texts: How to hide links when searching messages in iOS 14?

texts:
When I use the search bar in messages I am bombarded with links to websites, and all I want to do is search through my messages history.
Has Apple sacrificed usability and "It just works" for corporate pimping?
I have Siri and more or less every search "enhancement" I can find turned off in Siri & Search.
How can I search my messages history without capitalist pig dogs incessantly hawking their wares at me?


texts:
One of my favorite applications appears not to be working after making the upgrade to Mavericks. I am referring to TarPit which creates easily archives for me. I just loved this application since on command line creating a tar.gz would also include the .DS_Store files, and other similar nonsense.

So, is there a workaround and making TarPit work again? Is there an alternative to TarPit?


texts: Restore ebooks (PDF) from iTunes backup?

texts:
Upon opening iBooks.app on my clean Mavericks install, I noticed that all my ebooks from other sources than the iBooks Store were missing. Of course, they're not saved in iCloud. So I wanted to restore them from the Music/iTunes Media/Books folder of my Time Machine backup.
On my backup disk, there was no Music folder.. I forgot I had excluded it from the backup. I wanted to save space, and I'm using iTunes Match anyway, but I hadn't thought about the books.

All the books and PDFs were still on my iOS devices, which started syncing with iTunes immediately and deleted all books in the process instead of transferring them to my Mac.

Finally I had a look at the MobileSync folder on the backup disk. The backup seems to be some kind of database. I used grep  to search for a few unique terms from my books in the binaries, and they are indeed in there, somewhere.

I've tried to copy the folder to my Mac so I can look at the backup with iExplorer, but it doesn't show any books. Which app can I use to simply extract the books from the backups?


texts: Backup software like Time Machine and CrashPlan combined?

texts:
Is there a good backup software that combines Time Machine snapshot functionality on local level with CrashPlan remote backups as well? I am currently using both, but find both unsatisfactory.

My main problem with Time Machine is that it consumes a lot of resources and not playing nice. I have a pretty new beefy MacBook and I just know when TM starts running. Everything gets slow and it heats up. Check the processes, and sure enough backupd is at the top.

With CrashPlan I have less of a problem. It is generally very nice piece of software. But recently it is getting stuck for some reason and only know when I get notification by email that there were no backups for 2-3 days. Also it is quite bulky, and also UI is very ugly and not Mac-like.

Any recommendations?

Thanks!


texts: Can a WiFi-only Kindle connect to the internet through an iPhone?

texts: I'm considering getting a Kindle, but am still doubting as to whether the 3G model is worth the extra expense. As I'm also considering getting an iPhone later: on the off chance that I'd ever want to buy a book without a WiFi hotspot nearby, wouldn't it be possible to share an iPhone's 3G connection with the Kindle through WiFi and hence buy a book and read it on the WiFi-only Kindle?


texts: How can I format the output of ping in bash?

texts:
I am using the following script to cycle through a list of IP addresses and report back on the % of packet loss.

I'd also like to have the IP address printed first, then its % of packet loss. But I can't get the syntax right to make this work.

Ideally, it'd look like:

192.168.99.24  25%
192.168.99.23  0%
etc...

Here's my script:

#!/bin/bash
HOSTS="192.168.99.24 192.168.99.23"
COUNT=10
SIZE=1400
for myHost in $HOSTS
do

    ping -q -n -s $SIZE -c $COUNT $myHost |  grep "packet loss" | awk '{print $7}'

done


texts: how to show what video files are on iPad

texts:
I have an iPad and need to delete some files. Unfortunately, I can't tell where the videos are based upon this:

Everything appears to be purchased on iCloud. Is there a way I can click to see what actual files are on my iPad?


texts: Override and restore the normal functionality of Apple keyboard media keys in VLC?

texts:
We're all used to the media keys in the top row of an Apple keyboard to command iTunes, even when some other application is frontmost.

If I have VLC frontmost, those media keys don't control iTunes but work as "next / previous" in VLC, which is a rather annoying exception because not does it only make iTunes controlling unreachable, it's plain unnecessary because to navigate within the frontmost application, the norm is to use arrow keys, or cmd+arrow.
How do I reserve the good old media keys for iTunes, always?

I'm on Yosemite.


texts: What are the different sleep modes on Mavericks MacBook Pros?

texts:
I'm confused about the different sleep modes on Mavericks MacBook Pros: PowerNap, App Nap, DarkWake, sleep, system sleep, display sleep, standby, hibernation, etc.?

What do these terms mean and how do they differ. In particular

what triggers each (e.g., closing the lid, period of inactivity, etc.)
what things are on and off (e.g., network connections, drives, etc.)
what applications and code still runs, and
what can "wake" (or otherwise change the state of) the system in each mode (e.g., network activity, which kinds of scheduled tasks, etc.)?

FWIW, on my machine, pmset -g reports (what I believe are the defaults):

System-wide power settings:
 DestroyFVKeyOnStandby      0
Active Profiles:
Battery Power         1
AC Power             -1*
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         10800
 standby              1
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 darkwakes            1
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                1
 autopoweroffdelay    14400
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         5
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1


texts: iPad/iPhone AnyConnect VPN wrong MTU size

texts:
I try to connect with a iPad (iOS 5.1) and the AnyConnect app to connect to a OpenVPN server on a Debian server. But this warning always appears in the OpenVPN log:

  WARNING: Bad encapsulated packet length from peer (5635), which must
  be > 0 and <= 1560 -- please ensure that --tun-mtu or --link-mtu is
  equal on both peers

On the server side the tun interface mtu size is 1500 bytes.
I can connect with other clients (pcs, macs, ...) to the server. But with a iPad or iPhone client this warning appears and no connection is established.

How can I fix this?

Br


texts: Is it possible to jailbreak an iPad 2 running iOS 5? Please let me know if it's possible. If so, how do I do it?


texts: Updating iTunes for Windows XP failed; no longer functions

texts:
I am getting this error message when I try to open iTunes:

iTunes.exe - Entry Point Not Found. The procedure entry point A VCFAssetCreateWithByteStreamAndOptions could not be located in the dynamic link library AVFoundationCF.dll

When I click OK, it states that "iTunes was not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes. Error 7 (Windows error 127)."

I have tried to do the fix but it does not work.


texts: How to reset a Seagate FreeAgent Go Mac External Hard drive to use with a new Mac?

texts:
I have a 500 GB external hard drive that I want to use with my new Mac (OS X Yosemite). I simply want to clear the external drive of everything that was on my old Mac (I don't want to transfer any files) and start from scratch. How would I go about doing this? Seagate doesn't address this question on their site and they have not responded to my inquiry.

When I attempt to erase using Disk Utility I get this error message:

  Disk Erase failed with the error:
  Couldn’t unmount disk.


texts: How to Sync iPhone contacts to a new Google account?

texts: I have changed my Google account, now I want to sync my contacts to the new Google account. How can I do this?


texts:
I tried to install opencv via homebrew, but I have done something wrong. I closed Terminal to restart it, however since then I can't open Terminal normally.

 Last login: Wed Sep 20 23:23:15 on ttys001
-bash: /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh: No such file or directory
-bash: touch: command not found
Ys-MacBook-Air:~ hareentej22$ nano ~/.bash_profile
-bash: nano: command not found
Ys-MacBook-Air:~ hareentej22$ ls
-bash: ls: command not found
Ys-MacBook-Air:~ hareentej22$ cd ..
Ys-MacBook-Air:Users hareentej22$ cd ..
Ys-MacBook-Air:/ hareentej22$ ls
-bash: ls: command not found
Ys-MacBook-Air:/ hareentej22$ source ~/.bash_profile
-bash: /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh: No such file or directory
Ys-MacBook-Air:/ hareentej22$ nano ~/.bash_profile
-bash: nano: command not found
Ys-MacBook-Air:/ hareentej22$ xcode --version
-bash: xcode: command not found
Ys-MacBook-Air:/ hareentej22$ brew doctor
-bash: brew: command not found
Ys-MacBook-Air:/ hareentej22$ brew update
-bash: brew: command not found
Ys-MacBook-Air:/ hareentej22$

When I opened Terminal, I tried the above command lines, but none work. How can this be fixed?

edit : i run the command line as @allan mentioned and i get the following result .

Ys-MacBook-Air:~ hareentej22$ /bin/ls -la
total 120
drwxr-xr-x+  32 hareentej22  staff   1088 Sep 17 03:12 .
drwxr-xr-x    6 root         admin    204 Jul  9 10:43 ..
-r--------    1 hareentej22  staff      7 Jul  8 20:16 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@   1 hareentej22  staff  16388 Sep 21 00:39 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x    3 hareentej22  staff    102 Jul 17 00:55 .Seagate
drwx------   72 hareentej22  staff   2448 Sep 20 23:24 .Trash
-rw-------    1 hareentej22  staff  11027 Sep 20 01:01 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--    1 hareentej22  staff    133 Sep 20 17:04 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--    1 hareentej22  staff      1 Sep 16 20:49 .bash_profile-miniconda3.bak
drwx------  238 hareentej22  staff   8092 Sep 21 21:10 .bash_sessions
drwxr-xr-x    4 hareentej22  staff    136 Sep 16 20:55 .conda
drwxr-xr-x   10 hareentej22  staff    340 Aug 30 23:59 .eclipse
drwxr-xr-x    3 hareentej22  staff    102 Aug 17 00:28 .netbeans-derby
drwxr-xr-x    7 hareentej22  staff    238 Aug 17 00:30 .oracle_jre_usage
drwxr-xr-x    8 hareentej22  staff    272 Sep  5 19:11 .p2
-rw-r--r--    1 hareentej22  staff    243 Sep 11 16:41 .profile
drwxr-xr-x    5 hareentej22  staff    170 Sep 14 13:28 .pyenv
-rw-------    1 hareentej22  staff     12 Sep 14 13:30 .python_history
drwxr-xr-x    3 hareentej22  staff    102 Aug 30 23:48 .tooling
-rw-------    1 hareentej22  staff   6232 Sep 17 00:23 .viminfo
drwxr-xr-x   14 hareentej22  staff    476 Sep 17 03:13 .virtualenvs
drwx------@   3 hareentej22  staff    102 Jul  9 11:02 Applications
drwx------+  31 hareentej22  staff   1054 Sep 20 23:24 Desktop
drwx------+   6 hareentej22  staff    204 Sep 12 22:30 Documents
drwx------+  38 hareentej22  staff   1292 Sep 18 16:43 Downloads
drwx------@  71 hareentej22  staff   2414 Sep 17 00:07 Library
drwx------+   3 hareentej22  staff    102 Jul  8 20:16 Movies
drwx------+   4 hareentej22  staff    136 Jul  8 20:36 Music
drwxr-xr-x    2 hareentej22  staff     68 Jul 29 13:36 Parallels
drwx------+   6 hareentej22  staff    204 Jul  9 10:00 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+   5 hareentej22  staff    170 Jul  8 20:16 Public
drwxr-xr-x    3 hareentej22  staff    102 Aug 30 23:35 eclipse

 Ys-MacBook-Air:~ hareentej22$ cat .bash_profile
-bash: cat: command not found
Ys-MacBook-Air:~ hareentej22$
Ys-MacBook-Air:~ hareentej22$ cat .bash_profile
-bash: cat: command not found
Ys-MacBook-Air:~ hareentej22$ /bin/cat .bash_profile
export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/python/libexec/bin:$PATH”

# Virtualenv/VirtualenvWrapper
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh


texts: External harddrive changes name sometimes

texts:
I have bought a new external harddrive to use with my Macbook Air running OSX 10.8.2. I renamed the device to "750GB External" and started using it, for example to store some photos which I edit with Picasa. This worked fine for about a week. Suddenly this morning when I plugged in the drive, Picasa could not find any of my photos, because the device now have the name "750GB External 1".

