texts: Mail.app - keyboard shortcuts to move mail and jump to folder

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I'm coming to Mail.app with a background using both Outlook (on the PC) and GMail. In every mail client I've used, there are easy keyboard shortcuts to do these:

jump to any folder I want, just by typing a substring of it in an easy to launch dialogue
move currently selected message(s) with a similar dialogue

In Gmail, for example, which has labels, I can easily move and archive something ("l" to label it, then "e" to archive it), and I can easily jump to any label ("g" then "l"). In Outlook I hit ctrl-Y and then type a folder to jump; Ctrl-Shift-V to move things.

I'm happy with Lion so far, but do I really have to spend all this time dragging messages around to folders with the trackpad and clicking folders when I want to look in them? I've never been slower with a mail client.

I'm aware from some Googling that I can assign dedicated keyboard shortcuts to every single folder on a case-by-case basis (for moving not jumping), but that seems like a lot of effort, hard to organize (I want to type the folder I want, not memorize 30 different keyboard shortcuts) and not very flexible.

Am I missing an undocumented feature here?


texts: postresql not installing with homebrew on El Capitain 10.11.5

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brew doctor says 'Your system is ready to brew.'
Upon installing with homebrew :

brew uninstall postgres && brew install postgres

I always get the following error :

Data page checksums are disabled.

fixing permissions on existing directory /usr/local/var/postgres ... initdb: could not change permissions of directory "/usr/local/var/postgres": Operation not permitted
Warning: The post-install step did not complete successfully
You can try again using `brew postinstall postgresql`


texts: User-defined shortcut doesn't work properly

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I want to add a shortcut to "Advanced Search" option in the Zotero reference manager but user-defined shortcut doesn't work unless I click the edit button first. Here, you can see shortcut is assigned and it works if I hit the shortcut after I click the edit button like in the picture. Any workaround to this?

There is a similar problem here but no solution.


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I'm trying to use the find command to find a file on my Mac. However, when I used the command I accidentally denied my Mac permission to search my various folders, including documents and photos. How can I reverse this and give the terminal full permissions to search my computer?

The exact command I was using is:
find / -name "file_name".


texts: My Time Capsule insists on being the DHCP server, but I already have one

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I have today joined the 21st century and started using FTTC, leaving aDSL behind as a fond memory. The modem that my telco provides presents a cat5 socket that my PPPoE capable router plugs into.

My router (currently) is an Apple Time Capsule. Not an obvious choice as a router/firewall, but I had it already and it does handle PPPoE at the cost of one cat5 socket.

The downside is that it insists on choosing it's own IP address (from one of 3) and being the DHCP server. I happen to have my own DHCP server and DNS server with a small DNS zone that I'd like to keep using, but the Time Capsule doesn't give me a means to achieving this that I can see.

Can anyone advise how I can configure the TC to use a static LAN-side IP address, and not to be the DHCP server, while at the same employing NAT to share the single IP address I get amongst my machines on my LAN.


texts: Is it possible to change the dock icon of an application only?

texts: Is there any way to just change the icon in the dock while still keeping it the same everywhere else? It's probably not going to be possible without tweaks, so are there any programs for that?


texts: the max number of icloud accounts you can set up on iphone 5

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I recently had my iPhone stolen, it was recovered but both of my apple ids were altered and I can not use them.  the person who stole the phone must have set up one or more accounts because when setting up new account it error messaged maximum number of free accounts activated.  What is the maximum number of free accounts on iPhone 5?

I have new phone and would like to know the maximum allowed..


texts:
I want to have zero margin in my document, but there is no way I can't move it. Right now I can see that Document Margins have left: 0 in

However, I can see that there is some weird margin applied, but I don't know where it is set. I can not move the blue tip (see image)

Where am I supposed to move that tip to the left? Right now is 'blocked'.

Here is another picture to show what is going on...


texts: Upgrade to MacOS Mojave is stuck at calculating

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I am downloading MacOS Mojave. The total size of the download is 6.02GB. Although 6.02GB is downloaded in app store the progress is stuck at calculating.

Its been two hours like this. Please suggest what to do.


texts: In Mail is it possible to copy the date and time to the clipboard from a mail message

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In my todo list, I like to refer to email messages based on the date they were received so I can simply find the message at a later point.

For example,

  Follow up locking issue (see Peter's email 25th Feb 2014 18:04)

Rather than transcribing the message date by hand, I'd rather copy it from the mail message and paste it into Notes but this doesn't seem possible.

There is no selection cursor when I hover over the date, just a "grab hand".

Are there any tricks to copying a mail message's date to the clipboard?


texts: Can my iPad and iPhone share iTunes, but have different game centers? Trying to merge

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I have an iPad tied to my work email for everything. I have an iPhone tied to my personal email. My work email is about to go away, but I'm keeping the iPad. I have a number of games in use on the iPad and don't want to, for example, reset Candy Crush from level 2057 back to 1.

Is it possible to keep the iPad Game Center, even if I switch the overall device to use the personal email? Is there a password tied to Game Center that I better reset so I remember it before I change the device email? I don't think the iPhone has any worthwhile Game Center content, so if I have to abandon it I don't care.

Can you give me a precise sequence of steps to follow to ensure that the Game Center on the iPad survives, while changing all other identities on the iPad to the iPhone ID? Note that I don't think either device has any paid content in iTunes if that simplifies anything (iPad maybe one app, but nothing expensive).


texts: Is it possible to save Safari settings somehow?

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I want to be able to save things like Safari's Toolbar configuration, etc. (not just bookmarks and the like).
Is there a way to back up these configuration and layout choices?


texts: This iPhone is synced with another iTunes library........do you want to erase this iPhone

texts:
How to copy songs from my PC to iphone without erasing my iphone?

itunes giving this error


texts: Product to overlay MacBook Pro Touch Bar with physical keys

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Is there any product that you can buy that can be overlaid on the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar to simulate physical keys and hide the actual Touch Bar?

i.e, you'd configure the keyboard settings to use traditional non-changing function keys, and then you'd stick some sort of physical button strip on top, and it would function like a traditional Mac Book Pro.


texts: Something appears to be corrupting my kernel.log file, causing 5-10 second lock ups. What gives?

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The Problem:
Lately, every 10 minutes or so, my MacbookPro8,2 has been freezing up for 5-10 seconds. During those 5-10 seconds, video/audio content stops playing, all applications lock up, and hitting Cmd+Opt+Esc doesn't bring up the Force Quit Applications window until after the lock up passes and everything starts working/playing again.

The Plot Thickens:
I decided to check kernel.log in Console.app, but when I clicked on it, my system immediately froze up in the same manner as described above. It turned out that any time I tried to view kernel.log in the Console, my system would freeze up. Eventually, I got it to open in TextEdit (this took way longer than it should have. It seemed like performing any action on kernel.log caused a 5-10 second lock up), and I found some rather alarming lines:

hfs_clonefile: cluster_read failed - 5
disk0s2: I/O error.

The timestamps for these entries (there were many) were coincident with the lock ups. So at this point I was terrified that my hard drive was dying, but I kept thinking about how messing with kernel.log would immediately cause a lock up (and an I/O error in the file) while performing actions on other files would not.

So I deleted kernel.log... and it fixed everything. The system eventually recreated the file, and I found that this new kernel.log opened instantly in Console, and one, two, three, five hours later, no lock ups had occurred, and no I/O errors had appeared in the log.

A month later, I hadn't had a single lock up... until a few days ago. I checked the kernel log again, and sure enough, another I/O error. Sure enough, Console wouldn't show me the log. And just like last time, deleting the log fixed everything.

Diagnosis?
It would appear that something is corrupting the file that tells me if my files are corrupted. But I'm out of ideas in terms of how to figure out why this is happening. What do you think?

Also, I ran Apple Hardware Test (with extended testing) and all the Disk Utility verifications when I first noticed the I/O errors, and everything came back normal. (S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified, too)


texts: Installing Visual Studios using Bootcamp Assistant

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I have recently installed Windows 7 on my Mac using Bootcamp Assistant. I have partitioned a decent amount of memory for it. Now I am trying to install Visual Studios 2010 Express on the Windows partition.

Should I be able to install software after booting up in Windows, because that did not work? So I burned a Visual Studios 2010 Express to a DVD on OSX and then booted up Windows, then tried to install from the DVD but that didn't work either.

All I know is that Bootcamp Assistant has something to do with installing extra software on Windows. But I'm not sure how. I have read the Bootcamp Assistant Guide but that is only a guide to installing Windows.

Any searches I do on Google are for using Virtual Box or say that Bootcamp is a good option for this or that, but does not explain how to do it.  In a nutshell can I use Bootcamp Assistant to install Visual Studios? If so, how? If not, what are my other options?


texts: How do I keep track of the bandwidth usage through my Airport Extreme wireless router?

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I have 3 Macs, 1 iPad, and 1 Apple TV (using HD Netflix, mostly).

I need to keep an eye on bandwidth usage.  What is the best way to monitor the bandwidth usage (preferably per device) that passes through my Airport Extreme router?

Thanks!

Rob


texts: Unlocking and locking mac screen via ssh

texts: Is there a way to unlock and lock screen from command line, via ssh? I know /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend command, but it doesn't seem to work via ssh. The perfect solution would be a command, that I could type logged via ssh and it would unlock the screen or lock it back again, so I don't need to tell anybody my password, if he wants to use it. Is there any builtin tool, that would provide such functionality?


texts: Apple Yosemite Server configure secure website

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I am running Server 4.0.3 on a Mac Mini running Yosemite 10.10.2 and am having trouble with setting up a secure website.

In my DNS, I have a primary zone with a machine record for my website,e.g. www.abccompany.com. In the website settings on Server, in addition to the default website of Server Website and Server Website (SSL), I have my website, www.abccompany.com for all addresses on port 80. I can access this from both within my lan and from the wan.

I have added an additional site for www.abccompany.com but as a secure website on port 443. If I try and go to this website securely using https://www.abccompany.com, I get shown my routers log in page which happens to be 172.16.20.254. The server's IP address is 172.16.20.1.

Does anyone know why Server is forwarding requests to the secure site of www.abccompany.com to my router's IP address and how to fix it.

Many Thanks

Paul


texts: Dropbox-like screenshot saving for Google Drive with URL copied to clipboard

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One of the features I really like about Dropbox is the ability to have screenshots automatically saved to Dropbox and the sharing URL copied to your clipboard.

