texts: Is there a way to make Lion's scrollbars visible on mouseover them?

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I have started trying the "Jump to the spot that's clicked" option under General System Preferences because I'm pleased by Lion's vanishing scrollbars but they complicate finding the current location before scrolling.

There is however one serious problem with the "Jump to the spot that's clicked" option : You'll never even see your current location in the document, because scrollbars only become visible when selected, which makes returning challenging.

Is there an option or tool to either (a) show the scrollbars on mouseover, or else (b) always show transparent scrollbars.

If not, can anyone point me towards the most relevant Cocoa documentation? I should be able to implement this myself but any tips might save considerable time.


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How can I permanently disable the startup sound (or chime) in Yosemite?

(I am using a late-2014 13" macbook pro)

I already tried several options found here and there :

installed StartNinja.app => did not work
installed Auto-Mute.app  => did not work
tried to install the old StartupSound prefPane => did not work
tried the command "sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%80" => volume does not change (I also tried other values than 80, such as 00, 01, or nothing)

NOTE: I know that it is possible to mute the next startup sound by turning the volume down, but this is not a permanent solution.


texts: How can I change the font used in Preview PDF notes?

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As of Mountain Lion, Preview has been "upgraded" with a ridiculous font choice for its Notes (Control-Command-N). I use them all the time in PDF files and suffer from the Comic Sans feeling of Marker Felt.

Is it possible to change the font used by Preview to show notes?

It does not seem that the question has already been asked.


texts: HOw to fix sleep / hibernate issue on MacBook Pro early 2011?

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I have a rather old early 2011 MacBook pro that I keep due to ports galore on it. The computer runs generally fine, but I am having issues with wake from sleep/hibernate. I have FileVault turned on.

Normal sleep is fine, computer is on in an instance, but after a while when hibernate kicks in, the computer doesn't seem able to wake from it.

The screen is just black in those occasions, and I need to press and hold power button to force shutdown and then press it again to boot. The computer then boots normally.

It often seems like computer tries to boot, doesn't succeed and then boots again. (I hear two chimes). -  When it works I see no issues from the machine it is fast and reliable. I get 4-5h on battery.

Any help appreciated.


texts: How can I re-map Mail's "Sent Messages" folder to an IMAP server's "Sent Mail" folder?

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I use Mail to connect to a traditional IMAP server (non-Gmail). I've noticed that all the messages I send are placed in Mail's "Sent" folder and that Mail is translating this folder to a server folder called "Sent Messages". The problem is that on the IMAP server, the real folder meant to store sent messages is called "Sent Mail".

I occasionally send messages using the server's web interface. Because of this, over time I will have my sent messages spread out over "Sent Messages" and "Sent Mail" in the server. If I want to find a sent message, and because these messages are not consolidated, I now have two places I need to search thru.

My iPhone does map its "Sent" folder to the real "Sent Items" folder, so both the messages I send on the web interface and on my iPhone are stored in the right place. How can I get Lion's Mail app to play along? I am not entirely sure if this same problem was already present in Snow Leopard.

I cannot seem to find the setting that will allow me to re-map IMAP folder in Mail. I think I recall previous versions of Mail having such an option, although I am not 100% sure that the option even existed. I don't think it matters, but I am using the Lion GM--which should be basically the same as the release version.

Update

I've been suggested to use the "Use This Mailbox For" option. That feature will take a local folder and re-purpose it. So, I could take my LOCAL COPY of Sent Items found in the local IMAP mailbox and say "Use this mailbox for... Sent". I did just that, but what happened is that the local copy of Sent Items disappeared (bug?) and when I send a message on Mail, that message still goes to Mail's default Sent folder--which in turn re-creates the Sent Messages folder in the server containing the message I just sent.

It seems that whatever goes into the local "Sent", gets mapped to a server folder called "Sent Messages" (and the IMAP server's web interface confirms a new "Sent Messages" gets created every time, even if I delete it). That is why I still need to re-map the local "Sent" and NOT the local "Sent Items".

Update #2

After I restarted Mail (which I had not done) I found out that Sent is now mapped to the server's Sent Items folder and that was the reason Sent Items disappeared locally. The IMAP server's web interface does no longer show the Sent Messages and all messages sent by Mail are now stored in Sent Items, just like the iPhone does. I have marked the answer by @mwidmann as the correct one. Thanks!


texts: How can I merge iTunes libraries while keeping metadata?

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A tale of my iTunes libraries:

Getting songs on the iTunes store on my mid-2002 eMac (Mac OS X 10.1 Cheetah installed, 10.2 Jaguar updater thrown in the box)
Updated to 10.3 Panther, then 10.4 Tiger onto a new boot disk. Meant to transfer old songs over, but forgot and now have two iTunes libraries.
Mac got too old & slow to use, switched to my sister's old Vista-era laptop. Upgraded it to Windows 8(.1) first. Now have a third iTunes library.
Got a mid-2013 MacBook Air on Black Friday.  Gave in and downloaded 4 songs on it so far.  (Four iTunes libraries total to merge.)

I finally want to put all the old songs onto my iTunes library on the Air.  But unlike the various official iTunes backup routines, I want to preserve the play counts & last played (& other metadata) of the old songs.  In previous searches, I've found various shareware that may do the job, but I'm wondering if any script-kiddie or such has ever come up for a free solution?  If not, then what are the best pay-ware options?


texts: Application created with Script Editor ignores the selected item on the 'tell current application' popup menu

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Consider the following AppleScript program:

tell the application "TextEdit" to make new document

I saved this script as an Application, and ran it successfully by double-clicking the application icon.

I then simplified the script by setting the 'tell current application' popup menu to 'TextEdit' and replacing the program with the following line:

make new document

I saved the script and ran it from within Script Editor. Everything worked OK. I then ran the application by double-clicking the application icon, but now the following error message appeared:

  Can't make class document
  Can't make class document. (-2710)

What is the reason for this behavior?


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I am using Zoom on my iPad and sharing my screen.
Anytime the iPad screen blanks zoom stops sharing.  Then when I wake up the screen again I have to tell zoom to share.  Zoom does not stop, just the screensharing.
How can I keep my iPad screen shared even when the screen blanks?
How can I keep my iPad screen on so it does need to wake up?


texts: Would it be more beneficial to run apps on a separate User Account or create profiles within an app?

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I am somewhat turning my MacBook Pro into an Apple TV alternate. Considering macOS's Fast User Switching, I was wondering if it might be more beneficial, in terms of CPU/RAM, to dedicate certain apps and extensions to separate User Account(s) and creating a shortcut within an app (BetterTouchTools) that allows you to completely customize inputs from various peripheries on a per-app basis OR creating separate Presets within the app on my main User Account and assigning a shortcut to switch between the various Preset (read: scenarios).
PS BTT allows for some deeps customization of the Siri Remote on macOS.


texts: Could not execute the java executable while running Play 1.2.1

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I am facing this issue whenever I am trying to run Play 1.2.1 in my system. Previously, I had Play 2.0 in my system. I exported the $PATH variable so that $PATH contains the path to Play 2.0 directory.

Now, I am trying to run Play 1.2.1 in Mac OS X 10.7.4.

My PATH variable looks like:

-bash: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/Users/sabya/Documents/Play_Framework/play-2.0: No such file or directory

After exporting the $PATH for play 1.2.1 my $PATH looks like:

-bash: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/Users/sabya/Documents/Play_Framework/play-2.0:/Users/sabya/Downloads/Work/play-1.2.1: No such file or directory

I created a new project through play new test_app. But whenever I am trying to do play run, it shows:

Could not execute the java executable, please make sure the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set properly (the java executable should reside at JAVA_HOME/bin/java).

Calling javac or java in the same directory gives me proper output.

Echoing $JAVA_HOME returns -bash: /Library/Java/Home: No such file or directory

Everything works fine in Ubuntu.

What is the workaround for this situation? I have Googled extensively, but I did not get anything suitable.

Is the trailing ":" in $JAVA_HOME a problem?


texts: What is it that prevents using a 3rd party SSD in a 2015 rMBP?

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I bought an Early 2015 MacBook Pro Retina model with the 128GB SSD and have been wondering what to do if I need more disk space.. then I found out that it's currently not quite possible to just stick any connector-wise compatible drive in place of current drive as an means of upgrading the storage.

OWC, Transcend etc sell nothing, Apple does not sell anything (at least not without installation at an ASP), however it seems eBay has some Far-East sellers that have some kind of adapters which allow for 3rd party SSDs to be attached, but they seem to have various limitations as some will not make the new drive bootable, some will boot, but do not support passwords etc leading to believe they just emulate some bit of the original drive but not all.

My question is - what is it exactly that causes this incompatibility? Is there some kind of white-list in the EFI firmware that allows only specific SSDs to work? Or is there perhaps some actual additional handshake/encryption/protocol that happens during the EFI boot that helps "to secure" the boot-up process to actually justify this incompatibility?


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I used to be able to hold down CTRL and zoom by scrolling the mousewheel, but that is not longer possible on Mavericks.

I've searched around and found many people saying it's in System Preferences → Accessibility, typically accompanied by an image like this:

Unfortunately, that's not how my Accessibility window looks. All I get is this (and no, it's not under More Options):

Naturally, I tried searching in System Preferences, too:

Excitedly, I click Mouse, just to get disappointed:

There's nothing under Trackpad, either:

So what's wrong? Where did it go? Why does it show up on some Mavericks installations, but not mine? I have the newest version of Maverick (10.9, 13A603) made from a clean installation. Can it be because other people have upgraded from a previous version of OS X that had the feature?


texts: I have a 2008 aluminium unibody Macbook and after being off for about a month won't turn on. It is full charged (it has a battery indicator on the side). I've tried an SMC reset and the like but am really very stumped. Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: Dropbox109 process asking to access firewall on Yosemite

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As the title says, I have a process called Dropbox109 asking to access the internet. I have denied it.
I have Dropbox installed since Mavericks, and its been working fine (uploads/downloads/sync). What's suspicious is I got this Dropbox109 internet access request for the first time in a year of having Dropbox installed, and I couldn't find any information online.

Does anyone have any idea if it is a malicious program/virus or a legit process?


texts: Why have 5 different iMacs developed corrupt OS X partitions when the physical drives are fine?

