texts: Got Stuck When Installing Octave in High Sierra

texts:
I've tried to install Octave using homebrew by using this command:
brew install octave.
But after make sign, I got stuck and nothing happened more than a half hour.

➜  ~ brew install octave
==> Installing dependencies for octave: gcc, veclibfort, arpack, jpeg, libtiff, little-cms2, ghostscript, epstool, fftw, cmake, jasper, netpbm, fig2dev, fltk, freetype, fontconfig, gl2ps, glpk, webp, gd, lua, gnuplot, graphicsmagick, szip, hdf5, flac, libogg, libvorbis, libsndfile, pcre, portaudio, plotutils, xz, imagemagick, pstoedit, qhull, qrupdate, metis, suite-sparse
==> Installing octave dependency: gcc
==> Downloading https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-8.1.0/gcc-8
Already downloaded: /Users/asrulsibaoel/Library/Caches/Homebrew/gcc-8.1.0.tar.xz
==> ../configure --build=x86_64-apple-darwin17.4.0 --prefix
==> make

How can I solve this?


texts: Disable screen blur on fast user switching in Yosemite

texts: Anyone aware of a way to customize the appearance of the screen during fast user switching? I'd like to disable the background blur to make it look more like it did in Mavericks.


texts:
I often run into situations where it's more convenient to boot up in recovery partition than a system partition. However, many important features are missing in the recovery partition. I know that you can add applications to it (Disk Drill does this), but it seems like a lot of important but not essential framework is not included, and if I copy all of them to the recovery partition I can't boot up. (Note: I'm referring to a restore/image of the recovery partition dmg onto another separate read-write volume when I write "recovery partition".)
An important feature of recovery partition is that I can set csrutil status, which is impossible in any configuration of the system partition. There is also no security features enabled, which is helpful in times.
Is there a way to customize the recovery system and still get it to boot/work? I want to have a working Finder (if there is low disk space/I want to remove some extensions/filesystems, etc.), better graphics (stop flashing everytime the display changes), and access to all my command-line tools (I guess I can just copy /usr over, but many of them still relies on frameworks that are not present).


texts: Numbers: How to make a sum product of 2 columns numbers of which only those with checkboxes checked in a 3rd column respectively?

texts:
Say, sumproduct(A, B)=a1*b1 + a2*b2 + a3*b3, now I have many columns C, D,..., e.g. c1 checked, c2 unchecked, c3 checked; d1 unchecked, d2 checked, d3 checked;

Now I need a formulae which I want to put in a cell of each of column C, D... to compute a conditional sum product to get a1*b1 + a3*b3 and a2*b2 + a3*b3 respectively.

This can be used in my nutrition calculation table of daily intake.

Thanks a lot.


texts: Mac becomes slow and unresponsive when opening complex pdf

texts:
So I a trying to open some lecture slides from my university to study however when I try to open certain PDF files the system becomes extremely slow and unresponsive.

Details of the PDF (Blurred out the names):

My macbook is a Macbook Air Mid-2011 with i7 and 4GB RAM running Yosemite OS X 10.10 . While slow and unresponsive, I opened Activity Monitor. After just a few minutes the amount of virtual memory increased from 10Gb to 24GB and Safari (what I opened the PDF with) was listed as using 7.8GB of RAM. Further the graph of Memory Pressure as shown in activity monitor had moments of being orange and red before the whole system becomes totally unresponsive.

I have tried restarting the laptop, closing other applications, and downloading and opening in preview. None of which helped.

This file isn't particularly large so i was wondering what would cause it to do this? The file does however contain numerous pictures and equations, which is what I believe to be the cause.Any ideas how to comfortable open this PDF?

Edit:
Here is the usage from Preview after opening for about 1 minute:


texts: Does Time Capsule automatically backup to the cloud?

texts:
When I purchased my Time Capsule, I was told that it provides two terabytes of storage on the actual capsule and two on "the cloud". Does this happen automatically or do I have to set up something different?

Also, how do I access this?


texts: OS X: fsck_hfs unable to fix volume directory count

texts:
I'm running fsck_hfs on a very large volume. Unfortunately, there's an issue it appears to be unable to fix -- it reports it, loops back to start with Rechecking..., and reports it again, ad infinitum.

** Checking catalog hierarchy.
   Invalid volume directory count
   (It should be 513997 instead of 513998)
   Incorrect folder count in a directory (id = 27444570)
   (It should be 1 instead of 0)

I've tried adding the -r ("rebuild catalog btree") flag to fsck, but the issue still recurs.


texts: Is there a really well designed and performant generic streaming camera viewer for iOS?

texts:
With the proliferation of cheap streaming camera hardware recently it's never been easier to get into generic 'CCTV' cameras.
On the Mac side there is good, well designed software available for viewing the output of the cameras, like SecuritySpy, however I don’t know of similar quality apps on the iOS side.
Some are very poor in UI terms (looking like they would fit in on iOS6). Others have been unable to optimize or deliver performance in the app.
Requirements:

Must support generic hardware (e.g. ONVIF & RTSP compatible).
Doing extra for a vertically integrated product where the app is good
is fine, but not if it will only support their own hardware.
UI - does it follow the Apple HIG or have a modern design of its own?
UI - must have decent accommodations for 2 to 4 screens using the space well. Bonus points for customizable or scriptable sizing of the various feeds.
Performance: add a new 4K stream in less than 8 seconds

Currently:

ICamViewer which performs quite well, but doesn't meet the UI requirements.
VGX RTSPPlayer which has a better UI, but is slow to launch
camera streams and doesn't appear to be able to show a matrix of
multiple cameras simultaneously.

Ideally I'd like one app (or an update) that combines the performance of one and the UI of the other.
Does anyone have any suggestions for good CCTV client apps based on these criteria?


texts: How can I sync and organise apps on iPhone from Mac?

texts:
Is there a macOS app to manage and organise apps on iOS? Apple used to
have this as part of iTunes but since they have dropped that feature there doesn't seem to be any real alternative to manage all those iPhone apps into separate screens and a manageable order.


texts: How do I change my Apple ID’s rescue email if I forgot my security question's answers?

texts: I had my rescue email to my old email that I deleted later. Then I realized that I forgot my security passwords and the only way to find it was to send an email to your rescue email. I didn't know what to do since its been a long time since I deleted that email. What should I do?


texts: There is a file named %FF at the root. What is it for?

texts:
I just noticed that I have this file at the root of the disc.

-r--------    1 root  wheel     0B  3 ago 00:38 %FF

The file is empty and it was created August 3rd. I did not created it.

Do you know what this file is for? Can/Should I delete it?


texts: Mapping port 80 to 8080 but maintain explicit 8080 access

texts:
I followed the instructions in this answer to map port 8080 to 80 on my mac. This works a treat, except for the fact that I can no-longer access http://localhost:8080 explicitly through Chrome (it never responds).

Put differently, I can start an http server on my machine listening on port 8080, which, having remapped my ports will work when I navigate to localhost in my browser, but doesn't work if I navigate to localhost:8080.

This causes issues with certain library code that explicitly includes the server port in its http requests.

How do I configure port forwarding in such a way that both localhost:8080 and localhost will send requests to my local server?


texts: since I updated my Mac to Big Sur, just on one of my four Desktops, this little black square appeared. Does anyone know how to remove it?


texts:
I am looking for an extension for spotlight on Yosemite, which allows an offline translation of english words into german and vice-versa. Similar to the inbuilt dictionary, but rather giving a translation of the word instead of a definition.
It should also be lightweight, so not slowing the system or spotlight down.
Is there such a software?


texts: How do I examine and reduce what "About This Mac" categorizes as "System" disk use?

texts:
In "About This Mac" my Storage shows a System disk use of 419 GB. Since my storage is a bit tight and I'm gearing up to update to Catalina (from 10.14.6), I'd like to clear as much disk space as I can, and this huge chunk attributed to "System" seems a good place to start.

What is in System? How do I examine the details of what's there? How can I delete (safely) some of the things there consuming disk space?

FWIW, I have a lot of local Dropbox files, use Google Drive, have a disk image on my drive, and have a bunch of Homebrew installed tools (in case any of these could wind up categorized as "System").


texts: launchd run command every minute of a specific hour

texts:
On man launchd.plist it says (emphasis mine)

  StartCalendarInterval  This optional key causes the job to be started every
  calendar interval as specified. Missing arguments are considered
  to be wildcard. The semantics are similar to crontab(5) in how
  firing dates are specified. Multiple dictionaries may be specified
  in an array to schedule multiple calendar intervals.

My plist file is /Users/enricozb/test.plist and contains

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.enricozb.test</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>date</string>
    </array>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/Users/enricozb/test.txt</string>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>21</integer>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Notice that Hour is set to 21, aka, 9PM. Also, notice that the command is just basically date > /Users/enricozb/test.txt. I ran

launchctl load /Users/enricozb/test.plist
launchctl start com.enricozb.test

This fires once right after the launchctl start command, and never again.

I was assuming that since the documentation says that missing arguments are wildcard, that the Minute field would be wildcard too. Why is this not running every minute?


texts:
I currently have a MacBook Air 13" 2011.

I want to connect two external Displays. Does it work? I think it can speak to two Displays. When the internal Display is closed, it should be possible to connect another display to have two one!

I want to buy a Dock where i can close the display and have two external ones.

Does anyone know if this solution works?


texts:
I enter the time machine.
I select a folder in finder.
I see red bars on the right.
If I try to click a red bar, scroll or click up/down arrows, nothing happens.
It looks like I can't go back in time.
I tried to leave the TM open for a while. Nothing.

I tried other folders, same result.

I'm on Yosemite.
Never had problem before, but now of course, I need really the data


texts: An app for looking at sound levels for surround sound channels?

texts:
I have been creating 5.1 surround sound files from Apple Compressor, but need a way to visually see that the different channels are all working properly in the final file. I can't test with a physical surround sound speaker set-up.

Is there an app that can show the sound levels for each channel, like you can with mono/stereo files in Audacity?