Is there any way to do this with Google Drive for Mac?

I'm not looking to simply change the location of screenshots, but also copy the sharing URL to my clipboard so I can easily share it in other apps (like Slack).


texts: Can iTunes stop playing songs that I have "disliked"?

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I have songs in my library that I don't care for, and I don't want them to get chosen when iTunes is just randomly picking songs.  It's really annoying to have to go through the list of upcoming songs and delete the ones I don't want to hear.  I've already told iTunes that I don't like some songs.  What's the point in rating songs like that if it doesn't bother to pay attention.

I know I can create playlists, but then I have to specifically tell iTunes to play that playlist.  There are times when iTunes just chooses things to play.  I'm okay with that (in general) but I don't want it to ever choose things I've specifically told it I don't like.  (E.g. I just hit the play button on my keyboard, because I don't feel like opening iTunes and looking around for a playlist.)

I know I can "uncheck" songs too, but before Loving and Disliking were added to iTunes I worked out a system of exactly what every star rating meant, and what unchecking a song meant.  It has a specific meaning in my system, and this would break my system.

I can also delete these songs from my library, but I don't necessarily want to do that either.  Just because I generally don't want to hear them doesn't mean there will never be a time when they are needed or wanted (by someone else in my family, if not by me).

I just want iTunes to do what seems like the obvious thing—never choose songs I've told it I don't like.  Is there a way to do that?


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I have a mid-2012 13" MBP with a 750G,5400rpm,HDD and I am going to remove the SuperDrive and add a 1TB Samsung Evo 850 SSD.

My question is, I am going to run my operating systems, macOS and Bootcamp Win 10 on the SSD and have the HDD for storage, is there any benefit to replacing my HDD with the SSD and then replacing the SuperDrive with the HDD?

Just curious if there is any read/write difference between the SuperDrive connection and the designated hard drive connection.

Thank you.


texts: Photos app having difficulty detecting one particular face

texts:
There's a person in my photos library that Photos seems unable to detect and tag.

I've tagged almost 100 pictures of this person manually, yet Photos never suggests them as a possible match, or even detects their face at all. This happens with photos that were taken only seconds apart, or even black and white copies of identical color photos – things that would seem easy for it to detect.

Meanwhile, for other people in my library, I only need to tag as few as three or four photos for Photos to start suggesting them as matches. Yet even with dozens of clear, sharp, near-identical photos of this one person, it won't ever seem to recognize or suggest them.

Is it possible something is corrupted, and/or can I force Photos to reanalyze from scratch?


texts:
I have the following terminal command, which matches volumes called A001R45R, A123R45R, etc.

diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ FreshMag /Volumes/*R45R

But I also want it to match volumes called B001R4G5, B150R4G5, etc.  How can I use the OR expression in the wildcard?  I tried the following, but it doesn't work:

$ diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ FreshMag /Volumes/{*R45R,*R4G5}
The third parameter does not appear to be "bootable" or "nonbootable"
$ diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ FreshMag /Volumes/"{*R45R,*R4G5}"
Unable to find disk for /Volumes/{*R45R,*R4G5}

I'm using bash.


texts: Can I read one pdf document on two ipads each showing a facing page?

texts: I would like to be able to read a 60 page pdf on 2 ipads that will display facing pages.  (one page per ipad)  Pages should turn like a book as if both ipads are the facing pages of a book.


texts: How can I restore macOS on a MacBook if all the data on the hard drive is wiped/corrupted?

texts: I want to be secure against a worst-case scenario because I'm about to start tinkering with my SSD (going to try installing Linux). What backup methods would allow me to perform a clean reinstall (I'm not interested in keeping files, just a working macOS system) of macOS if I were to destroy all the data on the hard drive? Based on research on the web, it seems that a bootable USB would do the trick, but all methods seem to rely on the cmd+R recovery mode combination, and I assume that that requires a hard drive that will at least start up.


texts: Are there any other way to restart to recovery HD

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I tried to restart while keep pressing Command-R

However, my keyboard is not mac keyboard. There is windows-R. It works exactly like Command-R in all circumstances.

Well, I keep failing to get into recovery HD. I need that because I want to repair the main disk.

  Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart
  your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you
  see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose
  Disk Utility.

What should I do?

I have a flash disk. Can I turn that into recovery HD?


texts:
I recently re-built the iMac 2011 by taking it all apart, cleaning and adding new hard disk and fresh install of High Sierra.
I am however unable to get any sort of wifi or even ethernet! This is quite strange! I want to know if there is a way to detect what components are attached to the iMac, like the list of components in Device Manager in Windows?
I want to see if Airport card is detected or not. I double checked the three wirings online as follows and they are attached same way using markings.


texts: When using Jupyter Notebook, can't read files on desktop

texts: No matter what Python approach I take to reading a file on the MacBook Pro desktop, I get a 'path does not exist' error message.  In Terminal, I find that a web of directories was created where Jupyter Notebook has a CWD on directory /home. Nothing in this network is visible on the Finder.  In Terminal, I did a cp file-on-desktop same-file-in-home-directory. I got error message that the /home directory path didn't exist. The computer is acting like the Jupyter Notebook created a disk partition. It can be seen in Terminal, but it isn't recognized by Finder or anything else in the Macos file management.  What do I do so that I can read/write twix a Jupyter Notebook and my MacBook Pro?


texts:
I've a Kinesis Advantage Pro Keyboard and am using OS X Lion. I want to bind the function keys to what they are on the MacBook Pro - i.e. controls for brightness, mission control, etc.

How can I do that?


texts: What are some of the functionalities I can turn off to speed up an old Apple Watch?

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As watchOS is being updated, more and more features are added. And for users using previous generations of Apple Watches, the slow down is affecting essential daily tasks more severely. I am not using many apps or advanced features on the watch. Basically, I read most notifications on my iPhone, allowing only selected apps to ping my watch.

I wonder what are some of the functionalities that I can turn off, to make the watch more responsive. For example, I can unload some apps, and switch to a simpler, less computational expensive watch face. Are there more?


texts: Is it possible to download an older version of an app if you purchased a newer one on a different phone using the same Apple ID?

texts:
I have an app that I want to download but it requires iOS 11.3 or higher. That app has been available since iOS 9 and older versions are compatible with 9 and 10.

Some apps which similarly require iOS 11+ that are in my purchased apps list enable me to download an older version of that app but the ones which i have not purchased don't. They just say that i require iOS 11.3 or higher.

Is it possible to sign into my apple ID on a different iPhone running iOS 11.3 or higher, download the app so that it appears in my purchased list and then sign out, go back to my iPhone and download the app in it's older version like the rest of the apps?


texts: How do I sync Gmail contacts with my iMac's address book and my iPhone?

texts:
I enable the sync with Google inside the preferences of address book on snow leopard but I don't know how to set the time between the syncing and how to force to update. I added a new contact to gmail from the web browser now I eed this contact in the iPhone and on the iMac too.
Before Lion there was iSync which stay in the status bar and keep update my contacts every time I wanted, but now with Lion it's gone!

How do I do that?


texts: How to fix Magic GarageBand missing files?

texts:
I hadn't used the Magic GarageBand feature before today (I generally don't use GarageBand that often) and when I went to try it, everything seemed to work until I clicked Open in GarageBand in the lower right corner. When I do that I always get an error similar to:

I tried it with most of the generas, and all produce a similar error.

I reinstalled iLife '11, which didn't fix it. I tried manually uninstalling all of GarageBand (including the loops and instruments folders), then reinstalling iLife '11 and still have no change. Checked for updates in the App Store and it is running 6.0.5.

I searched around a little for those files and didn't find anything.

Update: I am running OS X 10.8.2 and if I log in as a new user it works fine. So it is probably an issue with my library folders . . .


texts: How do I delete a BootCamp partition using Terminal's diskutil?

texts: For some reason, the BootCamp Assistant app won't let me delete my BootCamp partition. How can I do so using Terminal and the diskutil terminal app?


texts: MacBook Boots into GNU Grub after installing ElementaryOS on external Hard drive

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I have an external SSD (240GB) which I wanted to partition in order to install a portable version of Linux on it and have the option of running it from any Computer.
When I plug the SSD in and start the MacBook, it boots directly into the Linux - Elementary OS. so far so good.
My problem now is, that when I have nothing plugged in, the Mac automatically boots into the GNU Grub and then says something like "no hard drive". I have to hold the option-key to select the Startup Disk and the click on MacOs HDD.
In the System Settings there is not option to change the Boot settings, because there is only my MacOs HDD.
Im using MacOs Catalina 10.15.5
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
Does anyone know why this happens? I wasn't able to find any useful help online...
Thanks in advance.


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I am using the most current version of my Mac (OS X El Capitan). While I am not at all tech savvy, I have been saving some photos I would rather not everyone allowed to see in folders under my Finder. I have not locked the folder yet, but I notice all my photos that I am hiding under photos show up under "All My Files", I am wondering if there is a way to have these photos NOT show up under All My Files and only be saved in those folders.

Thank You


texts: How can I create iPhone screenshots without the lock button?

texts:
Is there any way to create a screenshot of an iPhone without using the combination home+lock button? Is there an app for jailbroken phones? Something else?

I do not have a Mac; only Windows.


texts: How to get keyboard shortcut for downloads folder work again after deleting downloads folder?

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I tried to get my downloads folder synced with iCloud and followed this tutorial: How to sync an additional folder to iCloud Drive similar to how macOS Sierra does it?

However, I did not like the result, so I tried to reverse its effects and "reinstalled" the downloads folder in my user folder by simply creating a new folder and naming it "Downloads". Everything seems to work (Safari files get downloaded into this folder, this folder is accessible via the dock etc.)

My problem: The keyboard shortcut (⌥+⌘+L) is not directing me to the downloads folder whenever I am in finder. All other keyboard shortcuts in finder still work.

Do you have any tips or suggestions on how to get the shortcut to work again? I rely heavily on keyboard shortcuts in finder, so this problem is very annoying.

Thank you.

Btw: I am using macOS 10.15.2, if that is of any relevance.


texts: Why does my macOS always swap while sleeping?

texts:
Firstly, I had disabled swapping and hibernatemode is set to 0

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0

(macOS SIP was disabled when executing the commands above)

Secondly, I use fs_usage to monitor fs usage log when sleep

sudo fs_usage -w >fsusage.log

sleep time is about 8 hours.

What I'm looking for is that the Mac will sleep, and just sleep, doing nothing. But I got a 135M fsusage.log file, and when I analyzed the log file, I got some weird results.

