texts: Internet connectivity drops intermittently on El Capitan

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I've got the following setup: A 2010 MBA and a 2013 rMBP, both running El Capitan (same issues on Yosemite though), connected to an AirPort Express 802.11n (1st Generation), which is connected via an ethernet cable to a Cisco router/modem. Airport is running in bridge mode.

10-20 times a day, internet connectivity will drop for between 10 and 90 seconds. iPads and iPhones never have issues, only the macs. The wifi connection is fine, it's just internet. Generally, only one mac loses internet connectivity, the other mac remains connected.

I'm pinging an external server, the modem and the airport continuously. During downtime, the external server is unreachable, but both the airport and the modem remain reachable.

What immediately restores the connection is clicking "Renew DHCP Lease" in the Network Preferences.

I tried to programmatically renew the DHCP lease as soon as downtime was detected (sudo ipconfig set en1 DHCP), but that seemed to confuse the wifi connection status in the menu bar.

I'd like to solicit tips to pin down the problem in more detail, or to solve the problem entirely. (Cutting out the Airport and using the cisco router/modem directly produced similar problems).

UPDATE:

My connection goes down every 15 minutes, like clockwork. When it's down, the DHCP entry for my laptop disappears from the list of DHCP entries in the web interface of the Cisco, even though it was not about to expire.


texts: Deleting photos on the phone - does it affect them on iCloud?

texts: Can you delete pictures from an iPhone and still have it saved in iCloud? If so, how?


texts: I'm using the f5 software connect to VPN, but errors out with TunnelServer already launched

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I'm using the BIG-IP f5 vpn client on my MacBookPro.  Most of the time it works fine.

Sometimes when my VPN does not exit cleanly I can no longer connect to the VPN.  No matter how many times I try to exit, disconnect, turn off my wireless network, or release the dhcp, close my laptop lid.  Nothing works.

I get this error message

  tunnel server already launched

The only way around this was to reboot my Mac.  This has the major drawback of loosing all my open browsers, terminals, folders, applications, etc.

Is there any other way around this issue?  So that I can retain all the things that I have opened and am in the middle of?  I try not to reboot for weeks or months at a time.


texts: Change the official language of Windows 7 as virtual machine

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Someone just helped me install VMware Fusion on my Mac with Windows 7 as a virtual machine.

And I just realized that the official language is French, instead of English. Although I can read French, but I definitely prefer the whole system to be in English.

I don't think the “Region and Language” control panel is the right place to fix this, because I have already done as follows with English, which does not work:

Could anyone tell me if this setting is 100% dependent on what I settings I picked when I first installed Windows, or it this changeable?


texts: How to capture the visible page screenshot in one step in Safari or another browser?

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I have a large series of web pages to capture for documentation. Unfortunately it is mostly an interactive process, but can be repeated rather quickly.

At the moment I am using the dreaded "Awesome Screenshot" extension because it has had the shortest path to the desired result so far, but yet it still has an extra step that I would like to eliminate.

Presently when I click the "Awesome Screenshot" button in my toolbar I get an annotation page with the screenshot (this is the step I'd like to eliminate) and then upon clicking Done, I then get a draggable image.

Essentially I want to be able to initiate a shortcut (either by keypress or button click) and then immediately have an image to paste or drag into a document (e.g., in my case I want to paste it into PDFPen Pro to add it to the sequence).

Is there a way to shortcut this process in Safari, or any other browser on macOS for that matter, that will allow me to capture the visible portion of a webpage immediately to the pasteboard or to a draggable image so that capturing becomes a 1 step process?


texts: Can I efficiently make a pdf out of 10 jpeg images?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I combine two or more images to get a single pdf file?

In Lion, how can I efficiently combine 10 jpeg files into a single pdf in which each image is a page? I have preview.


texts: Aspect ratio problems w/ Acer widescreen monitor

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I'm trying to use an Acer Nitro XZ342CK 34", a 21:9 widescreen (3440 x 1440 res) as an external display for a MacBook Pro (2017, 13"). But the display is quite distorted (vertically squashed). I've tried all the scaling options, none correct the problem. I've tried both with and without mirroring.
According to system prefs, the MacBook detects the monitor model (XZ342CK) correctly, but none of the scaling options have the correct aspect ratio. The available options are all 16:9, which obviously doesn't match 21:9.
I'm hoping to avoid hacky solutions such as SwitchResX.


texts: How do I kill a nameless process that won't die?

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My activity monitor is showing me a nameless process ("Process Name" column in activity monitor is blank) - which seems to keep spawning new, extremely short lived, nameless processes

Neither top nor ps -fu seem to list the process.

kill -9 <process id> tells me there's no such process id.

Yet I keep seeing the process in activity monitor, it keeps spawning short lived children there, and the thrashing of my CPU seems to have led to my (otherwise idle) laptop to start up its fans.

Suggestions/ideas?


texts: Why does iTunes stick on "Waiting for sync to start" when using WiFi sync?

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Sometimes I get "Looking for iPhone" and then a silent failure. Sometimes it finds the iPhone and sticks on "Waiting for sync to start" long enough (more than 10 minutes) that I forget and/or try to quit iTunes. When I try to quit I usually have to force-quit if I actually want to get out of iTunes. I never get any error messages, just silent failures or iTunes frozen/not responding.

Sometimes a force-quit and relaunch gets things going, sometimes not. Just now after a force-quit/restart iTunes silently gave up after looking for the iPhone about 4 times and on the 5th try finally worked fine.

iPhone is on the same wifi network as the Mac running iTunes.


texts: No website opening but network works perfect, dns perfect as well

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I am relatively new to OSX but I do my best here. I read a lot and tried to solve but did not find a answer which fits to my problem well.

I have a Mac Mini with Yosemite 10.10.2. My network seems perfect and I can ping for example in my Terminal any website, domain etc. also nslookup works perfect for any domain.

How ever if I try to open a website nothing opens and the page loads simply forever. I am connected either with Wifi or Cable but the same result. I tried to activate/disactivate  without success the network adapter. Of course I restarted modem as well. (Besides with my tablet and phone the same modem via Wifi works perfect).

I dont know what else to do. I also do not use any Antivirus, Firewall etc. software in this moment. How ever something blocks me from opening any website. the only thing which helps me is a complete restart of my system.

Thank you  in advance for any tip.


texts: Can OS X apps access my contacts even if I don't give them permission?

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After I upgraded to Mountain Lion, I noticed that apps have started asking for permission to access my contacts.  Very cool.

When Skype initially asked for permission to access my contacts, I decided not to grant it.

However, when I loaded Skype this morning, I noticed that my Skype contacts screen was still getting populated from my Address Book.

I double-checked in the Security prefpane, and Skype still does not have permission to access my contacts.

How is Skype getting my contacts?  Can apps access my Address Book even if I have explicitly denied them permission?


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When trying to copy files to a network drive (external hard drive via Router by way of SMB) from MacBook Pro, I get the following:

Items can’t be copied to “folder name” because you don’t have permission to read them.

I ran ls -@Odeln /Volumes/[folder name] in Terminal and this came back:

drwxrwxrwx  1 0  0  - 16384

I have set all rw permissions for users from my MacBook Pro and on the external hard drive, and I'm still getting the same error.

Has anyone else had this issue and been able to fix it?


texts: How can I trigger an Applecript or Automator app when a specific bluetooth device comes into range?

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I have an Applescript that connects a bluetooth speaker to my Mac and switches “Play sound effects through:” to “Internal Speakers”.

I want this script to run every time I turn on my bluetooth speaker. I am currently triggering the script manually with a keyboard shortcut every time I switch the speaker on, but it would be even more convenient if I could set the script to run automatically whenever the bluetooth speaker becomes available to the Mac, preferably without using third-party software.

Is there a way to do this?


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Recently I've done clean reinstall of MacOS and naturally I copied all of my important files to external drive and copied them back once I had a clean installed system. The problem is when I type ls in terminal to see my files all the directories have weird colour and all files are executable even though some of them didn't have that flag.
Notice how all the directories in my home directory have normal colour to them and how the copied ones (in BashProfile directory) have a weird colour.

Also all the files that I've copied became executable (you can tell by the bright green colour) but of course the ones I copied into the directory not from external drive but from my home directory are normal like they are supposed to be.

You can see that all my .jpg files are executable for some reason.

I am using this settings in my .bash_profile :

export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=ExFxBxDxCxegedabagacad

My question is: Why were my directories and files affected when I copied them from external hard drive, what do this different colours mean on my directories and is there any possibility that I can revert this changes?

I am running MacOS Mojave

wiktor Pictures $ echo $LSCOLORS
ExFxBxDxCxegedabagacad

Also files that are green are indeed executable in contrast to white coloured files.

And my drive's format is ExFAT


texts: Is something missing from my Macbook Air package?

texts: Should my brand new Macbook Air 13'' have come with a CD/DVD in that black booklet included in the package?


texts: Should I be concerned that the fan on my 11 inch Air makes a lot of noise when I play Call of Duty Black Ops?

texts: It's a Mid 2012 version (full spec here).  I play the game with the lowest graphics setting possible (with Shader Warming turned off, texture quality set to low etc.). The game runs smoothly. The fan spins quite loudly and the machine gets hotter while I play, even for a short duration. Should I be worried that playing the game for a long time would do some physical damage to the processor core and/or do some other harm to the hardwire?


texts: trying to erase external SSD that is only seen in terminal

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I have a SSD drive that was removed from a MacAir and placed into an eclosure. I must have screwed up the directory by deleting files from the drive and not dismounting it because the drive is invisible in DiskUtil. I can see it in Terminal but when I try to erase the drive using diskutil, it starts and gets to 30% then stops with the error message below. The drive has been backed up so I really just want to start all over. The drive was JHFS+ format. HERE IS WHAT I'VE TRIED
diskutil cs delete LVG(ID from cs list)Started CoreStorage operation
Unmounting Logical Volumes
Ejecting Logical Volumes
Destroying Logical Volume Group
Error: -69783: Unable to delete the CoreStorage Logical Volume Group
THE CORESTORAGE LIST IS:

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
I
+--     Logical Volume Group 82251C74-8AB8-4D15-8B47-F4C0B92577A4
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------·-

Name:
Status:
Size:
Free Space:
I

MASMac HD
Online
120473067520 8 (120.5 G8)
18948096 8 (18.9 M8)

•

+-<
I

Physical Volume 011056FE-9076-4299-8245-D661C4A2CA2C
-----------------· -----------------------------------

I   Index:
I   Disk:
I   Status:
I   Size:
I

0
diskls2
Online
120473067520 8 (120.5 G8)

+->

Logical Volume Family 7DBD9F78-448E-430F-82F0-CD0738D38AC1

Encryption Type:
I

None

+-> Logical Volume 5313F6EA-59A9-4331-BC04-2C385422C682

Disk:   disk2
Status: Online
Size (Total):   120101797888 B (120.1 GB)
Revertible: Yes (no decryption required)
LV Name:    MASMac HD
Volume Name:    MASMac HD
Content Hint:   Apple_HFS


texts: Finally upgraded my Mac, now I can't install security update

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I finally upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion (I didn't trust my older iMac (iMac11,3) to run the newest OS X) but now I can't install an important security update, the Security Update 2015-006 1.0.

