texts: How can I change the list of "Open With" applications?

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I'd like to reduce the set of apps for certain file types. For example, I'd like the 3-4 text editors currently associated with .php files to remain, but I'm never going to have a need to open PHP files in Monodraw or Numbers, so I'd like to remove them from the list.

I see similar questions here about a bug involving multiple apps, but that just involves recreating the list rather than altering it.


texts: IOS 10 warning: Using a hidden network can expose personally identifiable information

texts:
I am aware that 'hiding' a wifi network/SSID does not make the network MORE secure, but Apple's warning on IOS 10:

  Using a hidden network can expose personally identifiable information

seems to indicate that hidden networks are LESS secure.

Clicking the 'learn more' link does not give any further info supporting the claim.

Exactly how can hiding an SSID make the network any LESS secure (by "expose[ing] personally identifiable information")


texts: How to quick launch an app in the Dock via a keyboard shortcut?

texts: In windows, it is easier to do cause there's shortcut via win+1 or ..., I'm wondering that I could do about the Mac, I did not find any stuff like that.


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I am trying to find and install iTunes version 12.6.4.3. However, it only seems like you can get version 12.6.4 from Apple's website.

Where can I download iTunes 12.6.4.3?

This Chinese website seems to provide a download link to it on Apple's servers, but it seems as though the download was pulled.


texts: Numerous Time Machine errors with new WD drive - where to start?

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So ive had this WD easy store 10tb external drive for 2 weeks now with a 2019 16" MBP with 10.15.5 Catalina running.  Its formatted Mac OS extended journaled(the xternal drive). Ive got 3 partitions on the eternal drive.  Have been getting all these errors - see below - trouble copying files, can't be ejected, couldn't back up to, could not mount, etc...  Apple has said I can't have 3 partitions on an external time machine back up drive, then file corruption.  Its been formatted new, set up in time machine, then all the files moved off(storage files not the backups - I just deleted those and started over as not to be moving around time machine back ups), reformatted and set up again as Mac OS extended journaled and rechecked in disk utility as well as the wd app file check and Ive started new back ups and still get these error.  Now HD is saying I can use a hub to go through to the thunderbolt connection as the drive is usb c. WD also told me no on the partitioned drive. All sounds like malarky to me as I used an older partitioned wd with the same hyperdrive hub w/ no issues.  FWIW on my older iMac the external WD connected directly to the computer.
Any ideas where I can look to see what's causing these errors?


texts: Is there a way to block images from untrusted senders on the iPhone?

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I got a spam message on the iPhone and I accidentally opened it. It loaded an image and now I guess the spammer knows this is a valid address since they are sending more spam.

I'd like to prevent this problem in the future with my other email accounts. I know that I can disable Load Remote Images in the settings. The problem is that I believe this will not allow any images to load, even those from people in my address book.

Is there any way to get functionality similar to Gmail where it will only load the images from safe senders? Or is it an all or nothing deal?

Also, what's the significance of the word "Remote" in the setting name? Are there images that will load which aren't remote?


texts:
Is it possible to create custom short commands to run apps and open folders, to be called in Spotlight?

I mean, I'd like to create custom commands so I just open Spotlight (⌘ + space) then run things like:

cEnter to run /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome
sEnter to run /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
gEnter to run /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --app="https://mail.google.com"
wEnter to run /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --app="https://web.whatsapp.com"
workEnter to open the folder /Users/myusername/Documents/workspace/
servEnter to run something in the Terminal

And so on... I think you know what I mean!

Thanks!

PS: I am coming from Windows, where I would: add a folder to the %PATH% variable, throw shortcuts in this folder dragging and dropping icons with the right mouse button, then rename them shortcuts to the alias I want. Then it is just Win+R to run my stuff. Trying to figure out a equivalent on Mac. Adding a folder to $PATH and creating executable scripts in it didn't work.


texts: Stop System Preferences Software Update to notify me of a OS update

texts: I am on Mojave and I will not ever upgrade to Catalina because I have 32 bit stuff I am not planning to ditch.  Software Updates in System Preferences still shows that there is one 'update', i.e. a major OS upgrade (see pic).  This is annoying and I'd like not to have this notification.  How can I turn it off?


texts: iOS - Archive Upload Failed due to error -22421

texts:
I am unable to submit an iOS app to the App Store. It throws me

  Archive Upload Failed due to error -22421

I am stuck with this issue since a week now.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: "Verify Contact Information" in Apple Pay

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I am trying to use ApplePay for the first time. I have a link set up with my debit card, and verified that with the bank.
Now in the web page of the vendor from whom I wish to make a purchase, I clicked the Apple Pay option to display a Apple Pay dialog. That dialog shows my credit card info. But it has a red error message at bottom saying "Verify Contact Information". The "Contact" field has red letters "PHONE NUMBER REQUIRED".
I have no idea whose phone number it wants, nor what I should do next.


texts: How to make a HTML file as your wall paper

texts: Is there any way to use a Web arrive file or a HTML file as your wall paper? I found this interactive website (http://mrdoob.github.io/three.js/examples/css3d_periodictable.html) and want to put it as my wall paper.


texts: Always open PDFs from one path with a non-default program

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My default PDF App is Preview. Now, I have one folder (with sub-folders in it) with PDFs that I would like to have to open all the time with another program. So basically I need to put a "Default program" for a restricted path.
Unfortunately the "Always open…" is not an option (even if it would work), because the documents in this folder change pretty often.

Does someone know if Automator or AppleScript may help me with this?


texts: Mount Read-only Disk Image Without Breaking Spotlight?

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I have a disk image with my main media library inside it, but I normally only mount this as read-only, as this prevents applications from touching anything inside (which can cause a lot of band files to be copied into backups unnecessarily).

When I want to add data to the image, I re-mount it as read/write, add the new content, then allow plenty of time for mdworker etc. to index the changes, before switching back to read-only (or unmounting).

So even when the image is mounted read-only, there will still be a full Spotlight index within it, that Spotlight should be able to use.

Problem is… it doesn't.

The command I prefer to mount the image with is as follows:

hdiutil attach -mountpoint /path/to/mount /path/to/image
mount -uro noatime,nobrowse /path/to/mount

I prefer to do it this way, as it allows me to then easily make the mounted volume read-write, then read-only again like so:

mount -uwo noatime,nobrowse /path/to/mount
# Add files, let Spotlight do its thing
mount -uro noatime,nobrowse /path/to/mount

However, when the volume is made read-only using the mount command, Spotlight doesn't seem able or willing to access its own index. Querying with mdutil gives the following:

mdutil -s /path/to/mount
/path/to/mount:
    Error: unknown indexing state.

The alternative way to mount the disk-image as read-only is to mount the entire image device that way, using the following alternate command:

hdiutil attach -readonly -mountpoint /path/to/mount /path/to/image

Strangely, Spotlight works just fine when the image is mounted in this way, even though the entire device (and thus the mounted volume) is just as read-only as before.

The problem with mounting in this way though is that there's no easy way to switch to read/write, as mount -uwo noatime,nobrowse /path/to/mount fails, even for root (this appears to be a specific feature of hdiutil's -readonly option). This means the image must be fully detached/ejected then re-mounted, which I would prefer not to have to do.

So my question is; is it possible to mount a disk image as read-only, but in such a way that it can not only still be made read/write easily (without ejecting) and also without breaking Spotlight?

And yes, I realise I probably shouldn't be working with a disk-image in this way in the first place, but they make it super easy to back stuff up to a non-HFS+ volume (e.g- a Linux NAS via rsync).


texts: Though there is g++/gcc in Xcode 8, gdb isn't found

texts:
When I installed command line tools of Xcode in old Mac OS X,
there were g++/gcc of a compiler and a linker.
There was also gdb of a debugger.

In Xcode 8.0 (8A218a) of Mac OSX EI Captain (10.11.6),
there are g++ and gcc, but gdb isn't found.
I'd like to use a debugger of a command line tool.
Is there a debug command? If there is, please tell me.

When the g++/gcc [-c] .c/.cpp -g is executed before,
*.o and executable format (a.out) seem to have included all symbol information.
When g++/gcc [-c] .c/.cpp -g makes executable format (a.out)
in case of Xcode 8.0 (8A218a) of Mac OS X EI Captain (10.11.6),
a directory called a.out.dSYM is made at the same directory,
and symbol information seems to be here.

When there are no debug command line tool,
if it's possible to debug a program by a GUI of Xcode in IDE,
please tell me the way.

Regards


texts: Macbook hangs when when unplugging external Monitor

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I have a Retina Macbook and macOS Sierra but the symptoms are the same as described in this post almost 10 years ago: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/822656?tstart=0

I am using external display and keep MacBook closed. However when I unplug the display and later open the lid it either thinks that it is still connected or just hangs up.

One would think there were some advancements in 10 years, but apparently nothing changed. Is there anything I can do?

I use Macbook Retina Mid 2013 with different displays and adapters, normally I have 1 or 2 different displays plugged in using two Display Ports depending on whwere I am working at the moment.

UPDATE Now I have a Macbook Pro 15" 2016 with Touchbar and dedicated video card and it's even worse. So I guess it's just a fact of life let's see if High Sierra changes anything.


texts: Is there a way to auto-disconnect from WiFi when connectivity is low?

texts:
I got a new router that is ridiculously good and has exceptional range.  A side effect of this is when I go for a walk, I have to be walking for at least 5-6 minutes at a brisk pace, before the WiFi connection on my iPhone 4S is lost.  Basically, beyond 100 yards/meters there will be 1 WiFi bar and it will be all but unusable (e.g. Web Browser times out, Siri doesn't work, etc...).  Under these conditions, I'd rather use 3G (ahem, 4G).

Is there a way to automatically disconnect from the WiFi when it gets down to 1 bar?


texts: "gpt add -i" error "no space available" Mac OS Recovery

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My macbook pro's mac os stopped booting up recently. It has a bootcamp, and high Sierra partition that stopped working. Was recognised as 'FFFFFFF...' format in disk utility.
I've followed instructions in OS volume shows as type 'FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF'
I have now removed disk02 but 'GPT add' only returns an Error, "no space available on device". Any help would be hugely appreciated.


texts: How can I always show my user's 'library' folder in macOS Sierra?

texts:
I’ve just upgraded to a much newer Mac after having been on an old MBP running Snow Leopard. There’s a lot to learn in the major jump from 10.6 to 10.12. One change is that my user’s Library folder is invisible.

