going on there. I saw that my iPhone was taking up a lot of storage. My storage for pictures was still 7gb even after I deleted all of my pictures. I'm not even sharing any pictures and I also deleted all of my recently deleted pictures. All of them. Why is it still showing me under "usage" that I have 7gbs? I'm not able to backup my phone because I apparently I don't have any space when really I don't have 7gbs of pictures.


texts: Where do I look in iTunes to find sync errors?

texts:
I have started to get some error messages about items failing to sync. It seems to be a sporadic issue - and the error pictured below was for a sync attached to the USB cable. I do have WiFi sync enabled for this device and it also happens when I'm syncing wirelessly, so the presence or absence of the cable seems to be unrelated to the error.

Opening iTunes on iOS doesn't seem to tell me what failed. The same goes for iTunes on my Mac. Does anyone have a clue where "more information" is logged in this case? Although many are suggesting ways to eliminate the error (trial and error), I'm more interested in where the error log lies. It baffles me there isn't some debug more or way to hook into iTunes to get a log of the problems.

Where else can I look for this information relating to sync errors?


texts: MacBook VPN connection disconnects after two minutes

texts: My MacBook Pro's VPN disconnects two minutes after it connects. I change the account and I had no luck with it, Any ideas?


texts: iPhone 3GS suddenly shuts down while playing games

texts:
I just purchased used iPhone 3GS from a fella, and the phone is running everything perfectly except for games. Whenever I play any game after some minute it suddenly shut down, even battery is fully charge.

It is an iPhone 3GS, 32GB, SU, old BR, 5.1.

What possibly is the cause of this issue?


texts: How to change encoding on iPad or iPhone mail?

texts:
I use Mac OS X, iPad and iPhone.

There are occasions when I receive mails send from people who uses Outlook written in different asian languages (Japanese, Korean, Chineses etc.). I could read them OK on my Mac, but if I reply to any of them, other people would sometime receive gibberish characters.  On my Mac OS X's Mail.app, I have to set each email I reply to encode in UTF-8 Unicode to make sure the receiver can read it (note: if I am compose a new email then without setting the encoding, the receiver read them ok. Only on replying their email they receive gibberish).

But on my iPhone and iPad I cannot find how to set the encoding of the email. How to solve it? That is, when I reply email with asian characters, how can I ensure they do not changed to gibberish?


texts: How to comprehensively benchmark SSDs on OS X?

texts:
I want to benchmark my SSD under different circumstances. Connected through USB3, Thunderbolt and internally (S-ATA).

Unfortunately I can only find benchmarks which concentrate on measuring read and write speeds. I am also (and mostly) interested in the latency.

I tried Xbench and Blackmagic Disk Speed Test.

Is there a tool which can benchmark storage devices including their latency?


texts: Why does my MacBook Air produce so much noise

texts:
My MacBook Air's fan is spinning rapidly even though there are hardly any programs running. This normally only occurs when I am using the MacBook at a high intensity. However, the fan stops only when the MacBook shuts down. However, when I turn it back on again, it starts spinning at maximum speed again. Why is this so and how can I solve this problem? I need to use my MacBook urgently without it producing any noise from the fans.

Update:
I have included some screenshots from Activity Monitor. However, I am not sure which of them are applicable at this point in time. Sorry.


texts: "Too many open files" - how can I set the ulimit -n value for emacs on Lion?

texts:
I've seen other questions covering the topic of how to set the file limit on Leopard/Lion.

For example:

  How to properly increase ulimit -n on Lion?
  Too Many Open Files

But after  reading through those I'm still not clear on how I would set the open file limit for my instance of emacs.  Can anyone explain that to me?

It seems to me that ulimit -n sets the limit for the current shell.  That won't work for emacs, because emacs is not a shell. Also, apparently launching emacs from the shell would allow the ulimit -n value for the shell to apply to emacs. But I would like to not invoke emacs from a  shell; I'd like to just click the pretty icon.

Also there are some other ways to modify the open file limit but I am not clear  on exactly where those limits apply. At least one of the limits applies to "all open files on the operating system" and for my purposes that is much too broad a brush.

I want to know how to set the file limit for a specific app.  Chrome, Emacs, or whatever. In my particular case, I am interested in emacs but I guess it would be a generic solution.

Thanks.

[I tried tagging this with ulimit but could not, because I am at 101 rep right now]


texts: Time machine: moving a source external disk to a new computer

texts:
I have two external 4TB disks, one for data and the other for TM backups. I recently moved from a MBP2010 (10.8.4) to a MBP2012 (10.10.5, fresh install).

On the backup drive, TM adds a root folder for the new machine, and that's fine. But it doesn't recognize the data disk, wanting to back it up from scratch.

There are many posts about TM behavior, but I haven't seen anything about this scenario. Yet there's a ton of people who use large external drives for data. Everyone has to wipe their backup and start anew when they migrate?

(PS I'm fully aware that the backup media is too small and if my 4TB data disk reaches closer to capacity I'll have to get a large backup drive.)


texts: What exactly does pressing a character key in a Finder window do?

texts:
Back when I was a Windows user in another life, I faintly remember a nice shortcut when browsing a directory: type the first letter of the file name you want to be highlighted, and keep pressing to iterate through the rest of the files that start with that letter. So for example if 10 files were listed that all started with the letter 's', I'd just keep pressing 's' to go through each file.

However, something else happens when I do the same in Finder on Mac. It looks like it's almost about to do that same thing Windows does, but when I press 's' repeatedly, it only finds one or two files out of say the 40 I have in the current directory that start with an s. So I'm not exactly sure what kind of behavior that is, if it's a type of shortcut of it's own, but for now it just seems random to me.

Any idea how to do the Windows-like trick, and what Mac currently does when I try that?


texts:
I changed my user account name on my MacBook Pro and as soon as I restarted my laptop my account disappeared. I tried everything online but it’s not working. I can access the guest user and another administrator account but my main account is not visible to be logged into.

What do I do??


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(Sort of a long post, I'm trying to be thorough with what I did and why I am confused)

I am tasked with automating our builds for our iOS app.  The process that is actually involved is taking a .app file (generated by Cordova) and converting it to a .ipa file.

I think the first thing that I'd like to understand is how Certificates and Mobile provisions work. When I sign into the Apple Developer Center for my team, I see two certificates that I can download. I am aware that I need to sign the .app file before I convert it to a .ipa, so I attempted to download one, but found that I am unable to sign code with it. My understanding is that a Signing Identity == a cert + a public/private key set that works with the developer center(?). I never found a way to use a pre-made certification on my machine. The only way that I found to do it was to use the XCode UI (Something I really don't want to do, cuz automation) to create a whole new cert file and generate the public/private keyset for the Identity.  If I can, I'd really like to avoid creating new Identities and Certificates.

The next step that I took was using the PackageApplication command in xcrun (in the command line). Once I created a new Certificate and Identity, I was able to sign .app files (or so I thought). My first attempt was a one line command, including --sign with the identity and --embed with the mobileprovision file that I'd downloaded from the Developer Center. After a few hours of playing with this setup, I found it was better to use codesign -s "my signing identity" "the .app file" to get anything to happen. I thought this was the right move (later I found out it probably isn't).

After that I found that people had posted saying the --embed function of xcrun doesn't actually embed the file, and "embedding" the file simply means to put it in the .app directory with the name "embedded.mobileprovision." Getting tired of xcrun not working, I simply moved the mobileprovision file I had downloaded from the Developer Center to its proper location and renamed it.

After this I signed the .app file, and then ran the PackageApplication command without the --sign or --embed params. This successfully generated a .ipa file, but I kept getting "The code signature is not valid" errors in Apple Configurator.

After this, I did some reading and found that the .ipa is just an archive of the .app file inside of a folder called Payload. So, as a last attempt, I just moved the signed .app file into a folder called Payload and compressed to a .zip file, which I then renamed to a .ipa. I am getting the same result of "The code signature is not valid."

I'm sort of out of ideas. I think I might be misunderstanding Certificates and MobileProvisions though, so clearing that up might help.

Please help.


texts: I just updated to iOS 9, and I noticed that the built-in dictionaries, I previously used, aren't working. I had used American English, British English, and Apple Dictionary. Now, when I try to define any word, I get a "No definition found" error. The dictionaries I previously used show a blue circle (while all the others show the cloud download icon).


texts:
I am trying to set a master password from the terminal (using a shell script). I see the passwd function and the master.passwd function, however I don't see any documentation on either of these to set the master password (AFAIK, these set the user passwords only).

