texts: Deleting files doesn't free storage on SSD

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Recently my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with 251 GB Flash Storage and Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7 started complaining about not enough space left on the hard disk. So I started deleting stuff. But to my surprise that didn't free up memory on the hard disk. Using the Storage Management App I saw, that for example deleting an Application reduced the storage used by Applications, but increased the storage in the category Others.
As an example see the first screenshot before deleting Microsoft Word

and the next screenshot after deleting Microsoft Word

I also looked at the issue using the terminal. Before deleting Word I saw this
❯ sudo du -m -d 1 -c
6632    ./usr
3   ./bin
1   ./sbin
4229    ./Library
0   ./com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots
135562  ./System
1   ./.fseventsd
4657    ./private
0   ./.vol
89408   ./Users
11305   ./Applications
0   ./opt
1   ./dev
1713    ./Volumes
0   ./cores
253506  .
253506  total

After deleting Word I got
6632    ./usr
3   ./bin
1   ./sbin
4229    ./Library
0   ./com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots
134207  ./System
1   ./.fseventsd
4663    ./private
0   ./.vol
89409   ./Users
9942    ./Applications
0   ./opt
1   ./dev
1713    ./Volumes
0   ./cores
250796  .
250796  total

It seems to me that the total of du is reduced by twice the amount, because the \Application folder got smaller, but also the \System folder got smaller, because we also have \System\Volumes\Data\Application pointing to the same directory.
I tried to follow tips on the internet like deleting localsnapshots from time machine, but I simply have none. I also tried to rebuild the spotlight index, but it also didn't help. I started in recovery mode and checked with disk util and saw the following: Snapshot is invalid

But diskutil still thinks everything is ok and didn't repair anything.
What could be causing this strange situation? And what could I do to get more free space finally? Or is my only option left deleting the whole disk and reinstalling everything again?


texts: Show same stuff on external screen as my screen

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When I'm lecturing I want the exact same stuff that shows on my MacBook Air's screen to show on the external screen. How do I do that?

For just slides the regular settings are fine, but when I'm coding/compiling/debugging live they are a hassle like no other.

(Ps. would like suggestions for better titles/tags in the comments. Or if your rep is high enough just go ahead and modify whatever you'd like.)


texts: How to exercise a new hard drive by erasing multiple times with Disk Utility app?

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In El Capitan, in the Disk Utility app, I cannot find the option to rewrite bogus data (zeros or ones) across the entire drive multiple times.

I am using a spinning rust platter disk, not an SSD.

Some googling talks about doing this via command-line tools, and imply the feature has been removed from the Disk Utility app.

But the Disk Utility Help window includes step # 4 on the Erase a volume:

  To prevent the erased files from being recovered, click Security Options, use the slider to choose how many times to write over the erased data, then click OK.

Where can I find that slider?


texts: Can I buy an iPhone 4 in another country?

texts: I want to know if I buy a iPhone 4 in another country if I take it home to Denmark where I live, can I then reinstall it so it uses the Danish keyboard and the iPhone is on Danish?


texts: Office '08 Can't Read Chinese Characters in Windows-Created Docs?

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One of my friends had recently purchased a MacBook Pro 13" and had been astounded to find that he couldn't read some of his old documents that were in Chinese in Office 2008.

All the characters had been reduced to little square blocks like [].


texts: What un(der)-documented features have you stumbled upon in Mountain Lion?

texts:
This question serves to share and collect the enhancements which are not documented by Apple, or documented poorly.

Please justify your answer; if it is something that is well documented by Apple and elsewhere on the web, it does not belong here. Your answer should put the feature into context, explaining how to use it. Add a picture if necessary.

Please add only one topic per answer. Try to find and edit existing features / answers rather than posting a duplicate answer which will end up getting deleted. Note that answers which are not specific to Mountain Lion will be removed as well. You can post such answers here.


texts: Can I set a custom address for reminders in El Capitan?

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I want to get a notification to buy something at store I only rarely go by. "Reminders" doesn't seem to know the store name but I can find the address on Google Maps no problem. But I can't seem to enter that address in the El Capitan "Reminders" app.

Does anybody know how to do that?

Thanks! :-)


texts: Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Trackpad 2 are recognized as Mighty Mouse

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Just got a new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Trackpad in the mail.

I am running OS X El Capitan; plugged them in and everything was fine. However they are not recognized as "Magic" devices.

Can't scroll, no gestures are working.

I can't even scroll, only move cursor, click and right click. The devices are just detected as regular peripherals.

I also have the Magic Mouse 1 and Magic Trackpad 1 lying around: they work just fine. The keyboard is ok too.

Here are screenshots for the Mouse Settings on my Mac:

Any ideas?

In fact both the mouse and trackpad are recognized as the old Apple Mighty Mouse. This is what I see when connecting any of the devices:

Things I've tried

Deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mouse / trackpad
Resetting PRAM
Resetting SMC
Logging as a Guest user
Creating new location in Networking
Re-pairing both with and without cable

It always comes back as Mighty Mouse. First generation devices do work without a hitch. When both mice/trackpads are connected, preference pane shows gestures for Magic Mouse or Trackpad but only 1st gen devices work.


texts: Which credit and debit cards are supported by Apple Pay

texts: Which credit and debit cards are currently supported by Apple Pay? Is there an official list?


texts: How to view all the downloaded podcast episodes on the iPhone?

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I've noticed on an iPhone I am unable to view all (and only) downloaded podcast episodes. I can connect the phone to a Mac and via iTunes I can see all the downloaded episodes but I am unable to delete any of them...

So my question is how to view all (and only) downloaded podcast episodes on the iPhone?


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Our iPad won't sync when the screen is locked.  And a sync in progress doesn't stop the "lock after X time."  If it has enough songs it needs to copy, when the screen locks, the copying sometimes pauses until I unlock the screen—but not always.
Possibly related is that when I plug it in to the MacBook Pro, it often (not always) says "unlock iPad to use accessory" and won't charge until I do so.  This definitely does not happen with either iPhone.
Is this normal?  I don't believe our previous iPad nor either of our iPhones behaved this way.  I can change the screen lock time limit, but maybe there's a better way.


texts: MacBook Pro Support for 3840 x 1600 (and higher) resolutions

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Does the MacBook Pro retina display (late 2013) have support for displays with 3840 x 1600 (WQHD+) (LG example shown below).

If so, at what refresh rate and through what port?


texts: How to revert to iOS 4.2 from iOS 4.3 beta?

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Hello all
I just installed iOS 4.3 beta version available for developers on my iPhone4. Now I want to go back to version 4.2. But iTunes displays the version 4.3 installed. How can I do this?

Can somebody throw some light on this?

Thanks


texts: Sync multiple devices to iTunes but only one device for playcounts or ratings

texts: We have several iOS devices in our household (iPod Touches & older iPhones) that all sync through my account.  All of them except my iPod Touch are set to manually manage music.  However, I'm finding that when syncing, the play counts and ratings assigned by my kids are updating in my account.  I thought that the manually manage setting should have prevented this.  Is there any way to keep their ratings and plays from showing up in my library and on my device?  One of my kids primarily has an iPod Touch for the games and only has about 20 songs on it (which he plays on repeat overnight), which means those songs have play counts in the thousands, while my most played songs are lucky to break into double digits.


texts: Can I use Clover on a real Mac Pro for device spoofing an unsupported AMD GPU?

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I have a MacPro3,1 and a PowerColor R9 270 GPU that I would like to use together. Unfortunately, this card does not work out of the box unlike my previous Radeon 6870; I never flashed it, but I never had a problem waiting for the login screen for the display to come to life.

According to hackintosh documentation, this GPU should be usable on the Mac by spoofing the device ID using Clover. However, from what I've seen so far it looks like Clover is a replacement for the Mac's EFI, or at least a modification to it which I'm uneasy about.

Is it advisable to follow this path and use Clover on a real MacPro3,1? If this was a Hackintosh, I wouldn't think much about it, but I do want to keep this machine somewhat pure to avoid any compatibility issues. If I have to sell this GPU and pick up something else, so be it.. but I'd like to think that it isn't that far off to get the R9 270 to work on this machine since it is so close to other devices that are supported officially by Apple.

(BTW: the card does work in the machine as it functions under Windows 7 / BootCamp)


texts: If I take the hard drive out of my macBook Pro and put it in a non-apple laptop, will it boot?

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I've just upgraded my (2011) macBook Pro to use an SSD. So I've now got an old hard drive laying around with OS X on it.

I've also got an old HP laptop laying around.  If I put the drive in the laptop do I end up with a 'hackintosh', or will something crazy happen?


texts: How to receive iMessages ONLY on the device you are currently using?

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Is it possible to receive iMessages on the device you are currently using, and only that device.  If so, how?

Background:  I don't want to receive iMessages on my iMac and Macbook Air when I'm not there.  I'd like to restrict iMessages being sent to my phone unless I'm currently using my iMac or Macbook Air.


texts: iPhone Music app is displaying a disabled podcast episode

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After syncing my iPhone with iTunes, I now somehow have a "disabled" podcast episode:

All of the text is grey and there's no artwork
I can't play the episode even though it displays "19m left"
I can't delete the episode (swiping to delete does nothing)

How and why did this happen? And is there any way that I can either restore the episode so I can play it back, or simply delete it?


texts:
How can i restore my jailbroken iPod 4th gen iOS 6.1.6.
When i restore from iTunes it shows an error" iPod could not be restore an unknown error(3096) occurred".

What can i do for restoring my iPod .


texts:
When I open Spotlight on iOS8 on my iPhone 6 Plus I get the Spotlight Search but occasionally I have no keyboard.

Any suggestions how I get the keyboard back other than rebooting which takes a significant chunk of time?


texts: Can Turbo Booster (3rd Party Application) damage your CPU?

texts: I have turbo booster installed on my old macbook pro which I currently use to handle files between my iMac Pro and the macbook. The macbook has a base clock of 1.4 Ghz turbo boost upto 2.3 Ghz. On enabling turbo bosster (Third Party application) the system continues to run at 2.3 Ghz as a result everything is fast enough to run, but on running the CPU at its maximum level results in thermal throttling. Turbo Boosters are normally used to check thermal throtlling and I am using it to boost the clock speed so am I doing something wrong or damaging the CPU and other hardware componenets by running the CPU at its max level?


texts: Re-formatting a external Western Digital My Book drive

texts:
My new Western Digital My Book external drive will not erase to re format for my iMac.

