texts: Process completed after opening terminal

texts:
I am running a bioinformatics course that gave the following instructions to setup my  previously non-existing bash profile:

You will need a few lines in your setup files. Open a Terminal and run
the following:
curl http://data.biostarhandbook.com/install/bash_profile.txt >> ~/.bash_profile
curl http://data.biostarhandbook.com/install/bashrc.txt >> ~/.bashrc

These commands will update your so-called “shell” (see later) to behave more consistently. If you want the details read the Setting the Bash profile page. Do not run this terminal initialization command above more than once!

By mistake I ran the command twice. Now every time I open the terminal it prints "process completed".
Trying to find the issue using /bin/bash -x I found:
Last login: Sat Dec 28 17:43:22 on ttys001
+ '[' -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ']'
++ /usr/libexec/path_helper -s
+ eval 'PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin";'
export 'PATH;'
++ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin
++ export PATH
+ '[' /bin/bash '!=' no ']'
+ '[' -r /etc/bashrc ']'
+ . /etc/bashrc
++ '[' -z '\s-\v\$ ' ']'
++ PS1='\h:\W \u\$ '
++ shopt -s checkwinsize
++ '[' -r /etc/bashrc_Apple_Terminal ']'
++ . /etc/bashrc_Apple_Terminal
+++ '[' -z '' ']'
+++ PROMPT_COMMAND=update_terminal_cwd
+++ '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
+++ '[' -n F255D8F8-2CB8-4EE0-9020-34B81CF28789 ']'
+++ '[' '!' -e /Users/benoitduc/.bash_sessions_disable ']'
+++ SHELL_SESSION_DID_INIT=1
+++ SHELL_SESSION_DIR=/Users/benoitduc/.bash_sessions
+++ SHELL_SESSION_FILE=/Users/benoitduc/.bash_sessions/F255D8F8-2CB8-4EE0-9020-34B81CF28789.session
+++ mkdir -m 700 -p /Users/benoitduc/.bash_sessions
+++ '[' -r /Users/benoitduc/.bash_sessions/F255D8F8-2CB8-4EE0-9020-34B81CF28789.session
']'
+++ '[' 1 -eq 1 ']'
+++ SHELL_SESSION_HISTFILE=/Users/benoitduc/.bash_sessions/F255D8F8-2CB8-4EE0-9020-34B81CF28789.history
+++ SHELL_SESSION_HISTFILE_NEW=/Users/benoitduc/.bash_sessions/F255D8F8-2CB8-4EE0-9020-34B81CF28789.historynew
+++ SHELL_SESSION_HISTFILE_SHARED=/Users/benoitduc/.bash_history
+++ '[' -s /Users/benoitduc/.bash_sessions/F255D8F8-2CB8-4EE0-9020-34B81CF28789.history
']'
+++ PROMPT_COMMAND='shell_session_history_check; update_terminal_cwd'
+++ SHELL_SESSION_TIMESTAMP_FILE=/Users/benoitduc/.bash_sessions/_expiration_check_timestamp
+++ trap shell_session_update EXIT
+ '[' -f /Users/benoitduc/.bashrc ']'
+ source /Users/benoitduc/.bashrc
++ '[' -f /Users/benoitduc/.bashrc ']'
++ source /Users/benoitduc/.bashrc
+++ '[' -f /Users/benoitduc/.bashrc ']'
+++ source /Users/benoitduc/.bashrc
++++ '[' -f /Users/benoitduc/.bashrc ']'
++++ source /Users/benoitduc/.bashrc
...
...

If anyone can help me it would be welcome.


texts: Can the Macbook's webcam be ON without LED indication?

texts:
Was reading some topics online about hackers accessing user's webcams (on Windows) to spy on them etc, and I am now interested to know if I'm at any risk.

To make it simple, these are my questions :

Can Safari allow websites to activate the webcam without my permission ?
Can the webcam be activated without the LED being lit ?
Are there any known trojans that affect macs and leave them vulnerable for such hacks ?

Thanks


texts: Is it legal to develop iOS apps on Windows?

texts:
Is it legal to develop for iOS on a Windows machine? I have researched this on Google, but I do not seem to be able to find a direct answer, yes or no, whether it is legal or illegal to do iOS app development on Windows.

Here is an article that I have found regarding the legal issue (or lack of): http://www.pmbaty.com/iosbuildenv/legal.html

Is it legal to develop iOS apps on a non-Apple hardware such as a Dell or Lenovo machine or any other hardware which is generally made for Windows or Linux? or On vmware?

With regard to location, I am talking about India, or otherwise non-US resident.


texts: What's the meaning of "These photos will also be deleted from Photo Stream on all your devices"?

texts:
I have iCloud Photos, and for a period had iCloud enabled on my iPhone (6, 12.1.2). Then I had disabled iCloud on the phone to free space. Some photos still stayed on the phone and I didn't delete them for a while. Now after some time again my storage is full on the phone and I wanted to delete these photos, which all perfectly synced to Photos on my other Macs, and which I'd assumed are only local copies.

BUT when I tried deleting them I got this message: "These photos will also be deleted from Photo Stream on all your devices". I've checked and Photo Stream is disabled on the phone. It's not clear to me how things work and why I'm getting this message.

Can I safely delete these photos without deleting them from Photos across all devices?


texts: How can I print source code in OS X (HTML/PHP) with number lines and without long line truncation? I was used to Gedit on Linux, but here it seems I can't obtain the same with applications such as TextWrangler or TextEdit.


texts: How to change the move / calorie Activity goal on an Apple Watch?

texts:
I've recently set up a new Apple Watch; during the setup process I selected the "most active" setting (Very Active, I think).

Now that I've seen the daily targets in the Activity app, I realise that the move/caloria goal (red ring) is too high.

Can I change that?

I've looked in a bunch of places, including the general Settings, Health settings, and Activity settings (all in the Watch app on the iPhone) - and the Activity app on the iPhone. But no luck.

Additionally, can the three goals be changed independently?


texts: Is it possible to wipe your phone remotely?

texts: So my Iphone got snatched/stolen today and I would like to wipe all my things from my phone like apps and pictures and stuff. Is that possible to do from home? Thank you


texts: Pages documents created on Yosemite cannot be opened by Pages on Yosemite after latest update (5.5.2)

texts:
Seemingly every single document that I created in the previous version of Pages (I update regularly whenever I see that a new update is available) on this same MacBook Pro with Yosemite will now not open with Pages after the latest update (5.5.2). I am still on Yosemite and nothing has changed aside from updating Pages, Numbers & Keynote.

All of my documents are stored on my internal hard drive. When I attempt to open them I get a message stating the following:

  This document can't be opened because it's too old. To open it, save it with Pages '09 first.

As I mentioned above, however, these documents were created in whichever version was right before the current version on the same computer with the same operating system (Yosemite).

Can anybody help? These are time sensitive documents. For now, I may try opening them with my iPad, but wow, if I knew this was going to happen I certainly would not have updated.


texts: If my iPhone was stolen and I decide to cancel my phone plan, would it still show up on my iCloud?

texts: If the thief uses the device with another sim or cellphone service would it still be tied to my iCloud?


texts: Unable to symlink /Users in OS X El Capitan

texts:
I#m running OS X El Capitan and want to symlink /Users to /home

sudo ln -sf /Users /home

fails with

  ln: home/Users: Operation not supported

Why does this fail?

Could this be related to other OS X restrictions? Such as when trying to write to /usr/share ...

  Operation not permitted


texts: xClient process consuming CPU -- what is it?

texts:
Basic question, I can't find anything on Google about it. There's a process that keeps my fans spinning, and consumes about 80% cpu.

xClient -- what is it, or how can I find out more about it?


texts: How do I delete messages from my Mac but keep them in iCloud?

texts:
I've currently got about 3GB of messages on my Mac, and I'd like to free up this space but want to be sure that I'm not accidentally deleting them from everywhere. I've got plenty of space in iCloud, and I assume they are backed up there as well (at the very least, my storage on icloud.com is showing 20GB of space used by messages), and that this local copy is just a copy.
How do I free up that space on my laptop without deleting messages for good?


texts:
I have a new iPhone 5s (my first Apple device) and an iPad both of which I've had for three or four weeks now. This morning I received a notification that I had been signed in on another device, an iMac called "macen" (or something like that). I do not have an iMac. I don't recall the exact wording of the message.

I have changed my password this morning, and turned on two factor authentication, but how do I know that this other device no longer is connected to my Apple account? I checked in "devices" but only see my iPhone, iPad and my Windows laptop (where I have also signed into iCloud) .

What can I do to ensure my account isn't compromised?

Just found an email from Apple with the details:


texts:
When opening a PDF in preview there often are streaks like this:

Does anybody have an idea where this is coming from?


texts:
Pre P.S. From what I read online, sharing your UUID is not really a security issue, but if I just basically shared my social security number, please do tell.

Before I ask this, I'm a PC person and got this computer for school use, so please excuse my lack of Mac knowledge. Also, I understand that this question has been asked 10+ times, so please read my question fully and refer to my posted pictures to see the difference before flagging.

My Dad has had his old Macbook Pro sitting in a cabinet for 1-2 years at work since he got his new one. I'm not sure exactly what year it is, but I know it's a 17" and one of the first Retina displays. The computer has not been charged or turned on for those years. That information is just for if it's helpful.

I'm trying to install OS X Yosemite off of a 64GB Lexar flash drive (which you'll see in Disk Utility), however roughly 99.9% of the hard drive space seems to go towards Apple Core Storage, which is in Macintosh HD, while the other .01% is in the Recovery HD. Due to this, I cannot partition the hard drive to install Yosemite.

Here is the terminal window when I type in 'diskutil cs list' (top), and then terminal when I type in 'diskutil list' (bottom).

When I take the Local Volume Group UUID, and insert it into the command to change the amount of storage that Apple Core Storage takes ('diskutil cs resizeStack [AppleCoreStorage UUID] 700g'), I get the following error:

Below are a few pictures of my Disk Utility. Please notice that 'Macintosh HD' is alone. There is no tab under it like I see in other people's questions. I feel like this has to do with why it will not let me partition the Hard Drive. Also, I think that it all goes back to not being able to resize the Apple Core Storage

When I verify the disks it all appears to be okay, as well.


texts: Can I install OS X onto a separate external drive partition?

texts:
There are plenty of articles explaining how to install OS X on a separate partition of your Mac’s internal drive and how to install it onto an external drive using a single partition. However, it’s not clear to me whether it’s possible to install OS X onto a separate partition of an external drive. It’s what I’d like to do, is it possible?