I am pulling my information from these sources:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ph7032
What does this command do: sudo dscl . passwd /Users/administrator thePassword
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/darwin/reference/manpages/man5/master.passwd.5.html

My question is:

Can you use the passwd or master.passwd commands to set the master password? If so, can you please provide an example for how to accomplish this?


texts: Server dropped connection unexpectedly with certain WiFi

texts:
OS: Yosemite
Type: Macbook Air 11

I have 2 WiFi's (A and B). Whenever I connect to A, my Mac drops the connection to a certain websites and often loses connection to the WiFi. But when I connect to B, everything's fine. No disconnection and no "server dropped connection unexpectedly".
This situation does not happen when I connect to the same websites with Windows.
Why is this happening and what can I do to solve the problems when connecting to A?
I tried restarting WiFi but it does not solve the problem.


texts: 3rd party drive or standard in a new MBP?

texts: so I'm looking to buy a new 17'' Macbook Pro, but I'm having a hard time deciding if I should buy it with a solid state included, or buy my own and stick it in. I've heard that the Toshiba drives they put in (for $1100) aren't as good as some other drives you could buy for closer to $800. Is there any truth to this?  Any recommendations/links would be much appreciated. Thanks!


texts: What is the content of the unsubscribe message?

texts:
Introduced in iOS 10, a standard message for unsubscribing can be sent in a couple of taps from any Mail message that was sent to a list.

Since this feature allows the Mail app to send an email on my behalf and from my e-mail address (I suppose), I would love to know what message the recipient receives.


texts: What is that delay between a tap and cursor movement?

texts:
I occasionally run Windows on my macbook.

There is an annoying problem with the touchpad.

I click somewhere by tapping the touchpad, and then move the cursor, but the cursor movement will not respond until half second later.

However, if I click the touchpad and then move cursor, there is no half second delay.

Is this an intended behaviour? Is there a resolution?


texts:
When i try to log in into the Guest user it appears like this. And if I restart and logging into it, it shows up only safari.

How can I log in normally to the Guest user account?


texts: How To Delete Finder Search History? - "Downloaded From"

texts:
If you type a period (.) in the search box of Finder, you will most likely see a small drop down menu labeled "Downloaded From", with several domains listed. These domains appear after downloading files or applications such as Google Chrome and Little Snitch, using Firefox or Chrome, and they persist after deleting the downloaded files. Spotlight is off, everything unchecked. Siri is disabled.

How do we clear this history?


texts:
I am trying to install windows 10 on my mid 2011 iMac with Bootcamp and when trying to partition my disk it's giving me this error:

  The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single
  partition

This is the output of diskutil list:

diskutil cs list outputs:

  No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

Can anyone please help me get windows 10 installed on my iMac and solve this problem?

Thanks so much and first time poster! Be gentle with me! Haha. Thanks!


texts: I can't find LINE IN - Audio Input Problem with a Mac Book pro early 2015

texts: I'm trying to record on my Mac book pro early 2015,  but the Line-In port does not appear. I only have the "built in Mic" option. I have plugged different kinds of mini jack in the only in/out port, with the device already turned on...and NADA.


texts: Bluetooth lagging when Magic Mouse and a bluetooth speaker connected

texts:
I'm having problems with my Bluetooth on my MacBook Pro Retina early 2013 OS X 10.9.3

It is constantly losing connection for a few seconds with my Magic Mouse and my Bluetooth speaker (Bose Soundlink Mini) occasionally even resetting the connection so I have to reconnect both.

I started having this problem just recently but it's not the speaker's fault (I've tried others) or the mouse's fault—I've tried disconnecting it.

I have also tried restarting the computer, freeing some memory and so on...

Any ideas?


texts: Can a Operator locked iPhone be updated to iOs 7?

texts: I was wondering if a locked iPhone (with a contract of 2 years) can be updated to iOs 7 and still working well and under the same contract.


texts: Sending specific keys when using Remote Desktop UNIX commands

texts:
I would like to script the uninstallation and reinstallation of Profiles on a group of Networked Macs. In order to do this I shall use the UNIX Command part of Remote Desktop.

When sending the

profiles -D

Command, it responds with

Are you sure you want to delete all configuration profiles? [y/n]:

but I have no way of pressing the Y key.

Any ideas?


texts: Editing a pages document that is accessed via a note in the Notes app?

texts:
I have attached a pages document (.pages) within a note (on MacOS Notes App).
When I open the pages document from that note though, if I try to make changes it says the original document could not be edited, so a duplicate has been created. Why is this?
Also, if I open the original document within pages, make changes, and save the changes, these changes are not there if I open the document from within Notes (at least not within a few minutes?
Does anybody know if this is an issue on my end (perhaps a permissions problem), or is it how the app is just coded (I think the might be the latter... I have a suspicion when I attach the .pages document Notes maybe is just storing a local snapshot or something).

Also, in case it is an issue with how I am doing this, here are my steps to recreate

Open Notes
Make a new note
Open pages
Make a new document in pages (type whatever in it). save it.
Go to the document in Finder. Drag the document to the note.

(Alternatively, I have tried Using Edit-> Attach File... In Notes. Same behavior)


texts:
I have a late-2013 Retina MacBook Pro, and it gets really hot really easily. I've monitored the temp with htop and iStat and they both show the same readings. It's supposed to be able to play some pretty graphics intensive games, at least that's the impression I got. I tried playing Rust (very basic graphics for those unaware of the game) on medium settings, and my cpu temp was hovering around 100. I also tried playing Endless Legend, and my cpu temps were hovering around 100 before I even got into the game, just looking at the menu, in windowed mode, at 1280x800 resolution, with low graphics settings, with no other applications running. Is this normal? Is the game performance of the Retina MBP this bad usually or is mine unusually bad? Are these temperatures safe or will they decrease the life of my computer if sustained for a few hours at a time?

EDIT : Check out the performance trying to play a game of chess here. You can see the CPU temp spike to over 100 degrees in seconds


texts: Will the Mac Mini late-2012 try to reformat dual PC raid discs when I plug them in?

texts:
I have a new Mac Mini late 2012 model replacing a PC with dual 2 TB hard drives set up in Raid format mirrored and auto save.

I want to put them into a caddy, a Startech 4-bay SATA version with a view to eventually adding 2 more as separate drives but for now I need to know whether it will try and reformat these discs when plugged in as there's 1.3 GB of data on each that isn't backed up elsewhere!

I could buy an external drive to save the data to but seems a waste of money if this will work without affecting the existing files.

Does anyone know for sure either way please or if there's a way of making sure they work?


texts: How can I change mouse button to work with Safari?

texts: I got a Mac-mini but I'm not using Mac mice, I have a Razer Imperator mice. Checking under System Preference, there are only options that allow modifying scrolling speed, and tracking speed. So my question is how do I modify the left/right button of my mice since I want to navigate back and fourth between pages within Safari. Plus, I also want to change the scrolling behavior, it's completely opposite with Window, I scroll down, it goes up, I scroll up it goes down :(.


texts:
I'm stuck figuring out why ssh is unable to verify my SSHFP entries.
VerifyHostKeyDNS=yes is set in my ~/.ssh/config

The Zone is properly signed as verified with
https://dnssec-analyzer.verisignlabs.com.
SSHFP entries have been generated with ssh-keygen -r myhostname
dig +dnssec myhostname.myzone.tld answers with the proper RSIG entries and the do flag set (tested with internal resolver (pfsense) and external (quad1, quad8, quad9))

I have tested everything with my Ubuntu 18.04 machine and can verify that it works (DNSSEC and SSH key verification), but my MacBook "thinks different"…

debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:tV75nOBtVSASQEc4Ruf3iwBDAokvusd8BnLsfIWrzPQ
debug1: found 6 insecure fingerprints in DNS
debug1: matching host key fingerprint found in DNS
The authenticity of host 'myhostname.myzone.tld (192.0.2.1)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:tV75nOBtVSASQEc4Ruf3iwBDAokvusd8BnLsfIWrzPQ.
Matching host key fingerprint found in DNS.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

I had the same issue on my Ubuntu Machine as systemd-resolved had DNSSEC not enabled.
But macOS's mDNSResponder has no options at all.
Could it be that macOS Catalina has no DNSSEC support (yet?/enabled by default?)

System: macOS Catalina 10.15.1
Local Resolver: pfsense (unbound)

$ uname -a
Darwin MacBook.home 19.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 19.0.0: Thu Oct 17 16:17:18 CET 2019; root:xnu-6153.41.3~29/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
$ ssh -V
OpenSSH_7.9p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3


texts: Install iTunes Backup from different iPhone with iOS 10.2

texts:
I have got my new iPhone currently with iOS 9.3.5 and another older iPhone with iOS 10.2. My goal is to get 10.2 on the new one (NOT 10.2.1!!). I tried a iTunes and iCloud backup but the version is still 9.3.5 :/

What can I do?


texts: How to sync passwords between Chrome and iCloud Keychain

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I'd like to use Chrome (currently Version 57.0.2987.133 (64-bit)) and on my iPad I'd like to use Safari (obviously). Since 10.10 the sync between Chrome and MacOS Keychain stopped working for me.

Is there any trick to make this work again?