Here is the analysis result:

The Mac always awake in certain periods of time.
The system doesn't swapping when normal use, but swapping when sleep.

The most written CALL

PgOut[ST1P] : 3726 (MB)

The PgOut[ST1P] CALL  write to the files:

/dev/disk1  /private/var/vm/swapfile0 : 2443 (MB)
/dev/disk1  /private/var/vm/swapfile1 : 1282 (MB)

PgOut size by timestamp:

05:55 : 1316 (MB)
06:56 : 1004 (MB)
07:12 : 143 (MB)
08:45 : 620 (MB)
08:46 : 25 (MB)
08:50 : 452 (MB)
08:51 : 163 (MB)

Sleep time is from 01:06 to 08:51

My MBP information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017)
macOS version: 10.12.6
memory size: 16GB


texts: High CPU usage by a process called PTPCamera

texts:
On my Macbook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) is a process, called PTPCamera, using a lot of CPU-Time . I already have killed this process but it spawned immediately again.

85% of CPU usage eats my Battery so I would be happy if anyone could help 😊

I found out that the process is a "Picture Transfer Process for a Camera" in Short PTPCamera it will be launched by iPhoto.app and also with the newer Photo.app. But still does not explain the high CPU usage without a Phone connected.

So what is this process for and how can I control its behaviour? Anyone else has this problem and how did you solve this?


texts:
my mac book pro 2011 started having weird instances where it would just cut off and shut down immediately. Then when I tried powering it on, the indicator light would light up for 1 or 2 seconds before completely cutting off as if it were a power failure.

Sometimes I managed to boot it up again after waitint for awhile and I managed to do an aht test on it, revealing no problems with memory or the logic board.

What could be causing all this?

Edit: sometimes I get about 5 minutes of usage before it shuts down completely again.

Here's a video of how my mac is trying to boot up.  https://youtu.be/wNEMUeyYfxY


texts: I've tried to export from Photos to hard drive but it says my Mac Hard Drive is in "read" only mode How change so I can export?

texts:
Took me forever how to finally figure out how to export photos/videos from the new Photos app to an external hard drive - which I must do to free up space as I have over 100 gig of footage I've shot of my 100 year old grandma - with more to shoot.

It says my Macintosh Hard Drive is in 'read' only mode so it won't let me export.

Can you tell me how to change that so it can allow me to export and I can move these asap?


texts: Is it safe to install Windows Updates on a Boot Camp'ed OS?

texts:
I just installed Windows 7 on Boot Camp, and when I login to windows, it says that there are Windows Updates available. The problem is that one time when I tried to install these updates, it prevented Windows from starting up again. So I'm wondering if it's okay to run all of the Windows updates as they appear, if I have to avoid some of them, or if I have to wait until Apple releases a patch which would permit the updates to be installed without any adverse effects.

Here is the series of events that occurred as I remember them:

Installed boot camp
Installed Apple's drivers via a USB flash drive
Restarted
Connected to internet
Windows noticed that there were a few recommended updates and installed them.
Restarted
I manually checked for updates in Windows Update to see if there were any more, it showed 40 or so.
I began the update process.
While it was downloading and installing the updates, I ran Apple's Software Update. It showed that there was an update to Boot Camp (3.2, I believe). I didn't install it since Windows Updates was already in the process of installing updates.
Restarted
Windows didn't load, instead Startup Repair loaded which said that Windows was unable to load normally.
One of its suggestions was to perform a system restore, I approved this.
After some time, Startup Repair said that wasn't successful at finding a solution. (It's ambiguous as to whether or not the restore worked.)
Restarted
This time it launched Windows correctly.
I checked how many updates there were in Windows Updates, and it showed only 4.
I launched Apple's Software Update, and updated to the latest Boot Camp.
Restarted
This time when I checked for Windows Updates, it showed more than 40.

My guess is that the restore did work, since after restarting, Windows launched. Plus, it showed more than 40 updates left.


texts:
Let's say if I install a dozen games and utilities on the iPhone, and then also installed chat apps like WhatsApp, WeChat, Line, then

When the iPhone restarts, can all these apps start up as well and take up valuable processor time and system resources?
What if I start an app, and then explicitly double tap on the Home button, and then slide the app out (to exit it). Can it or part of it still run in the background now or later?
Since WhatsApp, WeChat, Line, and Facebook Messages all notify me of new messages, it looks like they will be running as soon as I restart my iPhone. Are they using my CPU in the background? Also, it seems that even if I turn off App Refresh in Settings, the apps can possibly still run in the background. Is that true?

One big concern is, if I do install all Angry Birds variations, a few casino roulette games, and all Cut the Rope versions and don't bother to delete them (the phone has 128GB storage). Then, will all these apps possibly run at iPhone restart time or just randomly and take up processor time and system resources (such as RAM)?


texts: Control-F2 "Move Focus to Menu Bar" only works occasionally

texts:
I don't want to use my trackpad too much due to a strain injury, hence I use the Control F2 "Move Focus to Menu Bar" a lot.

However this feature only works occasionally, it can work for hours and then suddenly stop working, sometimes I can fix in the Keyboard Shortcuts pref pane by unchecking and checking the "Move Focus to Menu Bar" checkbox, at other times it takes a restart of the system.

I'm a big Apple fan-boy, and I always marvel at the cool features in OSX, this is the first time I have a Windows-esque experience with the OSX UI :(


texts: I would like to make sync.com app appear early on sharing

texts: I have sync from sync.com installed. When I want to add photos to share.com I press the share button. Then I get a selection of apps to share with. Sync.com app appears at the very end and I would like to move the app up to be one of the first apps or the first apps. How can I do this?


texts: Ethernet not working after installing Security Update 2020-002 10.14.6

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Mac OS X showed that a new update was available on my MacBook Air (2019) which I connect to the internet with using a USB-C to ethernet connector. [ I don't use wi-fi at all for health reasons.] After installing the update, my Mac no longer recognises the ethernet connection - the connection does not show up on the switch. I purchased a new USB-C to ethernet adaptor, and it too does not work ... from which I have figured out that the problem appears to be Apple's update. I am running Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6.

Any suggestions as to how to get my MacBook Air running again with ethernet ... is it possible to just install a new (or old or backup version of) the ethernet driver? If so, does anyone know which file to switch. Many thanks


texts: Why has my iMac gotten slower for the past few months?

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My iMac has gotten slow lately. The (wireless) keyboard lags if I type while a program or dialog box is opening. A couple of Chrome tabs crash every day. A few days ago, Preview and TextEdit started crashing on open. Finder sometimes takes over seconds to come up when I click it in the dock. TextEdit sometimes takes ten seconds to launch, sometimes takes two.

Info dump:

I have an iMac from 2007, upgraded a year ago by a third-party vendor, currently with these specs:

Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM: 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB
HD: 1 TB ATA Disk (466.76 GB free)
Backup drive (nightly 4:30 AM backups with SuperDuper): External 1 TB USB Disk (479.21 GB free)
OS: Lion

I usually concurrently use:

Adium
Google Chrome (often six to twelve tabs open)
iTunes

On top of that, I often open one to three of these apps:

Pixelmator
Photoshop
TextEdit
The Hit List
Word
The official Twitter app
Transmission

My menu items include:

Textexpander
Last.fm scrobbler
Dropbox
Flux
iStat Menus

My active Chrome extensions are:

Adblock Plus
Add Facebook Events to Google Calendar
Better Gmail
Clickable Links
Clip to Evernote
Google Calendar Checker
Google Mail Checker
Google Reader RSS Subscriber
History Calendar
Hover Zoom
Instachrome
Logitech Device Detection
Missing e
Page One
Read WSJ Extension
Reddit - display user link titles
Reddit Companion
Reddit Enhancement Suite
Search by Image (Google)
Speeddial 2
StumbleUpon
Turntable Scrobble

I have about a dozen disabled extensions.

Here's a screenshot of Activity Monitor with Chrome (three tabs), iTunes, Adium, Hit List, Activity Monitor and Word open.

The top of the computer is uncomfortably hot to the touch. I tried tracking the system temperature with iStat Menus, and it reported 50° C and lower.

What's making my computer so slow? Too many Chrome extensions? Not enough RAM? Dusty insides?

My MacBook Pro, on which I do the same work, run the same apps (though usually not iTunes) and the same Chrome extensions, behaves much faster. It has 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM and a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.


texts: What tiny thing in iOS 5 makes you smile, or has caught you off guard?

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iOS 5 is here! Geofencing, new Voices in Voice Command/Siri, and Notification Center for all!

We all know how heartfelt iOS makes you seem (Cards), how much control it gives you for managing your network (Airport Utility), and how it will easily turn you into a stalker (Find Your Friends), but what about all the day-in and day-out things that truely make the upgrade process worth it?

Please post only one tip per answer, and check to see if your answer has already been posted - duplicate answers will be deleted. To search answers for this question use inquestion:27761 (or inquestion:this, while viewing this question specifically) in addition to your search terms in the search box in the upper right hand corner of this page.


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At some point in history I made some settings change somewhere to save screenshots to the clipboard instead of the default Desktop location. However, I did this somewhere else than this place:

I still most often want to use the clipboard, for instance when posting this question :)

My problem is that both with or without control modifier, they're always saved to clipboard. I think this is because I didn't use this setting here but something else that interferes/overrides. I currently have no way to store a screenshot without going through the hassle of creating a new file in preview to paste into… Any tips highly appreciated!

---- Update to clarify:

I have tried all the normal screencapture settings and currently have:

defaults read com.apple.screencapture
{
    location = "/Users/viktor/screenshots";
    type = png;
}

However, there is still no way OSX ever produces any files, just clipboard. This is due to the fact that I made some more obscure change some time back that was not as simple as changing the shortcut like above or these plist settings that seem to be common now. What I need help with is finding out what that was to be able to restore. It was probably 5 years or so and my guess is that the shortcut settings for this didn't even exist at the time, therefore leaving me to use something else that now overrides this…


texts: Why do I still see my manually-deleted photos in Photos in OS X El Capitan

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So the question is really simple. I am using Photos app on my mac, without the knickknacks like Photo Stream, iCloud etc. The exact location of photos is the default one: /users/xxx/Pictures/Photos Library/Masters.