I did Google this and see I can hold down the option key to make the Library folder visible when I need it to be, but is there a way to always make it visible so I don’t have to do this extra step every time?


texts:
Would it be possible to customize a macbook so that it has 2 screens instead of 1?

what i mean is, could i hook up the lcd from another macbook and connect so that it has 2 screens..

if it could work, would i have to connect it via minidisplayport or is there a way to connect it to the video board..

essentially something like this..

http://www.freeonsmash.com/news/2008/12/12/apple-macbook-tribook/


texts:
Is it possible to set OSX to allow tiny finder windows? The minimum window size on 10.9.5 is 452 x 294.  On a 30" monitor, 452 x 294 is still much larger than I need; wasting screen real estate. On some unix systems the window manager allows the windows to be quite small.

Is this possible on OSX? I've googled, searched Stack Exchange. I'm not finding anything.

This window would be just as useful at half it's current size:


texts: Where can i get a copy of OS X Lion s/w?

texts:
Where can I get a copy of the S/W Lion?
I want to "clean install OS X Lion" on my MBA 13" 2012, like it originally came.

AirRay


texts: Equivalent to CMD-clicking on a webpage title in Safari 8 on Yosemite

texts:
In previous versions of Safari one could CMD-click on the webpage title at the top of Safari's window and get a menu with the website's folder hierarchy.

For example if you're at https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask, clicking on the title would give you a menu with the following items:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/
https://apple.stackexchange.com/

allowing you to quickly navigate the website in question. Finder still has that feature if you want to see it in action. Just go to a folder, then CMD-click on that folder's name or icon in the title bar.

I liked that feature, however, it seems to have been removed in Safari 8. What I want to ask is, is there a way to restore it? A keyboard shortcut I've missed perhaps?


texts: Are there known DTS or Dolby Digital encoded videos readily available on Apple TV for testing?

texts:
I am trying to troubleshoot playback of discretely encoded 5.1 audio on Apple TV.  It is apparent that Apple TV can "pass through" Dolby Digital (aka AC-3).

Are there readily available video clips (i.e. no charge, and able to be reliably found through the Apple TV user interface) that are known to be encoded in either Dolby Digital or DTS?


texts: Macbook finder copy changes permissions to 777

texts: I recently got my first mac (macbook pro) and I use it primarily for coding C++ and python in the terminal.  I noticed if I use finder to copy a directory (with my code in it) onto a USB drive, then the permissions on all the files get changed to 777.  Is there any way I can use finder to copy files onto a USB and have it preserve the existing permissions?


texts: Why is my host name wrong at the Terminal prompt when connected to a public WiFi network?

texts:
For three days straight, I have connected to the public WiFi network at my local library. Each day, I have seen a different prompt in Terminal. Here are some of the prompts I've seen:

zp-pc:~ russell$
mary-pc:~ russell$
normob05:~ russell$

I have check under System Preferences -> Sharing, and my computer name is "Russell's Mac". Also, I set the DHCP Client ID to "RUSSMAC" under System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> TCP/IP, but I still see the random host names at the Terminal prompt.

Why is my computer name changing every day?


texts: My SMC keeps corrupting, even after I reset it

texts:
The SMC on my 2012-MPB keeps corrupting, causing the computer to not wake up or restart. I've tried resetting it multiple times, but the issue still occurs.
The only solution I've found is disconnecting and then reconnecting the internal battery, which is quite problematic. Is there anything I can do to solve this issue?


texts: Upgraded RAM, Bootcamp doesn't recognize

texts: I have a Macbook 13' i5 early 2011, with Windows 8 64 bits and recently I bought new RAM kit from Crucial (8gb). After I installed the hardware, the windows OS doesn't recognize all 8GB, like the printscreen attached shows. Does anybody knows why?


texts: Preview in Catalina doesn't allow automatic form filling?

texts:
Prior to Catalina (10.15) (at least in 10.14), you could click on a checkbox and it'd tick it (even if the PDF wasn't a fillable PDF). You could also click near a line and Preview would identify that there was a line there and insert a text object automatically.
Am I missing something, or were these features removed?


texts: Where can I find the stock audio files (notifications, ringtones, etc) from iOS 6?

texts: I am working on a prototype/demo of an application and it is necessary for me to play back the iOS 6 audio files on a PC. Supposing I was able to access the file system on my iOS device, what path would I find those files under?


texts:
I had some songs from what turned out to be a bootleg (and badly done) CD.  I found the songs in the Store and bought them.  But I can't delete the bad ones.

I selected them and pressed Delete.  Nothing happened.  I selected "Delete from Library" on the menu and nothing happened.  This has worked in the past.

So I used Finder to delete the files, then tried to open the info window on them.  In the past, this would offer me the chance to locate them or delete them.  Now it's only locate.  Same for trying to play them.

I copied other files into the filenames that iTunes knows them by, and tried to delete again.  Still nothing happens.

Not long ago, I deleted other songs from the same CD import without problem.

What could be preventing deletion and how do I get rid of it?  I don't recall changing any preferences.


texts:
I have some daily Automator tasks on my calendar which open URLs in Safari.  (A "Get Specified URLs" task followed by a "Display Webpages" task.)  Ever since upgrading to Yosemite, however, there's been a bit of an issue.  Sometimes several tabs are opened, and it's no longer handling that very well.

Previously, even if Safari was slow, all of the tabs would open when it's available.  Since the Yosemite upgrade, however, only some of the tabs open and the rest pop up a message:

  You can't open the application "Safari" because it is not responding.

Is there a way to tell Automator to wait until Safari responds rather than just fail on some of the URLs?


texts: MacBook Pro USB disabled and dead battery. What to do?

texts:
I was constantly getting a notification that USB ports had been disabled due to an accessory using too much power. Most of the time there was nothing plugged in when I received the notification. So, in an attempt to fix this problem I reset the SCM(option-command-power while off), but that really screwed everything up. I was never able to boot up fully again. It would ask for password, but never get passed that. Once I was able to successfully boot in safe mode.  The biggest problem is that after resetting the SCM it never again accepted a charge. I’m thinking that the USB ports stayed disabled. Now, my battery is dead and I can’t charge it to even try fixing it.  Any ideas? I’m at a loss. Thanks

Edit: Assuming it is not a hardware problem (which it seems like it is), are there any ideas on how to get the battery charged to at least attempt to work on it?


texts:
I lost the installation cds from my MBP.

Is that possible get a copy from apple? Or can I use a installation cd from another MBP?

Thanks


texts: Why I can still access Internet after I set the the HTTP proxy to a unknow address?

texts:
Why I set the HTTP proxy to a nono-proxy IP address, I can still access the Internet?
I follow this tutorial, at the time 2:08, you see there should be can not access the Internet.
but I set to a non-proxy address 9.9.9.9:12345.
but I can still access the Internet, why?


texts: I have some executable files in OS X which I want to access from terminal from any area. For example in Linux, we can copy executables or binaries to /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin. So similar to that where can I copy executables in OS X? I have downloaded Firefox and copied it to /Applications. Now I want to execute Firefox from any area without going in to the /Applications.


texts: Can the AppleTV (Version 2) send output to only the optical output?

texts: I'm looking for a way to have AppleTV (Version 2) output from optical out only without having HDMI connected or at least with the TV turned off. I've read that this is possible with previous versions. Is there a patch for nitotv or a jailbreak distribution that supports this feature? Or this is impossible?


texts:
I have issue with the display on my macbook pro 15 in 2017 touch bar.

When I boot or restart the device there is some noise in the screen. After osx start the screen back to normal.

I did rest SMC & NVRAM, also run the safe mode, still the issue is appearing.

I have already contact apple support they said I need to bring it to apple store to fix it, yet there is no official apple store in my country, I need to travel in order to visit apple store.

Can anyone help me to solve it


texts:
I have:

Mac Book Pro running OS X 10.10.2
iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 8.1.3

On my computer I run Mail, which checks the email every 1 min.  On my iPhone it runs every 15 mins.  So most of the time, my computer receives the email first and filters the message so my phone never gets the junk mail.  However when my computer is sleeping my iphone normally gets the email first and does not perform the filter for the junk mail.

Options:

Force the computer not to sleep
Write a script to run while sleeping asking mail query the server (I'm not sure how hard this would be)
Ask here and see if someone has a better idea.


texts: How to make preview jump to a specific line on startup

texts:
I am using TexLipse for working with latex, producing pdfs as output. I have configured it to use preview as viewer using this command line:

open -a "/Applications/Preview.app" %fullfile

Where %fullfile is the name of the file to be opened. TexLipse supports the adding of a %line argument, that can be passed to the viewer to make it jump to the position where the cursor in the editor is at. However, I could not find a way or any documentation on how to pass that argument to preview. Can anyone explain how to achieve this? Is it even possible?


texts: I have already tried more than 5 chargers but still my iPhone 5 is not getting charged. If I buy a new charger then it works fine for a week. Why is this occurring and how can I fix it?


texts: Is there any way to find/reinstall a software update if I accidentally quit the software update application during a download without redownloading?

texts:
The title might sound confusing, but this just happened to me:

I am on macOS Catalina Public Beta (19A582a).
I removed my connection to the public beta program in “Software Update.”
After doing that, the only way to get the real/official macOS Catalina to download is to go to the App Store, search for “macOS Catalina” and then click “Install.”
This brought me back to the “Software Update” and after a few seconds, the “Downloading macOS Catalina…” progress bar shows up; see picture below.
But I accidentally quit “Software Update.” Smooth move, right?

But checking network traffic on the command line via nload, I could clearly see my incoming traffic being saturated. Meaning, the data was going somewhere. But where?

I waited for the incoming traffic to go down to practically nothing, and then looked in my “Application” folder but saw no “Install macOS Catalina” as expected.

I’m now re-downloading but wondering what might have happened? Was the download cache for that file simply deleted? Or something else?