That is to say it starts but then goes no where. No green in the bar. What's up?


texts: I have several apps on my iPod touch (5th generation) that I would like to move from their current place on screen to a different place on screen. Is there any way to do this? If so, how?


texts: Mac won't allow me to add any email account

texts: On OS High Sierra 10.13.5. Allows me to write account name, add password, but won't finish task, just stays on next but not frozen. Have tried to delete relevant terms from keychain.


texts: Major difficulty restoring Time Machine backups/accessing .sparsebundle on newer Mac Mini

texts:
Alright so here's my issue.  I've searched the web for quite some time and hopefully I can find some better info here.

I used to have a Time Machine that was set to backup an older Macbook Pro.  The Macbook Pro and TM both are dead, but I have saved the hard drive out of the TM.  I now have a newer Mac Mini.

So I'm attempting to somehow access the files located on the old TM drive by connecting it through a dock to my Mac Mini, but can't seem to get that to work.  The .sparsebundle file located on the drive is shown with a red circle with white bar icon, and I have no access or ability to double click and open the sparse bundle.

Is there a way I can change the permissions on this file to be able to open it? I'm completely at a loss here of what to do.

I'm fairly confident all of my data is located in the .sparsebundle.  Finder shows the 2TB drive has over 1.3TB used.  I also tried to verify disk in disk utility and it said the drive was fine.

Update
So I managed to just right click the lock icon on this sparsebundle file and change permissions to read only.  Now when I try to double click the .sparsebundle, it tells "Image not recognized".  In disk utility, this sparsebundle appears in the left, with a volume underneath it called "Time Machine 3".  I cannot run verify/repair on the .sparsebundle itself, but I can on the Time Machine 3 after mounting it, and it runs and says the disk is ok.  The disk pops up and I can navigate to it in Finder, but this still doesn't allow me to access my files and folders saved on it. -__-

It seems like all of the actual data is stored in some cryptic "bands" folder.


texts: Slow connection to my particular brand of router over WiFi with Lion on MacBook Pro

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I own a MacBook Pro for some months now, it came with OS X Lion pre-installed. Since then, surfing the net with it is painful due to slowness. I also have a MacBook with Snow Leopard on it, there the internet works at normal speed. Based on this I conclude the problem is inside the MacBook Pro - it shows full WLAN connectivity but loading Google takes forever. My Router is a AVM Fritz!Box.

What I tried so far to optimize the speed - unless (noted) the changes made below don't affect the measured latency or speed at which pages render:

Resetting the router, turning WLAN on and off
Switching WLAN channels, trying 802.11n+a and 802.11n+g
Deleting all Wi-Fi networks in the system preferences
Resetting PRAM and NVRAM
Re-starting the MacBook Pro multiple times in a row
Disable iCloud in system preferences
Using another Browser than Safari
Renaming the network
Disableing "Use channels optimized for 300 Mbit/s" in my router (this helped, but still not to equal the speed of Snow Leopard)

What else could I try? I read changing the DNS server Google's can help, bit to  my understanding, this really can't fix the problem. Reinstalling is not an option. I am really desperate to solve this problem because it is more than annoying!


texts: Move Microsoft Office 2008 to new hard drive

texts:
I am installing a new hard drive on my Macbook Pro.

I have a legitimate copy of Microsoft Office 2008 installed on my computer, but I've long since lost the install disk and license information.

Perhaps complicating things is the fact that I've decided to do a fresh install, as opposed to using Migration Assistant or simply cloning my hard drive.

I'm wondering: how can I get this software from my current hard drive onto my new one, whilst maintaining the license information?


texts: Scanner not recognised on Epson Printer after El Capitan update

texts:
I've noticed that the scanner option has disappeared from the System Preferences (Printers & Scanners) control for the Epson AL CX21NF. I've tried installing the drivers from here and also using the System update from Apple (specific to Epson printers via the App Store). I have added the printer (using the IP address and LPD Line Daemon option) and can print to the device, but have no option to scan documents.

Has something changed in El Capitan or is this printer now just too old to be supported?


texts:
Animated GIF images seem incredibly slow since iOS 4.3ish. Prior to that, animated GIFs worked just fine and had the same speed as on a computer. I don't mean loading the GIF, but the speed of the animation. They are the same on the iPhone 3GS and iPad 2, so it's probably not hardware based. However, they work fine in the Simulator. I suspect the libraries were changed at some point. Can anyone confirm this, and/or provide a remedy. Animated GIFs hosted at senorgif.com are the main culprits.

EDIT: iOS 6 seems to have fixed the issue; probably a memory allocation related, since each frame used to get slower and slower :P


texts: Copy and Paste files into the same directory using Terminal

texts:
I am currently trying to figure out how to Copy and Paste files (more than one file) into the same directory using Terminal.

I am trying to create a script to create the same file. If there is a better way to do this, please let me know.

What I need to do with this script is to be able to create certain file types with specific sizes. Example: a image file (let's say a PNG file) that is 10MB in size and I need 4 of them. When running a command to create this file in Terminal it looks like:

mkfile 10m image.png

I created a script to repeat the command but it fails as it creates the same file and overwrites it.

Thank you,

K


texts: place text over image without imagemagick

texts:
I have a png image file which I would like to overlay text onto, via the command line (for use in a Makefile). The text to be overlaid is dynamic, decided at the time the image is modified.

I am aware that I can install ImageMagick to do this, but I would prefer to use a method that only requires standard OS X along with Xcode's developer tools.

Is there a command (or sequence of commands, including AppleScript if necessary) that I can use to make this happen? (If there is, an example would be excellent.)


texts: Fullscreen Flash video only shows 1/4 of video

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When I maximize some Flash (version 15.0.0.xxx) videos to fullscreen, only the top left quarter of the screen is showing video, the rest is completely black.

I've tried this on OSX 10.9 and 10.10, 2014 Macbook Pro, 3 browsers (Safari, Chrome, and Firefox) with no plugins, no additional screen, and hardware acceleration set to enabled and disabled.

Here's a workaround I've found: right click on the 1/4-screen video and look for the Stretching is <type> item in the options list. Click on that and the video will fill the screen. Keep repeating to get back to the 'Stretching is none' setting.

What can I do to debug this?


texts: Macpro two drives Triple UEFI Boot move from Grub2 to "headless" bootmanager rEFInd issues

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Thanks @David Anderson for the huge afford to instruct people like me for make tools more efficient. I have been very happy with my triple boot mac via Grub2 a long period of time since Adobe have issues with my GT120 i lost my Bootscreen. Now i struggle with the new workaround with (silent)refind.
I don't get the hint with the scripts installed within the Dock (macOS/Ubuntu/Win10)
Can i boot my UEFI install of Win10 and Ubuntu on a second SSD drive with it?!
My setup: cMP5,1 macOS High Sierra / Bootrom 140 / Boot:SM951 in a IO-Crest PCIe / Win10 & Ubuntu on a second SSD / Vega 56 graphics

Thanks in advance


texts:
the last update caused a white screen with a grey symbol. OSX 10.8.2 doesn't start.
I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2010
I can do nothing. Recovery, Internet Installation, everything failed.
I found out that the wrong SMC Version was installed. It installed 1.68f99 and i need 1.62f7 (SMC 1.6)
The boot ROM Version is right.
What can I do?
Can somebody help me?

BR Stefan


texts: Other resolution (no scaling) in MacBook Pro retina

texts:
What do the other resolutions look like? I know in OS X you can't go down (for now) to really (non retina) at 1440x900 and also in Windows (for no new bootcamp driver) you can't; but I see how in the gaming sessions you can choose the 1440x900, how does it look compared to a standard MacBook Pro display with a 1440x900 native resolution?

Because, in theory, it would look identical, without the problem about scaling to non-native resolutions (what happens, for example, when you go to 1280x800 in a display with 1440x900 native resolution), due to the fact who each 4px of retina display becomes exatly 1px at that resolution. There is any one who can try and check this?


texts:
After I upgrade to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard, I can no longer find "Address Book" in the application but only "Contact".

The application "Contact" does not allow me to add or remove groupings of contacts. Where is the good old address book?


texts: How do I restore lost Garageband instruments?

texts:
I opened Garageband after a long time and noticed that all my instruments are lost. The .exs and sampler files are still where they are supposed to be: /Library/Application Support/Garageband/Instrument Library but Garageband isn't detecting them. I can't afford to download 6 GB's worth of instruments.

How do I make Garageband detect them?

I also have Logic Pro installed.


texts:
I need to convert a PNG file to an EPS file. Various sources on the Web refer to the convert command on macOS, but that program does not appear to exist on macOS High Sierra.

How do I get it?


texts: Why is my hard drive still full after deleting files?

texts:
I'm new to Mac. I have deleted many files from my applications folder, downloads, music, etc. to make clean Mountain Lion installation.

After installing Mountain Lion I can still see in
 About This Mac > More info > Storage
That my hard drive has 2GB+ of music files and 12GB+ of other files.

How to open my hard drive to see all files located on it and delete them e.g. like on Windows?


texts:
I want to use Sublime Text to edit a text file within one of my installed Applications. The application I am trying to edit is Mailbox. I have been trying to edit the following file - /Applications/Mailbox (Beta).app/Contents/Resources/compose.css.txt. I have been trying to rewrite the css on lines 21 to 25

body {
   background-color: transparent;
   font-family: "Helvetica Neue", san-serif;
   font-size: 14px;
   margin:0; }

When I change the typeface to comic sans for example, mailbox stops functioning. Is there a way to make this change without corrupting the application?

