texts: I don't know why my retina MacbookPro keeps crashing and how to fix

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My mid2014 retina pro keeps crashing, can't boot into safe mode and can't choose utilities when booting into recovery mode because no mouse commands are accepted. (not sure what key combo would choose a utility such as disk recovery) it resolves itself over time--not sure how.

I Kept the log from last night's crash == 92 pages so i tried to post what might be relevant but i really have no idea.  Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance

12/10/14 6:24:28.000 PM kernel[0] BUG in process suhelperd[305]: over-released legacy external boost assertions (1 total, 1 external, 0 legacy-external)
12/10/14 6:24:24.836 PM com.apple.audio.DriverHelper[202]   The plug-in named AirPlay.driver requires extending the sandbox for the IOKit user-client class IGAccelVideoContextMain.<<<<Note:  there are 6 of these with different devices
12/10/14 6:24:27.000 PM kernel[0]   Sandbox: appleeventsd(26) deny file-read-metadata /Library
12/10/14 6:24:27.000 PM kernel[0]   Sandbox: appleeventsd(26) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ocspd
12/10/14 6:24:28.000 PM kernel[0]   USBF:    9.686    The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.
12/10/14 6:24:28.739 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]    (com.apple.imtransferservices.IMTransferAgent) The _DirtyJetsamPriority key is not available on this platform.
12/10/14 6:24:28.739 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]    (com.apple.imtransferservices.IMTransferAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
12/10/14 6:24:28.740 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]    (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
12/10/14 6:24:28.763 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]    (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
12/10/14 6:24:28.847 PM logind[70]  -[SessionManager getClient:withRole:inAuditSession:]:241: ERROR: No session dictionary for audit session 100014
12/10/14 6:24:28.847 PM logind[70]  _SMGetSessionAgent:73: ERROR: __SMGetClientForAuditSessionAgent failed 2
12/10/14 6:24:28.000 PM kernel[0]   BUG in process suhelperd[305]: over-released legacy external boost assertions (1 total, 1 external, 0 legacy-external)
12/10/14 6:24:29.289 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]    (com.google.keystone.daemon[317]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration
12/10/14 6:24:29.289 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]    (com.google.keystone.daemon[317]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine
12/10/14 6:24:29.296 PM GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[317] -[KeystoneDaemon logServiceState] GoogleSoftwareUpdate daemon (1.2.0.7709) vending:
    com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine: 2 connection(s)
    com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration: 0 connection(s)
12/10/14 6:24:29.301 PM mds[34] (Server.Warning:445) No stores registered for metascope "kMDQueryScopeComputer"


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How do I clear the auto-fill address field cache in Mac Mail?  I have loads of old addresses that I do not send email to.

A removal and reinstallation of the email accounts does not affect the cache.


texts: How to convert to millions in Mac:Numbers?

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I understand in Microsoft Excel you would use the format string $#.##,," M"

so that

12,271,359 would appear as 12.27M

I am alittle confused with the Numbers app on Mac (the excel equivalent) and I do not have Excel on Mac.

Thanks!


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Only after setting up my girlfriend's and my own Lion user account to sync with iCloud did I discover that the address book still doesn't lend itself to sharing in the way that calendar does :-(

We currently use a single iTunes library on my user account for syncing both of our iPhones to a single address book, where all her contacts are in a folder called "girlfriend's contacts". This allows us to share our contacts but still (in a way) keep them separate.

What I'd like is for her to keep all of her contacts in her own, separate address book in her existing user account on my computer. We would then share our address books with one another (read-only or not).

Is there a work-around using iCloud or any other service? I guess we could continue syncing our contacts in the old way via my iTunes library (effectively mirroring our combined contacts in two separate iCloud accounts), but that's not very elegant...


texts: Why is /var symlinked to /private/var? I understand the general purpose symlinks serve, but I'm curious what specifically is making use of this link.


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What current Mac utility or paint program (something that will run directly on Snow Leopard or Lion, not requiring an emulator), if any, can write valid MacPaint files (readable by MacPaint 1.x on a 512Ke)?

Assume I have access to a disk drive with which I can copy files to an 800K Mac formatted diskette.


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I'm running Xcode Server on my Mac Mini, and the HTTP port is open to the internet. I want to be able to host other content on port 80.

Is there a way I can change the path where the Xcode Server webpage is hosted?

To clarify, I want to access Xcode Server by typing either http://host.name.tld/xcode or http://host.name.tld:43211, rather than it being the root document served on port 80. I can't find anything to this effect in the auto-configured Apache config file.


texts: Can Library folder on iMac be moved to iCloud Drive?

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My disk in my iMac, High Sierra is about full. The biggest culprit by far is the /User/myname/Library folder which is taking up 96 GB. Since I have over 100 GB of icloud storage could I move the Library folder to the icloud drive and create a link? How do I do that so iMac still can access the Library.  If this is a stupid question I apologize.

OmniDiskSweeper says ~/Library is 73.9 GB. Don't know where the other 22 GB went.  From OmniDisksweeper the storage hogs in ~/Library are:

Application Support - 20 GB with MobileSync being the major player
Containers - 18 GB  with com.apple.mail being the major player
Mobile Documents - 18 GB with com~apple~CloudDocs being the hog.


texts: Process called "Dock" running at 100% since upgrade to 10.6.8


texts: After beta testing your app in TestFlight, do you have to re-upload for public release?

texts: After beta testing your app in TestFlight, do you have to re-upload the app build for the Apple Review Team for Public Release or can you release the build for release right away to the App Store?


texts: Screws required to attach HD's to mounting tray for Apple Mac Pro Tower Mid-2012

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I recently ordered 2 new HD's for my Apple Mac Pro Tower however on opening my Mac, I found all the screws were missing in the last two trays.  I borrowed as many as I could from the other two trays but I need more!  However I cannot find them for sale anywhere!  I can only find them for sale with the mounting trays for e.g £15.  I need about 6-10.

Also they seem to be attached to some grey rubber too.  Is this important?

What do I need to consider if I want to buy replacements?


texts: Connecting 2 monitors and peripherals to a 2017 MacBook Pro

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I have a 2017 MacBook Pro (13 inch with two Thunderbolt 3 ports). I wanted to connect 2 monitors as well as a mouse and keyboard to it for work. I was wondering if this would be too much of a workload for the Mac  or if this is a normal thing to do with such a device.
I was looking at either buying a Henge dock or a cheaper option such as this 14 in one USB C hub  I found on Amazon.
Does the adapter make a difference for this too?


texts: Will running graphics/hardware intesive programs lower the "life span" of an iMac?

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Specifically, I just purchased a fully refurbished iMac G5 and I am interested in playing several old games on it (most likely Marble Blast Gold and Knights of the Old Republic). Although I know the games will run well on the computer, I am wondering if (generally) running graphics intensive programs will decrease the life expectancy of an iMac (specifically with regards to an iMac G5 Mid 2005 Model) in both the short and long run.

Will frequently running graphic/hardware intensive programs harm (in the long run) an older iMac?

Note- I am not looking for an opinion or subjective account, just some level of reasoning behind why it would or would not impact the computer (i.e. thermal paste wears down, processor runs to hot overtime, etc...)

I am still new at this so if my question is to vague or opinion based let me know and I can change it.


texts: iTunes 11 - how to "make iphone version"

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I just got iTunes 11 and coincidentally just discovered that supposedly there was an option to "Create (or make?) iPhone version" in the older versions for movies and TV shows and such.

I would like to know how to do that iTunes 11.  Is this possible?  What other ways could I compress my downloaded TV shows and movies from the iTunes store such that they wouldn't take up so much space on my phone?

I want to compress the SD version which is typically about 590mb.

My goals:

that one episode would be around 150mb maximum
is possible, it would be even nicer to have them around 75mb


texts: RDP Client for Mac with File Copy&Paste Feature

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Is there any RDP client, that allows to copy&paste files to/from host machine.
RDC for Windows (at least the last one) does it, RDC for Mac 2.1.1 does not.


texts: "This version of OSX is not supported on this platform." when booting 2012 Mac Mini with SSD drive from previous system

texts: When trying to boot a 2012 Mac Mini (purchased from apple.com) with the SSD drive from my previous system (a 2009 MBP), I get "This version of OSX is not supported on this platform". The version of OSX is Mountain Lion with the latest updates. I have attempted another drive from another system, and this wont boot on the Mac Mini either. Just for comparison, I can boot the 2009 MBP with the disk that came with the Mac Mini just fine, and that disk still boots on the Mac Mini as well. My question is, how can I get my SSD working? I really dont want to reinstall all my apps, settings, etc.


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I have mountain lion on MacBook pro mid 2012.

So if my battery dies, because I left noSleep on or just because of being sat untouched for a week off of 2%, when I turn my computer on, Instead of the picture of the screen last used with the loading bar under it, the apple logo with the loading bar. I let it sit for a while, and it stays at the last bar of the loading thing. I wait and wait and nothing. I have to reboot using the power button to get it to work. A message then appears that said "your computer shut down cuz of a problem" . I have always saved my work
, but I am assuming it would all be deleted if I had an unsaved word doc on low battery.

What is going on?

Things I have tried:
 reset SMC
Reinstall OS on network recovery

And eventually if I have to, I guesss I will have to factory reset it


texts: Open Safari Push Notifications in Chrome

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I got used to Safari Push Notifications, because they will show up even when Safari itself is closed.
In the last time, I changed to Chrome and now, when I click on a notification, Safari will always open.
Is it possible to config the Safari Push Notifications in that way that that will open the specific website in Chrome?

Some Information about my environment:
- MacBook Air 3,2 (End 2010)
- OS X 10.9.2
- Chrome is default browser

Thank you!


texts: Hard disk space usage goes from 96% to 100% one minute after restart

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I have a mid 2014 MacBook Pro 13" (MacBookPro11,1) with 128 GB SSD. I have a lot of applications that I use that won't work on a external hard drive, so I always have issues with space. But going from 5 GB to 0 in a minute after restart? I had a look at the memory, and I'm only using 3 GB of 8 GB. This started immediately after last update to OS X Yosemite. 10.10.5.

$ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused   ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1     112Gi  107Gi  5.1Gi    96% 27985010 1338252   95%   /
devfs          182Ki  182Ki    0Bi   100%      630       0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0       0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0       0  100%   /home

# username at my-mac.local in ~ [16:14:51]
$ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused  ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1     112Gi  108Gi  3.6Gi    97% 28384440 938822   97%   /
devfs          182Ki  182Ki    0Bi   100%      630      0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0      0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0      0  100%   /home

# username at my-mac.local in ~ [16:15:21]
$ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused  ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1     112Gi  111Gi  795Mi   100% 29119752 203510   99%   /
devfs          182Ki  182Ki    0Bi   100%      630      0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0      0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0      0  100%   /home

I get alerts that disk space limit reached.

After restarting the Mac it happens again.


texts: Problems while compiling ncmpcpp [configure: error: libmpdclient >= 2.1 is required!]

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I am trying to compile ncmpcpp|mpd in Snow Leopard 10.6.8, but it failed, since libmpdclient 2.1 dependency is missing. I didn't find any working dependency for libmpdclient 2.1 that uses the gcc compiler coming with Xcode/Apple Developer Tools [3.2.6], so I can't compile it either.

Also I don't use homebrew, fink, mac ports etc.. right now.

The last four lines of the compiling-process [see complete log/output]:

  checking for pkg-config... /usr/local/bin/pkg-config
     checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
     checking for libmpdclient... no
     configure: error: libmpdclient >= 2.1 is required!

Can anyone provide a source for libmpdclient eventually?


texts: Prevent waking from sleep with USB mouse?

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I have an iMac running El Capitan.  I put my iMac to sleep because it's faster than hibernate and only uses 1.2 watts anyways.  But every time the mouse is moved, it wakes it up.

How do I stop a USB mouse (NOT bluetooth!) from waking the Mac?  I like that the keyboard wakes it, just not the mouse, because sometimes it gets moved out of the way, or the cat moves it.

This is a simple power option in both Windows and Linux but I can't seem to find the same option in MacOS.  Please don't answer with placing the mouse upside down, or in a box etc, this is not a solution for me, neither is shutting it off or hibernating it.  I'd like some kind of OS or hardware option.


texts: Is there a fast way I can clone a partition on to another drive using a sector by sector copy, instead of copying individual files?

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I'm trying to transfer a 4 TB Time Machine backup from one USB 3 hard drive to another. I'm currently using SuperDuper to do it, and it's going to take upwards of two full days to perform the copy, if not longer.

That's significantly slower than the usual maximum speed for copying over USB 3, and I suspect that what's slowing things down is the overhead of copying each file individually, rather than just copying the raw data on the drive, sector by sector.

Given that I just need to duplicate a partition on to another drive:

Would it result in a usable partition if I did a sector-by-sector copy?
Would that be faster than using SuperDuper?
And if yes to both of the above, what are some methods I could use to do that?

I already tried using Disk Utility's restore feature to clone feature, but it got about 5% of the way in and then failed with a weird error about a drive being busy. So I don't think it's reliable enough, and it has no option for resuming where it left off. But that said, it did seem like it was going much faster, and if it didn't fail, it would've taken around 8 hours for it to finish.

edit: for posterity, the reason Disk Utility failed to copy the drive is because my destination drive was dying and loaded with bad sectors. Under normal circumstances it would probably work and be about as fast as dd. However I like Allan's answer the most because, in case something causes dd to stop mid-copy, you can restart it from where it left off.


texts: Create solid horizontal lines in the .txt file

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Previously, I was able to press and hold the - and after few -, the combination of all the - create a solid horizontal line. Now, I use Sierra High and I'm not sure that it changed because of that. I provided an image of the solid horizontal line.

How do I create a solid horizontal line in the .txt file? This is obviously not a necessity, but, I kind of love to have it. I'm into programming, so if the bash script can be helpful, please, let me know.


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I'm not sure how everyone is doing this. But I do roughly 20-30 mail searches a day.

But when the search is done and now I want to see the top of my most recent email (for new emails and whatnot). How do I get there?

There's no keyboard shortcut to do this. And if I were to do this manually I have to press the X in the search field. Scroll the email list to the to top by using the scroll bar. It's really cumbersome.


texts: quicklooksatellite is blocking trash files

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I can't empty Trash folder. Some of files there are "in use". And it happens all the time.

  The operation can’t be completed because the item “blabla.xlsx” is in use.

I don't have any applications with these files. I don't have Finder with this folder open. And I didn't.

When I launch "What's Keeping Me?" utility, it says, that this file is opened in "QuickLookSatellite".

Is it possible to prevent?

OSX El Captain 10.11.3


texts: I've a just bought a iPad from eBay. The iPad came today and I found it to be locked to somebody else's iCloud account. Is there any way I can sort this situation out or not? Thanks in advance.


texts: How to stop instagram app remembering / auto-filling in username at login screen, when not yet logged in

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Steps to reproduce problem:

Log out of instagram app
Close the app
click on it to open it and log back in
Log-in screen is displayed, with the user name filled in (not yet logged in (i.e. still logged out)) and password field beneath blank

How do you clear all Instagram app settings and what it remembers after you have logged out? So that it doesn't remember (i.e. forgets) your user name so that it doesn't pre-fill in this field at the login screen?

There are options to clear data in the Settings screen, but these are too blanket and coarse in that they clear everything - I only want to clear one thing.

Problem seen on Sep 2010 (4th generation) iPod touch 32Gb. IOS Version 6.1.5 (10B500)

Latest version of Instagram app, as of date 2014 05 18.


texts: Why are there so many Java files in my "All My Files" section in Finder

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Any time I try to open the section "All My Files", it takes a long time to load because it has so many of these files on it:

I believe there are several thousand of these files. The only thing that I can think of is that these files might be from Eclipse, a Java editor (I am learning to code in Java). How do I make them go away without messing anything up? Thanks in advance!


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Is there a way I can "link" tables in Numbers so that when rows are added to the "master" table that the identical rows and containing data are added in a linked table? I know I can "link" cells using Sheet1::Table 1::A1 but this doesn't work for new rows added to Sheet1::Table 1.

My application is that I have a "master" customer database sheet and I want to make an auto-updating filtered table from this "master" table in new tabs. To the best of my knowledge, this requires a new linked table that has a filter applied.


texts: Cannot delete mail from storage in Usage section of IPhone

texts: In the usage section of IPhone 5 it says I have 349MB inn Mail.  However, I have deleted ALL inbox, sent, trash etc...there is nothing in the mail.  How do I get the Storage in the Usage section to empty this mail?  Thanks


texts: iTunes unable to backup data before iOS upgrade

texts: After uploading iOS 5 to my iPhone, there was a message from iTunes saying that, during the procedure, iTunes was unable to backup my data. So nothing got restored and I lost a great number of photos and other stuff with no further explanation. Is there anything that can be done?


texts: Is it possible to download a data file showing the data points collected on the activity monitor over a period of time?


texts: Aperture: during Import, keys to check/uncheck an image?

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In Aperture 3, at the beginning of the Import process, one can select/check or unselect/uncheck images one by one.

But it requires the mouse.

In the Viewer view, during that selection process, I can go to the next image easily using the keyboard, with the -> key, but what is the way to uncheck an image using the keyboard?

(ie without having to click on the checkbox with the mouse)

Edit

Since I'm here, and in order not to create another question:

is there a way to have the Undo to work only on the current image, being viewed in preview?

(the default for multiple undoes, is to perform the undoes even on previously edited images (not shown during the undo) - very confusing/dangerous)


texts: Apple Compressor's distributed processing for Autodesk Maya

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Is there a way to render Autodesk Maya 2017 animation via Compressor 4.3 using 10 iMacs?

It was possible in previous versions of Compressor (version 2, version 3 and up to version 4.0.7) There were Qmaster and Qadministrator utilities. But I can't run Compressor 4.0.7 or those utilities on macOS 10.12.

A distributed processing is necessary feature for any command line VFX professional application. For instance: Nuke, Shake, Fusion, Maya, Houdini, Renderman, etc...

I am convinced, there is a workaround to use the distributed processing for CLI applications via Terminal (even if this feature is not explicitly supported in Compressor 4.3 GUI).

P.S. Distributed processing isn't supported in Compressor's GUI since 2013 (from v4.1). Compressor's versions 4.1, 4,2 and 4.3 have integrated Qmaster's core allowing to process just Final Cut Pro X and Motion batches using shared computers (as instances). Now Compressor is mainly used for transcoding.

Look at Qmaster.framework located in:

/Applications/Compressor/Contents/Plugins/Compressor/CompressorKit.bundle/Contents/Frameworks

To see a list of CLI commands, type this in Terminal:

/Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS/Compressor -help


texts: Transferring Catalina system drive to older Mac — possible?

texts: I have have been running Catalina on my long-in-the-tooth Mid-2012 13" MBP. As I'm now getting a new work MBP, I wanted to give my wife this MBP, and take hers (pre-2012, and therefore can't install Mojave or Catalina in its current state). However... I still need a machine to do occasional freelance work on... so I was wondering, could I install my system HD in my wife's older MBP, and have it "just work"? Like, would it successfully boot into Catalina? Or would it balk at the older hardware on boot? Or some other kind of non-/semi-functioning? (I'd like a canonical answer, but personal experiences are also really helpful.)


texts: Is there an open source program like iSightCapture?


texts: I'm using the 64 bit Mac version of iTunes and my device appears in the sidebar for an instant before disappearing again. I've successfully connected and stored files using iExplorer and so forth, so it's definitely an iTunes issue. Any thoughts?


texts: Why does my dock keep moving back to my other monitor?

texts:
I have a larger, external monitor connected to my MacBook Pro and have arranged it such that the dock is in the external monitor (via System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement, by dragging the white bar to the larger screen). This works fine, except for the fact that every now and then, the dock will suddenly shift back to my MacBook screen, but when I open up Displays to change this back, the white bar is still on the external monitor. So I have to drag it to the smaller screen, and then drag it back to the external monitor.

It's a minor issue, obviously, but I've noticed that it has been happening more and more frequently and it's getting quite annoying. Perhaps there's something I've been doing unintentionally for this to happen?

I'm using Mavericks, 10.9.5.


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I boot my iMac from an external SSD, which is a clone of my main HDD, running Mojave. I had no issues before, recently with the Catalina being released I downloaded the update and when I choose my SSD drive I get: "this volume is not formatted as APFS".