1Password or other 3rd party password managers are currently no option for me, as I don't trust their security. (see here or here)


texts: What will be changed if I install Configuration Profile on my iOS device?

texts:
In some site offers and forces me to install Configuration Profiles on my iOS device. iOS will warn me it'll change something important but the site is talking nothing will be changed. Of course I can't trust the site. Because it feels something like ActiveX on IE, and the site is lying.

But now, some people (including my boss) pushes me to use the site. So I want to know exactly what will be changed when I install the Configuration Profile.


texts:
Smart Folder Exclude Folder

Ultimately I want the result of this find command to be a smart folder.

The criteria aren't that complicated:

name should be "README.md"
type should be file
path should not contain "node_modules"

find /Users/me/Documents -type f -name README.md -not -path "*/node_modules/*"

The problem is that the smart folders criteria operator list seems to be lacking a does not contain option.

The available options are:

matches
contains
begins with
ends with
is
is not

Is it possible to accomplish this and if so then how?

Edit 1

I found that by holding the option key I am able to add a negation clause to the smart folder search criteria but I cannot seem to successfully exclude the node_modules folder. It is unclear which criteria to use but none of the ones I have tried seem to work:

Document Container
Containing Folder Names
Folder Name

I have tried combining these with the following operators:

contains
matches

and with the following terms:

node_modules
node_modules

in case it supports wildcard searches.

I have tried all combinations of the above filters, operators and terms.

The documentation is so poor on the subject.


texts: Installing system files in home directory?

texts:
I know that many of the directories in /System/Library/ have analogues in /Library/, and a fewer several have analogues in ~/Library/ as well. I also know that in at least some cases, when the system is looking for something that may be rooted in one of these Library directories, it looks in the analogous locations as well.

For example, an application may install a file in /Library/Application Support/A/B/, but have been just as happy to have installed it in ~/Library/Application Support/A/B/, and though there may be records of the location of every file the application installed, the system may not refer to them when looking for a file. In other words, it knows that any time it checks for anything rooted in System/Library/, it needs to look in the corresponding locations in /Library/ and ~/Library/.

Is that last statement really true? That in all cases, (or in almost all cases, with certain exceptions) when the computer looks in one of the three Library directories it looks in the other two as well? For example, can a user move something that was installed in /System/Libary/Extensions/ to an Extensions directory he creates in his home directory's Library/ and expect it to be loaded from there at login, the way that, say, a property list found in ~/Libary/LaunchAgents/ would have been found just as easily had it been located in /Libary/LaunchAgents/?

Similarly, I notice that some applications store frameworks, plugins, and so forth in directories rooted in those applications' bundles. Can files be moved between there and appropriately-named locations elsewhere without problem? In theory at least, is this the way the filesystem is designed to work?


texts: iPhone app that records audio during specific time

texts:
I was looking for an app that records audio during specific time.

For example: I want talk for 1 minute and this app should record just 1 minute. The audio recording should be stopped after this time automatically.


texts: Now that disablelocal is gone, how to stop local (internal drive) TimeMachine backups?

texts:
For years now everyone who needs backup just leaves a now-cheap ultra fast external drive continually plugged in to the back of their mac or macbook, job done.

To disable the "local" (internal drive) backups, you would just

$ tmutil disablelocal

This is gone in 10.15.2  :/

How to completely stop local time machine backups on 10.15.2 ?


texts: Target disk Macbook Pro HD not showing on Host Macbook Pro

texts: I'm trying to recover some data such as movies, pictures, etc from my brother's macbook pro before he takes it in for a depot repair. Anyway, like i've been told, I boot his macbook into target disk mode and connect it to my macbook via thunderbolt cable. After I unlock his hard drive it just doesn't show in my finder window. Is there something wrong on my end? Some sort of human error? Mind you the macbook is going in to get it's motherboard, fan and hard drive replaced. I figure it's due to one of those but just incase I just thought i'd reach out.


texts: How to change the keyboard for alphanumeric password on lock screen on iPod

texts: I want to change the keyboard of my passcode to Japanese. Even if I change the language of my iPod to Japanese and get rid of the English keyboard, I still only can set my passcode in English. I can't find anything that will help me do this. If any of you know please help! Arigato!


texts: iPhone 3GS (jailbreak) not recognized in iTunes

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I have iPhone 3GS jailbroken running some version of iOS4.

With the latest iTunes version 12.2.1 (and the previous one I had installed), the device is not recognized as plugged in. Windows sees the device just fine.

I've tried restarting the device.
I've tried restarting the computer.
I've updated to latest iTunes.
Bonjour and the "Apple Mobile Device Service" (sp?) are running.

Is it not recognized because it's jailbroken? Or are there other things I can try before restoring to non-jailbroken version?

Edit:
- Tried clean reinstall of iTunes 10.7 and 9.2.1 (edit 3: and 8.2.1)
- Tried different USB port

Still no luck. Windows sees the device, but iTunes does not.

Edit 2:
- Tried different cable
- Tried on a different PC
- Tried on a different Mac


texts: I cannot open Yahoo or Google or other websites with Firefox or Safari on my Mac. I cannot open Apple either. I made sure the  proxies were not checked, I emptied history and cache and cookies, I reset Safari, I restarted each time I did these things. But I cannot get my mail on Yahoo or Google. I could open CNN or NFL or Fox only! IS there anything else I can do? This is on an older Mac 10.5.8.


texts: Selling old MacBook. Best way to clear HDD?

texts:
I'm selling my current MacBook (2011 MBP).

Since purchase I have had FileVault enabled (Mac OS X Snow Leopard), thus making me think that I can merely clear the data and not worry about having to use methods of secure wiping the disk.

I haven't researched more into the FileVault system, could someone enlighten me about the best method of deletion of data?


texts: Way to Setup More than single "Last Import"

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Is there a way to have more than just a single "Last Import," like a second from last-type import. Its automatic event creation won't work as some imports (especially from our iPhones) span a larger amounts of time than the dSLR or point and shoots.

Any ideas on other ways to get several "imports?"


texts: Voice Memos visible on iTunes, but files appear to have been deleted on iPhone. Can I recover?

texts:
As in title. I am trying to locate old voice memos of interviews from 2015. My backups have been destroyed and I have charged up the old 4S I used to record them, and -- lo and behold -- when I connect the phone to my Mac, iTunes lists the entire playlist of interviews that I need. But when I try to play them on iTunes nothing happens, I just get the little '!' icon appear next to the file.

The Voice Memos app says 'No recordings' -- the recordings aren't visible on the device.

So I have a tiny sliver of hope. A discrepancy between what the device tells me is on the device and what iTunes tells me is on the device.

Does this indicate that it may be possible to recover my Voice Memos?

I have used the tool iFunBox to browse my phone's Raw System Files and found a plist file in the Recordings folder that lists the old filenames. Perhaps this is how iTunes is getting the list. But how can I get the files? They are of interviews with my father, now deceased, and I am quite desperate to find them.


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Edit : after some research, I found that the nVidia graphics card failed as it is common on those MacBook Pros. I think that that is causing the problem, but if you have another idea, please let me know!
I recently found an old MacBook Pro in need of much, much care. When I first received it, half of the internal motherboard connectors were disconnected and I had to reconnect them, and as if that was not enough, the main display connector snapped off (see image below).

I'm able to access it via VNC sharing, but the graphics quality are very bad. I tried to connect it to an external monitor, but because this Mac only has a DVI-I out port, it is not that easy to do so.

I tried an old DVI-A to VGA adapter, which should've worked because DVI-I outputs both analog and digital signals, with no success. I know for sure that the adapter is working because I plugged it in an old computer who also had a DVI-I port and the VGA monitor lighted up.

When on VNC sharing, it doesn't detect other displays than the VNC client's one. Here's a picture of the DVI part of the motherboard, if that can help you:

And the view from the user's side:

Do you have any idea why it doesn't work ? Should I buy a DVI-D to DVI-D cable for my monitor instead ? Or is my logic board dead for the graphics ?
Thanks, any help much appreciated.


texts: Is there a way to re-download macOS Catalina 10.15 Beta?


texts: Reinstall Mac OS X Mountain Lion before selling a Mac

texts:
I want to sell my laptop (Macbook Pro late 2011).
I have erased my disk drive but it seems that I cannot reinstall Mac OS without an Apple ID.
At the origin my mac was shipped with Lion, I have upgraded to Mountain Lion and now my recovery partition contain the installer for Mountain Lion. When I try to reinstall Mac, it asks for my apple ID. Since I want to sell it, I don't want to put any of my information in it.
How do you do that?


texts: How to set up windows so its possible to boot non Apple laptops from it?

texts:
I have an old Macbook and a new Windows laptop. I want to install Windows 7 on the Mac's Samsung 850 EVO SSD so that its possible to use it on both Macbook and the Windows laptop.

Is such a thing possible?
If yes, how does one do that?