An image of the error after editing the txt file has been embedded below;


texts: Macbook pro 13" early 2015 freezes and shut down

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Macbook pro 13" early 2015 freezing after login.
Tried solutions

Format and Reinstall OS
Apple Hardware diagnose
SMC and PRAM reset
Open in safe mode
Stopped using google chrome
Disabled Firevault

However, sometimes after trying for 2-3 days it suddenly starts working then again a few days later it back to freeze and shut down.
System Specs

8 GB ram
512 SSD
2.9 GHz
Dual core i5


texts: How to copy text in Preview in password protected PDF

texts: According to this question preview previously didn't care about password protection on pdfs.  Now in big sur I'm finding pdfs fairly often that don't allow me to copy text unless I have a password.  Is there a way to prevent preview from doing this or do I need to find a different pdf reader?  It's incredibly frustrating to have to re-type text from a pdf if I want to google something I just read.


texts: How to distribute custom app using Apple Business manager?

texts:
We trying to distribute the custom app using the apple business manager, we purchased the app in the business manager. And we are trying to add the device to the business manager account. We didn't find any documentation on 'How to add the device to the business manager?'.
Please guide us through the process of enrolling the device.


texts: After I split clip, now I have two parts of one clip. However my split was very useful, now I prefer to join it back, but my option to join clips is greyed out. Why?


texts: How to change the spell check language in Pages 5?

texts:
The solutions described here and here are no longer available in the current version.

I am editing a document in Romanian but every word gets spell-checked in English.


texts: Cannot open OpenOffice because the developer is not certified

texts: Since the update to Mac OS 10.11.6 the security preferences are not working properly. I'm trying to open OpenOffice and, even though I have disabled limitations, it is refusing to open and keeps telling me that the settings need changing.


texts: Synchronizing iBooks with iPad/iPhone does not synchronize collections

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When I synchronize iBooks from my MacBook to my iPhone/iPad via iTunes it synchronizes all my books, but it doesn't synchronize the collections (they are all just dumped into one single collection).

How do I synchronize the collections?

EDIT: the `Settings -> Synchronize bookmarks, highlights, and collections across devices" option is enabled.


texts: What hardware does Xcode storyboard performance depend on the most?

texts:
I'm considering upgrading my MacBook Air to a Pro in the interest of getting better performance out of Xcode development experience. Right now using Xcode 5 seems ok for writing code. However storyboards are becoming painful to work with.

What specs will influence the performance of storyboards the most?


texts: A couple of days ago, my iPad started inserting random letters into what I was typing. For instance, I would try to type a C and a V would be typed. This would be the same for many letters. When I pressed Backspace to delete it would either delete multiple letters or insert various random letters. I reset the iPad and it worked better for a couple of days, but now symptoms have arisen again.  This has been happening when using Facebook, Messenger and Mail so it's not restricted to one app. What can I do?


texts: How to go through all the windows of application even the minimized ones?

texts: If I have three windows open in Safari and minimize one of them, then I try to switch between windows by pressing Control+'  it only switches to windows that re not minimized. How do I include that window that was minimized?


texts: How to check the progress of files moved from one place to another in terminal?

texts:
I am new to terminal. I started moving 30 gigs of data, from my desktop to my portable harddisk with the command mv location1 location2.

The problem is, I cannot see, how much data has been transferred.

How to see the progress in a bar format or in percentage format?


texts: Is there a way to save a macro in word, not inside the document?

texts:
I have created a few macros that I want to apply to several docs.

Every time I open a doc, I have to copy the macro to the document to run it.

Is there a way to store that macro in a global library or something and not inside the document? So, I can call it from there?

Thanks


texts: What are the remedies for a trackpad suddenly malfunctioning?

texts: The trackpad on my 2017 MBP (no touch) has suddenly started functioning improperly, at times. It is ultra-sensitive at times, clicking everything every second while at other times it is inactive. No haptic bump, no clicking on screen. Is there a remedy for this? A way to reset it, so to speak?


texts: Consistent Console error message: invalid signature for com.cisco.kext.acsock

texts:
I have Console open on my Mac (latest OS X El Capitan) and this error keeps reappearing a few times every second.

4/19/16 1:15:18.021 AM com.apple.kextd[47]: ERROR: invalid signature for com.cisco.kext.acsock, will not load

Does anyone know what exactly this means, and is it a bad thing? It keeps appearing at least a couple of times every second, so it's very persistent. I couldn't find much on this error.

Is it something that can be fixed easily?


texts: How to check the integrity of a downloaded MacOS X installer?

texts:
A Sierra installer I downloaded last week was corrupted. It wasn't obvious at first since I was able to create a USB installer and the USB stick booted fine. But after an hour of proceeding I had issues in MacOS installation process, I got a message that says my installer was corrupted.
I downloaded it again and after one more hour it is working fine.

When downloading Linux ISOs, most (perhaps all) distributions provides an MD5/SHA1 code so I can check my downloaded copy with those.

So is there way to check for the integrity of Mac AppStore downloads? I'm not so concerned with small downloads but very with 1+GB ones which could waste hours of time.


texts: Can I upgrade to OSX 10.9 and format my HD along the way?

texts: I want to upgrade from ML to Mavericks but I want to erase and format my HD to a single partition along the way. Is this possible?


texts: I got a warning that I have a malware error 800 something and I need to contact a certain phone #. I know this is bogus but the warning pops up every time I log into safari and will not let me type anything in the search bar or anywhere else for that matter how can I get rid of this


texts: I recently got a new MacBook Pro (2019 model). With this computer, if the displays are sleeping (I often have an external monitor attached via USB-C dock), they will wake up for a few seconds when a notification comes in, and then they go back into power-saving mode. My previous MBP (late 2013 model) did not have this problem. I call it a problem as the computer is in my bedroom, and the momentary flash of light is waking me up sometimes at night. How can I stop this from happening? (Both Macs are running 10.14.6)


texts:
I installed the iOS 11 Beta, then downgraded back to iOS 10.3.2. I restored to my iCloud backup and everything looked alright. However, I am having issues after the restore, some of which include:

Backups of Whatsapp conversations will not restore, as it thinks I am not connected to iCloud, despite being listed in iOS Settings.
iBooks and Notes crash on startup.

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks in advance

Update
After updating to iOS 11, all the probleme were solved and the all the data was restored.


texts:
I've made the tragic mistake of downloading and installing python 2.7 from http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/ instead of using homebrew. Now vim won't launch, all kinds of things are screwed up, and I can't get rid of this mess.

How do I uninstall this nonsense? I'm on 10.8, so pkgutil --unlink no longer works.


texts:
I have a bash script that needs to find out itself from which partition / disk it is running from. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do that or if there is a piece of software that can help me with this.
It would be really great if someone here could help me with this!


texts: The OpenSSH upgraded to version of today automatically

texts:
I issue the following command follwing a command line instruction book,

$ ssh remote-sys
ssh: Could not resolve hostname remote-sys: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

To be cuirious, I refered to it's manual

$ man ssh
AUTHORS
     OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
     Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
     removed many bugs, re-added newer features and created OpenSSH.  Markus Friedl con-
     tributed the support for SSH protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.

BSD                             March 30, 2018                             BSD

It's the latest version of today (March 30, 2018).

It seems to be updated automatically,
Is that normal?


texts: Moving remote files without implicit local copying

texts:
In Finder, if I try to move a file from two different remote SMB share that are hosted on the same machine, the file first gets downloaded to my local machine, and then uploaded to the remote target folder.

Consequently, it takes a ton of time to move remove files.

Is there a way to move the files without first them implicitly copied to my local machine? Is there something that would work better than Finder for this?

This is on OSX 10.8.2. Windows or Linux (or both, I forget which OS) moves the files remotely.


texts: Infinite Time Machine Backup on Apple Time Capsule

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I've got a (old "flat" version) 1TB Apple Time Capsule and I've configured my Macbook Pro (running El Capitan) to backup data on the Time Capsule, through Time Machine.

From the top-right information on the menu bar, I can see that backup is working fine. Nevertheless, after backupping almost 2x the size of my hard drive in about 10 days (I'm not always attached to the network and I send to sleep my MBP during night), the first backup is not completed yet.

The bad part is that backup information shown in the menu bar display increasing full backup size: if currently remaining backup size is about 5GB, in an hour it is almost the same size, since it continuously increases. Therefore, since backup size increases just like data transfer speed, backup is never ending.

Is it an incompatibility of El Capitan with older Time Capsules?
How can I solve it?


texts:
I broke an installation of Deep Freeze on a Macbook by upgrading it to El Capitan. I'd like to get Deep Freeze to work again, but "This version of Deep Freeze cannot be installed on a Mac that has CoreStorage volume". There are many guides to reverting a CoreStorage volume on the internet, but the steps aren't working for me.

I open terminal and type "diskutil cs list" and get the list of volumes on the Macbook, the revertible area tells me "Yes (no decryption required)". When I type "diskutil cs revert [logical volume UUID]" I get the error "The given UUID is not a valid CoreStorage Logical Volume UUID. I erased the hard drive and installed El Capitan fresh making sure to uncheck FileVault when I was setting it up, but I'm still getting the same error. Is there another method for disabling CoreStorage on Macbooks that I'm not aware of? Appreciate any help regarding this.


texts: Windows-PowerPoint presentations on an iPad with great typography distortion

texts: I have a PowerPoint presentation created on Microsoft Windows. When I play it on an iPad there are great typography distortions. There are a lot of fonts not found on the by iPad. Could I install my own fonts on an iPad, or solve this in another way?


texts: Moving from Stanza to another eBook reader on my iPad Air

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For years, I've been reading ebooks on my antique iPhone 4, using Calibre to painlessly send ebooks to it.

I have an iPad Air, and it just dawned on me (I guess I'm slow) that I oughtta be doing my reading on my iPad Air. Stanza's out of the question, obviously, but I like the effortless way Calibre maintains my vast library. I also like the ease with which Stanza works (though not the frequent crashes on the phone, obviously).

I'd be grateful if someone would recommend an eBook app which will continue to work with Calibre. I've tried over the years to replace Stanza with appalling results, and I'd rather not go through the agony of buying eBook readers only to throw my money away on disappointments (or worse, apps which make me rage). I'm a disabled vet and can't afford to go experimenting in things I can't use.

If you can tell me which app will work for me right out of the gate, I'll be a happy girl. These are my requirements:

Lets Calibre maintain my library and add books to/remove books from my eBook app's library;
Allows me to read ebooks easily.
(Optional) Allows to me change size and typeface of text easily, although this is an option I really, really want.


texts: Why is my iTunes Music app suddenly skipping every track?

texts:
I was listening to music on the way home today, and all of a sudden it wouldn't play the next track.  On closer inspection it was skipping through every track, regardless of whether I had pressed play or not.  The majority (I would say about 90-95%) of my music is streamed from iTunes Match, but the very few downloaded songs on my phone were also doing the same thing.  I tried to download a few more of the songs, but it wouldn't allow me to.  It looks like it tries to connect to do so, but cancels itself.