I'm totally at a loss. I even booted up into the recovery mode, repaired all disk/permissions (didn't see anything serious anyway) and then re-installed Mountain Lion all over again. I'm still getting an error when I try to install it though.

It downloads just fine, and gets to the end of the install process after rebooting, but just gives an "unexpected error."

How can I fix this?

EDIT:
I tried downloading and installing the standalone update, but it didn't work either. Here are (what I understand to be) the output logs from the end of the installation process, when it fails:

Oct  6 05:16:42 homebase-iMac.local com.apple.kextd[12]: kextcache error while updating / (error count: 28)
Oct  6 05:16:43 homebase-iMac.local mds[761]: (Normal) ImportServer: Software update complete
Oct  6 05:16:43 homebase-iMac.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
Oct  6 05:16:44 homebase-iMac.local Installer[928]: CoreAnimation: warning, deleted thread with uncommitted CATransaction; set CA_DEBUG_TRANSACTIONS=1 in environment to log backtraces.
Oct  6 05:16:44 homebase-iMac.local Installer[928]: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Oct  6 05:16:48 homebase-iMac.local com.apple.kextd[12]: /: kextcache has had enough tries; not launching any more


texts: Why does new file created by touch have GID wheel?

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I have an account on macOS 10.13.2 (High Sierra) where groups returns this:

staff everyone localaccounts com.apple.sharepoint.group.2
_lpoperator com.apple.sharepoint.group.1

Yet when I touch a new file I see wheel, which is not in the list, as GID:

$ touch /var/tmp/hello
$ ls -l /var/tmp/hello
-rw-r--r--  1 account  wheel  0 Dec 24 18:36 /var/tmp/hello

What is going in here? (If this were, say, Debian I would have expected the new file to be owned by account:account instead of account:wheel).


texts: How to delete iCloud storage Mail cache?

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I've deleted every E-Mail in my iCloud account. But the storage overview shows me 2,2GB used space for my Mails.

But there is no E-Mail left:

  How can I update the storage overview or delete the iCloud cache for
  my Mails?

I just have the free version and 2,2GB takes a lot of my space.


texts: If I turn iMessage off, will I receive those messages when I turn it back on?

texts: I am currently wanting to turn iMessage off, for unsaid reasons, but I want to read the messages people send me. They don't have iPhones, so iMessage is the best bet.


texts: AppleScript to connect Magic Mouse on iMac

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I'd like to write an AppleScript that will connect my Magic Mouse 2.  Basically, in words, I'd like a script that will show up in "Services" that opens system preferences, goes to Bluetooth, finds the Magic Mouse 2 device and connects this device.  Note that in my Bluetooth Devices I have both a Bluetooth Mouse 4.0 and a Magic Mouse 2.

I have tried to use Automator via the record command, but the process doesn't work well.  I think if I wrote an AppleScript to do this, I could compile this as a quick action and allow me to do this action from my Touch Bar.

Have researched this and can't seem to find an existing script so I want to try to write one myself.  New to both the Mac and AppleScript so taking a long time.  I have ordered an AppleScript book, but in meantime wanted to see if I could get some pointers from this site, which is so very helpful.


texts: Download Xcode with developer account and then change account

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I have a developer account now, and I can download Xcode 5.
But soon I won't need this account anymore, and I may
get a new (organization type) account.
My question is, will I be able to use my new organization
account to write programs with Xcode 5 I downloaded previously?
And also submit possibly with this new account?
Thanks.


texts: How can I move a MS Word "toolbox" when the grab area is behind the OS X menu bar?

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MS Word has positioned what they call a "toolbox" so that the area you click on to drag it is hidden behind OS X's menu bar, as shown in the screen capture below...

There is no place on the palette (or "toolbox") where I can click on it to move it.

I tried hiding and showing it again via View > Toolbox, but it always reappears in the same inaccessible location.

I tried restarting the machine.

How can I release it from captivity?


texts: How to restore the AddressBook database from backup

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How do I transfer my address book files in the abcdp format to my new MacBook Pro with Mac OS X Lion?

The files are from a 2008 MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6; the hard drive crashed, and the computer won't start up at all. Luckily, I had everything backed up with Mozy. I restored the files on the new MacBook, but I cannot read the abcdp format. I've tried a few other solutions such as copying the abcdp files into the metadata folder with no luck.


texts: Who is able to access iMessage on Apple's servers?

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I understand that iMessages are stored on Apple's servers regardless of whether my iCloud is switched on or not.

Can the messages stored on Apple's servers be accessed either by myself, or by anyone else using my AppleID? I am concerned that other people may be able to access these messages.


texts: How to use drag and drop to move files instead of copying

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Drag and drop between drives defaults to copying the files not moving them. I know holding ⌘ along with the drag will move the files, but I'm looking for something more permanent like a defaults command, maybe?

I'm using Lion.


texts: How change language of interface in itunes connect

texts: I had English language in iTunes Connect, but today it's changed to russian (I'm from Russia) and I cant find where to change the interface's language back to English (Russian localized - bad).


texts: iPhone 4S fell into water and blacked out, with only CPU and mainboard burning. Is it possible to export the data from two years ago?

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In the fall of 2015, my previous iPhone 4S fell into water and blacked out. Afterwards, like now, when charging, the mainboard will get hot, but nothing will show up on the screen and the battery also have no reaction.

Is it possible to fix it? Do you think it's the screen's problem or the battery? If it's the battery, why would the mainboard heat up?

If it's the screen, does it mean after I get a new screen I could see my past data and information on the iPhone?

Or is it possible to save the RAM/CPU, for use in a functioning phone, for me to see the data?


texts: How can I make it as easy as possible for someone to make an emergency call?

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My mother-in-law lives with us and is in poor health. She is wheelchair bound and has COPD, needing assistance with an oxygen compressor and oxygen tanks.

In recent weeks, there have been a few emergencies where she fell out of her wheelchair and needed immediate assistance, but it was the early morning, and no one was awake to check on her for about an hour. She has an iPhone and knows how to use "Hey Siri," but the phone wasn't within reach and wasn't registering her voice, which is very quiet and raspy.

I'm looking for some way for her to carry a small device that she could press a button on and an alert would immediately be sent to at least one, preferably multiple phones (mine, my wife's, my son's).

All the emergency medical devices I've found are subscription based and contact a third party. My mother-in-law doesn't want this.

We all have iPhones and Wi-Fi in the house. Her bedroom has a good Wi-Fi signal, but spotty cellular reception.

Is there a technology that she can always have on her person where she pressing a simple button and an alert appears on my wife's, my son's, and my iPhone?


texts: Optimal keyboard shortcut for keyboard layout switching on OS X?

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Considering that Spotlight is already using ⌘+space and that you cannot use combination of modifiers alone, I would like to see an ergonimic alternative.

I can't use the following combinations due to conflicts with other software

ctrl+space - auto-complete in IDEA


texts: How do you correct when Facebook picks the wrong contact?

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I have Contact cards for my father- and brother-in-law, let's call them John Smith and Johnny Smith (he's a Junior). My father-in-law doesn't use Facebook, but my brother-in-law does, and since he goes by John Smith on Facebook, Mountain Lion associated my father-in-law's card with his account (even though I had birthdays for each card - now my father-in-law has two birthdays...).

Is there any way I can correct it to choose by brother-in-law instead? I tried disabling Contacts integration from System Preferences, then renaming them to be John Smith, Sr. and John Smith and turning it back on. It remained connected to my father-in-law.


texts: How can I use my Bluetooth speaker for 2 Apps Spotify + Microphone Apps at same time?

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I would like to play the music on my Bluetooth speaker while singing over the music played from another application such as Spotify or YouTube. (Microphone Apps can be downloaded from the Apple store and works fine with my speaker, but it cuts of Spotify Apps)  iPhone 8 iOS12.

Musixmatch does it at monthly subscription charge and requires external microphone.


texts: Safari searches in the title bar require tapping "return" twice

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This began when I upgraded to El Capitan. Sometimes when I search using the title bar of Safari for a google search, I have to hit the return key twice. A single return will sometimes load search results, but not always.

Deleted com.apple.Safari.plist from my Library folder as part of troubleshooting, but it's still occurring.


texts: Exchange clipboard only with a virtual machine running in Parallels 14

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I am using Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac, running Ubuntu in the VM, with Parallels special software installed within Ubuntu.

Out of security concerns, I always turn on the Configuration setting on Security panel for Isolate Linux from Mac. Unfortunately, I would sometimes like to transfer some text between the host Mac and the guest VM.

Is there a way to allow only the clipboard to be exchanged with the Mac and VM but otherwise isolate it (no shared files, etc.)?


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Here is the scenario: I was bouncing music and got a warning Macintosh HD is almost full! By the time I empty the trash my my froze.
So I restart it and that infinite white progress bar below the gorgeous Apple never end progressing.

I reboot in single user and tried a fsck check but in seem to only check for OS X base system which appear OK.

Tried the verbose and got stuck within a pause.

Then tried to reach for my users in terminal within recovery booting and there was nothing there, no users, no hidden files, nothing but a .forward and a Library. I didn't cried !

I'm ok with the reality of a Hardware failure.
I'm not so ok with the fact of loosing music that I made that came out of the blue from spontaneous inspiration. So for this last part, I will do everything necessary to get to those files.