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I'm a tech for my local school district and we are having some problems with our iMac Multimedia Lab. Over the past nine months, 5 of the 22 iMacs have suffered from filesystem corruption. The only recourse for these machines has been to completely wipe out the OS X partition and start fresh (with appropriate restore from Time Machine.)

Here's the list for why I know it's file system corruption:

The iMac will not boot OS X. I have seen it stop at the "throbber", the progress bar, or just the Apple logo.
Mounting the iMac disk via Target Disk Mode (love that feature) succeeds, but only for the Bootcamp partition. The OS X partition fails to mount.
A verify of the disk reveals the OS X partition needs to be repaired (I've seen invalid sibling entries, orphaned children etc.). Attempting to repair the disk fails. This latest attempt (just yesterday) said that the catalog B trees could not be rebuilt. I should have made more complete notes on what was said each time, but each time until this last one I assumed it was an odd one-in-a-million kind of event. A fluke
Attempting to repair or rebuild the drives with Drive Genius 3 also fails
So far 98% of the user's files have been recoverable via Data Rescue 3
The physical hard drive does not appear to be failing (retrieving files from the drive does not hang or "beachball", the drive does not appear and disappear in Disk Utility, Finder remains responsive, etc.)
Normally I'd chalk it up to a series of bad drives. Just happened to be the unlucky guy who purchased a bad run of iMacs, right? Here's where things start to get interesting. I submit to you, the list of oddities:
The drives verify as good via SMART
The RAM checks out
After deleting and re-creating the partition (and re-installing OS X) all problems disappear.
The corruption has not happened to the same Mac twice
Bootcamp is installed on the same drive and functions before, after, and during the corruption on the Mac side.
The Bootcamp partition has not had this issue on ANY of the iMacs

Also, to rule out the obvious:

There have been no brownouts or surges
We seriously doubt a virus, as the malfunctions appear anywhere from simultaneously (two machines went down at the same time about a month ago) to months apart. Plus, the user's documents are restored after reformat, so one would surmise that if it were a malicious program the Mac would keep failing again and again.
The machines have been in a climate-controlled area
It has not been the same user affected
Sometimes the problem occurs after an unavoidable hard shutdown (which occurs only infrequently. These machines are not being excessively powered down improperly. Only what you would expect with a Mac Lab running multimedia five days a week), other times it is completely out-of-the-blue

Frequently used software includes:

iPhoto
iDVD
iMovie
Safari

The machines are also loaded with Parallels 5, which loads the Bootcamp partition into a VM. Parallels was setup via the standard wizard, no oddball configuration or hacks.

And last but not least, the specs:

iMac 10,1 (21.5 inch)
Stock drives
OS X Snow Leopard (latest updates)
Stock memory
Joined to our Active Directory infrastructure
HFS+ file system (not case sensitive, the default for OS X Snow Leopard)
No out-of-the-ordinary drive maint. programs. Drive Genius was loaded yesterday afternoon (AFTER recovering from the latest failure) to run a verification on all iMacs, but was not installed prior. All Macs, both those that have failed in the past and those that have never failed, passed with flying colors.

TL;DR: The OS X partition has become corrupted on five different iMacs, but the physical drives are fine. WHY!?!?!


texts: How to prevent Script Editor from scrolling (and losing cursor location) on compile?

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I have some lengthy .scpt files. By "lengthy," I'm talking character counts (excluding spaces) of 200,000.

I use Script Editor.app to create and edit AppleScripts (simply because Script Editor was already installed).

If I save a long file in Script Editor (e.g., by pressing ⌘ command + S) the file will almost always scroll much further down in the file. The result is that I am far removed from the location in the script where I was just editing, and my text cursor is lost. If I type some text immediately after saving, the text is placed on the very last line of the document.

So, I have to spend a decent bit of time trying to find the line or area of code that I was just editing. I save often, so this time significantly adds up.

To make matters worse, after saving, the scrollbar in Script Editor is buggy and erratic for around 30 seconds. This makes scrolling manually largely counterproductive. Sometimes this erratic period is up to one minute.

Combined, these two errors result in a frustrating and time-consuming saving experience.

The only scenario where I have seen these two issues completely disappear is when the script is short. As in, short enough to not possess a scroll bar whatsoever.

I generally don't have many programs running on my computer when I am using Script Editor and they are never applications that are demanding. I usually have a couple Chrome windows, a couple TextEdit windows, one Script Editor window, and that's it. My machine is an Early 2013 Retina MacBook Pro with 16 GB of RAM.

Is this Script Editor behavior normal? Is there anything that I can do to mitigate it?


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Does anyone know of a list of iOS serial numbers that marries the respective device types to the last 3 characters of the device serial? I know there are query sites out there where you can pump in the entire serial number but I'm looking for a comprehensive list that accounts for all models and sub-models.

In example:

CP7 --> iPod 4th Gen
FHW --> iPad 2nd Gen
196 --> iPad Mini 1st Gen

I'm trying to avoid compiling this for all devices in my environment but I can't seem to find anything that already exists.


texts: Is there a way to turn off BeamSync of the mouse cursor in Mac OS X?

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The mouse cursor in Mac OS X has a lag to it that drives me crazy. I love everything else about the OS though so I'd like to solve this.

In an earlier attempt to get rid the lag, I used a couple of programs that changed the acceleration curve of the cursor movement. They sort of worked, but were really just masking the problem a bit. I then tried disabling BeamSync using Quartz Debug. It disabled BeamSync on every EXCEPT the mouse cursor. I know this because when I would drag a window around, the window move move ahead of the cursor. The window edges would tear, indicating they were in fact not waiting for the vertical sync. The fact that the mouse cursor lagged behind the dragged window means the cursor is still waiting for the vertical sync.

Does anyone know how to disable BeamSyncing of the mouse cursor?


texts: How can I make my Apple TV 4th generation show up as a device in iTunes on my Mac?

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I have an Apple TV 4th generation.

The iPads and iPods I am connecting show up in iTunes on my Mac. However, the Apple TV will not appear when I try to connect it using a cable.

How can I make the Apple TV show up in iTunes on my Mac, so that it's easier to push apps and media to it?


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Is there any way to customise the charging schedule for my MacBook Pro (2017)? Essentially, I have long periods when my machine is plugged into the mains due to running intensive models, unattended, and I don't want to risk the battery dying mid-simulation.

What I would like to achieve is some app (or otherwise) to tell the machine to stop charging when at 100% (despite still being plugged in) and to resume charging when reaching some other battery percentage (say 25%) - does an app like this exist?

Unfortunately, Googling and searching this site about batteries produces swathes of hardware issues, rather than this question - so sorry if it is a duplicate.


texts: How to enable "Preview" in open/save dialogs (viewed as List)?

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I hate open/save dialogs.  They suck.  Specifically, I want the same functionality as...

here..

I don't want to use "Browser View", I don't want to use Quicklook.  I don't mind a nasty hack.

Any takers?


texts: So where do these come from?  Are they a weakness in the browser, in this case safari or what?  Every now and again I’ll get these on safari then if I go to Firefox to the same site they don’t pop up....  I then will go back to safari, clear cache and all history and can go back to the same site and they will come back.  Is it a weakness in the site I’m going to or what?


texts: Is Mac OS Extended (Journaled) safe to be used as a developer instead of the Case-sensitive type?

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I am coming from Linux world. I just realized that my MacBook is using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition type today and it's case-insensitive. That concerns me a lot as a developer. Because my previous life never use a case-insensitive partition. I will mainly use Terminal.app in MacBook and Homebrew, Xcode, Flutter etc. Will this case-insensitive partition give me any problems in the future? Since I am really new and wondering what other developers use and recommend for the partition type??

I did find a case where Adobe Photoshop can not install on case-sensitive partition. So does it mean case-insensitive is more common than case-sensitive among users of macOS?


texts: Networking Mac OS 9.2.2 with OS X and Windows

texts: I have heard about an abandonware program called Doubletalk by Connectix that is supposed to allow my old G4 running 9.2.2 talk to OSX Macs and Windows PCs by giving it the ability to do so by installing an SMB client.  I downloaded the program, no problem.  I installed the app as well as its update, and I can see some other computers in the Chooser window, but I have been unable to access any of them.  Every time I try, I get some kind of an error, whether it's "No response from the server, Please try again", or "guest access is not allowed" (when it is), or it seems to be accessing, but the shared file doesn't show up on the desktop.  I am stuck using a combination of legacy Macs, iMacs, and PCs on my network.  I don't have a choice.  I would sure appreciate any insight anyone can offer.


texts: Is it possible to hide tracked changes popups in Pages?

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When working in a Pages document that contains change-tracking content, popups like this will appear as you work in the document, whether or not tracking is currently turned on:

I find these very distracting, and I have not found a way to turn them off without accepting or rejecting all changes.


texts: Unable to access xampp files because of user permissions problem

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I've installed xampp on my MacBook with macOS 10.12, Sierra. Everything works fine, but I created php app with slim framework witch creates cache files.

The problem is that I have no permissions to these files, I can not delete them because this files belongs to user daemon.

I've tried to change user in xampp https.conf but when I change user to my username apache will not start:

ERROR: Failed to restart "apache": cannot stop service: AH00543: httpd: bad user name

Anybody know how to deal with this problem?

UPDATE:

folder path is nfs://192.168.64.2/opt/lampp/htdocs/2017/cache

I try this command when I am in 2017 folder:

sudo chmod -R +a "staff allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit" cache

And i get

chmod: Failed to set ACL on file 'cache': Operation not supported

chmod: Failed to set ACL on file '5d': Operation not supported

chmod: Failed to set ACL on file 'dc': Operation not supported

chmod: Failed to set ACL on file '5ddcda0f8a5b896924f37eaa7d4701bffab1d462': Operation not supported

sudo chmod -R 777 cache

chmod: Unable to change file mode on cache/5d: Operation not permitted

chmod: Unable to change file mode on cache/5d/dc: Operation not permitted

chmod: Unable to change file mode on cache/5d/dc/5ddcda0f8a5b896924f37eaa7d4701bffab1d462: Operation not permitted

UPDATE

Problem solved by install older version of xampp witch files are not in network shared folder but in /Applications/Xampp

There is no problem with virtual hosts and folders permissions


texts: Inconsistent app update sizes in App Store and Launchpad

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I saw there was an update for Xcode in the App Store that said the update size was 7.8GB. However, when I was updating the app, Launchpad said the update size was 3.59GB.