I have deleted some photos directly from the Masters folder in Finder, then also from the trash. Yet I still see these photos in Photos app. When I go to Finder again the photos are not there anymore. How come are these photos still displayed in Photos? Are they cached somewhere? Even a restart still shows me those.


texts: Google AMP of iOS Chromes wastes quarter of screen

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Google AMP results show on mobile search results, leading to pages like the following on iOS Chrome:

This wastes about a quarter of my phone's screen compared to normal results, e.g.

On non-AMP pages, the address bar of Chrome for iOS normally hides as you scoll down, but not with AMP.

Is there a way to disable AMP, get the address bar and AMP banner to hide, or easily get to the original page from an AMP page?


texts: How do I remove messages that sometimes keep showing up in the Flagged-folder in Mail although they are unflagged?

texts: (With Gmail-Accounts?) sometimes emails that were unflagged erroneously keep showing up in the Flagged-folder of Mail.


texts: How can I repair my DNS so that it doesn't require a VPN or proxy to use the internet? (Anomalous problem)

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Operating on a VPN or proxy is fine when I'm browsing and surfing, but certain sites will change the content based on the geographic location associated with the IP address of the VPN/Proxy Server, and several accounts will refuse to log in without multiple tedious verification measures. Something I did must have led to this initially, but I don't know what. What matters is this:
• Using my home Wi-Fi, not a workplace network.
• No problem connecting from any device. Lately, however…
• Previous MacBook Pro would connect successfully, and would show that there was full signal, but…
• Many webpages cannot load unless I activate my browser's Proxy IP or my computer's VPN, and…
• Even email, the App Store, and various internet-connection-reliant applications and services would fail to connect. Being unable to connect to iCloud was probably the most frustrating.
• Despite having migrated to a new MacBook Pro, the error transferred itself along with almost everything else– but the new computer's internet operation worked just fine before any data migration!
I don't experience this with any other device in the house. This is a software-related issue, since it occurs on different hardware running a cloned system.
What locations (within the system, utilities, libraries, etc.) might inspect to identify what exactly is causing this problem? What are some tools that can help diagnose this?


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As I understood it Plex was forked from XBMC as some people was unhappy with the slow development off the Mac integration.

Now when both applications are available on OS X what are the main differences regarding:

Features
Stability
Support
Addons


texts: Possible to change computer name on Mac without logging in

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Is it possible to change the computer name on a Mac without logging in? Background to this question is the following. My work pc was stolen and I send an erase command to the stolen pc while he was not locateable with the "find my iphone"-app. After one week it seems like the thiefs reconnected the pc and my erase command changed from status "pending" to "erased". The thing what caused some confusion was that the pc had a different name (computer name) when the device appeared in the "find my iphone"-app. So my fear was that they could somehow logged into the device or how does the erase work if someone reinstall the system?
Does someone can help me here?


texts: My desktop turned black, I see the status bar at the top, but cannot see the wallpaper or dock

texts: This happened two days ago on my MacBook Air 2011.  When I log into other accounts on the Mac, the wallpaper and dock are there.  So this only happens on the one account.  I am sure this is a simple fix, but want this account back as all my photos and files are on it.  Thanks.


texts: How to install LP_solve solver on Yosemite?

texts: I want to install java based "lp_solve" LP solver on my MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite. I tried to follow the instructions given here. But when I run sh ccc.osx, it is not creating the liblpsolve55.dylib and liblpsolve55.dylib. I need help installing this solver. Or maybe suggest me a similar solver which is easy to install on OS X Yosemite.


texts: How to disable Developer and Web Searches in Spotlight?

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Yesterday I upgraded to Lion and it seems it got some additions on Spotlight - the Developer and Web Searches groups.

Sadly I couldn't find a way to disable them. There isn't an option in the Spotlight preferences and I couldn't find the right defaults option.

Any ideas on how to hide them? They are cluttering Spotlight FAR too much :)


texts:
So I've looked around and couldn't really find an answer to this.

I have an iPhone (jailbroke) and I notice in several settings there is a string usually in the .plist files that say something similar to "TimeIntervalSince1970". Now I know that all timers such as these need a base date and time to start with.

But my real question is why 1970?


texts:
I can't seem to find Icon Composer on the Xcode versions at run on Mountain Lion.

Where is it? Has it been taken out? How to get it back?


texts: Using Wi-Fi and Ethernet at the same time

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I'm using the macOS High Sierra. There are two network interfaces on my Mac, Wi-Fi and Ethernet. The Wi-Fi is connected to the Internet directly, and the Ethernet is connected to out company's local network. They're in different subnets, one of which is 10.0.0.0/8 and another is 192.168.0.0/16. The Wi-Fi has faster speed than the Ethernet, but the sources in the local network cannot be accessed via Wi-Fi.

Now I want to route the traffic based on the urls. For example, I want all the access to *.corp.com to the Ethernet and others to Wi-Fi. The problem is the DNS. Those *.corp.com are only valid locally, which means they can only be queried in the local network. If I put Wi-Fi on the top priority, then all the access to *.corp.com would fail due to DNS query failure, because the system will use the DNS servers configured by the Wi-Fi router. However, if I set the Ethernet to the first, all the traffic will go to Ethernet.

I've tried the way to configure the route table manually, but it didn't work. The same DNS issue.

So if there any good ways to handle this situation?


texts: Convert whole library to new .HEIC format

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Can the whole icloud library be converted from the non-optimised format to the new optimised format, or vise versa?

I have noticed that some of my photos have automatically be using the new format.


texts:
I was recently was trying to use a library that needed a 32-bit version of java. I tried to get my version of java to use the 32-bit version by using the flag -d32. However, I received the error:

  Error: This Java instance does not support a 32-bit JVM. Please install the desired version.

I have been trying to find how to download the 32-bit version of java for OS X, but with little success. Any help would be welcome. Is it possible even without an official download to use OpenJDE in 32 bit form?


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut for the therefore sign "∴" on mac? Or is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut for it?

texts: The therefore sign "∴" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therefore_sign) is something I may need to use a lot. How can I get a keyboard shortcut for it?


texts: Some Software Manager for Mac OS X like Synaptic in Ubuntu

texts:
Is there some software manager like Synpatic in Ubunut for Mac OS X....
Right now, I am using kind of old Mac OS X 10.5.8 and want to install softare on it...
Like Opera, Firefox...
I don't mind that the versions of browsers I can install on this Mac OS X system are not secure anymore... I will not use it that much... I can still use Safari...
The problem is I don't know which versions of Opera and Firefox I can install...
For example, I installed the newest Opera and now it says :

  You cannot use this version of Opera with this version of Mac OS X.


texts: How to export Epubs from iPad to my Mac?

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I have a bunch of books in iBooks in the ePub format from different sources. Some are iTunes, some Humble, LeanPub etc. I have notes and markings in there as well.

I would like to export all of that to my Mac. The iTunes books are ok. But I cannot find a way to export the other books and notes. How can I do that?


texts: Keep Mac mini on Wi-Fi (for screen-sharing), but disable internet access... How?

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I have a Mac mini, running El Capitan, which I use as a media server. I access/control it and control it via screen-sharing. The Mac Mini has no display attached, so it must remain connected to my Wi-Fi or I can't access/control it.

There is however no need for it to be permanently connected to the internet. Beyond the security risk, it also uses up bandwidth for background tasks which I have no use for.

I would like to disable web access, while keeping Wifi connectivity. Possible? How?


texts: Installing Ubuntu on Mac with macOS and Windows already installed

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I have a dual-boot MacBook Pro late 2013 with macOS Sierra and Windows 10 (BOOTCAMP) already installed. I want to install Ubuntu as a third OS. Is there any (easy) way to do it?

> Disk Partitions:

> Gpt dev disk0

> Fdisk disk0


texts: Photos unable to consolidate referenced photos

texts:
I recently imported my Aperture library of 17,000 referenced images into Photos. Initially, they were referenced in Photos as well. Since I plan to upload my entire library to iCloud Photo library I told Photos to consolidate all 17,000 files. This revealed a problem. Photos is unable to locate and consolidate about a 1000 of my photos even though Aperture has no problem pointing me to them when hitting "Show in Finder".

The weird thing is, Photos offers me to locate these files for it. I then navigate to the exact folder where the file is stored and even made sure that its filename is identical to the name of the file Photos states it cannot find in that folder. At this point I'm stuck. What can I do to make Photos identify these files correctly?

I'm happy to provide additional information if anyone tells me what might be relevant.


texts: Name of sender of SMS or iMessages missing, only number shown

texts:
On iPhone 4, there is no name of the sender of SMS nor iMessage, only his/her number, and naturally, I want the name to be displayed too. How to do this? I tried some things like:

Resetting the phone using sleep button
Resetting the phone using sleep+home at the same time
Toggling on/off iMessages in Settings -> iMessages,
Setting short name/last/first name,
Toggling contacts in Settings -> iCloud,
Toggling iCloud itself even (delete iCloud account on the iPhone and re-add it),
Resetting Network settings
I also tried setting the default account from iCloud to Gmail, and deleting the contact, and adding it again, this time to Gmail account (being the default one, this is what happens).

Still doesn't work, only the number is displayed, and appears it is not synced to contacts at all. How can I have the name of the sender (from contacts) displayed in the SMS so I know from whom the SMS or iMessage is from?

To be more specific, this is not the problem with short names, but the names are not displayed at all, only the person's number. Obviously, I don't remember people's phone numbers, so I really need this to work.


texts: Chrome kills my 16gb ram new iMac but runs fine on 2gb 5yr old Air?

texts:
I like using Chrome as it has a lot of the plugins I need for Web Dev. However, it kills my new iMac - having more than 6 tabs open affects the performance dramatically.

Oddly enough this does not happen on my 5 year old Air that only has 2gb of ram.

Why is this and what could I do to fix the iMac?


texts: What gamma to use to calibrate MacBook Pro 2016 display?

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I use the X-Rite i1Display Pro colorimeter to calibrate all my monitors and I want to calibrate my 2016 MacBook Pro, but I'm not sure if I should stick to the 2.2 gamma settings or raise it to the 2.6 DCI-P3 color space gamma settings because apple automatically converts SRGB values into DCI-P3 colors space to perform matching by using Gamma 2.2 while preserving 2.6 for DCI-P3 tagged content.

Does anyone know which one is best to use?


texts:
I sent a voice text to a friend, but didn't save it on my thread. And it was automatically deleted after the default 2 minutes.

Does the voice text stay on the recipients messaging thread until they have a chance to hear it, and then decide weather or not to keep it?