So I started my OLD MB Pro (2007) and FW target boot from it.
Here's what disk Utility have to tell about it;

Any cue is more then welcome


texts: My Android no longer receives text messages from an iphone since signing in to imessages on my mac

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I have a Mac, running Big Sur. I signed in to iMessages, and sent a message to my wife's iPhone.
Now, messages from her iPhone no longer go to my Android, and I can find no way to stop it from sending to iMessage.
Is this a bug? How do I fix it?


texts: How can I disable a specific USB port in my MacBook?

texts:
BRCM2046 is the USB card from my macbook (according to System Profiler), and one of the ports is a problem that it generates an error on the console.

I would like to know how to disable this port.


texts:
Just reiterating a few locked threads that I found reporting the same issue but without any solution/conclusion:

Calendar reminders - noticeable delay
Calendar reminders in Outlook for Mac v15.3 show up late
Calendar Reminders late on desktop
Calendar/Reminder Notifications Late

And hopefully some day somebody can have an answer.
For my case, MBP desktop,

reminders for first pop up (say 15 mins) and then when snoozed to (say) 5 mins before are normally on time (when pop up shows, the time on the URH corner is still the same, say 9:45, 9:55)
however, it is the the final reminder at the time of the event that constantly show up late, range from 50 seconds to 1.5 minutes (when pop up shows, the time on the URH corner is almost always at least a minute late, say 10:01+)
and today, the final reminder show up one hour late

My OS: Mac Catalina
$ sw_vers
ProductName:       Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15.7
BuildVersion:   19H524


texts: macOS Sierra doesn’t seem to remember SSH keys between reboots

texts:
I have to run this command since upgrading to macOS:

ssh-add -K

Corrects the problem after the reboot but I have to run this command every time I log on to my computer.

If I do not run the command above, my keys in ~/.ssh are skipped and I am being asked server password in order to establish the connection.


texts: A specific problem with altering the Mac command-key layout to behave like Windows

texts: I want to change Command+Space combination to change keyboard layout to a Windows like Alt+Shift but the Lion's keyboard settings does not react when I assign that particular combination. It allows me to change it to a other combinations, however. I assume this is because Alt+Shift is already being used by some other program, but which one? How can I tell that and what can I do to override that setting?


texts: What are real life iPhone 5 battery run-time expectancies?

texts:
I got my iPhone 5 this week.

While browsing with Safari, on WiFi (which I am using to post this question), my battery life drops at a steady rate of 1% per 5 minutes. I have been timing it from 64% to 56%, and its been exactly constant for each percentage point.

All widgets are off and I have double-tapped the Home button to make sure Safari is the only app running.

5 minutes times 100 percentage points comes out to about 8 hours and 20 minutes, but Apple says it should last up to 10 hours browsing on WiFi.

Am I just being OCD or is my battery a little weak?

How much deviance from the estimated time is normal?


texts: Troubleshooting HDMI connection between MBP and Sony Bravia TV

texts:
I'm trying to connect my MacBook Pro (late 2011) running Mavericks to my Sony Bravia television like so: MBP thunderbolt port -> Mini DisplayPort cable -> HDMI cable -> TV HDMI 1 port.

However, I'm not getting any picture or sound on the television. Neither device has recognised the other.

Have I missed something out?


texts: How to restore files, keeping original "Date Added"

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I had an automation problem with my Downloads folder (no doubt my fault), losing the correct filename for > 2,000 files. No prob: I'm obsessive about backups (internal Time Machine plus 2 external clones).

I restored the Downloads folder from TM, but that made all the dates in the Date Added the current date rather than the date I downloaded them. (Really, Apple? That's a "restore"?) Copying from a clone does the same thing. Anyone know how to restore that folder keeping the original Date Added dates?


texts: I wonder if anyone is aware of any replacement for Stylish. Stylish is not on the Safari Extension Gallery since they were stealing browsing information.


texts: LIGHTROOM: Missing files on ThunderBay Raid Drive after internal Hard Drive crash

texts:
I'm looking for options and would appreciate any ideas.

I'm a photographer w/a MacBook Pro & an OWC upgraded SSD internal drive that crashed. Lightroom is my main application and I use an OWC ThunderBay RAID drive as my main data hard drive (imports of images go directly here).

Upon the abrupt crash of my Internal SSD HD, I used Carbon Copy Cloner to backup the HD  and restore* (some manual restoration was necessary), and then reformatted the internal drive. Upon reinstalling OS Mojave and Lightroom, I discovered to my horror that my catalog in Lightroom can't locate 80,000 of my images! (these are images that I know exist on the drive, as I was just using many of them).

I'm thinking that this has something to do with my messy restoration (created a new user by accident) that is hiding folders and files via security permissions. Even though I've used Terminal to broadly change the drive's permissions etc... gone through folder by folder... there are still these thousands of important missing and I believe "hidden" files.

Looking for suggestions... I am really in a dilly of a pickle. (-Flandersism


texts: MacBook Pro case that ventilates and protects against dust

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I like to use my MacBook remotely and therefore I need to leave it standby. I normally put away my MacBook in a slipcase. I guess this isn't a good idea when I use the MacBook (remotely) because of the heat and necessary ventilation.

Are there any solutions for using a MacBook remotely and still be able to protect it against dust? Some sort of a case that has ventilation?


texts: OSX tries to finish an update after login, hangs at completion then shuts down

texts:
Yesterday I restarted my MacBook Pro and it started installing updates after I logged in again. The problem is it does not complete. It fills up to 100 %, then hangs for like 10 minutes and ultimately shuts down. When I power on the MacBook Pro again the same happens cycle is about to take place.

I tried to reset the NVRAM and also to check the disk using CommandOptionPR. It seems I have DataVault enabled and I am also unable to unlock the drive. When I try to reinstall OS X/macOS – where I have already accepted data loss – I can not complete the task because of the locked drive. When I unlock the drive using my correct password, the main drive disappears.

I have tried to fire up the MacBook Pro in safe mode and also logged in as a guest user. The laptop just can not complete the login process for my user.

What can I do to resolve


texts: I have audio software that only uses VST plug-ins, not Apple's Audio Units. Does anyone know if it might be feasible to create a VST that accesses Audio Units? Particularly, Apple's own DSL Midi sounds.


texts: How do I identify if my EarPods lightning are original?

texts:
When I connect the EarPods purchased along with iPhone from suspect source I see this:

Is this not weird? Are they original or not?


texts: Replacing cpu Thermal paste triggered the AppleThunderboltNHI.kext problem?

texts:
This is a Macbook pro 2014-mid 15 inch.
After I replaced the cpu thermal paste, it starts to auto shutdown frequently. I have monitored the cpu temperature to find out that it is better than before.
When it is connect to a monitor through thunderbolt cable, it works normally.
There was no such auto-shutdown problem before that. I googled to get the clue about AppleThunderboltNHI.kext.
I tried to disable the kext, the problem disappeared. But I need Thunderbolt-Network-Adapter.
And I wondering what happened, why the problem came out after replacing thermal paste.


texts:
I have a macOS Mojave based Mac, and, for a project, I need to be able to target iOS 5.1 (iPad 1).

Xcode 10 doesn't ship build support for iOS 5.1, so I downloaded Xcode 4.3 from Apple's archives.

Xcode 4.3 isn't compatible with macOS Mojave, and from what I've been able to understand, it is with OS X Mountain Lion.

Without having to buy an old Mac (old enough to be based on OS X Mountain Lion), and without having to completely reinstall the OS, how can I compile for the iOS target 5.1, for an iPad 1?


texts: How do I prevent accidental double clicks?

texts:
My Magic Mouse is going bad and sometimes detects a double click when I single click.

I know that there is a setting which allows you to set the upper threshold for double click speed, but not a lower threshold.

How do I set a lower threshold for double click speed?


texts: High Sierra: Converted to APFS and Finder not updating available capacity

texts:
I'm running OS 10.13.1 and I did a fresh install of High Sierra and imported my files, apps, etc via the migration assistant. I have an original Apple SSD installed.

Since installing, the available capacity in the Finder is delayed in updating and inconsistent. Updating available space can take hours, days, or require a restart.

Currently the finder says I have 127.09GB (out of 500GB) available.
Disk Utility has 123.03 available.
"About This Mac" shows 93.67GB available.
System Information shows 79.4GB available.

Anyone else having these kinds of issues and is there a way to get available space to 1) be accurate and 2) update instantly?


texts: How to transfer a large video (> 2 GB) from iPhone to a PC?

texts:
I have installed iTunes on my PC.
However, when I click Photos → Sync Photos,
it says

  You can choose which photos from your computer are copied to your iPhone.
  It seems that it copies photos from the computer to the iPhone, but not the other way around.

Question:
How do I transfer a large video (> 2 GB) from an iPhone to a PC?


texts:
I have a MacBook Air (2013) and I would like to run (that is, boot into) Windows without creating a partition for it. I also want to keep it mobile within an office area, so I would prefer not to use an external HD or flash drive.

Is it possible to use NetBoot to boot into Windows via WiFi?


texts: HEVC video playback - File works in QuickTime, black video in TV.app

texts:
I have some HEVC video files which play fine in QuickTime and VLC, but show only a black screen when playing in TV.app (audio works fine).
This is the relevant output from ffmpeg's ffprobe of one of these files,  the others I tested were encoded with the same settings:
Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41
    date            : 2016-05-08T22:00:00
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
    media_type      : 10
Duration: 01:28:43.03, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 279 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: hevc (Main) (hvc1 / 0x31637668), yuv420p(tv, progressive), 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 176 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn, 25 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 96 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler

I also have one with the fourCC set to hev1, which definitely worked in iTunes on Mojave. The video stream information on that is
Stream #0:0(und): Video: hevc (Main) (hev1 / 0x31766568), yuv420p(tv), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1953 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 16k tbn, 23.98 tbc (default)

I assume the subsampling is correct, because I used the settings recommended by the ffmpeg wiki and because they worked before.
In older macOS versions, this problem was caused by having the wrong four CC, but I've used both of them and neither work. What have I done wrong? I assume the problem isn't the encoding, since it worked on Mojave and in QuickTime (actually, I'm surprised that the playback code is different).
(Originally asked on Apple Support Communities, but I got no answer there.)


texts: El Capitan: How do I use my Apple ID password to log in after a temporary password change?

texts:
Today, I reset my User password to a temporary password for use in a service appointment. Previously, the account was using my iCloud password to log in, and I thought I could change it back to that after the service.