What is the actual update size, and why is there a discrepancy?
I'm currently using macOS Catalina, but I think I noticed the issue in Mojave as well.


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Is it possible to prevent myself from using my iPhone (except say for messages or phone calls) between certain hours?

If it is not possible with a existing feature (or app?), is there something in macOS Server (or other "enterprise" tool) that would help?

I would like to get in the habit of not using my iPhone before bed.


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Is it possible to initiate a FaceTime call with "+1 (###) ###-####" when I execute an AppleScript?

Does FaceTime support AppleScript and how can I automate the start of a call?


texts: rm -rf /* recovery - restoring deleted files from unknown folders

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I accidentally typed

$ rm -rf /*

(backslash was NOT intended). Fortunately it was without sudo and I aborted it quickly. Nonetheless, it removed a number of files.

Most of things seems to work (it did uninstall and application or two).

As I don't want to restore all from Time Machine (a week old thing), how to check which system files were removed (and to restore them)?


texts: How can I change from app store Germany to App Store Spain

texts: Trying to download Pokerstars.es, but I always get German App Store and in Spain Pokerstars.eu can not be played.


texts: Where is file metadata stored in Mac OS X?

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It used to be stored in a resource fork, but I've tried listing the resource forks for files on my computer, and they don't seem to have resource forks.

Where is the metadata stored now?  Like where is it in the filesystem?

How can I access it so I can perform a backup and restore of just the metadata or part of the metadata?


texts: Apple remote desktop - Change between red arrow and magnifying glass as "remote cursor" when in observe mode

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I use Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) to provide remote support to various users on our LAN.

Sometimes i use "observe" mode, this has always given me a magnifying glass which i could as a cursor use to magnify things on the users screen.

Recently i was on a remote session in "observe" mode and instead of a magnifying glass i had a red arrow, screen shot below.

When i closed the session and went back, again in "observe" mode the red arrow was gone and magnifying glass was back.

Any idea where / how i can toggle between the two ?

Background im running 10.14 (latest sub version) and was connecting to a computer on 10.15 (latest sub version)


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Using OS X 10.6.8 and Word 2011 for Mac. I have developed a Word document template for a client which is used for surveys.  Each time the document is used, it has a different property address.  Is there a way of linking the address which appears in the main part of the text on the Front Page to the centre section of the header on the following pages so that you only have to type it in once?

Eg:

Front page says:

  20 Feb 2013 Survey for Mr & Mrs Bloggs, 23 Anytown Street, Anytown

  On the following pages it says:

  Briggs & Co                (   )                                 Page
  1

  I want it to say is:

  Briggs & Co       (   )             23 Anytown Street, Anytown      (
  )         Page 1

  Briggs & Co       (   )             23 Anytown Street, Anytown      (
  )         Page 2

etc

At the moment I have to type the address in the header of each new section (there are nine sections!). I need a macro or hyperlink or something which will pick up the address on the front page and automatically insert it in the centre section of the header on the following pages.

Any ideas?


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I planning to upgrade my 2010 MBP's Hadrdrive from 160GB to 500GB, I have alrerady lot of data on the existing disk, including Bootcamp partition.

Could anyone suggest how to do I go ahead with restoring the data? I don't want to recreate/reinstall bootcamp after upgrade.


texts: Login Prompt stays after unlocking Macbook using Touch ID

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My office gave me Macbook Pro 15 inch recently with macOS Mojave version 10.14.5.

I configured my Touch ID, it is working fine.  When I unlock the system after locking it the login prompt does not go away.

If I enter the password it will go away.  If I press Cancel the screen and keyboard will be turned off and it comes back when I touch the trackpad or press any key.


texts: AppleScript: How to get all window names of processes that share the same title?

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The process, RSScriptRunner, represents a currently running script that was triggered by FastScripts.app. (FastScripts does not assign unique process titles to scripts that it triggers.)

If one has multiple processes titled RSScriptRunner running simultaneously, then the following code:

tell application "System Events" to windows of process "RSScriptRunner"

will only return the window name of the process that began the earliest.

However, I would like to get every window name of every RSScriptRunner process.

Does anyone know how to accomplish this in AppleScript?

My ultimate intent here is to implement a check that ensures that only one instance of one script can run simultaneously. Multiple different scripts running is okay, but multiples of a script running at the same time is undesirable.

The code would look something like this:

tell application "System Events"
    set theWindowList to windows of process "RSScriptRunner"
    if theWindowList contains "The title of the initial dialog of this script goes here." then
        error number -128
    end if
end tell

This check would be located at the very top of the script.

Note:

This is very much a situation where minimal latency is crucial.

I had devised a long-winded method that successfully realized my desired outcome. The method entailed getting every current process title into one list, and getting every current process ID into another, corresponding list. I then retrieved the window name of each RSScriptRunner process via its respective process ID (which, unlike the process name, must be unique).

However, this method brought with it a couple seconds of latency. I need a solution that is nearly instant (such as, the line of code above).


texts: Is it possible to apply a zoom-in effect to a clip in iMovie?

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I have a clip that consists of this scene

There is a map like legend on the lower right hand corner.
I want to be able to temporally enlarge this part of the screen and make it occupy most part of a screen (indicated in the orange dotted rectangular area)

I have checked this menu of iMovie and I don't see anything there that may support this operation.

Is it possible at all in iMovie?
If not, is there any alternative (amateurish) tool that can achieve the effect? Both iOS or MacOs solutions are ok.


texts: After installing software, I need to allow it to load in Security & Privacy. How do I do it with a script?

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So I'm working on deploying a piece of software for our organization. I deployed it with JAMF and it seems to work just like expected (exactly like if I installed it manually).

The thing is, that after installation finishes, I have to got to Settings -> Security & Privacy and in General tab I can see the message:

  System software from developer "XXX" was blocked from loading.

If I click the Allow button to the right, it is finished - program runs as expected.

The question is - how do I do it automatically, ex. with a script? Including the pop-up message just after installation that informs user, that it has to be allowed from settings?


texts: Keyboard does not appear when adding a new contact

texts: I cannot get a keyboard when adding a contact on my new iPhone 6.   What to I need to do?


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There have been a number of questions for removing the muted sidebar icons and replacing them with the older coloured versions.  It's well documented that the coloured versions still happily exist and can be seen by simply looking in the Go menu of the finder app.

I want to do it the other way around.  I want to find instances of the coloured icons, and replace those with the muted versions instead.  The most obvious place for them to appear is in the header bar of finder windows, but there is the aforementioned go menu too.

How can I make all instance of a coloured finder icons for default home folder locations use the muted monochrome versions as seen in the sidebar by default?


texts: Quick way to enable only the web searches I want in Quicksilver

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Quicksilver has hundreds of different web searches available, but I only want to use a few of them.

I can manually deselect the ones I don't want by navigating to

Modules -> Web Searches -> Contents

and unchecking the boxes one at a time, but this is extremely tedious. I don't seem to be able to select multiple entries.

Is there a faster way to choose just the web searches I want?


texts: How to force Mac OS to open links in incognito?

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How do I modify the applescript created by user23127 in this link to force hyperlinks to open in incognito? For instance, clicking links in Mail or other apps to open in incognito.

For reference, the apple script (saved as an app in automator) is:

on is_running(appName)
    tell application "System Events" to (name of processes) contains appName
end is_running

set chrome_running to is_running("Google Chrome")
if chrome_running then
    tell application "Google Chrome"
        repeat with w in (windows)
            if mode of w is "incognito" then
                set index of w to 1
                tell application "System Events" to tell process "Google Chrome"
                    perform action "AXRaise" of window 1
                end tell
                activate
                return
            end if
        end repeat
    end tell
    tell application "Google Chrome"
        make new window with properties {mode:"incognito"}
        activate
    end tell
else
    do shell script "open -a /Applications/Google\\ Chrome.app --args --incognito"
end if


texts: Recreate iPhoto library package from contents

texts:
Yesterday I needed to copy an iPhoto library through the CLI. I forgot a slash and accidentally copied the contents of the library package instead of the whole package.

Is there anyway to recreate the library package from the contents? The copy operation took 22 hours, so would be really great if I didn't have to start  the file copy all over again.


texts: I can't download El Capitan from App Store

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I think the title is pretty selfdescribing, but ok :)

I go to App Store, I click on download button on OS X El Capitan (it is listed under Utilities), and nothing happens and the El Capitan is not downloaded, nor does it change the status to "Downloading". I don't think it is downloading. I also tried to log in as root to the mac and now the App Store won't work - it keeps spinning the spinner sign and nothing happens, I can't even type the letters "El Capitan" in the search box. Anyone has any other link, URL for downloading of El Capitan, other than the one on App Store? Losing my faith in Apple slowly......
I am on Macbook 7.1 (Mid-2010).


texts: Macbook Pro asks for old iCloud password for Find My Mac

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro which I have just wiped the disk and reinstalled Catalina on.
I'm trying to enable Find my Mac, but in system preferences, under iCloud, the 'Find my Mac' checkbox is disabled with the message 'Find my mac is already in use'. Clicking on it asks for the login details for an old employee who left about a year ago ('Enter the password for example@example.com to disable find my mac'). We do not have access to his credentials.
I've tried resetting the NVRAM which has not worked (NVRAM is reset successfully but the issue persists).
It is odd to me that it is asking for these credentials after completely wiping the disk and reinstalling the system, especially a year after the employee left and his machine was handed over to someone else. Is there any way that we can resolve this without access to the account's credentials? We usually require devices to have some sort of 'find my...' enabled as part of our security policy, but we can't enable it without disabling the old one first.


texts: Can’t login to iMac, because wireless keyboard not found thus I can’t enter password. Is there any way to turn on onscreen keyboard at startup...so I can at least get logged in?


texts: How to use HFS+ encrypted partition as Time Machine backup drive

texts:
I formatted one partition on my external drive as MacOS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted).

