texts: Parallels 12 - Hypervisor: Parallels or Apple?

texts:
The new version 12 of Parallels Desktop For Mac has a new configuration option. In the configuration panel > Hardware > CPU & Memory > Advanced Settings > Hypervisor is a popup menu for:

Hypervisor

Parallels
Apple

Which one do I should I be using when running macOS Sierra as the guest OS?

What exactly is the difference, the pros-and-cons of each?

The Parallels app Help has no mention of this new setting.


texts: Siri shortcut fails to launch saying "The calendar is read only."

texts: I've created a simple shortcut on my iPhone app that saves current date/time to reminders. It requires access to Location and Reminders. It works fine when I launch it on the iPhone (saying "Привет, Siri. Запусти %shortcut name%" - "Hello, Siri. Launch %shortcut name%"), but when I try the same thing on my Apple Watch it says "К сожалению, что-то пошло не так. The calendar is read only." - "Something went wrong. The calendar is read only". I don't understand why it seems to attempt modifying calendar data and what can I try to fix that?


texts: Copying hidden files and folders to an external hard disk

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I use an external hard disk as a backup for my programming projects. Now a lot of files in these projects are hidden files. Like .git or .svn etc. I have been able to view the hidden files but I cannot do a copy paste for the hidden files.
Is there something that needs to be activated to allow copying hidden files and folders.


texts:
I have a linux computer and I can access to it trough the terminal with the command:
ssh account_name@123.117.140.61

Now I am trying to access to the folders in that computer trough finder using the connect to server option.  I receive the following error There was a problem connecting to the server.

How can I solve?


texts: Hello I need to change email address on my iCloud on my iPad but I don’t know how My e-mail box has been hacked and I had to change it I managed to change my Apple ID and when I checked my “iCloud account information” on iPad it’s showing my new email address yet on iCloud icon and next to my name there’s still my old email? How can I change it? Is my old email address still connected to my iCloud account? How can I get rid of it?


texts: Is there a way to do anything else while Time Machine GUI interface is working?

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I love Time Machine's functionality. However, I just hate that while the GUI is displayed, I cannot do anything else. It's slow. Slowness is more or less* understandable, given I am using it over Wi-Fi, but it takes fullscreen and defeats multitasking.
  So I am looking for a way to either

force it to a window
re-enable Spaces when it is on screen (as it disables it, for some change reason)
perhaps an alternative GUI that does not have these problems (I know about BackupLoupe, but am still looking for options. it seems to take a lot of time 'indexing', I am not sure if this is a necessary step, it is very lengthy*)

I am using El Capitan.

*: I know that I can in fact retrieve files very fast from the command line, it's not as convenient as looking up files, and file attributes are off if I don't use the proper ditto/rsync options, which I always forget because I need it rarely


texts: How do I remove the Google Chrome notifications bell icon from the Mac OS X menu bar?

texts: This bell icon showed up in my menu bar one day and there's no obvious way to disable it. How do I get rid of it?


texts: Use Boot Camp drivers from DVD or download?

texts: I have an iMac mid-2010. It came with Snow Leopard when I bought it. Now, I'd like to install Windows 7 64-bit on my iMac. Should I install the Boot Camp drivers from the DVDs that came with my computer, or download the drivers using the Boot Camp Assistant that I have now in Mountain Lion?


texts: Why does macOS estimate battery percentage higher?

texts:
Why do you think the OS estimates a battery percentage a little above the actual value? I noticed it is always between 0% and 5% more. In particular the two percentage gets closer when the remaining battery gets lower. Maybe this way the device seems to get faster to 100%, since the 95%-100% takes a lot of time...?

Some details. I can find the percentage two ways:

From the battery menu bar icon or with pmset -g batt (eg. now they say 96%)
By calculating it manually from System Information.app or with information from ioreg -l -n AppleSmartBattery -r (eg. now I get: MaxCapacity: 4181, CurrentCapacity: 3813; meaning 91.2%)


texts: Why my magsafe 2 light suddenly goes off

texts: Been a while ago, my all electrical devices burnt because power surge that I lived, fortunately I repaired all devices except magsafe 2 45 watt, I replaced all broken power components of magsafe 2 (capacitor, varistor, fuse and inductor) then I connected 39k ohm resistor to output pins (0.6v without connecting 39k ohm, some sources says It should be 3 volt) and I saw 15v on output, It worked technically and charged my MacBook as well but sometimes light turns off suddenly and charging stops, after unplugging cable and plugging it again, It starts charging again but not for long. I reset smc and cleaned my port with isopropyl alcohol but same. I can't estimate what's wrong with it, thanks in advance.


texts: How to see a friend's reviews on the App Store?

texts:
Recently my friend saw what I wrote as reviews on every application I downloaded.
Is it possible to see another friend's reviews & ratings? How?


texts: Boot Camp says "Windows 10 is not supported" on Windows 7 DVD

texts:
This has been posted on Apple Discussions earlier today, but I couldn't get any answers, so I have decided to also post it here

I have an iMac 27" mid 2011 running Sierra, and I have troubles installing Windows 7 via Boot Camp. I have downloaded the latest drivers onto my flash drive, loaded up the official licensed DVD of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, but when I click "Proceed" after choosing "Install Windows 7 or Windows 8", the Boot Camp Assistant tells me "Windows 10 is not supported. Please use a DVD or USB with Windows 7 or Windows 8", as if my DVD has Windows 10 on it.

I didn't alter the DVD (how could I, it's DVD-R). I've also had Windows 7 previously installed, then updated to 8, 8.1 and 10 via online updates, but after that I have totally wiped out the whole partition and joined it back to Macintosh HD, before trying to perform a fresh install.

Is there a way to fix this and install Windows 7 from this drive?

P. S. I've tried creating a bootable USB with Rufus on another Windows machine, but the Boot Camp Assistant didn't recognize it


texts: Is it possible to access an iPhone over SSH on 3G?

texts:
I am trying to see if I can SSH to my iPhone using the 3G network. So, given my IP, I am trying to make contact through SSH, using the defined port (which is no longer 22, I changed it).

It all works fine on my private wifi network.
For some reason, it doesn't on 3G...

Any ideas ?

Thanks


texts: Fix horizon line in Photos (as in iPhotos)

texts:
I recall that it was possible with iPhoto to rotate an image by a small amount, just a few degrees, to rectify the orientation of an image. This is useful to make sure that pictures taken at, say, the seashore have a truly horizontal horizon.

This feature seems to have disappeared in Photos. Is it available within any other tool on El Capitan? Is it hiding somewhere within Photos?


texts: Can I change input source per physical keyboard?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Internal keyboard QWERTY; External Keyboard Dvorak

I want to alter my keyboard layout per keyboard, so my MacBook's keyboard is Dvorak and a bluetooth keyboard is QWERTY. How can this be accomplished? I can find a setting for changing modifier keys per physical keyboard, but not layouts.


texts: Failed bootcamp partition, now can't remove it

texts:
Tried to set up Windows 10 on my Macbook Pro 15" (Mid 2014). Running El Capitan 10.11.3. Windows refused to install (GPT partition only problem?). I followed steps elsewhere to remove and reformat the partition to ExFAT then try and format again through the Windows installer, but this was unsuccessful.

I scrapped the idea and tried to go to Disk Utility to remove the partition. However, if I try to erase the 'Windows' partition (now called Bootcamp), it simply asks me to make another. I can't seem to merge it with the existing Macintosh HD partition?

Now for the stupid, require telling off part: I didn't create a backup prior to this, and I think my recovery partition is ****ed.

Is my only solution to do the internet restore and start from scratch?

EDIT: To clarify, Disk Utility says the volume is functional and I can indeed store stuff there. I just don't want it! See:


texts: El Capitan: (Text) Cursor moves during my typing

texts:
Have you noticesor is all of the sudden in a different place that strange thing when you type cur...?

It's super annoying when writing longer text. Or even if not (wtf Apple?). I found some solutions but they are from 2011 and suggest things like replacing the battery or playing with "PRAM". There has to be something better, right?

Or, this looked good, uut it's no longer an option in Sys Preferences.

Thank you!


texts: Why does stock Mac OS X allow me to rip CDs but not DVDs?

texts:
When I insert a music CD into my iMac, iTunes opens and gives me the option to "rip" (i.e. import the content and save as files) the tracks using any of these encoders: AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, MP3, or WAV.

When I insert a video DVD into my iMac, DVD Player opens, but I don't see any menu item to rip the DVD.

Why are music CDs and video DVDs treated differently in the software that ships with OS X with regard to ripping?  Why does Apple allow me to rip CDs but not DVDs?


texts: I'm trying to plug my phone in to charge it tonight for the first time and when I plug it in a bell just keeps ringing continuously and won't allow me to charge it. Any ideas?


texts: How to stop Terminal from asking for access to some folders?

texts:
Since upgrade to Catalina, even when I login as myself, terminal prompts for these kind of permissions.

How can I grant these permissions once and for all?


texts: Can I list files ordered by date added to a folder from a command-line tool like ls?

texts:
I need to build a script that shows files in the same order as the default Downloads folder in the dock, ordered by Date Added, newest first. I can't seem to find the option in ls.

Any other way to do it?


texts: Copy of Terminal app is removed after each restart

texts:
I'm using a M1 Mac Mini and have created a duplicate of the Terminal app called "Rosetta Terminal" that runs Rosetta.
Each time I restart/update my computer this duplicate is removed from the Applications folder. Why? How can I keep it?
Also, when I create a duplicate of the regular non-rosetta terminal and rename it to "Rosetta Terminal" it somehow remembers/knows that it should open in Rosetta mode. Super weird.


texts: Skip an OSX version with App Store upgrades?

texts:
I have a MacBook running Snow Leopard and newer MacBook Air running Lion.  If I buy the Mountain Lion upgrade through the App Store on my Air, will I be able to use the same App Store purchase on my older MacBook?

Or are OS upgrades not multi-machine friendly (somehow different from other apps that are pay-once download-many)?


texts: As shown in the screenshot the "Show Referenced File in Folder" is grayed out. What are the (remaining/alternate) options to locate them on disk?


texts:
Is it possible to remove or change a keyboard shortcut in Keynote? I found this question/answer about creating a new one, but it doesn't address removing a standard one. Specifically, I find it really annoying that the Play/Pause button on my keyboard starts a presentation when I press it expecting my music to Play/Pause.