What should I do now? I tried from recovery to convert it, but the option is disabled.

Is the only way to format it? or is there another way I am not aware of?


texts: Does disabling "System Integrity Protection" in El Cap cause shutdown/restart/logout issues?

texts:
I have an older M-Audio Firewire audio interface that I use with my Mid 2011 Mac Mini. It's running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6. M-Audio never made drivers for this version of OS X, so I have to disable "System Integrity Protection" for the audio interface to work. I do this by booting to recovery > Terminal: csrutil disable then rebooting normally.

However, I have an issue where I cannot logout, restart or shutdown "cleanly." What I typically do is run the sudo restart now command to reboot, or sudo pkill loginwindow to log out. EDIT: What I mean here is OS X (El Cap) is getting "stuck" (just hanging indefinitely) when I try to either a.)logout b.)restart or c.)shutdown. It just does not work, so I use terminal commands to force it, but I want to stop having to do this.

Could this issue be related to disabling SIP? EDIT: I have disabled SIP, no change. They are not related.


texts: How to send music to one output device, all other sounds to phones?

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I would like to send music (Spotify app) to the Bluetooth speakers but keep all other sounds (notifications, etc) on the earphones.
Is this possible?
From what I can find online I need a 3rd party app (can't do it from the OS).
Most of the results are about sending all audio to multiple outputs, thus creating the output aggregate device using audio midi setup built-in app.
Version: MacOs Catalina 10.15.5


texts: macOS: How to force hibernate, shut down, and restore

texts:
I want to

Write the current state of macOS to /private/var/vm/sleepimage immediately before shutting down
Power on my Mac again and boot into my Boot Camp Windows partition (by holding opt at boot) and do some tasks
Shut down and power on again (selecting macOS at boot) and load the saved state from my sleep image to resume EXACTLY as I left it after writing the image

How can I achieve this?

OS/hardware config:
macOS 10.13.2 on a MacBook Pro 11,3 (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)


texts: How to Locate an App Running in the Background

texts:
My Mac is a work computer that used to have LANDesk installed. My admin ran a script that uninstalled it. However, when my machine starts I still get prompted to allow apps from LANDesk (vulscand, cba, proxyhost) to accept network connections. Neither my Admin nor I can figure out where these apps are hiding.

When I run sudo find ~ -iname "LANDesk" or sudo find ~ -iname "vulscand" in terminal both return no results. I also do not see it listed in the OS X Activity Monitor app.

How can I find where "vulscand" is located on my system?


texts: Remote access forbidden but localhost works with Apache

texts:
I followed this tutorial and the Apache server works locally. http://localhost/~user/ works but remotely http://my-ip/~user I get:

Forbidden.
You don't have permission to access this resource.

Note that I am using the same computer. It used to work with Mojave. How can I fix this?


texts:
After installing MacOS Mojave Beta, I ran into some trouble installing Xcode 10 beta 4. I need the latest version of Xcode to use common tools like npm, node, yarn, etc.
After I found the install page and waited a very long time, I got Xcode_10_beta_4.xip from the Apple downloads page. Upon trying to unzip this xip folder, I get:
Xcode_10_beta_4.xip.cpgz
When trying to unzip THAT I get...
Xcode_10_beta_4 2.xip, etc.

The folder won't unzip and I need suggestions on how to get this installed.
Thanks in advance to anyone that knows a solution :)


texts: Install Mac OS X El Capitan on used Macbook Pro from USB doesn't see the USB

texts: I have just purchased a used Macbook Pro A1286, "Core 2 Duo" 2.66 15" (SD.) I'm new to Apple products, and I'm trying to install Mac OS X El Capitan from a USB bootable pen drive I just did. The problem is that when I put in the pen driver, turn on the mac, and hold option key, it doesn't see the usb pen drive.. Any help would really be appreciated, I'm trying to get an OS installed on this device..


texts: Why do macOS accounts passwords with FileVault2 not work with punctuation or accented characters?

texts:
My MacBook Pro is running Sierra with FileVault enabled.

I recently enabled iCloud 2 factor authentication. I had previously been using 2 factor verification, and my macOS account password was linked to my iCloud password.

When I moved to 2 factor authentication it asked me to create a new password for my macOS account (maybe you can't link your macOS account password to your iCloud password anymore…)

Now that I changed my password, I had trouble logging into my machine so I had to use the password reset feature on the login screen (it rebooted into a recovery mode and I had to put in my iCloud password so that I could update my local user's password).

I updated my password again thinking I had mistyped it, and had the same trouble.

When I booted into the password change recovery mode again I noticed a message in the change password dialog box that said that you might have trouble logging in if your password has punctuation or accented characters.

Sure enough, removing these characters from my password allowed me to log in.

Does anybody know why this limitation exists? I don't know if it has to do with FileVault or what, but I can't find any information about this limitation, and I've had symbols in my passwords for years on OS X when I wasn't using FileVault.


texts: 2013 MBP Hotspots in Backlight / Apple Warranty

texts:
So last night I was playing Portal 2 in a rather dark room, and the combination of the dark colors in my screen with the darkness of the room allowed me to see quite a few "dead spots" in the backlight of my screen.  I've attached an Illustrator recreation of what the spots look like.

Dead Spot Image http://www.thoughtspacedesigns.com/images/deadspots.png

These spots don't seem to react to pressure on the screen at all, which would lead me to believe they've been there since I bought the thing, and weren't caused by pressure (just shooting in the dark though).  They really aren't all that noticeable, and again it took me til this point to even see a problem. I can't even see them in daylight conditions.  Regardless, the fact that I dumped over a grand on this computer and it's still under warranty makes me want to have this fixed.

So two questions stem from this:

1) Is this a common issue with the unibody MBPs?  Is it a known issue with this model year or a certain make?

2) Will this issue be recognized and covered by Apple under the standard one year manufacturer warranty?

Thanks in advance for any help!


texts: How to install AMD Crimson video drivers on iMac 5K (Late 2014) in Bootcamp?

texts:
I installed Windows 10 using Bootcamp on my iMac.

Bootcamp installed a bunch of drivers including one that allows proper 5K rendering on Windows.

However when I play a recent game Rainbow Six Siege, I see a ton of flickering of textures. The more I move around and shoot, the more they flick around.

Googling leads me to the solution of installing the new AMD Crimson driver's however, it seems I cannot install it on a Bootcamp Windows 10 version.

Is there a way around this?

My specs:


texts: Beats1 on Mac doesn’t start unless I logout

texts:
Every time I try to listen to Beats1 in iTunes on Mac, I have to log out and log back in, otherwise it doesn’t start. It has absolutely no problem starting if I’m freshly logged in, but if I quit iTunes and then I try to listen again, it doesn’t start unless I do the log out/log in dance. How can I overcome this situation?

I should mention that I’m not an Apple Music subscriber, nor do I want to become one.

I’m on the latest version of Mavericks, if that matters.


texts: What are the risks of connecting a MacBook to an insecure wireless network?

texts:
What privacy and security risks am I exposing myself to when I connect my MacBook to an open insecure wireless network?

Are there any risks that are worse or better when compared to a Windows PC that's connected to an insecure wireless network?


texts:
In Apple Safari the command-d creates bookmarks. I would like to have it in Apple Pages.

Is it possible to have a shortcut to create bookmarks in Pages?

I know command-k but its for linking to already existing bookmarks.


texts: Is it safe or beneficial to compress a .photoslibrary file?

texts: I am trying to create external backups of all my digital data in case something bad were to happen. Is it safe, or even beneficial, to compress a .photoslibrary file to store on an external device for later use, or would it be better to save the file as it is?


texts: Automatic conversion between .ps to .pdf upon download onto Mac OSX?

texts:
Is there any way to convert .ps to .pdf every time automatically as a .ps is downloaded onto a Mac machine? (Using Mountain Lion 10.8)

can Automator perform this task?
convert and then delete the .ps

It's annoying that it has to convert from .ps to .pdf in preview every time I open the file, and quick preview doesn't work on .ps.


texts: Persistent vertical blue line (Macbook pro 13 mid 2010)

texts: Can anyone help me understand what this is? The line is persistent and i'm not sure it's because of a faulty LCD or something else. Is there a way to fix it?


texts: Why did an "Untitled" partition appear that uses up half the disc space and how do I get rid of it?

texts:
On a Mac OS X Server, I realized today that the 1TB disk has all of the sudden two partitions, both of them around 500GB large:

1TB APPLE HDD ST1000LM024
  Macintosh HD2:
    Mount Point: /
    Format: Mac OS Extended (journaled)
    Capacity: 499.41 GB
  Untitled:
    Mount Point: /Volumes/Untitled
    Format: Mac OS Extenden (journaled)
    Capacity: 499.28 GB

When I look in /Volumes/Untitled, I see the following data:

.DS_Store
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
.fseventsd

And that is it.

So maybe I'm becoming crazy but I am almost certain that this partition has not been there before. Was it created by the OS? Is it important? Can I just delete it, so that my other partition can use the full 1TB space?


texts: How to have a cropped video on top of another video in imovie?

texts:
In youtube I see our lot of cropped videos overlaid over screen captures movie. Is this possible in imovie?

osX
imovie 10.1.2


texts: How to enable arrows in landscape keyboard in iOS 11?

texts:
Up to iOS 10, the screen keyboard in landscape screen orientation had arrow keys which moved the cursor left and right.

After upgrading to iOS 11, these keys are missing:

Can I add them back to my keyboard?

I have iPhone 6.


texts: MacBook Pro 15" screen resolution way too high, unable to change resolution

texts:
After laptop restart, my MacBook Pro 15" thinks my main laptop display is 47" screen. Resolution is showing 2880 x 1800 pixels and there is no other resolution available to be selected. I tried using the option + scaled selection, still only displaying single resolution.

Additionally my Mac is logging in way too long... like minutes and the usage is laggy as well as some graphical glitches are visible. Any idea how to troubleshoot or fix this issue? Also tried to reset PRAM and still nothing...


texts: Completely remove an application and its data on iOS 8

texts:
I have an application that is not working properly (I always get an error). I know other people who have the same app and for them no errors appears.

I thought that maybe there are temporary data stored and getting rid of them would solve the problem.

As suggested in this answer I tried to remove the app. I tried to delete it in two ways:
* By holding my finger on the icon and pressing the x.
* And from the menu Settings -> General -> Storage -> Manage Storage.