Basically, do remote deletes on their thread happen once it's been deleted on my thread?


texts: Some apps don't open even if deleted and reinstalled!

texts:
I have a problem here. Some apps I have installed don't even open and have this icon on my Springboard.

My iOS version is 7.0.1. Jailbroken.

Two of my Applications have ended like this. I tried reinstalling the Apps, but nothing.

I haven't installed any tweaks recently and it just happened.
I also disabled some tweaks that could be suspicious and I reinstalled the App, but after 2 days, the app did the same thing.

I can confirm that 8/10 of my last automatically Updated Apps crash on launch and some icons don't show (as in the Screenshot).

Any tips?


texts: Choosing battery replacement for non-retina MacBook Pro

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Is there any objective comparison of third-party batteries for non-retina MacBook Pro (eg mid-2010)? Alternatively, what are the possible strategies to choose which manufacturer to buy from?

Apple officially stopped supplying spare parts for my MacBook Pro Mid 2010 to its authorized repairers, and AFAIK there is no way to buy genuine Apple parts on the market.


texts:
My question is an updated version of this one and I can't seem to find the way forward in this new version of XCode. I am new to Unity and XCode and had no idea there were a limited number of apps allotted to a personal development profile. Every time I screwed up a project trying to do this tutorial I often struggled to fix it or made it worse (version and platform clash issues) so I started a new project without any idea it would count against some app count on my profile. I had no idea these unfinished doodles were considered apps. As I said, I'm a total newb in this realm! Now I've used all my apps and still don't have anything that works. How do I fix this? Thanks for your help.

This is the error I get from Xcode:
The maximum number of apps for free development profiles has been reached.

Xcode version 11.4 (11E146)


texts: How do I get the memory allocated to a ramdisk back?

texts:
I wanted to use a ramdisk. SoI created one, filled it with 3GB data and unmounted it. Like this:

diskutil erasevolume HFS+ 'ramdisk' `hdiutil attach -nomount ram://8388608`
cp -pr some3GBdirectory /Volumes/ramdisk
umount /Volumes/ramdisk

That last statement removed /Volumes/ramdisk from the directory tree, but the 3GB stays allocated by a process called diskimages-helper. I need to kill it with SIGKILL to get the process removed and my memory back. What is the nice way to remove the ramdisk and get my memory completely freed?


texts:
In Mavericks and lower, when a confirmation dialog, such as , popped up, there were 2 states.  The button that would be activated if you hit the space bar and the one that would be activated when you hit return.

Now that I'm on Yosemite, it still works the same but there is no highlight on the focused button that would be activated on spacebar.  See

Anyone know if this is a design feature or a bug?


texts:
I just had a major hack and had to change password.

Apple mail will not accept my new password with Gmail, so I cannot add that mail account.


texts:
I can't get pass the license screen after a restore on an iPad. After a restore in iTunes, i didn't backup, we don't have a backup so just a wipe and restore to factory settings is all she wanted. This is for my gf. I get all way to to entering her apple id and the next screen is the various software liscences to read and agree to, but lo and behold; you can't click on the blue agree button. all inpu ti ignored, i can disagree, i can click back to return to the apple id login etc. Home button gives you options to setup etc. Even using the voiceover, i can see all the elements on the screen but the agree button is ignored.

We can't hack or jailbreak the device, it was given to her by her work. And I'm pretty sure its just a regular consumer device setup, So i'm sure nothing their IT department could have caused this, they're the ones to have suggested a restore.

I've tried logging in with my own apple id. I've tried setting up a new apple id, all can't get pass the liscence screen in the setup.

Multiple restores, even did it on my own mac, she runs off a win7 laptop.
Important to note that there isn't any info on the thing that can't be synced  back via iTunes so that isn't our concern.


texts: iMac wireless speed drops precipitously after extended time away

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I had a correct connection to the Internet:

But as of a few days ago, whenever I come back to my computer after a while and jiggle the mouse to turn off the screensaver, my internet speed plummets:

I fix it by temporarily joining a public network near me, and then going back to my own personal network (turning wireless on and off doesn't work, I have to actually join a different network to fix it).

What could possibly be causing this? Other devices (my iPhone and iPad) have great speed all the time, even when my iMac is slow, so my computer must be misconfigured somehow.

Also, it's not necessarily the screensaver itself: if I activate the screensaver manually, my internet speed seems unaffected. It's only when I come back to my computer after an extended period of time away. (I have my computer set to never sleep; it's my home Plex server)

My Internet connection is established through an AirPort Extreme.

My Mac is running Mavericks.

I tried renewing my DHCP lease, with no improvement.

Screen shot of the Wi-Fi menubar when it's working correctly.

And here's what it looks like when it's slow:

Looks like the only thing that's different is RSSI. What's that?

PS Everything is the default. For example, the location is "Automatic." Wi-Fi is green and connected in Network System Preferences (ethernet is red, obviously), when opening up Airport Utility everything is also green (the router and internet), the light on the AirPort Extreme itself is also green, the cable modem is flashing green, and as I mentioned OTHER devices have no problem getting on the internet. Pinging the router works fine, ping 10.0.1.1. As I mentioned, it's not like the internet is down, just REALLY slow.

PS I realize this is incredibly difficult to diagnose, so thanks everyone for trying. Can you think of anything that MIGHT cause this, I've checked the obvious stuff. Anything to point me in the right direction of more testing and prodding.

PS I don't know what changes, it just happens when I step away from my computer for an hour or so. When I come back, the internet is very slow.


texts:
I installed XAMPP on mac and it uses the user daemon. I have trouble accessing an external site that I have setup for which I am getting "Access Denied" error.
This is likely because daemon user does not have access to this folder. I can't see this user among user users. I have looked everywhere.
Where I can access/change permission to this user?

I came to know about Daemons and Agents on mac. Are they related?
How would I add this user to directory. Because when I click get info a folder, this user (daemon) is not listed.


texts:
I have a broken iPhone 4S with iOS 8.1.1 jailbroken. It fell a lot, and the battery connector (I forgot to screw it back in) ripped out of it and the screen is broken so even if I place it and hold it with my fingers against the pins, it turns on but the screen is not possible to see as it just flickers. It also does not turn on all the way and right when it does, it just restarts so I can't connect it to my computer.

Question, how can I actually read the iPhone's HDD? Is it built in the motherboard? Is there anyway to buy something that would connect to it to read the files?

The reason for this is, I have about 300 songs on there and a lot of photos and the music has been copied to a different folder from Filza. I am comfortable taking the phone apart, it actually is apart right now pretty much and I just need help reading the files of a dead iPhone.


texts: Why does my Mac's list of "Open with" applications start listing the apps twice and sometimes three times?

texts:
When I right-click on a file on my Mac OS desktop and then in the contextual menu, I move to the "Open with...", the list of potential applications to "open with" has applications listed multiple times, sometimes three or four times, right next to each other!

Why does this happen?
How do I fix it?
how do I stop it from re-occurring?

See this snapshot of the contextual menu showing the doubling up:

Now I have Mountain Lion on a 13" MacBook Pro, but this problem existed before I upgraded to Mountain Lion.


texts: WiFi connection on my iPad automatically gets disconnected when the screen goes off

texts:
When screen goes off on my iPad, the WiFi gets disconnected automatically. How do I keep WiFi enabled?
I just noticed this problem is only when the hotspot is made by a xiaomi mobile(which makes a connected chain symbol rather than normal wifi symbol) which is the same type as the hotspot by Apple devices. This problem is not when hotspot is created by other android devices.


texts: using Murus 2 how do I route all traffic to and from a domain through a proxy?

texts:
I have a proxy at socks5://localhost:1234.  I have various applications communicating with mydomain.com.  Using Murus 2, how do I make sure all traffic on my machine coming from or going to mydomain.com goes through localhost:1234, either through a custom pf rule or a series of Murus screenshots showing how to do it graphically?
Thanks


texts: macOS Server: How to sign enrollment profiles?

texts: I am wondering how to sign enrollment profiles for macOS Server. Ideally, I would like to avoid paying money. In any case, how do you do it?


texts: Mac App Store shows an update available for an app I didn't install

texts:
Like this the picture below.

For the record, I did install some cracked apps which isn't available for demo from MAS to try them out. Could this be problem?

I'm on Mountain Lion, latest update. But I have experienced this problem on Lion as well.


texts: Conditional format cells based on match in another sheet

texts:
I have 2 excel sheets (Using Microsoft excel 2011 for mac)

sheet1(Column D)
foo
bar

sheet2
abc cde foo
sfd sdf dgf
bar

I have applied 3 rules using conditional format: 1. If any of the data in Sheet2 matches with Sheet1(ColumnD) - Make text as blue 2. If there are any duplicate values in sheet2 - Make text as yellow 3. If the above 2 are not there - leave it blank

But Only Rule2 and Rule3 are working. How can I make all of them work.And I how can I add one more rule which returns values which satisfies both Rule1 and Rule2

Rules:

Rule 1 # =NOT(ISERROR(MATCH($1:$1048576,'Sheet1'!$D:$D,0)))
Rule 2 # Highlight Duplicate values with yellow text
Rule 3 # =ISBLANK($1:$1048576)


texts: Is there a way to change the login screen in Snow Leopard?  I do not like the way the purple 'time machine' background looks and can't seem to find anyplace to change this.


texts:
I use version 10.9.2 of OS X and a virtual machine 6.0.5 VMware Fusion. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has been installed on the virtual machine. In ubuntu I use Emacs 24.3.1 as editor.

Once emacs of ubuntu is launched, the Kill Menu (see Edit -> Paste from Kill Menu) is empty. If I want to copy a text from Chrome under Mac to Emacs under ubuntu, I can use Command+C (which saves the text into the Kill Menu of Emacs) then Command+V or Ctrl+V.

I can also copy and paste a text within Emacs by using Command+C (which also saves the text into the Kill Menu of Emacs) then Command+V or Ctrl+V.

However, the problem is, after I copy and paste something within Emacs, I could not copy and paste a test from Mac to Emacs anymore by Command+C then Command+V or Ctrl+V: Command+C under a Chrome page of Mac can not save the text into the Kill Menu anymore. Consequently, Command+V or Ctrl+V within Emacs always pastes the last element in the Kill Menu, which is not what I want.

So I have to close and re-launch Emacs to clean the Kill Menu to enable the copy-paste from Mac to Emacs of ubuntu, which is tedious...