For what it’s worth, my external drive currently has a single 500GB partition, is formatted as “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” and has a GUID Partition Table. That should make it bootable, right?


texts: iOS 10 how do I make the notification center start on the left card?

texts:
I updated to iOS 10 and noticed that when I open the notification center (swipe top-down) it always starts on the right card, which I suppose is recent notifications.

It used to start on what's now the left card, which is more of a widget dashboard screen. How can I make it always start on the left card?


texts: Trouble restoring hard drive space after deleting bootcamp partition

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I have a problem with my Fusion Drive. I created partition for Bootcamp, then deleted it, then something went wrong. I lost 200 GB of space and I have a trouble restoring it, Fusion Drive capacity should be 1.1 TB not 800 GB. Here is my Mac's diskutil list:

iMac-Lukasz:~ lukasz$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         121.1 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         678.4 GB   disk1s2
   3:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk1s3

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +799.6 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Stores disk0s2, disk1s2
   1:                APFS Volume MAC OSX                 309.8 GB   disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 49.0 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.4 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      6.4 GB     disk2s4
iMac-Lukasz:~ lukasz$ diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

Any ideas how to restore it to the full size?


texts: No backlight + no keyboard backlight implies fuse problem?

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

I have had display problems, so I changed the backlight fuse. After that, there is still no display. The computer works fine otherwise, I can turn it on and hear sounds.

As of now I am wondering whether I soldered wrong, or whether the problem is with the backlight itself.

I also noticed that there is no keyboard backlight. Even if I hit the keyboard backlight keys, it doesn't light up.

I was wondering whether that means that my soldering is wrong, or not. Is the backlight fuse also "protecting" the keyboard backlight ?


texts: how to record video with mixture of line-in and out?

texts: I want to create a guitar video when I'm playing guitar simultaneously with a track playing. So I want to write mixture of line in and out. Is it possible in Photo Booth? By default, it writes only line-in channel.


texts: OSX 10.8 - How to keep a custom dock for all users that login

texts:
I have an iMac with OSX 10.8, joined to a work domain. I want to get create a custom dock and save it so all users will see my custom dock when they log in. I've done some Google searches and everything seems to point to these steps:

Create dock how you want it
Copy ~/library/preferences/com.apple.dock.plist to /system/library/user\ template/english.lproj/library/preferences

I've done this and then logged in as a new user, but am seeing a different dock than I created. I've also tried copying com.apple.dock.db to English.lproj/library/preferences as well, but to no avail.

The new users that will be logging in are network accounts.

Am I missing something?


texts: How to completely reset or remove and restore Safari in Mojave

texts:
Safari is bugged in my macbook. It's a macbook air 2019 with mojave 10.14.5

The problem is I can't delete bookmarks nor save new ones on it because it ask to keep or remove firefox bookmarks, which according to Safari, where imported on january 1st 4001.

I've pressed every button, but nothing happens

I've tried deleting the cache and even restoring to another mac my timemachine backup to see if it's solved, but no, so before I tried to reinstall from zero, I would like to know if I can do something else.


texts: iPhone XR's screen triggers other devices

texts: Recently I bought a brand new iPhone XR. When its screen is activated by some application (not necessarily a GSM call or a Wi-Fi thing), it affects other speakers or headphones around it. All of them sounds exact same 4 "buff" like sounds consecutively.  It reminds me of the way old mobile phones affected the speakers around them. Is there anyone knows why it happens and how to prevent it? It annoys me and I really need a solution.


texts: Partially copy a folder, preserving the invisible system files contained, but only some of the remaining content

texts:
I am looking for a way to copy a folder, with all the invisible and system files it contains in its "first level", but only some of the other visible, "normal" folders it contains?
This is related to a "Time Machine" data transfer, from an old disk to a new one. But I think it is a question interesting in its own.


texts: I can't access apple.com from my Macbook

texts:
For some reason I cannot access apple.com from my MacBook since last week. Was Lion at that time, so I thought updating to Mountain might help, but no luck. Also a full reset and back to original settings of my router didn't help.
Funny thing is though, my iPhone and iPad can go to apple.com via Wifi and the Macbook will as well when it is connected by LAN cable. Just not via Wifi. Also iTunes can only reach the Apple Store via cable, not wifi. The iOs devices have again no problem.

Somebody??


texts: Keeping a PDF article's bibliography always visible

texts:
While reading an article, I like to keep the bibliography pages at the tail of the article visible at the same time as I am going through the pages of the article.

Two obvious ways for doing this are

Open the pdf article twice, once with Preview and another with Adobe Reader.
Temporarily make a copy of the article and open both with Preview.

Am I omitting something? Is there really no natural/easier way to do this on a Mac?


texts:
On my old Macbook pro I had a Windows 7 64bit Bootcamp partition. When I got my new Macbook pro I transferred the Bootcamp partition to the new computer with Winclone. Now when I try to boot into Windows 7 it immediately goes to the BSOD. I can however boot into that partition just fine using VMWare Fusion.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? My only guess is that it's either a driver issue or perhaps has something to do with the fact that I got the new Mac with a SSD.


texts: MacBook Pro second display flickering between apps?

texts:
I read this answer which suggested using gfxCardStatus to force discrete only mode -- didn't help :( (Flickering in Safari after switching back to integrated graphics)

What I am seeing is that applications on my Retina screen will flicker really bad when I have a second monitor attached via display port. Applications will flicker on top of each other, and it generally seems to affect the lower quarter of the screen, near the dock.

It's super annoying and often makes it impossible to read the bottom line of a full-screen terminal on my Retina monitor when there's a second monitor attached because it flickers so much.

Has anyone seen this?

OS X 10.9.2

2.6 GHz Retina 15" MacBook Pro, 16 GB RAM

EDIT: I find that it doesn't flicker when changing the display setting for the retina screen to "Best For Display" rather than "Scaled" -- but then everything on the retina screen is MASSIVE and "Fisher-Price" looking.


texts: How can I clean up 'Other' storage on iPhone 3G?

texts:
My iPhone 3G is currently showing 3.1GB of 'Other' disk space in iTunes, and this amount seems to be growing by about 0.1GB every couple of days.  I can't find any good references for what this space could actually be getting used for.

I've heard of doing a restore to clear it up, which works, for about a day, but then the 'Other' space starts to quickly accumulate again.

I've also done all the Internet history clearing, turning off of indexing and removing of disabled mail accounts, still no success.  I'd love to know how to either clear this stuff up, or see a decent explanation for why my phone is using all this extra space.

Here's a snapshot of what my disk usage bar in iTunes looks like:

UPDATE: My phone is not jailbroken.  It is stock IOS 4.2.1.


texts:
I own a MBP 2019 and iMac 2017 5k. Mostly I use the MBP for my programming as it is having an SSD. Is there any way to use the iMAC as a secondary display or mirrored display using the type c cable or other cables? I do not prefer wireless methods as it may get slow.
Both are running in Big Sur


texts: Why can't I see thumbnails in the finder?

texts:
Most of the instructions I've found online (this, for example) say all I have to do is select "show icon preview" in the finder view settings.  But that doesn't seem to be working.  What's the problem here?

This is OSX 10.8.5.


texts: PC shutoff during Migration Assistant transfer to Mac

texts:
My PC shut-off in the middle of transferring data to a MacBook using Migration Assistant. The MacBook still shows "transferring your information".

How do I get my PC to pick up the MacBook again and continue the migrate from where it left off? Is that possible?
if not, what is my next step?


texts: Using Automator, Applescript & FFMPEG with If/Else Statements

texts:
I'm just not finding the resources I need.  Perhaps someone can point me in the right direction and delete this post afterward. I'm working on making an Applet that is more complex than the one I have now.  Right now I have audio files as inputs to 1 of 2 applets.  I want to combine these into one eventually with if and else if, then operators.  But first I need to be able to extract sample rate and bit depth information from the audio file.

I'm fine using ffprobe or mediainfo - I think ffprobe might be the easier way to go but I'm having trouble finding:

1) How to use ffprobe as a shell within an applescript to extract the sample rate and bit depth

2) how to use the return of those commands do drive if/then or else if commands to run 1 or more ffmpeg scripts.

I would even be happy to use applescript and "properties of the_file" if it can be extracted.  I imagine it can since info on a mac usually shows the sample rate and bit depth.

The script I'm using so far looks like this:

on remove_extension(this_name)
    if this_name contains "." then
        set this_name to (the reverse of every character of this_name) as string
        set x to the offset of "." in this_name
        set this_name to (text (x + 1) thru -1 of this_name)
        set this_name to (the reverse of every character of this_name) as string
    end if
    return this_name
end remove_extension

on run {input, parameters}
    repeat with file_ in input
        tell application "System Events"
            set inputFilename to name of (get properties of file_)
        end tell
        set inputFilePath to quoted form of (POSIX path of file_)
        set outputFilePath to quoted form of (my remove_extension(POSIX path of file_) & ".wav")
        tell application "Terminal"
            activate
            do script "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i " & inputFilePath & " -c:a copy -rf64 auto -write_bext 1 -metadata originator='Church History Department' -metadata originator_reference='" & inputFilename & "' " & outputFilePath
        end tell
    end repeat
    return input
end run

This takes a file and rewraps it adding metadata and saving the resulting file in the same folder as the original.  The other script does mostly the same but re encodes the file and adds the metadata, saving the result to the same folder as the original.

I really want to be able to say, extract sample rate and bit depth and if they are >= then execute this ffmpeg script else if <= then execute a different ffmpeg script.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Can I interact with Apple Notes app from the command line?

texts:
I use the current Notes app on my iOS devices.  It syncs nicely to my desktop.  However there I prefer to work on text files usually in the command line.
Particularly I am looking for a way to export notes to a text format and to create or append a note from a text file from the command line.
Is there any information how to interact with these notes?
I find it hard finding any information as the name "Notes" is so generic.
Update
I found two possible ways to interact, but both turned out useless for my case:

In iOS it is possible to create an action that converts notes to markdown.  Unfortunately attachments get converted to links that lead nowhere. My notes contain lots of links from Safari, therefore it is not useful for me. Also wasn't able to find a way to define this action on desktop.

I recalled Notes could also store in email accounts. Tried that. Turns out I can't select this destination from the sharing button. Also despite being HTML in the mail folder formatting text is no longer supported.