None of them fixed the problem and I believe that some app data are not removed. I think so because when I remove the app and reinstall it, as soon as I open it I'm already logged in.

Is there a different way of getting rid of app data?


texts: msmtp not looking at keychain over ssh, only looks when in terminal

texts:
I've been wrestling with setting up msmtp for some time now, only to realize that when I run it from a terminal it works as expected (uses my password from my login keychain) but when I'm ssh'ed to the machine using the same user, it does not access the password from the keychain and fails login (or asks me for interactive login if I run msmtp directly).

How can I ssh to my machine and have msmtp fetch the password from my keychain?


texts: How do I generate cryptographically random numbers on OSX?

texts:
I need to generate several cryptographically random numbers in OSX and save it to a text file.

How should I go about doing this?


texts: I have a php page I want to test on a server. Is there a server that runs through Terminal.app that supports PHP? I read this tutorial, but either I did it wrong or it didn't work. How can I start up a server?


texts: How can I rotate my images directly from the finder?

texts:
I would like to rotate my images directly from the Finder.

The best would be one of these:

a button to click in the menu bar of every Finder's window
a button to click in Quicklook

But, if it can be done with a keyboard-shorcut, it would be fine also.

Is one of these features possible? And if yes, how can I do?


texts: How to copy time stamp to iOS clipboard?

texts: Does anyone know of an easy way to get the current timestamp copied to the clipboard on iOS, either via built-in functionality or a small app?


texts: How does one get iPhone to recognize wifi network of choice, as first choice?

texts:
I am working in an office that has its own wifi network...but there are also cable company hotspots around. Every time I come in the office, leave the office, come back to the office...my phone goes on Optimum hotspot. I want it to choose the local office wifi network. I would like to prioritize my iPhone wifi networks, not just "forget" one network.

I have adjusted this for my macbook but not sure how to do it for the iPhone. Probably an easy answer but i do not know it so I appreciate any help. Thx.


texts: Cannot connect to network drive attached to Wifi router on Macbook Pro 2017, Mojave OS

texts:
I can see the network drive displayed in the finder but when I click on it keeps loading until freezes. Sometimes is working however. I can access the drive from Apple TV, Windows notebook and so.

Any solution?

Thank you for your help!

Best wishes


texts: Is there a way to thin the MobileSync folder?

texts:
I would like to reduce the size of the folder ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync. I don't want to delete it, remove any files directly, or symlink it to another drive. Is that possible?

A lot of the files backed up here are photos and/or videos I have imported elsewhere. At what point are files removed from my iPhone also removed from the backups?


texts: How do I start rows with 0 (not 1) or not count header rows in Numbers?

texts:
I'm using the Numbers app to make a database or catalogue of stuff.  For example, a list of all wines I'll try this year.  And for each column, I'll have the name of the wine, a rating, the kind of wine, and a few other items.

If the first row of my spreadsheet is a header, and the first row is 1, then every item in the spreadsheet will be off by 1.  To me, this makes absolutely no sense.  Can I start the spreadsheet with the first row being 0 instead of 1?  Or, can I have Numbers not use a row number for the header row?

If I could name the columns, this wouldn't matter.  But since Numbers names the columns A, B, C, etc, I have to use a header row to name (or label) the columns, and this leads to the first actual item being in row 2 instead of row 1...  and this leads to every single sort being off by one, since the top item is a label in the header, which gets listed as being #1.

Using column A for an index won't work unless there's a way to lock the order of column A, because the index would get sorted each time any other column gets sorted.


texts: How to ignore iPad auto correct recommendation?

texts: iPad's typing auto correct sometimes can be useful, yet sometimes it provides the wrong recommendation. it's often inconvenient to break my hands from the typing position to tap the "x". I wonder aside from tapping the "x" next to the recommended word to ignore recommendation, what can I do on the keyboard to ignore it?


texts: Is there an Apple list of terminal based tweaks?

texts: Googling for terminal tweaks shows sites this one which show how to tweak OS X via the Terminal. Are there any Apple or exhaustive lists of these settings anywhere on the net?


texts: mail client for Mac with these characteristics?

texts:
I'm looking for an email client for Mac, with these characteristics:

Must have:

One that doesn't automatically mark messages as read. Only marks a message as read when I press a certain key on the keyboard.
Preview emails without having to open them (like modern mail clients)
Fast and robust

Nice to have:

Support for Mac's native spelling autocorrect

Does anyone have any recommendation?

I know programming, so no problem if I'll have to configure it using code files and things like that.

I have tried Thunderbird, but it is slow and buggy.

I'm using macOS Sierra.


texts:
This tutorial raised a question if you can mirrow the screen of iPad Air through a cable to the newest Macbook Air.

So I think the cable should be something

the power cable of iPad air To Lightning place of Macbook air

Does there exist any such cable by which you can show the picture of your iPad on your Macbook Air?


texts: Is it possible to install a new HP Envy-4520 printer on a computer running Snow Leopard

texts:
I am trying help someone setup a new printer (HP Envy-4520) on an older Mac (Snow Leopard 10.6.8) Obviously the best solution would be to replace the computer, unfortunately, this isn't an option. I am not onsite with the Mac at this time.

I found instructions through Google, but they are obsolete*.
The printer does work when printing from a mobile device.
I have tried setting the printer up using the generic driver options, but they didn't work. (The printer received data, but gave an error message referring to the output tray extender).
I can put together a Windows box from spare parts and share the printer from that, if that would work.
I am experienced with Windows and Linux, but my Mac experience is limited.

Any suggestions or is this a lost cause?

*Instructions mentioned above: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-Archive-Read-Only/driver-for-envy-4520-with-OS-10-6-8/td-p/5385512, points to https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04510394, which points to https://123.hp.com, which just says "We’re sorry—We don’t support this operating system."


texts: OS X Mavericks: InstallESD.dmg and BaseSystem.dmg

texts:
I would like to make a bootable DMG or ISO file with OS X Mavericks on it.
I want to then burn this file to a DVD-ROM (or, alternatively, make a bootable
USB stick with it).

From what I've read, however, the file

  /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\
  Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg

is not bootable. From what I understand, to make it bootable one needs to
insert a file called BaseSystem.dmg inside InstallESD.dmg and then burn
the resulting DMG (perhaps after converting it to an ISO 9660 file,
although I'm not sure whether this is necessary) to a DVD-ROM drive.

Here is what I'd like to know:

What exactly is BaseSystem.dmg?
Is this file the same on all OS X systems? Will any version of
this file from any OS X system do just as well?
Do I need to use Disk Utility to add this file to InstallESD.dmg
or can I use the command line? What is the procedure in each case?
I am not root on the system. Can I accomplish this without a root
password? I've heard the root password is only needed for setting
file permissions. Can I get away with this, copy BaseSystem.dmg,
and do the rest of the work requiring root privileges on Linux
after mounting the USB key with all files on Linux?

Thanks.


texts: Notification Centre preferences are empty

texts:
I'm not receiving any notifications for any apps on my Mac running Sierra. I'm pretty sure the screenshot of my notification centre preferences below is illustrating the problem, i.e. there's nothing there.

Does anyone have any idea what's wrong and how to fix it?


texts: How is the top cutout handled in iPhone X screenshots?

texts: Along the lines of this question—if you take a screenshot on an iPhone X, how is the camera cutout at the top of the screen handled? Is there just a black region of the appropriate shape and size at the top of the image?


texts:
Originally I was going to ask a question about how to get LaTeX working in Anki, but as I was writing the question, I was trying to solve the problem myself. I thought others may benefit from my findings, so I decided to post them here. If you notice that any of my steps are wrong, please let me know. And I was still unable to get it to work, so if you scroll down to the end, you can see where I'm stuck and still need help.

The current issue is: How can I install libgd?

I'm trying to make Anki work with LaTeX. The only information I could find about how to do this is from this page:

  [...] to use LaTeX, you have to install it separately - it is not  bundled with Anki
  [...] on OSX use MacTex
  Dvipng must also be installed.
  On OSX, if you use MacPorts or similar to install LaTeX, make sure latex and dvipng are linked in /usr/bin.

The standard installation of MacTex takes up 3GB, far more than I believe is necessary, since I am not going to use its GUI application. I just need the LaTeX library, if I understand it correctly, which should be way less than 3GB. Therefore, I'm installing the BasicTeX version instead, which only takes up about 100MB.

I'm not sure if I already have Dvipng installed or not, so I'm restarting Anki to see if it works or not. I got the following error:

  Error executing dvipng. [...] Output written on tmp.dvi [...]

So I probably need to install dvipng... The Install readme has the following information:

  Installing dvipng should be simple: merely ./configure',make', and
  `make install'.

  Prerequisites:

  The GD Graphics Draw library, libgd
  The path-searching library kpathsea
  libpng and libz

Again, I'm not sure which, if any, of these prerequisites I already have installed, so I'm just going ahead with the installation in hopes of error messages guiding me to the right path.

After executing ./config, it gives the error:

  configure: error: cannot find/use libpng

... which I think is weird since the readme states:

 To be able to compress and write PNG files to disk, dvipng (or
 really libgd) uses libpng which in turn uses libz. These should be
 available on any modern system, if not, download them and install
 them.

I went to the libpng website, and tried finding a "current binary" that works with my OS (10.6/i386), but it seems that none of the latest 3 versions have a binary that is available to download. So I went to the "old binaries" section, which took me to this website, which has libpng v1.4.5. I installed the "Individual Installer package" for libpng.

Now that it's installed, I tried installing Dvipng again, and it now gives the following error:

  cannot find/use libgd
  This drawing library can be downloaded at http://www.boutell.com/gd

When I go to that website, I see it says that the page moved and that it is currently down. There is only a link to the source files and no binary distribution. I'm not sure where I should go from here... should I download the source and compile it somehow? Once it's complied what do I do with it? Do I run some file it generates? Would I move files it generates to specific folders? How would Dvipng know how to access it? I'm unfamiliar with how to do something like this, so any help would be appreciated.

Here's a summary (so far) of the dependency hierarchy which must be installed in order to get LaTeX to work with Anki:

MacTeX: Installed (got the BasicTeX version to save a lot of disk space).
Dvipng: Not installed (can't install without libgd).

libpng: Installed (got the Individual Installer package).
libgd: Not installed (not sure how to install this).
???