Screenshots below of the software updates in progress as well as an nload screenshot showing traffic flooding through the incoming network.


texts: Override system hotkeys (shortcuts) for switching between apps and tabs in MacOS 10.15

texts:
I am using MacOS 10.15.6 and already setup keyboard's system preferences to swap modifier keys. I swap Command and Control keys already. At the moment, with this new re-map applied, I must hit, Control+Tab to switch among opened apps and Command+Tab to switch among opened tabs (in browsers, terminal, file editors and etc).
This is very uncomfortable and irritating for me. I would like to change that, and have it done in my MacOS just the same way I have it done in Gnome (Fedora Linux), which is Option+Tab for switching between apps and Control+Tab for switching tabs. Holding Shift should also work to reverse it.
I use Alfred for creating other hotkeys workflows and know about Karabiner-Elements app - I just wanted to have it swapped in a way that wouldn't require creating any virtual keyboards or anything extra like that, for example, using defaults command or something else more native? Doing it using Alfred would also be suitable for me, as I am already running it but Alfred  doesn't seem to be able to override system wide shortcuts?
Is this even possible?


texts: In Reeder for iPhone, how to add defaul recipients for sharing via mail?

texts:
In the app Reeder for iPhone, when I tap on: "Settings" > "Sharing Services" > "Mail", there appears to be a "Default Recipients" section, with four rows: "Link", "Article", "Text Selection", and "Image". Tapping on any of these rows doesn't seem to trigger anything.

Does Reeder allow one to set up default recipients for mail? How can I do that?

(This is on iOS 6. Reeder's version is 3.0.4.)


texts: How can I type the “<” symbol via remote desktop with a Nordic keyboard?

texts:
I have a Nordic/Norwegian keyboard.  I'm sitting on an iMac with Mountain Lion and are remoting to a Windows 7 computer with Remote Desktop Connection.  I can't find the < or > shortcut (pressing < gives a different character (pipe)).  Does anyone know?

I am aware of this question and know how to find most other characters, having tried numerous combinations, but not the < sign.  I also know I can get the character palette, but that is just too slow when I need it relatively often.

Edit:  I do not have a numerical pad on the keyboard.  This is the smallest version of the Nordic Mac keyboard and is the default delivered with an iMac in Norway.

Edit 2:  Here is a picture of my keyboard:

Edit 3:  Thanks to @koivo I learned that < is called an angle bracket.  I did some googling and found only one unanswered question asked at a different forum (ars technica).  I have also tried all sorts of key combinations, but no luck so far.

Edit 4:  I have now learned that using CoRD (which is slightly buggy and discontinued in development) or Royal TS (which cost money) will give me angle brackets (<) on the angle bracket key itself.  However, I have added a bounty to see if it is possible to do with Remote Desktop Connection that comes with the iMac out of the box.

Edit 5:  This is written after the correct answer and bounty has been awarded.  Even though a shortcut is available, using the free version of Royal TSX is just a simpler solution, as stated in one of the answers!


texts: MacBook Pro won't recognise Sandisk 64GB Mini SD card

texts:
I bought a 64GB Sandisk for my GoPro Hero 3+ and it works fine.

However, when I either plug in my GoPro directly via a USB cable or try to access the drive by using an SD-card adapter, all that comes up is

  The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer.

The options presented are Initialise, Ignore and Eject. When I select Initialise it comes up with a program I have never used or seen before.

I am not very good with computers so any help is great! I have recently had my laptop updated but I am not sure which update it has.

(My laptop reads other cards and this card works on a Windows computer.)


texts: No 'Remove Attachments' button in full-screen Mac Mail?

texts:
I often use the 'remove attachments' button in Mac Mail when replying to a message.  However I've noticed that when composing a reply in full-screen mode, this button disappears.

Is there a keyboard shortcut to get the same function?  I could remove the attachments one at a time but that's a pain if there are multiple attachments in the message.


texts:
About two months ago, I purchased a MacBook Pro Retina, 13-inch (model MF840LL). Recently, I have noticed a quiet rattling noise when doing something performance-intensive (some webpages in Firefox, for example).

What is causing this, and what should I do about this (if anything)?

I also have a Speck seethru case on the computer - could the case be rattling against the computer?


texts: Snooze button not working for iCal on Lion and Mountain Lion

texts:
I've been using iCal (now called Calendar.app) to view my Google Calendar calendars for a long time and generally haven't had a problem.  However, in the last few weeks or months I've noticed that when I hit the "Snooze" button on iCal alerts, they never come back again like you would expect.

This definitely didn't used to be a problem but I don't know what changed.  I've noticed the problem on both Lion and Mountain Lion.

I found this link to another user having what seems to be the same problem, but there are no responses:  https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3372462?start=0&tstart=0

Any ideas why Snooze stopped working in my iCal alerts?


texts: Music app keeps starting when I press "play" on bluetooth headphones (Catalina)

texts: This answer helped me disable the dreaded Music app from responding to "Play" button on the keyboard, but it stills jumps up each time I press "play" on the Bluetooth headphones (Beyerdynamic Lagoon ANC). How do I disable it completely?


texts: How to "securely" erase my MacBook's SSD

texts:
I would like to sell my Macbook Pro, but I want to make sure that there is no way to retrieve the deleted data from my SSD.
Is there a way to completely delete all files on a hard drive so that even a forensic expert cannot recover anything?


texts: Can I Recover Lost Emails on iPad After Changing Password?

texts:
Short Story: I recently lost all my sent emails (POP3) on my iPad when I migrated my server and password.  The domain name and username did not change.  Is there any way to recover those sent emails?

Longer Story: My web host just migrated to a new system.  They advised me my account might not work.  When my email went down, I moved everything to my secondary server.

I didn't change my email address, but I had to change my password for email on this secondary server, because of its password rules. At this point, all my emails, inbox and sent, were still on my iPad.

When I updated the password on my iPad so it would download emails from the new server, everything else disappeared.  All my old inbox messages, and all my sent emails.

I can recover my Inbox from archives on the old server, but it doesn't have my sent emails. Support tells me those were only local.

I'm hoping there's some way to recover those.

Thanks for your advice.

Alec


texts: Signing up to iTunes Match in a country that doesn't have it

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I am really digging Apple's iTunes Match and would love to get it. However, I am living in Sweden where you can´t subscribe to it at the moment. I have found that there is a workaround for it, by buying a US gift card and singing up with a US iTunes Store account.

My question is simply how will this affect how I use my iPhone and Mac? For example, will I end up with a US account with no money on it so I can't buy any music or apps?

Could I change store location of my current Swedish account, get iTunes Match for a year and then switch back?

Lastly, what would happen if iTunes Match becomes available in Sweden a couple of months after I have signed up using a US account? I wouldn't mind paying for it twice, but I am thinking there might be other complications. Thoughts, anyone?


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In the last week I started seeing a serious issue with the display on my Macbook Pro (Early 2011, El Capitan) where the screen has gone "crazy".  I didn't apply any updates just prior to the issue, so I can only assume that something has changed for the worst.  The screen issues manifest themselves in several different ways:

Interlaced image.
Totally "Blue" screen (with alternate lines of differing blue)
Totall black screen (nothing showing)

This one example:

There have been different triggers for this behavior such as

Click on an random link in Safari (especially one with images, or google maps) But not all the time as I am posting here on the system in question.
Plugging in a second monitor

Sometimes (if I am lucky) I can still see a mouse pointer and shutting down safari clears the issue.  At other times I am forced to power off blindly and at those times it can take 2 or 3 hard reboots to clear the issue an get to a working login screen.

I would love this to be a purely software issue that I can fix by reloading El Capitan, but I am afraid the problem will be related to this question

Macbook pro checkered display, safeboot works

EDIT

Good News Everyone!!

It turns out that there is a known issue with early 2011 Macbook Pro's displays and that Apple is going to replace the logic board for free.  This is outside of Apple Care.

This program will end sometime in the future (I did see 4 years after date of purchase mentioned on the Apple site), but even if you don't qualify for a fee replacement the cost of replacing the logic board is only in the order of $USD300 - a lot cheaper than a replacement laptop!

Edit 2

Just got an email from Apple containing in part:

Proposed Resolution: Replace logic board under quality program.

Repair Estimate
Item Number Description             Price       Amount Due
661-6082    Board, Logic, 2.3 GHz   $ 567.05    $ 0.00
S1490LL/A   Hardware Repair Labor   $  39.00    $ 0.00
Total (Tax not included)            $ 606.05    $ 0.00


texts: Are there any differences between MacPro4,1 2009 and MacPro5,1 2010 besides firmware?

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I've noticed on many used MacPro listings that people have upgraded a MacPro4,1 (a.k.a. 2009) to a MacPro5,1 (a.k.a. 2010) simply by updating the firmware. From this, it appears that these machines are now able to accept 6-core Xeons as well as utilize 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM.

While this sounds all great and magical, is there anything else that changed between the two revisions of the tower? I'm asking more along the lines of physical rather than software; i.e. is a 2009 model with updated firmware inferior in any way whatsoever to a 2010?

UPDATE 2015-11-02 just to be a bit more specific, my curiosity is more around if the 4,1 and 5,1 are identical except for the upgraded firmware and new CPU/GPU options? Considering the CPU/GPU can be replaced aftermarket, I'm curious if (say) the motherboard is identical between the two revisions or were there any modifications?


texts: How do I disable Internet access on my MacBook as to make it as inconvenient as possible to re-enable it?

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I’m the tech-savvy owner of a MacBook for which I have admin privileges. I have tried blocking Internet access for myself in the past but I always find ways to circumvent the block. So instead of that, I would like to find a way to make it as inconvenient as possible for me to re-enable.

Is there any possible way in which I can make it absolutely and positively so that that Internet access is delayed for myself for a certain period of time?


texts: Display configuration problems with Mac Pro

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I have a Mac Pro (trash can) with dual D600 graphics connected to 3 x 4K displays using mini-DP to HDMI cables that are rated to work 4K @ 60Hz.
Due to the size of the mini-DP connectors, I can fit them side-by-side, but not directly underneath each other. The following diagram demonstrates how the displays are connected to the display ports in the back of the machine.

    [1]    [2]
    [ ]    [ ]
    [3]    [ ]

Problems I'm currently facing

Only two of the three displays is being detected at a time. If I pull out cable 3, display 2 starts working. If I plug cable 3 back in, display 2 remains active and display 3 remains black until I reboot, then they go back to 1 and 3 working and 2 remains black.

None of the displays are working at 60Hz, though they support 60Hz through HDMI and DisplayPort.