Here's why I need to do this. (feel free to skip this)

The (2008) Macbook is my personal laptop but Windows one is for work. I want to avoid using work laptop if possible. I'm taking classes for professional exams and my LMS software is compatible with only windows. The institute is basically being a **** and is saying if my mac's logic board gives out (which I think it might), I need to pay about $200 extra since its not possible to generate a new key or something like that.

So I need to be able to just plug in the samsung SSD in a windows laptop so that its ready to use. I have exams in 3 months.


texts: Is there a way to retrieve the URL from Reminders items?

texts: I use BusyCal, and have discovered that using Reminders causes anything in the URL field in BusyCal to vanish. However, it looks like the URL is still present in the Reminder. Is there any way to extract it, say from whatever on-disk file the Reminder is stored in? (Just clicking on it doesn’t give me the URL if it’s a message: URL, which it often is.)


texts: How to install Boot Camp from content of previously created flash storage?

texts:
I've installed Windows 7 SP1 via Boot Camp before and kept the content of  the SD card that I created during the process. I want to know how I can copy that content to another SD card and install off of it again.

Probably I have to do some things manually like making the flash storage bootable and/or creating a FAT32 partition from Disk Utility.

(And no, I can't download Boot Camp due to my very limited internet connection)

My rig: OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)


texts: Can you restore a phone with an old version of iOS if that phone was never upgraded?

texts:
I have a couple of iPhones running iOS 4 that I want to do a restore on. These phones have never been jailbroken, and I'm using the .ipsw that is the exact same version that's currently on the phone:

iPhone 4 - 4.3.5 (8L1)

iPhone 3GS - 4.3.2 (8H7)

When I try to restore from the .ipsw in Windows 7, I get the error:

The iPhone "myphone" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (3194).

This error means that I need to upgrade iTunes, but I'm running the latest version. Also, I'm able to restore my other iPhone 4 using 5.0.1 just fine.

When I try to do the same on my Mac, I get the error:

The iPhone "myphone" could not be restored. The device isn't eligible for the requested build.

When I click "More Information" I see that it's also error 3194.

I checked in WireShark, and I do get a TCP connection with apple just before the error. It's encrypted though, so I have no idea what it sends/receives, but I can confirm that there's two-way communication. I tried the restore both over my company's connection, and my 3G connection just to make sure it didn't have anything to do with the IP address I was using. Also, I verified that the phones are authorized for that iTunes installation.

Any ideas?


texts:
I sometimes use the screenshot feature copied to clipboard to paste it quickly when I need it. I usually use that in Mail, however I always realize that the picture sent is really small in size (resolution). If a screenshot is taken at a resolution of 800x600, it is scaled down to 300x100 or something similar (just a rough example).

Is there a way I can keep the resolution of screenshots copied to clipboard 'exact' ? And prevent them from being scaled down ?


texts: My personal settings on OS X disappear after booting Windows (XP or 7) on my MacBook Pro

texts:
I installed Windows 7 (and XP before) on my MacBook Pro and whenever I boot my Windows and after that boot my OS X my clock shows the wrong time and my login items that I set in the system preference > Accounts disappear!

I have also lost my second language added! Indeed I lost all my specimen settings.

Someone told me that's because MBP don't have BIOS and that causes the problem to happen. Does anyone know how must I solve it?

P.S: asked this question before on superuser and get this answer about to edit registry and set RealTimeIsUniversal to 1.

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation

but it just solve the time problem.

this is my login items but I don't think it related to apps was set here because I changed them many times and still have the problem.


texts: Remote, game controllers can't control apps on Apple TV until apps are relaunched

texts:
I play games on my 4th-gen Apple TV running tvOS 13.4 and frequently switch between using several SteelSeries controllers and the Apple TV remote. For about the last 4 months or so, when I go back into an app that I was previously using and am coming back to, I can't move the cursor (or selection) until I force quit the app and re-launch it.

If the controller works in the app, the remote will not, until relaunched. If the remote works with the app, the controller won't until relaunched.

Some examples of apps that have this behavior are Netflix, YouTube, Sky Force Reloaded, and others.

I can't tell if Apple changed an API (as they frequently do) causing apps to break, or if this is a bug with the OS. It's a pretty annoying problem to have, and wonder if this is documented or there's a solution.


texts: Count checked cells if cell on same row matches state in Numbers

texts:
Following on from my previous question, I also record which entry records a competition. These are currently recorded as checkboxes. Counting them all is easy enough; I simply use the following function:

=COUNTIF(Stevne?;TRUE)

However, I also want to count the competitions that are specific to a type of firearm.

What I've got so far is:

=COUNTIF(Stevne?;TRUE;AND(Type:"Pistol"))

That, unfortunately, returns a Syntax error, and I can't understand why.


texts:
I think I am experiencing permission problems on my Mac. I am running an iMac with macOS Big Sur, recently updated to 11.4, though the problem has been around for a while.
There is one application which cannot save an existing file (though it can save a new one). As part of the trouble-shooting process, I logged in as an alternative user, and it seems to work properly. I conclude that it has something to do with who can do what.
I have also saved the file to an external USB flash storage, which is in ExFat format. This is from my normal account. Again this works perfectly, so I conclude that saving on a volume with no specific permissions is OK. I doesn’t work if I save to an external drive formatted with HFS+ or APFS.
This leads me to conclude that the problem is one of permissions, possibly on the ~/Library directory. Comparing permissions on the Home directories, I get:
drwxr-xr-x+ 11 irving     staff    352 27 May 14:32 irving/
drwxr-xr-x@ 97 mark       staff   3104 26 May 09:54 mark/
drwxr-xr-x+ 13 something  staff    416 26 May 09:57 something/

The mark directory is for my normal account, and the only differences I can see are that final symbol (+ or @).
When I run ls -l@d /Users/* I get:
drwxr-xr-x+ 11 irving     staff    352 27 May 15:02 /Users/irving/
drwxr-xr-x@ 97 mark       staff   3104 26 May 09:54 /Users/mark/
    com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineNewestSnapshot    50
    com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineOldestSnapshot    50
drwxr-xr-x+ 13 something  staff    416 26 May 09:57 /Users/something/

What are the correct permissions for a Home directory, and how can I ensure that they are all set correctly?
Output from ls -l@e /Users/mark*/Downloads/*.lbx:
-rw-r--r--@ 1 mark  staff  1156 21 Mar 09:50 /Users/mark/Downloads/Test Label.lbx
    com.apple.lastuseddate#PS     16
    com.apple.macl    72
    com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags   42
    com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_mfabisnytttdleinsb4kkin77y    89
    com.apple.quarantine      29
-rw-r--r--@ 1 mark  staff  1641 13 Apr 17:42 /Users/mark/Downloads/Test2.lbx
    com.apple.lastuseddate#PS     16
    com.apple.macl    72
    com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags   42
    com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_mfabisnytttdleinsb4kkin77y    89
-rw-r--r--@ 1 mark  staff  1150 27 May 16:18 /Users/mark/Downloads/test.lbx
    com.apple.lastuseddate#PS     16
    com.apple.macl    72
    com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_mfabisnytttdleinsb4kkin77y    89tp


texts: Copy not possible from ssd to another ssd

texts:
We want to move 30GB of data located on a 128GB ssd to another 120gb ssd. This is not possible as disk utility says that /dev/disk2s2 doesn't have enough space.

The data we want to copy is os x itself, and some programs used in the store.

Can this be solved by partitioning the 128gb ssd and than copy the partition? Or is the a command line way to achieve this?

update
At this time, we partitioned the 128ssd. We just started copying, fingers crossed.


texts: How to transfer/copy Notes from one iDevice to another without using restore method?

texts:
I tried using iCloud account.  But it did not seem to work.  basically, I signed into iCloud on both iDevices with same Apple ID.  And making sure Notes was set to on.  Newly created notes will show up on both devices.  But I also need the current local previously created notes to sync as well.

Any suggestions?


texts: Is there a way to schedule an iOS app to open at specific times?

texts: I was wondering if someone had any ideas on how (like the title says) I could schedule an app to open, say every hour. Workflow app unfortunately does not support the app I need opened.


texts: Guided Access Mode preventing iOS updates from MDM console?

texts: Our organization uses an enterprise MDM product that features remote updating. All conditions specified by the MDM vendor are being met for this to work, but it doesn't. I discovered that as soon as a kiosk is "Ended" from guided access mode, the pending download of iOS begins. Since all fleets of kiosks are locked down in some way, updating should work in this mode, or there would be no purpose to the existence of remote updating. Does anyone have any ideas about this?


texts: How can I copy 10GB files onto a 64GB USB drive?

texts:
I have Virtual machine images

that I wanted to back up on a USB Drive so I bought a PNY64GB Drive

which was big enough for the IE8 3.36GB pvm file as seen in details

However when I try to add any of the othe other .pvm files which are 12, 11 and 14 GBs, I get

How can I fit the other .pmv's on the drive which should be big enough.


texts: Which version of iWork can I use on OS X 10.6.3?

texts:
I have OS X 10.6.3 installed on my iMac.