The drive has format: "Windows NT Filesystem" which I guess is standard NTFS. Since I would like to use this drive for Windows computers as well, I do not want to partition this to HFS+. Is there a way to make sure the harddrive will always get mounted with the same name?


texts: So i want to know how to remotely unlock my mac via ssh so i don't have to put my password in front of people or having to make them look the other direction while i type my password. I have tried using the command on a post that is 7 months old but i get an error: "syntax error: Expected end of line but found class name. (-2741)". Any help will be appreciated, thank you in advance!


texts: What does time of year (Early, Mid, Late) and year in About This Mac dialogue mean?

texts:
My Mac mini shows Late 2012 in the About This Mac dialogue shown on clicking  → About This Mac.

What does this label actually represent? The year of production or the year that model was introduced at an Apple Event?

I want to buy MacBook Pro that would display Early 2019. If I buy a brand new MacBook Pro from Apple Store (or order from Apple Online Store) let's say in February 2019, will it show Early 2019?

What does that year label actually display?


texts: Some way to launch/display Notification Center from Quicksilver/Launchbar/Alfred?

texts:
Pick your favorite launcher (Quicksilver, LaunchBar, etc.)… My current choice is QS, but I'm ok with methods for another launcher. Is there a method to launch/call the notification center from one of these applications?

I know there is a way to set a global hotkey, but another global key is the last thing I need… my current ones are already causing conflicts with one or two apps, and I'll never remember another one. Is there a way to index whatever script or system action is triggered by the two-finger swipe from the edge of the screen?


texts: Can I still upgrade my iPhone 3G to iOS 4.x?

texts:
Seeing this question made me think about upgrading my iPhone 3G to iOS 4.x, if that's still possible.

I've deliberately kept my iPhone 3G on iOS version 3.1.3 because that's the final 3.x version; I tried 4.x when it first came out but decided to downgrade again (while I still could!) because I felt 4.x was too much of a burden on the little device.

However, these days apps are generally downward compatible only to iOS 4.3 so I've had to go without many apps. I'm considering an upgrade now to get access to "modern" apps but I'm not sure whether I can actually still upgrade my phone because 4.3 is no longer current.

- Is it possible, in 2013, to upgrade any device from 3.1.3 to 4.3?

I guess that if I upgrade, there will be no going back. I can't imagine a downgrade would still be possible.

I would also have to jailbreak it after the upgrade, only because I need the SIM unlock.


texts: Cannot make text italic in TextEdit (but bold and underline work fine)

texts:
I've never seen this strange thing before. I am working on a new TextEdit file (not yet saved anywhere, but saved automatically on iCloud I assume).

The document is not plain text, therefore I believe it is RTF by default.

I used the shortcut for italic on a selection of text, and heard a "duh" sound that signifies a mistake / impossible operation.

Indeed, in the Font menu, the Italic option is greyed out - all other options aren't.

Has anyone ever seen this and knows what may cause this strange bug?


texts: Voice dictation repeats whole sentences in a big garbled chunk on Mac OS X High Sierra

texts:
Problem:
During macOS dictation, it sometimes repeat-types the sentence I have spoken multiple times in a row.  This seems to happen randomly.  Sometimes every minute or two, sometimes taking up to 20 minutes between occurrences.
Example:

I said: I'm using Mac OS 10 dictation for this, and I'm very
impressed with the quality period I had to fiddle with the settings to get it to work right at first period
The computer immediately output an entire paragraph of garbled repeats of those sentences.  See the results below:

I'm using Mac OS 10 dictation for this, and I'm very impressed with the quality. I hdI'm very impressed with the quality. and iI'm very impressed with the quality. Ifor ovI'm very impressed with the quality. I hfor ovI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with thi setting tI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get to wtI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get to wortI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get to work tI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get to work ritI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get to work rightI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get to work righI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get to work rhI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get to workhI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get ito work rI'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get it to work r I'm very impressed with the quality. I had to fiddle with the settings to get it to work right at first.
Troubleshooting so far:

Quit all other apps that might be using the microphone
Turned off advanced dictation commands
turned dictation on and off
Turned off "Enabled dictation keyword phrase"
Turned off "paste that" and "Copy that" dictation commands
Searched the web for others with this problem
Searched Ask Different for this problem in the past
Searched apple support site for dictation support articles (they have deleted all High Sierra support articles)

I'm using Mac OS X High Sierra 10.13.6, Enhanced Dictation is on, Language is English (United States) on a MacBook Pro 15" Retina mid-2015.  Application is Day One Journal.  I just turned on dictation and this immediately started happening.
Thank you!
P.S. With great irony, I thought the problem was solved after 20 minutes of it not happening, and I tried to tell my journal I was happy about solving it. That really is the single sentence I tried to dictate, and it immediately spewed all that out.


texts: how to force quit LookupViewService Processes?

texts:
How do I force quit the LookupViewService processes?
Activity Monitor showed using a lot of Real Memory!


texts: How to downgrade EFI firmware back to version 1.6

texts:
I'm trying to get a SATA III hard drive to work in my MacbookPro5,1. I think I've finally figured out that if I downgrade the EFI firmware to version 1.6, my computer will negotiate the link at SATA 1 speeds and the drive will work correctly. However, the instructions all point to a file that doesn't exist anymore. See this answer for the instructions where the file doesn't exist anymore.

Does anybody have a copy of the file aluminum.macbook.pro.recovery.dmg?


texts: Receiving text alerts on Macbook but not iPhone

texts:
I have an iPhone 7. I only recently synced it to the Messages app on my computer. At first, I received text alerts on both devices, but now, when I have the computer open (not the computer's Messages app, just the computer) and get a new text, I get an alert on my computer but my phone doesn't light up. If I check my phone's lock screen, I can see that I got a new text, I just can't get my phone to alert me. When I close the computer, however, I receive alerts just fine.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it normal or is there something I can do to fix it? Do Not Disturb and message forwarding are disabled.


texts: Thunderbolt Port + External Display + Other Devices

texts:
I've recently been reading about new peripherals for the Mac (such as this). I'm very attached to using an external display, but since the DisplayPort is now combined with Thunderbolt, how is it expected that we use an external display and a device?

As I understand it, Thunderbolt supports daisy chaining up to 7 devices, but it would appear that the display/device doesn't support this. Are we going to start seeing ThunderBolt "hubs" anytime soon, or am I asking this question too early?


texts: Get script/language for fonts via terminal

texts:
I would like to get the language support / script of any fonts I have in my computer with terminal command.
There is a way to see it through Font Book...


texts: Copying to external USB drive in Mac OS X 10.8.2 yields "Device not configured" and hard lock

texts:
I am copying using cp or mv on the command line a large amount (>500gb) of files each sized between 600MB and 2.6GB to an external drive (a Thermaltake BlacX Duet), but after a significant but inconsistent amount of transfer (e.g. 121gb) the following happens:

A message pops up in a dialog box that says "The disk was not ejected properly. If possible, always eject a disk before unplugging it or turning it off." (There were no physical events that took place that would have resulted in a disconnection)
The copy fails for an item and all subsequent items, complaining with various errors including:

"device not configured"
"Invalid argument" (because the destination no longer exists)
"No such file or directory" (ibid)

The Terminal locks up
Executing 'Force Quit' on Terminal quits the Terminal, but it cannot be reopened
Finder locks up
No applications will start
Relaunching Finder causes the menu bar at the top and the dock to disappear
Rebooting does not succeed (i.e. one must hard-restart by holding the power button); variations on ejecting (before Finder locks) and unplugging the USB cable appear to have no effect on the inevitability of this result.

Note that roughly the same result occurs when attempting the same copy in Finder. In particular the dialog entitled "Copy" remains open, clicking the "Stop copy" "X" button causes an indefinite pause with "Stopping ..." showing. One can still access the Finder, and even read from the drive, but relaunching Finder causes it to display seemingly indefinitely "Application not responding" and in any case one cannot start new applications.

After rebooting, the destination has received most of the data. Disk utility reveals no issues with the destination drive.

I have Spotlight disabled for the external drive, if that makes any difference.

Obviously the expected behaviour from copying is not to have the computer hard-lock requiring a forced reboot.

For obvious reasons (Terminal being locked, applications won't start) it is hard to diagnose the problem.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT

I have had some success by repartitioning the drive into two main partitions of about equal size (460GB) on the drive at the beginning and end with a medium sized partition in the middle (as it seems that this error is occurring at around the "middle" of the drive size). However, I am uneasy about this very speculative solution. But if it works, I can get on with life. :) In any case, insight into the nature of the underlying issue is most welcome.


texts: I recently encountered a person on Skype that I don't know. I've heard about people being able to access your computer remotely. How can I tell if my computer has been compromised?


texts: How can I determine the battery level of my magic mouse from the command line?

texts: I know how to get it through the menubar, but how can I get it via the command line?


texts:
I'm new to OS X Server (started with Lion) and I'm learning a lot by trial and error so bear with me please!