Description of my workflow
On desktop
I do most coding in vim. This is my preferred way to edit text.
Each project is managed by git. Usually in each project I have a markdown files in a folder containing ideas and notes to the code. These files I would like to make in some way available in the Notes app.
I  don't need to have all features of markdown, but some highlighting and inclusion of links would be nice.
On Mobile I do most research. I prefer to use the notes app as I can add text snippets and URLs quickly to any notes.  So any app exporting the notes would need to reasonable export them.
Currently, I copy and paste between the two formats. This is not very satisfying.  I imagine if I could get some way to import/export to the Notes app I could write scripts that would allow me to sync my local markdown notes.


texts: How to create (the missing) El Captain recovery partition?

texts:
I upgraded from Snow Leopard to El Captain.
Before upgrade I had a bootcamp partition, and a third FAT32 partition.
this caused some complications in the upgrade process and I had to delete the El Captain recovery partition (as well as my FAT32 partition).

Now I have two partitions: El Captain in my macintosh partition, and windows in my bootcamp partition, and everything is working fine.

Just that I do not have the El Captain Recovery Partition. Is there a way I can create it manually ? So that just in case something goes wrong I can recover.

(I know about the recovery USB stick, but I want to have recovery on the same HDD)

EDIT:
I re-installed the El Capitan. It went smooth. Now I have a 650MB recovery partition. Isn't it supposed to be 6 GB partition?

Thanks


texts: Will a live USB for a Mac run on a chromebook or windows computer?

texts:
I created a live Kali USB for my Chromebook which single boots ubuntu mate. I was wondering, if I made a live kali(or other linux distribution) for booting on a Mac, so using .img instead of .iso would the .img still work on my Chromebook?

In simpler terms will a live USB for OSX still work on a Chromebook or windows.


texts: Keynote - How do I get rid of the default background images?

texts:
So.  I'm using keynote to build slides for church music overheads.  This means I need to build a different slide deck for each song we sing, so that we can change out the songs from week to week.

The baseline file size for a keynote presentation is about ½ MB, which is huge once you get a library of up to 40-50 presentations.  And it's completely unnecessary, because all I have is simple text on a solid background.

I did a little digging, and the culprit is the default background images for slide masters that I'm not using.  Eliminate these images from the package contents, and my baseline file size drops to under 100K, which is to say, reasonable.

The problem is that Keynote really wants those images to be there, and it puts up an error message every time.

Recommendations?


texts: Macbook (Late 2016) blurry with Dell s2415h Monitor

texts:
When I connect my new MacBook Pro to the Dell s2415h, the text is slightly blurry. I tried the solution here but it didn't work for me. I also found this older post which found success with DVI but my Dell only has VGA and HDMI. Is this a lost cause?

If so, are there any reasonably priced monitors that people have had success with with new MacBooks.


texts:
Songs marked explicit won't play on my iPhone.

Was working well last week then suddenly stopped. I press the song and it looks as if it's playing but it is silent. Move to the next non-explicit song and plays well.

I have explicit on my restrictions and set to the US. Also my Music app freezes when trying to play the songs.

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 12.3.1


texts: Which processes / services need to be running to perform a local sync with an iPod Touch iOS5 with Windows 7?

texts:
I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and the wifi sync used to work properly, but due to lack of memory, I shut down some of the processes / services that would run automatically to make my computer run a bit faster.

Now I'd like to sync my iPod Touch with iOS5 again but I don't know which services need to be turned on to sync again.

When I go to my iPod to sync, the button for wireless syncing in Settings isn't tappable.


texts: MacBook has problems with external monitor but iMac doesn't

texts:
I have a small Sony TV which is colour balanced for video editing. Note: it does not have DVI or HDMI ports.

When I plug it into an iMac using VGA and the Mini Display Port adapter, it is fine (using the native resolution).

However, when I plug it into my MacBook using the same setup, it is unable to determine the correct resolution for it. (It thinks it is 4:3 and uses 1024x768, but in fact it is 16:9.)

Anyone know how I might fix this problem? There are no alternatives in the display settings.


texts: Is "All My Files" slow because of my git and svn repos?

texts:
All My Files is often painfully slow, long beach ball spins when I open a new finder window.

The thing is I actually like it...  and I'm wondering if perhaps it's because of all my GIT and SVN repos (many of which have 100's of thousands of small files.  Last time I full TM backup I had roughly 2 million files.

FYI, this is on a 2011 MBP with a 512GB SSD (Crucial m4) running 10.8.1.  Everything else is is super fast, it's just "All My Files" that is painfully slow...

Side note: wondeirng if Spotlight is trying to index all those git/svn files as well...  is there a way to tell spotlight to ignore folders by name? (ie. ignore .git everywhere...  kind of assuming it already does, just not sure)


texts: Does it make any sense to complain about App Store app review?

texts:
Apple has refused my app, but I can not accept reason. They said it is not able to fully loaded, but on all device, conditions etc. work well for me.

Do you think is it any chance they read my complain, and tries to recheck my app, or better to submit and wait an other 1 week for review?

  We discovered one or more bugs in your app when reviewed on iPad running iOS 8.2 and iPhone running iOS 8.2 on both Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Specifically, we found that your app is unable to fully load and function.


texts: Configure a network with an AirPort Extreme and Mac Mini Server?

texts:
I'm trying to set up a Mac Mini Server for Local File Sharing, Calendar, and Contacts, but I also want to be able to access everything remotely through a domain. I'm using an AirPort Extreme as my router, I also have a Time Capsule configured to back up the entire Mac Mini Server.

That said, I also want to have multiple configured users so that I can harness permissions so that all files aren't available to every user. Also I want to have 2 Administrators for the network.

I've been messing with the settings and thought I had it working, but there seems to be an issue now with permissions. Only admins can login and everyone else can't even connect to the server.

If it even matters, I also have a separate remote dedicated linux server and a domain already.

I'm tempted to start from scratch, but if I do, where do I start? Is "File Sharing" the correct approach? or should I use something else?


texts:
In short, I have a working executable in my home directory. I want to make the executable available in the Terminal for the current user in any directory.

More context: The executable is geckodriver. The book I am using, Test-Driven Development with Python by Harry J.W. Percival, says "For macOS or Linux users, one convenient place to put [Geckodriver] is ~/.local/bin"

Based on this suggestion, I thought I should do something like mv geckodriver ~/.local/bin. Turns out ~/.local/bin is an executable, not a directory on my machine. This is keeping me from simply creating a bin directory in ~/.local.

I think there is something fundamental I do not understand here. Any clues?


texts: Create a shortcut for Preview to add new text box with certain border color

texts:
I am using the Preview app in my classes to write notes over PDF slides presented by professors. There is one operation that I do repetitively:

add Text (in the Markup Toolbar)
choose Border Color to be certain shade of magenta
type my note.

I would have absolutely loved this app if the first two operations could be automated and assigned to a certain shortcut. But so far I could create a shortcut only for the first step (Keyboard » Shortcuts » App Shortcuts » +).

Is there a way to create shortcut for choosing the Border Color type in the Preview app?


texts: Can you auto subscribe to a podcast directly from an iphone?

texts: Normally I subscribe to podcasts from my Mac and it downloads the latest ones automatically.  I was told that I can now just download podcasts from my iphone directly.  I didn't see any ability to subscribe to podcasts directly from the iphone.  Is that possible so when i wake up in the morning i automatically have the latest episodes downloaded?


texts: Switching voice or accent during Speak Screen when reading same language

texts:
I hope to switch the voice on different languages via Speak Screen. It switches voice and accent on different sentences or paragraphs even when all the text is in the same language, in my case English.

Nothing to do with any translation being needed.
This happens on web pages and pdfs and not just on word processor
documents where there might be a language field embedded.
I've got an English UK voice installed and reading an English document it keeps switching to a Spanish sounding voice speaking in English that is
very difficult to understand and yet there is no Spanish sounding
voice installed on the phone.

Using iOS 14.4 so everything is up to date. Please help with my project


texts: How can I recover a game center account where I forgot ID and password?

texts:
A long time ago, I made a game center account to which I attached my CoC village. This account hasn't been used anymore, and I have forgotten the ID and the password.

Now I want to transfer that game to my new phone which has a new game center ID, but need a transfer code from the old account to do so. Is there a way to recover my old game center account details?


texts:
I brought my unlocked iPhone 4S to Israel and got a local SIM card. The voicemail button is calling the voicemail instead of showing me the visual voicemail.

I asked my provider about it (Cellcom) and they had no idea what I was talking about. They didn't even know Visual Voicemail existed.

Is there a way to enable it?


texts: Mac exectuable only starts with ./name even when $path set

texts:
I'm trying to install Mongo but having trouble with the $PATH var in MacOS. Following the guidelines. My $PATH is set in .bash_profile:

 export PATH=/Users/evl/dev/mongodb/bin:$PATH

which works:

echo $PATH
/Users/evl/dev/mongodb/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

entering mongo on command line from other directory:

:~ evl$ mongo
-bash: mongo: command not found

I expected that mongo would be found now the $PATH is set

entering ./mongo on command line from mongo bin directory:

cd /Users/evl/dev/mongodb/bin
./mongo
MongoDB shell version v4.0.3
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017

So now mongo runs. But only if I move to the folder and I enter './mongo'.

I would expect with the $PATH variable set correctly, the executable would run from any directory. It should actually. What is going wrong? Any help is appreciated!


texts: Macbook air - Input signal not found with - HP27es Monitor

texts:
I have a Macbook air with Mojave. I moved my monitor to a new location.
When I reset it the monitor was working for a few hours when I put my system to sleep and connected back the system won't recognize the monitor.
Here is how it's connected
Macbook air -> Iball 4 port connector -> HDMI -> HP27es monitor
Here are a list of all the things I tried after that

Checked the HDMI cable with my DELL laptop works fine

Got another HDMI cable worked fine with DELL

Connected Macbook laptop to my Sony Bravia with Iball connector, connected fine

Rebooted a million times

Detect display via system preference

Tried in safe mode

Reset NVRAM

Downloaded displaylink driver

Updated to Catalina and repeat steps 4-8 again

I have been stuck with this for 2 days now. Someone please help me


texts:
Tried plenty of other cables and plugs but it won't charge.

I tried plugging it into a Mac and it's not even detected.

It has had no major water damage; it just simply stopped working.

Replaced battery with new battery, also replaced the dock connector with a new replacement but still no change.