I would like to download a trial version of iWork but the latest version (9.1) is not compatible with my OS X version.

Which is the right version of iWork for me and where could I download the trial version?


texts: OS X Lion - Finder: Difference of "Sort by", "Clean Up By" and "Arrange by"

texts:
There is an option in the Finder.
Right click in the background of a finder window, the new toolbar icon or
cmd+j. To change the view of the sorting/arranging I can choose between
"Sort by"
"Clean Up By"
"Arrange by"

It seems they do the same.
Anyone knows the difference of them?


texts: Shortcut For Adding Bullet Point In Mac's Notes Application

texts:
Does anyone know if there is a way I can start a bullet point list in the updated Notes app that comes with the MacOS with a keyboard shortcut that looks

like this

or this

I use the app in class a lot because I like the snappy UI and, would like to add them quicker to improve my workflow.
I know that in Microsoft Word the shortcuts would be..

a. Start a bullet point list * then tab

b. Insert a LISTNUM ⌘ + ⌥ + shift + L Microsoft Support

c. Most times ⌥ + 8 can be used to insert a bullet too Discussion Shortcut Insert bullet

⌘ + shift + L gives me a pretty button list but not just a plain old list. My guess is that this link contains all shortcuts and for a simple

bullet point

I'll have to do it manually.


texts:
My iPhone and Apple Watch were paired but the iPhone went in for repairs.

On return, the pairing to my Watch was broken. Now I want to re-pair the Watch without losing my exercise data gathered for past 2 weeks.

How can I pair these two devices without losing my exercise data?


texts:
my internal speakers on my macbook pro just stopped working, they have disappeared from the sounds preferences control panel. the only option is 'optical digital outport'

the headphones still work, but there's a red light coming out of the headphone jack

help?


texts: how to check if it is safe to delete iNode file (or how to inspect its contents)?

texts:
How do I check if it is safe to delete the following file?

$ cd /lost+found/
$ file iNode44670523
iNode46670523: xar archive -version 1

Note: the date of the file indicates it is about 1 year old. the first 4 characters of the file are "xar!"

can I just delete it (it's probably backed up by Time Machine) and reboot and check that everything runs fine as it is? is there any simple way to inspect the contents of the file?


texts: I am trying to use an old iPhone 3GS as an iPod touch.  I left in the old sim card and connected it to iTunes but it will not activate.


texts:
I want to use Windows 7 on my iPad 2. Could this be done in a general case?

If it can not be installed, please let me know how I might get as close to having windows running on the iPad as I can get.


texts: Apple already provide gorgeous photos for desktop background. How can i add photos to that collection? like "Desktop Pictures + My Folder"


texts: Copy progress window missing when trying to copy in Finder

texts:
When I copy on my iMac using Finder in OS X 10.9.5, the popup window which shows the copy process and other related information (Speed, Files left, etc.) does not appear.

How can I restore this window again?  I've not found any option in the Finder or View menu.


texts: How does PopCorn Time iOS installer work?

texts:
I am all against piracy and I know that PopCorn Time as a service is illegal but what I am curious about is that they have managed to come out with an app for iOS that lets you install even on non jailbroken devices.

How does that work out?

Popcorn Time For iOS Released, No Jailbreak Required


texts: Loading offline websites from Safari cache

texts: Is there a way to view a website that is no longer available on the web purely from the contents of Safari's cache? I'm also interested in partial solutions, no matter whether they are nicely GUI-accessible or require shell scripting.


texts: Sync directories from iMac & MacBook . What is the recommended method?

texts: I like to sync directories from my Imac & MacBook . What is the recommended method?


texts:
My mac is stuck at a white loading bar on the start up. I start the mac up, wait and at about 40% the loading bar stops my mouse appears for a moment (i can move it) and dissappears as a rotating transparent loading circle appears, and then it stops, the mouse cursor appears again, dissappears and the circle loading bar becomes whiter and keeps loading again, this over and over again slower and slower. When i try Safe mode the same thing happens.

However when i start the mac in recovery mode (command /R) the mac runs perfectly but then disk utility, disk verification and repair disk preferences don't do a thing when i reboot afterwards. I've also checked the file system, reset nvram and the smc and nothing happened but the screen became brighter and the boot sound got louder.

I've also tried to reinstall yosemite to 10 but the same thing happened after installation, but there was no apple logo. Then when you try and reboot it, apple logo appears and the same thing happens, smd you still can get into recovery mode.
It was working fine until now except i couldn't update or download anything from the app store.
I really need this so if any of you experts have any question please ask.


texts:
I am a little disenchanted with development on the Mac right now. I need a single IDE that can handle all of my development needs. I did notice there are other questions on this topic already, but those did not cover my specific needs of:

Must support at least HTML, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails and PHP syntax highlighting, bonus if there are more language plug-ins available
Must support the ability to connect to FTP and SFTP
Must support handling of projects/sites
Must have some level of code completion, even if it is just at the variable level
Must support syntax formatting
Must be able to recognize and highlight ERB/TPL files as HTML

Are there any suggestions for such an IDE out there?


texts: Can I remotely force a locked Mac to sleep or shutdown?

texts:
Is there any way to remotely make a Mac which is powered on – but locked – to go to sleep and/or shut down? If so, how?

E.g. can I use another Mac B to login via screen sharing to Mac A even if it's locked, and shut it down? Or can I use some other tool, like a remote Alfred script that can execute in the background even if the target computer is locked?

For this question, we are assuming that I am an administrator and have the login details to the target computer.


texts: Can you set keyboard shortcuts for status menu applications, without using Automator?

texts:
I'm using a free 3rd party annotation app, called IPEVO Annotator.  It is an application installed in the Applications folder, but it does not actually have an active application icon as would normally appear in the application switcher.  Instead, it launches a Status Menu icon.  There is an option for displaying/hiding the controls for the program, but unfortunately there is no keyboard shortcut for it.

I would like to create a keyboard shortcut that toggles this menu item on/off, but can't seem to find an easy way to do it.  I really don't want to have to mess with Automator and creating a service if at all possible.  The built-in macOS keyboard shortcuts are not able to select from Status Menu applications.

Is there any other way to assign a keyboard shortcut to such application menus?


texts: How can i remove this tab in finder? It keeps showing every time

texts: im using MacOS Mojave. This tab in finder idk what its called keep showing up and it really annoys me. How can i remove this tab (the one in the red circle)?


texts: How to pass an AppleScript variable to Perl script?

texts:
I have a Perl script that does some text transformation on a given file.

Now I would like to call this script from an AppleScript which in turn I could execute from the script menu in order to run the Perl script on a set of files with a choose folder prompt.  My Perl script starts like this:

open my $in, '<', 'myfile.txt' or die "No input: $!";
open my $out, '>', 'myfile-modified.txt';

And then it does a bunch of search-and-replace and what not.

I would like to somehow call this script from an AppleScript and process multiple files. The AppleScript should look more or less like this:

set myFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder:"
tell application "Finder"
    try
        set myFiles to (every file in entire contents of myFolder whose name ends with ".txt") as alias list
    on error
        try
            set myFiles to ((every file in entire contents of myFolder whose name ends with ".txt") as alias) as list
        on error
            set myFiles to {}
            display dialog "No files in folder."
        end try
    end try
end tell

How can I run the Perl script from AppleScript while passing myFiles as a variable to it (the perl script) and looping through them?  I assume I have to do a do shell script command but I don't know how to pass the variables on.

I also don't know whether it'd be better to pass the files as a file list to perl or to somehow put that into a repeat loop within AppleScript?


texts: 2017 iMac crashes when booted from thunderbolt SSD

texts: My dad's 2017 iMac with the 5400-rpm internal hard drive was painfully slow, so I installed Big Sur on an external 1TB Thunderbolt SSD and migrated the contents of the internal drive onto it.  I am able to boot from the SSD normally, and it is fast and usable again - but only for a few minutes.  Eventually, MacOS will crash, even without doing anything as a user, and the computer will restart itself.  The computer will operate normally, albeit painfully slow, when MacOS is booted from the internal drive. I didn't notice anything peculiar looking at the activity monitor.  What could be causing this?  How should I go about diagnosing it?


texts: How do i get the quotation mark on ipad pro with logitech keyboard?

texts: When i want to type ", i get «» instead. And it shoes the quotation mark on the keyboard being on number 2, but it´s the double arrow instead. How do i fix this? Nordic layout btw.


texts: Why does Google Chrome require a Force Quit when Restarting OS X

texts: I am very rarely able to close Google Chrome on my Macbook Pro without force quitting the application. Is there a way to detect why this is happening?


texts: Macbook: Flashing Folder with Question Mark At Startup

texts:
So, I've been hearing a clicking sound coming from my macbook for about a week now. The last few days the system has just been locking itself up when I try to type anything.