So far I have tried the following without success:

Closed and re-opened the app;
Restarted the phone;
Hard reset the phone;
Signed in and out of iTunes Match on the phone;
Connected the phone to my Mac and tried to run a sync or two with iTunes;
Erased all settings;
Restored from an iTunes Backup;

It is still skipping through every track and wont let me download.  This is very annoying, seeing as I pay for things to "just work" but more often than not I'm having to spend my nights doing admin for the stuff that should just work.

What else can I try other than take it into a store, which I do not want to do as I really don't have the time to deal with Apple's clueless Geniuses.

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE : I had already checked the Server Status at Apple's website, but I neglected to add that to my question


texts: Cannot download picture from iCloud Photo Library

texts:
Cannot Download Photo.
  There was an error downloading this photo from your iCloud Photo Library. Please try again later.

What does this mean?  It happens all the time.


texts: Which standalone player or system plugin works well for WMV media on Mac OS X?

texts:
I want to be able to play a WMV file on my Mac, but can't decide which plugin/software to install.  In particular, I need something that will interface with Adobe Acrobat reader, as Adobe currently do not have a media player plug-in that supports the file format.  Essentially, I have created a beamer presentation using LaTeX that contains an embedded WMV file.

In the original post, I mentioned that my options were Flip4Mac, Xvid or VLC.  Since then, perian has also been suggested.  Having decided on Flip4Mac, I discovered that while it does function according to specification, it does not interface with Adobe Acrobat reader.  Adobe, however, do suggest visiting the Apple web site for QuickTime....hence my reason for installing Flip4Mac!!!!

One caveat of Flip4Mac is that it cannot play WMV videos that use Windows Media digital rights management, so some videos may not be viewable even though Flip4Mac is installed.

An Xvid quicktime plugin available for Mac but is not well maintained at the moment, according to the Xvid FAQ. The developers, however, are currently working on improved Quicktime support, which will become part of the Xvid core code base.  How good/bad is it?

VLC seems to be the popular choice, however, does it include a plugin to Quicktime, or is this a stand-alone product?

Perian, on the other hand, can be used with all QuickTime supporting apps like QuickTime Player, NicePlayer and QTAmateur, however, it does not support all formats.

Also, would downloading them from the MacPorts Project suit my purpose, or would downloading the latest versions from their respective home pages be better?  Note that this is more a question of compatibility than anything else.  Also note that I am running Mac OS X Version 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard).

Any advice/suggestions/feedback would be appreciated.

Just to let you know that I posted a similar question to the Adobe forum.  This is the reply that I received:

Putting it bluntly, you shouldn't be embedding WMVs in PDF files anymore -
it's called "legacy media" and it's been discontinued for security reasons.
You can't author it in Acrobat X, and playback is disabled in all current
versions of Acrobat and Adobe Reader unless the user changes their security
options. Authors should be using Rich Media annotations, which embed FLV or
H.264 video and play cross-platform via an internal copy of Flash Player.

The weblink fired by Reader when it encounters legacy media for which the OS has
no registered handler understands that you're on a Mac - and as there are no
primary players for WMV files on OS X, that's what it tells you. Adobe does not
link to third-party add-ons for other software, and even with those installed it
will continue to complain unless the add-on has changed the file type
associations, so that WMV files +automatically+ open in Quicktime.

In view of this reply, it's clear that I cannot view WMV files embedded in PDF files, no matter what third party software I have installed under Mac OS.  Nevertheless, I appreciate the feedback that I received from each of you.  While VLC seems like the most attractive alternative, the reason I chose flip4mac is because I do not wish to clutter my system with duplicate/redundant media players.  While this solves my problem of being able to play WMV files under Mac OS, it does not solve my original problem concerning Adobe Acrobat Reader.  It seems like I will have to use Rich Media annotations to do this.

Problem solved!  I ended up converting the WMV file to MP4 (a format that Adobe Flash Player and QuickTime understands).  This allowed me to play the media file embedded in the PDF document.  For the complete story, have a look at the TeX-LaTeX.SE group.


texts:
I'm making a book with iBooks Author, for the iBookstore.

It's a simple picture book; each page an image. No video. No sound.

I don't have an iPad or an iPhone.

Is there a way to check how the book is working, without using an iPad? – just on my Mac.

(I'm running OSX 10.8.5. on a MacBook Air.)


texts: Make it ask me for my ssh passphrase again?

texts: I am trying to disable all password logins except for that through my ssh key. However now any time I ssh into my server, it just logs in automatically and doesn't prompt me for my ssh decryption passphrase anymore. How can I get it to "forget" and ask me again?


texts: Why is Homebrew lynx configuration not in my home directory

texts:
When installing lynx with Homebrew, the primary configuration (according to the lynx option screen) is at a long, version-specific path (thus the path will change every time a new version is installed):

/usr/local/Cellar/lynx/2.8.9rel.1/etc/lynx.cfg

Why isn't the default configuration placed in a normal place like:

~/.lynxrc


texts: Quickly disable internet browsing on iOS device for parental control

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Whenever I hand the iPad off to one of my kids, I would like to quickly disable or limit internet browsing on the iPad, not necessarily internet altogether, but anything that can be accessed via Safari or an in-app browser.  I know there are the in-built parental restrictions, but modifying the Web restrictions is a six step process to limit sites before, and a six step process to re-enable after.  I would like something that's quicker to use and preferably pin-protected, and something along the lines of "disable for 1 hour" or "disable until I say so".  It doesn't need to be a complete disable of web-browsing, but at the very least, some child-safe mode.

In short, I would like something similar to iOS's own web restrictions, but much quicker to access.


texts: How to reproduce my Finder tags as OpenMeta tags

texts:
I am using a suite of applications to manage files, somewhat like a distributed digital assets manager. I tag my files using Finder tags with several apps--Finder, HoudaSpot, Default Folder X, Leap--as is convenient at the time. However, some programs, notably Pixa, use OpenMeta tags to build its internal library. Therefore, if I use Pixa to browse folders where I organize images, I can't use my tagging scheme unless I painstakingly reproduce it using Pixa's tagging interface.

I've scoured the Internet for ways to simply copy Finder tags as OpenMeta tags but haven't found a way. HoudaSpot 3.8 had a feature under "Results" to merge the two, which I could make work, but that disappeared in 4.0.

I feel like I must be missing something obvious, as this seems to be a workflow problem others would hit. Any ideas?

Thanks


texts:
The Linux kernel generally tends to cache its ARP tables here:
/proc/net/arp.
Darwin & Mac OS X, however, do not seem to follow the same convention.
So where can I find the Darwin & Mac OS X equivalent of:
/proc/net/arp?


texts: I might be missing something obvious, but I can't figure out how to create a nested list in iOS Notes. It's easy on a Mac (just use the tab key), and the iPhone renders a nested list fine, but there doesn't seem to be any way to indent a bullet to the second level of nesting while composing on iOS. Any way to do this?


texts: Problem persistently defining aliases in terminal

texts:
I am trying to persistently define some aliases for my everyday terminal use. I started off with this tutorial: How to persistently define aliases in Terminal, more precisely with Mike's comment.

As he suggested I created a .bashrc file and symlinked .bash_profile and .profile to it.

My two aliases I created in .bashrc are the following:

alias showFiles= ‘defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall Finder’
 alias hideFiles= ‘defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE; killall Finder’

Now I have a problem, when i open a new bash window in Terminal, i get this error message:

-bash: alias: ‘defaults: not found
-bash: alias: write: not found
-bash: alias: com.apple.finder: not found
-bash: alias: AppleShowAllFiles: not found
-bash: alias: TRUE: not found
No matching processes belonging to you were found
-bash: alias: ‘defaults: not found
-bash: alias: write: not found
-bash: alias: com.apple.finder: not found
-bash: alias: AppleShowAllFiles: not found
-bash: alias: FALSE: not found
No matching processes belonging to you were found

Could someone please explain why I get this error and/or how to fix it ?


texts: In macOS settings, what is the difference between apps accessing to iCloud vs iCloud Drive

texts:
I know the difference between iCloud and iCloud Drive. But I don't get what's happening if I allow – Mail for instance – to access iCloud or iCloud Drive.
Mail won't save my emails as files in a folder called "Mail" in iCloud Drive, so what will it do with the Drive and what would it do in iCloud (not drive)?


texts: Which monitor is used to show the booting screen?

texts:
When I am booting my mac mini, how does it pick which of the three monitors it uses to show the apple logo and password screen on? (This is not necessarily the same screen declared as the primary for the menu bar.)
I have three monitors that are positioned like a TIE Fighter, and I would prefer not to have to look at the boot info sideways as it is starting up. Based on the answer, I should be able to determine a method by which proper screen can be obtained.


texts:
Occasionally, when I've had my mac on mute for a period of time (eg., several hours), and then plug in a set of headphones, I get a backlog of system sounds played to me.  (chirps, new email sounds, etc).

These are sounds that would've/should've been played over the day, but weren't.  It seems the sounds are queued / buffered, then when I plug in my headphones, the queue is emptied.

What causes this, and how do I prevent this?


texts: Auto open 4 terminal sessions and SSH them to a given host

texts:
I'm doing Rails development on a MacBook via a VirtualBox setup that's somewhat similar to Vagrant. My inconvenience is that I like to have at least 3 terminal tabs connected to the VM via SSH (one for running the Rails server, one for the Rails console and the third to run general command, possibly others for running tail, etc) and I have to open these connections every time I start developing.

Is there a way to automate this?


texts: Automatically restore my window locations when I reconnect my external monitor?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I make windows save their position on screen after re-attaching a display?

I'll often move around in the course of a work day, from my basement office where I have a second external monitor, to the patio and so on. When I unplug my external monitor, any windows I have on it gather on my MacBook Pro's screen -- this is great.

But when I plug my external monitor back in the windows cluster up on the external monitor (I have the external set to be primary when it's present).