Now when I open Time Machine and want to use that partition I see a checkbox Encrypt backups.

Because I don't want to encrypt my backups twice I unticked this checkbox. But when I continue Time Machine asks me for the password of this partition to be able to turn off the encryption.

I do not want to turn it off.

How can I use already encrypted disk?


texts: I have a MacBook Pro mid 12 with a 500 GB HDD. For performance purposes I want to upgrade to a SSD. My HDD is nearly full I have used 440 GB with a lot of important business files that I cannot afford to loose. How can I migrate so that I keep everything from my old hard drive to my new SSD. I cannot loose software or files.


texts: I see a file of a particular type and it defaults to opening in the wrong program. I right-clicked the file, held down Option, and selected Always open with and then the correct application. The file opened in the right app, but it did not change the default. How can I set the default for a file's type?


texts: OS X El Capitan keychain login cannot be found to store

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Upgraded to El Capital 10.11.3 yesterday, at the last prompt where it asks to login using iCloud I supplied my user/pass and then it sent code to my iPhone which I typed correctly but after that it just froze there and continue button never enabled

So at this point I had to do hard reset to get access back

after that since my first login

Issue
a. When trying to use System Preferences > iCloud > login with my id
I get an error saying "keychain login cannot be found to store "
b. Just tried to add a Wi-Fi password and got error saying "Keychain System cannot be found to store"--- so it seems keychain in general is broken or impacted
c. I use Internet Accounts > Google Accounts for Contacts > every now and then i get notification on top right saying Google Password Required, no matter how many time I enter it keeps saying that message

What i have tried so far
1. went to ~/Library/ and then moved Keychains folder to my desktop, Rebooted so it would recreate the keychain again but this didn't
2. earlier I had Two Step authentication enabled on my iCloud id so i disabled it

The very same iCloud account works fine on other OS X and iOS so I am sure my account is okay


texts: Does .metadata_never_index work for keeping folders out of Spotlight in Catalina?

texts:
In older releases of macOS one could create .metadata_never_index in any folder to prevent it and its children from being indexed. This seems to have stopped working at some point. Does this or another similar method work in Catalina and Mojave?

Note: I am not interested in adding .noindex to file/folder names.


texts: iOS Mail automatically switching account, depending on recipient

texts: My Mail app switches from my iCloud account to Gmail when sending an Email to a Gmail contact. How can I disable this?


texts: Export original HEIC/HEVC files to iOS app

texts:
I am trying to transfer the original HEIC/HEVC encoded media files from the iOS app to another app (namely, Readdle's Documents app). I would like to do this without converting the files.

Transferring the original files is possible using AirDrop if you enable an iOS setting. However, I am trying to find a way to get the original file on-device without using a Mac or a PC.


texts: Safari displays blank pages for some sites

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Some pages, sometimes on Apple's on support site simply display as blank pages. The same page displays perfectly on Firefox or Chrome. What is this strange behaviour? For example, this link: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH15327 shows a completely blank page.

The same site displays without problem in Firefox. (Can't post image due to low reputation.)

I have no extensions installed in Safari. JS is enabled, all settings are default. This is a fresh and clean install of Yosemite.

What's going on. Any pointers will be appreciated. Thanks.

Edit 1: As an aside, and I don't have specific data for this, but Safari does seem to load some other pages so slowly, it's annoying to the extreme.


texts: Formatting 'defaults domains' output on multiple lines

texts:
Just a quick question here. I'm trying to format the output of the command:

defaults domains

so that it puts each domain on a new line, so I can use that parsed output in a different command.

I've tried:

defaults domains | sed 's/,/\n/g'

Which should take the output of default, find each comma, and replace with a new line correct? Instead it just removes the comma and keeps each item on the same line.

I thought, maybe it's something with the encoding of the dafaults command output, so I dumped to a file and tried parsing that, but no dice.

Anyone have any idea how I can achieve this?


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Ever since I update to iOS 9.3, text to speech has been super-slow in Instapaper and Pocket.

I tried going to settings -> general -> accessibility -> speech and changing the speed, but it's not helping.

Got any advice for how to fix this? (Or is this a bug in this version of iOS?)


texts: How to create bootable ISO from segmented Windows 7 image on El Capitan

texts:
I have a canned Windows 7 Enterprise image that is spread across 7 discs. However my Dell M90 has a bad optical drive and scratches discs. So I used my MBP and Toast Titanium 11.0.2 to create ISOs of all the DVDs.

I tried to boot from USB on the Dell M90, but I cannot get it to "see" the first ISO (plus I have many other ISOs on that external drive). I have a 8GB PNY thumb drive but cannot get the first ISO onto the drive so I can boot from it - that option is no longer in Disk Utility (grrr) and Toast doesn't seem to offer that ability (it only offers optical discs as a destination).

Does anyone know of a way to get an ISO onto a bootable USB flash drive? I also cannot connect to a network until the image (all 7 discs) are installed and the image boots up.


texts: How can I delete the Time Machine backup files on a Netgear ReadyNAS?

texts: I use a Netgear ReadyNAS as a Time Machine server. I recently bought a new Mac, and I want to delete the old backups. How do I delete them? It's not possible from the Time Machine interface.


texts: App for macOS to add words to personal vocabulary list?

texts: I search for a way to add unknown words in a personal dictionary or vocabulary list only by right-clicking the word and choosing the add option (in macOS). It would be very helpful for me to add the words directly to a vocabulary list, without breaking my workflow. I already found an addon for chrome which resolves my problem (you can see it on the attached screenshot). But I need a similar (overarching) solution that works with various apps (like PDF reader (Preview in macOS), other web browsers (safari)..). If there isn't any app for this "issue", would it be difficult for somebody without specific Swift (or macOS development) knowledge but expertise in other languages to write a small (background) APP in swift for helping me out?


texts: Bottom row of system preferences (third party apps) not showing

texts:
In OSX Yosemite I used to have a bottom row of third party preference applets that contained Java, Flash, Air Display etc in System Preferences. This is no longer showing. How do I turn it back on? (I've spent ages googling but not found an answer).

thanks!


texts: Get Instapaper to save blog comments with article

texts:
I recently bought the highly respected Instapaper app for my iPhone.

One thing I have noticed is that if I save an article from (most) blogs such as Coding Horror, the comments to the article are not saved in the Instapaper version.

While in many cases the comments are mindless noise, and I can understand why Instapaper would strip them, there are some blogs where the comments are very much part of the conversation and I'd love to see them, formatted nicely, in the Instapaper output.

Does anyone know an easy way to achieve this?


texts: Apple Watch Activities: Outdoor Cycle shows no speed or distance

texts:
When I use my Apple Watch Workout for running (Outdoor Run activity), the distance and speed shows while running.  However when I use the same for riding my bicycle (Outdoor Cycle activity) neither distance or speed are showing.  When the bike ride has ended, the activity is able to show the GPS map.

Why does the Outdoor Cycle Activity not show speed or distance?


texts: iPad Safari link: How to share it to Google Voice SMS Message

texts:
An iPad is outfitted with GV (Google Voice) to send receive / text messages: the goal is to share a Safari link through Google voice: an options to share the link through Message and Mail exists.

Can an option to share the Safari link through GV be added to the 'Activities' menu?


texts: How does the Boot Camp Assistant force the Windows installer to prompt the user to choose an edition of Windows to install?

texts: When choosing to install Windows 7 using the Boot Camp Assistant, after files have been copied from the Windows ISO to a USB Flash drive, upon rebooting I've noticed that the Windows installer prompts the user to choose an edition that they would like to be installed - even if the source Windows ISO is of a specific edition (Home Premium, Ultimate, etc). How is this possible - does Boot Camp Assistant simply remove the "ei.cfg" file from the USB drive or similar?


texts: I cannot seem to find out how to hit the ctrl key on a Mac. When I open a terminal and I want to exit an editor such as nano as I cannot since I don't know how to exit and save. How would I do this? I am using OS X 10.5.


texts:
Does anyone have the default SArtFile.bin (path: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SArtFile.bin) for Mavericks 10.9.5?

I was tinkering around with the file listed above but forgot to  back it up.
Does anyone know how I can restore the file to its original form so I can undo my changes, or how to restore default system files?


texts: Is it possible to sync a Photos library hosted on external HD with iCloud?

texts:
I have a ~90 GB Photos library on an external hard drive. Every time I want to access those photos, I need to have access to and to connect this hard drive. I was thinking about syncing with iCloud so:

I can access a copy of the photos wherever I have an Internet connection.
I would also have an offsite backup.

My question: Is it merely a matter of going into System Preferences → iCloud → and ticking the Photos box? If it is, I’m guessing I must have the external hard drive (where the Photos library it) connected when I do it, and must be ready to leave it connected for a while (maybe overnight) while it syncs with iCloud?


texts: Can I install OSX 10.11 El Capitan on a 2016 MacBook Pro touch?

texts: I can't imagine this would be an issue, but is there any reason why I can't/shoudln't install OSX 10.11 Yosemite on my MacBook Pro 2016? Sierra has always felt very sluggish to me, and it is the first OSX release where apps consistently crash. El Capitan was much more solid in my opinion and I would like to downgrade. Is there any reason why I shouldn't?


texts:
The instructions on Internet Safety Project seem simple enough, but, according to all the OpenDNS tests, websites are not working.

I am using a Wi-Fi iPad2 with iOS 7.


texts: How to make facetime volume off and normally watch video in Macbook?

texts:
I have a question about using my Mac.
When I'm connected with others in FaceTime and I turn the FaceTime volume off, then I play a video, the volume is also off.

I want the FaceTime volume off but video volume on.
Have any idea how to separate them with the volume control?


texts: Looking for app to fill credit card info on form after swipe from a card reader

texts: I'd like to swipe a credit card on my iPad and have it autopopulate form fields on a web page. Does anyone know of an an app and card reader that do this? I found a few for desktops like SmartSwipe, but I'm having trouble finding something similar for iPad.


texts: Using iMac late 2013 as external monitor to HP EliteBook 820 G3 on Windows 10

texts:
Is it at all possible to use my 21.5 inch late 2013 iMac as an external monitor on which I can extend the display of my HP EliteBook 820 G3?