I don't have access to a full video editor like Final Cut Pro, or Avid. I would happily pay for a smaller audio utility that lets you do this.


texts: Wifi Calling Configuratble Provisioning Items

texts: What carrier specific software setting must be configured to properly enable wifi calling?  Clarification: I understand that wifi calling must be enabled, however, this is not a carrier specific software setting and is the same for any carrier.


texts: How to change swap location on macOS versions like Mojave with SIP?

texts:
I am using Mobile simulator and virtual machines which memory intensive. There are a few posts on internet about how to change the location of Swap files on macOS versions with System Integrity Protection (SIP). The simplest solution without tinkering with OS internals seems to be running the below shell command after boot:
sysctl vm.swapfileprefix=/Volumes/Swap/s

(here /Volumes/Swap is the new swap directory)
But unless SIP is disabled this command can't be executed. There should be a way to configure this on startup as I can't keep SIP disabled just to execute this command. Does setting this in /etc/sysctl.conf work on macOS? Has anyone of you tried this? This solution is suggested in this post from 2015 for older versions of macOS when SIP didn't exist.
How can I move virtual memory swap files to a different drive or partition?
Open to any other alternative solutions. Sorry for cross posting but I didn't get any constructive replies on Apple forum.


texts:
I'm using a MacBook Pro with Catalina 10.5.5 and when using Firefox, it has problems with dropdowns.
Firefox runs well, no issues there; but the main problem is any site with dropdowns on it, e.g. http://www.amazon.co.uk or http://www.motors.co.uk - in Safari it works OK, but not so much in Firefox - I have to restart the browser and then the dropdown in Firefox works for a short time.
This happens even with a clean profile.
I've tried disabling autoscrolling; not sure if that worked or not.
What should I do - is there a change needed to be made to the Trackpad settings, as currently I've got these settings:

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Print to PDF an email dropped into a Finder folder

texts:
I need to record correspondence in projects and by default store everything as PDF files. I do the same with emails - I save the attachments in the relevant project folder, then copy the actual email message to the same folder, and then also print the email message itself to the folder.

What I need is a script that will notice when I drop an email into a folder, and then automatically save the email as a PDF into the same folder (using the subject as file name).

If it can be done that all the attachments are also saved to the same folder as part of the same script, I will be very happy.

Can anyone help?


texts: why would keychain access silently discard an S/MIME X.509 certificate?

texts:
A co-worker sent me some S/MIME signed email. With anyone else who has done this, the certificate has shown up in my login keychain. Not so with his. I wrote out the attached p7s file, and verified that it contains a sensible stack of certificates by using the open ssl command. I tried to use File/Import in keychain access. It 'succeeds' (no errors), but the certificate does not appear anywhere in keychain access.

I note that the p7s file has several certificates in it -- the signature chain up to the root. But that's supposed to be commonplace.

What could be wrong?


texts: What will happen with my applications and data if I upgrade to El Capitan GM?

texts:
I have lots of apps and data on my Mac so I just want to know if I install El Capitan, do I need to backup all data and apps or will my Mac retain the data and apps after updating it from app store?

Copying all my data to external hard drive requires a lot of time so it will save my time.


texts: How do I get an new email notification icon on the status bar of an iPod Touch?

texts:
Is there a way to get a "new mail" notification on the status bar (that indicates the presence of unread email in the inbox) of my iPod Touch Model #MB528LL Version3.1.3(7E18).

I see that the iPhone or other Apple handhelds are capable of an email notification in the statusbar as shown in the image:

I have not been able to find anything in the settings to turn this on, nor have I found an app that adds this functionality.


texts: iPhone won't open Safari - or other - pages

texts: Has anyone found a fix to this yet? I have upgraded to IOS 9.3. I have reset my iPhone. But it still won't open links.


texts: How can I sync all of my Email addresses (including Gmail addresses) using iCloud?

texts:
I just got an iPad and I'm trying to sync all of my Email addresses across all of my devices, including my iMac and iPhone.

I already had an Apple ID and had iCloud set up for my iPhone and iMac, but when I went to set up my Email on my iPad it prompted me to create an @me Email address. So I did. But none of my Emails are syncing up with my iMac, and I thought the whole purpose of creating an @me account was so that all of my Emails would sync up through iCloud.

What I have is a couple of different Gmail accounts that I would like to sync up using iCloud. Is there any way to do this?


texts: What Mac apps are capable of managing SQL Server databases?

texts:
I'm looking for a Mac app that has capabilities similar to Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager.

The app should be capable of the following:

Create and administer SQL Server databases, objects, logins, users,
and permissions
Define and execute SQL Server administrative tasks
Design and test SQL statements, batches, and scripts

Is an app like that available today?


texts:
I just bought a new Seagate hard drive for Time Machine backups. I plugged it into my iMac and the hard drive never showed up in Finder. The drive does not appear in Disk Utility and the command diskutil list outputs only my system HD /dev/disk0. Even when I go to the System Profiler the drive does not appear under USB.

However, when I plug the device into a MacBook the drive shows up and runs regularly. I have made sure that the USB drive that I am plugging the hard drive into is working. I even formatted the drive using the Disk Utility on the MacBook put the drive still doesn't work on the iMac.

I think it might be a mounting issue but don't know where to go from here. How to make my iMac recognize my USB external hard drive?


texts: Confirm Unmounting/Ejection of Drive During Shutdown in Logs for Yosemite 10.10.4

texts:
I shut down my laptop today on my way out of the house, which had a drive connected via USB. I was wondering if there is a way to confirm that the drive was successfully unmounted/ejected during the shutdown process before I unplugged it?

In other words, to ensure that shutdown had completed and that the drive was powered down? I was in a hurry, and unfortunately am not sure.

I checked the console for log entries, but couldn't find anything verbose about the shutdown process.


texts: How to change zsh prompt which now shows probably MAC address?

texts:
I have been try to change the prompt on my terminal and the prompt that shows up looks like a MAC address.

This is what it looks like:

Last login: Mon Dec 16 20:41:33 on ttys000
thomasleonscribnerjr@android-fc473fc19d7d6b57

I am using a MacBook Pro.  I have never tethered my laptop through a phone. I use ZSH shell. I just wanted to use the $ symbol


texts: Disk encryption utility that works with both macOS and Linux

texts:
I have two work stations with different platforms (macOS High Sierra and Ubuntu 16.04). I need to have an encryption utility that works on both of them. To be more specific I need to encrypt a removable hard drives.

Currently I'm looking on veracrypt which looks quite safe and works on both platforms. The problem is that it has its concept of containers which is not so comfortable if I often add/remove files. The other issue is that it is not integrated into the operation systems.

Is there some better alternatives of veracrypt that are simple, safe enough and integrated in operation systems? Ideally integrated into finder and/or nautilus in Ubuntu so I can drag and drop the files I want.


texts: Safari only wants to connect to localhost via HTTPS

texts:
Do a lot of local development and recently I've noticed that I cannot connect to non-HTTPS services running on localhost. If the services provide HTTPS then I am able to connect, but every time I try something like "http://devsite:8000", Safari always tries to access "https://devsite.local:8000".

Using Chrome, I can properly access the site.

Perhaps the issue is HSTS?

I am running Safari 10.1 on macOS Sierra.


texts:
Is it possible set a constant in Pages (iWork '08, version 3.03) to be used all over the document?

For example I have some T&Cs where the company name and dates need changing throughout the document, rather than using Find & Replace I wanted to know if there was something like constants or variables I could use?


texts: how to turn on empty iPad while loading?

texts:
How do I turn on an iPad (first revision) during it is loading. Or how do I turn it on at all?

When I plug it in, the display shows a battery symbol with a little bit of red juice on the left side (seems to be empty). Then the display turns off after a few seconds.


texts:
I have 3 devices, on the MacBook, I have messages preference set to "keep forever", on the iPhone , I have it set to "delete after 30 days", and I have an older iPad, so its not up to date.

If I turn on messages in iCloud, whats going to happen?

Will the phone continue to delete after 30 days but allow the MacBook to keep forever? or will messages be deleted from iCloud after 30 days in accordance with the phone settings?

or do all messages end up in iCloud regardless of those settings?


texts:
I have a Python3 script that I wrote; this uses tkinter to bring up a window prompting users to connect to shared resources.

This all works OK, and I normally run it from a terminal.

I want to wrap this in a .app so that it appears in Launcher and can be used by others in my family, who are averse to the command line.

In the past I have used an Automator Application with Run Shell Script selecting shell /usr/bin/python, however macOS doesn't include Python3 so I have installed Python 3.6.4 and I can't seem to find a way to run a python3 shell.

I have tried using my normal shell script, commencing:-

#! /usr/bin/env python3

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import os

This generates a string of errors:-

The action “Run Shell Script” encountered an error: “from: can't read /var/mail/tkinter
from: can't read /var/mail/tkinter
-: line 5: import: command not found

I have tried a number of other options, including /usr/bin/env python3

The action “Run Shell Script” encountered an error: “env: python3: No such file or directory
from: can't read /var/mail/tkinter
from: can't read /var/mail/tkinter
/Users/ian/bin/connect.py: line 5: import: command not found

and finally got this to work with:-

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3 /Users/ian/bin/connect.py

This is rather clumsy and requires the script to be in an external file.

I am looking for a solution, comparable the running python2 script.

I am unsure if this should be asked on this site or Stack Overflow.


texts: I have Yosemite on MacBook Air and continuously get en error about storage usage. It keeps saying there isn't enough empty space on disk. About this Mac says that I have 65.96GB of other type files. When I get info about home directory it says 57.69GB is the size of home directory. However when I sum up the sizes of each directory under home, it is only about 12GB of data. I can't find where the remaining 46GB is. Any ideas?


texts: Record long webcam video / avoid re-encoding / save video-capture instantly

texts:
I want to record a very long video, approximately three hours, over an external webcam.

Short videos work very fine with QuickTime and its built-in "New Movie Recording" function. As long as they are short, you can choose to save the file "unchanged". Apple calls this to save the file "[…] in the same format as the original".

The option "save a movie file that contains media in the same format as the original movie" mentioned above strangely disappears at my three hours video.

My webcam needs 180 MB disk space per minute in 1080p, so a three hour video roughly weights 30 GB.

This export takes a quite, quite long time and I do not want to re-encode it and also want to save it in the same format as the original movie.

Another question is if there is a possibility to save the file instantly while recording? I am afraid of losing my video if my Mac crashes somehow. Also iMovie is not capable of this. Requirement is that I want to save the file "as it is" in 1080p, or how Apple calls this "in the same format as the original movie" and not down scaled or anything like that.

I appreciate every help concerning QuickTime or iMovie and also suggesting of any other applications.