I'm on macOS 10.13.3, Keynote v7.3.1


texts: Does installing security updates through the command line require an immediate reboot?

texts:
I have some end users that delay installing important OS X updates by clicking 'Remind me tomorrow' on the automatic update prompt, sometimes waiting days or weeks to get updates installed.

To combat this I'm putting together a script to automatically install software updates in the background using the softwareupdate utility.  In testing, after installing a Security update, I got this message:

  You have installed one or more updates that requires that you restart your computer.  Please restart immediately.

Is an reboot required only to activate the updates, or can it be harmful to the OS or other running processes to install updates in the background and not immediately reboot?


texts: macOS not reading SDHC cards either with internal slot or external reader

texts:
2012 Mac Mini, still running High Sierra (10.13.6)

Has suddenly stopped reading SDHC cards (even showing the card is available). Things I've tried:

relaunch Finder (via right click) - occasionally required previously, and has always worked
wiping the card contacts
rebooting macOS
disconnecting the Mac Mini and cleaning the rear SHDC slot (with slim bit of plastic)
verifying the card works elsewhere (Macbook Air)
testing with a brand new card
connecting an 8-in-1 card reader via USB and putting the card in that
checked Finder's display external disks setting was set correctly

Nothing obvious in Console log.
Disk Utility shows nothing. No card in /Volumes on terminal.

Any suggestions?

Edit: ~ 24 hours later it has started working again. (At this stage I think I still suspect something physical to do with the slot, as I was getting intermittent results with the external reader today until I tried a second one...)  I'll add I've found ejecting cards can often take ages, but not consistently (and even when the contents are not being browsed in Finder).


texts: My MacBook pro Wi-Fi is slow, other devices are OK

texts: The problem is that the WiFi on my MacBook is so slow it is almost unusable, it can be compared to an EDGE connectivity. My iPad and Nexus 4 both work good and have no problems with WiFi and signal is strong even though I'm two rooms from my router. Anyone has an idea of what the problem could be?


texts: How to have ctrl-left/ctrl-right move over words in Lion

texts:
Had a quick question about having emacs-like word skipping in my terminal. I had set this up pre-upgrade to Lion and had ctrl-left & ctrl-right set to \033b & \033f respectively.  Unfortunately post-upgrade ctrl-left & ctrl-right don't seem to be working any more.

I have seen this solution which makes alt-left & alt-right behave as above, but I was hoping to get ctrl-left & ctrl-right working as before and I was wondering if folks here had any solutions.

PS: As an aside this behavior is not working correctly in my VNC client as well - which it did previously.


texts:
I have changed both settings in iTunes to download 1080 HD videos but for example I just bought Beyonce's visual album and the videos are like 88MB, which is not HD.

Please help


texts: How do I record changes to a cell in Numbers via AppleScript?

texts: I'm very new to AppleScript so bear with me. What I am trying to achieve is for every time I run the script, the current value of a cell is copied into a cell, one column to the right of when I last ran the script, so the first time it puts the value of A1 into B1, then A1 into C1, then A1 into D1 ect. How would I do this?


texts: Can I make unlocking the screensaver also unlock the login keychain?

texts:
I have the screen saver on my Mac password protected, but unlocking the screen saver does not unlock the login keychain.  I know this because I get asked to unlock the login keychain shortly after unlocking the screensaver.

Yes, my login password and keychain password have been synchronized.

Yes, I've run Keychain First Aid and confirmed there are no problems.

The workaround is to change the Keychain Settings so the login keychain never automatically locks, but I'd prefer to have it lock automatically, especially on my laptop when it goes to sleep, but now with Mountain Lion and iCloud that means typing my password twice every time I wake my laptop: once for the screensaver and once for the keychain.

There should be a way to make the screensaver also unlock the keychain just the way the normal login also unlocks the keychain. Is there?


texts: Syncing many Google Calendars under same account with iOS Calendar?

texts: iPad CalenMob -calendar is able to sync many Google calendars of the same user such as Facebook-imported-calendar etc-etc. The iPad calendar for some reason only gets the default calendar, not other calendars in the same Google Account. So how can I get CalenMob -style features such as importing many calendars to iPad?


texts: Can I reinstall macOS on my Mac after it's been turned into a Linux box?

texts:
I inherited a Mac Pro Tower with CentOS on it. I want to reinstall macOS on it using an external CD/DVD drive that's plugged into a USB port.

I have tried holding down the C-key on startup.
I have tried resetting NVRAM.

Any suggestions on how to get some kind of Mac prompt? I know zero about Linux.


texts: In Finder in Sierra, in the menu Window, all options are disabled. How can I activate them?


texts: Tried pushing two build none of it showing in either in testflight or activity tab

texts:
Is there any policy change by Apple Connect while pushing to testflight. I tried pushing two build none of it showing in either in testflight or activity tab. Any help here ?
I normally build app with distribution certificate and upload it to App Store. Problem is, that it won’t appear in testflight tab. I can see that build in Activity tab and App Store tab, but not in testflight. Any one faced this recently ?
Screenshot show what am getting while uploading same build number means build is uploaded but not showing.

I didn't get any mail from apple about error.


texts: How to Stop Showing OS X Beta Software Updates in iOS

texts:
I would like to stop installing beta versions on my iPhone. Without rolling back to an old version (as described by Apple) but something similar to http://osxdaily.com/2014/12/05/stop-os-x-beta-software-updates-showing-app-store/

In this particular case I would like to wait for iOS 9 and do not try the 9.1 beta.


texts: Changing the target DPI when saving slides as images in PowerPoint 2011

texts:
I want to increase the target resolution when exporting slides as images in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. In other forums it says to go to Preferences -> Save, and from there you can change the dpi.

Here's a fuzzy screen shot of what it should look like:

Here's what I see instead:

What are my options to increase the resolution/dpi?


texts:
I set hidden files to be shown with the following commands:

defaults write com.apple.finder showHiddenFiles TRUE
killall Finder

This worked as expected.  Then I tried to hide them again with the following commands:

defaults write com.apple.finder showHiddenFiles FALSE
killall Finder

This has worked in the past, but it doesn't seem to be working for me today.  All hidden files are still visible in Finder windows.  I tried a reboot and a disk permissions repair to no avail.  I'm not sure what else to try.  Anyone got any bright ideas?


texts: Is there any way to speed up my iPhone 3G since upgrading to iOS4

texts:
I have recently upgraded my iPhone 3G to iOS4 and there is some noticeable performance issues will some of the basic tasks (text messaging, loading application, etc.)

I have restarted my iPhone and that only resolves the performance issues temporarily.

Is there any way to speed up my iPhone 3G with iOS4 installed?

Update

I have upgraded to iOS version 4.0.1 yesterday and a lot of the performance issues seem to be resolved.  I still see some issues with trying to run apps while listening to music/podcasts.


texts:
Background

I'm trying to implement AirPrint through static DNS, like documented on http://dns-sd.org/ServerStaticSetup.html. The iPad gets the dns search domain "lan" through DHCP, and I verified that in Settings-WLAN. I think I created all necessary entries in the right places, the iPad however doesn't find my printer or if it happened to find it, it showed a lock after the printers name and didn't print. (iOS version is 6.0.1)

Has anyone here a clue, as to why iOS does not find the printer or if it finds it, why it shows it as locked?

This is my setup (simplified with example domain)

DNS entries

Redirect to browse domain

PTR b._dns-sd._udp.lan = bonjour.lan
PTR lb._dns-sd._udp.lan = bonjour.lan

Printer entries

PTR _ipp._tcp.bonjour.lan = TestPrinter._ipp._tcp.bonjour.lan
PTR _universal._sub._ipp._tcp.bonjour.lan = TestPrinter._ipp._tcp.bonjour.lan
SRV TestPrinter._ipp._tcp.bonjour.lan = 0 0 631 mfp.printer
TXT TestPrinter._ipp._tcp.bonjour.lan

txtvers=1
qtotal=1
rp=Print
ty=Toshiba MFP
adminurl=http://mfp.printer
note=Shared MFP
priority=0
product=(Toshiba eStudio 351c)
printer-state=3
printer-type=0xC0B0DE
Transparent=T
Binary=T
Fax=F
Color=T
Duplex=T
Staple=F
Copies=T
Collate=T
Punch=F
Bind=F
Sort=T
Scan=T
pdl=application/octet-stream,application/pdf,application/postscript,image/jpeg,image/png,image/urf
URF=none


texts: Why can't I install OS X 10.6.6 combined updates?

texts:
To be clear, I can't install any Mac OS X update at the moment.  I reformatted my disk and installed fresh off my Snow Leopard disk.  I then continued to download 1.16GB worth of combined update (10.6.6) and I kept getting an "invalid checksum" error when attempting to open the DMG.

I'll be very clear on this to stop going around in circles.  I have spent the last 2 days looking at this issue, trawling through forum posts, re-installing, verifying and checking my disk, trying 10.6.1 instead, reformatting again, doing a zero fill, the works.  Anything that a forum seems to have suggested has not worked for me whatsoever.

Here's an output from my log:

  Mar  1 19:37:43 Kieran-Seniors-MacBook-Pro installd[182]:
  PackageKit: Install Failed: PKG: extracting "com.apple.pkg.update.os.10.6.1"
  Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=110 UserInfo=0x10011a1e0 "An error
  occurred while extracting files from the package “MacOSXUpd10.6.1.pkg”."
  Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 "The file couldn’t be opened because it isn’t in the correct format.")
  {
  NSFilePath = "/var/folders/zz/zzzivhrRnAmviuee+++++++++++/-Tmp-/PKInstallSandbox-tmp/Root";
  NSLocalizedDescription = "An error occurred while extracting files from the package "MacOSXUpd10.6.1.pkg".";
  NSURL = "#MacOSXUpd10.6.1.pkg -- file://localhost/Volumes/Mac%20OS%20X%2010.6.1%20Update/MacOSXUpd10.6.1.pkg";
  NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 \"The file couldn't be opened because it isn't in the correct format.\"";
  PKInstallPackageIdentifier = "com.apple.pkg.update.os.10.6.1";
  }

  Mar  1 19:37:43 Kieran-Seniors-MacBook-Pro Installer[173]: install:didFailWithError:Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=110 UserInfo=0x1003f17f0 "An error occurred while extracting files from the package “MacOSXUpd10.6.1.pkg”." Underlying Error=(ErrorDomain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 "The file couldn’t be opened because it isn’t in the correct format.")