Is there an app that can save window states and restore them when ever I plug my external monitor back in? Bonus points if it can also handle putting windows on separate spaces when I unplug my external monitor and lose screen real estate.


texts: iPod Click Wheel (4G Classic) crashes in the manner of refusing to wake up and I can't seem to figure out why

texts:
I've had this iPod since 2009 and it's been running a 32GB CF card via adapter.  For seven years I've had no problems with it until I wanted to rebuild my library from scratch.  All the files I've had before on it work just fine but if I want to add new tracks there's a high possibility the iPod will only play so many tracks before refusing to wake up when it goes to sleep.  There aren't any tracks the iPod refuses to play so I can't find any specific track that's tripping something in the iPod's memory causing it to fault consistently.  All tracks are 128Kbps AAC with VBR.

Things I've tried:
1.  A different motherboard, CF card and adapter.  The issue still persists.  I've not used a standard hard disk.
2.  I've replaced the battery.
3.  Converted all the new tracks to WAV and converted them to AAC to shed ID3 tags and possibly errors with the MP3 codec within iTunes (i.e. some tracks play garbled in iTunes but are completely fine in other players).

I'm just curious if anyone else has stumbled upon this before.


texts: Where can I find the "restorecount" value macOS uses to track open windows and reset it?

texts:
In System Preferences uncheck `General > Close windows when quitting an app
Open TextEdit.app
Press Cmd+N for a New file
Quit TextEdit.app
In Finder go to ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.TextEdit/Data/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.TextEdit.savedState/ we'll be looking for a file here shortly
Open TextEdit.app
Quickly, open the file restorecount.plist that has appeared in Finder
Look at the end value

Currently, on my macOS installation, end has a value of 570214618 which, as I understand it, means that since whatever epoch — a long time ago in an operating system far, far away — there have been over 570 million "windows" opened on my Mac. The value is shared across all user accounts. 10 months ago, that number was 544 million on my system according to this old question of mine: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/320967/15281

The effect of this is that, for some apps, there is a noticeable (4 to 5 seconds) delay whilst they do something before their restored windows appear. My workaround, see the above linked question, is to turn off window saving for those specific apps. But I'd rather not have to do that.

So, I'd like to reset the restorecount value at its source. Does anybody know where it is stored and/or how can I reset it?


texts: How can I redial using Voice Control or Siri?

texts: Is it possible to dial the last dialed phone number on iOS via Voice Control or Siri?


texts: Find out type of VPN connections in network preference

texts: I have a VPN connection in my system preference but I don't remember type of this connection (PPTP, IPSec etc). How do I find this out?


texts: Copying printer preset .plist files (Mavericks)

texts:
I am trying to copy a custom print preset from one computer to another.  My understanding is that the presets are stored in ~/Library/Preferences with the name com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.<name>.plist.  I have copied the preset into my preferences folder, yet the presets for that printer (a Canon ImageRunner 5075) have not changed.

In my preferences folder there is only the new file, and when I inspect it with the Property List Editor, the correct presets seem to be there, but when I choose Print, they don't appear in the Print dialog for that printer; instead the previous presets still show up.  Are the preferences cached somewhere?

(The purely obvious answer "Just make a new preset" won't work for me, since Canon, in its infinite wisdom has removed print dialog access to the functionality encoded in the old preset, even though the printer is still able to use it.)

Any suggestions on how to get this working are greatly appreciated.


texts: Can my admin manage my iPad without me knowing?

texts:
Can my admin manage my iPad (download programs, change settings, etc.) without me knowing? (Configuring it so that I cannot tell that it's managed.)

My iPad is running iOS 12, and there are no messages in settings telling me that it is managed. It was set up and purchased by me, by the way. It's already connected to my personal Apple ID.

Edit: Can they manage my iPad if my only connection to them is that I'm signed into a managed Google Account (example@company.com) in Chrome? (sync)


texts: How do I get rid of this white bar above my iPad keyboard?

texts:
How do I remove this white strip on my iPad keyboard ?

Disabling shortcut and the predictive thing don't work.


texts: Is there a BOOTP query tool that exists for macOS?

texts:
I would like to query a BOOTP server as a specific MAC address to test the response. What tools exists for macOS?
Something like this? https://www.weird-solutions.com/enterprise-solutions/bootp-turbo


texts:
Background: I am planning on purchasing a MacBook Pro before I go to college (Computer Science Major). The MacBook comes with a standard 4GB of RAM but there is an upgrade that cost $100, to double the RAM to for 8GB.

So my question is, is that extra RAM worth the cost, or is it uncessary?


texts: Photo captions not showing up on photos when viewed slideshow mode in Photos.app

texts:
The captions I added to my photos in iPhoto are not showing up when I play slideshows in Photo. I can still see that the information is there when I click on a photo's Info in the album view.

Is there a way to have the captions show up in slideshow mode in Photos.app?


texts: Prevent preview from creating text boxes

texts:
For some time now I have a problem in Preview.  Whenever something on a PDF looks like it could be a text box or field (such as a horizontal line) and I click in the vicinity of it, above or below the line, then Preview creates a textbox (assuming it is a form that I want to fill in).  This behavior is certainly pretty new in Preview, although it might have been around for a few OS updates.

I find this behavior rather annoying and would like to be able to turn it off (or at least I'd like to not have it triggered by a single click ... clicking with some control key pressed down might be useful).

Any hints what I might try, or where else I might look for help would be much welcome!


texts: Difference between the Sennheiser i300 and MM70i headphones for iPhone/iPod/iPad

texts:
From what I can gather, the Sennheiser i300 headphones are Apple exclusive headphones, not available anywhere else, but they appear to be identical to the Sennheiser MM70i.

Can anyone shed any light on this? They look the same, are they the same internally? I can't even find the i300's on Sennheiser's site!

Here's some links:

i300 on Apple.com: http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H3559ZM/A
MM70i on Sennheiser.com: http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/...

Thanks for any info on the differences!


texts:
For copying large files (and/or large quantities of files), especially across disks, I prefer to avoid using the Finder as it often fails with some meaningless error message and/or complaint about permissions.

Instead I have been looking at using rsync -- or, more specifically, the latest version of rsync available from Homebrew, which, as of today, is:

rsync  version 3.1.1  protocol version 31

Capabilities:
64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 64-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints,
socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6, batchfiles, inplace,
append, ACLs, xattrs, iconv, symtimes, no prealloc, file-flags

(Those are the default capabilities that Homebrew uses.)

The problem is that rsync is hopelessly complex, and I'm never sure if I am using the proper arguments, or if there are others that I should be using:

rsync \
    --8-bit-output \
    --acls \
    --backup \
    --devices \
    --exclude='.DS_Store' \
    --executability \
    --group \
    --human-readable \
    --inplace \
    --itemize-changes \
    --owner \
    --perms \
    --progress \
    --prune-empty-dirs \
    --recursive \
    --safe-links \
    --specials \
    --stats \
    --times \
    --update \
    --verbose \
    --xattrs \
    'foo' /path/to/destination/

Args I'm not sure if I should be using or not, mostly because I'm not 100% sure what they do:

(one of the other options for links instead of '--safe-links')
--relative
--sparse
--partial

Any other suggestions?


texts: Recommended way to back up a Macbook before upgrading its OS?

texts:
I'm planning on upgrading a friend's Macbook from OS X Leopard to OS X Snow Leopard. I think it's a good idea to backup all the data before upgrading the OS, in case something goes wrong. The problem is that the important data is not clearly stored in a single location — e.g. it may be scattered all throughout the system since my friend doesn't store all his data in one location, so it's very difficult to know which files/folders I should or shouldn't back up.

Is there any recommended procedure I should follow or a built-in (preferred) or 3rd-party tool I should use to back up the data before an OS upgrade?


texts: Override Spaces: How to span an application(Citrix Workspace) full-screen on 2 of 4 monitors in OSX Catalina?

texts:
I have a four monitor setup at home (2 large, 2 small). Is there a way to give Citrix access to only two monitors in full-screen mode? It seems to be stuck between all-monitors or one-monitor...

Or if I could merge two spaces and keep the other monitors separate?


texts: Problems with Parallels and backing up with Time Machine

texts:
I use Macbook Air and Lion. I use Time Machine to back up on my Drobo FS. All seems to be ok until I use Parallels. The Time Machine seems to take my virtual machine as one file so every time I open it Time machine wants to back up the WHOLE virtual machine although I maybe have changed only a word in a file. This leads to huge back ups of 20-30 G. Is there anything I can do about this unnecessary backup? Or is there any way I can tell the Time Machine not to back up my Windows files? Can I use tmutil and in that case how?

Camilla


texts:
I have a problem with icons in files. Particularly it's only HTML files. I uninstalled Coda 2 app (deleting all relevant info, also clear my cash) and continue to use Sublime Text 3. But I have this (see the screenshot below) and this icons are not updated as my .css or .js files do. How can I fix it?

Already try this from here:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Nothing changes. Maybe because it's especially for OS X Mavericks and I have Yosemite...


texts:
In the contact list there is no entry for my own contact details. All there is is my mobile number at the top of the list.

But I have a home landline number, desk phone at work and some email addresses, how do I view/use these?


texts: How to delete the list of songs on iTunes

texts: I have a little problem with my iTunes on my pc. I have to delete all the songs that are inside it but to do this job I have to delete one song at time because I don't know how I can do it in a short way. I search also on the Internet a possible solution but with no results. Is there anyone that can help me?


texts: Cannot get Library First Aid to open using Option + Command in iPhoto

texts:
I am migrating a bunch of iPhone libraries from one drive to another, repairing them along the way, and migrating them to the Photos app.

However, I cannot get the "Library First Aid" windows to open following the instructions provided by Apple to hold Option + Command while opening iPhoto:

  Quit iPhoto if it is open.
  Hold down the Command and Option keys on the keyboard.
  Open iPhoto.
  Keep the keys held down until you are prompted to rebuild the library.
  A dialog will appear with rebuild options. Select the options you want to use.

For me, the library opens, and I continue holding down the keys but the dialog never opens (minutes later even).

I am running iPhoto 9.6.1.


texts: Can I use my UK MAC desktop in the Cayman Islands

texts:
I am moving to the Cayman Islands, which uses the same power source as the US, will I be able to use my MAC desktop there using a US adapter?

Thanks


texts: I have a Dell U2711 Flat Panel Monitor, which I have been using with my Mac, preIntel and Intel. Suddenly I cannot acces to any control, instead a padlock appears on my screen. Any help?


texts: Developer program expires in 2 months, what happens if I publish a free app now?

texts:
I have a 99$-paid Developer Program membership that expires in ~ 2 months. I'm not planning to renew it.