When the service was completed, I used the Users & Groups preference pane to reset my password again, but the option to use my iCloud password to log in is no longer present.

Based on this thread, I logged out of iCloud and logged back in from the iCloud preference pane, but the option to use my use my iCloud password is still not presented when I initiate a password reset in the Users & Groups preference pane.

Is there a known solution to this issue? If not what steps might I take to diagnose the problem?

MacBookPro11,1
OS X 10.11.4 (15E65)


texts: Apple Watch Motion face: is there any way to just pick one flower as the default flower?

texts: Is there any way to just pick one flower as the default flower?


texts: macOS Catalina won't see my external Samsung burner

texts:
And yes, on my old 2018 MBP with Catalina it worked perfectly connected via usb 3 to usb-c adapter to the thunderbolt port. Now I'm on a 16" MBP (same Catalina version 10.15.7) and it makes intermittent strange noise (like it's trying to read but get no much power supply), ate my disc and... Nothing, won't eject. It works perfectly on Windows so the optical drive is fully working as well as the adapter too because I tried it with other peripherals.
Mac system doesn't recognise any optical disc connected. I already tried to:

see if my optical disc is visible via finder general preferences and via utility disc

reset SMC, NVRAM and PRAM

I cloned my preferences from my old MBP so it could also be some conflict that needs a reset. Hope it isn't a port power supply problem because this is, you know, "strange" to be kind...
Some advice for a core Terminal command  to delete the settings memory of the burner? Or a .plist string value for a complete factory reset of these type of peripherals? Thanks and have a nice day!!


texts: Highlight parts of a 2D Line Chart in Numbers

texts:
I'm using the latest version of Numbers (4.2) and am looking to plot a Line Graph, with a few sections highlighted in a color as shown:

Any leads on how to do the same?


texts: Ruby is starting httpd, and I can't find where from

texts:
OSX 10.15.5. Mac Mini. Homebrew httpd and hopefully OSX httpd disabled in plist but something is still starting this I have the plist for apache/httpd disabled, but on reboot I still get this
  231 ??         0:00.08 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/sbin/httpd-wrapper -D FOREGROUND
 1258 ??         0:00.42 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND
 1262 ??         0:00.00 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND```

and so on.
I can't find a way to stop it loading. How do I find what is starting this process? I don't recall ever seeing it started with ruby before? It's not in the list file even?


texts: Window being maximized while holding title bar

texts:
I often will hold a window's title bar while reading something, and every once in a while the window will become maximized while I'm holding it.

I can't totally reproduce this, so I'm not sure the exact behavior that's causing it. I'm not hitting any other keys while holding the window, and I believe I'm holding it still. A bit of looking on Google isn't yielding me results. I hold onto windows by habit so this has become pretty annoying.

macOS High Sierra 10.13.1


texts: Does anybody have ideas about using emacs/ vim key binding for Preview.app to browser pdf files and how?


texts:
Is it possible to burn CD/DVD with iPhone and USB CD/DVD Writer?

I have a camera module for the iPhone to make it as if it has USB female socket instead of lightning one.

I’ve verified it works for my portable keyboard (musical instrument) to send signals to GarageBand nicely. The module also includes another port for a power supply!

It was once a problem for iPhone to transfer any data to different device before the Files app became available, but it is not now, I assume.

That being the case, is it possible to transfer data stored on an iPhone to a CD/DVD using the camera module and CD/DVD writer?


texts:
I've set up the new Family Sharing in iOS. How do I go about sharing a specific app from one Iphone to another?
Do I need to use iTunes on the desktop?
Does it depend upon whether the developer has approved sharing?
The app I wish to share is this one:

Theory Test and Hazard Perception Pro by Deep River Development Ltd
https://appsto.re/gb/rYTHJ.i


texts: Why is the system dictionary not available from .pdf files containing text within Safari?

texts: How can one use system dictionary ^+⌘+D in .pdf's opened in Safari 6 (using Acrobat Reader)? Is perhaps Adobe Reader at fault (i.e. does the dictionary work with Safari's default .pdf reader)?


texts: In macOS Mojave, is there a list of unused keyboard combinations for shortcuts?

texts: I am trying to define a new shortcut for "Select the previous input source", since the default shortcut (Control + Space) is conflicting with another app I need to use. Is there any table with a list of unused shortcuts in Mojave that could be good candidates for custom shortcuts? I am trying to find a balance between good usability (not having to stretch the hand in awkward positions to type the shortcut) and avoiding conflicts with already existing shortcuts.


texts: Target Display Mode between MacBook Pro and iMac won't work

texts:
I try to use my iMac as a external screen or otherwise if possible, but when I press ⌘ CommandF2 nothing happened. I also try fn⌘ CommandF2 just to be sure

MacBook Pro 2012
iMac 27" 2012

Using Thunderbolt 2


texts:
I see a reference showing the shortcut to be Ctl-Shift-I : but it is not working on Excel for Mac 2015

https://exceljet.net/keyboard-shortcuts/insert-rows

Is there any working shortcut for this?


texts:
I've deleted my recovery disk;  or you can say more accurately, I've completely erased, by mistake, my SSD.

Now, my only option is to recover via Internet, but the globe on Internet recovery keeps on spinning and stuck at estimated time at 2:53.  The Internet is working fine, all other websites and download working fine, but the globe is stuck.

Please help, what should I do? I can't log in, I just see a blinking folder and Command R takes me directly to Internet recovery!

Model is Macbook Pro Mid 2014


texts: Window manager that will allow rules for specific applications?

texts:
When I have a second monitor attached to my laptop I always have two windows in the second monitor.  My console takes about 1/3 of the second monitor while Sublime text takes 2/3 of the second monitor.

What I would like to find is a tool that will allow me to hit a shortcut and have it take those two windows, where ever they are, and move them to the second monitor and size them correctly (regardless of what window I am currently on).

The closest I have found is Breeze.  Unfortunately Breeze requires that I select the window I want to resize and it only resizes on the current screen.  So if my console is on monitor #1, I have to manually move it to monitor #2 and then hit the shortcut.  Once I'm done with that I need to find Sublime Text and do the same.

Does anyone know of a tool that will do exactly what I need?


texts: Can I change the icon of a mounted disk in Transmit?

texts:
I noticed these icons in the resources folder of Transmit:

I was wondering how I can change the standard cardboard mounted disk icon with the transmit logo to one of these. Is this possible and how?


texts: After hard drive upgrade, battery not charging?

texts:
I just installed a new hard drive into my Macbook Pro 1,1. I had a little difficulty when I initially installed it because the monitor was not turning back on. After re-opening the MacBook Pro (with some difficulty) I closed it up again and it mysteriously worked.

Everything was going swimmingly, but the only problem now is that the battery is not charging. The adapter shows no light on the bit that connects to the computer. It did like 5 minutes ago, then I picked up the computer and it wasn't charging anymore. I tried setting it back down, wiggling the charger, pressing the bottom case areas around the battery. I'm at a loss.

I'm also wondering if I should just invest in a new (or in my case, newer used) MacBook Pro because this one seemed pretty rickety inside. There was no stabilizer bar holding the hard drive in place and some of the tabs holding the keyboard frame down have broken off. I don't really have the money, but this is the way I make money.

Any thoughts?


texts:
If I have a 27" iMac, I understand I can use the display as an external monitor for my Macbook Pro. Presumably I can use the bluetooth keyboard as well as an external input?

Can you still run the iMac (and maybe instantly switch between them?). e.g. if I'm working on the Macbook using the iMac as a display, can I still listen to music on the iTunes library that's on my iMac, or switch to it to read a file (or download something from iTunes etc)?


texts: Use 256GB USB Thumb Drive as main boot drive

texts:
My iMac is very slow and I would like to start from a fresh Mavericks install. But instead of spending the time to backup my internal drive, I would rather just get a big 256GB thumb drive and install Mavericks on that. I would also benefit from the speed of having the OS on a flash drive.

Does anyone see any issues with a solution like this? Since I would be bypassing the internal drive completely as the boot drive, and making the internal drive just another extra HD?


texts: App store is completely blank on MacOS catalina

texts: The macOS app store completely hangs after opening i've googled for a while but nothing works


texts: How long should diskutil resetUserPermissions take (Catalina)?

texts:
I am following this article because of this issue.
The Terminal has been going on for about 2.5hrs and I do not know of a way to see a progress bar or know if it is stuck or if something else is happening.

What can I do?
My SSD Home folder is about 280GB big so I understand it may take a while but, how long?
I am on a 2016 MacBook Pro (15") with macOS 10.15.1.


texts: How to get + metacharacter for sed in Terminal?

texts: It looks like sed that comes with Mac OS 1.7.4 is the original one, without the + metacharacter. Can I get the + metacharacter functionality?


texts: How do I get my audiobooks to show up under the Audiobook section?

texts:
I have audiobooks copied to my iPhone that I didn't buy on iTunes. How can I get them to show up in the Audiobooks section?

It's annoying having them mixed with music, because I usually use shuffle.


texts: Can I view or export or clear Siri's interaction history?

texts: I would like to ask you is it possible to somehow access all of Siri's history to view it or delete it?


texts: Quicklook all unassociated files as text QLStephen doesn't work

texts:
Currently some filetypes have their own quicklook associations already, e.g. .mp4 files quicklook with some lite quicktime player, and .jpg files quicklook as an image.
How can I make every unassociated file quicklook as if it were text?
Commonly I have lots of programming or markup sourcefiles that I want to quickly inspect contents of.
I have installed QuickLook Stephen, but it only seems to work for the files it specifically says it works for (README, package.json,— it's NOT working for arbitrary unassociated files, in my case these are files like *.cs, *.csproj, *.yml)


texts: Explanation for wrong charging wattage / slow charging?

texts:
I have a 2013 Retina MBP and a fairly new 85 W Magsafe 2 charger. But when I connect this charger to my Macbook and check in Battery Health, it claims that it is receiving only 49 W.