  Mar 1 19:37:44 Kieran-Seniors-MacBook-Pro Installer[173]: Install failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

  Mar  1 19:37:44 Kieran-Seniors-MacBook-Pro Installer[173]: IFDInstallController 14EE80 state = 7

  Mar  1 19:37:44 Kieran-Seniors-MacBook-Pro Installer[173]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI.

  Mar  1 19:37:44 Kieran-Seniors-MacBook-Pro Installer[173]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'.

Things I've done:

Redownloaded any update version and tried to use them.  10.6.6 was downloaded 5 times altogether with no luck.  I tried using prior versions such as 10.6.1 and 10.6.2, again with no luck.
Redownloaded from a different system.  That didn't work either.
Reformatted the disk.  That didn't do anything.  I also zero-filled.
Ran the disk repair utility

My system ran updates absolutely fine before this.  Anyone got any ideas at all?

Cheers


texts:
I have used my new MacBook Pro Retina for a few days.

After three battery cycles, the battery lost capacity from 6960 mAh originally to 6616 mAh now.

Is it normal to lose almost 350 mAh of capacity in just two/three days?


texts: Windows 10 on external drive through boot camp

texts:
I've installed Windows 10 on external drive (SSD through USB) on a previous Macbook pro and it was working fine. I bought a new one now, but that same external drive doesn't boot anymore. Instead it says:

  Unable to verify startup disk

Is there a way to fix it?


texts: How to lower minimum iPhone / iOS volume listening to streaming app on bluetooth headset

texts:
I've looked here
Reduce minimum

and here
Minimum volume too loud

And did not find a solution to this issue - minimum volume on my bluetooth headset paired with my iPhone is too loud when listening to streaming app like Pandora.

One limited solution that should work with wired or wireless headsets - if you listen with just one earpiece:

In settings select:
1. General/Accessibility
2. Scroll down to Audio Volume Balance slider.
3. Move it towards the ear piece that is NOT in your ear.
I.e. if you have only the right ear piece in your ear, move the slider towards the left. This will reduce volume in the right ear BELOW the minimum that you can achieve with the regular volume control. Which proves it's possible and why on earth Apple doesn't allow you to lower both channels this way I don't know.
4. May want to enable Mono Audio as well.

Not a solution for hi-fi listening but works well enough for having some casual background music without sacrificing your ear drums.

Has anyone come up with a solution for lowering volume in both ears for streaming audio apps over bluetooth headsets since the other threads were closed?


texts: How can I get iTunes to use a library on an external HD?

texts:
I've configured iTunes to use a library on an external drive by going to Preferences > Advanced and setting the "iTunes media folder location". It was working fine for months.

Then last night I didn't have the external HD with me and I needed to do something with iTunes so I temporarily pointed it to the default media folder location.

However, now I can't get iTunes to go back to the external HD.

I set it in the preferences, but when I launch iTunes none of the songs, movies, or playlists from the external drive are present.

So iTunes is configured to use the media folder on the external HD, and looking at that filesystem I see that my stuff is in there, but I can't get to it.

I tried restarting the machine.

Mac OS 10.7.5.

iTunes 10.


texts: Create Lion DVD from Lion USB flash drive

texts: Is it possible to convert a lion Dvd from a Lion flash drive? Last year when Lion came out I created a lion install usb. I need to create a dvd to send to someone off site and did not want to give my trusty usb drive away. Is it possible to burn this to disc? I did a little googling there doesnt seem to be an easy way other than redownloading from Apple.


texts: iPhone 4s no display constant charging sound

texts: There is no display on my iPhone 4s, but whenever I hook it up to my charger, it will play the charging sound every 7 seconds. Maybe something is loose in the phone? I am thinking there is something up with the LCD screen thing, I can see in the sim card slot a pink-ish thing, and some bent metal of some sort. Please help. Don't know what to do.


texts: Why does my macbook always shut down on recovery?

texts:
Hi am trying to fix a MacBook Unibody Model A1342,

The macbook has an unknown error that might also be caused by water accident or drop or just internal problems. (I dont know about the macbooks history)

i try to describe everything detailled:

normal startup ends on blinking folder with "?"
    shutdown after this is only possible with long press on power button
        restart after this is only posiible after PRAM reset
AHT test ends without errors
Internet recovery starts
    sees Wifi networks
        doesn't connect after correct Wifi-Key
            works with ethernet
                loads all data (progress bar)
                    starts until i see grey "fabric" background for a very short time and then the system suddenly shuts down.
all this is reproduce-able

Tried second hard-drive and got this error:

Does anybody have any suggestions?


texts: How to ensure a stolen MacBook Pro Retina is useless to a thief?

texts:
(There are similar questions to this, but they all are old, like OS X Snow Leopard old. This is for Catalina era.)

I carry my MacBook Pro on me almost always when I go places. I keep it in my backpack. While the threat of it being stolen doesn't loom too badly where I live, and I don't ever let it out of my reach, I still want to make sure that my Mac is useless to a thief if it is stolen.

Currently, I have FileVault 2 full-disk encryption enabled, as well as Find My Mac enabled to the full extent and I have a password set on the EFI to prevent booting from external volumes.

How effective would this be, and is there anything I could do additionally to ensure they can't bypass these measures to use or sell the machine?


texts: How to find the Lion installation image on the iMac?

texts:
I recently bought Lion for $29.99 for my iMac on the App Store, and now want to burn a disc so that I can make another white Macbook that has Snow Leopard dual boot to Lion as well (Apple allows installing Lion on more than one machine that a user owns).  Also, I wanted to create a disc so that if there is an need in the future, there is a disc to boot to.

But I followed the instructions on

http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/08/create-burn-bootable-mac-os-x-lion-install-disc/

http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/08/make-a-bootable-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-installer-from-a-usb-flash-drive/

which are both linked from Can I dual boot Snow Leopard and Lion?

and the InstallESD.dmg file cannot be found.  In fact, if I type dmg in the Finder's search box, and chose "Disc Image" (kind / type), the whole hard disk doesn't have a file that is more than 90MB in size.  If I go to the Applications folder, the largest size shown is merely 495MB...

How can this be solved?  thanks.


texts:
In iTunes, from the Advanced menu, I selected Photos to Share.  I then picked a folder and the hard drive cranked at full speed for good 5-10 minutes.

I do not see any of the photos on the iPad.  So, who did I actually share the Photos with?


texts: Can I extract plain text subtitles from Netflix when playing in Safari?

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I want to select text in subtitle when playing video for learning English.

For example, when i playing video, i have a new word in subtitle, i select and translate it.

macOS 10.14 and Safari
Netflix is the source of video and subtitles

Can anyone help me determine if the words can be copied as text?


texts: Hide the brightness and volume bezels in Catalina?

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In macOS Mojave I followed the instructions here to hide the brightness and volume overlays:

Move the position of or hide the brightness/volume pop ups on high sierra

But this doesn't work anymore in Catalina:

$ csrutil status
System Integrity Protection status: disabled.
$ sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.OSDUIHelper Disabled -bool YES
2019-10-09 18:08:46.109 defaults[6792:141312] Could not write domain /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.OSDUIHelper; exiting
$ sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.BezelUI Disabled -bool YES
2019-10-09 18:09:06.500 defaults[6824:141922] Could not write domain /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.BezelUI; exiting

How can I hide the brightness and volume overlays in macOS Catalina?


texts: Where does the Apple Bootcamp software store the drive definitions on the windows partition?

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I removed my CDROM and added an SSD to my MACBOOK PRO I7 (mid 2010) in it's place. I can boot into my windows partition, however while I am in bootcamp(in WINDOWS) I can only select to start from old OSX partition and not my new SSD. I always have to hold OPTION key down to be able to boot form the SSD when coming out of windows. I've looked for INI files related to bootcamp in the \Program/ Files Directory and user directory. Where can I find the Drive definitions, so that I can add my new SSD? BTW, it boots just as fast as many newer models now.

diskutil  list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         119.8 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage MacHD                   898.3 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                101.0 GB   disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +119.8 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume MacSSD                  36.6 GB    disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 21.7 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                503.9 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      5.4 GB     disk2s4

/dev/disk3 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS MacHD                  +898.0 GB   disk3
                                 Logical Volume on disk1s2
                                 76C259A6-63E8-45F6-9E3B-0D7F2AD246C9
                                 Unencrypted

/dev/disk4 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk4
   1:               Windows_NTFS Backup                  1.0 TB     disk4s1


texts: Shortcut for toggling hidden files in Finder with AZERTY layout

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There's a shortcut for toggling the hidden files in Finder that works on QWERTY layouts: SHIFT + CMD + '.'

However, on my AZERTY layout (Belgian more specifically) this doesn't work. If I switch to a QWERTY layout, the shortcut works, so you'l be able to test it if you switch to a AZERTY layout. Anybody any idea? I'm on High Sierra.


texts: Importing Facebook events into Calendar on Mac

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iOS 6.0 brought iOS calendar syncing with Facebook, which is very convenient. I can see all my Facebook events on my iPhone.

Is there a similar functionality for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion? Or is there any other way to import my Facebook events into my OS X Calendar?

Thanks!


texts: Mac app for automatically closing / opening certain apps according to profiles?

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I am looking for a app that allows me to set profiles consisting of apps to close or open on profile change.

Example. The following processes are currently open

Dropbox
Chrome
Foo
Bar

After activating "cafe profile"

Chrome
Bar
Terminal

Background: I work in cafes a lot. Most of the times, I forget to turn off dropbox, hangouts, and other background processes which drains battery. Upon realizing, I close everything from the process manager, but if I had a app which does that automatically, that would save me a lot of time.

I plan to write it myself but want to make sure it doesn't exist yet before doing doubled work.


texts: MacOS 10.13.5 - Updated yesterday, getting spammed with System Extension Blocked

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I updated my Macbook yesterday to the most recent update. After restarting I got spammed by tons of System Extension Blocked messages.

Opening Security Preferences - THERE IS NO ALLOW BUTTON.

How can I get around this? This is super frustrating. And it isn't just for Parallels. I get it for other apps too.


texts: Is it advisable to sync Applications and User prefs between two Macs?