These are the ports that I'm working with on both devices:


texts:
I run a Mac mini as a server in a small company. With macOS Server. Also a print server with a few shared printers.

This is the error message in the CUPS log:

Unable to encrypt connection, internal error

Yesterday the macserver.local self signed certificate expired. So I renewed it. Restarted the Mac. Still the same error.

What I tried:

Restarting CUPS
Turning off Sharing Printers (in system preferences > sharing)
Changed trust settings of certificate in Keychain to Always
Removed shared printer and re-add it again
Everything suggested here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7610729 (excluding reinstalling macOS)

Still the same error. What is the solution for this problem?
If there is additional information required please let me know.

Cups error log:

E [11/Oct/2018:19:57:26 +0200] [Client 16] Unable to encrypt connection: Internal error

cupsd (security) in console:

CSSM Exception: -2147409622 CSSMERR_TP_NOT_TRUSTED


texts:
I like it when my Mac announces the time every hour. It keeps me focused or provides me with a reminder to take a break. I also like it when Mail makes a sound when new messages arrive so I can check them. I like all these sounds when I'm using my computer.

What I don't like is these sounds when I'm not using my computer mainly because my Mac is in my bedroom. Usually the solution is simply to mute the Mac before bed but I sometimes forget and am woken up by an announcement telling me the time or letting me know new mail is in during the middle of the night.

Without putting my computer to sleep (I want it awake at all times when plugged in so it can do things I need it to do), is there any way my Mac can mute its sound when it is idle (or more preferably idle for some period of time)?


texts: How to recover .cpp files emptied from Trash?

texts:
About 4 days earlier I deleted my important c++ files along with other files on the desktop by mistake without even realizing and figured it out later. I'm unable to find .cpp files in the deepscan of recovery softwares like iSkysoft data recovery. How can I recover them? It's urgent.

Device : Macbook Air 2015
OS : High Sierra 10.13
Backups : none


texts: Push window to beginning, not to the end of stack when I press fullscreen

texts:
Is it possible to push window to beginning, not to the end of stack when I press fullscreen?

For example, I have tree windows (or spaces) maximized

When I press "fullscreen" button I want new window to appear to the right of "Desktop" (left) space, not after all other spaces. Can I do this somehow?


texts:
This is the scenario:

I have some macbooks bound to Active Directory, so that any AD user can log in. Per requirements from above, all user data needs to be encrypted. Encrypting the entire hard drive proves to be problematic because it prevents authentication against AD when the laptop just boots up.

Is there a away to put the entire /Users directory on an encrypted partition so that a user can log in and then decrypt the Users partition?


texts: How do I use the MacPorts version of nano as my default text editor?

texts:
I tried installing nano using "port install nano", but using the "nano" command doesn't open the macports version.

$ which nano
/opt/local/bin/nano

$ /opt/local/bin/nano --version
GNU nano version 2.2.6 (compiled 13:17:29, Nov 26 2013)
(C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Email: nano@nano-editor.org Web: http://www.nano-editor.org/
Compiled options: --disable-wrapping-as-root --enable-color --enable-extra --enable-multibuffer --enable-nanorc --enable-utf8

$ nano --version
GNU nano version 2.0.6 (compiled 18:58:13, Aug 24 2013)
Email: nano@nano-editor.org Web: http://www.nano-editor.org/
Compiled options: --disable-nls --enable-color --enable-extra --enable-multibuffer --enable-nanorc --enable-utf8

$ echo $PATH
/Users/zach.alnasser/golang//bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin

I want to use the nano in /opt/local/bin, but even though that directory is at the beginning of my $PATH, the native nano continues to open. Even if I rename /usr/bin/nano, it complains that /usr/bin/nano doesn't exist, instead of using the macport version.


texts:
My old MacBook has come out of retirement after about two years turned off. It connected to my WiFi but the browsers complain it's insecure and might be connected to servers pretending to be the ones I'm entering. And my ISP's security features are warning me I'm not using their DNS (which explains the browser warnings too I guess).

I've tried forgetting the network and logging back in, and deleting any DNS settings I can see in system settings, and re-setting DHCP->manual and back, and nothing works.

Do I need to wipe all WiFi settings or is there something else? On ethernet it works fine (it's one of those antique MacBooks before Apple improved them by removing such things).


texts: Python launcher Icon every time a script runs

texts:
I've had a MacBook given to me from work for over a year now and recently I got a new mac and every time I launch a python script the python launcher icon appears in the mac dock.
However, in the old MacBook, this behaviour doesn't exist. Both running the exact same script.
I'm not sure if there was a setting I changed or something else on the old one to disable this behaviour.
I've read this question: How to get rid of Python Launcher icon every time a script runs? But I'm mostly confused why my old MacBook doesn't encounter this.
They are both running the exact same version of macOS: 10.15.6 (19G73)
If its important I installed Python on the new one by the installer(provided by python.org) and I used homebrew on the old one.


texts:
I have an app available on the App Store and regardless of the reason, I want it to be "Sold out" for the next month while still having the ability to release updates.

Is this possible and if yes, what’s the best way to go about this?

I am considering changing the price of the app to the max tier and writing "Sold out, restocking on xx.xx.xxxx" in the promotional text.


texts: How to write an AppleScript that downloads Wi-Fi network status from router's web interface?

texts:
Objectives:

I want to create an AppleScript .scpt file that does the following:

Accesses a router's webpage (i.e., its IP address).
From this webpage, gets the IP addresses that are currently connected to both networks. (By "both networks", I refer to the separate 2.4Ghz and 5.0Ghz wireless networks.)
From the webpage, gets the respective Dbm signal strengths of each connected device (i.e., each connected IP address).

Implementation:

I want one AppleScript list object to contain all of the IP addresses:

E.g.: theListOfIPs contains {"192.168.0.1", "192.168.0.", "192.168.0.3", "192.168.0.4", "192.168.0.5", "192.168.0.6.", "192.168.0.7"}.

(I do not have the need to differentiate between the IPs that are connected to the 2.4GHz network and the IPs that are connected to the 5.0GHz network. All IPs should simply be contained in theListOfIPs.)

And, one AppleScript list object to contain their corresponding signal strengths:

E.g.: theListOfTheirSignalStrengths contains {"0", "-75", "-40", "0", "0", "-63", "-72"}.

Notes:

I would like all of this to be completed "behind the scenes." Unobtrusiveness is really key, because the script will need to periodically check the router's website for network updates.
Ultimately, changes to the network status will be written to a .txt log file, and an alert notification will be displayed, when certain conditions are met. I know how to code these components; I need help actually importing the data into the script.
Browser of choice: Google Chrome

Background:

I have used the shell command , curl, before, in order to import the unabridged HTML source code of a given website into an AppleScript, as a text object. I understand that, sadly, one cannot similarly or conveniently get all JavaScript elements into an AppleScript as a single text object.

Instead, one must get each and every JavaScript element individually, by some identifier, like its id, class, tag, or name. This makes things more complicated (because you can't simply parse everything in AppleScript).

By using Chrome's Inspect feature, and the Elements pane of Chrome's JavaScript console, I've determined the relevant JavaScript identifiers. The two JavaScript element IDs that contain all IP addresses, as well as their signal strengths, are wifi-24 and wifi-5.

Can someone teach me how to write the necessary JavaScript code correctly, and then parse the resulting HTML text, to isolate the basic network data that I desire?


texts: Double-click headphone button to change track function

texts:
When listening to music on iTunes on my MacBook Air running OS 10.9, I am able to double-click the center headphone button to change track.

I am wondering if it is possible to replicate this behavior to when I am listening to music in e. g. Spotify.


texts:
I seemingly open 5 documents for every one document I close in preview (I do a lot of reading with preview).
Is there a way to have preview reopen all of the documents I had opened last time it was closed (for example, when I want to restart my computer to grab an update), regardless of the number of opened documents? Sometimes the history just isn't enough for me or the history doesn't reflect what I presently have open.
If not, can you suggest an alternative?


texts: USB keyboard no longer works in one USB port on a MacBook

texts:
I recently got a Apple USB keyboard, and have been using it on my late 2013 MacBook Pro 13". It worked fine in either the left or right USB ports.

However, yesterday it stopped working in the left USB port and now it only works in the right USB port. I've tried it on other (non-Apple) computers and it works fine.

I've checked System Information, and it shows up when plugged into the right USB port but not when plugged into the left one. I've tried Safe Boot and also logging into the Safari-only guest account.

It isn't the USB port that isn't working as I can plug in my Nexus 7 and iPhone into the left USB port and they both still work.

What else could I try to get it working again? I'd like to use the keyboard in the left port since it fits better with my desk layout.


texts: What does the plus sign next to the price of an app in the App Store mean?

texts: There is often a plus sign in the upper left corner of the price button for an app. Even some free apps have this plus sign.


texts: Is it possible to run 10.6 and 10.7 side-by-side and share a user profile?

texts:
I would like to know if it possible to share an user profile if you have both 10.6 and 10.7 installed on the same machine (different partitions).

So far my experience was not a good one but maybe I did something wrong.

I am interested mostly in sharing iTunes library, Outlook 2011 database and other user setting.


texts: Setup wifi access on iPhone when out of range

texts:
I want to setup a wifi connection on an iPhone 6S.

I have the SSID name and WPA password.  But the wifi access point is out of range.  It is not my phone.  I want to set up the wifi name and password so that when the access point is within range in the future, it autoconnects.

When I try to add the connection it complains that it cannot connect, so it is wrong, so it won't save it.

Is there a way?  So far the only way I found is to setup a local wifi hotspot with the same name and password and connect to that.  I am not sure it works.


texts: What if someone knows my iPhone passcode (not simple passcode) & restriction passcode?

texts:
Lets say I was just taking a walk or was in a train or a bus. I had to unlock my iPhone with passcode there and use the restriction passcode. Somehow a person saw me entering the passcode and I realised that I was watched and that was after a long time.

Can that person do anything like remote access (SSH, VNC) or something about encryption keys? Lets say that person has access to a backdoor to my cellular carrier & also knows my phone number (this means all my plain HTTP traffic, DNS queries, SMS, calls and other things can be seen, I am ignoring privacy policies here). What can that person do?


texts:
Is there anyway I can make my new Macbook (12 inch) that comes with only USB-C work its display on my iMac? I used to do it with the my previous macbook air, but the new one does not have a thunderbolt port.