Does anyone know why the laptop should be drawing such a low supply from the Magsafe 2?


texts: Is there a way to pass keyboard shortcuts from a PC to a Mac while using ultraVNC?

texts:
At work I normally use a Windows laptop. My group recently bought a Mac mini to start playing with mobile. A monitor was not purchased. Instead it was deemed that we would access the mini with ultraVNC viewer.

This works for most things, but I am a heavy keyboard shortcut person. Trying to use cut and paste shortcuts just jumps my editor all around. It is very frustrating and slows down my productivity. Is there a way when I hit ^-c on my PC, in the viewer that it emulates ⌘-C?


texts: How to maximize window horizontally and minimize to its default position without a third party app using keybinding?

texts:
I am using my terminal on the right side of the window. When I click on the red line (left side of the terminal) it minimize horizontally. Because this is a built in property of Apple, I don't want to use other apps like BetterTouchTool. During maximization BetterTouchTool is much slower and doing additional unnesseary affects.
Double click on where the red line is, it slides to left to maximize. Ctrl-cmd-f works but it first carry to window to center and maxize after it instead of just sliding left.

After:

[Q] Can I accomplish this on the focused window with a keybinding rather than clicking with mouse? If yes, can I also minimize to its default point where the red line located?


texts: Can I restore my new iPhone 5s 7.1.1 with my iphone 4s 7.0.4 itunes backup?

texts: I have a 4s v7.0.4.  I just bought a 5s and it was upgraded to 7.1.1, which I don't want.  I did a manual backup of my 4s to itunes then deleted my 5s contents and settings and restored it using my 4s backup.  It did restore all of my texts, photos, apps, etc. however, it still changed my 5s to v7.1.1 rather than keeping it at 7.0.4 which was the backup version I restored.  I thought it would work.  What did I do wrong or is there no way to restore the 5s to v.7.0.4 using my 4s backup?


texts:
I'm new to this and playing with AppleScripts for the first time. The following script's outputPath keeps giving me the error "System Events got an error: NSArgumentsWrongScriptError" when set up as an app through Automator.
on run {input, parameters}
repeat with aFile in input
    repeat 1 times -- # fake loop

        -- Create the output filename
        tell application "System Events"
            set inputFile to disk item (aFile as text)

            tell (info for input) to set Nm to name
            if (text -5 thru -1 of Nm) is ".docx" then
                set outputFileName to ((text 1 thru -6 of Nm) & ".pdf")
            else if (text -4 thru -1 of Nm) is ".doc" then
                -- .doc
                set outputFileName to ((text 1 thru -5 of Nm) & ".pdf")
            else
                -- If this isn't a word document, continue to the next file.
                exit repeat
            end if
        end tell

        -- Open word, save as PDF in default path
        tell application id "com.microsoft.Word"
            activate
            open aFile
            tell active document
                save as it file name outputFileName file format format PDF
                close saving no
            end tell
            set defaultPath to get default file path file path type documents path
        end tell

        -- Move to output location
        tell application "System Events"
            --set outputPath to (container of inputFile)
            set outputPath to (((path to library folder from user domain) as text) & "Library:Mobile Documents:Lyrics:")
            set outputFile to disk item outputFileName of folder defaultPath
            move outputFile to outputPath
        end tell
    end repeat
end repeat
return input
end run

Why does it work as expected with an outputPath that doesn't try to access the user library? i.e. Downloads or Documents.
Please let me know if there's a better way to batch convert Word to PDF and send to a new location.


texts: How to add multiple phone numbers to iMessage?

texts: Is there a way to add more than one number to iMessage?


texts: Is there a way to get on-screen pop-up notifications for new e-mails in Mail on the iPad 2?

texts: I know there is a similar question, but it seems that on-screen alerts are supposed to be built into the Notifications Settings and that using a third-party app should not be necessary. Even though I have alerts selected (the three options are none, banner, and alerts) in Settings > Notifications > Mail, they do not show up. Any thoughts on why?


texts: How to tell whether Little Snitch is running or stopped?

texts:
I am running Little Snitch in demo mode:

After a few hours, how can I tell whether Little Snitch is running or stopped?

From the official website:

  Free Evaluation License

  Little Snitch has a free, built-in demo mode that provides the same
  protection and functionality as the full version. The demo runs for
  three hours, and it can be restarted as often as you like. The Network
  Monitor expires after 30 days.

How can I restart it when it's stopped?


texts: I can't restore my iPhone from the latest back up

texts:
I'm unable to restore my iPhone.  I'm getting an error about an incorrect password.  First it backed up some stuff and not other stuff.  I went to the Apple store and they told me to delete this iPhone and try to back it up again because it never finished restoring.

Now it tells me I need a password and every password I've entered has been wrong.


texts: Why aren't any of my Folder Actions triggering?

texts:
I'm running Mountain Lion (10.8.3). I have three or four folder actions set up which stopped working some time ago, and I can't figure out why.

Thinking it could be a problem with the scripts, I created a new folder named "Test" on my desktop, and attached the "add - new item alert.scpt" sample script. When I created a new text file in the folder, nothing happened. I checked the system log to see if there were any error messages being output, but I couldn't find any. (In fact, searching the system log using Console.app for "folder" didn't produce any results at all)

How do I figure out why none of my folder actions are working?


texts:
I am developing apps with Unity 3D, and often have several instances of the program open. When I go to debug my scripts, Monodevelop (the script editing and debugger tool) shows me a list of all open Unity applications and their Process Identifiers (PIDs), so that I can choose which one to attach to.

Unfortunately, I often have no idea which PID belongs to the instance of Unity that is running the scripts I wish to debug.

Is there a way to:

put the PID in the title bar of the application?
see the PID and text on the window's title bar, in some helper application?
select an application by PID an bring it to the foreground?

I have tried:

looking at the applications in System Preferences -- they all show up as Unity (and quitting them one by one is hardly ideal)
running ps auxww | grep Unity -- they were launched with the same path and command so I can't tell them apart
dabbling with AppleScript -- I suspect the answer might lie here, but I find it a very confusing language


texts: Are there external drive enclosures yet with a Thunderbolt interface?

texts:
I'd like to put some spare disks in enclosures and use the Thunderbolt interface. Does such a thing exist yet? I can't find any. Are there technical issues or licensing restrictions that have stopped this? My searches have turned up no general purpose enclosures and I find that surprising.

This seems like a ServerFault issue but I was sent packing here instead.


texts: PowerPoint's save as PDF in AppleScript results in print job

texts:
I have a small AppleScript to save a PowerPoint pptx file as PDF from command line. I use the script every 6 months, and last autumn it still worked. But today I run into problems. I updated to 10.14 in the meantime, and I guess there were also quite some Office for Mac updates. But as I have no clue about where this problem is coming from, these can also be completely irrelevant information.

The problem with the script is: When calling the script, it doesn't save a PDF, but sends the file to the default printer.

Here is the already updated, but still not working script:

on run arguments
    tell application "Finder"
        set src to POSIX file (first item of arguments) as alias
        set dest to (second item of arguments) as text

        open src
        delay 10

        tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint"
            save in dest as save as PDF
            close
        end tell
    end tell
end run

As there is not much code, and as the script did work before, I have no idea on what is wrong with it now.

@MaxWyss's comment brought me to look at the script from command line. I executed the few steps as arguments via osascript:

$ osascript -e 'tell application "Finder"' -e 'set fileAlias to POSIX file ("file:///Users/me/folder/file.pptx") as alias' -e 'set theOutputPath to ("file:///Users/me/folder/test.pdf") as text' -e 'open fileAlias' -e 'delay 10' -e 'tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint"' -e 'save in theOutputPath as save as PDF' -e 'end tell' -e 'end tell'
281:320: execution error: Microsoft PowerPoint got an error: Parameter error. (-50)

I'm a little surprised about the error message, so I tried to run the script again:

$ osascript pptx2pdf.scpt file:///Users/me/folder/file.pptx test.pdf
pptx2pdf.scpt: execution error: Microsoft PowerPoint got an error: Parameter error. (-50)

I don't know why I overlooked this error. I guess it is due to the many things I changed in the script. However, this is the error message, which, unfortunately, still leaves me without a clue, as the slides still get sent to the printer queue.


texts: Skype on ios7/iPhone4 completely useless

texts:
I have an old iPhone4 with iOS7. It does, until now, what I need it to do so I've not upgraded.

Unfortunately, the last few versions of Skype are killing the phone. I mean the whole OS is completely unresponsive. Even volume controls take seconds to respond!!

I've tried killing all other apps with no difference. At least if Skype behaved itself it would be some consolation but even that being active is completely useless. Even calling the test service makes it behave oddly. It says it is ringing, and the audio ringing is playing but then the call is answered while it still says it is ringing and playing the ringing tone.

Even the audio is breaking up and parts are coming through out of order!

It is a complete and utter mess!!. I am NOT getting a new phone just for Skype but I've got credit through Skype Out and need to be able to use it.

I've send feedback to Microsoft through the app a version or two ago, nothing.

I was running 6.8 but I've gone to the app store and installed the latest version, 6.12 for my OS and no difference.

I've tried restarting the phone and again no difference.

It used to work just fine before they did the UI changes and then undid them.

Is anyone else having this problem? I've even contemplated installing an older version through some hack I found but it is time consuming to get it done...


texts:
While I am cooking with dirty and wet hands, I want to see the recipe on my smartphone without dirtying it.

How may I turn on the display and scroll without touching the phone?

Is there an application that can see hand gestures to turn on the screen and scroll?


texts: Unable to use SSH/Microsoft Remote Desktop after Yosemite update

texts: So I have been trying to log onto a virtual machine (a linux server for my school).  I have Remote Login enabled, and it worked perfectly prior to the update.  Now when I try to use ssh, it just does nothing until I get the error: sh: connect to host **...* port 22: Operation timed out.  If I try to use Remote Desktop, it says I have to either activate remote desktop or it is a problem on the other side, which I know it isn't because I am able to log onto the server on other computers/Macs.  Anything I have to do?  Thanks


texts: Application for manage and sync PDF collection

texts:
Unfortunately is not possible synch the PDFs files  using iBook, so i'm looking for an alternative.
I have a huge collection of PDF file and i work with different computers.

I'm looking for an application that can takes care of all my PDFs and generate an archive that can be put on Dropbox / iCloud Drive.