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I've got an iMac as my main computer and just bought a MacBook for while I'm travelling or visiting clients. I'm using Dropbox to keep my files in sync. But I've thinking about taking a step further and keep everything in sync, including Application, users preferences (everything in /Library/Preferences, /Users/user/Library/Preferences, /Library/Application Support and /Users/user/Library/Application Support) as well as Applications and everything in the command line (including home-brew install, packages, etc.

Please note that I do know how to keep Applications and User Preferences in sync (ln -s /source/dir/ /Users/user/Dropbox/whatevername) but would like to know if its advisable to also sync Applications and command line settings/packages (which I have no idea of how to do it).

Could you please provide suggestions? Thanks in advance


texts: How to create an alias for IP address for JDBC connection?

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I have the “db” alias in my JDBC connection specified in the Java properties file for MYSQL.  This alias does not currently work on my local computer.

I would like not to change the properties file but instead of this create the alias “db” that will work the same as IP address for JDBC connection.  Is it possible?

I am on OS X Mavericks


texts: Why can't I add new m4v videos to my iTunes library?

texts: Using iTunes 11.0.1, I tried to add some newly converted movies to my library for consumption on my Apple TV 2. This used to work well: ripping some movies from my DVDs, converting them using HandBrake with the AppleTV or AppleTV 2 setting and adding them to my media library. However, now nothing happens when I add the movie using Cmd-O in iTunes or via Drag-And-Drop from the Finder. Opening the movie via right click in the Finder in iTunes works however, and I can even stream to the AppleTV then. So what's wrong? I checked in the console logs, and can't find any iTunes related error messages.


texts: Time Machine backup on per app basis with application preferences?

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When backing up using Time Machine, all your applications are backed up along with their preferences.

I know that the preferences are restored when doing a full system restoration.

However, what if I uninstalled an app along with its preferences using cleaning tools - and now I want to restore just that one app with its latest preferences?


texts: Can't resize (FileVault) partition after Bootcamp removal

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I have a recent Mac with two partitions. The first one contains MacOS, and is encrypted with FileVault. The second one contained a Bootcamp Windows installation. Here is a screen shot:

I deleted the Bootcamp partition to reclaim space. Turns out: as a FileVault partition can't be resized, it can not grow to use the extra space.

What must I do to have one big partition again?


texts: How to shorten month name in High Sierra menu bar

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I've updated to High Sierra and one thing that I immediately noticed as an OCD-guy was the full name of the month in menu bar:

I like keeping things as short as possible and I want to revert it back to the format "Thu 28 Sep 11:08" as in Sierra and below, instead of "28 September Thu 11:08".

I've fiddled with date formats in the system preferences but it doesn't seem to change anything.

How do I get the shorter date back?


texts: SSH'ing with just a machine name on internal network: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

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Yesterday I was able to ssh into my development box by using the machine name. Today, I can't. I can nslookup and use chrome to navigate to my box using just the machine name. ping and ssh do not resolve with just the machine name. Everything resolves if I use the fully qualified domain name. It all also resolves if I use the ip address. I am on an internal network (10.0.0.x).

$ dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
$ nslookup my-dev-box
Server:     10.0.0.113
Address:    10.0.0.113#53

Name:   my-dev-box.thedomain.internal
Address: 10.0.0.106

$ ssh my-dev-box
ssh: Could not resolve hostname my-dev-box: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

$ ssh my-dev-box.thedomain.internal
password: xxx
Have a lot of fun... (it worked)

When I have ssh'd into my development box, I use the hostname command and it returns my-dev-box.

When I type my-dev-box into chrome, it takes me to my development site just fine.

In system preferences, on my wireless network (I'm on wireless for all this) in the DNS settings I have thedomain.internal listed under search domains.

What setting am I missing or how would I troubleshoot / restore ssh using a less fully qualified host name?

EDIT

So far the solution was to restart my macbook after all the steps above. SSH is working like it did before (connecting with just machine name on internal network.) Still don't know the cause of the error.


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I know Yosemite(Leaving public betas) is yet not out but i am little curious to clear out few doubts before hand. I have bought my new macbook pro retina 15 inch so i am not aware about few things. If i upgrade from Mountain Lion to Yosemite will I loose all my installed softwares? Data?

Even if loose those installed softwares, no worries. I can re-install them. I have the .dmg files. But what i am worrying is, will these old softwares for M.Lion work with Yosemite? Or i need to update them all.


texts:
I changed the motherboard of a MacBook Air A1465 11" mid 2013 because the previous one had a problem with the RAM.
I boot the device in recovery mode in order to install the OS but the SSD is not recognised by the disk utility, so I search online and I find that I can see if the terminal recognises the SSD, in fact it does.
I use the command diskutil list and It appears a list of disks with my SSD in it.

Then I try to use the commands "diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ mySSD /dev/disk22", "diskutil eraseDisk /dev/disk22", "diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk22 GPT JHFS+ New 0b" and each time the process starts but after a while I receive a Error saying: "Error: -69877: Couldn't open device". After this error the disk disappears from the disks list.

I found out that when I use the command "diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk22" I can actually see the disk in the disk utility interface, but when I try to erase it as I did before, the same error occurs.


texts: How to change the input source to different language with shortcut (only one key combination)?

texts:
I want to use four language in my OS X system (English, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese), and I know I can change the language with ⌘ + Space. However, I have a pathological hatred for switching with it, because it requires me to select from so, so many choices! I also know I can change it from the menubar on the right of the bar, but it's much more disgusting than the ⌘ + Space solution.

So I rather want to change it with easier shortcut, like the following:

left ⌘ switches to English
right ⌘ switches to Spanish
left ⌘ + left ⌥ + C switches to Chinese
right ⌘ + right ⌥ + C switches to Japanese.

I tried to use Karabiner (the descendent from KeyRemap4MacBook), but it doesn't work on the first attempt on Chinese, on which when I switches to Chinese, it remains English (the input source icon on the menubar changes, but the keyboard does not work). But for some reasons if I switch from English to Chinese to English to Chinese (two attempts), then the Chinese keyboard finally works.

So I don't like the idea of using Karabiner. So what is the better way to change the input source?


texts: What's triggering my Finder's CPU binges?

texts:
A few times a week, the Finder on my Macbook shoots up to around 100% CPU use, and the fans start blasting.

I've done everything I can think of - repaired permissions, rebooted, trashed preferences, turned off "show preview" in view options, audited the Activity Monitor for unnecessary processes, scoured the Console for errors, restarted the Finder, and a lot more. Eventually it subsides, and I assume that the source of the error was the last thing I changed.

But it's doing it again now, and I am at a loss. I wish there was a way to "get inside the Finder's head" and see what it's doing. I've tried running a sample of the Finder process in Activity Monitor, but honestly I don't know what it's doing, much less how to interpret the output.

That's really my hope: that someone can explain a better way to investigate CPU spikes like this, not just in the Finder, but any runaway process. There are certainly plenty of details that might help you all diagnose this specific case, but before I spew out even more probably-irrelevant information, I thought I'd see if anyone has general tips for diagnosing this sort of thing.

This is my first Stack-anything post btw, so please be gentle. Thanks in advance!


texts: How do I resync itunes to my music library?

texts: I keep my music in an external hard drive which was disconnected while iTunes was on. I reconnected the drive and restarted iTunes but it still can't find the music. Would prefer not to fix manually, there are over 3,000 albums in that directory.


texts: How to have Mail.app in Lion sort messages within a thread oldest to newest (like gmail)

texts: In Mail.app on 10.7 Lion, When I select an email thread, it shows all the emails within that thread in the right-hand pane, with the newest message first. How can I change this to sort from oldest to newest (the way that gmail shows messages when you are viewing a thread)?


texts: Execute command on launch of custom Terminal Window in OSX10.5+

texts:
I'm trying to find a way to automatically launch a command when Terminal is run, but:

Have the Terminal window close after command has returned control to it / after (using &) after command has started launching.
Not have the user change any settings themselves / not have the settings changed globally.

I have found (mainly from a relatively very comprehensive write-up on http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix3/mac/ch01_03.htm) the ability to create a .terminal file and edit the contents (plist) to contain xml like the below.

    <key>ExecutionString</key>
    <string>ssh xyzzy.oreilly.com; exit</string>

However:

Given the date of other postings (on google) showing this functionality
The fact that the procedure which I eventually found to create custom Terminal windows, was subtly different from the instructions in the article above
The fact that (at least with OSX10.5) they are now .term files (and complain that the file is not executable if changed to .terminal)

... am guessing that some version of OSX, post all the information I can find on this technique, changed this functionality. Is this correct in any version of OSX 10.5+?

Also, is there still a way to launch a command automatically in a custom terminal window (or similar, that isn't AppleScript / Automater / etc)?


texts: How does “Optimize Mac Storage” for iCloud Drive interact with Spotlight and Time Machine?

texts:
How does the option “Optimize Mac Storage” for iCloud Drive interact with Spotlight and Time Machine?

As far as I understand, the option causes macOS to remove your Mac’s copy of old iCloud Drive files. In iCloud Drive in the Finder, those files are then shown with a download icon. But I don’t understand what happens to those files in Spotlight and Time Machine.

Can you still search the contents of those files in Spotlight? What happens to those files in Time Machine backups? I assume existing backups will still have the local copy, but what about new backups?

Also, what happens if you edit those files on an iPad? Will the files be automatically downloaded again to the Mac? If not, can you search the new contents of those files in Spotlight? Will new Time Machine backups have a local copy with the new contents, the old contents or no local copy at all?


texts: macOS High Sierra: Create Windows bootable Usb

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I just install macOS High Sierra and Windows 10 through BootCamp Assistant.

The problem is that, Windows have a strange issue and I need a bootable USB to go to the recovery mode.

I tried to make one from BootCamp Assistant but in the latest macOS the process is different and there is nowhere the "Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk" option and the only option I have is to remove the windows partion.

So, how I can make a Windows Bootable USB in macOS High Sierra?


texts: Terminal: command overridden via shell script in /usr/local/bin not executed unless called directly

texts:
I've created a shell script wrapping ssh to change my terminal background when connecting to a server following one of the many examples on this site and stackexchange.