Here are some screenshots. The second and third one are triggered either by closing the file or choosing "export" from the file menu. The option is ONLY available for small videos. For my large video there are options like "audio only", "Mac and PC", "480p", "720p", "1080p" and so on.


texts: Which kind of USB device attached - equivalent for the full functionality of lsusb on macOS?

texts:
Neither 1) System Information, 2) ioreg -p IOUSB -w0 -l, 3) system_profiler SPUSBDataType nor 4) jlhonora's "lsusb" for macOS
(brew update && brew tap jlhonora/lsusb && brew install lsusb) tell me which kind of USB device is attached like the Linux command lsusb:

  DESCRIPTION lsusb  is  a  utility for displaying information about USB buses in the system and the devices connected to them.

Use case: I want to know what kind of USB device is attached (e.g. USB 2 or 3) - not which type of port the device is connected to. Per this answer on askubuntu:


texts: Photo sharing with offline viewing for the iPad

texts:
I'm looking for a solution to easily share photos with family members around the world. I realise there are dozens of photo-sharing sites, but I'm looking for something that has

native iPad compatibility
syncing / auto-download
offline viewing
access control
simple interface

This is aimed at grandparents keeping in touch with their new grandbabies, so simplicity is important. The offline viewing is also key as I expect they will want to take their iPad on the go as a 'brag book' to share with friends when/where internet is not available (or too slow).

One option is MobileMe Gallery. I'm not crazy about the subscription fee, but it is acceptable. It caches photos when they are viewed which is acceptable, but not as great as sync / auto-download of new photos.

I've also checked out Dropbox which has the advantage of not requiring a subscription fee. It caches photos on the iPad the same as MobileMe Gallery. But it doesn't have an easy export from iPhoto which is a drawback.

The questions are... Is MobileMe Gallery fit for purpose? Are there alternatives? Are there better solutions?


texts:
I want to distribute an IOS app using Test Flight. If I go to the Account page of the Apple Developer site, I can see my account details so I am definitely logged in.  On the left hand panel there is a Itunes Connect option. If I click on that it goes to the enter link description here. If I click on App, then it has a link with the text 'Get Started'. If I click on this page, it goes to a page, the top of which has an enroll option. But I  do not want to enroll, I want to sign in, but there is no sign in option, and in any case, I have already signed in.

On a separate page I have signed into Itunes Connect but that just takes me to the getting started page with the same result.

So how do I get to the Itunes connect page where I can add my app?

I am using the same apple ID to sign into my developer account and Itunes connect.


texts: OS X Server - Reset all POSIX and ACLs on new file share

texts:
I've just set up a new mini running OS X Yosemite/Server 4, and am using a Drobo 5D for file storage. All of the files on the Drobo have been copied from an old Xserve setup and various external drives and at least one other Mac's user folder.

I have my own admin account on the mini, then a small handful of users with local accounts on the mini (added through the Users panel) in a single Group which I've given access to the fileshare. Eventually there will be two Groups, one for administrative stuff that will be in a separate folder that the other users can't access. So, fairly simple.

Is there a proper way in Server to reset all ownership and permissions for the entire fileshare? I'd like to start with the cleanest slate possible. I'm comfortable with the usual simple Linux chmod/chown commands but completely unfamiliar with the ACL and umask and what not, but am not afraid to cut and paste into Terminal. :) Basically I'd want to be sure to wipe out any old ownerships or other stuff from other machines, and make sure everything is set up so we don't run into any problems down the line with new files or modifying old ones.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Are there any car stereos out there that support AirPlay?

texts:
First, I understand that I'm walking a fine line but, to be clear, I am sticking to the FAQ and I am not asking for hardware recommendations.  Instead, I simply want to know if there are any car stereos out there that have AirPlay built in.  If not, why not?

This seems like a no brainer, especially considering that AirPlay has been around for a while.  Nevertheless, other than hack-it-together solutions, I can not find a means of getting AirPlay to work in my car.

Does anyone have any insight?  Is there a chance that I'm searching for the wrong type of product (i.e. Apple allows for car stereo manufacturers to integrate with iOS devices through some other means) and that's what I should be looking for?

Any tips would be helpful.


texts: How do I fix Error Code -36 in Catalina?

texts:
I'm getting

The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “filename” can’t be read or written. (Error code -36)

when I try to copy or move certain fairly old files to an external drive, and have tried both deleting all DS_Store files and running dot_clean (with -mn) with out any success.
Is there another, perhaps newer or Catalina-specific method for getting rid of Error Code -36?


texts: Siri not working on iPhone SE, iOS 12.1.4

texts:
My siri stopped working completely. It seems like she is not receiving the sound at all. Needless to say, the "Hey, Siri" also doesn't work. since I switched to iPhone SE it stopped working. I hold home button and the waves animation comes on, but it just kind of floats there, without registering anything, and without hearing my words. It works fine on my iPhone 5S, with the same settings of language. I have microphone working fine, I can record crisp sounds, and internet connection on. Things I tried:
-Tried wifi and cellular, and it just doesn't seem to listen.
-I tried to reset the phone - nothing,
-I tried to turn off/turn on Siri in settings - nothing,
-I tried switching on "Hey, Siri" feature, and I can't set it, because Siri - again - cannot hear and sample my voice.
-I tried turning on/off the airplane mode - nothing,
-I tried with turned on low power mode - nothing
-I tried with turned off low power mode - nothing
I really don't know what is happening. Any suggestions? Thanks.


texts: How To Launch Steam Games from Terminal?

texts: Is there a way to open Steam games directly from Terminal?


texts: iTunes will not let me resize the window at my leisure. I tried going into /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj, and then opening the file AppConfig.plist, but it will not let me change it, what I can do?


texts: Automatically Edit Plist files with Automator

texts:
So I'd like to edit a plist file property using automator.
I need to change the value of a key so that it's set to 1 minute before the automator app was launched. I'm quite new to all this and I need help...

For a said SULastCheckTime, I would need the value to be set to Jun 1, 2017, 8:52:56 PM if the automator app was launched at 8:53 on June 1st 2017...

Thanks


texts: I'm considering importing my home videos into my iTunes library so I can easily access them over any device in the house.  The one problem I'm seeing is when I add home movies, and I have them labeled as home movies in iTunes, on the apple tv they just show up under the movies selection for my iTunes Library.  I heard you can label them as TV Shows and have a bit more control, but honestly I'd just rather have a "Home Movies" option and "Movies" option to pick from on my main screen?  Is something like this possible?


texts: Easiest way to gently kill an intermittently unresponsive application?

texts:
Sometimes, when I have many applications open doing many memory and IO-intensive things, my computer inevitably starts to thrash a bit.  While waiting for things to settle down, I often decide to close some applications that don't really need to be open.  The trouble is that many of the applications (especially ones that have background/idle processes) tend to be intermittently unresponsive until the thrashing subsides, so it either takes a very long time for them to get focus to send ⌘+q, or when I go to close them by clicking on their icon in the dock I am only presented with the option to force quit.  I know that those applications aren't permanently unresponsive, so I'd prefer to send them a gentle TERM signal and have them quit gracefully when they are able.  I usually end up killing them by using pkill from the terminal, however, that's not always feasible, especially if the terminal is also hosed.

What is the easiest way to gently send the signal to kill a process if/when that process is intermittently unresponsive?  (In a situation in which access to the terminal and/or starting a new application is not convenient.)


texts: Is "Pegasus" in iPad crash report data something to be concerned about?

texts:
Recently getting interested in how Apple products and apps use, store, and disseminate my info.  Came across Argo.ips (which appears to be related to netflix app) in Data and Diagnostics and decided to look further into when I noticed its binary image referencing call history, messages, cloudphoto library, and other info that didn't seem relevant.  I do not see these references made in crash reports for other apps.

Noticed the following listed in binary image and could not find a clear explanation online.

0x18f2b8000-0x18f2eafff Pegasus arm64 <16f175f3c4b5343fbba9f33a019df587> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Pegasus.framework/Pegasus

Should this be concerning?  Is this Spyware, or just something with the same name as other nefarious programs? Is there a reason the Netflix app crash report would  reference these other areas of my iPad?   My next step, when time allows is to pull the rest of the logs and see what actual commands are occurring.


texts: Is is possible to go invisible in iChat?

texts: I want to be able to go invisible in iChat, like I can via Gmail. How can I do this?


texts: How do I stop getting notifications to Try Safari on Mac

texts: I'm getting these stupid reminders to TRY SAFARI. As I don't trust Apple, how do I stop them from trying to push products on me on my personal system where in my opinion, these advertisements should not even be allowed at all?


texts: How can I run an app, when using the full path?

texts:
I need to start an app from another app with just one command on macOS. So, I can't use cd to get to the right path.

I just need to run the app with the full path like: /my/path/to/app/myapp -parameter1 1 -parameter2

Is this even possible on macOS? (I would like to avoid to install the app.)
So cd and then execute is not possible because of:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4884681/how-to-use-cd-command-using-java-runtime


texts: How to delete saved server passwords on Files app (iOS)?

texts:
Recently I've been logging into my MacBook Air laptop using the "Connect to Server" feature on the "Files" app in order to access files from the iPhone. As far as I know this feature is new in iOS 13. The problem is that I can't figure out how to make the phone forget my laptop's username/password after I log out (by clicking the eject button to the right of it). Once I try to log in again (using the same IP address as previously), the login info is already there.
I tried restarting the application, restarting the phone, and even looking in the settings app (although I found nothing). Is there anyone who knows how to make the phone forget the password, permanently? Thanks.


texts: Time Machine keeps excluding my hard drive

texts:
I have Time Machine set up on a FireWire 800 external drive on my MacBook Pro. I have another USB external drive (formated NTFS with Paragon drivers so that I can store files bigger than 4 GB and access them from Windows) with  iMovie media etc and TM has been backing that up successfully (I can see the files in TM disk).

Recently I ran out of my internal SDD space and moved iPhoto Library to that external USB drive.
Then I got fed up with constantly connecting the USB cable and decided to swap HDD and optical drive (using a solution similar to OptiBay). Again, everything is working fine.

The Problem is that I discovered that Time Machine has not made backups of the Media disk in a while (backups don't contain the iPhoto Library).
Turns out that TM has that disk in the exclude list for some reason.

No matter what I try, TM keeps adding the Media disk back to the exclude list every time I open the Options... from TM prefs.