Are there any tips, tricks or tools I can use to identify the problems and manually configure the displays to work correctly?


texts:
I have two MacBook Pros running Yosemite and both have an incredibly slow Finder. Finder was blazingly fast with Mavericks: as soon as I upgraded to Yosemite it became sluggish. When opening a folder, even a simple one, it takes seconds (from a few to some dozens) to display its content.

One MacBook Pro, 2011 non-retina, has a normal spinning hard drive: it takes ages for the Finder to display the files in a folder. Even if there are only a bunch of them, the spinning wheel stays spinning for too long. At the beginning I thought I had a faulty HD, but...

... the other MacBook Pro, even if a little dated (2008, the first unibody),  has an SSD hard drive. It was incredibly fast with Mavericks, overall slow on Yosemite. However, also on this computer the Finder spins the wheel for a very long time.

Both the computers were upgraded to Yosemite, none had a fresh installation of the OS. For me, Yosemite was like Vista for Windows users: perfectly usable computers became sluggish. I can live with a little slow MBP, but I cannot wait seconds each time I open a folder.

Is there anyone who had the same problem and could suggest a solution?


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When selecting text in iOS, you get a "Select, Select All, Speak Sentence" popup as soon as you place the cursor. This doesn't seem to work in Safari where trying select something only brings up "Copy, Define, Share".

So how does one trigger "Select All" on a webpage shown in Safari?


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Back when I bought my me and my girlfriend a mac I also set up a firmware password and I now want to remove it from hers.

I'm not sure I remember it correctly though. If it boots into recovery and asks me for the firmware password, can I still reboot normally in case I get the firmware password wrong? Or will I look myself out requiring a (currently not possible) trip to an Apple Store?


texts: Apple to Windows External Hard disk file system error

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I have a Toshiba 1tb hdd. I bought an apple laptop few weeks ago and the hdd has been working properly.  Today I wanted to move some files from my old windows pc to the mac.  When I connected the hdd to windows, the disk management utility showed it as RAW filesystem. I connected it back to Mac and checked the Disk Utility application. It showed me that the drive is in NTFS filesystem.  How do I get it to work in my windows?

Edit: Its my external hdd.


texts: Raid 0 on two SSDs on Macbook pro Mid 2012 (non retina) running Catalina?

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I am using Macbook pro-Mid 2012 (non-retina).
There are two SSDs, one 850 EVO (250 GB) and 860 Pro (256 GB).
Both have Catalina installed and running perfectly. I can switch easily using startup disk in preferences.
860 Pro is installed recently and is fresh and new macOS installation.
Now I want to keep the 860 Pro as my main Catalina booting and use another disk(850 EV)) as RAID 0.
I have read people facing issues with RAID in Catalina, so just wanted to know what are cons and pros if this is done.
Will I face any issues with this, specifically will downloading be a problem if this is done?
Please ask if you have any questions, I have provided most of the information, other than this its i5, 16GB Ram


texts: Getting error message, "You must install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime?"

texts:
I'm getting the following error when trying to launch my application after upgrading Mac OSX:

The more info says to go here and download this file.


texts: ‘unexpected error’ when opening Manage Family in iCloud

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When I click on Manage Family in the iCloud preference pane, I get an error saying

  There was an unexpected error
  Please try again later.

This error happens after restarting and I've updated my Mac to High Sierra version 10.13.6 in case I just needed to update my software or restart.

What can I do next so I can manage my family sharing account?


texts: Enable Guest Account via Profile Manager

texts: I am the sole IT guy in a small school that is all Mac. I have about 40 student MacBooks to manage and about 40 student iMacs as well. I would like to manage them as best I can using Profile Manager. One thing I need to do is enable the Guest Account on the student computers.  Can this be done via Profile Manager, or is this yet another thing that will cause me to go around logging onto and configuring all the student computers?


texts: Hard drive fan making a rhythmic high pitched noise? (Late 2006 17" iMac)

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identifier - iMac5,1
I've had this issue going on for a bit and I've gotten used to it, but I'm really wondering what it is.
So, the hard drive fan in my iMac makes this constant high pitched noise and it corresponds with the speed of the fan. If the fan speed gets higher, the noise gets higher pitched and is faster, and vice versa.
(Please comment with whatever else you need me to include about the problem, not too sure what to include.)


texts: Shutting down the machine from the command line with e.g. shutdown -h seems as if it would not be particularly graceful, but on a scale of "Pulling the power cord out of the wall" to "Going through the standard shutdown procedure from the  Menu", how graceless is shutdown -h actually?


texts: Airpods connected to iMac, but not in the audio output device menu

texts: The iMac sees airpods because I can connect/disconnect via the bluetooth menu. However, they don't appear in the list of audio output devices.


texts: logitech unifying software mac not detecting

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I am using logitech wireless keyboard K270 and Mouse M185 with my MACbook Air(currently OSX 10.10.5) for more than a year now. All of a sudden today after some time, my keyboard and mouse stopped working. I checked the batteries all seems to be OK. I connected the unifying receiver again after restart with Logitech Unifying software and got this message.

Has anyone faced this problem before, do I need to reinstall the Logitech unifying software again? I also can't even get this software download anywhere on net, the ones which are their are of windows. Not sure what to do :-(

Update: In the System reports I can see the following entries


texts: Numbers: VALUE function does not recognize empty string

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I am using Apple Numbers and find it frustrating that cell arguments containing empty text (and sometimes contain numbers from other sheets) are not converted to a number of value 0, when referenced by a function that expects a numeric value.

For example, a function in cell:

=MAX(I5,0.5×J5)

with J5 being empty, yields an error message

The operator “*” expects a number but found “.”

So I tried to encase J5 with VALUE(J5), and got another message:

VALUE requires a string specifying a number, but found “” instead.

Is there an efficient way to treat all spaces as 0 for the countless cells that may have that situation?


texts: How can Apple produce new iPhone 6s if iOS9 is not yet ready

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I read here that:

  Apple began iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus mass production in mid August.

I assume that's somewhere at the end of manufacturing process they need to install operating system on the device. It's widely anticipated that new iPhones will come out with iOS9 preinstalled. How can Apple install that new OS on those devices manufactured in August if iOS9 is still not ready yet? Or maybe iOS9 is already finalized and they are just not letting us upgrade older devices to it yet? Or maybe somewhere, as a part of the activation process, a new iPhone downloads patches for the not-fully completed iOS version that was preinstalled on the device?

PS I realize that this is not unique to iPhone 6S and iOS9 and it must happen every year with a new device and new iOS version.


texts: Moving files in Yosmite doesn't move all the files

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I am having the weirdest problem since upgrading to OSX Yosemite.

If I select a bunch (hundreds) of files and try to move them to a different folder, only a few (under 100, like 86) of the files move. The rest are still left selected in the original folder.

I could not find anyone else experiencing this problem.

Anyone know what is going on?


texts: iris pro graphics 1536 allocated memory is always full on my macbook 15 2015

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I am having a problem with my second-hand MacBook pro 15 2015, I got it second hand and already updated to big sur 11.0. the problem I have is jankiness in web scrolling and a lot of times, I get lags when typing (happened when typing this post). this actually stops being an issue when I close certain apps like phpStorm IDE, chrome tabs, ... . I traced the issue to the allocated VRAM being quickly filled by the apps I am running. I find it weird that I have 16GB of ram that is still not completely used while my 3GB swap partition is nearly filled.
I personally never had such issues even on 8GB ram ( I now have a 16GB model). i had hackintoshes before and there was never an issue with jankiness when opening many apps and using up to 13GB of RAM at times.
my current machine is running at 1920x1080 resolution 16:10 and HiDPI (probably the culprit). It has an Iris Pro graphics 1536 MB, R9 AMD DGPU, and i7 2.8Ghz.
my goal is to get rid of this memory issue while trying to keep the HiDPI mode on the screen (i am using screenResolutionX to get the resolution).


texts: Sum an entire column in Numbers from a different sheet?

texts: Is there a way to do something like Sheet1::Table1::SUM(A1:AΩ), where Ω returns the last row number on Sheet1? This would enable leaving Sheet1 with values only, no formulas.


texts: iPhone - How to add people to on-going video chat in Facebook messenger?

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I'm using an iPhone 7 running iOS 12.

When I'm in an on-going video chat, I can't find the "add people" button to add more people to the on-going video chat. In Android I can see that button just fine, so I'm surprised that iOS doesn't have it.

Do I need to activate it via settings or something?


texts: I changed my Finder icon to give it a mustache by replacing the Finder icon .png file in /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/ with the .png I made (same name). I cleared the icon cache (/private/var/folders/xl/2m4k1hnj70bbc2dz94sbl029pc_hk8/C/), and it worked, but some alerts still use the regular icon (some of the alerts use the mustache Finder I put in). Any idea on how to change this so all alerts use the mustache Finder? Thanks in advance!


texts: Applescript or automator to print only 3 first pages of a pdf

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I'd like to automate printing the first 3 pages of a PDF. It's fine if the document has to be split.

I have Adobe Acrobat Pro installed as well.


texts: App adds itself to Login Items each time it starts

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How do I prevent an app from adding itself to the list of Login Items every time it starts?

The app in question is Unified Remote, which seems to completely wonderful apart from this "bug".


texts: As a merchant can I set up Apple Pay to link to multiple bank accounts?

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I haven't even attempted to set it up and admittedly don't know much about Apple Pay, but I assume that, as a merchant, when you first set it up you link it to a bank account, so that when people swipe their phones to pay, it will direct the funds to your merchant account.

Is it possible to link more than one merchant account? For example, have it set up in a way that it automatically pays 5% to merchant account #1 and then the rest to merchant account #2?


texts:
I am at a school where almost all the school computers are Windows 10.

Each student has a personal directory on a fileserver where most everything else is public.

I had my directory and one of the public directories mount on boot in my Mac (10.11.6) with /etc/auto_smb

I used the same syntax for both mounts.  Both worked fine for a few days, but for two days now, the public directory is available completely, but LibreOffice and Finder cannot see my personal directory.

'ls -la' shows my Mac OS account (group wheel) as the owner of all files in both directories, which I am guessing means that whatever filesystem they are on does not have owners and groups.  My Mac account is not in wheel.

'open (name)' in the shell works for the public directory.  In the personal directory, it gets "LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error 5 for the file (name)" whether (name) is a subdirectory or a file.