11:22 ~  $ echo $PATH
/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/robertson/bin/android-sdk-macosx/platforms:/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/robertson/bin/android-sdk-macosx/tools:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/git/bin
11:22 ~  $ which ssh
/usr/local/bin/ssh
11:22 ~  $ whereis ssh
/usr/bin/ssh

As you can see, which ssh does correctly find the script I placed in /usr/local/bin, however whereis ssh does not, and when I run ssh user@example.com, I still get the system ssh without executing my wrapper.  I'm forced to call it directly via /usr/local/bin/ssh user@example.com to get the color change.

Any idea what's missing here?


texts: Choppy mouse on macOS Sierra 10.12.3? (Both trackpad and wired)

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My mouse movement periodically becomes choppy/jumpy after maybe an hour of use. The problem goes away temporarily with a reboot, but it returns before long. This seems to happen regardless of RAM usage (I'm always at about 3.25/4.0GB used).

The choppiness is exactly what you'd expect from a Bluetooth mouse that's almost out of battery, but this happens both on my trackpad and on my wired USB mouse. The mouse also works correctly on another laptop.

The computer is just a 2014 Macbook Air, but I don't think it's purely a problem of processing power because I didn't notice this problem until a few weeks ago (possibly after an OS update).


texts: How can I select the arrow on image capture on mojave?

texts:
I usually monosnap to add annotations (such as arrows etc) to screenshots. With the Mojave update, mac now has its own screen capture default tool.

I would like to use it, but I cannot select the arrow tool for some reason. How can I select it?

Also is there a tool to obscure sensitive areas in the screenshot?

finally what is this tool called? Once launched it doens't show an application name on the toolbar, and so I cannot find much references for it.


texts: Update iOS 5.1.1 on iPad 1 to at least iOS 6

texts: I have read many post about updating an iPad 1 (iOS 5.1.1) to iOS 8 but all I need at the moment is to update my iPad 1 to at least iOS 6. Is there any way I can update it to iOS 6? No jail breaking or anything, just a normal way of updating.


texts: Unable to install entrprise app through iTunes in windows machine

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As per apple new update in iTunes app install via iTunes option is removed and if you want to install app you need to use Apple Configurator 2 to install app through system.

But Above Tool is for MAC user only what about Windows user how can i distribute my app to windows users?

Any Idea how to install iPA file through windows machine ?

  Note : Due to security reason my company not allowed to use any third
  party site like Diawi.

Help me to find out way to install my app through windows machine.

Thanks in Advance!


texts: Upon opening Xcode, without given the option to do anything else, it opens a blank editor window showing "no selection" with a spinning activity indicator. It then takes up 100% of the CPU for a few minutes until I force quit. How can I stop it from acting like this? I have tried reinstalling and deleting all its cached items and local data.


texts: Are there any security vulnerabilities that would allow an attacker to change the admin password?

texts: A good friend of mine woke up one day to discover that someone had changed the admin password on his mac. It seems the same attacker also broke into his Yahoo email. Assuming he was on an unsecured network is there some kind of Mac OS X vulnerability that would allow an attacker to login remotely and change the admin password, even if remote management and remote login were disabled? How could someone without physical access to the machine do this?


texts: How to change iMovie app's output volume?

texts:
I don't want to change the volume of a video of audio clip, but rather of the whole program itself.
How can I do that?
iMovie 10.1.16 on macOS Catalina


texts: How can I disable App Store update notification for non-admin users?

texts: I am admin on my MBA (Mavericks), and I want to get App Store update notifications. The rest of my family have non-admin (standard) accounts and I'd like to disable App Store updates and notification for their logins.  The answers to Disable App Update Notifications on OSX? apply to all users, not selective users.


texts: MacPro 6,1 (late 2013) - 4 monitors using only 1 of 2 available graphics cards

texts:
Late 2013 mac pro 32GB ram, AMD FirePro D500 3072mb.

All monitors plugged into their own individual thunderbolt ports.

Performance has been abysmal over the last few months. Many coreaudio errors; screen flickering; mouse jittery. None of the usual remedies have helped (reboot; reset NVRAM et al; re-install).

Today I happened to notice in the system report that my four monitors (ASUS VS238) are only using one of the two available graphics cards.

Is there a way to configure the monitors to use a specific graphics card? Does it even make sense to split the 4 monitors between the 2 cards, or is it more sane that it is doing what it is?


texts: iPhone 5S stolen, name was changed in Find my iPhone and inforrmation request about factory reset behavior

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I got my 5S stolen Thursday and today it was back online in Find My iPhone.

First, I would like to know if there's a way to know if the iPhone is in locked mode or not.

Next, from the time it got back online, the iPhone name has changed. Since my iPhone is password/fingerprint locked, and in locked mode, how can the person who (certainly) bought the stolen phone change the name. He can't go in to Settings, can't access it via iTunes, and even if he restored it he can't activate it because of the iOS7 protection requesting my Apple ID password (am I right on this?). My first answer would be a DFU reset from a previous backup but i would like confirmation about it and other possibilities.

On top of this, when going into locked mode, I'm unable to set a different code than the one already on the device which may be a problemat if the code is the one set by the guy when he did his backup from another iPhone and he re-injected into my phone with a DFU backup reset. How can I set another code to be sure he can't use the phone?


texts: How to read Mac OS Extended (Journaled) USB drive if I'm getting: "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"?

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So, I wanted to do a fresh install of Catalina, and have done a backup on my USB drive. Before transferring the data to USB, I've formatted it as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". After I've installed Catalina, I can no longer read the data from USB, and receive message: "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer".

I've tried to read it on my Windows machine using a free program (HFSExplorer), but it couldn't even find my USB drive. I've tried to read it on Linux (Ubuntu), installed "hfsprogs", but couldn't mount it.

I've also tried using several free data recovery programs, but they've managed to recover only data from my previous Linux pen drive installation that I've removed before doing a backup.


texts: Can I use memory taken from a Macbook Pro in a Mac Pro?

texts: My Macbook Pro from around 2008 finally died. It has two 1 GB memory chips. (Specifically, two of this Samsung chip.) My question is: can I use these chips in my 2011 Mac Pro?


texts: How to configure a proxy for the mobile data connection?

texts:
Reasons why I want to configure the proxy is to surf anonymous, for security reasons, to gain access in blocked websites in some locations.

I've seen that it is possible to configure a proxy with the WLAN settings in the iPhone. I may not have access to WLAN all the time so, I'm wondering whether it is also possible to configure a proxy for the mobile data connection.

I found an answer here which recommended Apple configurator and wiping the device.

I prefer to use @Stock B's method which states:

  Generate a mobileconfig using a tool such as http://iphone.flexserve.net. Load the mobileconfig by opening it in the iOS mail client. Remove it from Device Configuration when you're finished testing.
  This method neither requires a Mac OS X computer, nor a jailbroken iPhone.

I need someone on here who knows or has used  this method or knows how to configure a proxy for the mobile data connection on iPhone 6 iOS 12.4.

Kindly walk me through it so I don’t make any mistake along the way and ruin my Phone.


texts: How to prevent user from moving a custom app to Trash?

texts:
I am building an OS X Cocoa app for an administrator who doesn't want the user to remove the app by moving it to Trash. This is not going to be on the App Store.

How does Apple prevent users from deleting App Store or Chess app etc.? Can the same logic be used for third party apps?


texts: Where does Keynote store the recorded slideshow?

texts:
I have a similar problem to this person on the Apple discussion board

I spent almost 60 hours building, narrating and editing a Keynote presentation only to find that when I export the file to Quicktime, the audio isn't included. Its a silent film

The advice given in that thread has not worked for me.
The presentation already has all the sounds embedded, hence there's no need for a mic so I use Soundflower as the system output to create an audio sinkhole, like sending to /dev/null. When I export the movie (File > Export > Movie, and I've tried both Slideshow Recording and Self Playing) I get a silent film and any video or sound files that were in the presentation are just stills and do not play.
However, if I choose Play > Play Recorded Slideshow then everything is fine, the presentation movie plays with all the video and sounds all at the times I set them off. If I knew the location of that recording then I can ignore the export's strange ideas on how to process the recording and take that.
I've unzipped the .key file and found a file called MovieRecording-XXX.mov (where XXX is some kind of GUID) but it's really an audio track, and of course, it's mute. I can't find the whole video that is inside Keynote.
I've searched ~/Library and I'm trying the temp directories but have found nothing so far. I have also looked through the data/metadata in the unzipped dirs and can't find a reference to it.
I'm actually about to try and make a screen recording of the one inside Keynote but that's obviously not ideal.
Any help or pointers will be much appreciated.
Keynote v10.1
Mac v10.14.6


texts: What is the easiest way to run SW that requires Classis Mac OS 9?

texts:
I see a few games that only run on Mac OS 9 and I'd like to try them.
However, I run macOS 10.12.2. What could be the easiest way to do it?

Specifically, I'd like to play Bonkheads ;-)

I have my Macbook Pro Retina available


texts: How does OS X connect to other computers on the LAN?

texts:
I am behind a router, with some windows users, and I noticed that their computers show up in my finder, under shared. I never closely examined this feature, but today I decided to connect as my user on the windows computers. What I noticed is a directory labeled Users popped up. Clicking on this, and then my user directory, I see the normal OS X user folder structure, but the files are the ones on the computer.

This looks like FTP to me, but the windows computer has no special configuration, so I don't think that that's the case.

How does the OS X connect to other computers on the LAN, when they have no special configuration to do so? What service is this?

OS X 10.11 El-Capitan


texts: Apps suddenly quitting or freezing? Memory problem?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (2018, 13-inch) with Catalina.

Every once in a while, my mac gets weird. All the tabs open on Chrome go black and if I try to reload, the whole app usually just quits. Other apps freeze as well.
My open Word documents also suddenly get different file names (like .W89712 or something) and get saved to a strange different folder (com.microsoft.Word).

Is this just a memory problem? I feel like I don't run anything crazy on my computer. Mostly just Chrome, Word (1-2 documents), Acrobat (1-2 documents) and the Mail app.


texts: Is it possible to switch Spotlight in OS X to using Google?

texts: Spotlight (in Yosemite) has the ability to search the web. However, this only works with Bing. Is it possible to switch it to using Google?


texts: iMovie question (possibly need a different apple product? IDK)

texts:
Okay, this question is a bit of a doozy.
I decided to try my hand at making a rotoscoping animation. That's basically an animation created using real film as a base.