Some details:

Mac OS X 10.7.3

The disk in question is split in two partitions:
  Media disk: NTFS, 400 GB with 290 GB used
              I can remove it from exclude list, but it reappears
  Stuff disk: FAT32 - never needed to be backed up nor ever has been
              grayed out in exclude list, can't even remove
TM disk free: ~ 500 GB
Latest backup of Media seems to be March 2, 2012 (TM browser indicates),
  which was prior to moving iPhoto Library

BTW, now that the disk is internal anyhow, I can reformat the NTFS partition to HFS+ if that solves the problem. But TM did not have any problems with NTFS in the past. Why now?


texts:
Is there a way on iOS to turn on the Do not Disturb feature on an app-per-app basis? I have some apps I only use for work related purposes, and I'd like them to go silent on non working hours (to try and recover from workaholism) but I'd still like to receive regular notifications from other apps.

If that's not possible, any suggested workarounds?


texts:
I have a problem with Homebrew especially with Jenkins formula.

$ brew update;brew upgrade
Already up-to-date.
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package, with result:
jenkins 1.598
==> Upgrading jenkins
...
  /usr/local/Cellar/jenkins/1.598: 6 files, 65M, built in 7 seconds
$ brew uninstall jenkins --force
Uninstalling jenkins...
$ brew cleanup

Ok, I strongly believe that I completely uninstalled the formula. The problem is that the Jenkins formula installs every time when I do brew update;brew upgrade.

How can I uninstall Jenkins completely?


texts: cannot paste my metadata keychain password

texts:
I am following the steps in How do I stop 'mdwrite wants to use the "metadata" keychain' prompts?

But having a problem, I am unable to type the crazy password into the system dialog that comes up, and copy-paste does not work. Because it is stealing the input focus, I cannot do much else. I had to manually type the password. Is this a Mac Bug? Or am I just doing it all incorrectly.

(Mac Mini on Catalina, while editing xcode project options/targets after locking keychain) Otherwise pretty much exactly as in the link.


texts: I'm working off an older system, 10.5.8 and want to upgrade,but it won't let me without getting the 10.6.3 disc upgrade,now the problem with that is the internal cd drive won't work anymore and has a disc jammed in it,so I purchased the external USB SuperDrive, when I plugged it in the computer didn't recognise it, this Is really frustrating because I paid $100 for it and at the moment we can't access iTunes or even upgrade that for our iPhones or iPads,is there a way I can get the computer to recognise the USB drive? So I can do the upgrade.


texts: How to play or pause multiple instances of VLC simultaneously?

texts: I have 3 open VLC windows and whenever I see movement in one I need to pause all of them at once. Ideally I'd like a keyboard shortcut to do this. I tried AppleScript but I'm not familiar with the language and I can't see how to iterate through all processes of an application and tell each one individually.


texts: Can the iPad 3G only use 3G and Wifi, or can it use Edge or 2G (the little blue dot on iphone)?


texts:
I am receiving an SMS from Info on an iPhone running iOS 13. There is no contact Info in my address book. Does this perhaps mean that the sender suppresses her address/telephone number? Or what else can cause this?

UPDATE I should clarify that the exact scenario is as follows: I'm sending an SMS to a phone number; for what I know there is a person at the other end. A few minutes later the response arrives from Info (e.g. hence the iOS Messages app shows it in a new thread, which is somewhat inconvenient.)


texts:
The weirdest thing.

$ ls -al                                        ~/vm/win_8_1.pvm/Windows Disks
total 8
drwxr-xr-x   3 zoo  staff  102 Nov 22 14:04 .
drwx--x--x@ 15 zoo  staff  510 Nov 22 16:57 ..
lrwxr-xr-x   1 zoo  staff   10 Nov 22 14:04 C -> /Volumes/C
$ readlink C                                    ~/vm/win_8_1.pvm/Windows Disks
/Volumes/C
$ ls -al /Volumes                               ~/vm/win_8_1.pvm/Windows Disks
total 8
drwxrwxrwt@  3 root  admin   102 Nov 22 14:04 .
drwxr-xr-x  29 root  wheel  1054 Nov  2 15:07 ..
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin     1 Nov 22 12:49 MacSSD -> /
$                                               ~/vm/win_8_1.pvm/Windows Disks

Where the heck is ~/vm/win_8_1.pvm/Windows Disks/C pointing to??


texts:
In the iPad 3 keynote, they mentioned that you are now (or will be?) able to redownload movies just like music and TV shows.

However, if I go to my iPad I still only see Music and TV Shows in the redownload section.

Has anyone actually tried this yet?   It's a Disney movie so it should qualify (I know some Fox movies or something aren't allowed to do this yet)

Is this an upcoming feature or is this supposed to be available today?

Also, I'm in Canada if that makes a difference... thanks.

UPDATED WITH ANSWER:
Appears to be US only at the moment :(


texts: Is Spotlight Raw Query / mdfind single character wildcard broken?

texts:
Despite many attempts I cannot get the single character wildcard to work. I need to match exactly 3letter-3charcaters pattern. It should be simple, yet it doesn't work even in a simplified version:
% mdfind -onlyin '/Users/greg/Documents/Test'  "(kMDItemFSName == 'BIO-11*'c)"
/Users/greg/Documents/Test/BIO-110
% mdfind -onlyin '/Users/greg/Documents/Test'  "(kMDItemFSName == 'BIO-11?'c)"
% mdfind -onlyin '/Users/greg/Documents/Test'  "(kMDItemFSName == 'BIO-1??'c)"
% echo $?
0
%

I cannot use * instead since it overmatches if used as (kMDItemFSName == '*-*'c).


texts: MacBook reboots during a long sleep if FileVault is turned on

texts:
I've turned on FileVault on my MacBook Pro 2018 (High Sierra) and immediately after this the MacBook started to reboot randomly (mostly) when in sleep.

First I noticed that after putting my Mac into sleep I need to enter a password to unlock it (touch ID disabled) and that all my applications are closed. Looks like a reboot...

Then once when waking up my computer from sleep I got this message "Terminal interrupted logout. To continue logout, quit Terminal". This convinced me that the MacBook is trying to reboot itself during sleep.

It never happened before - but happens during all long sleep cycles (no matter if during the day or night) since FileVault is turned on.

Any ideas how can I troubleshoot this?


texts: Volume Overlay Displaying Incorrectly/Not Centered

texts:
So basically my macbook pro (mid 2010) was acting funny (shutting off when left corner was tapped/bumped, high fan when no activity, etc.), nothing helped so  I reset the SMC (I think that's what it's called, I'm a little sleep deprived here) and the PRAM. Now my volume control overlay and brightness overlay are displaying incorrectly. Initially, they were displaying half off the screen, centered on the lower half, so I force-reset Finder, hoping that this would help. Now both the overlays are centered.. on the bottom half of the screen, instead of being centered in the actual middle of the screen.

I know this is a ridiculous thing to be bothered by, but I am wondering if there is maybe some AppleScript command that I can use to reset the settings for the overlay? I know that one of these resets is what caused this, and I don't know how. Please help if you can! Thanks :)


texts: How do I choose the best color profile for a LG external monitor?

texts:
I recently bought a LG monitor 22MP55, to use at home as a second monitor with my MacBook Pro.

But the color is a little weird! Slightly yellowish.

I tried using it with a Windows 7 PC with the same website, and the colors displayed with the PC windows were more accurate and better.

Why is the display color better with a Windows PC? How can I get a better colour profile on my MacBook Pro?


texts: How do you sort columns left to right in MS Excel for mac?

texts:
I have a table, and I'm trying to sort by the column headers, so that the alphabetically first column is to the left, etc. I've seen various instructions, and I've tried, but when I'm in the sort options, and select "left to right", and then "OK", it doesn't seem to change anything, and then I go back into options, it's back to up-down...

Is this a known bug? or am I missing something?


texts: Is there shortcut to switch between visible windows (apps) within current desktop?

texts:
I have 3+ windows (different apps) placed on a single desktop. Also i have bunch of other desktops with other windows-setups.

How do i toggle focus between visible windows of current desktop?


texts: Gigabytes of disk space shown as hidden space in DaisyDisk

texts:
My disk space usage doesn't add up. I should have used only about 80 gigabytes, but according to DaisyDisk about 25 gigabytes is taken up by hidden space. The mystery disk space seems to be classified as other in the About This Mac window.

I've disabled local Time Machine snapshots with sudo tmutil disablelocal and deleted /Volumes/MobileBackups/.

Does anyone know what the hidden space could be or how I could free it up?

Possibly related to Macbook HD "Other" all the Sudden Almost Full.


texts: Using a Mac, is there any way to purchase iPad-only HD content from iTunes?

texts: There are many movies on iTunes that only have HD versions if you are shopping from an iPad or Apple TV. However, I use a Mac Mini for my media center rather than an Apple TV. Is there any way to buy HD versions of these movies directly on a Mac?


texts: I am planning to get one iPod Touch from one of my friends who is coming from US this december end. The current price of iPod 32GB is around $299. How much discount can I expect this christmas?


texts: How to make Mojave's quick actions for movies show up in finder?

texts: I've two quick actions for movie files in Automator, one of them was a service before the upgrade, the other one is new. Neither of them shows up as quick actions in Finder, and only the older one shows up as a Service in the context menu. What gives?


texts:
How would I remove all of the items returned by mdfind? For example, I want to remove all files relating to "MacLaunchpad", so I did

mdfind "MacLaunchpad"

Which returned

/private/var/db/receipts/o.t.maclaunchpad.postflight.pkg.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/o.t.maclaunchpad.maclaunchpad.pkg.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/o.t.maclaunchpad.postflight.pkg.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/o.t.maclaunchpad.launchpad.pkg.plist
/private/var/db/receipts/o.t.maclaunchpad.launchpad.pkg.bom
/private/var/db/receipts/o.t.maclaunchpad.maclaunchpad.pkg.bom

I wish to remove all of these files; how would I go about doing that?


texts: How to manually 'install' a command-line based Java application consisting of an executable and several auxiliary modules?

texts:
I'd like to use Briss, a Java application for cropping pdf files. The application consists of a compressed folder containing several Java .jar files. Presumably one of them is the executable, and the others are auxiliary modules that the executable uses. The application has a GUI, but is run from the Terminal by running the following command line:

java -jar briss-0.9.jar

How can I 'install' this application so that I can run it by typing the above command in a freshly opened Terminal window?

One way to do it would be to dump all the .jar files inside /usr/local/bin, but I'd rather not pollute the bin folder with a horde of files, and also I'd like to keep the files together, so that, for instance, the application can be easily and cleanly 'uninstalled'.


texts:
I struggle with my 27" iMac, with its fixed size and weight, to have it sit at a comfortable eye sight position for me when I look down at my screen.