I'm running a mini with 10.7 server who's currently sitting behind an Airport Extreme Base Station. I wanted to let the server do DHCP and and let the AEBS do NAT but apparently the AEBS doesn't allow it (I've tried this workaround but it didn't work for me) so the plan was to experiment with setting the AEBS as a dumb bridge and let the server do DHCP and NAT.
The DHCP portion seemed to work fine (Server Admin tool is showing the DHCP clients) but NAT just won't start.
When I click on START in the GUI or try from the command line (serveradmin start nat), I get this:

Aug  5 00:18:24 helios servermgrd[4310]: servermgr_nat: nat config:
                    Error:Could not create Mobile Internet Sharing config}


texts: Big black vertical bar on external screen

texts:
I'm trying to plug an external screen on my 2010 macbook pro 15", but when I set the maximal resolution, 1920*1080, the image seems a little constrained, and a big black vertical bar appear on the external screen. Here is a picture of it.

When I move my cursor from my macbook to the screen, the cursor goes straight from the edge of the MBP to the visible part of my wallpaper on the external screen.

When I set up a lower resolution, the problem goes away, but the display is then a little blur, because it's not the native resolution of the external screen.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do to have a good display ?

Thanks.

Edit

I tried various frequencies with no success.
I followed this post that seems really close to my problem: Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter and Widescreen (FullHD) Monitor with no success. Deleting this /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist didn't fix the display.
This bug only appear with my MBP. Other colleague with same generation MBP have no problem to use this screen at 1920*1080. But I get this problem only with this screen and no other.
I tried to use another VGA <-> MiniDisplay, same result. Tried to use a DVI <-> MiniDisplay port, same result.

I'm pretty stuck on this one. Do you think I might call Apple?


texts: USB drive not showing on my Mac after using it on Windows

texts: I have noticed this on my pin drives and also my external hard desk. They were perfectly working fine on my Mac Pro, and then after using them on my friend's Windows they don't show up again on my finder, and also they're not found in desk utility. What to do?


texts: Monitor a folder for changes, and run a command when a change is detected

texts:
Is there a simple way to automatically run a (Terminal) command every time a file is changed in a specific folder?

This should be possible via the command line, or a system built-in application, no third-party applications.

Any ideas?


texts: how to combine CSV files using cat .csv when one of the files has an NA value in cell A1

texts:
I'm trying to merge a large number of CSV files all of which have identical columns using the terminal command cat *.csv >merged.csv. Some of the files have an NA value in the first cell. In these cases, that initial row gets added to the last row of the previous file.
Here is a very simple example.
csv1 - contains column headers

csv2 - contains data

cat *.csv >merged.csv yields this output

my desired output is this


texts: "Always open with" option not saving after reboot

texts:
Setting a filetype to always open with a specific application works only until I restart my computer. Macbook Pro Retina under OSX version 10.7.5.

Why?


texts: New iPhone asks for an Apple ID login that is not mine

texts:
I have just changed my phone from an iPhone 4S to an iPhone 5S. I backed up my old phone to iCloud, then downloaded the backup to my new device.

Whilst entering the settings app in my new phone, it asked me for the password to an Apple ID that was not mine. It transpired there was an app on my old phone that had been downloaded using this other ID. The app did not appear in "my purchases" in the App Store and the phone has never belonged to anyone else. It has only ever been backed up to iCloud or a secure iTunes account on my laptop.

How is this possible? I spoke with Apple and they couldn't help.


texts: Is there software that allows multiple users to simultaneously and independently share a personal computer running Mac Os?

texts:
Like BeTwin. For example, I have Macbook Pro with one Mini DisplayPort (for additional monitor) and two USB port (for additional mouse and keyboard).
How can i implement it on Mac OS Snow Leopard?


texts: Charging an iPhone 4S with a Samsung USB charger

texts:
I have an iPhone 4S that I charge via a USB cable (plugged into my laptop). I also have a Samsung USB charger with the following specifications: 5.0 V and 1.0 A.

Is it safe to plug my Apple USB cable into the Samsung charger and charge my iPhone like this?

Should I be worried that it might blow up?

If I use a charger with more/less Amperes, does it matter?


texts: How do I copy photos edited via the Camera app on my iPhone to my PC?

texts:
So, I know that the photos edited via the Camera app can't be copied to a Windows PC along with the edits.

I realise that the alternative is to email 5 photos at a time.

This is obviously cumbersome. Can anyone suggest alternatives?


texts: After installing macOS Catalina or later on a APFS drive, is there a way of removing the system and revert back to one partition only?

texts: I needed a fresh install to perform some tests, so I installed Big Sur on a secondary SSD. I don't need the dual partition setup any more, so I would like to revert the state of the APFS column to one partition only. Is this possible without a complete backup ? Many thanks for any help.


texts: Why aren't my pictures really deleted from my iPhone?

texts:
When I don't like a photo I took with my iPhone 11, I delete it (with the 'Photos' app), and empty the trash ('Recently Deleted' album).
Once in awhile I mount the phone under Linux and backup my photos by copying the DCIM subdirectory.  When I do this I notice that there are many duplicates (just an annoyance) and many photos that I assumed had been deleted.  However, the deleted photos don't show up in Photos nor in iCloud.
What is going on here?


texts:
I receive a live football stream via FaceTime on my iPad but the sender can hear sounds feedback from my lounge despite the microphone toggle showing mute. How can
I ensure no sound sent back from my iPad?


texts: Thunderbolt Display Daisy Chain Mini Displayport Monitor

texts:
I have an issue that I can't seem to be able to fix. Hope you can help me with that.
I have a MacBook Air 2012 13", a Thunderbolt display and a Samsung monitor connected through DVI on one end, and the other end DVI to Mini DisplayPort.
I would like this setup to occur: when connecting the MacBook Air to the Thunderbolt Display both the Thunderbolt Display and the Samsung display to work.
I have connected the Mini DisplayPort into the back of the Thunderbolt Display and connected the Thunderbolt display into my Mac, but the Samsung screen will not work.
Is there something I am doing that is wrong?


texts: Fast, fault-tolerant program/utility for massive file transfer

texts:
I'm copying 2 TB from one Thunderbolt external hard drive to a USB3 external hard drive. I started the process using command line program rsync with option -avz but this was very slow. I'm wary of the Finder's copy-paste functionality. What's a fast, fault-tolerant program for copying massive amounts of files from one hard drive to another?

If your answer is a command line program, please give an example analogous to this:

rsync -avz /Volumes/External_1/ /Volumes/External_2


texts: `Unknown` file download after reload in Safari 8.0 on OS X Yosemite

texts:
Since upgrading to OS X Yosemite I've experienced that sometimes when reloading a web page (CMD+R) Safari doesn't reload the page but downloads a file named Unknown.

Is there any way to fix this?


texts: Help troubleshooting Early 2009 Mac Pro (2x 2.66 GHz Quad Core) Fan Issues

texts:
I have an early 2009 Mac Pro (2 x 2.66 GHz Quad Core) that recently started having issues.  It started as the black screen issue, that I troubleshooted to find that there was an issue with the CPU tray.  I found this out by doing the usual troubleshooting, replacing the graphics card and then buying a used second machine and interchanging the CPU cards between chassis.
I ended up replacing the 2009 Octocore CPU tray with an Early 2009 2.8GHz Quad core tray, as this machine has now become a spare machine, but the fans are cranking loudly.
When I run hardware diagnostics I see that the PS, Exhaust and Intake fans are not running and the PCI and Boosta fans are running at 850 rpm - seemingly not too far above min spec.
I would love to get guidance as to how to get the three fans running again and got my lovely mac pro back to its usual quiet self.  The loud noise is unbearable in my home office.
Thanks for the guidance.


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I'm using APFS to create mostly empty files.  They get filled progressively later, but first I want to create them with a logical maximum size (and a null physical size).

My problem is that there's a mysterious behaviour that results in MacOS refusing to create too large sparse file, with some threshold that seems to be related to the available space on the device.  But later you can grow that file way beyond the size it first refused.  As a matter of fact if your increments are not too big, you can keep on enlarging your file:

$ df -h .
Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s1  466Gi  425Gi   35Gi    93% 3180883 9223372036851594924    0%   /

$ rm -f big && dd if=/dev/zero of=big bs=1 count=0 seek=$((1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000))
dd: truncating big: No space left on device

$ for i in $(seq 100)
dd if=/dev/zero of=big bs=1 count=0 seek=$((i * 100 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000)) 2>/dev/null
$ ls -lsh big
0 -rw-r--r--  1 akim  wheel   9,1T 17 jan 11:15 big

Does it ring any bell?  I venture I should file a bug report to Apple.


texts: How to create third partition on a Mac with Mavericks and Bootcamp?

texts:
Right now I am running OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) on my MacBook Pro, with Windows 7 via Boot Camp, and I also have a third FAT32 partition where I share data between Mac/Windows.

I am going to upgrade to Mavericks. I Googled and it seems Mavericks is not going to be happy with letting me create the third FAT32 partition.

Did anyone create a third partition with Mavericks before? What are the steps?

(I have backed up all my data from both OS X and Windows, and I am going to format whole hard disk, and fresh install snow leopard, then update to Mavericks).


texts: What is the difference between "App Store" and "App Store Connect"

texts:
I keep reading documentation on the process of creating an app for the 'app store' where it references app store connect and app store seemingly interchangeably. Apple is normally very deliberate and specific in documentation, are they the same or is there a difference I haven't picked up on?
example [> Upload your app binary files with the Transporter app]:
"The Transporter app for macOS is a simple and easy way to upload an app to App Store Connect for distribution on the App Store." (https://help.apple.com/app-store-connect/#/devb1c185036)


texts: How do I recycle old MacBook Pro batteries?

texts: Can I return an old 15-inch MBP rechargeable battery to Apple, or does it have to be disposed of locally?


texts: Cursor-down not working 100% on a end-of-2019 MacBook Pro

texts:
I've been using a MacBook Pro (ordered in Q4/2019) for about 6-7 months now, and one of the keys (cursor-down) is often reacting sluggishly - I have to press it much with much mor force  than normal. The key shares the cursor-up function, and that side is totally trouble free.
Is there a safe way to release the key cap to check if it's just a matter of cleaning a speck of dust that may have gone down there? I have found videos that show how to remove a regular key, but don't want to risk destroying the presumably tiny plastic piece on the double-function key...
Also, is this keyboard known for being problematic in this way?


texts: "Updates are ready to install" but I couldn't install

texts:
My company had given me an iMac to use and apps like iMovie, iPhoto had been installed by a former employee who had been using this iMac before me. Now the problem is; Updates are available for those apps, but I could not install updates of those apps because OS asks for password of that person's Apple ID. OS daily prompts me about updates but i can't install updates as well as stop notifications to prompt.