Now, at startup I see this:

I'm assuming that the clicking was "the click of death" and my hard drive is fried. Or am I wrong?


texts: I want to change login type of a local user to a network (AD) user

texts:
I am using macOS 10.12, Sierra, and I've two local accounts (the one created during unboxing and a backup one).

This is a work laptop and I would like to use my Active Directory credentials to login instead of the loca account. I would also like to get integrated network login etc... but this would be a bonus, it's not a requirement.

I've followed Join your Mac to a network account server and read Best Practices for Integrating OS X with Active Directory.

I can easily join the Mac to the domain and can use AD Utilities to browse objects inside the domain so I assume it's working.
Now I cannot find how to 'link' my existing local account to a specific AD account.

The accounts are:

local account: simoneavogadro  (/Users/simoneavogadro)  display "Simone Avogadro"
Active directory account: simoneavogadro  (simoneavogadro@wiselab.it) display name: "Simone Avogadro"

Currently, if I logout & login I must use the local password to login.  The AD one will not work.  This makes sense to me since I can't find how to 'link' the two things (how to  tell the Mac which AD Object to bind for login)


texts: Safari 6 Search Bar Focus On New Tab/Window

texts: When I open new tab or window in Safari 6 in ML it doesn't focus on the search bar - what should I do to make focus automatic?


texts: How can I hide persistent Facetime audio call on macOS?

texts: When I'm on a Facetime audio call, I'm not able to hide or minimize or move that persistent audio call banner. It covers important UI of may apps so I can't click on anything underneath it.


texts: MacBook Pro freeze and goes off by kernel panic


texts: If I erase all content and settings will I lose my contacts?


texts:
After a problem on my MacBook Pro (15' 2016), Apple replaced the motherboard with Sierra installed and I can't upgrade back to BigSur.
In the App Store, no system upgrade is suggested. If I click on "macOS Big Sur" link from apps.apple.com, the App Store opens with this message:

Can't connect to the App Store

The computer is connected to the internet and the time is correctly set.
How can I fix this issue ? Is there any command line to download macOS Big Sur ?


texts: Two Airport Expresses extending the same network and a weekly password rotation?

texts:
I just installed two Airport Express routers in a restaurant to improve their wifi coverage.  The first device (AE1) is connected to the restaurant's DSL router via ethernet, and the second device (AE2) extends the network created by AE1 via wireless.  This is set up and working perfectly.

The problem is, the restaurant is close to a lot of residential stuff, and they've had issues with people pirating their signal.  So, obviously, they would like to password protect their wifi, changing the password weekly, and providing it to customers upon request.  This would be simple enough with one device, but I'm confused as to how I can go about it with two devices.

Should I set up the WPA/WPA2 on AE2 first, then AE1?  Will AE2 even be able to extend AE1 if AE1's network is password protected?  I have many questions, but they all boil down to, is this even possible, and how can I do it?


texts: Struggling to troubleshoot permanently crashing Dock, Mission Control, Launchbar

texts:
Background: I need help troubleshooting this very bizarre bug that I can't figure out. This is on macOS 10.15.6 (before and after the most recent supplementary update) on a 2020 16" MBP. The only thing I could think of that changed right before this issue occurred is I was playing around with BitBar and some BitBar plugins, but the issue persists regardless of BitBar being running/quit or even BitBar being completely uninstalled.
The Bug: The Dock is gone, the process is not showing up in Activity Monitor, and it is unable to be restarted or even quit using killall Dock (shows up as a no matching process error). Additionally, CMD+TAB does not work, and the same permanently dead process is happening for Launchpad and Mission Control. Neither of them run when called from Spotlight, nor do they show up in activity monitor, nor can they be killed using killall.
Troubleshooting Thus Far: I've tried killall and some of the defaults write terminal commands floating around on the internet for killing/restarting these processes. I've tried poking around Activity Monitor for clues, and the Force Quit menu (relaunched Finder from there too just in case). I've rebooted, installed the most recent Catalina Supplementary Update, reset PRAM/NVRAM. I also cannot find anyone with the same issue anywhere on the internet, asked around on Reddit, and these are the closest I could find to my issue despite them not being the same and the solutions not working for me: SO1, SO2


texts: How suppress "Open in app" banner in Safari on iPhone?

texts:
When I view some photos at a web site in Safari on my iPhone 6 under iOS 11, I get a banner on top suggesting I open the photo in the Google Photos app (as you can see below):

For reasons not worth going into, I don't want to use the Google Photos app for this, I want to use Safari, but without the "Open in the Google Photos app" banner. How can I do that?


texts: How to find duplicate folder names and resolve naming conflicts in OS X?

texts:
I have my music collect on my NAS and would like to copy it to my laptop. When I try to copy the music folder and paste it to a new location on my laptop I get messages that OS X can't paste the folder to the new location because a folder with the same name already exists.

For example, let's say I have the following two folders:

/Music/311/horrible album

/Music/311/Horrible Album

As it stands right now, both folders are sitting on my NAS. When I try to copy the Music folder over to my laptop, I get a message that OS X won't allow this because of the above folders have the same name.

Each time I try this whole copy/paste thing I'm getting the same error message, find the conflict, move the files from one folder to the other, delete the original folder and then try again only to have another conflict.

So...I'm trying to find an application or script that could scan my iTunes music folder and see where I have these conflicts so I can actively go in and fix them so that the copy/paste thing will work without errors.  I'm a bit of a newbie with Terminal but willing to give it a try.

System specs:

Latest OSX 10.10.4
Lastest iTunes 12.2.1.16
Old Macbook Pro
Synology DS213J


texts: Symlinked services in ~/Library/Services not working in Lion

texts:
Does anyone know how to make symlinked services work in Lion? I used to keep all my services under version control in SL and symlinked into ~/Library/Services and this stopped working when I installed Lion. Once I 'installed' the services they work but even after they installed replacing them with the symlink doesn't work.

Anyone have any ideas to get this working? Or know why it no longer works?

I am using soft links if that makes a difference.


texts: list files by date added in terminal with function or script or another

texts:
I found this in another post but would like to be able to call a script of function to reduce the amount of typing.

ls -a | \
grep -v '^\.$\|^\.\.$' | \
xargs -I {} mdls -name kMDItemFSName -name kMDItemDateAdded {} | \
sed 'N;s/\n//' | grep -v '(null)' | \
awk '{print $3 " " $4 " " substr($0,index($0,$7))}' | \
sort -r

This is the other post
Can I list files ordered by date added to a folder from a command-line tool like ls?


texts: Default exchange calendar on iPhone (Google Sync)

texts: I am using Google Sync to connected various calendars between my Google account and my iPhone. Some of these calendars are subscribed to calendars (national holidays/sporting events etc). When I go to create a new calendar entry on my iPhone it always selects the national holidays calendar, rather than my own, is there a way of setting my own calendar to be the default?


texts: Restore Safari browser on MacBook Air Yosemite OSX 10.10.4

texts: How do I restore my Safari browser.  I accidentally deleted it. Now I have to use Google or Bing.  Whoops!


texts: Remove shadow shown in borders when invoking Show Desktop command in macOS

texts:
On my MacBook Pro, when I use the keyboard shortcut Command + F3 to show Desktop, the Desktop shows, but with a shadow in the border. If I click on it, it will open the recent app that was open, as shown in the picture:

Is there anyway to disable the shadow? I want that if I use Command + F3, I should be able to open the Desktop without that shadow in the border.


texts:
Every now and then some apps asks to auto update using the built in helper tool. I am so tired of it. They ask for privileged access.
Is there a way where I can disable that for all apps? May disabling this helper tool? I want to upgrade my apps manually.
In some apps (like in the one in the picture) I cannot disable auto update feature. It's a dark pattern, there is no option for that!

If not, I will need to uninstall those awful apps.


texts: How can I avoid that my wife’s iPad sounds an alarm every time I add an event to a shared calendar in iCal?

texts:
I share my work calendar on iCal with my wife (synced with iCloud). Every time I add an event to that calendar, my wife’s iPad plays a sound. Because I live in Europe but work for a company in the US, this often happens in the middle of the night for us, and the pings wake her up.

Is there a way to disable these sound notifications on her iPad?


texts: Upgrading to 10.10 ether via USB drive or app store, in September 2016

texts:
I've got a mac mini running 10.8.5 that I want to upgrade to a newer OS. The most recent OS I can upgrade to is Yosemite 10.10.5 (due to the fact some software we need to run doesn't work on 10.11 or the upcoming 10.12).

I've got the installer for Yosemite 10.10 saved to a USB flash drive from when I did a previous clean install. Am I able to use this on my 10.8.5 machine if I want to do a standard upgrade not a clean install?

If not am I still able to upgrade to 10.10 via the App Store?


texts: I have a 2015 MacBook Pro with a MagSafe 2 charging cable. My wife has a new MacBook Pro from 2016 with USB-C. I was wondering whether I could technically (in the matter of electronic feasability) use her charging cable on my MacBook and vice versa with some sort of adapter / dongle, and, if so, where I would get one?


texts: How to stop apps from opening automatically when I plug things in

texts:
I do iOS development work, and I can't stand how iTunes and iPhoto automatically open when I plug in a device.