The original video is 16500 frames long, 24 frames per second. I'm only animating half of those frames.
I used "FireAlpaca" to draw each and every one of the still images that would be used in this video.

Do i use imovie to make this video? Obviously since there's less frames, it's going to by quicker, correct ? How do I make it so that there are only 12 frames per second instead of 24, and therefore be able to make my video at the same length as the original film I'm using as the basis for this animation?

Essentially it's just an extremely fast slideshow. Can I do this in imovie? Final Cut Pro? What do I do????


texts: External HD with a Filevault 1 home directory, readable from Lion?

texts: I have the HD from my old Snow Leopard Mac containing my old home directory encrypted with Filevault 1.  Can I mount this HD in a USB enclosure as an external volume on a new Mac running Lion, and read the contents of my old Filevault 1 protected home directory?  Do I need a Keychain item, or anything other than my old login password or admin password?


texts: I bought a used iMac with OS 10.4.11 installed. It also has Microsoft Office 2004 on it.  I'd like to upgrade the OS to 10.6 but don't want to lose the Microsoft Office applications. I do not have the original disks or any codes, serial numbers, etc to reinstall Office 2004.  Is there any way I can accomplish the OS upgrade without losing Microsoft Office? I was hoping to transfer to an external HD and then transfer it back after I upgrade the OS.


texts:
Good day,

Apple has just came up with this new iAds Networks workbench where you can create your own campaign for promoting your app. This button appears instead of the old one (iAds Network) in iTunes connect in the developer's main page.

My question is where is the original iAds Network page from which you could track your iAds Network status (requests,imperessions, revenue etc...) ?


texts: Where do I put my app's privacy policy and when do I display it?

texts: I  am going to submit my first iOS app in the next few days and I am a little unsure about what to do with the privacy policy. Is it enough just to have it on the App Store page or do I need to include it in the app? Do I need to display it to the users from within the app before the register for an account? Finding it hard to find any information on this.


texts: Issue with LCD screen colors after Mac was dropped

texts: I have gotten an issue with my Mac LCD display, after the Mac was dropped. 100% white colors become pink and 100% black colors become green. I don't want to get it fixed, because that would be very expensive. I have instead managed to calibrate the white color, to a bit off-white, so that it is not pink. But how can I change the black color, so that it is just a tad grayish?


texts: How can I retroactively import files into my Itunes library?

texts:
How can I get Itunes to move everything to my library retroactively. When I add new songs, it copies them to my library but I have a lot of music that I added before I discovered I could enable the auto import to library function. How can I get itunes to go back and copy all of those to the  Itunes auto-organized library?
My files are spread out all over the place, it would be nice to have them in one place.


texts: Photos skewing when dragged into Powerpoint

texts:
When I drop pics into Powerpoint they break into skewed parts, as shown below.  If I use the import function, it works just fine, but about 90% of the time when I copy/paste from anywhere, I get the skew.
This is something I do at least 30 times a day so it's killing productivity - would really like help if anyone has any idea.


texts: Automatically opening multiple Apps / TABs for certain projects

texts:
I'm trying to improve my workflow when working on certain projects. Depending on what kind of work I'm doing, I'll want certain apps open with certain configurations.

Example:

For a web development project, I'll want to open iTerm 2, have 2 horizontal panes. The upper pane will go into the frontend folder, the other one will go into the backend folder. Then, I want to have both folders also open up in Sublime Text.

Ideally, I'd like to have an app or a file or a script or something, that does this for me so that I don't have to do this every time I want to work on whatever project:

- Launch iTerm
- Hit CMD-ENTER for fullscreen
- Hit CMD-SHIFT-D for two horizontal panes
- Run "cd to/project/backend"
- Run "subl src" to open "src" folder in Sublime Text
- Run "vagrant up"
- Close Sublime windows I had open last time I quit it
- Hit CMD-ALT-UP to go to upper pane
- Run "cd to/project/frontend"
- Run "subl ." to open new Sublime window here
- Launch Chrome and open up my frontend in a new tab

That's just one example. When I'm working on something else, I might want Sketch and Keynote open with certain files (no terminal at all).

I'm looking for a way to automate these processes. Grateful for any suggestions. Thank you! :)


texts: How to prevent holding fn key from downloading Enhanced Dictation?

texts:
I use my Macbook Pro with an external keyboard when coding, so I can use function keys as normal function keys for use with and IDE when coding. This means in order to adjust brightness and volume I need to hold down the "fn" key. So I'm hitting this fairly frequently. If you hit it twice though, (or sometimes it seems to be if you hold it down, maybe) this dialog shows up:

It's super annoying and I seem to cause it several times a day. I never want this, can't dismiss it with a keystroke, and can't find where to kill it in Keyboard Preferences. Any ideas? Thanks.


texts:
In my keyboard when I pressed this key

Then I get/display  '§' (with shift+key -> '±' ) instead of what  expected.

How can I set it to work properly?

Also after  Googling I found this site but this did not help me.


texts: Can I connect 2 external monitors to my 12" Retina MacBook (early-2015)?

texts:
Can I connect two external monitors to my 12" Retina MacBook (early-2015)

How do I do it and can it be VGA or only HDMI


texts: how do i disable my messages from showing up on my macbook air

texts: Recently I allowed my laptop to get messages that have been sent to my phone, but that was a huge mistake. I have a macbook air and I do not need to disconnect my phone from my laptop, I just need to disable my laptop from receiving or even seeing my messages.


texts: Google Assistant Notification Settings for iOS

texts: I installed the Google Assistant app on my iPhone 6. I tried to set a reminder with Assistant but it said I had to enable notifications in the Assistant settings. There are no notification settings there but all the settings that are there are on. I looked in the Notification section of Settings and there is no entry for Assistant. What do I need to do to enable reminders on my iPhone?


texts:
I'm using iOS 5.0.1 on an iPad 1 and want to look at the APN settings.  This article from Apple http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2283 says that I should be able to see them through Settings > Cellular Data > APN Settings.  But when I go to Settings > Cellular Data, the only options are to turn data and roaming on and off, to view the account (which opens AT&T's account info) and an option to set a PIN on the SIM.

What is the APN information for an AT&T 3G ipad and/or how can I see it on my device?


texts: How do you create an archive file which unarchives into the current folder?

texts:
At the moment, if I create a TAR or ZIP file foo.tar - containing multiple files and directories - when I double click on the archive it creates a folder foo containing all of the archived items.

Is there a way to have an archive extract itself - when opened from Finder - so that the files are at the same level as the archive was?

I'm trying to distribute an archive which users can use to setup a USB drive with a custom icon etc, however this requires copying hidden files into the USB drive's root, so I can't just get them to "copy/paste from this network directory"


texts: iPad Remote app with Apple TV 2 not remembering where I was in iTunes pane

texts:
Whenever I closed my smart cover or otherwise dismiss the Remote app, attempts to reopen the app result in a "reset", acting as though it was the first time remote was opened and "forgetting" where I was in the virtual iTunes view. The track playing shows on top of the iTunes view, but my track/album pane is cleared, and it is asking me what I want to connect to, just like when you first open the app.

Apple TV 2, iPad 2 with latest iOS


texts:
I bought my daughter her ipad for Christmas (7 months ago) and she dropped it the other day cracking the screen; you can actually see inside of it at the top.

Does this come with a manufacture warranty and will it cover accidental damage?


texts: OSX is repeatedly asking for login keychain password

texts: After starting up my newer iMac it's asking for for the login keychain password for several applications. It is stuck in a cycle that I can't cancel out of. Any suggestions?


texts: Homebrew package manager taps fatal error

texts:
I was updating and upgrading Homebrew and I saw this error message: does anyone know what shall I do?
==> Pouring imagemagick-7.0.10-31.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
  /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.10-31: 1,500 files, 29.6MB
Removing: /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.10-30_1... (1,499 files, 25.7MB)
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/': transfer closed with outstanding read data remaining
Error: Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core failed!

Then I proceeded to redo that and the message did not show up (see attachment and below). Instead, I got the following:
Updated 1 tap (homebrew/core)

Thank you!


texts: Can Mountain Lion be used as a guest OS under 10.7 Lion?

texts:
I'm installing Mountain Lion on one of my Macs and I'd like to test it (under virtualization) on another. This other (for a variety of reasons) will continue to run Lion.

Can I use VMware Fusion to virtualize Mountain Lion (client) under Lion (client) legally? Does the virtualization section of the license allow this?


texts: Best offline maps for iOS 4.2.1 (iPod 2G)

texts:
I have a jailbroken iPod touch 2G running iOS 4.2.1. I tried City Maps to go and oMaps. First on did not work, second one did not offer much functionality. Is there any other app that I can try?

EDIT: Lower version of City Maps to Go works on iOS 4.2.1!!!


texts: Upgrade to Yosemite failed - MBR and GPT don't match?

texts:
Upgrading to Yosemite so I can install the newest version of xCode.
Shortly after starting I get this error:

I've tried going into Disk Utility and repairing permissions, but even though it says it's repairing things, when I run it again the same errors show up.

Not sure what to do here.

Edit: Disk Manager

Edit 2: GPT and FDisk:

Edit 3: in response to n1000

Command (? for help): v

Warning! Mismatched GPT and MBR partition! MBR partition 4, of type 0x07,
has no corresponding GPT partition! You may continue, but this condition
might cause data loss in the future!

Identified 1 problems!