If your neck aches because the monitor is too high, a few recommendations are available here and on macrumors. I'm soliciting a solution for the opposite problem dismissing:

Drilling holes to introduce VESA compatibility.
Introducing a clash with the fine lines of the iMac by putting it on top of one or a few books or reams of paper.
Getting an absurd-looking box to solve a problem that was contrived in the first place.

Is there another method to make the 27" iMac ergonomic for someone a bit taller than average who does not wish to keep his head dangling over his body while looking down at the monitor?


texts: Why I do I see these lines in Terminal and how can I remove them?

texts:
Last login: Fri Mar 26 00:39:29 on console
export HOMEBREW_PREFIX="/opt/homebrew";
export HOMEBREW_CELLAR="/opt/homebrew/Cellar";
export HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY="/opt/homebrew";
export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin${PATH+:$PATH}";
export MANPATH="/opt/homebrew/share/man${MANPATH+:$MANPATH}:";
export INFOPATH="/opt/homebrew/share/info:${INFOPATH:-}";

This started to appear at the start of the terminal when i  installed homebrew and don't know how to remove it. Any tip.
PS: I don't know what I'm doing, so I will really appreciate a detailed response


texts: Where does docker desktop "start on login" option get stored and how to stop Docker from doing this outside of docker desktop?

texts:
MacOS start applications are controlled through the user and groups settings.
Also you can use cron.
In docker desktop there is a login setting that seems to secretly put some login setting somewhere. WHERE? This should be banned. Secret login triggers are a virus and security threat.
Is it in root and macos doesn't show root?


texts: Is Bonjour supposed to make your home networking a lot easier?

texts:
If Bonjour is installed on all PCs, Macs, is it supposed to make home networking a lot easier?  (the heaven of seeing all shared folders any where at home?)

(even the VLC Streamer on iPad claims to use Bonjour)

But now I go look for Bonjour, and Apple is saying it is a printer service:

http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999
Bonjour Print Services for Windows


texts: Compatible SSD for Macbook Pro (replace HDD)?

texts:
Any special compatibility concerns when replacing the HDD on a MBP with an SSD? I am running Parallels with XP Pro and Ubuntu and have been disk bound for some time. Not too concerned about size, 100GB is probably enough. Hoping to get the absolute fastest IO I can with reliability being a close second. Below are specs in case they are needed.

Hardware Overview:

  Model Name:   MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,4
  Processor Name:   Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:  2.53 GHz
  Number Of Processors: 1
  Total Number Of Cores:    2
  L2 Cache: 3 MB
  Memory:   4 GB
  Bus Speed:    1.07 GHz
  Boot ROM Version: MBP53.00AC.B03
  SMC Version (system): 1.49f2

Help me oh wise ones. Thanks ahead of time!


texts: Changing Apple ID on second hand Macbook Pro

texts: I bought a Macbook Pro second hand and the previous owner did not disable their iCloud account. Is there any way to erase it back to factory settings so I can set up my iCloud account on the device?


texts: Adding bootable diagnostic partition(s) to 2010 iMac (sans ODD) (fancy Bootcamp question)

texts:
I have removed the ODD from my 2010 iMac, replacing it with a second SSD. Right now, there are three drives inside: two SSDs and the original 1TB HDD.

Disk 0 (first SSD) boots Windows 7 (originally installed from DVD), Disk 2 (second SSD) boots High Sierra (installed from USB). At the present moment, both systems are bootable (by holding down Alt).

I want to add the following tools to Disk 1 (the HDD) (ISO images are available):

Windows install
Acronis boot rescue partition. This is basically a customised Linux. It boots perfectly when burned on DVD (but there is no DVD drive anymore)
maybe a diagnostic Linux LiveCD

The HDD is completely empty and either Windows or OSX tools can be used to partition it and set it up. There is some flexibility here.

I have managed to set up a bootable Windows install partition by creating a MBR partition table in Windows, copying the ISO contents then fixing the boot sector using bootsect.exe and marking the partition active. This gives an additional option when holding down Alt and starts the Windows install correctly.

However, no method worked with the Acronis image. I have tried copying the contents and setting it active. I also tried to "burn" it on a partition using dd in Terminal under OSX. At best, an "EFI Boot" option shows up at startup, but clicking on it simply freezes the system.

What to do next? Which partition scheme to use? How to transfer the images?

Please note that booting anything other than OSX install from USB is impossible on my iMac. (Yes, it is. Tried every method and recipe in the world.)


texts:
There are services like https://udidregistrations.com where you can register you UDID and get Certificates and Provision profiles. Are they worth? What danger is there? Signing applications is real?

Why I ask: I want to "play" a little with Xcode and Objective-C and have the possibility to test on my iPhone, but don't want to pay 100$ just for playing.


texts: In app purchase + redeem points as gift vouchers

texts: We are developing a multiplayer game in which user has to buy some credit point through in app purchase, then he can multiply those points by winning multiplayer challenges with friends. On reaching a certain level of points, he can reward himself by re-deeming gift vouchers (amazon, ebay, etc) through those points. Does apple allow this type of game structure? Please suggest.


texts: Incorrect hostname in terminal after factory reset

texts:
I wiped out Mac and reinstalled (Mojave) (logout from Cloud, Messages, deauthorized iTunes, erase disk, reinstall). Now my terminal is showing a name that I set up through Preferences -> Sharing on previous instance of  system (before reinstall).

I checked Preferences -> Sharing computer Name is:
Kathy’s MacBook Pro

When I check in bash:

red-panda:~ kathy$ scutil --get ComputerName
Kathy’s MacBook Pro
red-panda:~ kathy$ scutil --get LocalHostName
Kathys-MacBook-Pro
red-panda:~ kathy$ scutil --get HostName
HostName: not set

My questions:
1. Why red-panda is still there after reinstallation? Where that information is stored? If I want to sell the Mac, how can I be sure to wipe all out?
2. Can HostName: not set make any troubles?


texts: (2010 Macbook on Sierra) White Screen of Death "Legacy Shim 2"

texts:
I am fairly confident this is not something that happens often, but I am open to be proven wrong. This is most likely a hardware issue, but I really hope it is not.

My mac starts up with a blank white screen. There is no apple logo or error logo. Every one in ten"ish" times it will actually boot up after multiple times turning it off. When I am finally at my home screen it is extremely slow to run applications.(Even more so than it was prior to the problem)

I used command s to find out if there was an error in code, but even then it wouldn't boot-up properly. When I did get it to work it showed this code

Code:
AppleUSBMultitouchDriver: IOUSBHostHIDDevice: :start: unable to start IOHIDDevice
HID: Legacy shim 2

This repeated many times.

If this is a hardware problem how can I replace the parts inside my Mac? I wanted to replace some of the parts anyway.

If this is a software problem how do I fix it?

Thank you guys,

Scrubs


texts: Is it possible to remove versions from Numbers

texts:
I tried importing a large Excel spreadsheet to Numbers.
It became even larger, and some features do not work.

I decided to delete some sheets (containing graphs which don't work, and are effectively uneditable).

This only slightly reduced the size.

Is it possible delete old versions or make a new clean copy (and would this make any difference)?


texts: Set the result of command to variable in Terminal post execution

texts:
How can you set the output of a command run in terminal to a variable after it has run?

Background

(You can skip of you don't need the background) I run VirtualBox VM and do a lot from the command line, especially when I am remote.  VBoxManage requires either a UUID or the name of the virtual machine in order to interact with it.  For instance, if I wanted to power off a VM, the syntax would be (I have an alias set for VBoxManage as vbm):

vbm controlvm <vmname>|<UUID> poweroff

This is pretty easy if you have VM names that don't have spaces or special characters in them like "Client X Web Dev Server".  I do this so I can take advantage of descriptive names.  So, the tradeoff is that I use the UUID.  To do this, I created another alias that will `cut' the output down to just the UUID.  For example, if I am looking for my "Fred Web Dev Server" (I am a fan of the Flintstones), I execute the command:

vbm list vms

My output is as follows (shortened list):

"Fred - FreeBSD 10.2" {f93c17ca-ab1b-4ba2-95e5-a1b0c8d70d2a}
"FreeBSD 10.2 Master" {ae2a2d61-25e5-4b5e-b455-1b2f60b49157}
"Windows 7 Pro VL" {62bfbca1-9fb4-4758-aeac-2777f2614ffd}
"Windows 10 Pro" {46b285c3-cabd-4fbb-92fe-c7940e0c6a3f}

So, to interact with "Fred" I just issue the command:

vbm list vms | grep Fred

and as expected, I get:

"Fred - FreeBSD 10.2" {f93c17ca-ab1b-4ba2-95e5-a1b0c8d70d2a}

I then pipe it to another alias, vmc, that issues a "nested" cut command: cut -f 2 -d { | cut -f 1 -d }.  My result is just the UUID without brackets

$ vbm list vms | grep Fred | vmc
f93c17ca-ab1b-4ba2-95e5-a1b0c8d70d2a

What I would like to do is set that result to a variable.  What I have been doing is re-executing the command, but editing it first to add a variable set instruction at the beginning like this:

$ set vm=`vbm list vms | grep Fred | vmc`

Then I can reuse vm in my commands easily:

$ vbm control $vm poweroff

I like having the option of not setting the variable because there are times I don't need to use it, just see it.  I can redirect it, but that goes to a file.  I have tried to pipe it, but that requires another command.  Does anyone know how to do this?

Update (5/20/16):

I got much more out of this question than I expect to so thanks to @user3439894, @fd0 and @Mateusz Szlosek for their excellent suggestion.

I selected @user3439894' solution of using

vm=`!!`

because it was simple and elegant.  I assigned it to a shortcut key for when I needed it for even easier use.  However just reading the other answers, I now have some others solutions I can use for different scripting challenges I have run into the past.


texts: Can't seem to get into internet recovery mode

texts:
I brought a Mac Mini (2009 I believe early as it had a 120GB HDD) of which I upgraded it to a 120GB SSD to begin with. Being my first mac I found I could re-install it using the internet recovery mode which I believe was how I installed the SSD.

I was running El Capitan on the machine perfectly fine.

However the SSD had to be taken out from it to be put into another machine as an emergency (The mac wasn't important) and recently replaced with a 250GB HDD and when trying to boot into internet recovery mode now get nothing but the folder with the question mark in.

I've tried multiple key combinations and have been searching around online for solutions but haven't found one.