I seriously don't like these notifications and can't find a way to stop them.

I need either of the following possible solutions:

No more "update" notifications.
Change Apple ID of those apps.

Is there a way to achieve any??

BTW I m using OS X Mavericks 10.9.1


texts: Tracking wifes iphone and one minute it was 100kms for the original location

texts:
So i was was using find my iphone to track my wifes location.
She was at her mothers place then the next minute she was 100kms away.
Any ideas how that can happen?
Thanks


texts:
I have a directory in my Ubuntu computer with the following sub directories:

emacs.d/el-get/python-mode/
├── extensions
├── EXTENSIONS
├── INSTALL
├── INSTALL-INFO-FILES
├── ...
└── website

When I rsync to macOS, I get an error:

recv_files: "emacs.d/el-get/python-mode/EXTENSIONS" is a directory

Apparently, macOS creates extensions and then can not create EXTENSIONS. It seems macOS is case insensitive? Is there any way to solve this problem? Can I tell macOS to be case sensitive for the File System?


texts: Is the Verizon iPhone 5 (unlocked) compatible with Rogers?

texts:
Would I get LTE from a Verizon iPhone 5 on Rogers?

According to Apple's LTE page I won't be getting LTE?


texts: Use multiple speakers to play 2 ch audio

texts:
My macbook pro has 2 built in speakers and a line-out for audio.

Additionally, I have it connected to my cinema display wich also has 2 speakers.

I want to know how to combine them to use all of them to play my musics so it does't just come from a single output.


texts: What is the difference between a reset and delete

texts:
I have a problem with my iPod nano which plays a track initially and later skips to the next track. I tried the same track in itunes v12 and it plays with ease. I had asked for this here for which I got an answer as to try doing the reset+delete all.

But my doubt is that if I am doing the reset (which I have done) then am I not in-directly deleting all the songs+the voice over

If I am wrong with the above then could please tell me what exactly is the difference in the reset and the delete


texts: Is it possible to record Quick Time video of iPhone that is rotating?

texts:
I want to record a short video of the app I'm developing.

I'm using QuickTime and iPhone connected via lightning cable.

The moment I rotate my phone the recording stops.

Is it possible to record such a video?

Possible workaround: record my whole screen while preview of the iPhone is on.


texts: How to transfer notes on the iPhone between different IMAP account?

texts: After adding a new email account (call it gmail-2), my default note app account has been accidentally changed to the new gmail account(gmail-2). I did not realize it until after tons of notes to it. So right now I have two accounts on my iPhone both have a lots of notes. So I wonder is there any way that I can transfer the all notes in the gmail-2 to the old account(call it gamil-1) automatically without copying all of them by hand?


texts: It happened to me twice recently. I was just using my iMac normally, like browsing the web, and it suddenly freezes. I can move the mouse, but I can't click on anything. Keyboard not functioning at all. I couldn't figure out what to do except for pressing the power button and reboot. What else can I do? Is there a way to diagnose and find out what is causing it?


texts: Can read mail on iPhone but not on computer

texts: I can check mail on my Phone because the password was inputted when set up.  After a while I forgot it and cannot check mail on my computer!  I tried to retrieve it by using the "I forgot ..," but after many tries, not successful.  How can I find out the password that I "saved" in my iPhone ?


texts: Is there a way to display the date of the scheduled event on the calendar immediately following adding a date to the calendar?

texts:
Maybe I was spoiled by using the calendar app on PalmOS, but on iOS when you add an event to the calendar it does not display the date that event was scheduled on immediately and automatically after typing in the event.  This means that if you enter an event in haste you get no warning if you have double booked something; you have to manually find that date and time to check if you have double booked.

Is there any way to display the date and time of the event in the context of that day after entering an event?


texts: Renamed Home Folder, now Dropbox Mac App won't launch

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I renamed my home folder using these directions from Apple - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201548

Worked great. However, now when I try to launch the Dropbox app it asks for permission to modify a folder, which no longer exists.

joshua1 no longer exists, it is now just joshua.

I give permission anyway, and then get this error.

Couldn't start Dropbox
This is usually because of a permissions error. Storing your home folder on a network share can also cause an error. For more information, click the help button below. Please contact Dropbox support with the following info for help: - long text part copied below.

I obviously need to move my Dropbox folder. But according to this Dropbox support article, I need to launch the app and set that in the preferences - https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/89.

Here is what Dropbox gave me to give to their support.
H
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 3.6.4
bn.DROPBOXEXT_VERSION: failed
bn.is_frozen: True
pid: 1556
ppid: 1
uid: 502
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='joshua', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Joshua Dance', pw_dir='/Users/joshua', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='joshua', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Joshua Dance', pw_dir='/Users/joshua', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 502
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: u'/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources'
     real_path=u'/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources'
            mode=040755 uid=502 gid=20
     parent mode=040755 uid=502 gid=20
HOME: u'/Users/joshua'
appdata: u'/Users/joshua1/.dropbox/instance1'
         real_path=u'/Users/joshua1/.dropbox/instance1'
                not found
         parent not found
dropbox_path: u'/Users/joshua1/Dropbox'
              real_path=u'/Users/joshua1/Dropbox'
                        not found
              parent    not found
sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/python'
                real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/python'
                        mode=0100755    uid=502 gid=20
                parent  mode=040755 uid=502 gid=20
trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/site-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyo'
                real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/site-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyo'
                        not found
                parent  not found
tempdir: u'/var/folders/r9/dql9_58x0qq8x54hqtl1sw3m0000gp/T'
         real_path=u'/private/var/folders/r9/dql9_58x0qq8x54hqtl1sw3m0000gp/T'
                mode=040700 uid=502 gid=20
         parent mode=040755 uid=502 gid=20
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "dropbox/client/main.pyo", line 3332, in main_startup
  File "dropbox/client/main.pyo", line 1594, in run
  File "dropbox/client/main.pyo", line 796, in startup_low
  File "dropbox/client/main.pyo", line 567, in safe_makedirs
  File "os.pyo", line 150, in makedirs
  File "os.pyo", line 150, in makedirs
  File "os.pyo", line 157, in makedirs
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/joshua1'


texts: MBP resets display arrangement on restart

texts:
I am running 10.14.1 Mojave on a mid-2015 MBP, connected to an external monitor. Every time the machine is restarted my display arrangement is reset. This only happens on 10.14.1 and did not happen before.

I deleted /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist per this question but to no avail.


texts: How to change WhatsApp notification & SMS tone for iOS 7?

texts:
Does anyone know how to change WhatsApp notification & SMS tone for iOS 7 (on iPhone 5S)?

I would like to use a ringtone such as Chinese music uploaded from phone or apps instead of using the default tone for WhatsApp.


texts:
After having cleaned my mac with some antistatic foam product, weird keyboard problems started happening:

with keyboard viewer, pressing CTRL does not enable CTRL, however if I press LEFT SHIFT, it enables BOTH SHIFT KEYS AND CTRL.
This quite a handicap because I use modifier keys regularly.

(I did reset the SMC and the PRAM, noticing that the combo SHIFT-CTRL-ALT-POWERBUTTON (PRAM combo) works, which makes me think the issue is at the software level, not hardware.)

thanks for your answers :)


texts: On Lion, Xcode quit on its own when it was downloading documentation with no windows open. Is it safe to have Xcode download documentation in Mountain Lion or will it still quit on its own if all windows are closed?


texts: Script to specify sending account based on recipient email?

texts:
I have numerous email accounts, which are matched to my freelance client projects. For instance, any emails relating to my work with Client A are sent from me@ProjectA.com. The Mail app is fairly good at automatically assigning the correct account, and I am usually pretty conscientious about double checking, but occasionally I accidentally send an email to Client A from my ProjectB email account, which is embarrassing and can cause undue confusion.
I would like to create an Apple Script (or use some other method) to check my outgoing email. If I send an email to an address that is in my Contacts Group A, but the email is sending from me@ProjectB.com, an alert will be triggered so I can go in and correct it.
This question has been asked before and the answer was that it couldn't be done, but that was in 2012, and I'm hoping something may have changed in the last 8 years.


texts: How to add a drawer of apps on the dock?

texts: There are way too many app icons on my dock.  Is there a way to add drawers of apps on the dock so each drawer contains a list of apps?


texts: Is there another way to kill an app other than force quit?

texts: My Excel is not force quitting, I can't find it in the Activity Monitor or the PID for it... Is there another way I could kill it?


texts: How to have full directory path always shown in mac terminal?

texts:
I found answers but they don't work:
I added this line in .bash_profile:

export PS1='\u@\H:\w$'

It outputs:

\u@\H:\w$

Instead of:

user@host:my/Current/Path/In/This/Terminal/Window$


texts: Google Chrome would like to control this computer using Accessibility

texts:
I installed LastPass and on restarting Chrome got a notification similar to this: https://superuser.com/questions/657015/google-software-update-would-like-to-control-this-computer-what, except it was Google Chrome that wanted to control the computer instead of Google Software Update.

It might not have been related to the LastPass install and might have just been a coincidence and just happened to be the first time I restarted Chrome.

Any ideas on what might have prompted this request?

Chrome 32.0.1700.102

Mac OS X: 10.9.1


texts: Shift+CapsLock to toggle caps lock functionality

texts:
I used Seil to change my caps lock button to forward delete. This disables any kind of capslock functionality. I am looking to have shift + Caps lock toggle the original caps lock functionality.

I cannot figure out how to add a new change key with the shift modifier.


texts: Install VMWare Workstation on Mac Boot Camp

texts:
Can I install VMWare Workstation in a Mac's Boot Camp partition that has Windows 7 installed in it? Is there any technical restrictions? Will there be a problem if I load the Boot Camp partition in VMWare Fusion, after VMWare Workstation is installed?
Tks


texts:
Let's suppose a case where I accidentally start the shutdown sequence of OSX (wrong shortcut, wrong menu item click in the Apple Menu, App asking for a reboot etc.)