UPDATE: (1) Everything works correctly in one building but is weird in another.  The difference is the physical WiFi access point.  Same SSID, same password, the two directories in the same disk on the same server.

(2) In the building where the weird behavior occurs, bash and TextEdit have no problem.  LibreOffice, Adobe Reader, and Finder cannot see one of the two directories.  Permissions don't change on the server when I go from one building to another.  And if they did, how would some apps not have permission for the same user?

What has probably happened and how can it be fixed?


texts: Photos: Search all photos captured by a particular device (iPhone 5s)

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Is there any way in the new Photos app to search for all images taken from a particular device? I want to export all my iPhone images out of Photos app.

Currently my library has images imported from various other devices also.


texts: FileVault (CoreStorage) + Linux partition

texts:
Quick question here. I'm not really familiar with the requirements of CoreStorage so I'd like to confirm with you guys before I start working.

I'm currently running OSX Lion on my MacBook Air, with the SSD encrypted with FileVault. I'd like to partition 10GB in order to install Linux (Ubuntu) on it.

However, due to the nature of FileVault (CoreStorage), I cannot touch the partitions without removing encryption.

If I decrypt/remove FileVault, partition with Disk Utility, and encrypt/reapply FileVault on my Lion partition, will there be problems/will this work?


texts: How to create a symbolic link with Quicksilver?

texts: Quicksilver has a "Make Alias in..." action but this creates a hard link.  Is there any way, including plugins, to create a symbolic link?


texts: How to make Apple Maps work for transit directions and finding businesses:

texts:
The initial release of Apple Maps is... challenged with regard to business listings, and lacks transit directions.

But most of the other apps Tim Cook suggested in his apology fail to solve the problem:  the straight-up GPS nav apps lack transit directions and have mediocre POI data, and the webapps are slow and lack many of the features of the native ones.

What's the best workaround until Google releases an iPhone native app (likely months) or Apple's databases catch up (likely years)?


texts: Apple watch series 3 microphone stops working after watch OS 6 update

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After the watch OS 6 update, I can on longer use Siri with the watch or use it to call. It seems like the watch is not able to record any voice.

I have already unpair and pair numerous time. I have also restarted the watch. All in vain.

How can I fix this issue?


texts: Change brightness on iMac in target display mode

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Recent iMacs support a "target display" mode, where you can connect another Mac using a DisplayPort cable, and the iMac will function as an external monitor.

This used to work fine, however now if the iMac is running Mac OS 10.6.7 or later (including Lion), the iMac screen will switch to 100% brightness when put into this mode, and the brightness keys on the iMac keyboard can not be used to adjust the brightness. Has anyone found a solution to this problem?


texts: How to programmatically get available wifi networks without airport utility?

texts:
Is there a way other than using the airport command line utility to get the list of available wifi networks programmatically (for consumption by an application)?  Here is the context:

I have a command line application for managing wifi networks (https://github.com/keithrbennett/wifiwand, gem install wifi-wand) in which I get the list of available wifi networks using airport -s.

Unfortunately, because the network names are presented right aligned, there is no way to determine whether or not, or how many, leading spaces the name contains. There is a -x option to output the data in XML format, but in Ruby, parsing XML usually requires installing the nokogiri gem, which is legendarily problematic, and I don't want to impose that on my users. So I go through this weird and less than 100% reliable process to return the correct results in most but not all cases.

What are my other options, if any, for getting this information?


texts: I'm tired of finder creating these .DS_Store metadata and finder view tracking files in all of my directories. How can I disable this in Finder?


texts: Why is [dos] sometimes in the output of a save in "vim". such as: "foo.txt [dos] 38L, 193C"?

texts:
In certain text files, after doing a save in vim with :w, the output mentions [dos] as such:
"foo.txt" [dos] 38L, 193C

Why is [dos] displayed?

As a simple test, I've created a new file with vim on a FAT32 disk attached to my Mac. Those files don't display [dos] after a save in vim. I copied that file to /tmp (native MacOS format). Opening it there does not display [dos] upon a save in vim either.

So, foo.txt has Japanese characters. A portion looks like:

  臣
  区
  ...
  草
  早
  古
  谷
  "foo.txt" [dos] 38L, 193C

some testing:

  /tmp$ file -I foo.txt
  foo.txt: text/plain; charset=utf-8

foo.txt life cycle:

On XP I created lots of text files using TextEdit that had Japanese characters and saved to FAT32 file system (usb drive).
They were archived into a ZIP format.
That usb drive was attached and copied to my MacBook (MacOS Extended / Journaled).
/usr/bin/unzip unarchived them, and here I am.

Text files are such a basic cross-platform file format. Obviously, "something" is different with those [dos] marked files... What flags a file as being a [dos] file?


texts: How to stop screen from dimming when watching video?

texts:
After a while being inactive with the mouse or keyboard, the macbook will dim my screen to save battery. I know I can expand the delay before it will dim in the system preferences, but are there any way of automatically disable it when watching video?

It's quite annoying having to touch the mouse every few minutes when watching a movie...


texts: How to monitor the network usage of specific apps on iOS?

texts:
I am currently helping someone who has experienced large amounts of data being transferred over her DSL connection. After long research (via IRC support) I found out that her iPhone is obviously sending lots of data, i.e. several hundred kbyte/s, as soon as she connects it to her home network. The iPhone itself seems to work fine.

To find the culprit responsible for these huge amounts of data I would probably need to find a way to measure how much data all connected applications are sending within a specific interval.

As I do not use an Apple mobile device myself I am not familiar with iOS. Are there any possibilities to get information about the network usage of specific apps, either natively or with the help of a third-party application that is for free or at least offers a free trial version?


texts:
I am using my iPhone as a modem, transfrerring a lot of data(4G) over long periods of time (awesome provider plan with lots of internet), connecting it to my laptop with the usb cable. I searched the web but i could not find a straight answer to the following question:

Am I damaginging the batter in any way by doing this?
If I am, would it be less damaging to use WiFi?

I need do do this for a while, but I'm not sure if I can keep this up or if it would be better to get a separate device for internet connection (currently I'm putting my phone's SIM card into an old phone to be able to take calls and putting the internet's SIM card into iPhone)

I'll be grateful for answers and links that explain the matter if you have any.


texts: Device name on router is different than OS X hostname

texts:
There are tons of questions about changing a Mac hostname, and while I went through most of them, I could never find this nuanced answer:

Why do routers always seems to receive the first hostname that was ever set to a machine? Let me show you with these screenshots how this Mac is supposedly correctly setup according to various answers on this site:

Now, when i set up this computer years ago, I think I chose the hostname david-MBP, and this seems to be what various routers get to this day and sometimes return to the Mac for localhost operations. Later I changed it with the various Terminal commands, and the Mac knows it, but it seems to stick around when communicating with routers.

So now my question is where do OS X keep this old value? Because since I connected with this router in the screenshot above, I never had that hostname, so it's no DHCP cache or anything like that.


texts: How to recover data from Safari Sessions extension after clearing history?

texts: I use Sessions to keep track of browsing sessions in Safari.  I was having some trouble with invalid cookies and I cleared my web history.  Now all of my saved Sessions are gone. Is there any way to recover the data?  Where does Sessions store it's data?  I may have a backup.


texts: Dual 4k monitor setup at 60hz with 2015 15" MacBook Pro with Intel Iris Pro over display port

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Is it possible?

Apple site says it can run two 4k displays. But can it drive them both at 60Hz?

Upd. Question was marked as duplicate, but this is not fully correct - 2015 MBP 13 and 15 have different integrated video cards from Intel. And surprisingly 13's card is better than 15's ( 13 - Intel Iris Pro 6100, 15 - Intel Iris Pro 5200).


texts: Changing default font size in Safari using JavaScript

texts:
I like to decrease the zoom and the font size of Safari for a better overview, I know I can set a default zoom value, but can I set a default font size?

I'm using JavaScript at the moment but I have to do that to each tab.

javascript:var p=document.getElementsByTagName('*');for(i=0;i<p.length;i++){if(p[i].style.fontSize){var s=parseInt(p[i].style.fontSize.replace("px",""));}else{var s=12;}s+=2;p[i].style.fontSize=s+"px"}


texts: How to recover deleted data from erased hard drive?

texts:
So last night my wifes laptop died big time. I could only boot up in safe mode and clearing pram / smc wasn't helping so I decided to wipe the hard drive and install Mountain Lion. I booted it in safe mode and copied any important files over. Then I wiped the drive and installed ML, which has now fixed the problem.

Only I made a mistake, the one thing I forgot to copy was the iPhoto library, which had all of our photos for the past 2 years on it. And it wasn't backed up.

Any ideas on recovery methods?


texts: I tried 3 different pairs, none work. The speakers on my Mac work fine, just earbuds and headphones don't work. I tried system prefrences and even my dad can't figure it out. What do I do? I need it for Zoom calls and to listen to music while I work, but I can't.


texts: Pausing Calendar notifications during presentations

texts:
While giving a talk (PDF file rendered by Preview) from my MacBook, I'd like to make sure that my upcoming appointments do not show up during the talk.

Is it possible to pause these notifications? How?

Using another account on my machine is not an option. I need to be able to give live code demos from my main account.


texts: Transfering old photos in the cloud off my phone

texts: I linked my iPhone to my account in hopes of transferring the photos off of my phone to free up space. What happened was four years of photos transferred to my phone and it will not let me transfer the older ones off - what can I do to reverse this?


texts: Navigating OS X dialogs with the keyboard

texts:
I am a keyboardist and using the mouse is slow and distracting. For the following dialog - which is just an example since there are others similar to it - how would one choose a non-default button using the keyboard?

I have tried arrow keys, tab, various letters .. none do anything to move the selected button.

Does Apple dislike keyboardists?


texts: What could be the reasons for my MacBook (early 2009) not shutting down. When issued the shutdown command it won't go pass the hiding of the icons on the desktop. It doesn't freeze (as I can still press the power button to invoke the shutdown dialog and press the button again). It just won't do anything at all. Fixing permissions didn't help as well as resetting system management controller.


texts: VirtualBox 5.2 Won't Install on Mac OS 10.13

texts:
Trying to install VirtualBox 5.2 on a Mac running OSX 10.13. The installation fails with an installer message reading "The installation failed."

I've tried the 2 solutions I've been able to find and neither have worked.