Command (? for help): ?
b   back up GPT data to a file
c   change a partition's name
d   delete a partition
i   show detailed information on a partition
l   list known partition types
n   add a new partition
o   create a new empty GUID partition table (GPT)
p   print the partition table
q   quit without saving changes
r   recovery and transformation options (experts only)
s   sort partitions
t   change a partition's type code
v   verify disk
w   write table to disk and exit
x   extra functionality (experts only)
?   print this menu

Command (? for help): r

Recovery/transformation command (? for help): ?
b   use backup GPT header (rebuilding main)
c   load backup partition table from disk (rebuilding main)
d   use main GPT header (rebuilding backup)
e   load main partition table from disk (rebuilding backup)
f   load MBR and build fresh GPT from it
g   convert GPT into MBR and exit
h   make hybrid MBR
i   show detailed information on a partition
l   load partition data from a backup file
m   return to main menu
o   print protective MBR data
p   print the partition table
q   quit without saving changes
t   transform BSD disklabel partition
v   verify disk
w   write table to disk and exit
x   extra functionality (experts only)
?   print this menu


texts: Rebuild APFS Container Scheme using Terminal

texts:
I am having an issue with an internal HDD from my MacBook Pro Mid-2012 by some reason not sure why it change the file system from GUID to APFS. Right now I been trying to recover my data but there are several files that are shown as "corrupted", so I been researching that the is a way I could fix or rebuild the partition table but I am not sure which one I am currently have the GUID or the APFS but I am sure there is one that is corrupted. Actually I have tried with DiskWarrior but it tells me that "APFS is not supported" so I want to try if there is a way by using Terminal.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks
Alberto


texts: AirPort Express extending AirPort Extreme wireless network: can I use WEP and WPA2 Personal?

texts: I have an AirPort Extreme home network that is extended with an AirPort Express.  Because some legacy devices within the household do not support WPA/WPA2 Personal, I would like to keep my AirPort Extreme network secured with WPA2 while allowing devices that can connect to the AirPort Express to connect via WEP.  Is this possible? (knowing in advance would certainly help, as I do not want to mess up the current configuration for the AirPort Express.


texts: Change Volume using External keyboard with Macbook?

texts:
I have an external mac keyboard on my mac, and would like to be able to use the keyboard to control the volume like I do with my MacBook pro's FN+F10-12 keys, but there's no FN key on my external keyboard.

How can I do this? I'm willing to change to using just Function keys if required.


texts: Need to replug my Magic Keyboard after each shutdown

texts:
Each time I restart my 2018 Mac mini running Mojave after a complete shutdown, I have to connect my Magic Keyboard (to USB) to be able to type my login/password.

Once it's done, I can unplug it and use it via Bluetooth.

Question; is it a "feature" for some security reason? Or is it a bug? (keyboard battery is at 100%).  How can I get it to retain the Bluetooth connection across reboots?


texts:
It only lets me choose yellow:

For all the others, it’s no issue selecting color:


texts:
I know how to change an application icon, but when that app updates (e.g. browser), icon reverts to the one that application has.

I imagine, that the update process works something like replacing the package I have, with a new one, so the icon change occurs because the new package simply doesn't have that icon associated.

Is there a way around this? Is there an app/prefPane handling this? Or do I have to change icon every time an app updates?


texts: Ubuntu not booting after cloning (OSX and Kali)

texts:
the task was too simple - I had a 256gb ssd with OSX (apfs) and Kali (osx booted with Alt pressing and Kali booting on default - I suspect GRUB was operating). I think there was a problem after upgrading to ubuntu 16 so rEFInd menu just disappeared.

I bought a new 512GB ssd and tried to clone OSX partition - it was fine but i had to tackle problem with containers, recovery hd, hidden partition and so on.

Now OSX is booting and I successfully cloned ext4 partition (Kali) with GParted and installed rEFInd via recovery hd. Now rEFInd is working but there's no option for my Kali partition.

I understand there should be a shortcut with bootloader\grub conf without Kali reinstall Kali and cloning partition once again (if ever it boots).

How do I make this ext4 partition boot (supposing cloning was successful)?

Thanks a lot!


texts: Where does OS X remember previously connected bluetooth devices?

texts:
I completely erased my hard drive (DOE compliant 3 pass secure erase) that had OS X Lion on it and reinstalled it from the recovery drive earlier today. To my astonishment, I saw that the Bluetooth preferences remembered all my 4 previously paired devices, albeit, with only their MAC addresses and not device names.

Where is this information stored? I did not reset my PRAM, but this page does not indicate that it keeps a history of Bluetooth devices connected.

What other similar information is stored persistently? My networks preferences didn't show any of my previously connected wireless networks, but I'm curious now — is it possible to retrieve it after such a wipe and reinstall?


texts: I am running multiple modern internet and cloud related services. Is it possible to limit their access to parts of my filesystem? For example Dropbox only needs access to its Dropbox shared folder.


texts: The artist list displays all artists that appear on at least one non-compilation album. Is there a preference somewhere to change that to display all artists, i.e. including those that only appear on a compilation?


texts:
My camera is not working, it just shows a black screen when I turn it on. Snapchat and instagram cameras aren't working as well.
In the restrictions the camera app was not restricted and still it's not working.
Can anyone help me out?


texts: How do I get com.apple.servermgrd to use a non-self-signed SSL certificate?

texts:
I have received a valid SSL certificate for my Mountain Lion Server (10.8.2 Build 12C3104) and have installed that cert for use by all services (and SSL and other services do not pop up the "Verify Certificate" dialog - only Server seems to be still using a self-signed cert.

Each time I connect remotely using Server App 2.2.1 (169) as follows:

Did I miss a step where I need to install a different cert for com.apple.servermgrd to use or do I need a second configuration step past making the current certificate selected in Server app and rebooting the server? I'd rather use a valid certificate to authenticate rather than have to "always trust" this self-signed cert when connecting to manage my server.


texts: Will not using battery in MacBook make it last longer?

texts:
If I don't use my MacBook on a battery, does it mean that it will last longer?
I heard that when you have normal notebook from HP, Asus, Dell, Acer.... no matter if you use the notebook on battery or not... after 2 or 3 years it will be dead... lasting only like 30 minutes or maybe only 5 minutes...
Is it the same with MacBook?
I have a MacBook which is 6 years old and it still lasts 4-5 hours.... The Macbook has not been used on battery in those 6 years. ;o)


texts: Reclaim disk space from old Windows partition?

texts:
How do I reclaim the disk space used by my former Windows partition?

Clear free space in Disk Utility

  So I recently removed Windows 7 from my iMac, but Bootcamp didn't let me do it. I used Disk Utility instead. The old Windows 7 partition now shows up as free space. I want to reinstall Windows 7 again on my iMac, how do I set it up? Can I use the free space again? I want to give the Windows partition a bigger size than what the free space currently holds.

I'm having the exact same issue, but mine is 70 GB of data on 250 GB flash drive. I too am running OS X 10.10, Yosemite.

The accepted answer to the question above says restore the computer, but I don't want to lose my data or buy a Time Machine drive. What should I do?


texts: Recently my MacBook Air (2016) has been randomly giving me this screen. Longest it’s ever lasted was a minute. One time I had to shut down the computer to get it to go away, another time it went away on its own. Does anyone know if there is a quick fix?


texts:
Question

How can I connect mac to Iphone hotspot without making "personal hotspot discoverable"?

Usecase

get on train
on phone, make "Personal hotspot discoverable"
open laptop
wait for laptop "looking for networks" to see my SSID
once laptop sees my SSID, connect to wifi

Desired

I want to "connect mac to hotspot" without "doing anything" on my phone.

i.e. remove these steps:

on phone, make "Personal hotspot discoverable"
wait for laptop "looking for networks" to see my SSID

so the "new usecase" would look like this:

get on train
open laptop
connect directly to my Wifi-hotspot

Environment

Mac Catalina
IOS 13

Some points

I could use bluetooth, but prefer to use wifi as my vpn software will automatically reconnect (i.e. if i disconnect from wifi at home and reconnect on the train)

Thanks!


texts:
Why does brew not link gcc properly?
What am I missing?

$>brew install gcc49 --without-multilib
==> Installing gcc49 from homebrew/homebrew-versions
==> Downloading http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gcc/gcc-4.9.3/gcc-4.9.3.tar.bz2
==> Downloading from http://gnu.mirror.iweb.com/gcc/gcc-4.9.3/gcc-4.9.3.tar.bz2
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> ../configure --build=x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc49/4.9.3 --libdir=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc49/4.9.3/lib/gc
==> make bootstrap
==> make install
  /usr/local/Cellar/gcc49/4.9.3: 1079 files, 146M, built in 27.3 minutes
$>which gcc49   // <--------- NOTHING SHOWS UP HERE
$>which gcc  // <--------- NOTHING SHOWS UP HERE
$>

I event tried brew unlink gcc49 && brew link gcc49
What am I missing?


texts: Where can I get highly technical documentation of Macintosh hardware?

texts:
I am often looking to dig deeper than the overview technical specifications that Apple provides and miss the old Developer Notes that used to be published as Apple Hardware Documentation in HTML and PDF form.

2004 ADC - Developer Connection - Hardware Reference Library

I can't locate any of these MacBook Pro or Air / Mac Pro developer notes past early 2008 or so in the archive. Using a google search as well as searching for developer note is yielding no hits. I can't tell if guides like this are no longer produced or are just hidden behind a pay wall. What programs or resources provide level diagrams and internal hardware design documents short of getting a job with Apple? I'm willing to pay for them, just looking for sources of this information.

I'm not necessarily looking for repair manuals since iFixit.com does a nice job of documenting tear down disassembly of pretty much anything Apple makes. I'm more interested in the technical discussion about bus speeds, design tradeoffs, and hints on how the machines are built and where the specific limiting factors lie.

For example, being able to read about the storage bus of the MacBook Air lets me know if I can replace the flash storage and not guess whether it's on a SATA bus or uses a proprietary controller in addition to a proprietary shape / connector.


texts:
I am trying to install the rpm package using MacPorts, but this is what I get:

~ wdb$ sudo port install rpm
--->  Computing dependencies for rpm
Error: org.macports.activate for port rpm returned: error renaming
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_rpm/rpm/work/destroot/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpm"
 to
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_rpm/rpm/work/destroot/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpm": no such file or directory

Please see the log file for port rpm for details:
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_rpm/rpm/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port rpm failed
~ wdb$

What is the exact problem? How can I fix it?


texts: Frame rate of 11 FPS in World of Warcraft after upgrading to Yosemite

texts: Any ideas why this started after upgrading to Yosemite? I checked the activity monitor and not much else is going on the network.


texts: How can I access my iCloud files on my Mac?

texts:
When I save a file that I've written in TextEdit, it saves to iCloud by default. If I close the file, and close TextEdit, the only way for me to find that file is by searching it in Spotlight and opening it. I can't find a folder on my computer that contains those files. When I right click the file that shows up in Spotlight there is no option to open enclosing folder. I tried going on icloud.com and logging into my account but I couldn't just get a simple list of the files I had saved on the cloud.

Where are my iCloud files? And how I can I remove them from iCloud?