Is there a way to cancel the shutdown sequence (during the time OSX kills opened apps) ?


texts:
Say I want to quickly find all emails by one person.

In some email editors you can type "from: John" and it would understand that you are only interested in messages that John sent.

Is this possible with Outlook in OS X? What about Mail?


texts: How do I stop OS X attempting to import photos on each boot?

texts:
Everytime I boot my iMac up while my iPhone is attached it attempts to import photos, giving me a message as soon as I login about how it "can not import photos because the device is locked". This has started up in the last 3-4 days, presumably because of an OS X update (I'm on version 10.10.5).

I don't want it to try importing them on boot (and it's annoying getting this message on each boot), and I've already disabled various settings to stop it importing automatically when I connect my iPhone.

How can I prevent it from trying to import photos each time I boot my Mac up?


texts: How To Handle Power Outages With Remote Macs?

texts:
At my condo, which I visit monthly, I have a 2010 MBA (High Sierra?) that runs a webcam and performs various other periodic tasks. I don't have an UPS for it, but the internal battery usually lasts long enough to handle power outages. However, this week the condo scheduled an all-day outage in order to do maintenance on the electrical systems. I have the MBA scheduled to "Start up or wake" every morning. (This MBA does not have "Start up automatically after a power failure".) As expected, the MBA's battery went dead during the power outage. I expected that the battery would charge up after power was resumed and that the MBA would start up on schedule. It did not and remains shut off.
What should I have done differently?
At home I have a 2017 iMac running Catalina. It has a UPS with a battery that lasts about an hour after a power outage. When the battery gets low, the UPS sends a shutdown command to the Mac. During a long outage the UPS shuts the Mac down and then turns itself off when the battery dies. When power resumes, the Mac starts up automatically. ("Start up automatically after a power failure" is enabled.)
However, this week, while I was away, there was a power outage. The outage lasted long enough for the UPS to shut down the Mac, but power resumed before the UPS shut itself off. So, power to the Mac was never lost. As a result, it stayed shut down and required manual intervention to start up.
What should I have done differently?


texts: How to highlight text by changing background colour in Mail

texts:
In Mail, I can only change the background of the entire email.

How do I do this just for highlighted text?


texts: Trackpad cursor moving around on its own and clicking anywhere

texts:
I own a Macbook Pro Late 2011 model and recently the trackpad's cursor is behaving weirdly - it moves around on its own and it clicks anywhere.

I am guessing I need to change my trackpad ?

link
Will the trackpad on above link help me ? Do I need to check model number A1278 ?

or just 'Mid-2009--Mid-2012' is good enough to assume it will work with my laptop.


texts: In High Sierra or Mojave, is it possible to harden our login password so that the hash is more difficult to crack? I'm not a crypto person, but can we increase the iterations, transforms, hashing algo strenth or something... to make the CPU work harder when using sudo and such? I know Debian/Ubuntu distros are capable of such hardening and keepass has a similar feature. Is it possible in macOS?


texts: How to change the default which columns are shown in Finder, but *only* when I switch to list view?

texts:
I think I don't need the "Kind" column in list view in Finder.
I know I can disable that column by ctrl-clicking on the header and deselecting it.
What I would like to have is the "Kind" column disabled by default, but I don't want list view as the default view in Finder.
Is that possible? Maybe using a Terminal command?
(I have googled , but could not find a solution. Only stuff about column widths, with which I am not concerned here.)
Thanks a lot in advance.


texts: Is it possible to record a 4K time-lapse on iPhone?

texts: In iOS 8 Apple released a time-lapse feature for the camera app. It seems as though time-lapses are recorded in 1080p. I would like the time-lapse to be recorded instead in 4K. Is this possible?


texts: How to delete books from iBooks on iOS 10?

texts: I want to delete some iBooks from purchased off my iBooks app, but the previous solution of hovering above it and an "x" appearing over it isn't working. I have an iPhone 7 with iOS 10.3.2


texts:
When I setup an IKEv2 VPN, which I use from Windows without issues, on OSX 10.11.1 it refuses to connect.  I looked at /var/log/system.log and it seems like it's saying one of the IKEv2 components is missing.  Has anyone gotten a certificate authenticated IKEv2 connection working in OSX?  The VPN server is StrongSwan.

/var/log/system.log:Nov 27 09:16:09 Jeremiahs-MacBook-Pro nesessionmanager[608]: NESMIKEv2VPNSession[VPN (IKEv2):0EE0F0F7-F55C-4657-ABCB-9B51583F1D22]: Received a start command from com.apple.preference.network.re[868]
/var/log/system.log:Nov 27 09:16:09 Jeremiahs-MacBook-Pro nesessionmanager[608]: NESMIKEv2VPNSession[VPN (IKEv2):0EE0F0F7-F55C-4657-ABCB-9B51583F1D22]: status changed to connecting
/var/log/system.log:Nov 27 09:16:09 Jeremiahs-MacBook-Pro nesessionmanager[608]: Failed to find the VPN app for plugin type com.apple.neplugin.IKEv2
/var/log/system.log:Nov 27 09:16:09 Jeremiahs-MacBook-Pro neagent[2019]: Failed to process IKE SA Init packet
/var/log/system.log:Nov 27 09:16:09 Jeremiahs-MacBook-Pro nesessionmanager[608]: NESMIKEv2VPNSession[VPN (IKEv2):0EE0F0F7-F55C-4657-ABCB-9B51583F1D22]: status changed to disconnecting
/var/log/system.log:Nov 27 09:16:09 Jeremiahs-MacBook-Pro nesessionmanager[608]: NESMIKEv2VPNSession[VPN (IKEv2):0EE0F0F7-F55C-4657-ABCB-9B51583F1D22]: status changed to disconnected, last stop reason Stop command received


texts: Why do I have all these duplicate public (& one duplicate private) Apple ID keys? & Can I remove the extras so I just have one public & one private key? There is no identifying information differentiating any of them from one another when you open them up & none of them have any apps/services assigned to them.


texts: Message shows as delivered only on one device

texts: What does it mean if I send a text to someone and it does not say delivered on my iPhone but it says delivered on my iPad? Does it mean the received it but not on their phone. I'm confused.


texts: How do you ask Siri to message whatsapp group?

texts: I know the new IOS allows you to ask Siri to send a whatsapp message to a person, can Siri message a whatsapp group ?


texts: Set default sending account on a contact by contact basis in OS X mail

texts: I have several different mail accounts setup in Mail. Is it possible to define which account to use on a contact by contact basis? I'm trying to avoid sending mail from the wrong account, to the wrong person.


texts: How to quickly scroll to top of long list in iOS?

texts:
I've recently hooked my MS Exchange account into Mail.app in iOS, and consequently, the list of email in my inbox is extremely long. iOS has the unfortunate habit of scrolling the mail list to the middle of the list whenever I rotate the iPad, and it takes me a very long time to scroll back up.

I'm wondering if there's a way to quickly scroll back up to the top of the very long inbox list in iOS Mail.app, so that I can see my unread messages?


texts: Is there a way to read the Spotlight comment in Automator workflow

texts: I need to do some clean up on Spotlight comments. Is there a way to read the Spotlight comment, then set it to another value ? For example let's say I need to remove one specific word in the comments. Adding is easy, with Set Spotlight Comments for Finder Items. I'm looking for the opposite action.


texts:
Is it required to use XCode v5 to host an IOS Mobile App in itunesconnect.com?

let us know what's the minimum required XCode Version to use?

Thanks.


texts: MacBook Pro connected to WiFi hotspot but offline

texts: I've recently bought a 4G data plan on my phone with the intention to connect my MacBook to it via hotspot tethering. It is connecting fine to the hotspot but, it's offline. I've connected other devices and another MacBook Pro to the connection and all worked fine. I tried to renew my DHCP lease, turn my phone, my hotspot and my computer on/off again, and deleting the connection and reconnecting but nothing worked. I checked to see if i can ping on terminal but that timed out so I'm definitely offline.


texts: Can I log employees' working hours through Bonjour availability?

texts:
We have a small office network with a Mac server, and all employees have their own Mac laptop they take home at the end of the day.

I am looking for a way to automatically log the employees' time at the office. Theoretically, it should be possible to periodically check for other auto-discovered Bonjour hosts on the network and deduce their time at the office from there.

Now my question is, is there an app or other readily available solution for that?

EDIT:

I should note that the users don't actually log in to the network nor log out. Their computers are not part of an Open Directory. I also really don't want to install or access anything on their computer directly.

I want to log their presence purely based on listening for their network presence. I also don't want to manually manage a list of computers, computers should be tracked automatically once they are discovered on the network.

At the end of the week/month I want to be able to get a list of all connected computer names during that period, with the time periods they were connected. Some graphical representation similar to day-view in iCal would be perfect, but if I have this information textual I could always implement that part myself.

EDIT 2:

I've been doing some research myself and found out about the dns-sd tool. For example:

dns-sd -B _afpovertcp._tcp local

lists all computers with AFP enabled.

However, two problems:

the dns-sd utility from the command-line is not well suited for scripts, the man page recommends against it, the command also doesn't terminate itself
The above example does not work when AFP file sharing is disabled


texts:
I try to sign an app-bundle that includes the Java Runtime Environment 8 (JRE).

From command line I run this command:

codesign -s "Developer ID Application: My Company" /Development/MyApp.app

I get this output:

MyApp.app: code object is not signed at all
In subcomponent: /Development/MyApp.app/Contents/PlugIns/jre8/Contents/Home/jre/COPYRIGHT

The result is that the App-bundle doesn't get signed as expected.

How do I fix this?


texts: Mac after reboot only allows one account to logon

texts:
Afternoons all,

So I have a MacBook Pro, 2018 TB with High Sierra that's bound to a Windows domain, built via JAMF.

We have one admin account on the machine which our IT team use then the user account where they themselves are also admins. I should point out I have admin rights on the machine.

Nothing special about these accounts as far as I'm aware.

However when my user logs onto the machine, to do their work and then reboots, at logon they are only prompted for the password for the IT admin account. They don't see the username and password fields.

I'm trying to go through the console logs but unsure what I'm even looking for.

I should have mentioned, I have admin rights but some features are locked down via JAMF security profiles.