Other questions:

Is there a better, reliable method to know if any of these dependencies are installed rather than running an installer which depends on them and hoping for a meaningful error message?


texts: MacBook booting with wrong keyboard layout

texts:
I've got a 15-inch MacBook Pro with the latest OS X. Every time I reboot, it resets the keyboard layout to American English even though I set it to Swiss German. This means that I always need to go to the language settings and change it to my layout, which is quite annoying.

Any suggestions how to solve this?

I also posted this question on Apple Support Discussions but wasn't getting any answers.


texts: iOS 9 took all my remaining storage on iPhone 4S. I deleted the install file, but still no storage!

texts:
I have an iPhone 4S that downloaded iOS 9 the other day. Now I lost a ton of storage. I went to Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage, selected Delete Update, and selected Delete Update again to confirm - but the file was relatively small. Where did the rest of my space go?

I've deleted old apps and moved most photos off the phone, no music or videos. In the usage folder, the thing taking up the largest space is photos at only 266 MB. In fact, I added all the apps together and it's only 1500 MB (around 1.5 GB) Where did it all go? 6 GB max storage.


texts: Do I need a voltage converter for Japan, for MacBooks or USB devices?

texts: Japan uses 100V; I will be in parts of the country using both 50Hz and 60Hz. Will I need a voltage converter for a) a MacBook power supply, b) a standard AC-to-USB plug? I live in the U.S.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can an old Apple ID be merged into the newer ID?

I have my Iphone 4 for about a year now. To activate it, I used my dad's Apple ID (he had a credit card and I did not) Now I got my own credit card so I created an Apple ID and changed the ID's on my phone. Now I can no longer update my allready installed items and can't make any payments on those previously installed apps.

Any fixes?


texts:
Since I upgraded my MacBook to Mountain Lion I have the following problem: in the Mac App Store it's not possible to log in or to buy/download anything. Clicking on log in just doesn't do anything, no error massage. What to do?

Edit: The following error messages are in the log file after trying to download some app:

08/11/12 20:36:57.171 -[ISStoreURLOperation _runURLOperation] - load the URL from the bag if needed
08/11/12 20:36:57.172 url:http://ax.init.itunes.apple.com/bag.xml?ix=5  bagKey:(null)
08/11/12 20:36:57.173 -[ISStoreURLOperation _runURLOperation]: _addStandardQueryParametersForURL: http://ax.init.itunes.apple.com/bag.xml?ix=5
08/11/12 20:36:57.179 ISURLBag: Insufficient data to parse URL bag
08/11/12 20:36:57.181 ISStoreURLOperation: Chose not to retry after error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1003 "Unknown Error." UserInfo=0x7f8cbb060600 {NSLocalizedDescription=Unknown Error.}
08/11/12 20:36:57.182 -[ISStoreURLOperation _runURLOperation] - load the URL from the bag if needed
08/11/12 20:36:57.182 url:http://phobos.apple.com/bag.xml?ix=5  bagKey:(null)
08/11/12 20:36:57.182 -[ISStoreURLOperation _runURLOperation]: _addStandardQueryParametersForURL: http://phobos.apple.com/bag.xml?ix=5
08/11/12 20:36:57.188 ISURLBag: Insufficient data to parse URL bag
08/11/12 20:36:57.189 ISStoreURLOperation: Chose not to retry after error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1003 "Unknown Error." UserInfo=0x7f8cbb062270 {NSLocalizedDescription=Unknown Error.}
08/11/12 20:36:57.189 ISAuthenticationChallengeOperation: Could not load URL bag: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1003 "Unknown Error." UserInfo=0x7f8cbb062270 {NSLocalizedDescription=Unknown Error.}
08/11/12 20:36:57.190 AuthenticateOperation: Authentication challenge failed: Error Domain=ISErrorDomain Code=-128 "Unknown Error." UserInfo=0x7f8cbb031150 {NSLocalizedDescription=Unknown Error.}
08/11/12 20:36:57.192 StorePurchaseBatchOperation: Canceling 1 purchases after failure: Error Domain=ISErrorDomain Code=-128 "Unknown Error." UserInfo=0x7f8cbb031150 {NSLocalizedDescription=Unknown Error.}


texts: Confusing behavior of macOS task switcher when app windows are minimized or non-existent

texts:
I find the behavior of the macOS task switcher invoked via the keyboard shortcut CMD+TAB confusing.
If an application is minimized or doesn't have any visible window, it appears in the task switcher, but nothing happens when I select the icon.
Is there a way to improve this (either by maximizing the minimized window/creating a new one if there's none, or just not showing the icon in the task switcher)?


texts: How to switch select between buttons using only keyboard

texts: I am trying to keep my fingers on the keyboard as much as possible and would like to be completely mouse-free in some applications, such as Sublime Text.  E.g., I can initiate a file opening or closing using just the keyboard but I do not know how to navigate close or open file dialogs using the keyboard alone.  More specifically, how do I switch between selected buttons?  E.g. tabbing works in other OSs I am familiar with (e.g. Windows and Linux KDE) but here I cannot tab between Save and Cancel buttons when I want to close a file.


texts: Should there be an Apple logo on the hard drive of a MacBook?

texts: I was installing an update on my MacBook Pro mid 2012 when it crashed. Kernel Panic. I brought it to an authorized service center for repair. The following day, I got a call that the center is refusing to repair my laptop because when they opened it, apparently there was no Apple logo on the hard drive. Hence the question.


texts: Why is Xcode 7.3 showing a slash through the app icon when attempting to install on Mac OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite)

texts:
I am running Xcode 7.2.1 on my Mac mini running Mac OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite) and recently wanted to compile an Apache Cordova project and install it on my iPhone 6s running iOS 9.3 and discovered I couldn’t. The error message that comes up in Xcode is “Could not find Developer Disk Image” which I discovered basically means, “Time to get a new version of Xcode!”

So I went to the downloads area of the Apple Developer website, downloaded the disk image of Xcode 7.3 opened it up and saw this in the Finder window for the Xcode disk image pictured below. What the heck is happening?


texts: Is there a way using security find-internet-password or something similar to get my exchange credentials on the command line?  I'm trying to write a script to auto-login into an exchange server and I'm sure the data exists somewhere but just unsure how to grab it.


texts: How to make iMessage fail over automatically to SMS when Data runs out?

texts:
My kid used up all data and a message sent to my phone did not go out as their Data was cut off. They were unaware the message did not go out. Data plan is a hard cut-off, no 'low speed' Data after it is used up.
Is iPhone able to automatically fallback to SMS when it cannot use data to send a message to another phone number?
The "sender checking whether the message is later tagged as 'not sent' and then manually resending as SMS" is not a solution. - Failover to SMS needs to happen automatically without further user involvement. Kids should not be expected to check back each messages to confirm if they went out.
Using Settings > Messages to turn off iMessage is not a solution. - Kids want to iMessage by default.
Looked around and could not find how to get this set up... any ideas anyone?
Or is this a way of forcing Apple users onto unlimited data plans?
Kids are on iPhone 11's and 12's


texts: Will macOS Big Sur remove the default Python installation for good?

texts:
I initially thought that this would happen with Catalina, but since it didn't happen a similar question is again relevant:
My question is two fold:

When I eventually update to macOS Big Sur, will the Python (2.7.X) installation – which currently ships with macOS – get removed from my system?
What about if I do a fresh install; will python be gone then?

Relevant section from macOS Catalina 10.15 Release Notes (emphasis mine):

Scripting Language Runtimes
Deprecations

Scripting language runtimes such as Python, Ruby, and Perl are included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software. Future versions of macOS won’t include scripting language runtimes by default, and might require you to install additional packages. If your software depends on scripting languages, it’s recommended that you bundle the runtime within the app. (49764202)
Use of Python 2.7 isn’t recommended as this version is included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software. Future versions of macOS won’t include Python 2.7. Instead, it’s recommended that you run python3 from within Terminal. (51097165)

Source: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-catalina-10_15-release-notes

I can't find anything about this in Big Sur's release notes though.
Edit: I am not actively using Python 2, I'm simply wondering this since it might affect some 3rd party software which relies on the OS's Python installation.


texts: Is there a way to turn off LibreOfficeUpdate via terminal?

texts:
Good morning everyone. I administrate few MacBook laptops (in remote locations). We control the versions of software that we allow users to use for compatibility issues. But end users nag as to install updates because of pop-ups. As i cannot disable update mechanism via GUI I'd like to know if there is a way to do it remotely via terminal/ssh? Or just remove the annoying pop up from taskbar.

Every laptop is using Mac OS 10.9.1 or 10.9.2.
Thanks in advance for your advices


texts: What can I use for mixing/muxing/splitting/leveling audio inputs and outputs?

texts:
I was hoping to find a single tool that could arrange, in any configuration, any audio inputs and outputs on a Mac.

A specific example follows.

Devices

a) Line In from XBOX 360 Audio Out
b) USB from Headset Microphone
c) Audio out from Skype App
d) USB to Headset Earphones
e) Audio in to Elgato Game Capture (Narration track)
f) Audio in to Skype App

MIX

1) a + b + c => d
2) b + c => e
3) b => f

Audio needs to be mixed at different levels. For example, the USB mic level for headset, narration, and Skype can all be different.

I have come close with Audio MIDI Setup, Soundflower, and several copies of LineIn. But I can't split and join audio easily and I can't save the configuration - it has to be painstakingly set up each time apps are relaunched. Rogue Amoeba's paid app Audio Hijack looked like a good candidate but I did not see how to send resulting audio to an application or to a virtual device that could be designated as input for an application.


texts: What are all these network devices on my Mac?

texts:
I have a 2019 iMac (running Big Sur)with three physical Ethernet ports; one is the built-in port and two more are located on Thunderbolt devices I have attached.
When I run ifconfig, I get two whole screens full of interfaces, and I'd like to know what they are.
I have Parallels installed, which adds some more virtual interfaces.  I also found this question which explains a few more of them.  But I'd like some help understanding what all these interfaces are:

lo0 -- The loopback interface
gif0 -- The linked article says it's a "software interface" but that's pretty hand-wavey
stf0 -- 6-to-4 interface (for IPv6 <-> IPv4 tunneling)
en0 -- Built-in Ethernet port
en1 -- Built-in WiFi
en5 and en6 -- These are the two external Ethernet ports
ap1 -- ???
awdl0 -- Apple Wireless Direct Link (Apple's own flavor of the WiFi Direct protocol; used for AirPlay, AirDrop, HomeKit, GameKit, iOS Bluetooth tethering, etc.)
llw0 -- ???
bridge0 -- Internet connection sharing, perhaps?
bridge100 -- Parallels 'Shared Network' adapter
utun0 and utun1 -- Linked article says these are for Find My Mac, but I don't have that turned on, and why are there two of these?