Could anyone help?


texts: Cannot load rsync daemon in Sierra. Log shows: "assertion failed: 16G1408: libxpc.dylib"

texts:
I'm trying to start rsync --daemon on Sierra (10.12.6), using launchctl. It used to work fine (last time in Mavericks, I think). But now on Sierra, the daemon does not start and grep rsync /var/log/system.log only shows this:

... rsync[12201]: assertion failed: 16G1408: libxpc.dylib + 20887 [BF896DF0-D8E9-31A8-A4B3-01120BFEEE52]: 0xf

Googling this cryptic message didn't give me a clue either.

I do know about SIP, and have it disabled:

$ csrutil status
System Integrity Protection status: disabled.

The way I'm trying to configure my damon is by following this guide, which consists basically of:

creating /etc/rsyncd.conf and rsyncd.secrets
creating /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.samba.rsync.plist
loading the plist file with launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.samba.rsync.plist
and starting it with launchctl start org.samba.rsync

The plist file does get loaded, but the daemon is not running:

$ launchctl list | grep rsync
-   0   org.samba.rsync

What could this assertion failed: 16G1408: libxpc.dylib message mean?

Has something changed in Sierra with how to start daemons?


texts: Stetting up your Mac install phase is taking a long time; save to reboot?

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A friend of mine just got a new iMac from Best Buy. Installation phase went fine (I'm pretty sure OS came installed). She got to the "Setting up your Mac" phase and it's been stuck for about 3 hours right now. Never took this long before in dealing with Macs, ever.

Knowing potential problems with powering down during an install, I've been avoiding the turning-it-off-and-on-again option. Is it save to power down and reboot? I really don't know what OSX does during this step so I've been avoiding this possibility.

Today is Dec 26; Apple's servers might be overwhelmed with installs right now but I can't be certain since I've never purchased Macs anywhere except from Apple directly.

[FYI I have told her to contact Apple care and I suspect they might tell her to do something like that.]

I don't know the model iMac it is; she hasn't gotten back to me on our iMessage conversation. Once I know it I'll post it here. I'm pretty sure the computer is new since she got it from Best Buy; I at least know it's a clean HD.

Thx.
Matt


texts: Running a .sh file but after new PATH is not visible in shell

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I am running a file ./setWLSEnv.sh which has the following output:

http://pastebin.com/sSXRZd1s

    PATH=/Users/cris/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/wlserver/server/bin:/Users/cris/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/wlserver/../oracle_common/modules/org.apache.
ant_1.9.2/bin:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_20.jdk/Contents/H
ome/jre/bin:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_20.jdk/Contents/Home/bin:
/Users/cris/perl5/perlbrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbi
n:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Users/cris/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/wlser
ver/../oracle_common/modules/org.apache.maven_3.0.5/bin

Your environment has been set.

BUT when i go in the same terminal and i execute

echo PATH is still have the old path ...

Any idea ? Thanks


texts: iPhone 3.5mm Audio jack specification (buttons)

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I have done some research in regards to this but I seem to get conflicting requirements.

So Android defines and have published a specification for this.
https://source.android.com/devices/accessories/headset/plug-headset-spec.html

Apple on the other hand, I am unable to find out if they publish this information.
I have also found out that some Android headset (3 button) does not seem to be compatible with iPhones.

Does anybody know what methods Apple iPhone devices use for 3 button detection?
Is there somewhere a publish specification released?


texts: What does the iTunes backup of the iPhone include and what does it not include on Windows 10?

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I was under the impression that when I back up my iPhone with iTunes on Windows 10, everything is backed up, so that I can restore everything to a brand new iPhone.
iTunes iPhone backup size (6 GB)
However, when I look at the backup folder size at
C:\Users\<username>\Apple\MobileSync\Backup

it's only 6 GB.
Used storage on the iPhone (40 GB)
When I check the "storage" section on the phone, music alone is 9 GB, let alone another 14 GB of app data, photos etc.
Also, when I check iTunes, it shows "Documents & Data" being around 25 GB.
Discrepancy (32 GB)
Therefore, I was wondering, what's missing in the iTunes backup?
My research so far
I've googled for https://www.google.com/search?q=what+does+itunes+backup+include
and found articles saying "photos" and "music".
https://www.imobie.com/support/what-does-itunes-backup.htm
But that can't be true in my case. Or I'm missing something.
I've also not found any settings where I could configure what to include in the backup and what not. So I'd assume the entire iPhone would be backed up including the operating system and all the apps and all the data.
Versions

Windows 10, version 2004
iTunes version 12.11.0.26 (directly downloaded, not via the Windows app store)


texts: Is it safe to add yourself to group 82 (_clamav)

texts: I want to have a similar group id on my host machine (macOS) and virtual machine (docker for mac) to avoid permissions problems. I wanted to create a new user/group with ID 82 but it's already exists – _clamav:_clamav. As I understand it's some kind of antivirus engine. Is it safe to add myself to this group?


texts: Error when creating OS X installer on USB drive via Terminal

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Hi I'm getting this error when I paste into the Terminal

sudo: /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia: command not found

What am I doing wrong?


texts: How do I disable macOS Mail.app and use only Thunderbird for handling email

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The Mail.app on my Mac automatically launches upon login. I have exhaustively tried to stop it from launching without success.

I held the mouse on the Mail.app icon in the Dock, right clicked and made sure open on login is not ticked.

But every time I start my computer Mail.app starts automatically. I regard my privacy highly I do not want Mail.app to do this.

How can i stop this from happening or how can I disable Mail.app altogether.


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Is it possible to use multiple credit cards with your Apple ID and switch between them?

This is a common option with most online merchants, so I don't see why Apple wouldn't have this as well. For me the issue is that I have a private credit card I use for buying apps, music, etc. and a company credit card for paying for stuff like iCloud Storage. I don't want to manually have to update my credit card info each time I need to make a purchase with the company card.


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I find that "Paste and Match Style" is more often useful than just "Paste" when I am copying text. Is there a way to make this the default behavior? The (long) keyboard shortcuts are also inconsistent between applications and difficult to remember. For example:

TextEdit - ⌥+⇧+⌘+V

Chrome - ⇧+⌘+V


texts: Can one's iMessage/FaceTime identities be hijacked at a public Wi-Fi?

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I'm logged in on "Joe's MacBook Pro" at a public Wi-Fi.
I get an alert window (apparently from no program in particular). It says:

Your Apple ID is now being used for iMessage and FaceTime on a new Mac.
If you recently signed into “Joe's MacBook Pro” you can ignore this notification.

What does this mean? I use several development tools (Emacs, …) but neither iMessage nor FaceTime.
I never use the same password twice as suggested as an answer to FaceTime hijacked, nor do I otherwise have a reason to believe my Apple (macOS or iCloud) account is compromised.
Is this a security risk? The message does not indicate what to do if I had not "recently signed into".
Please provide some back-up or reference for your answer, so as not to trigger extra caution when none is needed. The point is to understand what's happening, not to be prudent just to be on the safe side.


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I'm running an OS X Server with the following services turned on: Web, MySQL, DNS, AFP, Firewall. I'd like to also start FTP, and I did this, but I can't seem to make it work properly. I'm sure there is a way, but I can't find a way to make it work for me.

What I've done so far: - activated the FTP service - opened port 20-21 in the Firewall - forwarded ports 20-21 from the router to the Server

I use Coda to connect to my FTPs (as I do a lot of web development). When I type in this server's address + credentials it tries to connect for about 2-3 minutes before actually succeeding, and when it does it lists the following directories: "Public" (with a shortcut icon), "Users" (with a shortcut icon) and a file named "???" which it tries to open right away. Doing [cmd + k] in Finder also results in a 2-3 minutes waiting.

Also, I have no idea where to create new users for the FTP (just for the FTP) and how to give them permissions to specific directories (without useless ones like "Users" or "Public").

I've come to the conclusion that the built-in FTP server might not be the best option for me, but I have no idea what I should try. Using a separate app is not the ideal scenario for me as I'm trying to avoid keeping extra apps open on my server.


texts: How to scan from my HP-1610 (all in one) networked printer/scanner (Lion)

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I have an HP-1610 all in one.  It's hooked up to my TimeCapsule as a networked printer.  Networked-printing works.  I'm on Lion (latest; 10.7.3 as of this writing.)  I'd like to scan a sheet from my printer and get it onto my desktop (or wherever.)

I tried opening Preview.app and Import From Scanner -> Include networked devices, but the scanner never shows up in the popup menu.

I tried "Share scanner" in sharing preferences.

Oddly, in Print & Scan preferences, there is no "scan" option.  I think that's the bit I'm missing.

Hints?

Thanks!

EDIT: In Print & Scan prefs, my instance of the printer for when it's hard-wired has Print/Scan tabs but, for the networked one (the same printer appears in the list 2x), there is no Scan, only Print.  Same thing when I open the print queues.


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I traded in my 4S recently to upgrade to a 5S, and restored the 5S from the last 4S backup, so they both share the same phone name ("Adam's iPhone"). However, when I use the "Find My Friends" app, it displays "Share my location from:" and shows "Adam's iPhone" twice.

I visited this Apple Support page, which suggested to log into iCloud and disable the second phone from there, but only one phone is listed on that page (along with my iPad and iMac). Is there another link that explains how to remove the old phone from "Find My Friends"?


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I'm having terrible issues with my Mac since I tried to restore the entire system from a Time Machine backup, which ended up showing a "an error occurred while adding a recovery system to the destination disk" message. I restarted and held cmd+R and Internet Recovery started downloading (instead of booting to the recovery partition). After the download, the menu of OS X utilities appeared and I selected Disk Utility and then I erased the Macintosh HD.

Tried to restore from Time Machine again but the problem persists. I even tried to reinstall OS X: after downloading OS X Mavericks, I got "an error occurred while preparing installation".

Here you can see the results of diskutil cs list and diskutil list commands:

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As you can see, I have no CoreStorage Logical Volume Groups and I don't see the Recovery HD partition in disk0.


texts: Create a jpg with date in the middle and change it. Mac and bash

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I'd like to have the date in large letters as a wallpaper that'd change everyday. I've watch some apps but I dont want to install anything. I was wondering:
Can we create a jpg or png with a timestamp in the middle (or the position doesnt matter) that is created everynight and added as a wallpaper, all of these with bash and scripting?
Thank you.


texts: iPhone 7 not being recognized by computer

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I have an iPhone 7.  My screen broke so I got it replaced.  It went underwater and then the home button started vibrating when I pressed it.  The screen flickered in and out.  The next day I could press the home button and it would vibrate but the screen was completely off.  I plugged it into my computer and iTunes recognized it but I couldn't type in my passcode.