The main thing is how can I re-install it? I don't have access to any other Macs but do to Linux & Windows machines.


texts: Delete Key on Apple KeyBoard Deleting only 1 char at a time

texts:
I used to delete characters continuously by pressing my delete key on apple keyboard but for some reason now I can not do it. I have to release and press again to delete the previous character.

For example:

If I have a line like "This is a text to delete". In the past, I will just place my cursor at the end of the sentence.. e.g after delete and keep pressing delete key until the entire sentence is removed. Now, I have press the delete key and release for every character.

I have set keyboard setting to default but still see the same issue.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Rj


texts: How can I sleep the display from Terminal?

texts:
I'd like to be able to turn my screen off from command line.

I know there's the keyboard shortcut ctrl+⇧+⏏ but I want to do it from a shell script or remotely.

Is there a way?


texts: Can't delete a greyed out app on iPhone 4S

texts: I can't delete a greyed out Google Translate application. It is there even if I try to delete it by holding on apps for longer time and click on the x button just above it, but it doesn't help me. I tried to delete it by closing my iPhone, not helpful. Then, I tried it to delete after resetting, not helpful. It is there. iOS 9.3.5 updated.


texts: Tool to sort Activity Monitor: legit or suspicious

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I was wondering whether there was a tool similar to Hijackthis on Windows for Mac. I know Mac doesn't have a registry, but malware could similarly run as a background process, service or helper tool. Since permissions on the Mac have become stricter over the years, admin passwords need to be provided today to install virtually any app. So, virtually all apps have admin privileges for some things during the install process.
I'm not sure how it looks for everyone else, but I have over 500 processes running most of the time in Activity Monitor. For most of them, I do not understand what they do or if they are really necessary. I worry on the one hand that they might slow my system down. In the worst case, I worry that I may have malicious software running in the background (e.g., Zoom's hidden web server).
Hence, I was wondering whether there was a software similar to Hijackthis that scans processes and gives some info about them, possibly with an assessment of their quality, risk. What I am looking to gain is more control over what is running on my Mac, like Hijackthis provides on Windows.


texts: Does iOS (iPad) close your tabs when off when private browsing is enabled?

texts: I'm just curious to know if any iOS device (particularly, in this case, the iPad 2) closes the open tabs when I run out of battery ?


texts: How to add new music to my iPhone without losing my data?

texts: My computer's hard drive broke down and I got it fixed. I now have no pictures, music or documents on my laptop. I had a USB key of several songs that I'd like to add to my iPhone but when I tried to put them on manually, iTunes wants to erase everything and add those ten songs. Is there a way I could add these songs without having to lose my data?


texts: Where are the images for the Messages.app status bubbles located on filesystem?

texts:
I'm assuming Messages.app uses images for their status bubbles like other graphics in the app. Here are the bubbles I'm talking about:

If my assumption is correct, then where are they located on the filesystem? I'm trying to find the images to use them as a resource for a local app I'm creating. I'm on 10.10.1 if that matters.


texts:
I have tons of photos on my mac (Lion) and an external harddrive. They are not organized using iphoto, just sitting in different folders.

I would like to be able to view them on my iPad 2. Ideally I would like to be able to "like" them, currently I'm using color labels in Finder.

If I could also view the videos I would be ecstatic ;-)

thanks!


texts: Microsoft Word Forcing "Spaces" Switching

texts: When I have Microsoft Word on one “space” (virtual desktop in usual english), sometimes clicking anything on another “space” forces me to go back to the "space" where the Word window is opened. How can I prevent Word from behaving this way?


texts: is there a slipcase for 17" MacBook Pros which opens at the side?

texts: I carry my 17" MBP in my laptop pannier, into which it just fits in portrait orientation.  I'd like to protect it with a slipcase, but I don't want to have to take the slipcase out of the pannier to get at the laptop.  Is there a slipcase on the market that opens at the side?


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I want to insert/embed a file in the Word Document. If i go to, Insert -> File and then select the file, it inserts the text present in that file. But i want to display it as only an icon.

If i got to Insert -> Object -> From File -> Check the Display as Icon -> Select the file, it displays an error, "The sever application, source file or item cannot be found. Make sure that application is properly installed, and that it has not been deleted, moved or renamed".

How do I make it work? Is it possible?


texts: OS X adds "incorrect" DNS servers "on top" of correct ones

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OS X (latest version of High Sierra) is doing something strange when I try to connect to my campus wireless network.

On a regular basis, it is adding an incorrect DNS server (10.0.0.255) "on top" of the list of DNS servers that actually is appropriate for my campus network. I have to go in and manually delete the incorrect server, which appears by itself; when I do so, the full correct list shows up and everything returns to normal.

How do I prevent OS X from doing this automatically?


texts: Chess app no longer recognises voice commands in macOS Mojave

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I have tried everything I can think of, I have Enhanced dictation on, I have tried turning it off and deleting the speech recognition file from /System/Library/Speech/Recognizers/SpeechRecognitionCoreLanguages, I have tried deselecting and reselecting "Allow player to speak moves" from Chess preferences and reinstalling the Enhanced dictation files again but all to no avail.

I would also like to mention that dictation works for basically everything else I use it for, except Chess commands.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How do I change the location of macOS screen captures?

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As a developer, I take a lot of screen captures. I often take screen shots to share with Stack Exchange members in chat.

The problem is my Desktop is so cluttered with screen captures that they're now overlapping! I'd like to save all screenshots in a dedicated folder or directory.

In macOS, how do I change the default location where screen captures are saved?

These are the screen shots taken with CommandShift3 or CommandShift4 keyboard shortcuts.

I would prefer a solution which doesn't require installing any software.


texts:
Am I being a victim of some hacker? I haven't installed it

OS: 10.15.2 Catalina

If so. Is it safe to remove by command line?


texts: How do I restore the default certificate settings in Snow Leopard?

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After the DigiNotar certificate debacle, I tried to remove their certificate from my Keychain. However, I think I deleted the wrong one. I am not sure which one it was, but trying to go to https://github.com in Chrome shows me a Error 202 (net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID).

Whoops. How can I restore the default certificates into my keychain?


texts: Install csrutil or new recovery partion on High Sierra volume?

texts:
My High Sierra installation did not come with a recovery partition, only internet recovery so I don't have csrutil. It's not in usr/bin, or the base install volume either like many have suggested, Single User Mode does not provide a csrutil either.

I have looked through the stack threads on the issue, and can't find a single solution other than upgrading or reinstalling, neither are an option for me currently. I do not have access to a High Sierra version of cocoadialog (v3.0.0beta7/v2.3.7) so I can't use recover partition installer app either.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to disable SIP at this point?


texts: How do you get the internal drive to show up when you're reinstalling?

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Macbook Pro.  Trying to reinstall Yosemite.  I can get to the "Install OS X" page, but the only destination given is "Recovery HD".  I can go to disk utilities and see that "Macintosh HD" is there, and I can hit the "Verify Disk" and "Repair Disk" options and those run through with no errors.  The partition map shows one partition covering the entire disk (449.42G) with a Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" format.

How do I actually install to "Macintosh HD" though, if it doesn't show up as something you can install to?


texts: iPhone fails to activate after a restore

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I am using iPhone 4 which was with iOS 7.0 and I had the common problem with WiFi being grayed out. I am sure that Find My iPhone was active and I restored it in DFU mode.

Now, after the restore, attempting to complete activation shows the following error:

  The iPhone could not be activated because an unknown error occurred.
  Please try again later.

What can I do?


texts: Remove non-existent devices from "Calls on Other Devices" on iOS?

texts:
On my iPhone 8 running iOS 12.1, under:

"Settings / Cellular / Calls on Other Devices",
"Settings / Phone / Calls on Other Devices",
"Settings / Messages / Text Message Forwarding"…

…I see two list items for test macOS user accounts I created and deleted in troubleshooting another issue.

These two non-existent devices don't appear in the list of devices:

at the bottom of "Settings / Apple ID",
on https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage,
on my Mac under "System Preferences / iCloud / Account Details / Devices".

I've tried toggling the faux devices, toggling "Calls on Other Devices", and rebooting the phone and the notebook.

I assume now, in retrospect, that I should've logged out of iCloud on the test macOS user accounts before deleting them (including their home folders), but I'm pretty sure now that's no longer an option.

Any help?


texts: Any Thunderbolt docks compatible with 4K at 60Hz?

texts:
I just got an Asus PB287 4K display.
I was hoping to use it with the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock.

The display works fine when connected directly to my 2014 rMBP, but with the dock it only gives a 30Hz refresh rate.

I spoke to Belkin and they said this was a known issue and would not work the the newer Thunderbolt 2 Express dock, either.

Is there any Thunderbolt dock that will work with 60Hz refresh and a 4K monitor?


texts: Setting to stop opening a new instance of an already open application?

texts:
On my iMac this works perfectly. I have application open, I open a file extension handled by that application and it will open in the already open application. Just got a new Macbook Pro and each time I open a file it will open the same application again.

Examples:

I open an HTML file in Sublime Text 2, instead of using the application that is already open like on my iMac, it opens in it's own Sublime Text 2. Doesn't matter how many files I open. Each time it will open a new application.

Click a link from an email? New Chrome window will launch. I have Chrome open already, but it will open a new window every time. Double click an HTML file on the desktop? New Chrome window.

Very annoying so what is the setting I need to check that will stop this behavior and always open in the already open instance of the application?


texts: Websites displaying as mobile on all browsers in MacOS

texts:
For some reason, numerous websites started displaying as mobile on my MacOS machine today, in all browsers, even browsers I never use like Safari. The agent header I'm seeing in Chrome is:

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/62.0.3202.94 Safari/537.36

Any ideas about what's going on and how to correct it?


texts:
I installed macOS High Sierra updating to APFS and everything was working correctly. After a couple of days I shut down and went off. I just came back and when I boot there are no users to login as usual, I get a Name and Password fields.

Of course my user is not working and it is not the usual login where your user is the one you see and just type your password.

So I have a Name and Password fields that I can’t fill with anything, so I can’t login to my user.

In recovery mode I ran First Aid and I get:

The volume /dev/rdisk3s1 could not be verified completely.
File system check exit code is 8.
Restoring the original state found as mounted.
File system verify or repair failed.
Operation failed...

Anyone with the same problem? Any advice or solution for this?


texts: What commands are needed to install .NET Core on OSX?


texts: Do all iMessages always get pushed to Messages on the Mac?

texts:
Hypothetical situation: Connected on different internet connections. If there are active conversations on my Macbook, and I get a text from one of the conversations not listed there, will it always push it to the macbook? Or if I read or delete it immediately, will it not show on the Macbook? Or are there ways to block certain numbers from going to the macbook?