I don't want anything to ever open automatically when I plug something in.

How do I make it so?


texts: Is there any documentation about the capabilities of the Keychain Access application included with OS X 10.9?


texts: Rent movie on iPad, watch on Laptop or Apple TV

texts: I rented a movie on my iPad but there isn't enough space on it to download the movie so now I'm trying to either watch it on my AppleTV or laptop through iTunes, but I can't seem to find how to do that. Is it not possible?


texts: Do the FireWire ports on the early 2011 MacBook Pros use 4-pin or 9-pin connectors?

texts:
I've ordered a MacBook Pro (early 2011, 13-inch, 2.3 ghz), to replace my aging and breaking-down iMac G5. I'll need to run a FireWire cable from an audio interface (also on order, that has a 6-pin connector) to the FW 800 port on the MBP.

What size cable should I order? (i.e., 6-pin to 4-pin or 6-pin to 9-pin?)


texts:
I was asked if I could unlock an iPhone today, the answer was, of course, a resounding no. Intrigued, I dug a little deeper to see what would be required and if it were possible.

All of the information I found either led to using the o2(UK) form or using a third party site. He tells me that after a long arduous conversation with 02 that the firm option is not viable for him. So I'm wondering, what is it that these various sites offer to do that is different from this 'form'. All they ask for is the IMEI number, cash and in return a promise that it'll be unlocked in x number of days.

As far as I'm aware Apple has a particular contract with the network meaning that some sort of communication needs to pass back and forth between them to enable this unlocking to take place else it may well be temporary.

So, with that in mind, are these sites suggesting that they get in touch with both Apple & the network, is it their contacts within the relevant depts that we're effectively paying for.

Is there another solution?
I wouldn't mind attempting to unlock an old phone I have just for the 'tadaaa' factor, we do love it when we get things to work that perhaps we shouldn't have. :D

Thanks in advance for any advice, answers, suggestions or tips.

also, if there's a programmatic way of solving this...I'm all ears, I'll happily tear my phone apart and rig it up to a circuit if it means solving the mystery.


texts:
I have a mid-2011 27" iMac with i7 processor.  It came with 4 gigs of ram (2x2GB).  I just bought 2x8GB of matched memory.  I am wondering two things
1.  is it good/bad/neutral to leave in the existing memory and add the 2x8 into the remaining two slots?
2. If you say it doesn't matter if it shows up as 20GB installed, but will only use 16GB of it, then should I put those 2x8 in the upper slots (the ones the factory 2x2 are presently occupying) and either leave out the 2x2 or put them in the bottom 2 slots. IOW does it use the upper two slots first during processing?
Where can I find a speed test to see what difference it all makes?


texts: Disable and re-enable animations Terminal commands

texts:
I used the following Terminal commands to disable animations:

# opening and closing Quick Look windows
defaults write -g QLPanelAnimationDuration -float 0

# showing a toolbar or menu bar in full screen
defaults write -g NSToolbarFullScreenAnimationDuration -float 0

from here:
How to turn off all animations on OS X

Are there Terminal commands to re enable them, just in case?

Also, that link suggested TinkerTool, but which option in TinkerTool is for disabling the Quick Look animation?


texts: Encrypted e-mail using a certificate not issued for that e-mail

texts:
Scenario

I'm using Apple Mail and S/MIME to encrypt my e-mails. If there is a certificate for an e-mail address I want to send an e-mail to, everything is fine. After inserting the e-mail address, Mail enables the blue lock and the e-mail is sent encrypted.
My problem is now: If I want to send an encrypted mail to a person whose certificate I have but this certificate is issued to an alias of the e-mail address the lock won't be enabled because mail does not find a certificate for that address.

Example

I have a (public) certificate installed for firstname.lastname@domain.com
I want to send an e-mail to lastname@domain.com encrypted with the certificate of firstname.lastname@domain.com because the two addresses are aliases.
Nevertheless, Mail cannot encrypt the e-mail because it doesn't find a certificate for that address.

Question

Is there any way to configure Mail that for encrypting e-mails to lastname@domain.com the certificate of lastname@domain.com has to be used?


texts: Audio not working on Windows 10 installed on external SSD running on iMac

texts:
I installed Windows 10 (April 18 update) on external SSD drive that can be selected on the iMac's startup. Run the Boot Camp Windows Support Software and everything is fine, Apple mouse & keyboard, except audio is missing. Windows 10 Device Manager app does not show any problems with the drivers such as yellow triangles or red crosses. In fact, when a video is played the green volumen bars in the audio device driver properties move but there is no sound at all.

iMac is the latest 2019 model.
Windows 10 is up to date according to Windows update app (had to use April 18 update as start version since the installation does not work with October 18 version).
Drivers are update to date according to Windows.
Installed Windows 10 on external SDD following these instructions: https://blog.macsales.com/40947-tech-tip-how-to-use-boot-camp-on-an-external-drive, https://medium.com/@svenkirsime/install-windows-on-the-external-ssd-hdd-for-your-mac-5d29eefe5d1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=910Y1hLreRc&t=117s.


texts:
In JavaScript for Automation (JXA), we can detect if the ctrl key is pressed with

ObjC.import("Cocoa")
$.NSEvent.modifierFlags & $.NSControlKeyMask

If ctrl is not pressed, the return will be 0. If it is, the value will be different.

But NSControlKeyMask is deprecated. I found NSEventModifierFlagControl but can’t get it to work.

What is the current way to detect if the ctrl key is pressed?


texts: Copy/Paste issues with chrome apps for non English input methods

texts:
When using any chrome app while on a non-English input, Copy&Paste shortcuts aren't working.

When using the same web app via browser tabs or any other Mac app, there's no issue.

When switching input to English, the shortcuts are working.


texts: How do I increase "ulimit -u" (max user processes)?

texts:
I can change all of the usual ulimits via (for instance) ulimit -n 8192 and launchctl limit maxfiles 8192 8192. Somehow, this doesn't seem to work for -u, the maximum number of user processes:

~$ sudo launchctl limit maxproc 8192 8192
~$ sudo launchctl limit maxproc
    maxproc     2048           2048
-- in a new terminal:
~$ ulimit -u
1064

I do get a "failed to fork" every once in a while, and it's quite annoying having to kill a bunch of processes when "kill" can't start :) (i.e. I usually resort to just rebooting the machine).

What's the correct way to change the maximum number of user processes?


texts: does a 4K GoPro video airdropped into an iOS device take up space?

texts:
I took two 4K videos of about 1 and 2 minutes each on a GoPro and since I couldn't get the full resolution videos directly from the GoPro iPad app, I used AirDrop on a MacBook to send them to the iPad.

I have been unable to play them back on the iPad, so I just want to make sure that they don't take 10+GB of space for nothing.

How do I make sure that these videos aren't on the iPad if I can't see them? Image capture on a MacBook didn't show them, but when I add up all the items reported in space usage, about 15-20 GB are unaccounted for. (I tried airdropping at least one of the videos 2-3 times when it wouldn't show up in the photos app...)

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Where does the Messages beta pull my buddy picture/user icon from?

texts:
I'm using the new Messages beta with my Gmail account and my iMessage account (which is linked to the same Gmail address). It's using a photo for my buddy picture that I've used before on various things, but I can't figure out why it's showing up here. It's not the picture associated with my Gmail account or my user account on this computer. I can't find the setting in Preferences where I can select a buddy picture, so it must be pulling it from somewhere in some account.

So: where does Messages get its user picture from?


texts: iPod Touch 1st Gen songs stuck on repeat

texts: My iPod touch (1st gen) is stuck on repeat. I can't figure out how to turn off the repeat function. All i see is the shuffle option in the songs section.


texts: Best video encoding to preserve Macbook Air battery life?

texts:
I am about to take a long flight and would like to take my 13" Macbook Air (late 2010 model) to watch some movies. I don't have a DVD drive, so I will be ripping DVDs (that I own), encoding them, and transferring the video files to the Macbook Air. I would like the battery to last as long as possible. What encoding methods should I use so that the Macbook Air uses the least amount of battery?

(I will be using Mac the Ripper to rip the DVDs and Handbrake to encode the video files)

Update: According to some notes by a Stanford student in 2009 about video encoding:

  H.264 better video quality but more processor intensive, than MPEG-4 (easier for older or legacy machines). MacBook Air couldn't keep up! Video takes full advantage of processor for encoding and decoding. MPEG-4 worked fine on the original MacBook Air.