How can I get a backup of my phone?


texts: Macbook Pro not detecting Dell monitor - Catalina

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I am trying to connect a 15-inch Macbook Pro 2017 to a p3418HW Dell monitor, through a USB-C to HDMI adapter (VTIN 4Kx2K USB-C to HDMI). The monitor shows: "No HDMI signal from your device".
I have tried the following suggestions on the net, with NO result:

resetting SMC
resetting NVRAM
several times disconnecting and reconnecting power and HDMI cables with different orders

I have also tried the cable, adapter with the same monitor with a 13-inch Macbook Pro 2016 and strangely everything works well!!
Any advice is appreciated!


texts: How to import iPhone pictures directly to Flickr to save space?

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I don't like to keep pictures on my small Macbook Air SSD nor on my iPhone, so I am wondering is there a way to upload iPhone pictures directly to my Flickr account without having to import them on my hard drive, and by doing so automatically removing the pictures from my phone to save space?
I tried to do it with iPhoto, but it looks like it always has to import those pictures on my hard drive...
Thanks!


texts: How to put a Mac to sleep after display disconnect using AppleScript?

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I would like to solve the issue from this question, namely, after disconnecting a Cinema display from a clamshell MacBook I would like to let the MacBook go to sleep without opening and closing the lid.

I have never used AppleScript before.  Is it possible to write an AppleScript which puts the computer to sleep, say 30 seconds after disconnect of an external display, but only if the lid is closed.


texts: How to zoom with cmd+mouse wheel in Chrome?

texts:
I used to zoom in Chrome on Linux by holding Control and scrolling with the mouse wheel. Now on Mac when I press Cmd and scroll it just scrolls.

How can I get Cmd+scroll zoom on Mac?


texts: Anything comparable to Windows' "Network Location" in MacOS?

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This is my first Mac. On Windows I can set each network connection as either Home, Work or Public using "Network Location". Each mode has different sharing and security options. Is there a way to do this for the Mac? For example, at home I want to turn on File Sharing, but in Public I want it turned off. Furthermore, in Public I'd like to automatically "Enable stealth mode" in my security settings.

Basically, I want to automatically adjust network and security settings based on which network I'm connected to.


texts: Is there a way to limit external hard-drive random spin-up?

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I have 2 external USB drives connected to my iMac running 10.7.3.  One is designated completely for Time Machine use and the other I use for data. (Nothing but a bunch of JPGs on that one.) The first spins up once an hour for Time Machine backups, great.  But both of them spin up at random times while I'm doing, well, ordinary stuff, nothing disk-related.  Maybe just switching to another app in the dock, or surfing to a new web page.

Spin-ups for no clear reason are a bit annoying, but I can accept them as long as I can continue working. But in some cases, the spinning pizza cursor appears, and I'm locked out from doing anything while the cycle completes.  That does not make sense to me.  It's a multi (4) processor, fully multi-tasking system. All I/O should be asynchronous.  Finder/GUI operations should not be affected.

Any ideas why these random spin-ups occur?  How to search or instrument MacOS to find out why?  How to limit or stop them?

Disconnecting or un-mounting the external disks will work, but is not an acceptable fix.


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I am trying to solve a problem with quicktime. I have a set of pdf files on CD that are instructional. Adobe reader is no longer working at all since the lastest "upgrade." I found I can open all of the files in Google chrome except the videos made with quicktime. Any ideas for me?

When I use Google chrome I simply drag the CD icon onto the browser window. Safari does not have a browser window, only a search bar. When I attempt to drag the file, nothing happens.


texts: Mouse "randomly" slowing down or stuck in certain places (especially while starting a drag)

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Since upgrading to Sierra (but could be other cause), my mouse slows down in certain points (as if something is intercepting the mouse move event and swallowing it). Sometimes this is accompanied by mouse cursor blinking between rapidly between different cursor shape, in a certain point which allows drag&drop (only/especially when drag is started); then the mouse pointer becomes "stuck" as if moving in dense syrup, for a few seconds/pixels. But this happens as well when not drag&dropping as well.
 Though, the effect is weaker (though still negatively affects productivity).

An extreme case is when doing native HTML5 drag in Chrome...

Please note: this is not about scrolling (unlike some questions which seem similar).

MacBook Pro Retina 13", late 2013. Two external DisplayPort monitors.

If this could be blamed on an app (as opposed to macOS sierra itself), then which kinds of apps would have such power to intercept and affect mouse-move events?
Personally in my multiple decades of computing, I've never seen mouse-move being affected in such a way. Usually the mouse was moving the way it should...

Tried Safe Mode (holding shift while booting), but it completely fails to load (progress bar stuck at 100%)...

Time for a new macbook? Or time to go to Windows? :)

This is ruining my productivity (mouse moving at random speeds, sometimes 2-10 times slower).

Thanks for any hints!
Does affect magic mouse 2 and logitech usb-cable mouse.

Problem does not seem to happen on MacBook's touchpad.


texts: Safari in 10.10.4 completely non-functional after simple preferences change

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Pressed for time?: one simple question at bottom (thanks)

Safari in 10.10.4 has just become non-functional, immediately after I made a simple preferences change to what new windows displayed (I don’t recall exactly what that was, but I was trying to get new windows to display empty and without the sidebar being open).

I restarted twice, and used Disk Utility to do a Permissions Repair and Verify Disk (indicated OK), then restarted again.

I have zero extensions installed; in fact, I had turned off Safari Extensions completely.

Safari opens, but with no window; the spinning beach ball spins indefinitely, and I have no access to any of the top menu.

As Safari’s been acting sporadically odd anyhow since I upgraded from 10.6.8 to 10.8 to 10.10.4, I just installed Safari 9.0 (beta) per suggestion elsewhere here in late 2014;  no change, even after a restart.

No apparent problems except sporadic sluggishness with any other programs I use regularly (Mail, BusyContacts, BusyCal, Pages, TextEdit, Excel).

I had been experiencing sporadic weirdness (not just in Safari) since resolving the disaster of my 24 June upgrade from 10.6.8 > 10.8 (I wanted to stop there for awhile to clean up and export from an ancient contact management program that wouldn't work beyond 10.8), done by the local Apple Store (“We didn’t lose any of your data but we can’t find any of it.”; they found it all, but it took days).

Three days ago, because of such sporadic weirdness, as I usually do, I used Disk Utility to first do a Permissions Repair and then Repair Disk. Repair Disk failed, so I followed the recommendation to repair from the Recovery HD.

Still some sporadic sluggishness and occasional weirdness system-wide, and some of the symptoms matched those described in Apple’s instructions for reset SMC and reset NYRAM, so I did both (exactly as the instructions indicated, and in proper order).

Perhaps I'm down to one simple question:

I've never done this: What’s the worst that can happen if I re-install the system using the recovery HD (accessed by holding command-R at start-up) immediately after doing 2 Time Machine backups to two separate external hard drives?


texts: WiFi connection problem (iPhone to TP-Link router)

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I'm having trouble connecting 2 iPhones 6 and one iPhone 5 to a TP-Link TD-W8901N wireless router.

When I click on the Join button on the iPhone it tries to join (upper side of pic) and then it stops (down). It's like a circle and repeats over and over....

I am able to join via Wifi with my laptop.

I can connect to another router with my iPhone.....

I did restart router several times.

Router settings:

Channel: 1, 6, 11, auto (have been tried)
Wireless Mode: 802.11 b+g+n
Channel bandwidth: 20/40 MHz
Authentication Type: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
Encryption: TKIP/AES
Transmit Power: High
Beacon Interval (ms): 100
RTS/CTS Threshold: 2347
Fragmentation Threshold (bytes): 2346
DTIM (ms):1


texts: See other's Android location on an iPhone

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I have an Android phone (Nexus 6P) and my wife has an iPhone 6.

We would like to have the same functionality as Find My Friends offers, without both having iPhones.
Thus, we share each other's location through Google.

I have no problem seeing her location on my Android.

Previously, my wife could see my location using the iPhone Google+ app. There used to be a Locations tab in the app, showing my location. Now, the Location tab is gone. The Google support article "See friends' locations on a map" is obsolete.

Is there any other way on an iPhone to see someone else's location information?

We both have location history, reporting and sharing in Google turned on. My wife has both the Google+ and the Google app installed and running on the iPhone (and is logged in, of course).


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The computer is an early 2015 13" MacBook Pro. Two weeks ago we sent my spouses 15" in for battery recall, and bought an OWC Aura Pro to replace my internal 1GB SSD (we SuperDuper'd her 15" MacBook's hard drive onto the Aura). So we took my internal SSD out and put it in the External OWC case. I was able to start up my computer once or twice from the external without a problem.

Yesterday, we got the computer back and put the Aura into her 15" MacBook (no problems there), but when I put my SSD back in my 13", it would boot only so far and then restart. I put the SSD back into the external case and started the 13" fine off of my spouses original SSD (from her 15"). In Startup Disk, when I tried to select my SSD and click restart, I get the bless tool error.

The question is, what's my next move? Can this be repaired? (Disk Utility didn't fix it). The questions I've found on Google tend towards the new disk territory, but this is an unmodified Apple SSD that had been fine until I took it out of my computer.

Worst case, I have a SuperDuper backup on a platter disk. I figure I can reformat the SSD and SuperDuper the data back onto it from the external, but I'm not sure if that will perpetuate the issue.


texts:
when I press delta key a ˜ instead of ~, I have to hit space every time after printing ˜ to get ~.

How to print ~ directly without clicking space after it?

my system is Mojave 10.14.4
my keyboard is U.S. International - PC


texts: Image Renaming, Mac's PREVIEW app: When typing a new name into name field at very top of Toolbar, how can I execute the rename with ENTER KEY?

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I've been wanting to figure this out for years. When trying to rename an open PREVIEW image file by typing a new filename directly into the name field at the very top of the Toolbar's Name field, the only way I can execute that name change is by hitting TAB KEY vs the ENTER key.  If I hit TAB, the new name sticks. If I hit ENTER, the filename is not changed.

Same behavior for opened TEXT DOCs as well.

I understand that "a solution" is to simply remember to use the TAB key vs the ENTER key, however, in my 25+ years using Macs and Preview, that "solution" has never stuck behaviorally, because my muscle memory is far stronger and more deeply reinforced by an exponentially larger number of Finder file list rename operations where one types the new name and hits ENTER to execute the rename.