Anyone else seen this issue?


texts: How do I play selected albums in iTunes 11

texts:
This was absurdly easy in iTunes 10.

I select a Playlist (generally a smart one)
I command click albums.
I want to play those albums.

Further I may want to be able to play songs within those albums randomly.
[Creating a play list from the selection each time is not really a viable solution]

For example in the image below, 3 albums are selected. I just want to play them.


texts: How to play protected AAC tracks via Sonos?

texts: I have many songs I bought from iTunes that are in the old Protected AAC format.  They play find from my iPhone or from my computer to attached speakers.  I would like to stream them over my home WiFi network.  I tried some Sonos speakers with their app, which could play everything in my library except these.  Is there a way to stream them?


texts: How to fix a Lion upgrade that killed SSH keys?

texts:
I just upgraded to Lion and find now that my ssh keys are not working properly when trying to log into various servers via SSH.

I've checked permissions on the ~/.ssh directory and the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file, and they are properly set to 0700 and 0600 respectively.

What can I do to fix this issue?

Here is a sample of the ssh connection process:

$ ssh -v 70.32.90.120
OpenSSH_5.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/gonzo/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 70.32.90.120 [70.32.90.120] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/gonzo/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/gonzo/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/gonzo/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/gonzo/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_4.3
debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.3 pat OpenSSH_4*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.6
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host '70.32.90.120' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/gonzo/.ssh/known_hosts:61
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/gonzo/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/gonzo/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Next authentication method: password
gonzo@70.32.90.120's password:


texts: TextEdit turned HTML file into RTF while open - how to undo?

texts:
I was on a Mac with no plaintext text editor installed, and needed to make a very quick change to a HTML file saved on a shared drive. I opened it in TextEdit, set it to "Plain text" in Preferences (which had no effect), hit Format > Make Plain Text, hit undo since that didn't help, then I closed TextEdit without saving.

It gave some warning about not being able to store previous versions of the file because the shared drive doesn't support that, and wouldn't quit until I chose "okay". I thought this would be fine since I hadn't saved any changes.

Somewhere along the line, TextEdit had quietly deleted the original HTML file and created an RTF version. This unwanted RTF's creation date was from around the time I opened it.

There's nothing in trash, and I've tried "Revert to" in TextEdit (no previous versions).

Is there anything I can do to get the original file back?

Operating system is 10.9.5 if that's relevant.


texts: Is there a native QR Code reader on iPhone?

texts:
I was given an iPhone for Christmas and want to know how I can scan QR codes? My Google searches all point to articles or reviews about apps you can install, but some of these don’t even exist anymore. Some of my Google searches took me here where’s there’s questions and answers about installing QR code apps, but these all seem dated to me.

Can I do this natively? Or do I really need to install an app for this?

I just want to be able to scan the QR code and have my iPhone automatically open the web page, play the video, or whatever it is the code is set up to do.


texts: Transferring the registration of an iPhone

texts: I currently own an iPhone 4s and would like to gift it to a friend. It is currently registered to me but i want to register it to his name so that I don't have to involve myself in warranty issues or repair issues. How is it possible to transfer the registration to another person?


texts: Two independent Big Sur installations on the same device

texts:
Assume I have a MacBook Pro 2019 with Big Sur installed.
My goal is to have two different partitions on the same physical SSD.
I want to have two separate installations of Big Sur.
My question is:
How can I make sure, that nothing I do on either of the partitions has an effect on the other partition? Assume I install some software with admin rights on partition B. Can it be made sure, that the program installed on B has no possibility to read or manipulate any data from partition A, for example system files?


texts: My keychain passwords gone after upgraded to High Sierra

texts:
My keychain passwords disappeared after I upgraded to High Sierra. I have 130+ entries made in secure notes of Keychain Access. How do I restore them?
In detail: After upgrade to MacOS 10.13 from 10.11 my login keychain is out of sync and I lost all my 133 Password Entries I saved to secure notes. I can only temporarily restore them via Terminal commands. I see that my old key database was renamed to login_renamed_1.keychain-db. If I rename it to login.keychain-db and open /Applications/Utilities/Keychain\ Access.app and my Password Entries are there again, but everytime I log out of my User Account (both after restart or after logging out) a new file named login.keychain-db is created and my Passwords are gone again.
Here is what I do in Terminal:
bash$ security default-keychain
    "/Users/myself/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db"
bash$ security set-keychain-password "/Users/myself/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db"
Old Password:
New Password:
Retype New Password:

This puts my keychain back in sync (password is set), but I still miss my PW Entries in secure notes.
So I am also setting a Password for the old keychain database (lines beginning with '//' are comments, thus no Terminal input ):
bash$ security set-keychain-password login_renamed_1.keychain-db
Old Password:
New Password:
Retype New Password:
bash$ sudo mv login.keychain-db login.keychain-db-out
// renaming the current keychain-db to "*-out"
bash$ mv login_renamed_1.keychain-db login.keychain-db
// renaming the old keychain-db to the name of the default keychain

When I open Keychain Access.app after this my Password Entries have returned, but only for so long as I do not log out or restart my Mac. Upon login or startup a new login.keychain-db file is created and the old one is again renamed to login_renamed_1.keychain-db.
At this time the only way I can retrieve my Password Entries is to open each entry, copy the contents of the secure note in a Text file, which I would have to repeat 133 times. I would rather keep my old databes instead, as you easily may imagine.
Does anybody of you has a solution for this? Thank you in advance for your patience reading this and – hopefully – for your help.


texts: Where can I find replacement feet for my MacBook Pro?

texts:
I've got a 2009 Unibody MBP, and the feet are starting to fall off.  I've lost one and one I have kept in a safe place.

Does anyone know where I can get replacement feet?  I looked on Ebay to no avail.

EDIT:
Well thanks for the answers so far, however nothing is turning up.  I just got off the phone with the Genius bar at the local Apple store, and they said it simply doesn't exist.  They want to sell me an entire "Lower Case" ... big $$$ for something so trivial.

Still looking for more suggestions.


texts: How to set the amount of IMAP email stored locally in Apple Mail?

texts:
My provider told me that our mail server is suffering because of a HUGE usage, and, to be more specific, IMAP usage.

I tracked down the issue to four Macs that use IMAP on quite big email accounts (more than 5GB each).

My guess is that Apple Mail is storing locally a little amount of email, and send all search requests directly to the server. Can I set Apple Mail to have all the emails locally (so that searches are done only locally)?

Thanks,


texts: Xcode/WatchKit - how do I run the regular app on iPad/other devices?

texts:
Could anyone please tell me, now that I have added a WatchKit target to my application, if it is possible to just run the main target on devices which don't support the watch (i.e. the original part of the app which worked on iPads and iPhoneOS < 8?).

Xcode keeps telling me I can no longer run the main app target (not the watchkit target) on my iPad because:

Ineligible Devices : My iPad (Apple Watch not supported)

Does this mean I will have to keep two versions of my project- one for WatchKit apps and one for non-WatchKit apps?!

All I want to do is run and debug the main app, part of a larger project which includes a Watch interface, on a device which cannot pair with an Apple Watch. Apologies if this has been asked already, some Monday google-foo couldn't find an answer; also please feel free to edit the question if it seems unclear.


texts: How to change default font size when preview open microsoft excel document?

texts:
I use macbook air, Preview is brilliant, But seems can not zoom out microsoft document(word, excel), So I want to change the default font size.

But how?


texts: Is launchd still being actively developed?

texts:
Launchd is an interesting piece of software. It seems like it is working ok, but one would think the brand new way of replacing init would have a few more iterations.

Is launchd still under active development? The last svn checkin was 2009, the mailing list is not that vibrant, unless i'm looking at the wrong one... and all the tutorials online are from 2006 or so.

What am I missing?


texts:
I'm doing a Corporate Challenge where I count all my steps every day and enter them into a website.

The other day I had backed up my phone the night before, and had a problem with it that meant it had to be replaced. When I restored my phone, all my steps for the day I had the defect had been lost.

All my data for other apps that sync with iCloud was preserved for that day. (Things, Tweetbot etc).

My question is: Does the Health App in iOS sync intraday to iCloud?

Edit: This is different to the other question that is similar because I'm asking about intraday app sync, not daily device backups.


texts: macOS High Sierra unable to natively play videos encoded with HandBrake's H.265 setting

texts: I'm using HandBrake to encode some videos using the MP4 H.265 format, but the videos won't play using QuickTime or Quick Look on macOS High Sierra, which is supposed to have H.265/HEVC support. They work in VLC just fine. Anyone else have this problem or know why these videos won't play in the system-provided players?


texts: MacBook 5,1 Upgrade, Leapfrog to Yosemite and MBA Backup

texts:
My 2014 MacBook Air was recently stolen, but I have a full backup available via Time Machine saved to an Airport Extreme base station. For now I'm using an old MacBook 5,1 with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2 GB RAM.  After using the Air for so long I kind of like the feel of this machine better and don't mind of the bit of extra weight. I am inspired by all the info available about upgrading this model, and I think it's a better solution for me than buying a new MacBook.  There seems to be plenty of info available about the process, but before I dive in I'd like some input from the folks that know a helluva a lot more than I do about this kind of thing:

My plan is to upgrade the 2012 MB with an internal SSD drive and enhance the memory, but once that is done, can I then use the Time Machine backup from my 2014 MBA to populate this computer, or will the format switch from MBA to this MB wreak havoc?  If it is a problem, can I just upgrade and do a clean Yosemite install and then just move over key files and applications from time machine to the 2012 MB?  As mentioned, the backup is saved on a Airport Extreme base station, and I have a memory stick startup disk from a clean re-install that I did on my MBA about a month ago.  Obviously I can't recreate that without my 2014 MBA, so can I use that or will it also cause issues? In the AppStore I still have the option to download Yosemite, so if I can't use that start up disk what are my options?  I'm only as good as the last YouTube video I watched about this stuff, which is dangerous.


texts: How to delete Time Machine Backups that were moved into Recycle Bin Trash?

texts: I use Time Machine on an external drive to back up my files. The external drive was getting close to be being full so I moved all the backed up file folders to my Recycle Bin (Trash) on my Desktop to permanently delete them. When I go try and empty the trash though it is taking forever because there's so many files in there now. Does anyone know if there is a quicker way around this - a way to delete these files and get them out of the trash without it taking hours or days? Thank you!


texts: How to add a process to sandboxd's configuration?

texts:
I have a particular process that is having some problems writing to the /private/tmp folder.  sandboxd keeps emitting the following error:

sandboxd[xxx] ([xxxxx]): process(xxxxx) deny file-write-create /private/tmp/blah.ext

I would like to understand how to set up my own sandboxd rules either via sandboxd's config file or by creating a new file with the permissions in it.


texts: First steps after acquiring a new MacBook Pro (w.r.t ensuring optimal battery life)?

texts:
I just unboxed a new MBP 13.3 inch i5. I wanted to know what is the best way to start using it, so as to ensure optimal battery life i.e.