I also have the USB-C - HDMI adapter but apparently it is of no use in this scenario.


texts: How to get photos from one iPad to another

texts:
I'll try again at this site although it seems whenever I look for help with a question, I run afoul one rule or another.
I am a volunteer who help seniors with tech problems related to their Apple devices.  I got this from one of them:

We just bought my Mom (102 years) a new iPad replacing one she has used for many years - primarily for email and internet access.  My brother just sent the following note explaining difficulty in loading the new iPad from the old one.  Unfortunately, she remains quarantined in a retirement center.  Your suggestions or leads to reliable blogs would be most welcome:
    Quote - The good news is that mom has a new seventh generation iPad, and I have been able to reload all her apps and contacts.
I had to do this manually because her iPad was so old it would not do an AirDrop transfer, and after several hours work, I never could figure out how to load her information up on to iCloud and then download it to the new iPad.
I know generally how to do this, having done it with new iPhone purchases of my own, but I could not make it work with hers.
 In any event, what this means is that I have not been able to figure out how to transfer, en masse, the photos and numerous shared website albums that we have all sent her over the years.  When I set up her new iPad, I had to open a new Apple account for her using a new iCloud address.
So, whatever shared albums and photos that you previously sent her and for which you wish for her to have continued access, you need to reinvite her or resend to her using her email address.  End Quote.

With the lady in question quarantined in a nursing home, I don’t know how they got hold of the iPad but they did.
The fact that they had to get her a new Apple ID means that they can’t sync the photos to which they would like to give her access, correct?
I believe they are correct in their surmisal:  "whatever shared albums and photos that you previously sent her and for which you wish for her to have continued access, you need to reinvite her or resend to her using her email address.”
Any suggestions to help out this 102 year old gal would be most welcome.


texts: What is the API call that iPhone makes to check if a number has iMessage enabled

texts:
I tried to sniff the http calls by setting up a proxy on my laptop in the same LAN as the iPhone. Once that was set up, I entered different numbers that I know have iMessage enabled into the number field of the Messages app, but couldn't see any calls being made.

Of course, the proxy was functional as I could see other calls go through such as Safari, App Store etc. Also, these numbers were not in my address book originally.

According to How does iMessage know that the recipient is an iOS 5 device? - iPhone makes a call to Apple servers to determine whether the recipient is an iOS 5 device or not.

What is this API call being made to see if a phone number has iMessage enabled?


texts: old printer refused to work under Big Sur

texts:
I have an old Samsung ML 1670 laser printer which is often used when a bulk has to be printed.
It worked well on Catalina but after upgrading to Big Sur it is out of business.
Does anyone know if there is a workaround for this issue?


texts: Windows 10 Boot Camp USB boots but throws 0xc0000225 before being able to install anything

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I have a MBP 2014 15" with all the latest updates installed
I downloaded the official Windows 10 ISO 64bit (20 november 2019 update)
I verified that this ISO works, using Virtualbox
I got a new Kingston 16GB USB stick
After a few tries I managed to get Boot Camp Assistant (BCA) to

install the ISO on the USB
copy over the windows support files
and make a partition

BCA chooses to format the USB to exFAT and the partition to NTFS
It restarts, boots the USB using EFI and it show the windows logo for a while. Then it crashes with a 0xc0000225 error code

I've tried the process a few times, because sometimes it failed and the USB got ejected. Maybe the USB is broken? I've also tried manually formatting the drive and copying over the ISO / Windows support files manually. The resulting USB also booted, but with the same error code.

Worth to note is that my macbook might not be a standard 2014 anymore, since I replaced the battery and with that they replaced many other components (like the trackpad / keyboard).

Who can help me on a path towards solving this?


texts: Can I put a Keynote presentation in a Keynote presentation?

texts:
I have a bunch of related topics I teach.  Each topic has its own Keynote presentation.

I am making a new class which teaches all the topics together.  I would like to make a Keynote presentation for this class using the existing presentations.  I don't want to copy the slides, that will be a maintenance hassle to change both copies.

Can I embed a Keynote presentation in a Keynote presentation?


texts: Save screenshot to clipboard and file, simultaneously

texts:
My question is simple enough1, depending on your generosity: the steps posed in the above linked thread are straightforward, except for one small point... I can't find the Service receives no input step in my MacOS Mojave install. I've opened Automator, but I just don't see where that option is. Actually, I can see it in the Quick Option screen, but not in the Workflow screen.

Thus, I think this is why I'm also unable to follow the below step:

Assign a shortcut, in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services:

Screen Shot to Clipboard and File       ⇧⌘5

That is, I don't see anywhere in the Shortcuts window to edit an existing 'Services: Screen Shot to Clipboard and File' shortcut or add a new one with the same name.

Has something changed about Automator since the otherwise awesome answer to the above linked question was first posted?

1 I would've asked this in Copy screenshot to clipboard in addition to saving the file but it's locked and not only am I new to Mac, I'm also new to StackExchange.


texts: Find readable with Permissions as POSIX?

texts:
Aimed systems: Linux and OS X. Original code which works in Ubuntu 16.04 but not OS X, but follows unsuccessfully POSIX standards

gfind ~ ! -readable -prune -o -type f -name "*.tex"

where

! is about Negation of a primary; the unary NOT operator.
-readable TODO this does not seem to be POSIX
-prune is about The primary shall always evaluate as true; it shall cause find not to descend the current pathname if it is a directory. If the -depth primary is specified, the -prune primary shall have no effect.
-o is about Alternation of primaries; the OR operator. The second expression shall not be evaluated if the first expression is true. That is if not, then this.
-type about type, here file f
-name about filename, here *.tex

Output

gfind: paths must precede expression: type
Usage: gfind [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D help|tree|search|stat|rates|opt|exec] [path...] [expression]

Fix proposal

Use -perm 0744 instead of -readable but not sure if it is equivalent

gfind ~ ! -perm 0744 -prune -o -type f -name "*.tex"

Output: /Users/masi. Expected output: list of .tex files.

How can you set permissions of find correctly for readable?


texts: How can I kill/launch wifi from terminal

texts:
Linked to this

Is there any way to literally kill wifi (wifi process/wifi related processes?) and then launch/relaunch it, all with terminal?

maybe sudo killall WiFiAgent?

macOS Sierra (10.12)


texts: How to forward email without opening it.  I am getting scam emails and do not want to open but forward onto report it.


texts: How can I "hard remove" the "Music" app from OSX Catalina ? I assume I need to boot disable SIP or similar which I'm fine with, I'm not just sure how to find the location of this app as it doesn't appear as /Applications/Music in the terminal.


texts: Do the version 4 Boot Camp Windows drivers depend on any older versions being installed beforehand?

texts:
When Snow Leopard was released in 2009, both its installation DVD included with all sold Mac machines and the retail DVD that could be purchased directly through Apple included version 3 of the Boot Camp Windows drivers. Throughout the version 3.x lifecycle, several updates were released - 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 can still be downloaded from the Apple website and each makes it explicitly clear that it requires the previous version to install - see the following URL for an example (See the "System Requirements" section):

https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1443

So - my question. If you are trying to install Windows 7 on an older Mac model (let's take the MacBook Pro Early 2009 as an example), the latest version of the Boot Camp drivers to support this particular model would appear to be 4.0.4033 (https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1630) - however, what isn't clear from this download page is whether a previous version of the drivers need to be installed - as was the case with Boot Camp version 3.x.

Would anybody be able to clarify: can Boot Camp 4 simply be installed onto a freshly-installed Windows 7, or must an older version of the drivers be installed beforehand?


texts: Safari Web Developer Tools - how to edit a cookie?

texts: Is it possible to edit cookie values in Safari, either by using the Web Developer tool or another 3rd party extension?


texts: Xcode saying Network Extension capability is not enabled when it is

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I have been having a lot of issues for the last two weeks trying to sign and distribute a 3rd party MacOS app. I am unable to sign an app with Xcode properly because Xcode is saying that I do not have the Network Extension entitlement when I have it enabled both in Xcode and in the Apple Developer portal.

I am not a paid Apple Developer, but I am part of a team and I have the correct keys from the creator of the team (who is a paid developer). I am able to sign other apps and distribute them using the codesign tool but as soon as I try to sign the app with entitlements I run into issues.

Sending the app to other people results in it exiting with a Killed 9 or a SIGTERM which I assume is indicating that there is something going wrong in the signing.

This is the error I am getting when selecting the provisioning profile that I created in the developer portal

In Xcode I have it enabled though

And it is also enabled in the developer portal

Even with that I am getting this issue when attempting to sign it with that provisioning profile

So I am very confused. I am using the correct bundle ID, I have set everything up correctly as far as I can tell and I am still unable to sign and distribute this application. I am sure that there is something simple that I am missing here but I have no idea what that might be.


texts: How can an app be running yet not appear in the Dock?

texts:
On two instances, I've been unable to empty my trash because it contained a pdf that the system claimed was in use. On both occasions, I typed the lsof command to find out which app was using it. In both instances, Preview was indicated -- yet it wasn't shown in the Dock! Activity Monitor does show Preview running.

How can this be?


texts: Display an overlay while a hotkey is pressed

texts:
I have recently switched to a keyboard with a particular layout, and I'd like to setup a system-wide keyboard shortcut to display an image overlay on the screen while pressed. This image would be a reminder of the keyboard setup.

I've found a few apps that allow for displaying an overlay over the screen, but I'm looking for something that can be toggled on and off at the press of a key.


texts: I can not turn off VoiceOver on iPhone 4S

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How can I turn off VoiceOver and get back to normal ?!

As I follow the instructions how to turn off 'VoiceOver' in Setting on my iPhone,
however VoiceOver icon get back on quickly after double click...
(haven't upgrade iOS 8.1.1 yet)

Tried to do double click 'Voiceover' icon in Setting, but doesn't off and switch on  back quickly..
Done press 'Home' button 3 times quickly, but Top page shows up later..
Done turn off the phone, the VoiceOver shows up with passcode screen..