What happens if I publish a free iPhone/iPad app on AppStore now?

Will it stay online for many years? (but I won't be able to update it in 2 months if I don't renew the Develop Program membership)

or

Will it be removed from App Store in 2 months if I don't renew the Developer Program membership?


texts: Where does OS X store the profile photo it takes when you first create an account?

texts: When you first create your OS X login account it takes a picture of you. Where does that picture get stored? I can't find it in ~/Pictures or ~/Library.


texts: Charging problems, MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) c

texts:
I have the MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) and I've been having weird charging issues (I recently upgraded to macOS Big Sur if thats relevant). When I connect the charger it won't always charge, and when I press the battery symbol it only says "not charging". One of the ports never works, but the other works after its been plugged in for a little while.
The battery still drains when the charger is connected but not charging.
I've tried resetting SMC, troubleshooting/diagnostic scan shows nothing wrong, the ports and the charger looks undamaged...
The battery works completely fine as far as I know other than this, this is a recent issue.


texts: Editing the master of a single slide in Keynote

texts:
In keynote, I know how to edit the theme and create a new master slide. (By going into View -> Show Master Slides.) However, I would like to edit the master of a single slide.

Here is an example of why I want to do this:

Is there some way I can unlock an element of the current slide's master (i.e. that horizontal line), without editing the master itself for other slides?


texts: Web Sharing does not work with FileVault?

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I want to use both Web Sharing and FileVault however when I turned on FileVault, my home directory Sites folder came up in the browser as permission denied, even though the Unix permissions were 777, meaning anyone can access it.

How to resolve this?

And by the way where is the toplevel web directory? I am tired of trying to use my ~/Sites directory anyway.


texts: Is there anything more secure than a password protected SparseImage against state actors?

texts: If you had to secure important document in an encrypted, yet easily accessible format from state actors; would there be anything better than an password protected sparseimage? I used to use cryptkeeper in linux. A password protected sparseimage is the closest thing I have found on the mac side. Since this occurred (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/05/macos-high-sierra-disk-utility-vulnerability/) I am doubting that choice.


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Does the AppStore not provide download / installation status?

I clicked on get app, and all I see is "installing". No status, no feedback, nothing. Is this normal? I know Xcode is a big download, so I know it will take a while, but feedback would be nice.


texts: On iMovie 10.0.9, how can I export smaller video files?

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On my Macbook Air, I recorded a video using iMovie 10.0.9.  Then I clicked Share > File.

The resolution is 1280x720.  At "High" quality, the file size of the resulting mp4 video was 1 GB for just 11 minutes of video!  That's enormous!

As a comparison, on my Windows 7 computer, using Camtasia, I'm able to record an even higher resolution video (1920x1080), and its file size is 68 MB.

How can I export a video from iMovie in a way that makes the file much smaller?

I tried choosing "Low" quality, and then the file size was about 300 MB.  (That's still big! And I'm not liking the idea of it being low quality, which was not necessary in Windows.)

This really matters to me because I upload my mp4 videos to various websites, and the upload takes far too long if the files are really large.

How would I be able to export a full-resolution high quality video from iMovie (into mp4 format) and still have the file size be just 68 MB for 11 mins of video?  What are my options?

Thanks.


texts: Applescript/Javascript to click submenu item of Jupiter Notebook in Safari

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When I run a.ipynb jupyter notebook file in Safari, it opens at local host http://localhost:8888/notebooks/a.ipynb#.

NOTE: The script should work for any *.ipynb file, a.ipynb is just an example. Also, the website is at the frontmost app while running the code.

How can I write an Applescript (may be using JavaScript) so that I can click the menu Run All Below button in that tab of safari submenu ?

Here is my attemt:

tell application "Safari"

activate

end tell

tell application "System Events"

tell process "Safari"

click menu item "Run All Below" of menu "Cell" of menu bar 1

end tell

end tell

But, this did not work.  I am very new to applescript and generally only use Python.

How can I click the required menu "Run All Below" ?

Related Links:
Using Javascript | Applescript to click button in Safari
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24917282/click-on-safari-web-page-button-using-applescript


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If I buy an Apple TV and connect my HiFi system to the optical out, will the sound go to the TV through the HDMI cable, and the through the optical cable?
Or will the optical cable take precedent over the HDMI?

Basically can I use the Apple TV as an Airport Express for my HiFi, when the TV is turned off, without plugging cables in and out?


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I used a Mac from about 2008 to 2012. I uploaded .pages files on to Dropbox and have since lost access to this Mac, but I have access to the Dropbox where the files are. I am currently using Windows 10 and would like to read these on my Windows machine.

However, all the fixes I've looked up seem to rely on viewing some kind of Preview.pdf by converting the .pages to a .zip. My machine actually auto downloads these .pages files off dropbox as a .zip automatically, however in the QuickLook folder there's only a thumbnail.jpg. No preview. Aside from that there's some kind of index.xml.gz and Pkginfo. Is there any way to be able to read this old file?


texts: The bottom of my iPhone won't accept touches. Can I fix that?

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My iPhone (1st Gen) is no longer able to recognize when I touch it at the very bottom of the screen.  The only way this effects me is when I have the keyboard up I cant hit the 123, spacebar, or send.

Is there some way I can fix this?  I've tried restoring but that didn't do the trick.  Is this something that I can take in and have fixed?


texts: How do I change the Japanese input tooltip dictionary?

texts: How do I change the Japanese input tooltip dictionary from Jpn-Jpn to Jpn-Eng?


texts: How do I measure the performance impact of antivirus applications?

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I'm evaluating Antivirus software suites for my Mac, and would like to measure the performance impact they have on my computer.

I am not looking to do a expert-level thorough examination, but rather get a crude measure with some snapshot data points (or time-series data if possible).

What are the main metrics I should monitor? I'm thinking about the application's CPU usage – but is there anything else?
Is there a user-friendly way to do this (using an application or Terminal tool)?

If there is a general answer that applies to measuring any type of application, perhaps the question title should be changed to “how to measure the performance impact of MacOS applications”.

Note: There are of course a few AV comparison sites out there. But I've been slightly perplexed when looking at their results. For instance, one year ESET Cybersecurity Pro gets a top score in the performance department, but the next year it scores much lower and the article will say that it's a drag on the computer. I gather that one way to find out what works is to test them yourself.


texts: Can I restore an iPhone from iPod Touch Backup?

texts: If I buy an iPhone, can I restore it (along with app data) from an iPod Touch backup?


texts: How to migrate WhatsApp messages data from Android to iPhone?

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Currently I'm using an Android phone. I have just purchased a refurbished iPhone 7 Plus. I wish to migrate my WhatsApp chat history from Android phone to iPhone.

I have searched almost everywhere, but couldn't find a genuine Solution to this problem.

Does anyone have any idea on how to do this?


texts: How to open time machine progress bar window

texts: I know that there is a window where time machine can display its current progress, along with an estimate about how long it will likely take till the current backup is complete. This window did somehow appear during my initial backup. However, I currently can't find a way to manually open that window for a subsequent backup. Yes there is the Time Machine tab in the Control Panel, but that will not provide an estimation of remanining time. Neither does the context menu of the menu bar icon. So how can I get that window?


texts: PDFs always open in Photoshop on Macbook Pro 2015 even when I change default program

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Without my intervention, pdfs just open up in Photoshop. I've never told them to open in Photoshop, even once, but the computer decides to change the default program to Photoshop. I change the default program back to Preview but a day later it changes to Photoshop again.

I have the same problem with Grab and Preview. The computer wants Grab to handle jpgs and I constantly change it to Preview and somehow it changes back again without me doing anything.

EDIT: basically the only steps I've tried are to right click on the file and go to get info, then change the default app to preview and then click on "change all."
I've also done: right click on file and choose to "open with" preview, but that won't permanently change it either


texts: macOS goes crazy: tabs open in new window, applications show up slowly, scrolling is slow

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I am having a very annoying problem which is very hard to reproduce and describe. Sometime, suddenly, my macOS turns crazy. The symptoms I witness are:

In the browser (Chrome or Safari) clicking a link opens it in a new tab
Scrolling is buggy, jumpy and works only from the built in touch pad. I cannot scroll anymore from my mouse.
When opening the applications shortcut on the dock, it opens very slowly.
When minimizing a window it falls into the dock very slowly.

I prepared some GIFs showing the happening. I'll try to post them later.

Did anyone else experienced it? Is there any idea what its origin and or how to solve it apart from restarting the machine?

Here's sample: http://gph.is/2oTmpob

NB

As per the discussion in the comments, seems like Karabiner-Elements is the root cause of the problem. Here's the config I'm using:

{
    "global": {
        "check_for_updates_on_startup": true,
        "show_in_menu_bar": true,
        "show_profile_name_in_menu_bar": false
    },
    "profiles": [
        {
            "devices": [],
            "fn_function_keys": {
                "f1": "display_brightness_decrement",
                "f10": "mute",
                "f11": "volume_decrement",
                "f12": "volume_increment",
                "f2": "display_brightness_increment",
                "f3": "mission_control",
                "f4": "launchpad",
                "f5": "illumination_decrement",
                "f6": "illumination_increment",
                "f7": "rewind",
                "f8": "play_or_pause",
                "f9": "fastforward"
            },
            "name": "Default profile",
            "selected": true,
            "simple_modifications": {
                "caps_lock": "left_control",
                "non_us_backslash": "grave_accent_and_tilde"
            },
            "virtual_hid_keyboard": {
                "caps_lock_delay_milliseconds": 0,
                "keyboard_type": "ansi"
            }
        }
    ]
}


texts: What is CoreRAID? What is the function of com.apple.CoreRAID.plist in LaunchDaemons?

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What is the function of com.apple.CoreRAID.plist in LaunchDaemons? What happens if I disable it? In general terms what is CoreRAID?

Thank you in advance


texts: Can Mid 2012 Macbook pro be upgraded using nvme ssd using an adapter

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I'm looking to upgrade the storage on a 2012 macbook pro, and moving to an ssd. I know that I could just get a 2.5 inch drive in the optical drive bay, but I would rather keep the optical drive.