Should I charge it to full capacity, before even booting it ?
Should I start using it out of the box on AC ?
Also, going forward, what must I do to ensure that the battery lasts longer, and the average capacity doesn't go down with the years ?

While I appreciate individual experiences/suggestions, I'd really like links to articles/reviews from respectable websites that could authenticate the information - there are simply too many opinions out there :).


texts: I tried modifying a preference pane plist (with defaults write), but the change doesn’t take effect. Is there a way to make that happen?


texts:
I'm not sure this is the best place to ask this question.

I'm trying to simply apply a simple "red tint effect" on a video with iMovie, any idea how to achieve that?


texts:
I'm trying to add an alias for lolcat that will invoke after each command put into the terminal.

I only know how to add it to select items, anyone know how to just make it a standard output?


texts: Xcode.app gets scanned by socketfilterfw (OS X Firewall) at every launch

texts:
Situation:

When I launch Xcode, socketfilterfw, OS X's application based firewall,  starts using a lot of CPU.

After some research I narrowed it down to this: socketfilterfw reads all the files in Xcode.app's bundle and does this every time Xcode launches. Gigabytes of data, every time.

It doesn't matter what settings the firewall has, I tried them all. The only thing that stops this is to deactivate the firewall (before launching Xcode).

Has anyone else this effect or an idea what this is about?

Update
I just tried Xcode on a clean install (OS X and Xcode from ADC) and it did not solve it. But it started the scan not when Xcode launches but when a project gets executed (CMD-R). So it starts scanning either when Xcode launches or when executing a project.


texts: Why does iBooks Author refuse to open .epub?

texts:
I have an epub for a hundred-year-old book with the illustrations from the original missing, and no links from TOC to the appropriate places.  Wanting to correct that, I tried to open it from iBooks Author 2.2.  The pub is grayed out in the Open dialogue.  If I select "all files," it is un-grayed, but either way, it cannot be selected.

I don't think the problem is DRM, because the file came from project Gutenberg.  Also, Calibre allows me to convert to PDF and back, but the result still cannot be loaded.  Talking New Media claims that this version of iBooks Author adds the ability to open these files.

The "advanced" option to "add to ibooks as proof" also won't open it.  Experimenting, I created new epubs from several PDF originals with calibre, and it won't open those either.


texts: Can I send Notification Center items to my iPhone using Pushover or Prowl?

texts:
The title pretty much sums it up. I often feel like having notifications on my iPhone are a lot easier to notice, especially if you step away from the computer for a few moments to do something and come back.

Ideally I would like an AppleScript or something similar that forwards my Notification Center items to my iPhone using Pushover or Prowl (ideally Pushover).

Anyone have any experience with this?


texts: Printer Setup Utility gone in Mavericks, how to set default printer in Applescript now?

texts:
I have some Applescripts that set the default printer using "Printer Setup Utility", that seems gone in Mavericks.

Anyone have an alternative to suggest?


texts: 2018 MacBook Pro won't let me install macOS High Sierra 10.13 from USB installer

texts:
I've got a 2018 MacBook Pro (Model ID : MacBook 15,1) that shipped with macOS Mojave 10.14, that I need to downgrade to run macOS High Sierra 10.13.

I've tried reformatting the main drive using Disk Utility and then re-installing the OS from recovery mode, which from past experience loads the lowest OS the machine shipped with (for the 2018 MBP that is 10.13.6). But for some reason when I do this it keeps loading macOS Mojave 10.14.

So I've gone for another solution: I've created a USB installer of macOS High Sierra 10.13, wiped the MacBook Pro drive again, gone to the Startup Security Utility, and set medium security and allowed boot from external drive. I then restart the computer holding the Option key and booted using the USB installer.

After a loading screen, I keep getting a Install macOS Mojave menu. Any ideas why this would be, and why it's not letting me install macOS High Sierra 10.13?

Although the 2018 MacBook Pro originally shipped with macOS High Sierra 10.13, could it be that I have a later model of 2018 MacBook Pro, that only has drivers for macOS Mojave 10.14 and later? Or do all 2018 MacBook Pros work with the same drivers?


texts: Does the AFP Service ACL still exist in 10.9 Server.app?

texts:
All I'm really trying to do is set up my wife's laptop to use my Mac Pro as a network Time Machine server. We both recently upgraded to Mavericks and I just installed Server.app.

Problem is all connection attempts from her account fail, and I can't work out why (after lots of time and effort diagnosing the problem).

One ars forum post describes a similar problem, and one of the suggestions is that the connection is being blocked by a SACL. This theory is validated by the fact that I can connect with my own (admin) account.

More searching, and it seems that the suggestion is to edit the SACL using the Server Admin app. I guess this has now been rolled into Server.app?

Can someone please enlighten me, where are Service ACLs configured?


texts: Clamshell mode: MBP doesn't boot when USB-C external display is switched on

texts:
I have a Dell U2520D monitor connected with USB-C to my macbook pro 16' 2019 in clamshell mode.
Before, when I switched the monitor on, the macbook booted like a charm. Now, I have to unplug/plug the usb-C cable from my macbook to boot. Anyone had this issue and solved it?


texts: Macbook Air + Lion + Windows 7 Boot Camp + shared partition

texts:
I would like to setup my Macbook Air's disk drive with 3 partitions - 50Gb for OSX Lion, 50Gb for Windows 7, and the remaining 150Gb for Data to share between both OSes (music, photos etc).

What's the correct way to do this?


texts:
I have installed VMware ovftool using the regular installer, which installed it in the /Application folder. I now want this added to the global path, so I added it to /etc/paths, see following output:
➜  ~ cat /etc/paths
/Applications/VMware\ OVF\ Tool
/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

➜  ~ ls /Applications/VMware\ OVF\ Tool
README.txt               lib                      vmware-eula.rtf
certs                    open_source_licenses.txt vmware.eula
env                      ovftool
icudt44l.dat             schemas

Still the command is not found when trying to execute it, but the path variable is set correctly:
➜  ~ ovftool
zsh: command not found: ovftool

➜  ~ echo $PATH
/Applications/VMware\ OVF\ Tool:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin

How to correctly make ovftool available?

Edit based on the (not working) answer below:
➜  ~ echo $PATH
"/Applications/VMware OVF Tool":/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin

➜  ~ ovftool
zsh: command not found: ovftool

➜  ~ echo $PATH
"/Applications/VMware\ OVF\ Tool":/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin

➜  ~ ovftool
zsh: command not found: ovftool

Edit 2:
Wrapping the entire path in quotes and exporting it again works:
➜  ~ export PATH="/Applications/VMware OVF Tool:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin"
➜  ~ ovftool
Error: No source or target specified. Try 'ovftool --help' for more options.
Completed with errors

How do I do that in /etc/paths though?


texts: AppleCare - Can I Cancel The Monthly Plan After Doing a Repair?

texts:
If I get AppleCare today and pay $7.99 a month for coverage on my iPhone and then do a screen replacement next month, would I then be able to cancel the monthly subscription the month afterwards?

I know that with the $149 upfront plan, you won’t get a refund for discounts / services you’ve already received.  Would the scenario I described above be allowed?


texts: Save the URL in Finder as a bookmark via Automator

texts:
Since the possibility to tag files in Mavericks, I save my bookmarks in Finder to be able to tag them and find them later more quickly.

To do this I simply drag the URL in Safari to a my bookmarks folder in Finder.
After doing this for many times, I found it inconvenient to do this manually. It would be nice if this steps can be automated, and I think Automator would help me in this.

The workflow would look like this.

Copy the URL of the webpage in the active Safari window.
Save the URL in a clickable URL file in a folder in Finder.
Prompt me the Info screen to edit metatags, like Filename, Tags, and Comments.

Unfortunately, after some trying in Automator, I'm still not able to create this workflow.
I hope through this post somebody can help in the right direction.


texts: Which iOS IPSW file is the right one for my iPhone 5S?

texts:
I installed iOS 10 beta 1 on my iPhone 5S but now I'd like to go back to the release version of iOS 9.3.2.

When I go to download the IPSW file for iOS 9.3.2 from www.ipsw.me I am presented with two types of IPSW file, one for "iPhone 5S (Global)" and one for "iPhone 5S (GSM)".

Which file should I use? The only other information I can add is that I bought the phone in the UK.


texts: How to differentiate original and fake Apple 5W USB EU power adapter A1400 / MD813ZM/A?

texts:
I did receive a European 5 watt USB charger model A1400 that claims to be from Apple. The charger even claims to be designed by Apple in California and made in China. Possibly by "Salcomp".

The "made in China" part, is most likely a valid claim.

But how can I find out whether this USB charger is a counterfeit or a genuine Apple product?

I do own a genuine A1300 that came with an iPhone that was bought in an Apple store in Oberhausen. The 230V pins two USB chargers are shown in the photograph below:

Here is a photograph of the serial imprint inside the USB connector from both an "A1400" and an original A1300:

And here the imprint the "Certification Label" of a possible counterfeit A1400:

PS I am aware of the A1300 to A1400 Exchange program and don't use the A1300 any longer for charging purposes.


texts: How to set Finder to always use Column View?

texts:
How do I set Finder to always use Column view for all folders? There is no "Use as Default" for this particular view. And is there a way to automatically set the columns to be of equal width (instead of resizing manually)?
I'm using Catalina 10.15.7.

Click for full size


texts:
When I select "Reply All" using Apple Mail my email address automatically gets added back in the original field it appeared in the original message; i.e. if I was CC'd on an email, my address will appear in the CC field when selecting "Reply All".

I've already unchecked the setting in preferences to "Automatically CC myself".  How can I prevent receiving a duplicate email in my inbox for every email I send using the "Reply All" option?


texts: Is there a way to disable OS X auto termination of applications?

texts:
Is there a way to tell OS X Lion to disable auto-termination for a given application that you do not want to auto terminate?