From what I understand, all messages received will always go to the Macbook if it's configured to do so. There's no way to filter them.

Just wondering how iMessage works exactly.


texts: How to uninstall GlobalProtect VPN client?

texts:
GlobalProtect VPN client refuses to uninstall the regular drag-app-to-trash way.

Their recommended method is to download the original .pkg installer and use its uninstall feature. This isn't always possible since GlobalProtect is branded to an organization and if you're no longer with that organization you can't download the installer.

Is there a way to uninstall GlobalProtect without using the installer?


texts: Can I get a 4G data plan for my unlocked iPhone 5 in the US?

texts:
I have a factory unlocked iPhone 5 bought from my home country. I'll be travelling to the US, and I was wondering if I can get a short 4G data plan (six months) from any carrier in the US?

Last year, I went to the US and T-Mobile specifically couldn't offer me a 1-month 3G for my iPhone 4, only edge speeds, but I read rumors about recent support of these features... Hence my question.


texts: How can I migrate my data from my Macbook Pro 2010 to a Macbook 12-inch 2016?

texts:
How can I connect a Macbook 12-inch 2016 to a Macbook Pro 2010 in target disk mode to migrate my data with Migration Assitant? The Macbook has a USB-C port and the Macbook Pro 2010 has Firewire 800 and USB 2.0.

I couldn't find an adapter or cable for this.


texts: I bought my MBP with Turkish layout and I am using in U.S. layout. On my external keyboard, I have apostrophe ` symbol behind the 1, as it should be, but on my Mac's keyboard, with same settings, there is the § symbol (and I don't know what is that) I want just apostrophe symbol behind the 1 key, do you have any idea to solve this problem?


texts: How do I turn off App Store notifications in Mountain Lion

texts:
The App Store on Mountain Lion pushes update notifications through Notification Center. Unfortunately, this also happens for users that are not system administrators (and so cannot run the App Store). How can I turn this off?

Notification Center has preferences, where applications can be vetted, but App Store does not appear in this list.


texts:
I reset the settings (all settings) on my new iPhone 5 today, to try to troubleshoot some problem. Since doing so, my screen seems dimmer.

I never changed the brightness settings to begin with, from opening the factory-sealed box up until the reset, so I am not sure why this seems to be the case. The auto-brightness seems to be using a lower intensity for any given lighting condition since the reset.

Am I just imagining things, or is this possible?


texts: Disable window snapping to top on move to second monitor/display

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This annoying behavior started happening in 10.8 or 10.9 and I'd like to turn it off and make it never ever happen again.

What happens is that when dragging a window from one display to another, when I let go of the mouse button on the second monitor, the window doesn't stay where I left it upon mouse button release, but instead it snaps to the top of the screen where I did not position it.

Does anyone have any idea how to disable this annoying setting?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Is there an aftermarket USB->DockConnector cable that works with an iPhone 4 + bumper case?

texts:
I'm looking for a third-party (i.e., cheaper) alternative to the Apple Dock Connector to USB Cable that is compatible with an iPhone 4 w/ bumper case. I've tried a few third-party cables and none of them are able to connect properly with the bumper case installed on the phone.

Also, I'd prefer it if the dock connector end of the cable doesn't have the press-to-disconnect buttons.


texts: Volume password challenge in Migration Assistant

texts:
I'm trying to migrate a user account from an old MacBook Pro to a recent, two-year-old iMac.

MacBook Pro, Mid-2010, High Sierra
iMac, High Sierra

I'm able to open Migration Assistant on both devices. The device I'm migrating to sees the source device, it totals up the capacity utilization of the accounts I can migrate from. I choose the account on my source device that I want to migrate.
When I'm ready to go, though, Migration Assistant on the target device gives me a message saying that I must supply a Volume Password for an account that is authorized. I thought this was because my source machine used FileVault. I input the password for that account on the source device, but it wouldn't authorize.
Therefore, I decrypted my source machine, meaning I turned off the FileVault protection. It took  a couple of days to do that.
Migration Assistant still gets to a point where it requires a Volume Password. I don't know what it means. I've tried every password used by every account on the source and target devices. I'm still blocked from migration.


texts: Apple Mail mixes up sent messages with other sent messages within and across different accounts

texts: I'm a Mac newbie using Apple Mail version 8.2 on Yosemite 10.10.3: I have 5 mail accounts and have noticed that mails sent from any account often get mixed up with sent mails from the same or different accounts. It is a complete mess, e.g. a sent mail can be appended to another sent mail's header from a different account, or, a sent mail can appear in the midst of a group of mails sent to an entirely different address. I have searched but not found anyone else who is reporting the same problem. Please help?


texts:
I was able to fix the problem by restarting my computer, but I wanted to see if anyone else had this issue.

If I right click on a keychain item and select "Copy Password to Clipboard" the usual password confirmation dialog box didn't come up and the password isn't copied.

If I press ⌘+i and check the "Show Password" box, the confirmation dialog box does not show up and the check disappears after a fraction of a second.

I also tried locking the login keychain thinking that maybe if I locked and unlocked it the behavior would be fixed. But clicking the lock in the top left corner does nothing.

Like I said, restarting fixed the issue.

Edit:

So this is happening again about a month later.

I opened console and there is nothing logged under "All Messages" when I click the "Show Password:" checkbox.

When trying to copy an application password rather than a web form I get: "Access to this item is restricted (-25320)"

Keychain first aid says there is nothing wrong with the keychain.


texts: gamecontrollerd taking up CPU, how to disable gamecontrollerd?

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On my mac I see that gamecontrollerd is take 1+% CPU. I don't ever use a game controller and it doesn't seem useful for it to be running at all. Is there some setting to disable it? What is it doing?
macOS Big Sur (11.2.1)
MacBook Pro 15" 2016


texts: Mac Automount on Catalina does breaks when using multiple users

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I am trying to set up automount so that it works with multiple users signed in to my machine (macOS running Catalina). It does not work properly:

When only one user signs in after reboot, no matter which one, automount mountpoints work exactly as expected - volumes do mount, everything is accessible and works.

When another user signs in (whether it is with fast user switching or after the first user logs out), automounted points break. There are several behaviors how they break - mount points can disappear from Finder (while being still accessible and functional via Terminal), or they appear and mount, but contents display as unknown type documents (white paper icon) instead of folders. Behavior seems random, but it always stops working.

My setup is following.

In /etc/auto_master:

/System/Volumes/Data/NAS        auto_resources

Which points to /etc/auto_resources

Media           -fstype:afp,rw  afp://USER:PASSWORD@synology.local/NAS\ Media
Storage         -fstype:afp,rw  afp://USER:PASSWORD@synology.local/NAS\ Storage

I tried passing various parameters to automount, I tried different mount points, no matter what - it's the same, it works with one user, it breaks once another user signs in after reboot.

On deeper investigation, mount points still work if accessed via Terminal, all folders are there, they're accessible and work properly, but it does not work in Finder - it displays mount points as sheets of paper and they are not "folders" that Finder can browse.

How to troubleshoot this? What am I doing wrong? Any help appreciated


texts: Target Display Mode for Mid 2011 iMac and 2018 MacBook Pro

texts: Is it possible to use a Mid 2011 iMac as a second monitor for a 2018 MacBook Pro?  I've been unable to get the Target Display mode to work on the iMac when the two are connected via a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 adapter and a thunderbolt cable.


texts: when the GPS is enabled, does it drain battery?

texts: if the GPS is enabled, but the app doesn't use it, does it drain battery? (I understand that GPS drains battery because it requires a different component to be charged up.) Or the fact that the GPS is enabled only means that the App can use it?


texts: What’s the difference between the “Indoor Walk” and “Indoor Run” workouts?

texts:
The Apple Watch supports workouts called Indoor Walk, Indoor Run, and Indoor Cycle, and it also has Outdoor versions of these. The Apple Watch User Guide explains that

  Outdoor and Indoor Walk/Run/Cycle are distinct workouts because Apple Watch calculates the calorie burn differently for each. For indoor workouts, Apple Watch relies mainly on your heart rate readings for calorie estimates, but for outdoor workouts, Apple Watch works in conjunction with iPhone (which has GPS) to calculate speed and distance.

But it doesn’t explain the difference between e.g. Indoor Walk and Indoor Run. When I use a treadmill I go for long walks interspersed with some running. Which Indoor workout is more appropriate for tracking this kind of exercise?


texts: Possible to use airport extreme as second hard drive?

texts: I'm running 10.10.5, on a 13 inch macbook pro. Was wondering if I could use my airport extreme as an extra hard drive?


texts: Can I find out the date I upgraded Sierra to High Sierra?

texts:
however silly this question might seem, there is a legitimate reason behind it... I would like to go back to Sierra on my iMac. So after creating a bootable Sierra installer I intend to wipe the drive, install Sierra and restore from a Time Machine snapshot. So I would like it to be the latest Sierra snapshot possible...
Is there any way of finding out which one it is? I don't remember when exactly I installed High Sierra and want to avoid guessing blindly.

P.S. I take it is possible to restore from daily Time Machine snapshots or do I need a special backup that I should have done in the past especially for this case?

Thanks


texts: Mac won’t display WiFi login box after upgrade to El Capitan

texts:
I don’t know if the upgrade to El Capitan is relevant or not, but lately I’ve noticed I can’t connect to the Internet via public WiFi hotspots with my MacBook Pro.

I can connect to WiFi networks themselves and say, my home WiFi network that requires a WPA password. But now when I connect to public WiFi hotspots I no longer get the modal window that usually asks me to log in using my account with that provider.

Is this a setting or something that may have been disabled in El Capitan? If so, how can I get my Mac to display those modals again? (I don’t even know what they’re called so not sure what search terms to use.)


texts: Random shutdowns, Macbook Pro Early 2008

texts:
Hi all my Macbook Pro Early 2008 randomly shuts off and leaves this in the console, 2018-03-21 2:11:35.000 PM kernel[0]: Previous shutdown cause: -81

I cannot find any information about -81.

I have reseated the RAM, Replaced thermal Paste and tried removing the battery and running from AC to no avail.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Update: Apple hardware test, says it's a RAM issue, although running Rember gives no issue. Image of Apple Hardware test:


texts: How do I configure a global hotkey for iTerm 2?

texts:
I'm a new OSX user, and I've used Linux for the past 1.5 years, and I really can't live without dropdown terminal. So I googled, and came across this question: iTerm as a slide-out terminal from the top of the screen

However, it doesn't work for me. There's no option whatsoever like that, and there's no updated answers covering this. Is there a way to enable it, as google doesn't really help me with this.