I've been looking online for about an hour at this point for an answer to this question and am stunned that I haven't found one/anyone else with the same problem. I'm sure I must be missing something very obvious.


texts: Get Swift Playgrounds back? iOS 10 GM Warning

texts:
I just updated to the final release of iOS 10.0.1 on iPad Pro 12.9 inch

Swift Playgrounds is gone, and it's not in the App Store.

I've lost all my Playgrounds, I presume. No great loss.

But how do I get Swift Playgrounds back?

and... how do I warn other Swift Playground users about this?


texts: Updated Xcode complaining about update on different user accounts, same Mac

texts:
On my Mac I have two accounts: one is mine and the another my wife's. I have the latest Xcode version but when my wife logs in, she has a notification about an update. When it opens the AppStore there's an Xcode actualization available. When I try to update I get an error saying there's no enough space. I don't know how to deal with this issue and I wonder why there's an update at all if I have it up to date in the other account?

Can anyone help me with this, please?


texts: Change font in Console.app in macOS Sierra

texts:
How do I change the font used in macOS Sierra? Has Apple actually taken away the ability to set the font?

Currently in macOS Sierra the SFMono font bundled with the app seems to be in use. I cannot find any menu item for fonts, nor can I find any toolbar button available for accessing fonts.

The context-menu for the content of a Console.app window offers a Font > Show Fonts item. The standard font-picker appears. But choosing fonts in the picker has no effect on the Console.app window.


texts: Is it possible to record iMovie voice over with AirPods?

texts:
I'm using iMovie 10.1.9 on High Sierra. My AirPods are paired and all of my audio is playing through them but I am unable to choose them to record a voice over in iMovie. I've even set them as the default input source in sound preferences but the internal microphone is always used.

I also attempted to record a voice over on iMovie on my iPad Pro, and again, it only uses the internal microphone. I can hear audio in the AirPods but it doesn't use the microphone in the AirPods to record the voice over.

In both cases I can tell that it's not using the AirPods microphone because I can hear lots of reverb and background noise. I also hear nothing if I tap on either of the Airpods when recording but do hear a noise when I tap on the MacBook or iPad body.

Am I missing something or does this just not work?


texts: How to keep monitor off when logging in remotely

texts:
I'm managing an 8-core mac server (fully updated to Mac OSX 10.8.4, all other software is up to date). Multiple users can login remotely to use the machine. Whenever someone logs in remotely, the physical monitor that is connected to the server and sits on my desk turns on, and I can see everything that the user is doing. I can even interfere with their work if I want by moving the physical mouse that is connected to the server, or typing on the physical keyboard that is connected to the server.

Update July 30 2013 If I log in to the local monitor, a remote user can log in and see my screen / hijack my session in the same way that i (locally) can take over their session (remote). Something seems very wrong with that. What settings need to be changed?

How can I stop this behavior? It represents a security risk (other users may not want me viewing their activity, or hijacking their mouse/keyboard), and frankly it's distracting to have someone else's screen/activity going on my desk.

I've messed with a bunch of settings in system preferences, and poked around Ask Different (How to Screen Sharing / VNC to an iMac without waking the display? is close, but still unsolved) for a while, haven't found a solution that works.

Physically turning off the monitor doesn't help, since it 'wakes' up whenever there is activity. Turning the monitor around or unplugging it are also not a solutions I will accept.

Thanks for your help!


texts: Intuos creative stylus for iPad use on a MacBook Pro?

texts:
I saw the Intuos creative stylus for the iPad, and as much as I like it, I am not a fan of having to purchase a new Mac product just to use a pen that works with the iPad only...

Is there a pen out there that works like the Intuos creative stylus pen for iPad that would work with a MacBook Pro? I've heard of using the MagicMouse, but I'm looking for the same concept as the Intuos creative stylus for iPad, where the stylus would connect via a bluetooth, with the same abilities of an Inkling, drawing anywhere...

Is this even possible? Paying for it isn't an issue, it's just I can't justify $400+ for a iPad, the software, and the pen itself...

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Numbers: Countif with condition the content of a cell

texts:
I am struggling to come with a solution on this problem, making me wonder if the Countif function is designed to work this way, or what is wrong with my syntax at the end.

I have my first table with the data and the second where I want to count data.
In the second table I have columns with the "strings", which their appearance I want to count on my first table.
My formulas is the following:

=COUNTIF(table1 :: B5:B7;"=T(C9)")

I have tried also

=COUNTIF(table1 :: B5:B7;"=C9")

But I am getting syntax error. Can someone give some insight ?


texts: Menu bar not shown when mouse on top of screen in full screen mode

texts:
Disclaimer: I am rather new to macOS.

In full-screen mode, the menu bar is hidden and should show up when the mouse pointer is moved to the top edge of the screen. This stopped working today. No matter how hard I smash the little pointer at the top edge of the screen, the menu will not show up. Uh, it just dawns on me, that the window title bar also does not show up. The only way to leave full-screen mode is via ctrl-command-f.

When I configure the menu bar to be automatically hiding and showing it works in normal window mode, but still not in full-screen mode.
Is this some kind of configuration that I activated accidentally (still trying to find my way around the system)?

Hardware: MacBook Pro 16"
OS: macOS 10.15.4
Apps "manipulating" the menu bar: Dozer and Battery Monitor

Any ideas?


texts: Use AppleScript to display a system notification with embeded image expanded?

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The notification system in BigSur is capable of showing a notification with an image which is already expanded, i.e you don't have to click the little down arrow to show the image embedded in the notification. An example can be seen when you receive an Apple message with an image attachment.
Is it possible to achieve the same effect in AppleScript or my other means?


texts: How can I automate clicking in a Chrome extension popup with a hotkey?

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I want to create a workflow on my Mac where I select text on a Chrome webpage and then press a hotkey combination to change the title of tab to be the selected text.
I generate lots of tabs that get identical titles and I want to tag them with something based on the contents to be able tell them apart. I use the Chrome extension Tabs Outliner that displays a tree diagram of my tabs with their titles. Once the tab structure is in Tabs Outliner, I can do various things like copy the tree of that window and paste it into Google docs as an archive of the tabs I created, my research, testing versions, whatever.
But all my various archiving flows depend on the tabs having meaningful titles. The website(s) are not doing that sufficiently for my purposes, so I want to manually tag them, in most cases as quickly and easily as possible. Select text and press a hotkey seems about as quick as I can get short of having the computer read my mind and track my eye movements. Maybe add the complexity of stopping to allow me to edit the pasted text and then pressing another hotkey to confirm and move on.
My idea is to have the hotkey initiate something like the following automatic flow.

Cmd+C: Copy the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+A: Open the RenameTab Chrome extension.
Cmd+V: Paste the copied text into the RenameTab text field in the dropdown.
CLICK the "Lock Title (beta)" button in the RenameTab dropdown.
Ctrl+Tab: Move to the next browser tab.

I can write a simple Service to send all the keystrokes. But don't know how to automate the Click that is required.
I want to be able to do this approximately 20-40 times a day, day after day, so I cannot presume that the Chrome window will be at the same screen location, on the same monitor, the same window size, or any of the other assumptions that basic click-automation scripts like Cliclick seem to require.
I can presume that the RenameTab dropdown will be at the same relative location to the Upper Right corner of the Chrome window (actually relative to the extension button which is mostly stable). The image here is on Windows, from the Chrome web store, but I'm working on a Mac.

I've found references to Selenium as possibly able to do that click, but the Selenium tutorials that I've found want to put me through weeks of becoming a Test Automation expert.
I presume that Selenium can do its thing in a way that defaults to the current browser window, current browser tab. But how do I tell Selenium where to click?
Can Selenium recognize that the browser frame, not the current web page, has displayed a dropdown window and can it find the button by name? All the stuff I've been able to understand about Selenium so far is that it seems to deal with the displayed web page, so maybe it cannot deal with being able to identify content that's generated by the browser frame itself.
Do I maybe need to forgo Selenium instead using more basic click automation tools and capture the current window size and then subtract the coordinates based on the Upper Right corner to get the click coordinates relative to the current window? Do I need to also deal with the current window position on the screen?
Sorry for dumping all the details, but I don't know how to ask the question more simply without running the risk of presuming what the solution is when I really don't know. So I'm trying to explain exactly what I want to do, in what context, and why. In researching this, over and over I find that the descriptions of various tools are enthusiastic descriptions of how the tool works in use cases that don't seem to overlap with mine, without ever explaining the underlying operating mechanism so that I can determine whether or not the tool is even possibly equipped to do the job.
Any experienced guidance would be appreciated. If you can tell me things like "Cliclick presumes this so you won't be able to ..." or "Selenium can only deal with what it gets from ... so you'll have to ..." or point me to where the basic operating principles are outlined, I would be grateful.
Thanks.


texts: Very slow performance under Yosemite on Mac mini caused by systemstatsd

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I've got a late-2009 Mac mini that has begun to perform very poorly after some time on Yosemite. Safari takes about a minute to launch occasionally, as an example.

Granted, I've got a number of background tasks running (Dropbox, BitTorrent Sync, AirServer), but that's unchanged compared to before upgrading to Yosemite.

My main suspect is the very high network usage. The process kernel_task is using a lot of LAN bandwidth, occasionally downloading 60 MB (that's megabytes)/s for a few seconds before going down to zero, for no apparent reason. The total amount of bandwidth used has exceeded 14 terabytes (!) after a couple of weeks of uptime.

I've got a NAS that I use for sharing files and backups, but since the process using the bandwidth is kernel_task, I don't know what to think.

Update: As a temporary workaround I have setup a script to clear the systemstatsd files mentioned below regularly, but the root cause remains unresolved.

Today I noticed three things:

In three days, total downloaded data amounts to 3,300 GB.
Currently, approximately every 12 seconds there is a boost in network activity, where something maxes out the Ethernet interface for a couple of seconds.
Quitting the BitTorrent Sync app made item number 2 go away.

My theory is then: there's some bug in BitTorrent Sync that causes it to go nuts on the network, which in itself uses quite some system resources. This in turn causes systemstatsd to hiccup, which creates the final burden on the system.


texts: I recently updated to Yosemite. Now when I log out and then log back into my computer, I have to enter my credentials for all my applications. At the same time, dozens of windows pop up from applications that are not even open, asking for me to enter the keychain password.