FYI Lion is a quitter if you did not already know, what if you don't want it to be for a certain Applicaiton.

  Lion will quit your running applications behind your back if it decides it needs the resources, and if you don’t appear to be using them. The heuristic for determining whether an application is “in use” is very conservative: it must not be the active application, it must have no visible, non-minimized windows — and, of course, it must explicitly support Automatic Termination.

For example, say I don't want TextEdit to automatically quit when I have no TextEdit windows open and switch to another Application.

After taking a look at Mac App Programming Guide section for Automatic Termination I figured I would try adding the NSSupportsAutomaticTermination key with the value of No to the Info.plist file for TextEdit. (Did not work: TextEdit crashes on open.)

To be noted, the file did not include NSSupportsAutomaticTermination key (which means that Apple was using NSProcessInfo to enable auto termination), so adding a key would probably have no effect anyways since NSProcessInfo overrides what is in the plist file. (Verified this does not work, by self-signing TextEdit with a modified Info.plist including the NSSupportsAutomaticTermination key and value of No).

One side effect noted is that changing anything in the Info.plist file causes TextEdit to crash when opening. The cause is noted from the crash log as "code signature invalid", which means that the TextEdit app and all its contents are code signed. The workaround is to self-sign the app using the codesign command and a self-signed root certificate as noted in Code Signing task.

After what I have tried so far, TextEdit still obeys Automatic Termination.


texts: How to make a command line executable an application?

texts: I have a command line executable (specifically JMeter), which opens a GUI application when launched from the terminal.  However, I would like to create a link to it that would wrap it up to become a proper Mac application (included in /Applications directory and all that).  How do I do that?


texts: Swipe between pages doesn't work and unable two fingers scrolling up/down

texts:
Since this morning, the "swipe between pages" functionality doesn't work anymore on my computer!

Web-browser specific description of the problem

Google Chrome

When I try to swipe between pages on Google Chrome, it just does not work. The window get shifted within its frame and come back to its original position.

Safari

When I try to swipe between pages on Safari, the window slightly shifts within its frame and get stuck into this position. Further two-finger movements (including scrolling up and down) are then not functioning. When I open a new window, the scrolling up/down is working again.

Firefox

When I try to swipe between pages on Firefox, nothing happen and further two-finger movements (including scrolling up and down) are then not functioning. When I open a new window, the scrolling up/down is working again.

How I tried to solve this issue

I opened system preferences to make sure that in the section trackpad, the option swipe between pages is activated. Yes, it is activated!

For some reason, I checked the always box next to Show scroll bars in the general section in the system preferences.

In Bash, I wrote the following command line: defaults write -g com.apple.trackpad.scrollBehavior 2 but nothing happens!


texts: Why do Apple Store insist on decrypting FileVault to run diagnostics?

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Much to my horror, my MacBook screen cracked the other day and had to be replaced.  I took the machine to an Apple Store and a Genius checked it in for repair.

The Genius said that they would, perfectly understandably, have to run diagnostics software after the hardware was replaced in order to satisfy themselves that everything was installed correctly.

Less understandably, he insisted that this diagnostics software (which is simply testing hardware functionality) must run from a user account in my installation of OSX—rather than, say, the recovery partition, or a wholly different installation of OSX (eg one they keep on an external drive from which they can boot if they so choose).

Fortunately, I had already enabled the FileVault 2 guest account (the one that boots to its own limited environment) and the Genius said this would suffice.  Sadly, now the repair has completed, I have received a call complaining that it is insufficient.  They are also refusing to return the machine to me without the diagnostics having been run, even though I have volunteered to take full responsibility for the consequences.

Since I have a backup of the whole computer, I suggested that they just wipe it and reinstall OSX, in order that they can then do whatever they want: I'll just restore once I get it home.  They insist that they're unable to do this without me first unlocking the drive (which obviously is not true—not least because they would solve this for customers who genuinely have lost both their passwords and their recovery keys, but also because very simple instructions are given here).

Anyway, I'm not giving out my password (which is also my key to many online resources) over the phone to a complete stranger, even if they do work for Apple.  I would be willing to go to the store to tap it in for them, but it's out of my way and the diagnostics apparently take up to 5 hours to run—so I'll end up having to make a second journey to pick up the machine once they're complete.

In all, they are making this so inexcusably painful—and frankly I'm more inclined to make a point: go there, buy an external HDD, install OSX onto it and boot that before returning it for a full refund!  (If they insist on booting from my internal drive, I could just copy the encrypted partition to the external drive, then reinstall on the internal, then copy back once all is done).

Is there any way that I can persuade them to stop being so stupid, and save us all a ton of wasted time and effort?


texts: Does Time Machine fix ownership of files when restoring from another Mac?

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My computer recently crashed with no backup of Time Machine. I'm having issues getting a clean install to install on my hard drive (it won't let me do a fresh install from my Boot USB disk).

I am however having more luck using a Time Machine backup from my girlfriends MacBook Pro.

Am I going to run into any ownership issues when restoring Lion from another computer its Time Machine backup?


texts: Finding the Holy Grail of PIM. (Was: is there a good replacement for AddressBook Lion?)

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The Address Book application in OS X Lion is sorely lacking in its ability to sync & combine contacts from different sources. Does anyone know of a good replacement?

Update - My Holy Grail:

I use a personal Gmail account and a work Google Apps account.
I'd like to have the same info available on my iPhone, iPad, work Mac, home Mac, and Google via a browser.
While I'm at it, let's throw in connecting to my contacts in Twitter and Facebook, though those are much lower priority.
I'd like a local copy of all the info in case the cloud isn't available.
iCloud syncing isn't really a priority, since I use Google for that, but I could see switching what I can if things would work better.
Ideally, groups would be sync-able, in addition to contacts, but I don't think google exposes that via their APIs yet.

Currently, I'm seeing a lot of duplicates, or near duplicates in both iCal & AddressBook, and it's very difficult (impossible?) to see where a given contact or appointment is coming from. In the past I used Spanning Sync to keep google and the local in sync. Perhaps that + iCloud is where the dupes are coming from.

Update 2: My current set-up is working fairly well on the iOS devices w/ Exchange connections to google. It's the macs where I find myself tempted to abandon the desktop apps for doing everything in the browser.


texts: How can I read Login options from terminal (Automatic login, Display login windows as, Network Account Server etc.)?


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I signed up with iCloud and I see that there is an @me.com email account associated with my account.  I don't have any interest in using email with iCloud - I use gmail for email.  Is there a way to remove email from my iCloud account all together?

Perhaps I am being paranoid, but I am afraid there might be security risks from having another email account around that might be used for Apple account change notifications.  Since I never check that account I wouldn't know if something seemed wrong.


texts: Backup a Time Machine .sparsebundle to Amazon Glacier

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I want to make an off-site backup of my Time Machine, and Amazon Glacier seems to be a cheap and reliable place to put large files in.

Anyone has experience using Glacier in such settings? Any tips on how to upload the files there?


texts: FileVault security hole when used on SSDs

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I just woke up to the fact that it looks like user data can be leaked when using FileVault and Migration Assistant on an SSD on a new Mac when following the default prompts.

When I set up a new Mac, it encourages me to "Transfer Information to This Mac" early in the process, before I'm allowed to enable FileVault.  This is OK on an HDD because even though I'm copying my data to the new Mac in the clear, FileVault will eventually overwrite all of it with encryption.

On an SSD, however, it's impossible to overwrite data securely:

  ... the Mac's "Secure Erase Trash" function leaves 2/3rds of a file recoverable.

— Mac fail: SSD security

  ... it is almost impossible to securely delete an individual file on an SSD, because the way that SSDs write and delete files is scattered, and a user has no control over what an SSD is doing where. If that's the kind of security you're looking for, your best bet is encryption ...

— Ask Ars: How can I securely erase the data from my SSD drive?

So by the time I'm allowed to enable FileVault, it's too late.  Even worse, I can't securely wipe the drive before selling the computer later:

  With OS X Lion and an SSD drive, Secure Erase and Erasing Free Space are not available in Disk Utility. These options are not needed for an SSD drive because a standard erase makes it difficult to recover data from an SSD. For more security, consider turning on FileVault 2 encryption when you start using the SSD drive.

— Mac OS X: About Disk Utility's erase free space feature (support.apple.com/kb/HT3680)

So it looks like the solution is:

Skip the Migration Assistant when prompted.
Create a new user account.
Run Software Update to completion to generate more entropy before enabling FileVault in order to mitigate this "worst-case scenario, in which
the PRNG has only been seeded with the least amount
of entropy" — Inﬁltrate the Vault: Security Analysis and Decryption of Lion Full Disk
Encryption (eprint.iacr.org/2012/374.pdf), page 9.
Enable FileVault.
Run the Migration Assistant.

I'm assuming that even though FileVault is still encrypting the disk before I run Migration Assistant (my computer tells me it has 36 minutes of encryption time remaining) that all new writes made by Migration Assistant will be encrypted and thus my data will never touch the NANDs in the clear.

Do you agree with the problem and my solution?


texts: How to transfer images from macOS to the primary Photo Library on iOS?

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Is there any method for transferring photos from a folder directly into the Photo Library (main library, not an album) on iOS from macOS?

I have a situation where I need to use an app (Scanner Pro) on iOS to manipulate scanned images from macOS, however each time I push them to my iOS device via iTunes by selecting a folder to sync to iOS from my Mac, they are not showing up in the app supposedly because they're in an album on iOS and not in the main "Photo Library."


texts: Connecting to my wireless volume external HD, there are 2 users listed for it, myself & "everyone". I have read/write access as admin, but "everyone" has "no access", and I can't change this. I'm guessing this is why my volume HD has just decided to not allow me any read/write access to it anymore as I 'don't have the necessary permission', even though no details have changed all week. After admin unlocking to change 'No access', it immediately reverts back to it. Need assistance with how to either remove "everyone", or change that to read/write access permanently.


texts: Is it ok to keep an iPad plugged into a MacBook Pro all the time?

texts: I've been using Duet app intensively lately. The app lets me to use my old iPad 4 as the external monitor for daily use. Is it ok to keep the iPad plugged into the MacBook Pro all the time?. Will it add any new kind of stress to MacBook Pro?