Is there a way to use a nvme ssd in a mid 2012 macbook pro model? I know an adapter is needed, so what adapter works? Also, I've heard that certain brands of nvme ssds work, so some confirmation on that would be helpful.

I dont know if OS version matters, but it is is el captian version :10.11.3.


texts: External SSD with OS installed not working?

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Four months ago I bought an external SATA case with USB-C compatibility so I can install my iMac OS there, did this because my iMac has built in HDD and was so slowww..

With the case I started using an ADATA 120GB SSD and everything worked like a charm for the past months, up to now...

As an extra fact I have to say 1 day ago I took the computer to another location (car trip) used like 12 hours and take it back to my office (of course I unplugged the SSD and plugged it back a couple of times), this was the first time EVER I unplugged the SSD case.

Today I was working as usual and the computer suddenly turned off and showed a message like this:

So waited for the iMac to restart and continue working, the message appeared 3 times after 20 minutes aprox of working.

The fourth time the message appeared I tried to start up again and the OS didnt started. The apple logo appears up to the loading bar but it turns off at 30% more or less.

This apple logo thing only happens when starting up from the external SSD, if I boot up from the default HDD it works good (I didnt remove the OS from there cause I knew something like this could happen).

So I would like to know what do you thing could go wrong? Maybe the USB-C cable got damaged in the trip yesterday, or its just that the VANTEC case is not supporting this kind of usage, or even the SSD?

I cant use the iMac with the OS running at the HDD, I've get used to SSD speeds both in my iMac and macbook so I would like to solve this problem fast cause iMac is my principal work station.

The drive enclosure is: VANTEC ENCLOSURE

The SSD is (120GB version): ADATA SSD

If I buy a brand new samsung external SSD, can I expect similar issues?

Thank you so much, I would love to hear what you think about all of this!


texts: Booting iMac from External SSD & UASP support in iMac, Docking station or USB to Sata Adapter?

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I have Late 2013 iMac which has 5400 RPM HDD and I find it really slow. So, I purchased a Crucial MX500 SSD. I have now cloned my HDD to SSD using superduper and then booted from it. It worked. But I have run into the following issues:-

After some time of inactivity when I return to unlock my iMac and use it. It doesn't work. I need to force shutdown and restart again. Why is this happening? Does power supply to external SSD (connected in USB) get cut off? Do I need a docking station that provides power supply as well or USB 3.0 port provides sufficient continued power to External Bootable SSD?
The speeds which I'm getting for both read & write are only about 100MB/s, which is below my expectations. I couldn't find any thunderbolt to SATA III adapter in India. Should I consider using UASP supported SSD enclosure? Does my iMac late 2013 support UASP?

Thanks,


texts: Using AppleScript to sync iPhone in Catalina

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Prior to Catalina I used a script to trigger a sync to my iPhone and iPad - similar to:

tell application "iTunes"
    tell every source whose kind is iPod to update
end tell

Catalina removed iTunes and iOS devices are now synced using Finder.

What do I need to call in order to trigger a sync in Finder?


texts:
Software Update recently updated Java with update 6, for my 10.6.8 installation. My problem is that my bank here in Costa Rica uses a dated version of Java, and now my version of Safari (5.0.5) acts wonky when the Java applet for accessing my bank account online loads, rendering it unusable.

Is there a way to revert back to the previous update of Java on my machine? Thanks for any help!


texts: How to prevent QuickTime from showing cursor when playing subtitles?

texts:
I use QuickTime quite a lot for playing mp4 videos with embeed .str subtitles. The only really annoying issue is that the cursor shows up back randomly when a subtitle appears on screen. Some facts about what I'm experiencing:

It only happens with QuickTime and only when the video has active subtitles. No problems in iTunes, nor in video preview from Finder, neither in VLC or the likes. Videos with no subtitles don't have problems with the cursor.
When placing the cursor in one corner of the screen the cursor appears back in any other random position of the screen.
I've been experiencing that for as long as I remember with yosemite and even after re-installing the OSX from scratch.

Has anyone experienced the same? Why is it happening? Any way to stop it?


texts: What should I do with preferences etc. after deleting an application?

texts: When I delete an application, preference files in ~/Library and other places usually don't deleted as well. How should I handle these files, should/can I delete them without impacting the system?


texts:
The DVD of Snow Leopard was something like 7.09gig in size, and the Mac Store download of the new Lion install is <4gig.

Why the big difference in size?

Since Snow Leopard was a physical disc, did it include extra drivers or such, where the d/l of Lion is 'just' the base OS?


texts: Word 2011 for Mac: keyboard shortcut for turning balloons on/off in review mode

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Does anybody know if I can create a keyboard shortcut to toggle "Use balloons to display changes"?

Also, is there a webpage where one can vote for features for the next Word release? I want to have the option to show only comments in balloons and not deleted text that existed in previous versions back.

Thanks


texts: Can I fit a 39Wh battery in my MacBook Air 2011 which states 35Wh?

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I'm trying to change the battery in a MacBook Air 11″ i7 1.8 GHz (July 2011) MD214LL/A.

I found this Runpower battery, which is 39Wh.

Yet when checking the specs mentioned above, the battery is a 35Wh.

If I change the battery to one with a higher Wh, will it have a negative impact or will it be ok?
Can I safely buy and install the new battery?


texts: What determines whether 'Warranty' appears in About This Mac?

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At the foot of the About This Mac window:

some Macs show License Agreement
some Macs show License and Warranty.

What determines whether the word Warranty appears?

(For someone whose late 2013 Mac Pro 6,1 serial number is listed in their support profile, the word does not appear.)


texts: Unable to export .p12 certificate from Keychain Access

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I'm trying to export a Developer certificate from Keychain Access. I've followed all the instructions and got to the point where I need to enter the "login" keychain password.

However, when I enter this password and press Allow, nothing happens.

I've checked the password multiple times. The Keychain Access is set to Keychains = login and Category = My Certificates. I've tried with other categories too.


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I've got the latest iTunes on my Mac [10.2.1(1)], I've downloaded iOS4.3 to my iPad, so I've got all the software that should be necessary, right?

My Apple I.D. and password have both been correctly entered on the Mac and the iPad. Home Sharing has been activated on the Mac, but the iPad can't see it.

Last night I was actually able to get it to function for a couple of hours, but this morning it was gone again. And even when it was working last night I could go to the "sharing" preferences pane in iTunes on my Mac and the status would read: Status: On, no users connected.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Can anyone help me out?


texts: Switching between proxy and no-proxy config in .bash_profile

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I have configured proxy settings (on mavericks) within $HOME/.bash_profile (purpose: to make npm, rvm, git use the corporate proxy) and the configs are as follows:

git config --global http.proxy http://proxy_usr:proxy_pwd@proxy_ipaddress:proxy_port
git config --global http.proxy https://proxy_usr:proxy_pwd@proxy_ipaddress:proxy_port
export http_proxy=http://proxy_usr:proxy_pwd@proxy_ipaddress:proxy_port
export ALL_PROXY=$http_proxy
npm config set proxy http://proxy_usr:proxy_pwd@proxy_ipaddress:proxy_port
npm config set https-proxy http://proxy_usr:proxy_pwd@proxy_ipaddress:proxy_port

However, I don't need these configurations at home.

What is the best way to manage the .bash_profile so that my mac should pick the settings based on the proxy? Can we write a shell script to set my .bash_profile based on network I use (home/ work - no-proxy/proxy)?


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I just purchased some software that requires Adobe Air to run it's (NOT EVEN REMOTELY) "native" Mac app.

Alternatively it is supposed to run from the web with Flash.  Right after finding out that was when I found out I don't have Flash installed.  I consider that a really good thing -- I know how bad flash is!

I can actually just call it off and get a refund.  But they also have an iOS version that is probably all I'd really use anyway.  So plan A right now is to install the iOS and not have it on my MacBook.

I'd like opinions on exactly how virulent this particular Adobe virus is and if it is something I'll be happier if I never install.

Are there documented security reviews or some guidelines I can take in evaluating the security of an Air app in general?


texts:
In the Terminal Shell menu, there are two options for reset: Hard Reset and Reset. The former clears your screen; the latter just fixes it after nasty escape sequences.

It appears that Hard Reset is equivalent to the bash builtin reset. What is Reset (the softer version) equivalent to? stty sane?

(I would like to reset my terminal after an SSH connection disconnects without clearing the screen; the menu option is working for me but I would like it to be automatic.)


texts: Does Spotlight index SSDs faster than HDDs?

texts: Ive been thinking about swapping my MacBook Pro's (late 2012) hard drive for an SSD for a while now, as there becoming more affordable at decent sizes. Apart from the read / write and startup time improvements, do they improve the Spotlight index time of your machine as the image below or is this a process that is carried out by the CPU so a new hard drive wouldn't improve it?


texts: Connect to Screen Sharing (VNC) using Debian/Ubuntu?

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I'm trying to connect to a Screen Sharing service using Remmina in Debian, but it doesn't seem to connect.

But now I'm not sure now if this is possible? @DavidAnderson says:

  "What make you think Screen Sharing is compatible with VNC?"

The firewall is currently disabled. The port is definitely open. And Screen Sharing was enabled remotely using this command.

sudo  /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -clientopts -setvncpw -vncpw mypasswd -restart -agent -privs -all

Is it possible to connect to an Apple Screen Sharing service using Debian or Ubuntu? If yes, how?

sh-3.2# system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:

    System Software Overview:

      System Version: macOS 10.13.4 (17E199)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 17.5.0
      Boot Volume: lily
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: lily’s MacBook Air
      User Name: System Administrator (root)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      System Integrity Protection: Enabled


texts: Which Mac models are afflicted with the "repeating keypress" issue?

texts:
My Mac is starting to exhibit unwanted key repeats, where tapping a key once will show two keypresses on screen.

This problem is documented at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8536157

Which models are and are not affected by this issue?

Is there any indication of relative occurrence rate across different models?


texts: How to remove the ‘VPN is not configured’ icon from the menu bar on macOS?

texts:
I don’t know when it appears.

Could you tell me how to remove or add the icon?


texts: An automator service that opens a file with the same name but different extension of the selected item

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My movie collection has this setup:

a folder "Movies/Covers" with the images of the covers (jpg files)
a folder "Movies/Videos" with the corresponding video files (mostly mp4 files)

The files in both folders have the same base name.