Could this be the logic board? Or is this a lost cause?


texts: How do I open multiple instances of an app?

texts:
I have a *.app

If I open it, from the dock, or from Finder, it opens.
I want to open ANOTHER second running instance.

If I open it, from the dock or from the Finder the second time, now it simply focuses it.

One Windows and Ubuntu you can simply hold CTRL and click it and a second instance will open. How do I do that on OSX?

NOTE: I tried the open -n trick and it doesn't work.


texts: How to set my real name and address of Pages templates?

texts: Pages always uses "Urna Semper" as the name in my templates. Can I set this somewhere to use my own name and address? It's a bit annoying to change all the time.


texts: Disable internal keyboard on high sierra

texts: I recently decided to bathe my keyboard in liquid and have lost functionality in my keyboard. My plan was to just plug in an external keyboard and run with that but it appears that my internal keyboard must be holding down the shift key so I'm forced to boot into safe mode. Is there a way to fully disable the internal keyboard? I've tried installing Karabiner Elements while booted into safe mode but the changes I make there don't seem to be doing anything.


texts:
A strange thing happen to my chrome web browser, and I don't know why, I hope you can help me.

In my chrome tabs the bootswatch symbol appears in the tab icon even when I'm not in the bootswatch website!!

I have already uninstalled the chrome browser using the AppCleaner.app, and I also checked if I had some weird extension installed.

I really don't know why this happens, it is strange. I am programming in ruby on rails and I have browsed and tried bootswatch, but I don't know why this has affected my browser!

Any help?

Edit1:

Even when I search for something the icon is there in the tab

Edit2:

Even in my tablet I have the icon!

Edit3:

If I delete this file:
macosxssd/Users/mario/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Bookmarks

or this file
macosxssd/Users/mario/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Favicons

It disappear in both devices, but It is temporary. The files are generated again.

Edit4:

Search for bootswatch in my computer:


texts: Prevent shutting down iPhone when passcode lock is on

texts:
If my iPhone is stolen and the thief shut the phone down, I wouldn't be able to locate it anymore.

Is it possible to disable the possibility to shut down the phone when a passcode lock is set up?


texts: Install macOS onto external drive without rebooting

texts:
Do you know if there is a way to install macOS onto an external drive without having to reboot the computer or go into recovery mode?
If this is not possible, is there a way to install macOS in recovery mode but stop the computer from restarting?
A lot of the methods used to install require recovery mode and also automatically restart the computer once the installer files have been loaded.
Thanks for your help
Edit
..Because I want to distribute macOS to a large number of SSD's as quickly as possible


texts: How to turn off repeated prompts to sign in to itunes store from Apple ID that is not mine on iPhone

texts:
I keep getting repeated prompts, everytime I switch on wifi or connect to LTE I get a message that says:

Enter the password for your Apple ID: misshammertime@yeah.net

This is not my AppleID and never was. Nobody has used my phone to sign in with that id

I cancel and I get another prompt for a different Apple ID.
Ive tried the following things, none of which worked

Signing out of iTunes on iOS
Unsyncing all music from iOS
Removing all pirated music from iTunes on Mac and resyncing to iOS.
Turning off cellular data in iTunes & App Store in iOS.

It keeps coming back and prompting nomatter what I try. What else can I do?

iOS: 12.1

iPhone: Xs


texts: how can I get my numbers off my IPhone, I dropped my iPhone in water and I need to get my phone numbers off my phone


texts: Can I specify the file name of an iOS Safari image upload?

texts: Safari on iOS allows to upload images to websites. However, the file always seems to be named image.jpg. This can be a problem, if the targeted website does not allow renaming uploaded files. Is it possible to make Safari let me choose a name or automatically use some unique name?


texts: What's a good tool to jailbreak iPad mini?

texts: I just bought myself an iPad mini and I'm wondering what is a good tool to use to jailbreak it and hopefully without breaking the device. I've heard a couple names like Evasi0n and Redsn0w but am unsure of their reliability. So, what's a good and safe tool to use to jailbreak it?


texts: can anyone explain the default view of top on OS X 10.10

texts:
There are a lot of fields that are not described in the man page (as far as I can tell anyway).  In particular these 3:

BOOSTS         %CPU_ME %CPU_OTHRS


texts: Restore Dictionary.app sessions from a Time Machine backup?

texts:
By mistake I closed all tabs on Dictionary.app on Mac and now it doesn't restore the session on its own.
After a bit of searching around, I've found that the Saved Application State is stored under the following path:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Dictionary/Data/Library/Saved Application State/

and I copied the whole com.apple.Dictionary directory from the backup and overwrote the current one, then launched Dictionary.app, only to get the tabs restored without any search queries in the input box that would've been restored under normal situations.
In other words, I got a lot of empty tabs, the number of which seemed to be that of the tabs I want to restore.
As far as I know, when you restore the whole system via Time Machine, you get back the queries as well, so there definitely should be a way to do the same by hand.
What am I missing? Do you get the same results on your env?
What can I do to restore the tabs along with the text inside them?
Tested on macOS Mojave 10.14.6 (18G6020).


texts: How can I make Safari cmd+number shortcut switch tabs instead of opening the bookmark associated with that number?

texts:
I'm used to switching tabs with cmd+x where x is a number and takes me to tab x in firefox and pretty much every other browser I've ever used.
I like safari's speed and would like to try it a bit, but the cmd+x shortcut is burned in my brain and every time I use safari I end up screwing up.
I'd like to know if its possible to change this behavior, because this simple thing is a stopper for me.


texts: How do I know if a graphics card is sufficient for a given external monitor? (Time-sensitive)

texts:
[This is time-sensitive because the deal I want to get closes soon. Any helpful ideas re: the below would be greatly appreciated]

I have mid-2012 MBP 13in and I run it at home connected to an Acer 24 inch monitor which has been great for the past couple years.

Basically, I have an opportunity to get a highly discounted HP Pavilion 32inch QHD Wide-Viewing Angle Display Monitor. Has DisplayPort and 2 HDMI connects, and a 2560x1440 resolution.

I read some Amazon reviews and many of them mentioned making sure that your video card can support the resolution the monitor requires. My video card is the Intel HD Graphics 4000 that came with the computer.

Will I run into problems with this potential purchase and, if so, what sort of problem(s) and how much would they perhaps cost me to remedy? Thanks!


texts: F.lux does not always work on resolution changes. Is there a way to check if the resolution changes?

texts:
I'm a happy user of f.lux, but sometimes when I plug in my external monitor on my macbook air it returns to full brightness. This also sometimes happens if I unplug my external monitor and switch to the laptop screen only.

I see f.lux switching on and off for a brief moment.

What I wanted to do about this is to somehow detect a screen resolution change, so I could use this to write an applescript to restart f.lux whenever this occurs.

All I could find until now is this discussion about detecting resolution changes:
http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/realbasic-nug/2006-02/msg03063.html

But hopefully someone has any pointers how to achieve this in an easier way or has a different solution to my problem?


texts:
I have an iPhone SE, for just over a year. My battery health which I find in settings is decreasing quite rapidly.

Right now it is at 94%:

Recently it has been going down around 1% a month.

After December 31st, the battery replacement will be more expensive. When should a battery be replaced and do you think it is time to replace mine? Are my vlaues normal?


texts:
I have a local Mac machine with Catalina that I haven't used in a while. I have forgotten the GUI password for the account, but I still can SSH into it because of my public key being on that machine. I also can't remember if I had a root account setup/or it's password.
Is there a way that I can reset the GUI password without having to restart the machine and hence losing the current state as the preliminary step for going through Apple's recommended process? I can't create a new (admin) user either because I don't remember the password and hence can't escalate to sudo privileges.


texts: Why does a jailbroken iPhone always ask to restart Springboard after installing a new app?

texts:
I just jailbroke my iPhone and it went well.

Why does a jailbroken iPhone always ask to restart springboard everytime an app is installed from Cydia? It's so annoying. It's like installing an app on a Mac and having to reboot the machine. I jailbroke using redsnow.

Any answers?


texts:
Over time I end up with a lot of completed reminders, and I haven't found an easy way to delete them out. Right now I have to go into each reminder and delete it - something that is particularly cumbersome on the iPad, but easier on the iPhone.

Is there an easy way to delete completed reminders, or have it do that automatically?


texts: How to import certificates in Cisco AnyConnect iPhone app?

texts:
In order to connect to a private network the connection should have IKE RSA - IPSEC. The default VPN connection settings that is in the settings of iPhone does not have this. The Cisco AnyConnect app have this option but the digital certificates that are visible in the default VPN are not visible in the AnyConnect app. Also the certificate import in the AnyConnect app asks for a URL instead of opening the file browser.

How to install a certificate so that it is detected by the AnyConnect app

Edit: After a lot of digging I found out that the certificates detected by Cisco AnyConnect should be in SSL template and not in other template. So, how do I convert a p12 certificate that I have into a SSL templated certificate.


texts:
I want to find a way to delete all the useless files: binaries, log and cache files, duplicate files and app's leftover.

How can I do that?


texts: Is my iPhone hacked based on SysSecInfo anomalies?

texts:
I installed an app SysSecInfo and it shows 'anomalies' and 'custom jailbreak'. It doesn't explain what is anomalis about it or what it means. How do I know if my iPhone is hacked or if the app is broken?

iPhone 5, iOS 10.2


texts: How can I save my PowerPoint 2003 presentation (.ppt file) in Windows so that it can be viewed (including animations) on PowerPoint for Mac?

texts: I have created a Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 presentation (a .ppt file) using Windows XP.  My colleague has a Mac computer and PowerPoint for Mac.  I would like to share my presentation -- including animations -- with my colleague.  Is there a way that I can save my .ppt file to a form that PowerPoint for Mac can open, and retaining all animations?


texts:
I have recently been having trouble with MacWizz ads on my Chrome browser. The ads started appearing this morning. Any ideas on how to remove them?

An example image showing the ads

List of my Chrome Extensions


texts: getting `pip` to use `python3` instead of macOS-supplied python2?

texts:
I don't really know much about python or pip so this may be an easy question but I’ve looked around and don’t really see an easy to understand solution, and the deadline is coming up soon, so it seems like it would be a good time to get a guide together.

Recently when I was using pip I saw this warning:

  DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. More details about Python 2 support in pip, can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support

My understanding is that there is no way to upgrade the version of python provided by macOS, either in /usr/bin/python or /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7.