What else I can do for turning off the annoying voice?


texts: Change bitrate from the default 128kbps for syncing songs to iPhone

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I have a rather large (>25GB) music collection, and my iPhone is currently almost full.

I just saw this option in iTunes:

This would probably be very useful to me, but I'm concerned about sound quality at such a low bitrate. Is it possible to change it to at least 160kbps from the default 128kbps?

Also, if I check the box, will the conversion occur on the fly (i.e., seamlessly while copying songs to the iPhone), or will iTunes basically create copies of all my songs in 128kbps AAC (thus causing to take up a lot of space on my Mac)?


texts: Treat fullscreen as desktop spaces in the matter of navigation

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As the title says, I'd like to treat an app fullscreen as a desktop in the matter of navigation in Yosemite 10.10.

I’am working with 2 monitors + 3 apps in fullscreen mode and do a lot with the keyboard. My problem is that I often want to change the focus between the monitors or between two fullscreen apps of one monitor. My question is, is there a shortcode for changing the focus between different spaces?

I know that you can change the focus between each app/space by

walking through apps with  cmd + tab
cmd + arrows to switch to neighboring spaces
ctrl + number to change to a specific desktop (not fullscreen spaces)

What I want is a ctrl + number shortcode not only for additional desktops, but for fullscreen apps, too. Precisely a space addressing shortcode and not only a desktop addressing shortcode.

If there isn’t a solution for that, just changing the focus from one monitor to the other would be enough. At moment I always have to move the mouse to the other screen or use cmd+tab which is annoying when you have a few apps open.


texts: How do I stop getting charged for an app I deleted?

texts:
I downloaded Recolor app. Hen I got a bill and did not know there was a charge for this app. I deleted the app and on the receipt I received I reported the problem that I didn't know there was a charge. I thought that this would stop me from getting charged. But I am still getting charges

Can you help me?


texts: Automator choose finder folder and run shell script

texts:
I've got a simple shell script that I would like to incorporate into an automator workflow. I just need to double click the application , pick a finder folder and run the command. At the moment it is running in my default user directory. I've found how to do this as a service, but I'd like it to work as an application.
How can I get to run in the chosen folder? Optionally a drag and drop onto the application would be nice as well.


texts:
If I access my company's intranet using the https URL on Safari, the multiple login request doesn't happen (One time login only).

But, the multiple login request happens when I use the http URL.

Why is there a difference between this both protocol for the same site? What would be the reason apart from different port number?


texts: Change shortcut to change input source (keyboard language)

texts: I'm trying to change the keyboard combination to change the input source from Option-Command-Space / Command-Space to any other combination. I am not able to find any solution for that. Is it possible to change this combination?


texts: Does MacBook Pro (2019) screen brightness change when you look at it?

texts:
I was wondering if MacBook Pro automatic brightness adjustment would adjust based on whether you are looking at it (also called attention in the iPhone I believe)?
I noticed this when using my MBP in battery mode, it would dim (a lot) when I am not looking at it, and then brighten back up (takes like 1s to increase the brightness in a few stages) when I start looking at it (i don't even have to move the touchpad or hit the keyboard).
Does the ambient light sensor have this functionality?
Or maybe when I look at it my "image" is bright/dark to the ambient light sensor so it changes the brightness accordingly, and correctly in this case?


texts:
I upgraded to OS X 10.11 El Capitan Gold Master last week, and ever since I've been having weird time issues. All of Apple's apps think the time is the correct Pacific Time zone that I'm in, but third-party web apps and other tools don't think the time is correct. Among them are Slack, Intercom, and a few other team communication tools I use.

I then resorted to Terminal, using the date command. Unfortunately, I found an issue: It reports the time is seven hours ahead of what it's supposed to be. I've tried a lot of random troubleshooting, looked in Console for errors, set the time manually, and all that other boring nonsense. I have no idea what's going on. I would love help troubleshooting this if you guys have any suggestions at all.


texts: My Macbook Pro charger (purchased in the US) comes with two different plug attachments, one that fits directly into the body of the charger and one with an extension cord.  For some reason, the short attachment has only two prongs, while the long one has an additional ground pin.  What is the function of the ground pin on the long attachment?  Is it really necessary?


texts: Automatically convert cooking recipe units

texts:
I am looking for a way to manipulate cooking recipe texts in such a way, that measurement in units foreign to me are converted to the ones I know. For example:

2 cups of milk → 568 ml of milk

Here is what I think needs to happen:

Look for {Number}{Space}{Unit}{Space}.
Replace foreign unit with known unit.
Multiply and round number to represent appropriate value in the new unit.

I was thinking of using GREP to achieve this, but do not know how to apply GREP to, say, a note in the Notes app, or text in TextEdit. But I have an open mind as to how this might be achieved.  Ideally this would be possible inside the Notes app on my iPhone however, since this is the place where I gather cooking recipes.


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut to lock my Mac mini?

texts: I have tried Command + Control + Q, but that doesn't work. Is there another one, or is there a way to set up my own custom keyboard shortcut?


texts: How can I disable the iPhone's microphone?

texts:
I would like to disable the internal microphone for everything. My device is jailbroken and I have tried 'Disable Microphone' in MyRepoSpace, however that just gets rid of the Voice Memos app instead of actually disabling the microphone.

Is there a way to disable the microphone, such as deleting the drivers? Or do I have to physically break it?

Deleting mediaserverd from launchdaemons removes all audio and recording. However, it also makes the device hang for several seconds when something tries to play audio.


texts: Disabling the dialogs shown when opening an application for the first time on OSX

texts:
I am making an app on osx 10.9 using python 2.7. But when it is launched first time, warning comes.

  You are opening the application MYAPP for the first time. Are you sure
  you want to open this application?

  The application is in a folder named Applications. To see the
  application in the Finder without opening it, click Show Application.

So, how to avoid this warning. Does I need to make some changes in info.plist of app.

I had gone through this Q&A but nothing is mentioned about app side changes.

I don't want user to use any sort of command to run or do changes manually. User can disable by "com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO" for all or "xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine Application.app" for particular app.

I had also signed the app with developer ID.

So, how to disable this dialog box from popping.


texts:
When I try to scan a document using Image Capture, it shows the following error once it's finished scanning.

(This time it failed before scanning, but it usually fails after the scanner has recorded the whole paper.)

This happens with both JPEG and PNG formats, and regardless of image resolution.

However, I can do black and white scans without issues. The issue occurs only on colored scans.

I could scan without any issues on another computer (Windows), with the same scanner and the same cable.

Any ideas?

OS: Mojave v10.14.3


texts:
I have added .bash_profile, .bashrc, .profile exeuctables in the /var/root dir.  However, unlike the normal users which execute their .bash_profile(s) and change the path.  There is no difference in the profiles but the root user one does not work.

I am unclear about how to get this workinkg.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.


texts: How to recover data from a mac that crash on login?

texts:
I have a mac book pro that is crashing everytime I logged in (with every users). The cause may be that my gf put so many pictures and video on the hard drive that it can't even start (from the restore utility, it has 40mb of free space).

I am looking for a way to recover the data from the hard drive , before I can restore it with a clean setup.

I have done it previously on windows partition by using a live linux distro and copying to an external drive, but the mac book doesn't seem to recognize it. Is there a trick ? Or a way to access the console from the login screen ? Maybe a way to mount and extract data from a recovery image I would create from the recovery partition. I am at lost here,

Thank you in advance for your advices


texts: PowerPoint 2011: How to Insert image with "crop to fit" by default?

texts:
I am preparing technical presentations with a lot of graphics using PowerPoint 2011 for Mac (version 14.4.9).
Whenever I insert an image, it is set to crop to fill by default (the most useless option in my opinion).
Here is how the default option looks like:

Then, it turns out that for every image, I have to manually set it to crop to fit and resize the container box correctly. Just to look like that:

Is there a way to override this default behavior to get the inserted images as they are without any funny cropping?

I tried to research the problem, but without any luck.


texts: Clicking bookmarks in Google Chrome will blink twice before the website opens

texts:
I have a problem with my 2016 MBP. The problem is, when I click bookmarks in Google Chrome, the bookmark will quickly blink twice before opening the website.

I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.3 and Google Chrome version 56 (although it doesn't seem to matter).

What's the problem? Should I go to fix my MBP, or is this normal for MacOS?


texts:
I was up all night trying to install Sierra and it would almost complete and give me an error. I deleted the disk and spent another 3 hours trying to install Sierra and it wouldn’t do anything.
I wake up this morning and it looks like it’s going to install and the disk is locked. I don’t know how this happened. And through all this mess I had deleted the disk image from disk utility.
Now there it isn’t letting me do anything to the disk, I can’t erase or partition it. Does anyone know what I need to do?


texts: Is it possible to remove or at least hide the “Family Sharing” Preference Pane from Catalina?

texts: I can hide the other preference panes the usual way (Preferences -> Menubar -> View -> Customize) but not this one. Is it possible at all?


texts: Accessing the AppStore through Notifications Edit

texts: If I go to system preferences on my MacBook Pro then the App Store I have to unlock it to access it. I was in notifications then clicked on today, then edit and I see the option to click on AppStore button, that takes me to the Appstore with out unlocking it. I do not understand this, so I want to ask if this is normal. I do not have allow access when locked turned on on my iPhone.


texts: How to change default maps to Google Maps for WhatsApp location sharing on iPhone 7?

texts:
How to change default maps to Google maps on iPhone 7 while sharing location to others on WhatsApp Application ?

iOS Version : 11.1.2,
Model : iPhone 7, 128 GB

I also tried uninstalling Apple Maps, but no use !


texts: mail.app does not reliably signal attachments in paper clip column of message viewer

texts:
10.12.6 Sierra, Mail.app  v10.3 (3273)

Q: Why didn't you respond to the issue in the attachment I sent you yesterday?

--looks at incoming item in message view--

A: Because my mail client didn't signal that there was an attachment with that message.

--opens full view for that item, spots paper-clip icon to the right of sender name--

A:  Ahh, yes, you did send me an attachment yesterday.  I'll open it now...