That leaves us with en2, en3  and en7.  I'm pretty sure 'en7' is the Parallels 'Host Only' adapter (it's the only one that has the promiscuous mode flag set), but I have no idea what the other two could be.  Also, what ever happened to en4?
Some help understanding all these would be appreciated.


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Is it possible to get Apple Keychain statistics as they are there for Chrome's smart lock?

I'm looking for something similar to what is available at this page (if you use Chrome): https://www.google.com/settings/chrome/sync


texts: Samsung SyncMaster 2443 not filling out screen

texts:
We have a lot of Samsung SyncMaster 2443s at the office, when I connect my mid 2012 MBP 13" to one of them, the monitor doesn't display full screen, it adds a black border around it (1/2"  thick). All my co workers with similar MBP and MBAs do not have this problem, it also persists on all the screens i've tried so far (3 different ones).

I've added a photo of the screen, it's like that all around. I can't find any setting on the screen or in system preferences to change it. I'm sure it has to be some kind of software problem, because when I reboot the display is full screen for a while, up to a certain point where I guess some OS setting is loaded.

I've tried resetting NVRAM/PRAM and removing the windowserver.plist files. My display settings are at 'best of resolution', but setting it manually to 1920x1200 doesn't matter.

Any clues on how to fix this?


texts: Macbook Pro 15" replacement Keyboard / Keys

texts:
i am using a macbook pro 15" early 2011 unibody with an german (DE) keyboard. and that sucks really hard. So ive decided to change it, and it should be working because the english international and the german keyboard-layout are the same.

But here's my problem i dont really know where to buy it. Nor Apple Store neither ebay haven't something like that. Any suggestions??

BIG thanks in advance. I'm going crazy with this german keyboard. :(


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Further information: unable to get into diagnostics

I tried getting to Apple Diagnostics: shut down computer, press power button, hold D key down: instead of diagnostics I am taken to the usual login screen. According to Apple's site: (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257) I should try using Option D. Again, takes me to the login screen not the diagnostics. Not sure what my next step is.

Original problem: Kernel Panic

Can anyone help me interpret this? Commenters suggested I try apple diagnostic mode, but see above, I am not able to get there. Here's the dump.

Anonymous UUID:       BBE62DAE-7B75-1109-3481-33104AF1985D

Sun Feb 12 19:59:40 2017

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80139fcc5d): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f956e0681, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffff8243e9c260, CR3: 0x00000000043bc000, CR4: 0x0000000000002660
RAX: 0x000000000008fff7, RBX: 0x0000000000000002, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x0000000000000001
RSP: 0xffffff826b0fb9e0, RBP: 0xffffff826b0fba10, RSI: 0x000000000000ffff, RDI: 0xffffff82177d1000
R8:  0xffffff80539a0804, R9:  0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff80539a0608, R11: 0xffffff7f956dbcb6
R12: 0x2a09060d30210102, R13: 0x000000000000ffff, R14: 0x0000000000000001, R15: 0xffffff82177d1000
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff7f956e0681, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff8243e9c260, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0, PL: 0, VF: 0

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff823fd46c50 : 0xffffff80138

Model: MacPro5,1, BootROM MP51.007F.B03, 4 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.66 GHz, 20 GB, SMC 1.39f5
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: DIMM 1, 8 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x0000, -
Memory Module: DIMM 2, 8 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x0000, -
Memory Module: DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463235363732415A2D3147314431
Memory Module: DIMM 4, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463235363732415A2D3147314431
Bluetooth: Version 5.0.4f10, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, Display Controller, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD6400AAKS-41H2B0, 640.14 GB
Serial ATA Device: OCZ-VERTEX2 3.5, 115.03 GB
Serial ATA Device: OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD, 480.1 GB
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Mass Storage Device
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: CTH-460
USB Device: Apple LED Cinema Display
USB Device: Display iSight
USB Device: Display Audio
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: officejet 5500 series
USB Device: Fitbit Base Station
USB Device: Miscellaneous Device
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB Bus
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
Thunderbolt Bus:


texts: How to change keyboard setting when app changes

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I am currently learning the Dvorak keyboard at the moment so I need to change keyboard when I am not in the training application 'Type Fu'.

What I want to do is:
1) Have the Dvorak - QWERTY ⌘ when I am in the 'Type Fu' application
2) Change to the QWERTY keyboard when I am in any other application

Later on when I have learnt it, I would like this to happen:
1) Have the Dvorak - QUERTY ⌘ keyboard for all applications apart from developer environments such as Xcode and Terminal
2) Automatically switch to Programmer Dvorak when I am in developer environments such as Xcode and Terminal

I know that the second option I want is similar to the first, however it has more exceptions.

Is it posible to do this in any way (even by downloading third party software)? This would make it so much easier when I am learning the new layout and when I change from programming environments to non-programming environments.

I know other questurns like this have been asked before, however, (https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/222844/automatically-change-keyboard-layout-based-on-app-focus) does not have an answer (or any comments) and (Auto change keyboard layout based on application focus) does not change per application, only per document. This means if I were to create more tabs in my enviroments, it may or may not switch to the correct one.


texts: My iPhone says I'm on the wrong side of the world

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My compass app is reporting that I am X degrees north, X degrees E, however I am most certainly west of greenwich (Basically I am closer to USA than greenwich).

Is this a known bug, I assume that the standard of writing positions is not backward, as I am in the northern hemisphere and it states I'm north.

It's not that it's got the wrong position, but the wrong side of the greenwich meridian, as the degrees, minutes and seconds are correct (according to google maps), it's only it says E instead of W?

Is this a known bug?


texts: How to boot from ISO without USB stick or DVD on Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger

texts: I would like to know a way to boot from an ISO disk image on my iMac running MacOS X Tiger. I DON'T want to use a USB stick or a DVD. Is this possible?


texts: Date and Time imprints on photos taken using iPhone 6

texts: Is it possible to imprint date and time on the photos taken using iPhone ?


texts: What does installing a "device enrollment challenge" do on an iPad?

texts:
I work for a large faceless corporation, and they're rolling out some new software for email. As part of the install, it's asking me to install a "Profile" which contains a "Device Enrollment Challenge".

My question is, should I be nervous about this? What privacy issues should I be concerned about, if any?


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On my less-than-ideal internet, updates such as XCode take many hours to download, and basic browsing (e.g. stack exchange) slows to a crawl while they're loading. I'd like to be able to pause the download and resume it later.

I know I can cancel downloads by pressing the download ring in the App Store app, but I can't find any way to pause downloads in a way which can be resumed later without re-downloading the whole thing. The internet leads me to believe that this used to be possible by right-clicking the app's icon in the dock and selecting 'pause', but this doesn't appear in Mojave (neither on the app being downloaded nor on the app store itself).

What do I need to do to pause an update?


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I have a pair of headphones with an ARM chipset of some sort, and wondered if there was a way of identifying it with a micro USB plugged in, but then I thought, how would I identify a USB device in the generic case?

Given USB port X, and device Y, how might I go about finding information in OS X about what device Y might be?


texts: How do I use gnuradio installed using Macports?

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I have used gnuradio companion in Linus.  I am trying to migrate to macOS Sierra.  I used Macports to install and it completed without error.

How do I run gnuradio now?

When I type "gnuradio-companion" in /opt/local/bin I get the following errors:

  (process:37834): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GMountMountFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

  (process:37834): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GDriveStartFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

  (process:37834): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GSocketMsgFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion", line 97, in
      check_gtk()
    File "/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion", line 64, in check_gtk
      die(err, "Failed to initialize GTK. If you are running over ssh, "
    File "/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion", line 42, in die
      import gtk
    File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/init.py", line 69, in
      _init()
    File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/init.py", line 57, in _init
      warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
  gtk.GtkWarning: could not open display

Suggestions?


texts: a couple os versions back I disabled spotlight's web search with a terminal command and now I'd like to undo that but I can't figure out how to do that. Is there a way to undo or return spotlight to default settings?


texts:
Does non-Server macOS still have a file sharing user limit these days? The way they are abandoning the idea of running Mac Servers, it seems plausible they could have removed the file sharing limit from "client" macOS.

Also was the former (and maybe current) 10-user limit, a limit of the number of different file sharing users that could connect at once, OR a limit of the number of inbound filesharing connections?
In other words, if you created two file sharing users, could 15 people connect if 7 used account A and 8 used account B?


texts: Screen Time: how to disable Downtime limitations in Safari in Big Sur M1?

texts: I want to be able to activate "Downtime limitations" and "limits apps"but still use Safari. Safari missing from the list of apps '"always allowed apps " so I can't  select Safari as an Always Allowed app in order to  exclude it from Downtime


texts: Filling areas of Json script with user prompts

texts:
I am wanting and Applescript to fill certain parts of a Json script via user input prompts, but not sure how to place the results in the correct areas? And to then have the result copied to the clipboard for pasting.

Json script is as follows:

  /spawn {"notif":" WordA ","spawns":[{"name":" WordB ","count":
  Num1 ,"x":[ Num2 ],"y":[ Num3 ],"size": Num4 ,"hp": Num5 }]}

WordA, WordB, and Num1 - 5, are the areas I am wanting to fill in via user prompts.