I have /usr/local/bin/python3 installed via brew but I have no idea how to tell pip to use that version of python instead of the macOS-provided version, or if that will break anything, etc.


texts:
I've saved a file with the name filename\.svg and it didn't appear in finder. When I check terminal, there was a file named .svg in the folder I saved my file. I changed its name to test.svg but it still doesn't appear in Finder. Here is a screenshot from terminal:

How can I make this file visible in Finder?


texts: iOS 9 upgrade frozen at "Slide to upgrade"

texts:
I'm trying to upgrade to iOS 9 from iOS 7 on a 5C but the upgrade process is frozen at "Slide to upgrade".

Reboot just restarts one view or two before "slide to upgrade" screen.

My iCloud backup is out of date due to storage issues (it wouldn't fit in the free allotment) and I can't create one ("device has not been configured") using iTunes so I can't do a restore without losing my data.


texts: How can I remove Tapjoy's signing certificate?

texts:
I clicked "Accept", but it's nowhere to be found in Settings - General - Profile (the only thing there is my Straight Talk Prepaid APN which I put in a while back myself).

It looks like this: [1] https://forums.happylatte.com/threads/service-unreachable.833/page-2


texts: Often cannot access the magnifying glass for text insertion on iPad

texts:
Often, though not always, I am unable to bring up the text insertion magnifying glass on certain web pages by performing a long tap within the text field. Usually, doing a long tap (holding a single finger down) within a text field will cause the magnifying glass to appear which facilitates accurate placement of the text insertion cursor.  But there are times when I hold my finger down to place the insertion within a text entry field, usually to make corrections, and absolutely nothing happens!

Usually it works like it is supposed to, but it seems that I'm finding more and more often that at times, and especially on certain web pages, I am only able to insert text in an existing line of text by doing a quick, hard tap, usually somewhere after where I wanted to place it, backspace to the point I wanted to make the change at, make the change, and retype everything I just backspaced over.

This is really frustrating, and it didn't used to be a problem at all. Is it possible that some of the more elaborate scripting found on some web pages might be interfering with proper operation of iOS's text insertion regime?


texts:
I am having difficulties accessing the iTunes store. It attempts to connect for a while, then it times out I think because it remains blank. I suspect that the issue is with connection to the iTunes store, because although I have internet access, when I go to iTunes Help in the program it tells me that it cannot connect to the internet.

I have tried several fixes which I read online. These include disabling my anti-virus, firewall, and anti-malware programs (plus restart); updating iTunes (plus restart); uninstalling then re-installing iTunes (plus restart);  using command prompt as administrator and entering: "netsh winsock reset", "ipconfig /release", "ipconfig /flushdns", "netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt", then restarting computer; going into Internet Options, Connection tab, LAN settings to confirm that "Use a proxy server for your LAN" was unchecked and "Automatically detect settings" was checked; setting IE as default browser and resetting IE settings (plus restarting); in iTunes, changing Parental options to disable iTunes store but allow iTunes U. After most of these attempts failed, I restored the previous settings.

I have checked the apple website and it said iTunes is not currently down.

I am using Windows 8.1, 64 bit; and have the latest version of iTunes (v 12.2.2).

I used the iTunes Store about 1-2 weeks ago without this issue (although for the past month or more I could not search song titles as well as before, I'm not sure if this is a related issue or not).

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How to compile an app on Xcode without developer account

texts:
as you know from Xcode 7 and onwards it's possible to compile an app for your device.

Yesterday I tried to compile Kodi on Xcode 7. It says it's possible to compile with Xcode 7 without any developer account in the readme too..

Here is the problem though. I previously had a developer account. Now it's expired.

So when I open up the Xcode I saw that my account is already there with description "Free"..

When I click View Details.. though:

So, there is a iOS developer certificate. But no provision profile. And when I try to compile it says "No matching provisioning profiles found: No provisioning profiles matching an applicable signing identity were found."

It's not possible to fix this error too.. Even when I click Fix Issue in General tab, it says "An App with identifier "org.xbmc.kodi-ios" is not available. Please enter a different string."

How could I create a provisioning profile for this app? Actually for all apps with "*" ?

Is it possible that I could start over this process somehow?!? It may be because I had a developer account before ( and I still have as a member but that's not active )

How could I self sign this app?


texts: How to securely delete versions in mac os lion

texts:
I know, that there is a possibility to delete selected versions in Mac OS Lion.
Is there a way to securely delete versions?

Although I already deleted the versions by now, that I wanted to delete, but what way can I make sure, that any remains of those version is removed? (Technically: not just the inode is removed, but also it's content.)


texts: Fading of the URL in Safari 6's Unified Search and URL Field

texts:
With Safari 6, the omnibar fades the non-server part of the URL, so that the actual server name is more visible. Presumably, this is to reduce phishing attacks.

However, I find that the remainder of the url is hard to read, and to be honest, when developing websites, that is the part I care much more about.

Is there any way to have it so that the whole url is the same?


texts: Drive Genius 3 Demo does not have a menu. How do I uninstall it on my iMac?

texts: I have the Drive Genius 3 demo and it does not have a menu or an Uninstall. How do I delete the demo version of Drive Genius 3?


texts: How do I prevent my photos from automatically syncing from my iPhone to my Mac?

texts: I need help. so the photos from my iPhone 5S, when connected to the iMac, will automatically sync and the photos from my iPhone 5S can be seen on the iPhoto on iMac. how do I stop this ? I don't want anyone to check my photos when using yhe iMac. I want privacy.  I want to set a lock on the iPhone to prevent the pictures from being synced and connected to iPhoto.


texts: Dragging objects with MacBook Pro touch area

texts:
To drag a window on a Windows laptop I could put my mouse in the title bar area of the window, double tap and hold the second tap down (instead of letting off).  As long as I hold this down I can drag the window wherever I want and let off of the touch pad to release the 'hold' of whatever the mouse is over.

I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro and tried to do the same thing.  It goes as planned, but after dragging the window and letting off of the trackpad the item I was dragging is still 'locked/held'. If I go to use the touch pad again, it keeps dragging the window until I tap it again. This is very annoying!

Here's how the process goes:

Mac:

Tap twice and hold the second tap
Drag the object selected anywhere you want
Remove finger from the touch pad
Tap the touch pad again (to release the object)

It should go like this (Windows):

Tap twice and hold the second tap
Drag the object selected anywhere you want
Remove finger from the touch pad (DONE!)

Step #4 kills me on the mac because I have used Windows machines for the last 15 years.  I just can't conform to the Mac drag!

How can I resolve this?


texts: Cannot access certain folders through samba although permissions are correct

texts:
I have a synology nas. When I mount a share folder of the nas, I can't access one specific folder. The folder is accessible via sshfs.
Finder:

after I double click on the folder and go back to the previous directory:

ls -ilhO@G:
ls: BanG Dream! バンドり (2016-2017) [FLAC]: No such file or directory
total 235643727
14594165 -rwx------  1 root  wheel  -   29M  9  9 02:42 DriveDx 1 8 2 TNT.zip
    5814 drwx------  1 root  wheel  -   16K  8 18 17:01 LangLangFoundation
14581509 -rwx------  1 root  wheel  -  1.7G  8 21 03:24 Microsoft Office 2016 16.16.23 VL mac-torrent-download.net.zip
14578786 -rwx------  1 root  wheel  -  1.5G  8 18 09:02 Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac 16.40 VL Multilingual mac-torrent-download.net.zip
14593424 -rwx------  1 root  wheel  -  262M  9  8 15:25 Parallels Desktop 16.0.0-48916 Toolbox 4.0.0-3231 [TNT] mac-torrent-download.net.zip
14579531 drwx------  1 root  wheel  -   16K  8 19 01:39 Sword Art Online Complete Music Collection (2012-2020) [FLAC]
14606177 -rwx------  1 root  wheel  -   22M 10  1 22:36 Wondershare_Dr.Fone_for_Android_v1.4.1.zip
14605344 drwx------  1 root  wheel  -   16K  9 30 16:38 [200226] fripSide - final phase [FLAC]
14605336 drwx------  1 root  wheel  -   16K  9 30 16:38 [200226] fripSide - final phase [Video]
14606918 drwx------  1 root  wheel  -   16K 10  4 17:38 [EAC][180124] とある科学の超楽曲集 【初回限定盤】 (wav+cue+scan+BDMV)
14606175 -rwx------  1 root  wheel  -   36M 10  1 10:00 fripSide - final phase(DVD).flac
14554003 drwx------  1 root  wheel  -   16K  7  9 03:12 marasy
14583042 -rwx------  1 root  wheel  -   92G  8 23 04:17 wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2020-08.zim
14582301 -rwx------  1 root  wheel  -   17G  8 22 23:13 wikipedia_zh_all_maxi_2020-08.zim

sshfs:

ssh into nas and ls -ialh /volume1/File/Download\ Temp/:
total 113G
     392 drwxrwxrwx  1 admin users 1.4K Oct  5 18:21 .
     256 d---------+ 1 root  root   240 Oct  7 11:58 ..
14605344 drwxrwxrwx  1 admin users  370 Sep 30 16:38 [200226] fripSide - final phase [FLAC]
14605336 drwxrwxrwx  1 admin users  776 Sep 30 16:38 [200226] fripSide - final phase [Video]
14575656 drwxrwxrwx  1 admin users  730 Aug 18 16:59 BanG Dream! バンドり (2016-2017) [FLAC]
14594165 -rwxrwxrwx  1 admin users  29M Sep  9 02:42 DriveDx 1 8 2 TNT.zip
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 2660547 drwxrwxrwx  1 admin users  170 Oct  5 18:20 @eaDir
14606175 -rw-rw-rw-  1 admin users  37M Oct  1 10:00 fripSide - final phase(DVD).flac
    5814 drwxrwxrwx  1 admin users  11K Aug 18 17:01 LangLangFoundation
14554003 drwxrwxrwx  1 admin users  872 Jul  9 03:12 marasy
14581509 -rwxrwxrwx  1 admin users 1.7G Aug 21 03:24 Microsoft Office 2016 16.16.23 VL mac-torrent-download.net.zip
14578786 -rwxrwxrwx  1 admin users 1.5G Aug 18 09:02 Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac 16.40 VL Multilingual mac-torrent-download.net.zip
14593424 -rwxrwxrwx  1 admin users 262M Sep  8 15:25 Parallels Desktop 16.0.0-48916 Toolbox 4.0.0-3231 [TNT] mac-torrent-download.net.zip
14579531 drwxrwxrwx  1 admin users  276 Aug 19 01:39 Sword Art Online Complete Music Collection (2012-2020) [FLAC]
14583042 -rwxrwxrwx  1 admin users  92G Aug 23 04:17 wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2020-08.zim
14582301 -rwxrwxrwx  1 admin users  17G Aug 22 23:13 wikipedia_zh_all_maxi_2020-08.zim
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(The smb share is mounted as "admin", so there shouldn't be any permission issues)


texts: Installing ghostscript using MacPorts fails

texts:
I recently upgraded MacOSX to version 10.9. Before I did that, i uninstalled all macports-packages using:

sudo port uninstall --follow-dependencies installed

Now I'm running MacPorts 2.2.1 and Xcode 5.0.2 is installed On my Computer. I'd like to install ghostscript (actually I'd like to install inkscape, but the installation of ghostscript fails) using the following command:

sudo port install ghostscript

But I receive the following error:

--->  Extracting ghostscript
Error: org.macports.extract for port ghostscript returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port ghostscript for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port ghostscript failed

The last lines of the log file (cat /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/main.log) contain:

:debug:main Executing org.macports.main (ghostscript)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.archivefetch (ghostscript)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (ghostscript)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (ghostscript)
:debug:extract extract phase started at Tue Dec 17 13:31:36 CET 2013
:notice:extract --->  Extracting ghostscript
:debug:extract Executing org.macports.extract (ghostscript)
:info:extract --->  Extracting ghostscript-9.10.tar.gz
:debug:extract setting option extract.args to '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/ghostscript/ghostscript-9.10.tar.gz'
:debug:extract Environment: CPATH='/opt/local/include' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS_FILE='/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/work/.CC_PRINT_OPTIONS' LIBRARY_PATH='/opt/local/lib' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS='YES' MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='10.9'
:debug:extract Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/work" && /usr/bin/gzip -dc '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/ghostscript/ghostscript-9.10.tar.gz' | /usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner -xf -'
:debug:extract Executing command line:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/work" && /usr/bin/gzip -dc '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/ghostscript/ghostscript-9.10.tar.gz' | /usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner -xf -
:info:extract sh: /usr/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory
:info:extract gzip: error writing to output: Broken pipe
:info:extract gzip: /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/ghostscript/ghostscript-9.10.tar.gz: uncompress failed
:info:extract Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/work" && /usr/bin/gzip -dc '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/ghostscript/ghostscript-9.10.tar.gz' | /usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner -xf -
:info:extract Exit code: 127
:error:extract org.macports.extract for port ghostscript returned: command execution failed
:debug:extract Error code: NONE
:debug:extract Backtrace: command execution failed
    while executing
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:extract Warning: targets not executed for ghostscript: org.macports.activate org.macports.extract org.macports.patch org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:notice:extract Please see the log file for port ghostscript for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/main.log

I couldn't find out what wrong,...


texts: How do I remove an output device on a MacBook air? My computer has two outputs: Internal (which I want) and Belkin S52, which I want to remove. I have tried looking this up, but most of them are for sound flower or boom. I have tried looking through extensions and audio plug-ins, but I can't find it. It, for some reason always changes my sound from internal to Belkin S52, meaning I can never hear anything unless I manually change the volume setting, and some times it just goes back to Belkin for seemingly no reason. Is there a solution?


texts: Duplicate calendar events in Outlook 2011

texts: Does someone have a script to merge or delete Outlook 2011 duplicate calendar entries?


texts: How to permanently put TextEdit in the Open with... menu list?

texts:
I'm a developer and often dealing with unusual file types. If I want to open one of these files in TextEdit, I have to start it first and then open the file with it, or drag the file to the TextEdit icon.

Is there a way to permanently put the TextEdit.app into the Open with... menu list no matter what file type I'm looking at?

Of course this procedure will be useful for whatever text editor you choose if TextEdit isn't your cup of tea.


texts: Quickly get to the first page of a tabbed app

texts:
Is there a way to quickly get to the first page of a tabbed app? For instance, the Home screen is an example of a tabbed "app", with the dots at the bottom. Except, to get to the first page, you of course just hit the Home screen. But in other apps, you can't do that.

So, is it possible to do so, or is the only way to do this is to swipe all the way Left until you get to the start?

I've seen in some apps, like Instapaper, where you can actually press and hold on the dots indicating what page you're on, then drag to the page you want to be on. But I'm guessing that that's the huge exception and not the rule.


texts: How do I find out (command line or python) if an IP address is from the local host?

texts:
I am running macOS High Sierra and Mojave.

I'd like to be able to find out (for a python script) if some IP address is from the local machine or another machine. The local machine may have multiple IP addresses (such as one for ethernet and one for wifi) which both are active on the local machine (even if only one is used to connect to the LAN).

I've found a way, route get <ip-address> will show interface: lo0 in the output for any IP address that is from an interface of the local host.

Default route (ethernet):

hermione:~ gerben$ route get 192.168.1.10
   route to: hermione
destination: hermione
  interface: lo0
      flags: <UP,HOST,DONE,LLINFO,WASCLONED,LOCAL,IFSCOPE,IFREF>
 recvpipe  sendpipe  ssthresh  rtt,msec    rttvar  hopcount      mtu     expire
       0         0         0         0         0         0     16384         0

The other ip address (Wifi, not the default route when ethernet is connected) on this host:

hermione:~ gerben$ route get 192.168.1.11
   route to: 192.168.1.11
destination: 192.168.1.11
  interface: lo0
      flags: <UP,HOST,DONE,LLINFO,WASCLONED,LOCAL,IFSCOPE,IFREF>
 recvpipe  sendpipe  ssthresh  rtt,msec    rttvar  hopcount      mtu     expire
       0         0         0         0         0         0     16384         0

I don't know how reliable that is, but I could parse that. Update: this only works on Mojave, High Sierra will not report that it is local.

Is there a better way by which I can determine if some random IP address is in fact on a local interface? One that works on more versions of macOS?

Preferably directly in python 3, so I don't have to run external commands and parse their output in python.

At the request of @Allan, the output of ifconfig (Mojave)

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
    options=1203<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TXSTATUS,SW_TIMESTAMP>
    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>

en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=10b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,AV>
    ether f0:18:98:ed:f6:45
    inet6 fe80::1040:443f:fe24:97e8%en0 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x8
    inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control>)
    status: active
en9: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether ac:de:48:00:11:22
    inet6 fe80::aede:48ff:fe00:1122%en9 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
    status: active

en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether f0:18:98:b6:d3:d0
    inet 192.168.1.11 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
    media: autoselect
    status: active

awdl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1484
    ether 12:69:24:84:fd:9a
    inet6 fe80::1069:24ff:fe84:fd9a%awdl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xd
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active

vboxnet0: flags=8842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 0a:00:27:00:00:00
vboxnet1: flags=8842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 0a:00:27:00:00:01
vboxnet2: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 0a:00:27:00:00:02
    inet 192.168.97.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.97.255

I can egrep 'init.*192\.168\.1\.11' on that to get the ip-addresses of the interfaces on this host.


texts:
I want to use Google/Android emoji (noto font) instead of the standard apple emoji set. Can I do that on mac?

sudo cp Downloads/NotoColorEmoji-unhinted/NotoColorEmoji.ttf /library/fonts/Apple\ Color\ Emoji.ttf doesn't change anything and SIP prevents changes to /System/Library/Fonts/Apple Color Emoji.ttf

I'm running 10.11.6 on a 5k iMac if it makes a difference


texts: osx - opening a unicode file in text edit

texts:
I'd like to process a unicode text file using TextEdit. When I open the file using TextEdit or TextWrangler instead of seeing Nattvardsgästerna I see this Nattvardsg‰sterna (which is incorrect).  When I open the file on my PC I see the correct String.

I'm certain, I'm missing a setting or something...

Thanks


texts:
My goal is to run a script continuously for 10 seconds, returning the result while the script runs.  Right now when I run the script below the script stops after returning the result.  If I remove the "return result" line it runs continuously for 10 seconds.  How do I get it to return the result, then keep running the script until the 10 seconds is up.

set start_value to do shell script "ruby -e 'print Time.now.to_f'"
repeat while true
    set end_value to do shell script "ruby -e 'print Time.now.to_f'"
    #display dialog "hello"

    do shell script "/bin/ps -xco %cpu,command | /usr/bin/awk '/" & "GoPro Player" & "$/ {print $1}'"
    set GoProUsage to (do shell script "/bin/ps -xco %cpu,command | /usr/bin/awk '/" & "GoPro Player" & "$/ {print $1}'") as integer
    return result
    if end_value - start_value ≥ 10 then
        exit repeat
    end if
end repeat


texts: Amending/deleting Notes or Calendar entries on iPad or in iCloud

texts:
I am unfamiliar with iCloud and generally a bit dim. If I amend or delete a note or Calendar entry on my iPad will that change affect the note or Calendar entry in iCloud, and vice versa?

If so, is there a way to delete/amend notes on the iPad but preserving the original in the iCloud?


texts:
Whenever I eject the external drive that I use for Time Machine, I get this prompt:

However, in actual fact, this particular drive has got only ONE (1) partition, so it's rather annoying that I have to click on Eject All when this should have been a no-frills process.

Note that this does not happen if I simply connect the drive to the USB port and then eject it. It usually happens after a Time Machine backup session has occurred.

FYI, the backup drive I use is encrypted. Could this be the reason?

EDIT: In response @matthieu-riegler's question, this is the result I got from diskutil list. As you can see, there's only one entry for the external drive, My Passport.


texts:
When working at the terminal, I often use the open . command to open a finder window showing the current working directory. But if the current directory is actually a package, like a .app application or a .vmwarevm virtual machine, open . launches the application or the virtual machine instead.

How can I open a finder window showing the contents of a specified package?

I’ve tried open -A /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app ., but that didn’t work.


texts: I placed Neovim in usr/local/bin but getting permission denied

texts:
I'm not sure where to place the Neovim folder (after extracting it). Is the location usr/local/bin correct?
I get the following
zsh: permission denied: nvim


texts: How do I enable 3 finger swipe down for App Expose in El Capitan

texts:
I have two machines side by side and cannot get the new one to mimic the app expose behavior.