Sometink like Calibre but possibly with a better UX. It shouldn't be necessarely free.

Thanks.


texts: Insert code blocks in the body of emails

texts:
I'm a developer, and I'd like to be able to distinguish blocks of code from regular text, when I write emails.

Basically I wanna be able to do this. In the Mail app, (or Sparrow!).

Is there a way to do this with a shortcut, or macro, etc so that I don't have to reach for the mouse every time and change like 20 font attributes?


texts:
on Windows we can extract files from an .exe file pretty easily but I couldn't find any terminal command to do similar things. I imagine this is because some .exe are compressed in such way OS X cannot interpret. Did anyone find a way to do it? I can of course do it easily through a VM or on a Windows OS, but I like to know if there is an quick method that I am just not aware of.

Okay, I think I need to note this is not for compressed zip files that has an extension of exe.


texts: How to know Magic Mouse 2 is charging properly?

texts:
When I connect my Magic Mouse 2 to the wall socket through a lighting cable, there is no indicator to show that it is charging. It has been some time and I don't see it working yet. Is there a way to know that it is charging indeed?
(It could be an issue with the lightning cable as well, but I have no other device to test it with)


texts: How to detect keyboard shortcuts / bindings destinations and render them to the screen?

texts:
I have some key bindings / chords that seem to do things that are unexpected sometimes and they're not being mapped within the System Preferences nor in other apps that I would normally use to control such things. Is there a way to have an application that monitors keyboard input in relation to applications or various services and tells what each keypress / key combo / key chord is actually trying to do?

A small, but perhaps crude, example might be the use of which -a in the shell where it lists all commands that would match a command in order of priority.


texts: cp command: Overwrite confirmation with file diff

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When running cp command to copy files, I would like to be prompted for overwrite confirmation, and, if possible, view the file diff confirming.

Is this possible? And if yes, how?

Ideal example:

$ cp file1.txt file2.txt
0a1,2
> 1.
>
2a5,6
> 2.
>
4a9,10
> 3.
>
Overwrite file2.txt? [Yes/No/Keep both] (default Y):


texts: Password issue on iPhone 6s saying password is too short

texts: When I try and change my iPhone 6s password I click "custom numeric password" and I type in a 3 digit code and it says "make password longer". Then it would be a 4 digit code and that's not what I want.


texts: Does using the new FileVault use up less disk space than Legacy FileVault?

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I was using (Legacy) FileVault on Snow Leopard and when I upgraded to Lion, it kept me on Legacy FileVault. I notice that FileVault uses a lot of disk space which is then recovered once I log out. Sometimes this can be in the range of 5-8 GB. I'm thinking about switching to the new FileVault in Lion, but I'm wondering how the disk usage is compared to Legacy FileVault.

Does the new FileVault in Lion use up more or less space than Legacy FileVault? Will it continue to use up a lot of space temporarily (i.e. after a restart it will free up all that space)?


texts: Sync master volume with application volume

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Is there a way to sync master volume with app volume on the mac?
e.g. I have Spotify app playing on my mac and I would like to trigger master volume up and volume down from the Spotify app as well I would like to trigger Spotify app volume from the master volume controls.
The issue I want to solve is that I'm using mac as sound system controller with Spotify connect feature which allows to control Spotify volume on mac from another device, but I also have a volume controller connected to the mac which controls mac volume. Because of this setup mac and Spotify volume is always out of sync..
EDIT:
Thought about this more and looks like the easier solution would be to remap master volume controls to trigger Spotify app instead of master volume. Looks like it's possible on Windows but I wasn't able to find anything for macOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPkYoXmGMRs
Is it possible to fix this issue?


texts: Looking to take a fixed screenshot at intervals while changing the page in safari for a book

texts: I am trying to screenshot all the pages of a textbook i have online. I am opening the book in safari, all i want is to automate in some way the ability to take a fixed location screenshot at intervals save it to downloads or desktop(wherever) and then have a my cursor click the next page button and retake a screenshot a multitude of times would this be possible in anyway?


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Background:

I moved the Microsoft User Data from ~/Documents to ~/Library/Preferences because I didn't want Google Drive to sync my Office files. I can run Office products fine, but I can't search my mail because Spotlight can't search my .olk14Message files (under ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities/hobbes3/Data Records/Messages/).

Here is the weird part:

If I'm in ~/Library/Preferences then I can use Spotlight to search for all my mail .olk14Message, but if I'm one folder up in ~/Library or higher then I can't search for my mail... And of course I can't search for my mail from Spotlight globally (which breaks my Outlook 2011 searching).

Mail searches show up in ~/Library/Preferences

But not in ~/Library???

I've tried the following and it didn't work:

Symlinking Microsoft User Data from ~/Documents to ~/Library/Preferences
Re-indexing my entire drive with sudo mdutil -E /
Adding and removing the Microsoft User Data to the Privacy tab in Spotlight in System Preferences

Interesting results:

hobbes3@hobbes3-splunk ~ % mdimport ~/Library
2014-12-22 14:56:32.121 mdimport[2106:22241] Error loading /Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Office:  dlopen(/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Office, 262): no suitable image found.  Did find:
    /Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Office: mach-o, but wrong architecture
2014-12-22 14:56:32.121 mdimport[2106:22241] Cannot find function pointer OfficeImporterPluginFactory for factory BFA4E323-1889-11D9-82C8-000A959816BE in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x7fec4b063900 </Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter> (bundle, not loaded)
(Import.Error:711) Could not create instance for plugIn 'file:///Library/Spotlight/Microsoft%20Office.mdimporter/'
(Import.Error:867) BAD IMPORTER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ file:///Library/Spotlight/Microsoft%20Office.mdimporter/

hobbes3@hobbes3-splunk ~ % sudo mdutil -E ~/Library
/Users/hobbes3/Library:
    Error: unknown indexing state.


texts: How to automat the selection of usb disk based on size

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I am trying to automate a process where teachers delete content on memory sticks with different name then put the right content back (same each time) and rename the memory stick to UDISK.

I want to add a formatting of the disk in the process, and because the students keep changing names on the sticks, I can´t use name tags and if the teachers have more than one disk on their Mac I am worried if I use "disk1" for instance I suddenly format the wrong partition. So therefor I am wondering if it is possible to choose the right disk based on size.

I am using this code: sudo diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 UDISK MBRFormat /dev/disk1


texts: Skype is showing up in Launchpad twice — why? How do I fix it?

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Skype is showing up in Launchpad twice. It's been acting like this for a while but if I remember correctly I think it first started when I let Skype auto-update itself a while back.

Any ideas why Skype is showing up twice?

How can get rid of the extra Skype instance?

I have searched my hard drive using spotlight including "system files" for an extra application bundle. None exists.

When click either of the Skype icons in Launchpad they both seem to launch the same application (Activity Monitor confirms this — they are at the same path).


texts: My wife gave me a new IPad for Christmas. I want to keep the other Ipad for the use of my 6 year old daughter that has countless games on that Ipad. How I can keep applications that interest me (like QuickOffice Pro) of my old Ipad and leave the rest of the applications on the old Ipad to my daughter?


texts: I intend to save my eyes healthy. So, i want to set alarm every 2 hour computer i used. I have tried to set on calender and clock, but i can't find the way.


texts: Large dropdown menus (off expected location)

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I have a problem with dropdown menus appearing in really large size, in a wrong location to where it should be on screen (namely below and to the right of the expected location). I have experienced this for over a month on various websites, producing the same result.

the shown website

I experience this in Chrome on my Macbook Pro 15" and have tested with all extensions deactivated with the same results.

Anybody have an idea of what is going on or what could solve it?

Chrome Version 57.0.2987.133 (Official Build) (64-bit),
macOS: Sierra 10.12.4 (16E195),
MacBook Pro: Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015


texts: Why Homebrew is connecting to Google analytics and how to disable it?

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I've noticed that when I run :

brew update

Homebrew is connecting to Google analytics. Why? And how to disable it?


texts: When I try to reinstall Mac OS (after wiping the partition with ubuntu) all i get is a blinking folder

texts: I try to install mac os cause I didn't know what I was doing when I installed Ubuntu... I want mac os back but everytime i insert the install dvd and hold option or c all i get is a blinking folder looking back at me. What do I do?


texts: Can't create new notebook in Microsoft OneNote for Mac

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When I try to create a new notebook in OneNote for Mac, I receive the following error:

  Cannot Create This Notebook

  The location may not be available at
  this time, or you might not have permission to save files on it. Also
  try using fewer characters in your notebook name.


texts: Is it possible to stop the High Sierra Mail app from grouping messages?

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I recently upgraded to a 13-inch MacBook Pro (2017 model) and installed macOS High Sierra version 10.13.2.  The new Mail app is grouping e-mails into "conversations", which has the net effect of making e-mails from my clients disappear under my replies.  I use Google mail (on the web),  the Apple Mail app on my MacBook, and the Mail app on my iPhone 6S.  My goal is to have all three of these apps simply display the e-mails in the order that they were sent and/or received.  I don't want some "helpful" feature on one platform adding to the overall cognitive burden.

The problem seems to have started with the last set of upgrades.  Does anyone know how it can be addressed, short of switching to Android?


texts: How to get Siri to read result from the web

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Siri is frustrating. I can ask her a question like "what causes brain freeze" (as one does), and she'll say "I found this on the web". But if I then ask her to "speak screen" or "read page", or even "read it to me", she has no idea what I'm talking about and tells me there's nothing to read.

Folk, I understand how to get my phone to read a page. What I don't understand is how completely hands-free you can ask Siri a question and get her to read the web page of the result she just found you.

Alexa can do it. Google can do it. What's wrong with Siri?


texts: 4 Ways to remove an IOS app: is there a preferred method?

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Per this article, there are 4 methods to remove an app:

tap and wiggle
from settings
from iTunes
when updating

Is there an advantage / preference to use one of these methods over another?


texts: Problems Connecting Canon Powershot to 2015 Macbook Air

texts: I have a Canon Powershot G12, and I am attempting to get some files over onto my Macbook Air. This is the first time I attempted to do this, I normally upload them onto my Macbook Pro. But when I do connect it, it shows up as "Remote Disk", and there are no files in the "Remote Disk". Do I have to install a driver?


texts: How can I tell if my iOS device is currently jailbroken?