I tried clicking "allow" in the "Security & Privacy" preference panel where the download gets blocked. Each time, I ejected the image before trying again with no luck.

I also tried entering sudo spctl --master-disable in the terminal before trying again, but still no luck.

After the failure, the application icon does still appear in the downloads folder, but I'm supposing this isn't a good installation and I'll run into problems using it? Thoughts?


texts: iTerm2 terminals close immediately with "argpath=login error=No such file or directory"

texts:
Whenever I try to open a new terminal window in iTerm, it closes right away after displaying this:
## exec failed ##
argpath=login error=No such file or directory

Does anyone know what is causing this? Thanks!
Notes

The terminal is working fine
The default command for new iTerm sessions is set to Login shell


texts: Is it possible to turn off noise cancellation and transparency mode when you aren't paired to an Apple device?

texts:
When my AirPod Pros are paired to my iPhone or iPad, I can use the settings to control which modes the long-press cycles through, so I can go from noise cancellation to transparency to completely off. But when my AirPods are not paired to my iPhone, for example I have them paired to my PC instead, doing a long-press only seems to switch between noise cancellation and transparency. And because it is a PC with no AirPod settings built in; I can't use any software that I know of to change this.

Is it possible to turn off both noise cancellation and transparency mode without being paired to my iPhone or iPad?

There is a similar question here about pairing to MacOS; but in that case MacOS itself provides settings to allow you to change this.


texts:
I have a .mp4-file I want to burn to a DVD to then watch on a dvd player and have automatically loop infinitely (can you program that into the dvd or is it to do with the dvd player?)

What would you reccomend I do?


texts:
Hopefully, I can explain what I am attempting to achieve. I have an email address designated for SMS (sms@domain.com) This account gets check via Mail (apple V13). I have a rule that every message does an Applescript as follows:

    using terms from application "Mail"
    on perform mail action with messages newMessages
        repeat with newMessage in newMessages
            tell application "Mail"
                set theText to ""
                set theSubject to ""
                repeat with theMessage in selectedMessages
                    set theText to theText & (content of theMessage) as string
                    set theSubject to theSubject & (subject of theMessage) as string
                    tell application "Messages"
                        activate --steal focus
                        set targetBuddy to theSubject
                        set targetService to id of service "SMS"
                        set textMessage to theText
                        set theBuddy to buddy targetBuddy of service id targetService
                        send textMessage to theBuddy
                    end tell
                end repeat
            end tell
        end repeat
    end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

Unfortunately it does not work and for the life of me I dont understand why.
Could I ask for some assistance?


texts: Weird auto-correction in Office for Mac?

texts:
I have some really weird auto-correction issues in Office for Mac (not sure if this also happens in other apps, as I am primarily using Office for texts).

The auto-correction changes of the to oft he and for that to fort hat. There are also other examples, but those are most common and irritating.

The system-wide auto-correction is disabled (in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text):

The Autocorrection setting in Outlook is also disabled:

I use Grammarly in Chrome, but it should not affect any system applications.

I noticed that this become more notorious once I added German and Russian to my keyboard layouts. It also had happened before, but it wasn't that irritating. Can it be somehow related? That would partially make sense, as oft is a common German word, but the auto-correction happens while I am using the US keyboard layout, not German (that I rarely use).


texts: How to cd to a directory with a name containing spaces in bash?

texts:
I tried cd "~/Library/Application Support/"
-bash: cd: ~/Library/Application Support/: No such file or directory

also cd ~/Library/Application Support/
-bash: cd: ~/Library/Application Support/: No such file or directory


texts:
I've recently downloaded an app. I can confirm it worked in OS X El Capitan, but it doesn't open anymore in macOS. When opening the app, I basically get a pop-up saying that the app is not supported with my version of macOS. I can confirm it is not a PowerPC application. I tried opening the app via Terminal. When trying that, I get the following result.

; exit;
objc[674]: Objective-C garbage collection is no longer supported.
Abort trap: 6
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.
Deleting expired sessions...none found.

Is it still possible to open the app using another method? If not, could someone explain me why?


texts:
Is there any way to configure ForkLift so that it connects to an SFTP server through some SSH tunnel? (without having to launch the SSH tunnel via command line)

E.g., with WinSCP on Microsoft Windows, I can do the following:


texts: How can I delete all network users on startup or shutdown?

texts:
I want to run this script before any student logs into the computers daily.

#!/bin/sh

mv /Users/admin /admin

wait $pid

mv /Users/Shared /Shared

wait $pid

rm -rf /Users/*

wait $pid

mv /admin /Users/admin

wait $pid

mv /Shared /Users/Shared

wait $pid

I want to keep the "admin" and "Shared" and delete the rest. I don't want to do it while students are using the computers. On start up or shutdown would be the best idea. Can I automate this?


texts: iTunes won't sync music library back to iPhone 6 or 5

texts:
This is my Bizarro Problem.

For a while, I have noticed that my iPhone has lost some of the music files when I sync to the Mac. First it was CDs that I had ripped, and therefore was not associated with an apple id, then it was some music I had downloaded through iTunes.

This week, with iOS8, I decided to upgrade my 5, and I got a 6. I am not using iTunes Match.

To prepare:

Back up to iCloud
Encrypted back up to iTunes on the Mac

2-b - download and installed iTunes 11.4 - rebooted.
Downloaded and installed iOS8 on my 5 successfully
Picked up 6 today, set up by restoring from my encrypted back up on iTunes
All Aps, photos, settings, passwords came over fantastically, Music did not. only 300 of 3800 songs synced.
Went to Music, made sure Sync Music was clicked, and Sync Selected Songs, the blue Audio bar expanded, and I started the sync. It quickly went through the 4 steps to begin copying songs - and then abruptly stopped. this took less than a minute.
Tried the above with sync all music.  I have 50 gig of memory free, so I have room for the library.
Switched cord I was using between phone and computer
Rebuilt iTunes library - which got me to 1400 songs, rather than 300, but still not what I want.

And that is where we are at.

Ideas?  thoughts?


texts:
I’ve just started using iTunes U on my iPhone 3G running iOS 3. For some reason, they are all mixed up in my songs on my iPhone, rather than another section such as podcasts which would be far more logical.

In iTunes, they appear in the iTunes U section. Is this meant to happen? If not, how can I fix it?


texts:
Cells F25:F406 contain dropdown lists with 15 different names.
Cells J25:J406 contain checkboxes.

I want one cell to count when 1 of those 15 people select their name from the dropdown list AND check the checkbox in the same row. For example, when Kelsi chooses her name in the dropbox on row 25 AND hits complete, I want that to count as "1". If Kelsi selects her name from multiple drop boxes but only checks 1 box, I want that to count as "1".

How do I make a formula that will count when a persons name AND a checked box of the same row occurs? I don't want it to count when just the persons name is mentioned or just when the box is checked but when BOTH happen at the same time.


texts: Can you export/capture the contents of a Genius Mix?

texts:
In iTunes, I know you can save a Genius Playlist, and you can see a few songs ahead in a Genius Mix by looking at Up Next, but is there any way to actually save a Genius-Mix-generated playlist?

Or is it that the Genius Mix playlist doesn't even exist (more than the few songs in Up Next)?  Like, is iTunes just popping another random song (of the appropriate category) on the end of the list?


texts: What are these weird permissions? ==> d????????? ? ? ??

texts:
Since my Mac crashed and does not boot OS X at the moment, I am trying to recover some data from my user folder in OS X from within of Ubuntu.

Usually I have no problem accessing the files. But not this time.

I have stumbled upon these really strange permissions and I cannot change them. What are these?

Using sudo chmod... and sudo chown... is not possible and I get a message saying: (translated) no access possible: input/output error

d????????? ? ?    ?     ?            ? matthias


texts: Mavericks Server /Work group manager issues

texts:
I upgraded a test server running snow leopard to mavericks and then was having some weirdness so I decided to recreate my open directory, users and groups.

Server appears to be running and I am able to connect from a laptop /user

But... Work group manager does not see the users in Server except the server diradmin user, and there is a message at the top that says
"Viewing local directory /Local/Default. Not Authenticated."

Now I'm assuming the problem is that I need to authenticate Work group manager but I don't see how...

Previously I did see my users but they were all grey'd out. I think that's when I decided to recreate my open directory, users and groups. but now I see nothing as I said.

Also I get a message from Work Group Manager You are working in a directory node that is not visible to the network.

I should mention,

HOST NAME is nserver.local

WORK GROUP MANAGER Version 10.9 (421)
SERVER Version 3.1.2 (1354517)

My users are all Local Network Users,
My server does not use a domain name, I intend to have shared user storage, VPN and perhaps calendar.

Any tips or ideas?

Thank!


texts: Does plugging iPhone into speakers shorten its life span?

texts:
I yearn to play music on my external speakers that can be connected to iPhone or $50 USD 256 GB  USB flash drive. I'm assuming that both's life time will shorten.

But which to use? I'm guessing USB, because it's cheaper to replace?
Are there other better ways, without reducing lifespan of an electronic device?

Rule out connecting to a laptop, which I don't always have with me.


texts:
I have changed the location of many other applications to save files to a custom folder instead of ~/Downloads.
Is there a way to change the default Airdrop location from the Downloads folder to something else?


texts:
My Mac gets stuck during bootup quite frequently recently (no entry sign and flashing folder). Every time it happens, I have to press the power button to shut it down and press the power button again to turn it on.

Is there a software reboot key combination like Window's Control + Alt + Delete?


texts: If my MacBook (2011 MBA) is sleeping (with the lid closed) is it possible to connect to it via SSH?


texts: RAM module compatibility between two similar MacBook's

texts: If a RAM module is removed from one MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) and inserted into another one of the same model, will it work?


texts: If I buy a Mac that comes with Lion, can I install it on my old Macs too?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Does buying a new mac also get you Lion on your Apple ID?

If I buy a new Mac with OS X Lion, will I then be able to update my old computers to Lion via the Mac App Store without charge?


texts:
During my app development/testing cycle, I'm frequently re-connecting my Garmin watch as a USB drive to my Mac, and am frustrated having to wait for the sometimes 30+ seconds before the Mac automatically recognises the new connection.
Is there any way to force the Mac to re-establish the connection? Catalina 10.15.6


texts: I can't delete a calendar event I did not create

texts: I have a calendar event that I did not create but is recurring.  I have declined the request, yet it still shows up on my calendar.  Because I did not create it, I can't delete the event.


texts: Way to send Computer audio wirelessly (wifi or bluetooth) to iOS device to be heard on its speakers?

texts:
Inspired by this question over on Ask Ubuntu:

  A method to send Ubuntu's (16.04) audio over WiFi to iOS (10.2) device?