My question is:  Is there any Terminal code or other solution that would enable me to override using Mac's default TAB KEY and instead allow me to hit ENTER, which for me is far more intuitive to my workflow?


texts:
There have been countless times where I run into a problem after I edit HTML on a Mac. The issue derives from me uploading the updated file to my server through FTP, and I'll navigate to the website in Safari. The one thing that didn't  act properly was that Safari had already cached the webpage (the old version), so it would display the old version. I thought to myself and decided to clear the cache in Safari hoping it would solve my issue. Clearing the cache merely let the website appear to reload. It still came up with the old version of the file. To prove that the file on the server was actually updated, I got on another Mac on the same network, and it displayed the new version of the file. No matter how many times I refreshed or cleared the cache or reopened Safari, it would always deliver the old file. The only other solution I could come up with was to reboot. After a reboot, Safari reloaded the entire website and displayed the new version of the file.

I'm really just wondering how to flush Safari's cache and have it behave properly. Is this something the operating system does (I've had similar problems with files on my harddrive, too)? I don't want to have to reboot all the time just to see a new version of a file, so is there any way I can ensure I'm viewing the newest one? Is there a temporary storage folder that I can manually clear out? This happens to me quite often (not terribly frequent, but enough for me to notice), and my only current solution is to reboot.

I have strange feeling (it's not really a thought, but an ever so slight possiblilty that doesn't make much sense) that it's originating from a lower level.


texts: How to get rid of remnants of a user profile in /var/folders?

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I created a user, TestUser1, via System Preferences > Users and Groups on 22 April 2021, deleted it, didn't let it create a backup (since it was a test profile), but I noticed in /var/folders possible remnants of it.
This is on Catalina 10.15.7, 2020 Macbook Pro.
Would disabling SIP temporarily and/or sudo'ing to remove the files be a way to get rid of this?
I'm not sure what to do about this, and how to, in future, deal with remnants of user accounts created.


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So I was having issues with disk space and Finder etc, and so I hosed the entire drive, destroyed the Fusion drive, remade it, reinstalled.  That caused other problems, but as of now, things seem . .or seemed to be working.
After about an hour (sometimes more, sometimes less) of using my Mac, Finder will lock up.  I'll get the spinning beach ball, and it can stay that way for hours.  So I'll either force quit Finder via the Dock, or with killall Finder in Terminal.
That shuts the Finder, but from then, it refuses to start back up.  If I hold the Dock icon, I get 'application is not responding' and the chance to kill it again.  Which doesn't do any good.  The only thing to do is restart, which is not ideal.  Found this in the archives.
I checked /etc/auto_master...
#
# Automounter master map
#
+auto_master            # Use directory service
#/net                   -hosts          -nobrowse,hidefromfinder,nosuid
/home                   auto_home       -nobrowse,hidefromfinder
/Network/Servers        -fstab
/-                      -static

Doesn't look like that is to blame.
If I filter for 'Finder' in the console at the moment I click on its icon in the Finder, I get...
par défaut  17:35:03.171343+0100    runningboardd   Acquiring assertion targeting daemon<com.apple.Finder(502)> from originator [daemon<com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd>:123] with description <RBSAssertionDescriptor; frontmost:7701; ID: 275-123-1794; target: 7701> attributes = {
    <RBSDomainAttribute: 0x7fa3a002c770; domain: com.apple.launchservicesd; name: RoleUserInteractiveFocal; sourceEnvironment: 0x0>;
}
par défaut  17:35:03.171622+0100    runningboardd   Assertion 275-123-1794 (target:daemon<com.apple.Finder(502)>) will be created as active
par défaut  17:35:03.174053+0100    runningboardd   [daemon<com.apple.Finder(502)>:7701] Ignoring jetsam update because this process is not memory-managed
par défaut  17:35:03.174115+0100    runningboardd   [daemon<com.apple.Finder(502)>:7701] Ignoring GPU update because this process is not GPU managed
par défaut  17:35:03.174125+0100    runningboardd   Finished acquiring assertion 275-123-1794 (target:daemon<com.apple.Finder(502)>)

This is a mid-2012 Mac Mini running Catalina (10.15.7 (19H2)).
Any and all help appreciated.


texts: Will I able to share my internet connection using my MBP's airport if I am connected to the internet through an external USB Wireless adapter?

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I know that I can share my internet connection with other devices using my MacBook Pro's Airport as long as I'm using ethernet (wired) for my connection to the internet. But if I'm using the airport for the internet connection itself, that option to share it goes away.  I'm considering getting a high-powered Hawking USB wireless adapter to use at my cabin in order to be able to get a wireless signal from my uncle next door (with permission, of course) since a built-in wireless card isn't quite powerful enough to pick it up.

Will I able to then share my internet connection with other wireless devices using my MacBook's Airport similarly to sharing a wired internet connection, considering that I'm not using the airport for the connection itself, but am using the USB adapter?


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Apologies in advance if any of the details seem incorrect, I am helping my friends dad and am not a mac user myself.

Background to problem:

His System: Mac OS X v10.5.8

Original Browser: Safari v5

Recently he has been unable to access some websites and was informed by one company that he needed to update his browser.

He downloaded Safari v7.0.4 to find that it could not be used with leopard.

to quote

  The main problem is, that in the process of downloading v7, v5 was deleted & now I have no access to any website.

  I have dumped v7 to 'trash' but still cannot retrieve v5.

I checked the compatibility and it looks like he needs to go back to Safari 5.0.6 (I'll worry about OS update later)

Whats are my options to get Safari 5 working again on his machine?

Also is there any way for me to remote to his machine without him having a browser?

Thanks

Joe


texts: Effects of logging in to same Apple ID on multiple macOS accounts (single computer)

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On my Mac running macOS Sierra, I have a "main user" that has no admin privileges. I also have a second user which has admin privileges. I invoke the privileges of that "admin user", when admin privileges are necessary for my "main" user.

I'm now considering logging in to iCloud with my standard Apple ID, with my "admin" user. The Apple ID is normally associated with my "main" user. What will be the system effects of connecting my admin user to that Apple ID?

More specifically, I'm wondering if that will create stuff on my computer that will take up disk space for the admin user, such as iCloud Drive? Is there a risk of conflating application settings of the main user and the admin user which are stored in iCloud? And from a security standpoint, is it advisable not to login to Apple ID with my admin user (which I created just to isolate admin privileges from systems that shouldn't have them)?


texts: If I buy an app from the app store, do I have to stay logged into the app store?

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This question says that you can install the same purchase of Lion on multiple non-commercial Apple machines.

The accepted answer states the same applies to all App Store purchases.

My question however is, once you install something from the app store onto a 2nd machine, do you have to remain logged into the app store.

For example. My girlfriend just got given a mac with Snow Leopard. I want to log into the app store on her machine, install Lion, but then log out, and leave the app store logged into her Apple account.

Is that ok?


texts: Will Time Machine store the same data twice in this situation?

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I had 80 GB of movies on my internal HDD. Time Machine backed them up to an external HDD, along with everything else on my drive.

I then moved those movies to another external HDD (which is not being backed up). The movies were kept in the TM backup as there was still space on the backup drive.

If I move these files back to (another partition on) the internal HDD (which is included in TM Backups), they will be backed up by TM. But being that the exact same data is already stored on the TM drive, is TM going to be smart enough to realize this? It wouldn't need to take another 80 GB on the drive, it could just hotlink to the existing files (until changes happen, of course). This is what it does for the "past" backups when they don't differ from the current version of a file (otherwise the backup drive would get full very fast).

Does TM have any such space saving feature for when the exact same data is backed up from different directories?


texts: Hello I have an Iphone 5 GSM it was jailbroken, i tried to do a manual update with the phone itself. Since then the devise is stuck on the apple logo and the loading bar is not moving. I tried to restore it with Itunes but it is not working, it says waiting for the Iphone but Iphone stays on the apple logo. Can anyone please help me?


texts: Text is deleted when trying to place the cursor (magnifying glass)

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I am having a hard time finding documentation on this behavior. The negative response received from this user on everythingiCafe makes me think that this is a bug. Basically, what happens is:

When you have a string of text that overflows behind the visible input box, or have a string of text which wraps inside the input box, if you move the text cursor around (using the magnifying glass), sometimes the text before the cursor will start to be deleted if you continue to hold the cursor.

It is worth noting that this rate of deleting characters is much faster than holding down the Delete key.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a bug? If not, what are the conditions which trigger this unintuitive method of deleting text?

I am using an iPhone 4 (MD146LL) and have experienced this with iOS versions 5.0, 5.0.1, and 5.1.


texts: Network Time Machine backups, OS X vs. OS X Server

texts: I'm trying to back up several notebook Macs in an office. I'm currently trying to backup various iterations of OS X (Snow Leopard through Mavericks) on client machines to a central Mac Mini running regular (non-server) Mavericks over a wireless network. I'm able to get the initial backups established, but I'm having difficulty getting subsequent incremental backups to connect consistently–some work and some don't. Will installing OS X server on the Mini (and enabling the Time Machine server) improve the ability of client machines to successfully connect and complete incremental backups?


texts: When adding a partition, should I expect to lose data or not?

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I'm trying to understand what is meant by the wording of this Disk Utility cautionary message that appears when attempting to add a new partition to a disk.

Partitioning this device will delete the data stored on some of the partitions,
and cannot be undone.

This partition will be added:

"Secondary"

This partition will be erased:

"Secondary"

This partition will be resized:

"Primary"

First point of confusion: It's going to be added and then erased?

Second point of confusion: Disk Utility is supposed to be able to add, resize, and delete partitions without losing data. Sources: 1, 2 So why the ominous message, and who to believe?

Update

I added a new partition and everything appears to have gone smoothly.
An answer to another similar question helped me to understand and decide to move forward with partitioning.

This guide, How to Use macOS Sierra Disk Utility to Partition, Erase Drives was also helpful.


texts: How do I remove Finder tags from all files in a folder and its subfolders?

texts: How can I remove Finder tags from all files in a given folder and in its subfolders?


texts: How to get F-keys of Apple Keyboard to behave like F-keys in Windows?

texts: When using an Apple keyboard in Windows using Bootcamp drivers, how can I change the behaviour of F1-12 so that they are normally just F1-12 and the special functionality (play, pause, brightness control etc.) is available using fn+F1-12?