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How can I find out if my iOS device has been jailbroken (with a drive-by exploit for example)?

Is there an app for that?


texts:
Any idea what's the problem??
it was working absolutely fine suddenly became like this.


texts: Is it possible to watch a video frame by frame on the iPhone?

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I am wondering if I can review a video I shot frame by frame on the iPhone.
The video was shot on the iPhone.

I have tried the feature that consists in expanding the frames under the video to get better control of the playback but it's not as precise as frame by frame for me.

I know how to do it after the video is exported to QuickTime but it's not what I'm looking for.

I couldn't find any help online.


texts: Trying to find file location of Mac Mail Smartboxes so that I can run automatic email archiver

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I'm currently working on a MacBook late 2008 with OS X Yosemite 10.10.3.
I use Mac Mail for my email.

I have created smart mailboxes to collect together emails that relate to a project number.
When the project is complete I want to be able to archive the emails into PDFs and store them on Dropbox.

I have purchased Email Archiver for the purpose.
Email Archiver needs the source folder destination and I can't find the smartbox location. I have looked in Library/Mail/V2/MailData and can see the SmartMailBoxes.plist but I can't see folders relating to specific smartmailboxes.

Anyone got any suggestions about how I can achieve this?
Is what I want to do possible?


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I use a Mid-2011 iMac 21.5" (with 4 users on it).

I have noticed that the computer is runs quite slow when I am the only one logged in. The only applications I typically have open at once are Xcode, Safari and occasionally some other applications such as Reminders and notes.

When I checked Activity monitor to see how much RAM it was using, I noticed it said it had used 3.97-3.99 out of the 4 GB of ram that it has (See Screenshot).

here is the cpu graph:

I also ran EtreCheck as requested, however I was not expierencing the slowness as much when I ran it:

https://gist.github.com/Computer-Whiz123/e86e014e239b87b367df

I will upload one when I experience slowness...

I am considering buying extra RAM but I wanted to make sure that this was actually the cause of the problem before investing in $100 RAM chips.

Would upgrading the RAM from 4 GB to maybe 8 or 16 GB fix the issue? If not, what would fix the issue? Is there anything else that needs fixing?


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I have a vintage 2009 iMovie project (.rcproject) I rescued from an old Time Machine backup, and I'm trying to open it in iMovie 10 under Yosemite. It's large enough that I'm pretty sure it does actually have the video in it.

Unfortunately there's no just "open a file" option and everything I can find on line about the '09 -> 10 transition is about upgrading your iMovie "library". I haven't got a library, just one .rcproject file. How do I convince iMovie 10 this is something it can upgrade / open?

(Additional info: I do have iMovie 9.0.9 on this machine, but under Yosemite it refuses to launch.)


texts: So my email keeps popping up on iMessage instead of my number why?

texts: So I just recently noticed that my iMessages we're going in as my email instead of my number why is that?  I just want somebody to help me figure out how can I get  it to change into my number instead of my email  I tried turning it off and doesn't work I try resetting my phone doesn't work and every time I try to click where it says my number it's all Gray with a little  has a a loading icon on the left.


texts: How to create a cache server with osx server?

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We have an OS X server in a small office and want to have a cache server. When first user download something from Internet (NOT just from apple products) the second it should be downloaded from the server cache not from Internet.

With this approach we want to use less bandwidth and faster downloads. What approach should I take to achieve this mechanism?


texts: Macbook Pro 2015 with El Capitan went black screen after login

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I have macbook pro 2015 model with El Capitan.
Today when i clicked on reminder notification after login it fluctuated and finally went to black screen.

So I tried following steps till now:-
1. Restarted the macbook
2. Tried SMC reset
3. Tried PRAM reset but no benefit.

Also on forced shutdown(by pressing and holding power button) and restarting the macbook apple logo is not coming at start now only sound of starting is coming.
Now login screen is also not coming just black screen in whole process.

Please give suggestions.


texts: Is it possible to set up my Apple Watch to show notifications for apps for which I have disabled notifications on my iPhone? If so, how?

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I have disabled notifications for pretty much every app on my iPhone. But because the Watch represents a different context, I would like to have some of those apps show notifications on my Watch, while still being disabled on my iPhone.

Apparently this is not trivial to set up, if it even is a possibility. The Watch App on my iPhone offers the option of mirroring the phone’s notifications, but that’s not what I’m looking for.


texts: Shift key stuck in software after login, reboot fixes this

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I have a very wierd issue with my macbook air early2015. The shift key is almost always stuck after I wake the computer and login. However this does not affect text for some reason, I can still use the shift key normally in all text fields. It does however affect the slow animation and multiple selection stuff that happens while pressing shift, which makes using the mac almost impossible.

This is always fixed after I reboot, but 9/10 times the key is stuck again after I wake it up and login. Additionally, the problem only happens if the laptop was sleeping long enough for the login screen to appear. The key works fine on the hardware side so I'm pretty sure its a Software thing.

I also couldn't find anyone else with this problem.


texts: How to search podcasts using spoken audio?

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I remember seeing this alert:

new in Apple podcasts
search the audio beta
type to find topics and people mentioned in the audio.

I have since dismissed that pop up and have never seen it again. Now when I go to search for something, it only returns me results that match in the title or show description. How do I search based off of the spoken words?


texts: Proxy settings won't be saved in the Keychain

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On an Ethernet connection, when I manually set my proxy information, it won't save correctly in the keychain for HTTP web proxy. In the same environment, it does it correctly for HTTPS web proxy.

At this point, in Safari I can access to https://google.com, but not to http://google.com, the proxy server return an error asking for my credentials.

In the keychain, a new line has appeared but it doesn't store the full address of the proxy server (sometimes the port is missing - :8080, sometime the full IP address), the password is always missing.

If I type manually in the keychain it is saved, but it doesn't seem to be used anymore by Safari since I always get the same error message.

If I use Chrome, I get a prompt asking for my proxy login/password, and once typed it works.

It seems like Safari doesn't use the password stored in the Keychain, and doesn't forward the credential prompt of the proxy server.

I'm on Lion 10.7.1 (new install from the store), French, fully updated, with Safari 5.1 (7534.48.3).

Thanks for your help :)

Ps: it looks like this bug but for 10.7.1 : Proxy username and password not remembered in system preferences


texts: Are there any AirPrint compatible print servers?

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We have several printers here at home, and I am thinking about enabling AirPrint. I'm not interested in driver hacks, since they often require a computer to be running with a shared printer.

I am under the impression that there are devices that can be attached to a regular parallel or USB printer which will enable network printing. With this in mind:

Are there any such devices that enable AirPrint? Are there even such wireless devices?


texts: stopping the expansion of the safari window after opening a new tab

texts: When opening a new tab in safari while not browsing in full-screen mode, the safari window expands, in order to preserve the content of the webpage shown. I think this is quite annoying, is there a way to prevent this?


texts: My Macbook Pro keeps on restarting after installing OS X Mavericks

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My MacBook Pro keeps on restarting since I installed Mavericks. I can start it in Safe Mode, but it wouldn't start up at all normally - it throws me back to the username and password screen.

How can I stop this from happening and boot normally?


texts: How to get carrier signal after returning from international travel

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So I’m sitting here connected to WiFi in the Houston airport on a long layover, returning from my trip to Mexico. The top left of my phone says “No Service”. I’ve chatted with my Carrier (Sprint) about 5 times and they eventually told me that some iPhones “get stuck” in the country they travelled to and that I need to stop in to a Sprint store to get a new SIM card. That just seems insane to me and I’m sitting here trying futilely to figure out how to connect, so I thought I would post here to see if anyone else has figured out a solution.

I have tried:

about a dozen service updates (##UPDATE#) - every attempt fails, even those after multiple attempts by sprint to update my settings remotely
a handful of reboots
turning on data roaming
turning off data roaming
reset network settings
some other ## number I found for resetting carrier settings

My wife has the same iPhone 6s and hers is working fine.  I imagine the difference is that when we got to Mexico, I could not send SMS messages to my wife. I’d had data roaming disabled (which I did a long time ago when I lived near Canada and had a huge bill for frequently roaming on a Canadian tower.) When I tried to text my wife while in Mexico, I was getting an error about iMessage needing to be enabled in order to send the message (even though it was enabled). Eventually, they told me that data roaming in Mexico was included in my plan, so I turned it back on and that seemed to work around the SMS issue.

Now that I’m back in the US however, it seems I cannot connect to any Sprint towers at all. I’ll go to the sprint store tomorrow I guess, but it seems like there’s got to be a way to reconnect without new hardware.


texts: iOS Face ID validation invoked when browsing in Safari

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Update: The issue appears to have been resolved after upgrading to iOS 11.3. It was observed in iOS 11.2.

When browsing the Web on my iPhone X with Safari, when ever I go to one particular site I occasionally see what appears to be a Face ID validation scan being reported. For e.g., when I land on the website, I see the Face ID overlay superimposed with a spinning and rotating circle, and after a short time the Face ID happy face icon (the one which appears upon successful validation). It disappears a few moments later.

I have occasionally observed this on Slashdot website. It appears every time Safari is relaunched and the aforementioned site is opened. I have not seen this happening on any of the other websites that I browse on my iPhone. However, as I only regularly browse a handful of websites on my iPhone, there may be some reporting bias here.

I don't think this is an HTTPS issue as all the major websites that I visit run over HTTPS.

So, what is special about Slashdot and Face ID? Or is it something set up by Slashdot?


texts: iMac 5k (2017) does not always boot when connected to UPS

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Ill start by saying that this particular imac is mainly for music production so it only goes online for software updates if not its always offline. I’m currently on high sierra as it is very stable for all my music stuff.
I bought an EATON 5S 1500VA about 4 months ago and twice now out of nowhere the iMac did not boot when connected to the UPS unless i change in which socket it’s plugged (there are 8 sockets total..4 surge protected and 4 with battery).
It was connected to the battery socket number 1 and it worked fine until suddenly it did not boot anymore, so i plugged it in battery socket number 3 and it worked...then today it did not boot again on socket number 3 so i plugged it in socket number 2 and it booted. Both time this happened i immediately tried connecting directly bypassing the UPS and both time the mac started fine.
Now you would think its a problem with the UPS except that my old 2009 mac pro boots on all 4 sockets everytime i’ve had that problem.
I switched the UPS off, disconnected everything before connecting everything again but its still the same...i really don’t know what to do...
Hope someone here may have an idea of what the heck is going on and can guide me.
Thank you


texts: How can I delete files in recovery mode using Terminal on my OS X main partition?

texts: I need to delete a folder otherwise my mac won't boot. How can I do this in recovery mode or whatever it's called using Terminal commands?


texts: Why did my Time Capsule disappear, while continuing to work as wireless router?