Is there a way to stream audio from another computer (whether it's Linux, Mac, or Windows) to an iOS device (iPhone, iPad, etc.) such that the audio can play over the iOS device?

I know there are solutions for Android or such, but was curious if there's a solution or method to do this with iOS devices.


texts: How to create a calendar event but keep my external calendar default alert times?

texts:
I haven't been able to find an option to not override my external calendar (Google Calendar) default alert times and scheme.

I always have one email alert 1 day before and one normal reminder like couple hours before.

iCal and iOS calendar used to respect those default alert times up until iOS 10 / Sierra. But now I keep forgetting about going to places because I need a reminder the day before, like before sleeping so I plan my day correctly (wake up hours, etc).

The 1h reminder or time to leave reminders are great, but I really would like to be reminded the day before and like by email, because it's stays stacked in my inbox.

It's been such a pain that now I downloaded Google Calendar in my iPhone and I'm not using apple calendar anymore (but I wanted to be using it).

Does anyone have a tip on how could I fix that? It worked fine before. Thanks!


texts: How to reset iTerm2 Window/Tab Title when disconnecting from remote host?

texts:
I have my bash_profile on my Mac and the remote computers I connect to setup to automatically put the hostname in the window's (or tab's) title area.

A bash shell on my local machine

A remote host name "Socrates"; also a bash shell.

The problem is, when I exit (and disconnect) from the remote host, the window title stays with the host name of the remote.  So, in effect, I'm on the local Apple bash shell with the remote name.  To fix it, I do one of the following:

close the window and open a new one
re-source the .bash_profile (. ~/.bash_profile)
create a new sub shell by issuing the command bash (not desirable at all)

How can I have this done automatically so that when I exit a remote shell, the title goes back to the original host name so I know what host I'm actually connected to?

Note, the previously asked question, Terminal displays directory of previous SSH location even when not running SSH didn't adequately address the issue because the solution was to modify .bash_logoff which only worked for login shells.


texts: I recently had to wipe clean my harddrive. I had a Bento DB installed and so I had to reinstall it. I have the original license key, however, since FileMaker no longer supports Bento it isn't working. Any ideas on how I might be able to open my database?


texts: Restoring from Backup error - cannot be saved to computer

texts: I have all permissions organized and a single backup in the correct folder.  I have 23 GB of space.  I have an Iphone 4.  I recently synced it and updated to the latest IOS.  My contacts were lost, and I knew that Restoring from a backup could fix that and return my old contacts.  However, I am receiving a seemingly common error message that the backup could not be saved.  My USB is fine, my "Lockdown" folder is fixed according to the specifications on the apple support site.  Please help.


texts: Automatically Turning Wifi Off when Sleep

texts:
I want my Macbook to stay asleep and do nothing in sleep. It keeps waking up for all sorts of reasons and making notification sounds after midnight if I forgot to mute it after playing music.

Because of restrictions that I cannot change some system settings, I've realized that turning Wifi off is the best I can do to keep it dormant at sleep. I used the app Alfred to create a two-step workflow to first turn Wifi off and then sleep. Problem is only half-solved. Because I need to remember to always use this workflow to put my mac to sleep, and, next day, to turn wifi back on after logging in.

I can't help wondering if there is a better way to make it happen. Meaning, when I use whatever way to make my mac sleep, it turns off Wifi too, and when I wake it up, Wifi gets turned on automatically. Is there a way? Thanks


texts: What version of Dovecot comes bundled with Lion Server?

texts:
I'm currently running a Snow Leopard Server, and trying to get anything useful working with the v1.1 version of Dovecot bundled with it is as pleasant as banging my head against a brick wall.

Dovecot's extremely sparse documentation has a lot of mentions of horribly-crippling bugs (specifically with public mailboxes and permissions) in 1.1 that were only fixed in 1.2. Which is not helpful for me since Apple has their own frustratingly-special blend of dovecot build (1.1.20apple0.5) for Snow Leopard Servers.

So, does the new Lion Server have enough Dovecot functionality to make it worth using?


texts:
I have a 2018 MacBook Pro running Mojave. Midway through a Zoom meeting, people were suddenly not able to hear me. I checked System Preferences and saw that my internal microphone was selected as the input, but it wasn't picking up my voice (though it picked up the sounds of me typing or tapping). After turning my input volume to max and disabling ambient noise reduction, I was still only barely audible.

I have tried resetting my PRAM and SMC, but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Mac stuck at boot after installing Big Sur 11.3

texts:
I just tried installing Big Sur 11.3 from Catalina, on a 2020 Macbook Pro.
Here’s what I tried so far:

Installed Big Sur via Software Update, everything went like normal until progress bar reached 90%
After 4 hrs, progress bar still stuck at 90% with black screen and Apple logo
Force shutdown then turn on again
Login screen showed up in a Big Sur UI
Entered password, proceeds to the same black screen and still stuck at 90% progress bar
Waited for an hour, so I forced restart again
Booted to recovery mode (cmd+R) and ran First Aid on all volumes, then containers, then disk (as per Apple support page)
Restarted, still stuck at 90% progress bar
Booted to recovery mode again and reinstalled Big Sur
Left it to install overnight, again still stuck at 90%
Repeated all steps above (normal restart, restart to recovery + first aid) but same thing
Reset NVRAM
Booted to Safe mode

On safe mode, after logging in with my user password, it asked me to create a new macOS user (along with the language, terms, apple ID etc like when setting up a brand new Mac).
I went ahead and setup a new user, safe mode booted successfully with a working Big Sur macOS. My old files were still intact when I checked the original user’s directory using the terminal (since currently in safe mode all folders are empty since it’s a new user.)
So in summary:

Big Sur upgrade (from Catalina) didn’t complete properly
I am able to safe boot to Big Sur but only with a newly created user
It might be a startup issue on my original user

Any suggestions on what I should do next? My last resort would be to backup my files on an external HD using the safe boot, then do a fresh install, wiping my disk.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
EDIT: Currently trying out internet recovery mode to downgrade and reinstall Catalina.
EDIT 2: When trying to reinstall Catalina, there are no available disks to choose from when it asks me where to install macOS.


texts: iCloud Drive not downloading files after reset

texts:
I'm on a 2016 MacBook Pro with macOS High Sierra 10.13.5. Yesterday, due to the huge amount of 'Purgeable' storage present on disk, the system started to 'purge' it, freeing about 200GB of space. In doing so it also apparently removed many local copies of the iCloud Drive files (I have Documents and Desktop sync'd), as the little cloud appeared next to many of them.

At the same time the Finder started to try and upload 22GB of files (crazy because they were all up there in iCloud Drive).
I sought help from Apple and they make me deactivate iCloud Drive (which created a folder with all my files -except for the iWork and similar files, in the Home folder).

Upon reactivation iCloud Drive is not making any progress with the download... files are not reappearing.. folders neither..
The 'expert' said that if I paste the iCloud Drive (Archive) folder inside it will only create duplicates.

What can I do? How can I solve this?
My last resort is to back restoring the system from Time Machine but I would like to know why iCloud Drive is not downloading the files.

Thank you very much


texts: Will a USB 2.0 5400RPM External HDD for Time Machine slow down my SSD?  I am new to Mac and I don't know how often Time Machine works with the drive.


texts:
I bought a used iPhone 5 today. When I insert a Nano SIM and try to activate it, it says the previous user has locked the phone and that I need to insert a number to get it unlocked.

I bought the phone through an online site olx.com so I am not able to get in touch with the person to get it unlocked.

I hope that the phone was not stolen and sold to me. I have the bill of the phone, the charger, and knowledge that the device is still under warranty.

Any idea on how I can gain access to the device?


texts: Can't mount writable images in Disk Utility

texts:
I'm trying to add a file to an ISO then reburn it.  In Disk Utility, I mount the original ISO, choose "Create From ..." to create a new image file with "read/write" access and save it.  When I mount the new image file, it's read-only and I can't change it or add files.

What am I doing wrong?  Why can't I mount the image with write permissions?


texts: How to hide folders on a windows portable disk when viewed on mac os x

texts: I have a portable disk with NTFS format, and use it keeping my private data in windows xp. Recently I connected it to Macbook and found that the folders I set "hidden" in windows still can be seen and read in mac os x. So, what can I do to hide these folders in Mac OS X? Also, I want these folders still to be hidden if the disk connected to other Macs.


texts: How do I determine when my Macbook pro was manufactured?

texts:
I have an early 2011 17" Macbook Pro which is giving me issues related to SATA 6.0gbps; these issues were apparently consistent with the first machines off the line but some of the later machines have been better. I bought my first in March but fed up with the issue I went this week and bought another - alas - same issue.

How can I determine the manufacturing date of the machine?


texts: Mac Encrypted USB drive giving different capacity

texts:
I have an existing 1T USB drive (disk5 in the screenshot). I formatted another 1T USB drive (disk4) and starts to rsync files from disk5 to disk4.

Near the end (the current state in the screenshot) I still have 100+G of files that I'm unable to copy to disk4.

From the screenshot, there are still about 250K files and 26 folders not copied over to disk4. Yet disk4 has less free disk space.

Based on finder, the size of the uncopied files is 110G.

Things I that tried:

empty Trash
run rsync with --delete

disk4 is essentially a "rsync -a" backup of disk5, what cause the huge discrepancy in disk space?

Anything else I can do or missed?

UPDATE

Based on hunch, I did the following.

reformatted disk4 again
using Finder, first copy some folders with huge files (VM images)
after the above copy completed, copy rest of folders

All files fits into disk4 this time!

I'm not sure, which of these fix it.

reformatting
copying large files first
not using rsync
none of the above

UPDATE 2

Here's the Information for both drives after the above Update.

Notice that:

Used space is almost the same (0.18G less in disk4)
36203 files more reported in disk5
27 folders more reported in disk5

"rsync -av" did not report any more files to sync.