EDIT: I have this so far, works for the most part, but not sure how to save the result to the clipboard...? What shows in the dialog result is different from the replies, and result just shows 'OK'.

tell application "System Events"
    activate
    display dialog "Write your notification here:" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Next"} default button 2
    set WordA to (text returned of result)
    display dialog "Name your beast:" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Next"} default button 2
    set WordB to (text returned of result)
    display dialog "Number of beasts to add" default answer "1" buttons {"Cancel", "Next"} default button 2
    set Num1 to (text returned of result)
    display dialog "Location X:" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Next"} default button 2
    set Num2 to (text returned of result)
    display dialog "Location Y:" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Next"} default button 2
    set Num3 to (text returned of result)
    display dialog "Size your beast:" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Next"} default button 2
    set Num4 to (text returned of result)
    display dialog "Set HP for your beast:" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Next"} default button 2
    set Num5 to (text returned of result)
    display dialog "      You are set to go, press OK when ready."
    display dialog "/spawn {\"notif\":\" " & WordA & " \",\"spawns\":[{\"name\":\" " & WordB & " \",\"count\": " & Num1 & ",\"x\":[ " & Num2 & " ],\"y\":[ " & Num3 & " ],\"size\": " & Num4 & " ,\"hp\": " & Num5 & " }]}"
end tell


texts: How do I replace a value in an plist array using plutil?

texts:
I'm trying to change a value in an array using plutil, but I get the error

  Failed to insert value new value 2 at key path PARENT.0.KEY_IN_ARRAY with error -[__NSCFConstantString characterAtIndex:]: Range or index out of bounds

Here's a sample plist to illustrate the problem:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>SIMPLE</key>
  <string>value1</string>
  <key>PARENT</key>
  <array>
    <dict>
      <key>KEY_IN_ARRAY</key>
      <string>value2</string>
    </dict>
    <dict>
      <key>KEY_IN_ARRAY</key>
      <string>value3</string>
    </dict>
  </array>
</dict>
</plist>

Modifying the SIMPLE value is easy:

$ plutil -extract SIMPLE xml1 -o - sample.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<string>value1</string>
</plist>

$ plutil -replace SIMPLE -string "new value 1" sample.plist

$ plutil -extract SIMPLE xml1 -o - sample.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<string>new value 1</string>
</plist>

Getting the array value works fine:

$ plutil -extract PARENT.0.KEY_IN_ARRAY xml1 -o - sample.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<string>value2</string>
</plist>

but I get the error when I try to modify this value:

$ plutil -replace PARENT.0.KEY_IN_ARRAY -string "new value 2" sample.plist
sample.plist: Could not modify plist, error: Failed to insert value new
value 2 at key path PARENT.0.KEY_IN_ARRAY with error -[__NSCFConstantString
characterAtIndex:]: Range or index out of bounds


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I have tried the following steps from How to access my .ssh folder for Transmit or Cyberduck?:

  In the find file window, press Command-Shift-G. It'll ask you what folder to navigate to. Enter "~/.ssh" and press return.

… but I did not get any reply. The screen remains the same. What am I doing wrong?


texts: How to enable USB android tethering on OS X Mountain Lion without using Easy-Tether (Lite)

texts:
I can tether fine to Windows 7, but on my Mac OS X Mountain Lion, it does not recognize the USB network.  I can install Easy-Tether (Lite) but that comes with some restrictions (e.g. no secure web pages, so no gmail), so I'd like to use the built in tethering of Cyanogenmod 7 that I have on my Android phone.

Is there anyway to fix the Mac OS X Mountain Lion install so that it properly recognizes the USB network connection?


texts: Send audio output of MacBook to iPhone for remote listening

texts:
Is it possible to send audio from music in iTunes, or from movies on Netflix, or video game sounds, etc., from my MacBook and receive and listen to the audio on my iPhone? I'm thinking of this working like wireless headphones, except with a really long cord. If there is a way could you let me know how the solution works, I'm interested in creating my own script/app to do this if it's not too daunting.

If its important, I'm running an old 2009 MacBook, running Snow Leopard.


texts: Is there a way to improve YouTube performance on the iPad?

texts:
I stream a lot of videos on my iPad. Vimeo, stuff on Apple.com, and more. The place where I consistently have a problem though, is YouTube. On a video such as this embed on Devour, about 10 seconds or so of content will play, and then playback will stop for 30-60 seconds as content buffers. Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot this, or better yet fix it?

For starters, I'm using my ISP's DNS server, as not doing so has led to problems with streaming from Apple and Netflix.


texts:
I currently have a Hornettek Enterprise Quad bay USB3 JBOD hooked up to a Mac Pro running Mavericks. It has two 3TB disks which are mirrored (RAID 1 using Disk Utility) and contain a mixture of personal data and media shared by the Mac Pro to an AppleTV.

I’m fast approaching 3TB of data and need to consider expanding, most likely with another two 3TB drives to the JBOD.

Once I’ve added two new disks to the Hornettek JBOD I will have 4x3TB disks.  Using software RAID under OS X Mavericks, what is the best option to ensure redundancy and disk usage?

A few years ago I used an OpenIndiana server to RAID-Z a few disks together, but gave that up for the simplicity of OS X only. But I guess it’s something like RAID-Z that I want, only a stable OS X solution.


texts: iPhone podcast app for binge listening to large back catalog?

texts:
Can anyone help me find an iphone podcast app that has features that allow efficient browsing through podcasts with large back catalogs? Specifically I would like to be able to go through the list of all episodes of a podcast and choose which ones to download and IMPORTANTLY to remove the episodes I don't want to listen to so I don't have to read through the same 500 episode descriptions every single time I choose episodes. I used to use Instacast which had this feature but has recently gone out of business and stopped functioning.

I've tried Overcast and Apple's Podcasts app so far, but neither has a feature to remove episodes I don't want from the list (as far as I can tell). I'd rather not spend $4 per app to find out the majority of them can't do this.

Thanks,
P.


texts: How can I retrieve the complete "Documents and Data" from iCloud to my Mac?

texts:
Is there a way to get to complete "Document and Data" to the Mac?

P.S.: All datas where uploaded via my ipad, most of it is in IBooks, a lot of Pdfs and ebooks (not from the store). The thing is
1) My ~/Library/Mobile Documents is nearly empty
2) My Ibook-app on the Mac is completely empty.


texts: Fn key shortcuts not working for paragraph styles

texts:
I was thrilled to discover I could create keyboard shortcuts for paragraph styles (see below, where I created one for F1).

However, it won't work (hitting F1 doesn't fix the paragraph style). I've made sure it's not a keyboard problem -- the function keys work fine for other things. What other kinds of troubleshooting might I try?


texts: Make mousing over a new window or screen change the focus to that window?

texts:
I have a multi-monitor set up with my Macbook Pro. Frequently, when I move my mouse from one monitor to another, I'll assume I'm now working in the window my mouse is over, but find myself typing and having my old window/monitor accepting the input.

I've tried going to get the third party software site referenced in this previous question:

How do I make OS X auto focus on the window in the screen the mouse moves into?

Unfortunately, the software they reference no longer exists

How can I change the focus just by moving the mouse?


texts: Fix virtualenv after installing python 3 with brew

texts:
Previously I had the default Python 2.7, and I have a lot of virtualenvs created under python 2, using virtualenvwrapper. Recently, I wanted to be able to use python 3 as well as python 2.

brew install python3 no longer works, so after some research, I ran brew upgrade python followed by brew install python2 to get back Python 2. However, I discovered that the python 3 installation process changed the default "python" to python 3, and that this broke all of my virtualenvs.

For example, if I execute workon test in the console, I get the errors

  /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.6: Error while finding module
  specification for 'virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader'
  (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'virtualenvwrapper')
  /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.6: Error while finding module
  specification for 'virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader'
  (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'virtualenvwrapper')
  /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.6: Error while finding module
  specification for 'virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader'
  (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'virtualenvwrapper')
  /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.6: Error while finding module
  specification for 'virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader'
  (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'virtualenvwrapper')

How can I unscrew-up my system? I need to be able to get back all my old work, even if it means obliterating python 3, although the ideal solution would be to find a way to have python 3 installed along side without interfering with the existing python 2 setup.


texts:
I'm getting the "Macintosh HD can't be opened because the original file can't be found" error when trying to open Macintosh HD from the sidebar of Finder.

Happening since I installed macOS High Sierra. (I'm using a 2010 MacBook Pro with 256GB SSD)

How do I fix that? How can I open that directory?


texts: Why would my new 2015 Macbook pro make more fan noise than my 2013 model?

texts:
I've had a 2013 13" MacBook pro with a small SSD, 8GBs of ram and a i5 since I bought it new. I was always impressed by how I rarely heard the fan turn on at all during normal usage and when I did it was still very quiet.

I just bought a used 2015 model 13" MacBook pro with a 2TB SSD, 16GB of ram and an i7. I haven't used it extensively yet, but I've already noticed the fan running much more frequently and loudly. I was just installing Xcode and it sounded like it was on full blast for the entire process.

Is this to be expected because of the i7? Or due to some other difference in internals? Or is this indicative of some issue?

The computer is used but only has 260 battery cycles.


texts: Mountain Lion always switches to previous application at wake up

texts:
Since upgrading to Mountain Lion (from Snow Leopard), I have noticed that always when I wake up my MacBook Pro, a window from the previously active application is moved to the front.

What causes this?
Can I turn this "feature" off?


texts: How to complete remove all links to default PHP version?

texts:
Running macOS Sierra.

How can I complete remove all links to the default installed PHP version? I have installed PHP 7 through homebrew but when I run scripts that call external CLI applications programatically they still seem to end up using PHP 5.6.25 which is the default installed PHP version.

What can I do to break all ties to this PHP version?

My php -v and phpinfo() already show the proper PHP7 version that I installed. Somehow some scripts still try to look for the default version.

I already read you cannot simply delete it.

If you need more info please let me know.


texts:
I'm running OS 10.8. When I

echo $PATH

my terminal outputs

/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/texbin:/Users/austinzuffi/Development/Android/adt-bundle-max-x86_64/sdk/tools

and i want to remove or at least edit

/Users/austinzuffi/Development/Android/adt-bundle-max-x86_64/sdk/tools

I can't find out where that string is entered. My /etc/paths shows

/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin
/usr/local/bin

I'm assuming there's a file such as .bashrc that adds the entry upon login. I just can't find out which file is doing it. If you know which files might append my path environment variable, please let me know so I can check!

Also, if eclipse is modifying the system variable, let me know. I'm assuming eclipse doesn't have that power however I'm new to it.