10.10.3 Yosemite - 3 finger down will show all windows in the current app
10.11.3 El Capitan - 3 finger down does nothing

I want to keep the "Group windows by application" in Mission Control behavior.  I just want 3 fingers down to behave like Yosemite, any help would be awesome.


texts: How to keep the dock on top of all windows? (I don't want windows to be smaller because of Dock)

texts:
How to keep the dock on top of all windows? (I don't want windows to be smaller because of the dock when the dock is visible)

I don't want to hide the dock. I don't want to place it to the left or right of the screen.

I don't want to move the cursor to the dock to make it visible. I want the dock to be visible allways.

I want windows to act as if the dock is hidden (maximize their size) BUT I want the dock to be on top of all windows. Preferably, including full screen windows.

How can we make this happen?


texts:
i create a little app using Script Editor and exported to .app file. now im trying to change the icon to a custom .icns file. the icns file was converted from a png using this website. also tried using this website.

after copying the icns to Contents/Resources/applet.icns and modifying the below lines of the Info.plist:

<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>applet</string>

also tried Contents/Resources/customFilename.icns and Contents/Resources/customFilename:

<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>customFilename</string>

the .app icon doesnt change. im sure the files are in .icns format. how can i debug and figure out why the .app isnt taking the .icns's?

App made in Applescript Icon wont change


texts: Time Machine backup external disk not mounting anymore

texts:
I just installed Security Update 2015-002 (Version 1.0) on my MacBook. The latter has a 1.0TB internal hard drive, backed up onto a 2.0TB external USB2.0 3.5 inches hard drive. However, after mentioned update, when I start the computer, I have the following message:

  The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer

And I have 3 options:

Initialize...
Ingore
Eject

Clicking on Initialise... brings up Disk Utility, where the external Time Machine disk is now seen as "2 TB External RAID Media" unformatted...

I would like to avoid having to reinitialize it as I have many years of backup history on it. Strange what a "simple" security update can do.
I tried First Aid and all of the buttons are greyed out. Impossible to use. I checked via Terminal in /Volumes and, alas, the disk is nowhere to be seen.

Here's what I tried:

change the USB cable;
tried to list the disk through Terminal: after having switched it on, it takes a good 20 minutes before it starts to spin and then it shows with the command diskutil list;
downloaded Kext Utility 2.6.1 and ran the program, but it did not change anything;
tried mounting and force mounting, but it did not work...

I found this page (a bit old though) which explains how to force mount a drive and here's what I did:

mkdir /Volumes/Backup
sudo mount -t hfs /dev/disk2 /Volumes/Backup

but it gave me a "mount_hfs: Invalid argument"

So I tried

sudo mount -t lfs /dev/disk2 /Volumes/Backup

and it gave me: "mount: exec /System/Library/Filesystems/lfs.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_lfs for /Volumes/Backup: No such file or directory"

I checked and /Volumes/Backup exists...

I also tried this command (found on this site), but with the same Invalid argument:

sudo mount -t lfs -o rdonly /dev/disk2 /Volumes/Backup/

Finally I tried this (found here):

ps -ax | grep disk2

But it was useless...


texts: How to disable calling back from notification when iPhone is locked?

texts: When the phone is locked and I get a missed call I can just swipe it and it will call without requiring the passcode. How can I disable this function so that I need to enter the passcode?


texts: Why does the gyroscope in an iPad stop working on an airplane?

texts:
The gyroscope (not to be confused with the accelerometer or GPS) in my iPad (3rd generation) works wonderfully both when standing still on the ground as when moving at high speeds in a car on the highway.

However, as soon as I try out the gyroscope while in flight on an airplane, the gyroscope returns non-sensical data!

Does anyone else experience this? I have tried replicating the airplane conditions on the ground (high temperatures, vibration, driving as fast as possible) but the gyroscope keeps working while on the ground.

Why does the gyroscope not accurately work in the air?


texts: What sense it has to set copyright info when creating app in iTunes Connect?

texts:
It is not straightforward that the owner of the product is who uploads the binary?

Why do I have to set the year at copyright field? Next year I have to update it?

In which case I can use copyright info? If somebody steels the my computer, my binary, than I can sue him? Can copyright info use against me?


texts: Mojave: Generate SSH key with old private key format

texts:
After I fresh installed Mojave, when I generate a new SSH key it uses the new OpenSSH protocol 2 format private key.

The ID_RSA file starts with "BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY", even if I run ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "my@email.com"

According to the ssh-keygen main page, the BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY file type is generated by specifying either the -o  command line option or creating an ed25519 key type.

How can I create a private key using the old format?


texts: How do I share my Internet connection with another MacBook via WLAN?

texts:
My MacBook is connected to Internet.

I want to share this connection with another MacBook via WLAN.

How do I achieve that?


texts: How to take out HDD (hard drive) from a G5

texts:
G5 is totally defunct, I trying to take out the HDD for archive purpose.
But realize ... there is no way for me to take out the casing.
Any idea?


texts: iPad Air 3 stopped working with any Apple Pencil

texts:
I have an iPad Air 3rd gen and used an Apple Pencil with it for a year. I also use the same Pencil with an iPad Pro 2nd gen sometimes.
A few days ago, the Pencil stopped working with the iPad Air 3. When I plug it into the lightning port, it just doesn't pair.
The same Pencil is still working with the iPad Pro. I successfully verified the connectivity of the lightning port by plugging in some different USB accessories using the camera connection kit. And even a second Pencil which was previously working with the iPad Air 3 doesn't work anymore.
I tried to un-pair the Pencil from the iPad Pro and also turned Bluetooth off, just in case. But still no luck. The obligatory restart was the first thing I tried. I'm not 100% sure if it was working at some point after the latest update iPadOS update (13.5.1) so this could be the root cause. But I don't want to update the iPad Pro (still on 13.4.1) as well because I don't want to risk losing the Pencil there.
My last resort would be a full reset which I want to avoid unless it's the only working solution.
Is this a bug or am I missing something?


texts: How can I open the 2011 MacBook Air without damaging the screws?

texts:
I would like to open the MBA, I don't have the screwdriver that fits:

Is there a way to remove the screws without the 5 points pentalobe required?

The ideal solution would be to do this without damaging the screws.


texts: Connecting a displayport monitor to my Mac Mini (late 2012) using the Thunderbolt port what is the max resolution?

texts:
I have a 27" ASUS PB278Q display equipped with a display port, the monitor has a resolution of 2560x1440.
If I connect to my thunderbolt port using a mini displayport to displayport cable will it maintain the ultra hi-res of 2560x1440 which is what Apple claims Thunderbolt can produce?


texts:
I have large A1 sheets that I want to digitise. With an A3 scanner I was able to get four PDFs

--------------
| 1    | 2   |
|      |     |
--------------
| 3    | 4   |
|      |     |
--------------

Is there a (simple) tool on macOS that I can use to stich the four PDFs in one single page? It would be nice if the tool would consider the small overlapping parts on the border to merge them in a nice way (as for panorama photos).

Edit

PDF is not a constraint, I could get the original in other formats
The files are old, hand drawn plans of a house (not panorama pictures)
I have more or less 20 of them, the process can therefore involve manual tasks
I just thought that this could be a pretty common task and that I was using the wrong search criteria for a tool (having documents bigger that the scanner). All what I find a tools to merge multiple PDFs with PDFs with multiple pages (but this can be easily done with Preview).
I also found some instructions with Photoshop (or Gimp) but they all seem (to me) to complicated for a task like this.


texts: Change iPhone 6 Battery with Find My Iphone

texts:
I have an iPhone 6 with battery issues.  It has find my iPhone enabled but the appleid is locked (it was my girlfriends and she has forgotten everything).

The phone was originally registered to me.  Would it be possible to get the battery changed?  Or is the find my iPhone thing a blocker?


texts: Moving files in Finder with drag and drop opens a new window

texts:
I'm trying to move files around in Finder by using my trackpad to drag and drop files. The problem is that I'm using tap to click with dragging enabled. So, when I decide to drop the files onto a folder, there is a brief delay between when I release the trackpad and when the files actually get dropped. (This delay is in place in case the user wants to temporarily lift their finger and tap-and-hold again to move the dragged items again.) During this brief delay, what often happens is that the folder I am hovering over is automatically opened up into a new window, and the file is not necessarily dropped where I originally wanted it to be dropped.

This automatic window opening can easily be seen by doing the following:

Launch Finder
Drag a file onto a folder and don't let go until a new window pops up.

I never need to use this auto window popup feature, so the simplest solution seems to be disabling this feature. Is there any way to do that? If not, do you have any recommendations as to the best way to resolve this issue?


texts:
I wanna give away my old iPad to my kid, and would like to delete my Gmail account from the old iPad.

Questions:

1) Will my Gmail account be totally erased when I delete my Gmail account on my iPad?

2) I have thousands and thousand of contacts in my iPad which is linked to Gmail, I'm afraid if I delete the Gmail account, all contact details will be gone forever.

Thanks and looking forward to your favorable reply.


texts:
Is there an Applescript dictionary for Preview.app?  I am unable to find it under Mac OS X 10.7.5, and Applescript 2.2.1.

I did a rudimentary search in google and duckduck but came up empty.

I've also ran https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/40084/10733 however when I run it for Preview I am getting the following error:

tell application "Preview"
    get every property
        --> error number -1708
Result:
error "Preview got an error: Can’t get every property." number -1728 from every property

Where can I find the scriptable objects for Preview?

I have found several answers saying it is not scriptable, however I have not changed the NSAppleScriptEnabled preference and the following runs:

tell application "Preview"
    set save_location to ¬
        (choose file with prompt "Choose the png to be modified")
    activate
    open save_location

end tell

I've posted a separate question about why this runs on stackexchange.

My original question stands.  Where/How can I find the scriptable objects?


texts: Open System Preferences/Privacy/Full Disk Access with url

texts:
I can open System Preferences/Privacy/Automation on Mojave with the URL

x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_Automation

What is the equivalent to open Full Disk Access? Tried x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_FullDiskAccess and similar, but this didn't work.


texts: Connect another mac as secondary display

texts:
I have two macbooks:

MacBook Pro 2012
MacBook Pro 2017 with touchbar

Recently I've got an idea to use 2012 as a secondary display.
I don't completely understand whether it's possible or not, the only info I found on this is
https://www.macobserver.com/tips/how-to/imac-secondary-display/
It's said that this is possible if your second mac has thunderbolt or mini display ports. My 2012 does have it (mini display port).
So let's consider it's possible.
It's said I need mini display to usb-c adapter. It's ok but not quite cheap. So finally we reached my question.
I already have minidisplay to hdmi adapter. Now I'm wondering is it going to work if I purchase usb-c to hdmi adapter (since it's twice cheaper) and try to connect both adapters to each other?


texts: MAC why the other part of my hard disk is completely full?