--successfully opens attachment--

Control-click in the column headers of mail.app's message viewer and enable "Attachments".  This adds a column labeled with a paperclip icon.  The viewer row for an incoming email that includes an attachment places a paperclip in that icon, and --if the column is adjusted wide enough-- you also see text like "1 item", "2 items..." indicating the number of attachments.  (Right?)

This doesn't seem to be working -- not reliably, anyway.

(I think I've seen this for many years, through many versions. But I've tried to ignore it, hoping it would get fixed eventually.)

Fix for new messages?

Retroactive fix?

TIA


texts: Where does the name come from on Mail.app?

texts:
I tried to use OS X's Mail.app, but when I connected it using gmail, the authentication window showed my real name in Chinese character in the first text field. The other two fields are mail and password, so I didn't log in to my gmail account yet. However, it looks like the Mail.app already knows my real name, and I wonder where it gets the information from.

My Apple account and iCloud account use my real name in English. So I want to check out where my Chinese character name was found and then fix it and change it to English.


texts: How can I unpack a .deb on Mac OS X without installing it?

texts: I have a .deb file that I want to unpack and examine, but not install. I'm currently looking for where i can download dpkg for OSX, but can't find it. If you have a link, please share.


texts: Anything involving touchpad drag no longer works (highlight text, move files, resize windows, etc.)

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro from 2013, was on Yosemite then updated to El Capitan yesterday to see if it would fix things, which it didn't. Basically what the title says: I can't do anything that requires clicking and dragging, while everything else works perfectly. The odd thing is that it seems to be dependent on where I'm starting from on the screen – picking up a file on the far right of my desktop works most of the time, but it always cuts out after a second or less. It never works on the left half of the screen, and very rarely in the middle.

The same problem exists in guest and safe mode. I've tried deleting the com.apple.finder.plist file in library/preferences but that didn't do anything. I suspect a visit to the genius bar is in order, but just wanted to double check here first.

EDIT: it works with a graphics tablet, just not the touchpad.


texts:
I'm using OS X Yosemite - version 10.10.2. I have 1.12 TB fusion drive on my system. Recently I wanted to make a partition on my system, while making the partition on the system using disk utility some error occurred and partition was not created successfully.

The unusable partition of the disk.

The partition is not available here either.

So, here I'm not able to access the free space partition of my disk.
The disk utility is not working with the free space partition. I want to resize the partition and want to have only single partition disk


texts: Mail: How to send message from selected account

texts:
I'm using Apple Mail version 12.4 running on macOS Mojave. I have configured it with several email accounts.

When creating a new message, the sender's email is automatically selected. Mail's Preferences offer only two options:

Always use the email associated with a given account of your choice.
select the email automatically (the email is chosen based on a supposed intelligent guess).

Neither option 1 nor 2 works well for me.

Question: Is there any way to let Mail.app automatically use the email associated with the currently selected account (the one in the vertical sidebar on left) as sender?

In the past (before macOS Sierra) that's how Mail used to work. I'm seeking a way to restore that behaviour.


texts:
I just got my macbook air and installed some apps on it. But it started to get hot and I don't know why. The ram usage is 5 GBs out of 16 GBs and CPU usage is about 7%. But still the bottom of my computer is hot as hell. I ran diagnostics but it told me that nothing is wrong.
Is there anything I can do?


texts: How to stream from iTunes(on iMac) to iphone/ipad on same network, at the same time?

texts: I can use the Remote app to control what is currently playing on the iMac, but is there a way to stream the audio so that it is playing out through the iMac AND the ipad/phone in parallel?


texts: What's going wrong with context menu's Save Attachment in Apple email

texts:
Apple email will Save Attachments to a folder of my choice, when I use File / Save Attachments from the menu at the top of its window.  However, if I use the context menu for the attachment icon (i.e. two fingered tap on the touchpad), and choose Save Attachment, the attachment will not be saved to a folder of my choice.  It is saved to some sort of temporary folder.

What's going wrong here?

For example, with a PDF file attachment I can use the context menu and do Save Attachment and try to save to e.g. ~/Documents/email attachments.  I will not be able to find it there with Finder.  But with Spotlight I can find the file and open it in Preview.  Then, in Preview, I can move the file to ~/Documents/email attachments (with File, Move To).

I'm using Mail.app Version 7.3 (1878.2) under OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) on a MacBook Air 13 (Mid 2013).


texts: On macOS Sierra Airplay is always "Looking for Apple TV"

texts:
Just upgraded to macOS 10.12.1 Sierra and the mirroring display options keeps oscillating between: "Looking for Apple TV" and "Off".

In preferences i have turned AirPlay Off. But it keeps looking for AppleTV.
As recommended in an earlier discussion i tried:

sudo chmod 000 /System/Library/CoreServices/AirPlayUIAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/AirPlayUIAgent

but it gave an error:

chmod: Unable to change file mode on AirPlayUIAgent: Operation not permitted

It looks like Sierra always wants to keep connecting to Apple TV - big nuisance. Any other ideas to turn this auto feature off?


texts: I subscribed to iTunes Match the other day (it just came to the UK) and was thinking - now that iTunes Match is backing up my library, ratings, playcounts and all that awesome stuff, I no longer need to include it in my time machine backup, right? It's matched 99% of the songs in my library and I'm not going to miss the others a great deal - I use Spotify very heavily as well, and if I don't need to backup my music (~100gb) I no longer need a larger backup hard drive :D


texts: Why are some characters being replaced with boxed question marks on High Sierra?

texts:
I'm noticing characters being replaced by boxed question marks. It's happening most often for emoji and accented characters, I think, and I've seen it in Safari, Chrome and the system dictionary.

I'm running High Sierra 10.13.1 (17B48) on a mid-2014 MBP. No software updates pending.


texts: What would make an app incompatibile with OS X Lion?

texts:
Good ways to test or check the compatibility with Lion is being asked in a different question: What tools are people using to check for Lion compatible software?

What, generally, would make an app—that works with Snow Leopard—incompatibile with Lion? Could I have an educated guess whether app works / doesn't work / works partially with Lion based on some features?

What does, for example, all the apps reported "Not working" or "Has some problems" on RoaringApps Compatibility table have in common?


texts: Red screen and glitchy video playback at times

texts:
It has been going on always, but I always thought it was just a software bug in the browser or something, but I am more and more often experiencing that video playback on my Mac Pro is glitching and sometimes just playing as a static red screen. Does anyone know what may cause this issue? Refreshing the browser window or video conference sometimes help, but it is a weird thing happening.

If you look at this video: https://youtu.be/c3UIR9IS5hk you'll see what I mean. The site shown consists of a multiple small tiles, some of which are videos. You can see how they glitch and are all red. If I refresh the page though, everything goes back to normal, and videos are playing correctly. It is not something I can trigger, it just randomly happens from time to time, and it happens in all browsers, Screen sharing in Slack and more. Can be a browser or native app.

Again - this is something that has been going on from day one (Bought Feb 2020) but as it has never been more of a problem than just refreshing the window, I haven't thought more of it. Now I am curious to understand what causes it.


texts: One-mac household, corrupted hard drive, too old for internet recovery

texts:
Long story short, a rusty trusty 2009 iMac is in need of saving.

I got a bit overeager with partitioning in my youth, and whilst recently trying to undo the damage I managed to make the HDD unbootable. The dead bigcat wouldn't allow me to boot a USB, and I've long misplaced the original (Snow Leopard, if I recall) install disks. With my current machine I am unable to burn an install disk (lack of CD drive). The 'local' Mac store told me I should just buy something new, but that's currently not within the budget. I've also looked online for any ancient install disks, but there seem to be none for sale nearby, nor do I have friends in this area of the world who can afford Macs/are willing to purchase them. After checking that I indeed managed to destroy my Recovery partition, if it was ever on there, I removed the hard drive to inspect what on earth was going on, and so the current state of the union: a disassembled iMac waiting for a bootable HDD.

The original hard drive is not broken and has been reformatted (blank) for Mac (Journaled). However, since I have no access to a working Mac, I am not sure how to go about reinstalling OS X on it.

Does anyone know of a way to go through with the installation using a Windows machine as a surrogate, or perhaps another method for getting out of this predicament?


texts: How to use an old iMac as an external display for a MacBook via wifi?

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There have been several questions how to connect a (new) MacBook to an (old) iMac so the latter will work as a second, bigger display for the former, but all were assuming a hardware connection, i.e. a DVI, Displayport or Thunderbolt cable. Apple even has a support page for Target Display Mode, which is only available in a limited number of recent, but not too recent iMacs. I’m looking for a software solution, because though (Mini) Display Port is available on both my devices, they only support video output:

I’m trying to connect a 2010 MBA running OS X 10.10.5 with a 2006 iMac running 10.6.8, the latest OS X available for that model. Both are connected to the same private wifi network.

Avatron Air Display seems like it could work, but versions 2 and 3 don’t support OS X 10.6 any more and if I try to connect v3 with v1.6 it fails. Synergy may be an alternative, but before wasting 10 bucks I’d like to know if anyone had luck with that piece of software in a setup like mine.

Are there other alternatives that I didn’t find, maybe even free ones?
Could I somehow get at least AirPlay video support? The iMac runs Kodi (previously known as XBMC) which allegedly offers some AirPlay capability.
If surprisingly there was a hardware solution I’ve overlooked (e.g. using USB or, cough, Firewire), that would be fantastic of course.

I’m not quite sure whether How can I use an old mac as an external display using software? was asking the same thing.


texts: Completely removing old version of MS Office

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I have been migrating my account from Mac to Mac for years now. Every time a new Office version is out, I'd install it (X, 2004, 2008, and now 2011) and remove the old one after some time.

Every time, I removed the older version by trashing its folder in /Applications. Now, I get worried that I left tons of support files and stuff in various Library folders. The reason I realized that is that, this morning, Office offered me to update “Open XML File Format Converter”, which I think is now a remnant of the past (and is not part of Office 2011 any more).

So, how can I remove old Office support files and directories, without hurting my current install of Office 2011? Where should I look?


texts: Find files modified today, using command line (bash)

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As we all know, despite being named "Finder", the Finder is virtually useless at finding files.

In Mac OS X 10.6 (or any version), how can I use the command line (bash in Terminal) to find files modified today?