I would like to be able to right click an image in the covers folder, select the service "open video" and open the corresponding video file in the videos folder with the VLC player.

I'm very new to Automator and initially I tried to do this for files in the same folder with this workflow:

But it doesn't work because the file renamed from xxx.jpg to xxx.mp4 opened by VLC is still an image.

Anyone could help me?

PS: In the past I used to add the cover to the video files as icons and choose the movie in the finder grid view, but this has led to problems after updating the operating system on several occasions.


texts: Where does Mac OS X save the list of items/icons it shows in the Finder sidebar?

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Because a problem of compatibility between Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 (the problem was that the computer with Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 were both synchronized with the same Mobile Me account), I see an icon the desktop in the sidebar of Finder, even if the icon is not selected to appear.

I even tried to remove it dragging it off the sidebar, or clicking it with the right button and selecting "Remove from Sidebar," but the icon is still there.

The problem is that the dialog box to open files shows two icons for the Desktop, in some applications.

I think that the only solution is to manually edit the preference file containing the information about the icons that appear in the sidebar. Which file is it?
Is there any alternative for to removing that icon, or a tool that helps with these problems?


texts: MBA doesn't see SSD. How do I recover my files?

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I have a 1.5 y.o. Macbook Air A1466. Today i left it turned on on charger and went to work. Got home and found it hung. Reboot with powerbutton resulted in a question mark of death.

I tried disconnecting all cables, did PRAM reset and tried internet recovery.
There's simply no SSD in the disk utility, only a recovery partition.
Hardware test showed no errors, but had no single mention of hard drive either.
I had no backup (I know).

Is there any way to recover my data? Is this something apple geniuses will be able to help with?

Laptop still under warranty, but Im worried about files on the HD. Are they gone forever?

EDIT:
Visited genius bar today - they ran a couple of tests and said that SSD is dead. All other components passed the tests. They recommend I contact a 3rd party data recovery company and agreed to replace the disk under warranty after recovery is done.
They won't give me back the faulty disk, but would sell it to me for $545+GST - price of a new working SSD if bought from them.
(This is the hard way to learn importance of periodic backups. Easy way - learn from my mistakes).


texts: Why does the spell check screen in Mail pop up everytime I write an email and does not underline misspelled words? I cannot turn it off.


texts: Batch compress contents within a folder using Mac Automator

texts:
I've seen an automator service that can zip multiple folders into separate zip files: Batch compress multiple folders into individual zip files

Can this be modified to enter the folder, compress the files within it, not the folder itself and move on to the next?

E.g Enter folder > Compress X items > Exit folder (repeat for next folder)

It would be even better if it used the folder name for the zip file and moved it outside the folder.


texts: How to stop iPhone from automatically dimming the brightness?

texts:
I have unchecked Auto-Brightness under Settings app → General → Accessibility → Display Accommodations.
I have also disabled Night Shift under Settings app → Display & Brightness.
I have Low Power Mode turned off under Settings app → Battery.

However, every time I use the iPhone for either more than 5 minutes or use any apps, the brightness automatically dims down. It’s frustrating since I play games and use apps all the time. The brightness keeps fluctuating.

As I understand, there are no hardware faults. I believe this is purely a software bug. I would really like some help.

I am using an iPhone 7 running iOS 12.3.1.


texts: Remove all files in folder apart from one using OS X Terminal

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I would like to remove the whole content of a folder, apart from one file. The problem is can't copy the file to another folder and then back to the first folder, because then the application doesn't accepts the file, so the one file must stay in the folder.

Exists there a command like I described?


texts: Incredibly slow user interface and incredibly high disk writes

texts:
My late-2013 Macbook Pro 13" has been increasingly laggy and slow for the last several months. Replacing the SSD helped a little, but now it is beach-balling even opening a single new tab. Overall CPU usage is low (mostly WindowServer) but I was alarmed to see the amount of disk writes that kernel_task is doing (about 20GB per day).

Checking with smartctl then showed that over the 4 months since I replaced the SSD, it has done over 70TB of writes! I have no idea what it could be writing. My usual apps are Google Chrome, Terminal, Preview (for pdfs) and TeXshop and background apps (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc). How can I figure out what is lagging everything/causing kernel_task to do so many writes?


texts: File save dialog is empty if selecting mounted SDCard

texts:
I'm trying to save a file download on my Macbook Pro. When i select a mounted SDCard a target, the file save dialog displays no file structure at all, although i can see it in finder. I currently updated to macOS Sierra.
I can not remember having had this problem before.


texts: Yosemite on SSD boots from USB but not when the SSD is installed internally

texts:
In another thread I have explained the issues I have with a clean install of OS X on a SSD.

Now the situation is:

Yosemite installed on SSD.
Boots from SSD attached via USB .
Does not boot from SSD when installed internally.
I get a beachball and the Mac will not start.

What might the problem be?


texts:
A friend of mine gave me his old MacBook6,1. While I was trying to format it and run some diagnostics, I noticed a few weird problems, which I think are due to a corrupted EFI firmware. Here's what I noticed:

Some keyboard keys don't work under certain conditions (but a USB keyboard works fine);
I cannot hear any startup sound, but the audio volume is up and it works fine when using OS X;
The power button doesn't behave correctly: if I press it when the system is running, it shuts down immediately. This should only happen if I hold it for a few seconds;
Some startup key combinations don't work (either on the internal or on a USB keyboard), therefore I cannot reset the PRAM/NVRAM and the SMC, I cannot access the recovery partition and I cannot boot from an external drive. However I can boot verbose and single user mode;
The LED on the MagSafe connector stays green when the computer is powered off, and sometimes it turns orange when it is powered on. The battery is 100% charged;
Sometimes the fans suddenly start to spin at their maximum speed.

Of course I thought I had to reset the firmware, however I did not found a compatible firmware for this computer anywhere (including Apple Downloads).

I tried reinstalling OS X; the installation succeeded, but all these problems were not resolved. What do you suggest? Is there something else I could try? If not, since I'm not willing to spend money to fix it, I think I'll tear it down for parts. Thanks.


texts: Show function keys on control strip when using app is not working

texts:
Adding the app in the systems preferences as followed:

Go to Apple > System Preferences
Select the Keyboard preference pane
Click on the Shortcuts tab In the left sidebar,
select the Function
Keys option On the right-hand side
click on the plus + button Search
for the app you want to use
Add the app

After opening the app RStudio Version 1.1.383 the touch bar is not switching to the Fn keys.

Of note, it has been worked for a while until I updated the app. I already removed the app, clean installed it, restarted the Mac,... with no success at all.


texts:
In the course of installing some app, I came across the following.

Put a link to it in your Login items to have it start up automatically when you login.

How can I do that? How to make a link to login items with Mac OS X?


texts: See definition of a word inside a hyperlink in Safari?

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For normal text, three-finger tap on a word is Safari works as "Look Up". From a recent version of Safari, the same three-finger tap on a hyperlink works as "Quick Look".

Then, is there any way to view definition of a word that happened to be inside a hyperlink? I have tried tapping with modifiers such as Shift, Control,or Option, but they did not have any special effect.

Personally, I think "Look Up" is more useful than "Quick Look", so I would not mind disabling Quick Look entirely, if I have to.


texts: Is there a Mac app that will open all images within a folder, regardless of the folder depth?

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I have a folder full of additional folders, each of which then contains images. The directory looks something like this:

folder0
    folder1
        image1.jpg
        image2.jpg
        image3.jpg
    folder2
        image4.png
        image5.png
        image6.png
        image7.png

...and so on. There are about 430 folders within the root one, and I'd estimate ≈20 images (with varying file types) within each subdirectory. Ideally I'd like to be able to browse through all the photos in order, but there doesn't seem to be a high-capacity image browser that can handle that.

The first solution that comes to mind would be to just merge all the folders into one, but the images have to remain in their respective folders.

Is there any app that can do this, or am I just grasping at thin air here?


texts: Does SIP remain disabled upon a fresh restart?

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System Integrity Protection re-enables itself upon a new restart of the machine.
So whenever you want it to be disabled for whatever reason you have to go back to recovery-mode and disable it manually.
I don't know why it does this but it does, even though it shouldn't.
It should in any case, even after an extended period of time stay disabled, since that was that command i gave the machine.

Is there any way to override this matter?


texts: Making 2013 Pro SSD work on another Mac - Computer closes after entering the password

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My 2013 Pro Mac is broken and I extracted its SSD and mount on an another Mac. The opening screen opens and I see the background image that I have used before and correct username on the screen. However, when i try to enter by supplying the password the computer closes down. What might be the problem?

Note : The computer used for recovering SSD is 2013 model mac pro, the same with the one the ssd belongs to.

UPDATE :

I can't reach the details here as I am not trying directly but contacting the dealer. What I can say is that

(1) I don't remember having filevault enabled,

(2) the opening screen where you choose between different users or 'guest' user opens without a problem,

(3) the computer directly powers off without prompting any errors when tried to enter through main user (my user),

(4) guest user opens and run without a problem.

(5) When tried to reach the same SSD through windows using disk recovery programs, they recognize the SSD as passive state and no further process can be performed,

(6) it is not recognizable by prograrms such as TransMac.


texts: How do I change the bitrate field of an mp3 file?

texts: I have some music files which have somehow the wrong bitrate settings (32 instead of 320). Yes they are really 320bps, the file size and show exactly that. So this means no Apple Music availability. I tried changing the values in the iTunes XML file, but that did nothing, as kind-of expected. Other programs also show the wrong bitrate or none at all. Searching for 32 in a Hex-Editor of that file was useless as well.


texts: What are the advantages of Time Capsule over Airport Extreme with an external hard drive?

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I would like for someone to outline the differences between buying a time capsule vs. just getting an airport extreme and attaching an external harddrive. The latter seems more flexible (easy to change external harddrive) and even cheaper, yet people are getting time capsules.

What are the pros and cons.

Thanks.

UPDATE

Could you please elaborate on:

How easy is it to setup with an airport extreme. (Apple explicitly mentions you can add a harddrive to airport extreme, but doesn't say anything about time machine. Is there anything more to it?)
What are my options if the Time Capsule harddrive fails and/or I need more storage later.
What are the differences in the router capabilities, e.g. - number of ports, number of supported users, usb jacks, etc.