I've included a picture of my keys tab here:

It's not in the mappings menu either. I'm not married to iTerm, but TotalTerminal is discontinued. I did install Apptivate but it's not the same as a dropdown terminal.


texts: How can I generate a batch of profiles and certificates for OS X Server Profile Manager?

texts:
I'm using the Profile Manager on OS X Server (Mavericks). I ran a script that imported our ~20 users into Open Directory from CSV. I've configured Radius with EAP-TLS, and have set up 802.1x so that our WiFi APs and router authenticate with the Radius server.

I've generated a self-signed CA for Radius, and a client certificate for myself, using Keychain Access. I managed to export my client certificate, upload it to the Profile Manager web interface, upload the Radius server's trusted certificate, configure all the network settings as payloads, download and install my profile, and get connected to our WiFi.

I have to set up over 20 more profiles, and it's a huge PITA to manually generate all these certificates, upload them, and configure WiFi settings for each individual user.

I know I can programmatically generate the client certificates with openssl on the command line. I used dscl to work with Open Directory, but is there a command-line tool that can push payloads into Profile Manager?

Or would it be easier if I just programmatically generate the .mobileconfig XML files and email / AirDrop them out to each user?

I want to know how a regular small business IT person rolls out network settings and profiles to an office, but it's really hard to find documentation on this topic. I also have a few follow-up questions:

How do you manage a PKI on Mac Server, and how do you use it with Profile Manager?
I've set a temporary password for users, but how can I allow them to sign in and change their Open Directory password?


texts: How to create a custom readable symlink out of a sandboxed container?

texts:
How do I create a readable symlink from within a ~/Library/Containers/.../Data/ app folder to a file outside?

It seems that due to the macOS sandboxing mechanism, this doesn't work out of the box. That is, I can create a symlink fine, but the app I use won't be allowed to read the symlinked file.

Notes:

My intent is to customize the setup of my own machine. I'm not an app developer.
Editing the file Container.plist within ~/Library/Containers/.../ might help. So far, I've not had success yet.
Personal use case: being able to open an app from two different user accounts on the same machine and share the same app-database.


texts: I don't have administrator account anymore - macOS 10.13.4

texts:
I tried the answers on the similar previous question but nothing worked.
Obviously Apple removed the critical file .AppleSetupDone in the last Security Update.
Is there anybody who could help getting my administrator account back?


texts: Possible to use iTunes, Airport Express, and Apple Remote together?

texts:
I have:

A large music collection in Itunes on my Mac
A nice set of speakers in another room
An iPhone

I know that it's possible to control iTunes on my Mac with the Apple Remote app on my iPhone (I demonstrated that to myself tonight). And I know it's possible to send audio from the Music app on my iPhone directly to an Airport Express (which I am considering purchasing).

But is it possible to control the iTunes on my Mac with the Apple Remote and send the audio to the Airport Express?

If it's possible, is it easy to switch between sending the audio to the Airport Express to the Mac with only the iPhone as a control (my Mac is connected to my TV and it's a pain to use the Magic Trackpad while in bed)?


texts: Words with friends cannot be accessed since update

texts: Words with friends has been updated and now I can't get in because I don't have a safari password. How do I get one? I have been playing this for a long time until the update. there is an ad between each play and now I can't cancel it by pressing the x.


texts: Can't authorize computer to play iTunes songs

texts:
I purchased music on my old computer with different email addresses ans passwords. The computer died and I need the old passwords to play some of my music. Is there an email address for iTunes support where I can request my old passwords? I have tried calling the support number but they could not resolve the issue.

Many thanks for any assistance.


texts: How can I use bluetooth to transfer files between my iPhone 6 and my Windows 10 laptop?

texts:
I had the (possibly mistaken) belief that one of the functions of Bluetooth was to easily transfer files between two nearby devices. I could certainly do this with my Android phone and my Linux laptop.

I now have an iPhone and a Windows laptop for work and I can't seem to transfer files between the two. Is one or other of the operating systems crippled in some way, or am I doing something wrong? The devices are paired* but sending files does not succeed.

  * well they used to be. Windows still thinks they are, but iOS is now saying my laptop "is not supported" (something changed in recent update to iOS 11???)


texts: byobu using invalid 'readlink -f' option on OS X Mountain Lion

texts:
I just installed byobu on mountain lion by running

./configure
make
make install

The install seems good. But byobu is trying to use 'readlink -f' which is an illegal option with OS X and any other BSD system (I think).

Is there any kind of hack I can do to get around this?


texts: Viewing previous processes/application activity on Mac

texts: I was recently wrongly accused of cheating on an online test I took on a MacBook air running Catalina 10.15.7 about a month ago. The allegation is that I was communicating with other students during the test. Is there was a way I could retrieve a log of the processes/applications that were running on my mac that day, at that time in order to prove no communication-based apps were running during the test?


texts: Security Update 2015-002 Asks To Setup Mac

texts:
I just had to install the latest Security Update from the Mac App Store and it started auto updating.

Then when I completed the update (and restarted) my Mac asked me to enter in my Apple ID password and asked me if I would like the 'Cloud keychain thing', after that it said it was setting up my mac (just like the first installation!) it did however keep all my data.

Is this normal for the latest update or do I have some sort of virus?

Edit

Here are the latest updates on my Mac


texts: How to upgrade Xcode 9 to Xcode 10.1 in mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G1815)

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I've an Early 2011 MacBook and I am not able to upgrade the operating system beyond macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G1815) on it. I am working with Xcode and in my current project I need to integrate Auto-renewable Subscriptions functionality, but discount features such as free trail period, pay as you go, and pay upfront are linked in introductory pricing API class. This is available in Xcode 10, and I really needs to install it on my Mac, because iOS 12 and greater requires this feature in Auto-renewable Subscription modules in order to approve app from iTunes App Store team.

So anyone could help me install Xcode 10.1 or even Xcode 10 on my Mac running macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G1815)?


texts: You are unable to log in to the user account “user_name” at this time

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I have a Mountain Lion server and two Mountain Lion clients. I have two network users. From one of the clients I can log on using either of these two accounts, from the other I cannot log using neither of these two accounts. So it is not a user account problem. The authentication seems to go through correct, judging from logs, but then it fails with the message from the subject of this post, with further remark that the login failed because an error has occurred no details on error. Both client Macs are bound to open directory in the same way. DNS works fine on both clients. Where should I go on server searching for error?

Update: after checking the client logs I found the problem (but not the solution)

22/4/13 9:13:01.556 PM NetAuthSysAgent[20445]: CFPreferences: user home directory for user kCFPreferencesCurrentUser at /Network/Servers/sandramini.private/Volumes/DataBackedUp/NetUserFolder/macme is unavailable. User domains will be volatile.

However, the folder is there, I can access it over AFP using the same credentials as when logging in with that user.
Also if I try to ssh with the same user, then I end up in the proper folder

togo:02-04 zmagyar$ ssh -l macme sandramini.private
Password:
Last login: Mon Apr 22 21:54:23 2013 from 192.168.3.10
sandramini:~ macme$ pwd
/Network/Servers/sandramini.private/Volumes/DataBackedUp/NetUserFolder/macme

So why does it not find it when trying to log as network user?


texts: Caps lock option for input switch is absent

texts: I have a MacBook Air 11" and a MacBook Air 13": the 11" is lot older than the 13". Although High Sierra is installed on both MacBooks, on the 13", I can't find caps lock option in Settings-> Keyboard-> Input Sources, but on the 11" it is present. I even don't know what to search for: both laptops have the latest update installed from the App Store.


texts: How does one play Age of Empires on a Mac with steam?

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I was going through the following tutorial: https://youtu.be/bg8qkKXMPKA and I followed all the instructions as given but in the last step, I was not able to get Steam to work. An error pops out (which is expected):

I am supposed to just click "next" and then Steam is supposed to open. However, that does not happen. Does anyone know how to get over that? The first comment on the YouTube video says the same error as me but I can't seem to find a solution...


texts: OS X - how to check if installer is signed

texts: I'm creating installer for my application using pkgbuild and using certificate to sign it. Is there any command which would verify that created .pkg file is really signed (I mean - OS X will install it without saying that it comes from unidentified developer)? I would like to use this command as testing step in automated workflow.


texts: No notifications on iPhone 4 running jailbroken iOS 6.1.2

texts: I have recently been given an unlocked iPhone 4 GSM, upon which I have installed a jailbroken (but not hacktivated) iOS 6.1.2 using snowbreeze. Calling seems to work fine, as does everything except notifications. They appear to be turned on in the notification centre settings, but I never get any.  I am not using the Apple Mail app, but I have Gmail, Facebook, Twitter installed and connected.  Can anyone suggest how I might fix this?


texts: How can I make sparse image mounts not take space on my HD?

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I have a sparse image on my external USB connected hard drive, and my space on the HD is running low. When I try mounting the sparse image on the external drive, I get a message saying that my startup disk is almost full. I would like it not to take up space if that is possible.

I have already tried to hdiutil attach it with the mount point being in my external drive's mount, but that just made the sparse image's mount invisible, and still taking up space.


texts: How do you make the fn keyboard button work like a Ctrl button?

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I'm used to having the Control button at the bottom left corner of the keyboard. It's a little annoying to be pressing Fn + Tab when I wanted a Control + Tab and the position of the Control button in the new Mac keyboard layout is just very uncomfortable for any finger to reach.

Does anybody know how you can make the Control and Fn buttons change function like how you can change the modifier keys in System Preferences?


texts: S/MIME Self-signed certificate problem on iOS

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I am using S/MIME self-signed certificates for email encryption across iOS and OS X.
Creating the certificates and installing them (including the CA) worked perfectly. Also using them on OS X worked as expected.

Using them on iOS however only works in part. The certificate and the CA are installed, whenever someone sends me an email I can reply to just fine and the response would be equally encrypted.

The problem I am running into is when I want to compose a new email.
The recipients email address appears in red and the lock symbol next to it is open.
When I tap on the email address I get the following error message:

An encryption certificate for "dummy@example.com" could not be found on the server. Without a certificate, you can't encrypt messages sent to this address.

What's wrong? As I said, replying to an email works fine. I am also not sure "server" iOS is talking about here.

Any help is greatly appreciated!