I guess Apple is hiding some files.


texts: Can you install a homebrew forumula without updating Xcode?

texts:
I am trying to install a homebrew formula, but it just tells me that I need to update Xcode. Everything worked correctly before and I can't install the update, first of all, my internet speed is very bad, and when I click update in the App Store it just says "waiting".

I tried reading the output of brew help and such but I couldn't find any "force" or similar option. Is it possible to do what I am trying to do?


texts: Often (not always) I try to call my mother using FaceTime it calls totally the wrong person. The wrong person it calls, is always the same wrong person. How is this even possible?


texts: iPhone shuts off when battery is at about 20%

texts:
I have an iPhone 4S running iOS 8.0.2. For the past few days, my phone has been shutting off when the battery reaches around 20%. It will not turn back on until I plug it into a power source. When I plug it in, it automatically powers itself on, and the battery shows about 20%.

This is my battery info:

CycleCount: 298
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 1000
Status: Success
BatteryCurrentCapacity: 72
BatteryIsCharging: true
ExternalChargeCapable: false
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: false
GasGaugeCapability: true

Questions: does anyone knows why this is happening, and how can I make the battery function until 2-4% like it used to before?


texts: Minimizing then restoring Terminal window in High Sierra focuses on first rather than current tab

texts:
Just noticed this after upgrading, and it's not a huge deal but it does get annoying when constantly minimizing/restoring Terminal windows.

The gist: regardless of which tab you're currently working in, minimizing then restoring will always set the focus to the first (left-most) tab.

Is there any way to revert to the original MacOS behavior, where restoring a minimized Terminal window preserves the current tab?


texts: Which Apps on my Mac need security updates?

texts: I have a lot of software installed from sources other than the Apple Store. Is there a service to check which app have security updates ready to be downloaded? Opening each one on Fridays for a routine check sounds inefficient. For MacPorts, there is a script but I have stuff that comes from other sources too. Is this an unreasonable expectation to have? It seems technically feasible just to maintain a DB and query it with a list of package/version, package/version... getting back a list of update/version/url, update/version/url...


texts: Why are images on retina display pixelated whereas videos are fine?

texts:
I just bought MacBook Pro 13" with Retina Display. I have noticed that bitmap images (which are not vector graphics) are pixelated and fuzzy on several websites. However, videos seem to be fine. Why is that so? Can anyone explain why only bitmap images are affected by this (low resolution) but not videos?

For example, when I open YouTube, the logo of YouTube on left corner appears fuzzy, but video is played fine and correct. What method is used in videos then?

Does anyone know?


texts: Opening any LaTeX-made PDF file with a hyperlink or internal link freezes entire computer

texts:
After a recent software upgrade, opening almost any PDF file I have freezes the entire computer for 15 seconds. The problem is worse for larger files, but present even for tiny files.

The problem is specific to hyperlinks and internal links created by the very common LaTeX package hyperref. This is the default way to create links in LaTeX, and the majority of all files I have to deal with in my work use it. This means I'm spending a significant amount of time every day staring at a frozen computer.

The bug can be consistently triggered using the following simple code:

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\hypersetup{pdfborderstyle={/S/U/W 1}}
\url{www.google.com}
\end{document}

Apparently the bug is not specific to Preview, but has to do with the PDF rendering engine on OSX, which all PDF viewers must use. I run into the exact same problem opening the file with Skim. I've tried the usual advice of deleting random cache files in ~/Library given in other questions, but nothing changed.

According to the discussion on the LaTeX StackExchange, this is a known OSX bug and there is no intent to fix it in the near future. I think this is outrageous, but if it won't be fixed, is there a reasonable workaround?


texts: Can I get the game center application back on my MacBook Air

texts: The previous owner of my MacBook Air seems to have deleted my game center application. Is there any way I can get that back?


texts: Two volumes in Disk Utility? (macOS Catalina 10.15)

texts:
My 2014 MacBook Air just recently updated to macOS Catalina 10.15 today.
After the update I did a routine check on what's new & in the Disk Utility app something caught my eye for the volumes... there are now have two instead of the usual one. Usually I would only see "Macintosh HD", but now there's "Macintosh HD - data" as well:

Why exactly do I have a "Macintosh HD" & a "Macintosh HD - Data" as volumes in Disk Utility?


texts: Sharing non iTunes music on family sharing

texts: my question is can you share music from you iTunes library if you put it on there from a CD. We have a lot of CD's at home and on my parents computer and any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Remove messages from MacBook after disconnecting from iCloud

texts:
I have iMessage on my MacBook connected to my iCloud account. I would like to disconnect it on my MacBook completely, so that my messages don't show up on the MacBook at all, but that doesn't happen automatically: all the old threads just sit there.
That's fine by itself; I can just get rid of them manually. But I noticed that if I reconnect my MacBook to my iCloud account, the deleted messages do not come back. Here's what I did exactly:

I disconnected my MacBook from my iCloud account.
I deleted a thread from my MacBook.
As expected, that thread is still on my other devices (even after restarting them), so I think it's still in iCloud, as expected.
I reconnect my MacBook to my iCloud account.
That thread doesn't come back to the MacBook (even after restart).

Is there a way to disconnect my MacBook from my iCloud messages so that the messages don't show up on the MacBook anymore, but not irreversibly?


texts: How can I enable TSX on my Mac? The furthest I got was by trying to add a kext that would enable me to r/w to the model-specific register but I can't install non signed kexts on my Mac. Any alternatives?


texts:
I ran the dd command on /dev/rdisk1 and now OS X is not starting.

Is it possible to recover the OS? I have access to recovery mode, but Disk Utility says that the disk is fine.


texts: What happens when I share an iTunes Radio station I've created?

texts: I just shared one of my custom iTunes Radio stations to a friend via email. What happens when they access it in iTunes? Are they getting a read-only instance of my station, a read-write instance, or a one-time copy of my station at the time they first access it?


texts: Forcefully un-suspend a Parallels VM without starting Parallels

texts: I recently updated to Mac OS X 10.12.5, which is a beta version as of right now, and Parallels Desktop has subsequently refused to start. It sits for a little bit with a spinner and then quietly dies. The log entries shown in Console.app for "parallels" are not helpful, so I decided to try using VMware Fusion instead. Unfortunately, the virtual machine that I want to import to VMware is suspended and VMware refuses to accept suspended VMs. So, I tried deleting the .mem file for the VM, but VMware still refused to open it. I deleted the suspended.png image for the VM and VMware got a little farther with it, allowing me to select my target location for the import, but it still just ended up saying "This virtual machine can not be imported in Hybrid Shutdown state." I'm at a loss for how to import my VM to VMware since I can't shut it down via Parallels, since it won't open. Anyone know how to forcefully un-suspend a Parallels VM without starting Parallels?


texts: How to set Xcode font Alternative Stylistic Sets?

texts:
I'm trying to set stylistic sets (specifically for Fira Code's <= ligature), but I can't apply alternative stylistic sets. I enable it in Xcode Preferences -> Fonts and select all options (or select them individually) -> Fonts -> Typography and enable the Alternative Stylistic Sets I want, but they don't get applied. Quitting and restarting Xcode and checking settings shows that they have been reset.

Pic of them enabled (but not applied, see red circle):


texts: Can I turn off macOS Catalina's internal display without close the lid while using an external monitor?

texts: I'm using two external monitors, and I want to be able to disable the built-in monitor without closing the lid. Option with disabling brightness doesn't fit my requirements because I don't want every time to search my cursor in the black screen. I need the lid to be opened because I'm ofently using touch id sensor.


texts: I recently received a PDF document consisting of 2 landscape A4 documents, which I would like to print as 1 portrait A4 (or 2 A5). I'm missing the control panel to print at 50% with matching layout. How can I do this on OS X?


texts: Ejecting all network drives via Applescript/Automator/Shell?

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I use the following script to attempt to eject all disks that aren't internal:

tell application "Finder"
    eject (disks whose ejectable is true)
end tell

This has the advantage of skipping volumes like MobileBackups as well as several others.

Unfortunately, it doesn't eject network shares.

Is there any way to get connected network shares in applescript?

As a +1, ideally this would skip things like optical disks as well.

EDIT: Both answers so far have shared ways to eject specific network disks. This, of course, is easy and I know how to do it. What I'm specifically asking for is a way to attempt to eject every disk other than system internal disks, regardless of their name.


texts: How can I see my home folder in the finder?

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How can I go to my home folder in finder? and/or how can I navigate up a folder tree in finder

I am used to Ubuntu and finding /home/name easily in the gui


texts: Making Command, Option and Control work with microsoft sculpt keyboard?

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I'm trying to set up the command keys on my 2014 macbook pro (10.10.1 Yosemite) with my new wireless microsoft sculpt keyboard:

I went into my system prefs and started trying to make it so I could map the ctrl button to macs command button with no luck (note I set it back to default after):

Now I'm using Karabiner and trying to map the keys ctrl_l to command_l, but it still doesn't seem to be working.

edit

The Key mappings are working on the macs keyboard, but not my sculpt keyboard.

edit 2

I mapped the return key to command and now when I hit enter on my sculpt it acts as if it is the command button. I just now need to figure out what the ctrl and alt button are mapped to by default on the sculpt. Any ideas?

edit 3

In the event viewer in the Karabiner program when I push down the ALT and CTRL buttons they don't get picked up. But when I push down the windows button it is registered already as the command_l and the button between the right CTRL and ALT registers as as PC_application. Now I need to figure out if I can get the CTRL and ALT buttons working or how to just register the pc_app button as options and call it a day.


texts: Change predictive text language independently of keyboard?

texts: Can I change the language used for my iPhone's predictive text input independently of the layout of the keyboard?  I want French spelling suggestions but I still want to type on a QWERTY keyboard.  The iPhone is a 5S, if that is relevant.


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Since upgrading to Safari 12, many sites that I could remain logged into for extended periods of time now aggressively log me out, often several times a day. Sometimes it even becomes difficult to successfully log back in again.

Sites where I have this issue include Amazon (both the store and AWS), SE sites, G Suite, Facebook, GitHub, and many other major sites. Typically logging in again requires reentering two-factor authentication, even if this has been disabled for Safari (with "don't ask again", or "trust"). Other sites (e.g., Wikipedia, The Guardian) have no trouble keeping me logged in, even with ad blockers fully enabled.

My Safari privacy settings are:

How do I stay logged in on Safari 12? What's changed or what do I need to change to get the old behavior back?