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For my MAC laptop, I only have 250GB and out of this 250GB MAC is taking up 129GB in the other section.
I looked everywhere to the best of my knowledge.
Please note my home directories is only 45GB.
Can you somehow please help me?


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My question is directly related to this question in LION version.

I use Icon view in Finder and I want to get rid of "Show all" behaviour, i.e. I want all files to be shown by default.

Now, I am on Mavs, but still have no way to expand all the items by default in icon view.

Can we view all files by default in icon view in OS X?


texts: Can I use my 2010 iMac as a display for my 2011 MBP?

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My Belkin Mini DisplayPort to MiniDisplayPort cable has just arrived. I have the laptop plugged into the iMac. Everything is arranged the way I need it, except for one thing.

How can I cycle between using my actual iMac and the MBP? Sort of like expose to shift between desktops?


texts: How can I set the default alert settings for calendar events added from Mail

texts: By hovering over a date or time in Mail, you can add a calendar event. However, by default, all of the events I add in this way do not give me any kind of notification before they occur. The only way I have found to change this setting is to click details, and then manually add an alert. Is there any way to add an alert by default, to all events created in this way?


texts: Why shift-cmd-n fails as a custom shortcut for Firefox "New Private Window"?

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I created the shiftcommandn shortcut for Firefox in Syst Prefs to match other browsers' behavior.

It registers in the Firefox Menubar.

But pressing the shortcut opens a new non-private window, and it loads there the first item in my "Top Sites".

I imagine I could create another shortcut to override this behavior, but what is this behavior? I don't see anything highlighted in the Firefox Menubar when I hit the shortcut. Or might there be another solution (other than using a different shortcut to open new private windows)?

Problem exists on both Mojave and High Sierra. Default Firefox shortcut (shiftcommandp) still opens a new private window.


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I'm attempting to use a 2003-era external Apple iSight Camera with an M1 Mac mini via adapters:

iSight > FireWire 400 > FireWire 800 > Thunderbolt 2 > Thunderbolt 3

This same adapter chain works for video on a 2019 Intel MacBook Pro running macOS 10.15.6 Catalina. Audio required an additional fix, but is now also working on Intel.
On a new Apple Silicon M1 Mac mini, the video webcam does not seem to work. When first plugged in, it makes an autofocus sound and the green light turns on briefly.
Photo Booth is black and says:

There is no connected camera.

The FireWire Bus device is recognized by the M1 Mac's System Information:

Are there known FireWire support issues for either M1 Macs or macOS 11 Big Sur?
How can I use this iSight video webcam with my M1 Mac?

Links:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2272444/
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252048140

Apple Bug Report:

External iSight FireWire Camera does not work on Apple Silicon
FB9029863


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The OS X Calendar app will suggest locations as I enter text into the location field of an appointment; but in practice, it does a terrible (technically, an astonishingly terrible) job of suggesting things, proposing locations that are continents away, or clearly obscure, wile missing locations that are prominent, nearby, or that I have visited before.

Is there a way, other than entering a full address, to improve the suggestions for locations provided in Calendar events? Is there a way to expand the list of suggestions or provide the search information in a format that will produce better results?


texts: How can I view the items in the Spotlight cache?

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I'd like to view the data spotlight has imported.  Is this possible?

EDIT:  For example I can do this:

mdutil -svvv /Volumes/h8rdrive

and find out this volume was indexed.

I'd kind of like to find out what's not indexed though.


texts: iPhone photos are low resolution (640x480)

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I have an iPhone 4 with which I take lots of photos. The default resolution tends to be pretty high, usually around 2500 X 1900.

Lately some of my photos have come out with a very low resolution, 640x480, rendering them useless for my purpose.  I have not been using HD, nor have I changed any settings. I don't even see an option to change the resolution.

Why would this be happening?


texts:
Earlier i was able to access the NTFS formatted External hard drive in my Mac 10.9 as read only device.

While trying to make the external NTFS drive writable i screwed up by unmouting it

this link

  diskutil unmount /dev/disk1s1

Later when i tried mounting it again it failed

  diskutil mount
  Volume on disk1s1 failed to mount


texts: Identify the correct key used by defaults system when changing settings using System Preferences

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I would like to identify which key is being changed in which file when a specific checkbox is unchecked in System Preferences (in my case it's System Preferences → Keyboard → Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar, but I'm interested in a general solution that would work not only with checkboxes).

How can I identify this? I am thinking about using a deamon to watch all System Preferences configuration files for changes.


texts: Is password to make purchase from App store on iPad and iPhone encrypted?

texts: Is it safe to purchase apps when connected to an unsecured Wifi network (like Starbucks)? Can your password be seen?


texts: Why is my Wi-Fi Process eating >2GB memory

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Why is the Wi-Fi process taking so much memory?

EDIT: Apologies, I should have clarified my question. I'm a web developer that spends most of his time developing apps locally. Not interacting with third party apis or database interactions. Possibly it might be my app bundler Webpack serving updated changes constantly to my local server?

Specs

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
2.8 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mojave 10.14.2

cwd
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/System/Library/CoreServices/WiFiAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/WiFiAgent
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/Library/Preferences/Logging/.plist-cache.ptlzg4rP
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/private/var/db/timezone/tz/2018g.1.0/icutz/icutz44l.dat
txt
/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.kbdx
txt
/usr/share/icu/icudt62l.dat
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/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources/SystemAppearance.car
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/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources/VibrantLightAppearance.car
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/System/Library/Keyboard Layouts/AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle/Contents/Resources/AppleKeyboardLayouts-L.dat
txt
/Library/MessageTracer/SubmitDiagInfo.default.domains.searchtree
txt
/private/var/db/mds/messages/502/se_SecurityMessages
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/System/Library/Frameworks/SecurityInterface.framework/Versions/A/Resources/CertLargeStd@2x.png
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/System/Library/Frameworks/SecurityInterface.framework/Versions/A/Resources/CertLargeStd.png
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/System/Library/Fonts/SFNSText.ttf
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/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/Resources/Assets.car
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/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreWLANKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Assets.car
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/usr/lib/libobjc-trampolines.dylib
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/System/Library/Frameworks/SecurityInterface.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Assets.car
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/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources/DarkAquaAppearance.car
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/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources/DarkAppearance.car
txt
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources/Assets.car
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/private/var/folders/d5/y540nrk96fnckhlwyy_9yxsw0000gp/C/com.apple.wifi.WiFiAgent/com.apple.metal/Intel Iris Graphics/functions.data
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/private/var/folders/d5/y540nrk96fnckhlwyy_9yxsw0000gp/C/com.apple.wifi.WiFiAgent/com.apple.metal/3902/libraries.data
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/usr/lib/dyld
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/dev/null
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/dev/null
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/dev/null
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/dev/io8log
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/dev/io8logtemp
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*:*
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/Library/MessageTracer/SubmitDiagInfo.default.domains.searchtree
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->0x65d3d29751cfa425
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/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreImage.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ci_stdlib.metallib
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/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreImage.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ci_filters.metallib
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/private/var/folders/d5/y540nrk96fnckhlwyy_9yxsw0000gp/C/com.apple.wifi.WiFiAgent/com.apple.metal/3902/libraries.maps
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/private/var/folders/d5/y540nrk96fnckhlwyy_9yxsw0000gp/C/com.apple.wifi.WiFiAgent/com.apple.metal/3902/libraries.data
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/private/var/folders/d5/y540nrk96fnckhlwyy_9yxsw0000gp/C/com.apple.wifi.WiFiAgent/com.apple.metal/Intel Iris Graphics/functions.maps
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/private/var/folders/d5/y540nrk96fnckhlwyy_9yxsw0000gp/C/com.apple.wifi.WiFiAgent/com.apple.metal/Intel Iris Graphics/functions.data

Since I develop, I would prefer to have more memory for simulators, compilers and running dev infrastructure and tools. How can I diagnose why memory is being allocated for wireless networking?


texts: Disk Utility in Sierra won't repartition a disk

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After upgrading to sierra with a clean format and install, I can't partition any disks. When I select a drive (not the partition) and click the partition button, I get this screen. Notice that just about all of the controls are greyed out. I had this problem before and was able to partition and format from the command line - but that's very inconvenient.

How can I unlock this?

BTW, my install was from the pre-release GM, but that should be identical to the final release.


texts: what is the difference between a Movie and a TV Show in iTunes Library?


texts: Thunderbolt-ethernet cable heats up MacBook Air

texts: I recently bought a thunderbolt-ethernet cable because my university only provides internet access via ethernet, and I have a MacBook Air. The cable works pretty well, except that it really heats up my laptop (particularly the region around the top of the keyboard). Any idea how I can avoid this, if at all? Also, does a USB-ethernet cable also do this?


texts: Catalyst apps don't seem to support three-finger swipe gestures

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I finally updated to Catalina, and it doesn't seem that any Catalyst apps I've tested support three-finger swipe gestures - they seem to expect them to be done with two fingers regardless of this setting:

It's odd because every other Mac app seems to respect this setting, so two-finger swipes side-to-side scroll horizontally, and only three finger gestures will go back/forward. Alas, it seems catalyst apps completely ignore this. Does anyone know whether it's possible for developers to support three-finger gestures in their Catalyst apps, or is this just something that's broken at a framework level?


texts: Stream video to TV over Apple Composite AV cable?

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I'm using an iPhone 3GS (iOS 6.1.6) and would like to stream video from the Safari browser or an installed app to my TV over the connected Apple Composite AV cable.
Is that possible?


texts:
When I launch terminal, I see 2 status bar attached. Normally second status bar should be visible if I open a second tab on the window. However it even appears on the very first tab.
Visual is below:
I have created a second user on my Mac. On this second user, it is just fine. Terminal starts with one status bar.
I don't know what to do, I have searched all over the internet, nothing helpful. Last time this happened, I had to wipe everything and re-install the OS, I don't want to do it now :/


texts: Where can one find the meid of an iOS Device? (in particular an iPad)

texts: I'm getting 4G on my iPad 2 and the Sales Rep for Verizon said that I needed to text him the meid, where in iOS might I find this meid?