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My Time Capsule cannot be mounted for backups, and the Time Capsule does not appear at all in AirPort Utility. However I can see and connect to its WiFi just fine. The truly odd thing is that I can connect to it using "Configure other..." in AirPort Utility, and see all of its configuration and backup drive.

Some screenshots follow. First, this is what I see in Airport Utility:

If I hit forget, I get this:

Note that the globe and the nice little green dot and "Internet" is my WiFi connection through the Time Capsule that is not there!

Clicking on "Other Wi-Fi Devices" shows no devices discovered.

If I click on the globe, I see the local IP address for the router, 10.0.1.1:

Now I do "Configure Other..." from the File menu, enter the router address 10.0.1.1, and the Time Capsule password. I get the full configuration of my otherwise invisible Time Capsule!

All of the tabs show the correct configuration. But I still can't connect to the very Time Capsule that I am connected to the internet through!

I have tried power cycling the Time Capsule and computer, and doing a soft and hard reset of the Time Capsule, reloading the configuration from a saved file (using Import and Export Configuration File). I end up right back in the same place.

Does this ring any bells for anyone here?


texts: What's the best way to share Mac Apps downloaded via Mac App Store?

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We have four guys in the house running on Mac and say, one updates the apps that the others have purchased with their individual apple ids, could the apps be shared over a storage media/airdrop without app store pointing out for id issues?

Multiple folks downloading at the same time gets the bandwidth cropped and with the fair usage policy in place, after we hit the cap for the month the internet speed drops to a bare minimum. Well, apps like Xcode/Keynote/iPhoto which are fairly huge as a sum of all downloading the same copy.

I'm probably looking at something like steam backups, where I just share the backup of the game that friends have purchased but haven't downloaded yet and for them, it's just a matter of restoring from the backup file, without a problem, as they've purchased the game too.


texts: iTunesConnect - why sales difference between "App Analytics" and "Sales and Trends"?

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I'm tracking the progress of my new app, and each day it is exciting to see new numbers. However, today I noticed a big difference between what's reported via iTunesConnect and App Analytics

iTunesConnect App Analytics - 447 units on April 18
iTunesConnect
Sales and Trends - 23700 units on April 18

Numbers for previous days match. Does it takes some time to update the app analytics? Such big difference is huge for morale :0


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I want to update my iPhone 5s which now has iOS 7.1 to iOS 8.1.

My question is: If I update it from iTunes is the 5.1 gb iOS 8 going to remain on my computer or it will be deleted after the update is done?


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I just purchased used iPhone 4S from a Verizon customer in the United States. I would like to unlock it and take it to Europe and use it on a GSM network. How can I do this?

Phone info:

iPhone 4S
iOS 7.0.2
Baseband 5.0.0

Are any of these factory IMEI unlock services good? Has anyone tried it?

http://www.officialiphoneunlock.co.uk/

http://unlockiphonevip.com/

http://www.yourappleiphone.com/


texts: AppleScript error: “Finder got an error: Network file permission error.”

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I have an automator script that I use to create an empty file in finder and I've been using it with no problem for about a year. All of a sudden, it's giving me this error:

  The action “Run AppleScript” encountered an error: "Finder got an error: Network file permission error."

What is this error about?

I'm running Mojave.


texts: How do you list items with and without labels from the terminal?

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Is there a command that can tell the label status (labels as applied in the info menu in the finder cmd+i) of an item from the command-line in OS X? Essentially, I just want to list all the items with or without labels in the current directory, but I can't find any way to pull them appart.

This will help in creating a timed script that runs in the background. Then I can apply a label in finder and expect an action automatically apply to that file without having to make special conditions or keep a curated file with a list.


texts: AppleScript returns error on defining date

texts:
my following code returns an error

tell current application
    set b to "Tuesday 12 April 2016 at 18:06:10"
    date b
end tell

If I would write the string, defined in b, directly before date, it is working, but my date string is defined by some variables, so b is just an example for the string, how it looks like.

But why does AppleScript returns the error, only because of the string is defined in a variable?


texts: Why does updating Big Sur make my Mac start in Recovery mode?

texts:
After updating my Mac to Big Sur, every single 11.x update of Mac OS (including the update to Big Sur itself, as well as the latest to 11.4) ends up with restarting my Mac to Recovery mode, that is, I am presented with the following panel:

(This is from my latest upgrade to 11.4 – I took a picture, because I don't know how to take a screenshot in this mode.)
I found out that I don't need to go ahead with logging in here, and I can just restart my Mac and the update will continue successfully, eventually showing the regular user login fields. Every update has been eventually successful, but I need to take this extra step of restarting in the middle of the update when I am shown the Recovery mode options, which is an annoying step and also it may be the symptom of some bigger problem.
After the manual restart, I still see the progress bar of the update starting from empty and progressing.
This was not happening on previous macOS versions. I am afraid that at some point the underlying issue will manifest itself and some future update will bork my computer.
Why does updating macOS Big Sur end up in Recovery mode?


texts: Mozilla like Dynamic bookmarks in Safari browser

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I was using Mozilla previously and Mozilla has a very good bookmark feature, also known as dynamic bookmark. It would allow me to pass a variable to a bookmarked URL and the variable's value will be inserted into the URL. I don't want to "Edit  Address" of the bookmark every time, like in this photo

It would stay as the variable.

Refer to this link to understand the feature: https://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/22/how-to-use-dynamic-bookmarks-in-firefox/

How can the same thing  be achieved in Safari? This feature is very helpful for bugzilla, jira and lot of other developer tools where I would directly input the uniqueid of the entry to land directly on that page instead of searching it from the main page.


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I read the Question Is there a way to password protect individual apps? - but the answers focused too much on security issues.

I want to clarify my needs: I use a Software to write my personal diary. I just want to prevent people using my iTunes as a Jukebox and see that interesting icon somewhere and open it.

I don't want to create a special guest account or something like that, and I don't need a mechanism to prevent people from finding my diary files on the filesystem.

I just want to enter a password before the app starts. Is there a freeware solution without using terminal for every launch?


texts:
I decided to "give a hand" to Boot Camp and partition my drive, setting aside a FAT32 partition for installing windows (through Boot Camp) in the future.

Can one do this or does Boot Camp Assistant need to be handed a single-partition drive and do the partition itself?


texts:
Model Name:  MacBook Pro   Model Identifier: MacBookPro10,1
  Processor Name:   Intel Core i7   Processor Speed:    2.3 GHz   Number of
  Processors:   1   Total Number of Cores:  4   L2 Cache (per Core):    256 KB
  L3 Cache: 6 MB   Memory:  8 GB   Boot ROM Version:    MBP101.00F6.B00
  SMC Version (system): 2.3f36

I have some weird issue with my Macbook Pro Retina mid 2012.

It turns itself of by itself, then if I turn it on it won't boot. I force shutdown and turn it on again I get just a black screen.

Ran First Aid on the disk -- did not find any issue -- did a OS update, same issue, reset SMC, PRAM -- the issue remains.

It's a bit random but usually once it is turned off, I can't have the system fully boot again (either black screen or reboots in loop.) I usually have to wait a while which make me think it's a hardware issue, but the computer doesn't seem that hot.

Any idea of what can I do?

I suppose a vanilla install will be my next step but I don't think that is going to solve anything.


texts: Adobe Acrobat shortcut conflict with cmd + arrow

texts:
Although ⌘ + right arrow or ⌘ + left arrow are the standard Mac shortcuts for the beginning and end of the line, in Adobe Acrobat these are the  shortcuts for next and previous view. While using Adobe Acrobat, their shortcuts have preference over those of the Mac and I cannot find a way to customize the Adobe shortcuts.
Is there a way to force the Mac navigation shortcuts to have preference over the Adobe ones?


texts: Is there a known issue with MacBooks and bluetooth occasionally restarting?

texts:
During the last 4 years I've had 3 different MacBooks (one personal, two from different jobs) that had the same issue: bluetooth randomly dropped all connections. I typically have a bluetooth keyboard, mouse and headphones connected but headphones are typically optional.
If it happened with one machine, I would blame myself for messing something up or maybe faulty hardware in that particular unit. However, this is my third macbook that's suffering from the exact same issue. Bluetooth either comes back after a few minutes or I restart the thing manually. It's a bit annoying during conference calls.
Is this by any means a known issue and something I could do anything about?


texts: Can you watch movies from an external USB flash drive on an iOS device?

texts:
I intend to use a USB drive with Lightening port support (for use on iOS device), such as this:

https://www.amazon.ca/SanDisk-iXpand-Flash-Drive-iPhone/dp/B01CIEBS74

or this:

https://www.amazon.ca/HooToo-certificated-Connector-compatible-Expansion/dp/B01I1B5KFY/

If I put movies on either one, and the plugged it into an iPhone, would it be able to play those movies? If so is it through the Files app or something?


texts: Siri can't text someone even though it can call them, email them, and show me their contact information

texts:
I ask Siri to "Send a text message to John Smith". I get a response, "You have two contacts named John Smith, and neither has a phone number or email address". However, if I bring up John Smith's contact information in Contacts, I see only a single card and that card has his emails and phone number.

If I ask Siri "Show me John Smith's contact information", I see John Smith's contact information. If I ask Siri "Where is John Smith?" Siri will show me where John Smith is in the Find my Friends App. If I ask Siri "Email John Smith", Siri replies "Which email address for John Smith" and shows me all of his email addresses. If I say "Call John Smith", Siri calls John Smith.

And, if I bring up the contact, and press the little speech bubble, I can text John Smith that way. And, I can also ask Siri to display John Smith's contact information and send him text that way too.

The issue only seems to be with text messages. John Smith also has an iPhone and uses iMessage.

Any idea how I can get Siri to find John Smith's email address or phone number when I text him? I have no problems with email or phoning John Smith through Siri -- just texting through Siri.