Thanks guys
-Austin


texts: Error: "couldn't unmount disk" keeps coming up when formatting external HD to eXFat

texts: I have a WD "my Passport" external HD that is currently formatted for a PC and I would like to format it to eXFAT. Every time I hit "erase" in disk util it just comes up with the error "couldn't unmount disk". Btw, I am running on Maverick. Can anyone help me with this please?


texts:
Upgrading from 10.5.8 to 10.6.3

As I understand I need to back up my files. Is this a precautionary measure or do I necessarily have to reinstall all my files after upgrading the os?


texts: What are these two "Dialup Device"s that suddenly appeared on my Macbook Pro?

texts:
Today I have realized that there are two weird additions to the list of Network Devices on my Macbook Pro (High Sierra). It kind of freaks me out especially because of the weird non-latin characters associated with one of the devices.
Is it something potentially dangerous? Could it be an attempt for hacking?


texts: Sometimes, after I wake up my MBP from sleep I get the screen shown in picture. Once I click somewhere in the middle of the screen I get the log in window. When I log in all the windows/apps that were open before sleep are closed. This doesn't happen always but it happens quite often. Any suggestions? Has anyone had same problem ? This started happening after installing SSD. (Crucial M4)


texts: What does "Effective UID is not root" mean for VirtualBox?

texts:
I'm looking to test VirtualBox 5.0 release or 5.0.x latest development stable build and get this error:

The Please try reinstalling VirtualBox. advice doesn't help.

I am guessing this is what happens when software designed to write files to the new protected system area on El Capitan (SIP/System Integrity Protection) is run, but I don't see any Apple Documentation explaining how to interact with apps or disable that new feature.

Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.11
BuildVersion:   15A244d

VirtualBox - both production 5.0 and stable test build 5.0.x/5.0.x revision 101955 crash as follows:

Process:               VirtualBox [3459]
Path:                  /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBox
Identifier:            org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox
Version:               5.0.1 (5.0.1)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           VirtualBox [3459]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2015-08-10 09:09:41.134 -0400
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11 (15A244d)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        EE01F573-7E91-04EB-9C15-BC7F65B04F93

Sleep/Wake UUID:       99D3F30E-0E72-4E05-9E59-8D29819BB8D8

Time Awake Since Boot: 19000 seconds
Time Since Wake:       1100 seconds

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
crashed on child side of fork pre-exec

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff8a8dc0ae __pthread_kill + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff89031665 pthread_kill + 90
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00007fff943273fb abort + 129
3   QtCoreVBox                      0x000000010dcaddf5 qt_message_output(QtMsgType, char const*) + 117
4   QtCoreVBox                      0x000000010dcadfd7 qt_message_output(QtMsgType, char const*) + 599
5   QtCoreVBox                      0x000000010dcae19a qFatal(char const*, ...) + 170
6   VirtualBox.dylib                0x000000010d323daf TrustedError + 831
7   org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox   0x000000010d2de643 0x10d2db000 + 13891
8   org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox   0x000000010d2de6df 0x10d2db000 + 14047
9   org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox   0x000000010d2ded08 0x10d2db000 + 15624
10  org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox   0x000000010d2dcfa4 start + 52


texts: Problem with web-sharing and resolving localhost

texts:
I was using web-sharing and accessing some webpages that I had developed using localhost. I messed up a PostGreSQL installation and deleted anything related to PostGreSQL and in the process appear to have damaged my apache installation.

If I run ping localhost the result is

  --- localhost ping statistics --- 794 packets transmitted, 794 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev =
  0.033/0.076/0.920/0.055 ms

I then tried running apachectl configtest and recieved the following output:

Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib   Referenced from: /usr/sbin/httpd
Reason: image not found /usr/sbin/apachectl: line 90: 16227 Trace/BPT trap: 5       $HTTPD -t

I also tried

curl http://localhost || echo $? curl: (7) couldn't connect to host 7

Within System Preferences->Sharing->Web Sharing when I try to tick web-sharing I end up with it being unticked automatically. I'm fairly sure that my local webserver is not working, but I'm not sure what I can do to fix this problem.


texts: ensure new mail message defaults to use correct outbound (sender) account

texts:
I have two mail accounts in Apple Mail.  Is there a way to ensure that, when making a new message, it is always sent from the correct sender account, based on which mailbox I currently have selected Inbox.  E.g. Imagine I have inboxe with sub-boxes for company_a and company_b.  These correspond to accounts for john@company_a.com and john@company_b.com If I have selected "company_a" I want outbound message to be sent from company_a account with corresponding company_a signature on message.

At moment, Apple mail always defaults to use the first email account defined in accounts list.  I must always click in new message window and change the sender account, which is fine, but I send many messages and it is easy to forget to do it when busy.

If it helps, I also use act-on from SmallCube, but haven't figured out a way to use that to help yet either.

± Rodney


texts:
I have recently bought an EasyCAP DC60. I have also downloaded easy cap viewer Fushicai on my MacBook Air which is currently running macOS Sierra. I'm trying to display my PS3 on my laptop using a HDMI to AV converter because I don't have an AV cable for my PS3. When I start up the easy cap viewer, it just shows a black screen.

How do I fix this?


texts:
My boss accidentally removed the locally saved contacts from his device.
If I login on his account on iCloud, there's nobody in the contacts app.
On the icloud website  I can try to recover contacts, but that option also tells me there is nothing to recover
He doesn't seem to have any icloud backups.
Basically he never used anything iCloud, there really are no backups.

I did see some shareware tools that pretend to recover contacts. Is this really possible? Will they really look for locally deleted items and recover them or are they just 'scams' that make it easy to recover contacts that are backedup somewhere.
I don't want to pay for software that will not recover anything anyway.

he has the latest iphone, probably with the latest update.


texts:
Similar question to How do I flush the DNS cache on a OS X 10.6 machine?, but for iOS in general.

Specifically, my use case is to flush the DNS cache for applications I downloaded from App Store. Likely apps with native networking implemented (example: apps that use Foundation's NSURLSession).

Running an iPhone 7 on iOS 10.2.1 in China with frequent DNS hijacking happening before you even have time to connect to VPN, so rebooting the device would not be a sufficient solution.


texts:
I have several external drives, all of which work fine, but recently purchased and backed up to a new drive (Samsung T5) which always fails to eject cleanly. Whenever I try to eject it, I'm asked:

“Drive” is a volume on a disk that has 2 volumes. Do you want to eject “ Drive” only, or both volumes?
To eject both, click Eject All, or hold down the Option key while ejecting.
To eject only “Drive,” click Eject, or hold down the Control key while ejecting.

Unless I choose Eject All, the drive stays around, so I choose Eject All. But then I get a message that says "Drive - Data" was not ejected because it was in use, and I have to Force Eject to finally eject it. When I then unplug the drive I get a warning that doing so might have caused problems.
There's nothing that I know of that's actually using the drive when I do this, and no damage seems to be done.
Why won't my Samsung T5 eject cleanly?

The drive is formatted APFS/GUID, unencrypted and is a bootable clone with FileVault enabled (though it behaved this way before FV was enabled too, and before anything was backed up to it.)


texts:
I need dnsmasq to run at boot on Mavericks. I've got dnsmasq working fine. I've created a .plist file in /Library/LaunchDaemons with the following contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
            <string>/usr/local/sbin/dnsmasq</string>
            <string>--keep-in-foreground</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

This runs perfectly if I do:

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq.plist

However, it does not start at boot.
Permissions are: -rw-r-xr-x
What am I missing?


texts:
Since yesterday my .xls files will not open in Office for Mac 2011. They have always done so till then. I can still open .xlxs files. The default 'open with' option is still the Microsoft Excel.app. I haven't (not aware of) having made any software updates yesterday. The message I get is that the file c'cannot be accessed' because it 'may be read-only, or you may be trying to access a read-only location. Or, the server the document is stored on may not be responding'.

But, it is happening with ALL .xls files,whether on my own drive that I have no problem accessing for other files, on things just emailed to me, or as downloads from a Skydrive facility.

Any ideas? thanks


texts: How do you install and use a Linux partition on Mavericks?

texts:
As a just-for-fun type of experiment, I was wanting to install Linux on an external drive that I own and boot it up on my 2007 iMac desktop.

I know there are a plethora of guides out there on how to do this, but I have not encountered one yet about if it remains the same on 10.9. I have read, however, that the software that lets you dual-boot Mac OS X and Linux is broken on Mavericks, which is where my reluctance comes from.

The primary reference that I looked at for how to install Linux onto Mac OS X (on a separate partition) was written for Tiger (see here; MacLife magazine), so I assume there are some things to be updated in that respect.

Furthermore, the boot menu that I have heard has broken on Mavericks is rEFIt. I noticed that it is no longer maintained, and there is the project known as rEFInd that is maintained.

So far, I have tried to use an install DVD to boot up Fedora on my machine, but I can't get my system to recognize the Fedora DVD in any way. I have tried holding down the 'C' key and the 'option' key to try to get it to recognize it, but I never see it outside of my desktop when I'm logged in on Mac OS X. All I have put on the disc is the ISO of Fedora.

Additionally, after this, I have tried putting the necessary files for installation on an external drive partition that I want to install Fedora on full-time; however, I am also having issues with that as well. Neither rEFInd nor the system recognizes the hard drive as a bootable partition. I was starting to wonder if it might be because the drive is formatted as an exFAT partition?

I just need to know if that there is currently a safe way to install Linux on an external hard drive for use on my computer. Thanks!


texts:
I know that when I close a finder window the next time it opens, it will open at the same size.

This works with me for a while, but sometimes all the finder windows just go back to the default size (Small window) except for the Macintosh HD folder!

Why is that? How can I fix it? It is VERY annoying.


texts: Can I run a disc image of a cloned Tiger or Leopard PPC drive on a modern Intel Mac via virtualization software?

texts:
I have a PowerMac G5 PPC running Tiger and an old, white, Santa Rosa MacBook running Leopard.

If I create cloned disc images of these OS drives, will I be able to run them in VMWare Fusion/Parallels/etc. on a modern Intel Mac?

If I were to create bootable clones of these drives, would these need to be formatted as APM on FireWire drives that would only be accessible from the G5 &/or SR MacBook as opposed to bootable clones formatted as GUID on USB drives accessible from any modern Mac?

Is there any reason I would want to clone the drives via Target Disk Mode, hooked up to an Intel Mac, as opposed to cloning them directly from their own interfaces or from an Intel Mac with access to them via ethernet LAN?

Thank you