Not sure, but it makes it sound as if H.264 makes the Macbook Air work harder, thus draining the battery more quickly.


texts: I have an iPhone 5s that was bought several months ago. For some reason, it is quite slow on the wifi in my house - noticeably slower than 4g/LTE speed - and has been this way from the beginning. Other devices (Macbook, iPhone 4) do not have this problem when used from the same location. Also, the phone seems to work well on other wifi networks. Are there any ways to troubleshoot this?


texts: Why is extracting this tgz throwing an error on my Mac but not on Linux?

texts:
I'm experiencing a rather odd problem, and I can't figure out what's going on. I have a tgz file, scip-3.2.0.tgz, that is throwing an error when I attempt to unpack it. The error is only occurring on OS X (I'm on 10.10.4). I can extract the file without error on a Linux box running CentOS 6.6. The error occurs when both using the command line tar command and when using the archive utility. I emailed the SCIP mailing list, and I have the same SHA-1 hash as another user (e085a4a3591eddf945dcb365d97d2512c267e374), so there wasn't a download error. They aren't sure what's going on.

Here's the error I get when I try to unpack using the archive utility:

In case the image ever gets broken, the text in the image says this:

  Unable to expand "scip-3.2.0.tgz" into "Desktop".
  (Error 1 - Operation not permitted.)

And when I try to unpack via the command line, this is the output I get. It's the last line (tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.) that concerns me. I don't see what's causing it. The archive appears to extract without problem, but I don't trust it with that error being thrown.

Does anyone know what's causing this?

[edit]
Looking a little closer at the output, line 1108 contains the error:

x scip-3.2.0/applications/Coloring/Makefile: Can't create 'scip-3.2.0/applications/Coloring/Makefile'


texts:
Using OSX 10.10.2 on a MBA 11" I can't access

  https://developer.worldweatheronline.com

I flushed the DNS, rebooted my machine, connected via iPhone instead of WLAN (I can access the site via iPhone directly, but not when using the iPhones Network-connection on the Mac.

Tested on all installed browsers.

The results of ping, traceroute and dig:

ping: cannot resolve developer.worldweatheronline.com: Unknown host

traceroute: unknown host developer.worldweatheronline.com

dig:
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 20383
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;developer.worldweatheronline.com. IN A

;; Query time: 274 msec
;; SERVER: 212.60.61.246#53(212.60.61.246)
;; WHEN: Mon Mar 9 13:22:06 2015
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 58

So, I'm out of ideas and look forward to yours.


texts: Block a built-in keyboard in macOS 10.15.6

texts:
I'm looking for some tool that would turn off a built-in MBP keyboard. I would like to put my Planck on it.
I've already tried:

Krabinier's disabled keyboard. Not an option. Karabinier interferes with my QMK one-shot modifiers or something.
Command sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyboard.kext/
Used it. Don't work on 10.15.6(19G73). Before and after restart.

Do you know any other tricks, app or script?


texts: Any practical way to mount Amazon Cloud Drive as network volume on Mac?

texts:
Need to mount Amazon Cloud Drive as a desktop network volume. I've tried ExpanDrive, but it's so slow as to be useless. It also completely freezes up Finder every few seconds.

I also saw acd_fuse but not sure how to install it ... through Python? Homebrew? Is it reliable?


texts:
Background: I've been having some sleep issues so I have started tracking my sleep habits along with some other data but so far, they are just entries in Evernote and as such it is not possible to see any patterns. Obviously I need a spreadsheet app with charting capabilities (doh!). I've been using a great iPhone app called Sleepbot for data collection for sleep times and then enter those into Evernote.

I have the iWork set so I have been looking at Numbers and going through some tutorials but I still can't tell if it will do what I want. Given that my data set will increase daily, I'd like to be able to "page through" a chart/data set, so it shows say the last 30 data entries. With all the tutorials I have seen, the charts are of fixed size and adding more data to a linked table just causes the chart to cram more stuff in.

Can Numbers do this sort of "paging" of data? I would like to have this sort of "on the fly" charting rather than having to explicitly build a chart each time I want to visualize the data.

(sorry the question is rather garbled: I don't know really anything about using a spreadsheet type app)


texts: Avoid restarting macbook pro with bootcamp

texts: Is there a way to use bootcamp to switch between Windows and OSX without restarting the laptop. I don't really want to buy any virtual software like VMWare or Parallels.


texts: Watch video or play games on two external monitors

texts: I have a 2013 15inch retina MacBook Pro and two Dell U2414H as external monitors. I want to watch video or play games like the image in this question. For the current mac system, I can only achieve two individual external monitors not like the dual monitors. I tried to install Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro, and it can become the dual monitors. However, when I tried to play some video, it can only be displayed on one monitors. Can anyone help me with the issue?


texts: Is there an app that's similar to Calendar + Wunderlist?

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I'm constantly switching between the two, and it's driving me crazy being so disorganized. I use Wunderlist as a to-do list. I'll create a list, titled with the date, and list the things I need to do that day. So every date requires the creation of a list; sometimes I'll have 10-20 lists when I need to plan further ahead, and it gets tricky when I have something coming up weeks or months ahead of time. The issue is, it's hard looking ahead to see what's been planned, what appointments I have, etc. (I know searching is possible, but that's not the same as having an overview of the next few days or weeks).

When I use Apple's Calendar, I essentially do the same thing, each day is a to-do list. But when in month -- the view I find most helpful -- I can't arrange the orders of the items I create. I have to either go to day view or week view and drag it, or set a time, which can be very tedious if done for each item. Week view can also be quite annoying because there's no ability to scroll horizontally (like you would with a webpage or pdf), it jumps week by week, making planning ahead sort of tricky for me. So essentially, I end up creating an unordered list.

Is there an app that can address these issues? I'm aware that there organization / productivity / calendar apps that are loaded with features, but cost a good amount of money. I don't want to be paying for an app of which only 2% of the features are useful to me. So a minimal app, and one that's free or more afforadable -- really, I'd just like to to address the above issues.

I've scoured the internet, but haven't found anything. Please help, I'm pulling my hair out.


texts: Is /usr/bin/python3 provided with macOS Catalina?


texts: How can I email a document from iWork without the recipient seeing the intermediate saved versions?

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It looks like we don't need to keep different files like on Windows 7:

speech 2012 rev 01.doc
speech 2012 rev 02.doc
speech 2012 rev 03.doc

So on Lion, we can just use "Save a version" and all versions will be there later on to "revert" to any version...  The functionality introduced with Lion's "Save a Version" is cool, but what if we want to email somebody but don't want the earlier versions to be sent?

So are all the old version separate files in the hard drive? (then what if I want to clear those versions out to make space?)   Or are those version embedded within the document?  What if I want to email speech rev final.pages to somebody and don't want to include all the versions then?


texts: How do I restore the previous "Command-Space" search?

texts: When I use "Command-Space" on my Mac I want it to search only my files, not the Internet or the galaxy at large. Yesterday when I tried to use it I was presented with an infinite variety of options, which I do not want!


texts: Full screen application turns to windowed application and leaves a black screen in Mission Control

texts: While I'm working, I often see an application I made full screen turn to a windowed mode. When I attempt to make it full screen again, it leaves a black screen in my Mission Control. I've attached an image below. Has anyone else experienced this and do y'all have any solutions?


texts: How can I get rid of excel files that I can't delete

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I run OSX Lion and I have an excel spreadsheet 2011 sitting on my desktop that I regularly open, update, and save.  Whenever I open, edit, and save the excel spreadsheet, a new file is created on the desktop that I can't delete (even when excel is closed). The files have names "BEE05630", "D5A1F120", etc. I have to restart for the files to disappear from my desktop.

Any way to fix this?


texts: Can't retrieve keychain passwords while in SSH session

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I can't get security (the command line interface for the keychain) to retrieve passwords with security 2>&1 >/dev/null find-generic-password -ga <name> over SSH. It only seems to work in physical console sessions - is this actually intended behaviour?

For example, in a normal console session the above command retrieves the password without any problems. SSH to localhost and run it again though and it returns an empty string.

I need the ability to login over SSH and run a script that draws a password down from the keychain for authentication; am I right in thinking Apple have shipped a command line client that breaks in SSH sessions or have I missed something?


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I wrote an applescript that finds a person in my contact list.

tell application "Contacts"
    set thePeople to first person whose first name is equal to "John" and last name is equal to "Doe"
end tell

tell application "Finder"
    set theURL to "addressbook://" & id of item 1 of thePeople
    open location (theURL)
end tell

The addressbook:// will open the person in the Contacts app.  But I installed the Cobook app and it opens now instead of the Contacts app.

Where is the information stored that says open Cobook with addressbook:// and is possible to have two entries so that both Cobook and Contacts open?


texts: Is Mavericks available to a 13-inch Late 2007 MacBook, despite everything?

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Apple makes it quite clear to which models Mavericks is available.

So, I have a 13-inch Late 2007 MacBook (not-Pro, running 10.7.5), which shouldn't be supported.

But when I open App Store, there it is: OS X Mavericks with a "FREE UPGRADE" button. That is somewhat surprising. I assume that App Store "knows" which model it is on. Now, I don't think I even want Mavericks on that MacBook, but I do wonder.

What would happen if I press that button?