texts: What is the purpose of the §/± key on a UK Mac keyboard?

texts:
This question is just for curiosity.
My UK Macbook Pro's keyboard has a key in the very top left with the symbols § and ±. (On a US keyboard the ~/` key is in this position.) From looking at pictures of the newest Macbook Pros, it seems this key has finally been phased out, but I'm still curious about the reason for its existence up to now.
Let me say at the outset, I'm looking for answers based on specific known facts about the reason for the key's inclusion, which probably means either some insider insight into Apple's decision making, or at least some knowledge of the history behind it. A lot of answers so far are based on opinions or speculations, and it would be greatly appreciated if that could be avoided.
The symbols on the key, § and ±, seem quite obscure and rarely used. § is an old-fashioned symbol for a section heading in a document, and is still used in the printing industry, while ± is used to quantify errors in scientific and engineering documents, as well as in high-school maths (i.e. the quadratic formula). But even in those specialised contexts the choice seems odd: why include a special key for the section marker § but not the much more common paragraph marker ¶? Similarly, why ± and not ≈, Δ or √?
It seems odd to have a dedicated key for these relatively obscure symbols, especially since it doesn't appear on the Apple US keyboard layout, or on a non-Apple UK keyboard.
So basically I'm just curious about the reason for this key's existence. It seems unlikely that British Mac users have a special reason to use these symbols often, so I would guess the reasons for including it were either historical or technical in nature, or possibly they had to do with one particular Apple employee's personal preference. But what, specifically, were those reasons?
As noted above, I'm looking for answers with specific insight or evidence about the decision-making at Apple regarding the existence of this particular key.


texts: Connect 2 LG Ultrafine 5K monitors plugged into the same side of late 2016 MacBook Pro 15 inch

texts:
I have a late 2016 MacBook Pro 15 inch that, to my knowledge has 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports (two on each side). I have two LG Ultrafine 5K monitors. When I connect them to one port on either side of the computer, they work just fine and I can see them connected to individual Thunderbolt buses in my system information:

When I connect them to the ports on the same side, I get no picture in one of them. Doesn't matter which one, whichever I connect second, doesn't get a picture. But, my system information shows them both connected to a Thunderbolt bus.

Has anybody tried this? I realize that the one bus may not have the bandwidth, but it was my understanding that this particular model has 4 fully functional thunderbolt 3 ports and it looks like each display is getting the necessary bandwidth.

Source

Although now that I'm looking at that diagram, it shows one display on each side of the computer, ha!


texts: 13-inch 2020 MacBook Pro has incorrect "default scaling" value (compared to 2012 MBP)

texts:
I'm having a rather strange issue. When I opened my 13-inch 2020 MacBook Pro, right out the box everything seemed rather small. I went into the display settings and noticed the display setting was set to the "default." However, poking a bit further into this, I saw that the "default" software resolution was being recognized as 1440x900, which corresponds to a 2880x1800 panel @2x. This happens to be the panel resolution of the 15-inch MacBook Pro.

However, my MacBook is the 13-inch variant, which has a panel resolution of 2560x1600. The software resolution should as a result be displaying 1280x800 as default, as that's exactly half of the panel's 2560x1600 native resolution.

I checked on my late 2012 13" Retina MacBook Pro (which has the same resolution display panel resolution and size), and it correctly identifies the default software resolution as 1280x800.
I was having some display issues related to True Tone being intermittently enabled/disabled, so I called Apple Support. I brought up this issue and escalated it to a senior advisor. I tried to show these numbers to him, but he simply stated that the default is "scaled higher than the panel supports since customers complain about text being too small." Which seems to be the opposite of my issue, since everything appeared smaller than it should be.
I reset my NVRAM, but these issues still occur.
Is my display panel faulty, communicating to the OS that it's a 15-inch panel instead of a 13-inch one? Could this possibly be related to the True Tone issues that I'm having?


texts: Power MBP and connect Thunderbolt devices with only one cable

texts: I have a MacBook Pro with USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 ports. I would like to have only one cable ending on my desk to plug into the laptop. Is it possible to power the laptop through that cable and use the same cable to connect external thunderbolt periphery devices? What kind of adaptor would I need on the other end of the cable?


texts: How do I completely turn off the Chrome notifications on my MacBook?

texts:
I am using MacOSX 10.14.6 now.

I really hate the Chrome notifications sent by the websites, not only those I visited only 1 time but also those big websites like Facebook or Yahoo.

I just want to get back to days when Chrome doesn't even have this feature.

I tried to turn it off in the chrome://settings/content/notifications

but it's not working. The notifications are still poping out.

How do I totally disable this feature on system level? Doe MacOS have this ability to do so?


texts: my Macbook pro early 2011 wont boot i tried pretty much anything, i changed the hard drive cleared the Pram and SMC and it still wont work. When i turn it on it has the SLR on but Im greeted with a black screen. The fan and SSD turn on.


texts: How to login to message app with different Apple IDs

texts:
I have several Apple IDs, so how can I login with all of these Apple IDs to iMessage on my iMac at once?

I want to send imessage from many apple ID simultaneously. By message app, I sign in my apple ID and I can use imessage.

But, if I try another apple ID, the previous apple ID will be unavailable.

Is it possible to have multiple Apple ID active at the same time?


texts: An external monitor for my macbook late 2008. Trouble?

texts:
I use a macbook 13' late 2008. It is perfect for traveling but when I am at home I would like to use an external monitor.

Before buying anything, I have some questions. The monitor I want is:

http://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-E2770V-BF-led-monitor

My questions:

Can a macbook 13' late 2008 use a Full HD screen such as that one?
Can I connect the macbook and the monitor using the HDMI port?
I don't want to have the macbook open when I am using the external monitor. Is that possible?
Since the macbook is going to be closed, I would need to connect an external keyboard. Any problem with that?

Thanks

Edit:

Is a macbook 13' late 2008 aluminium unibody


texts: Slide links not working when exporting as PDF from Keynote

texts:
I've done a presentation in Keynote. On the first screen I included a few links to different slides. I tested them in Keynote and they're working, however when I export to PDF they're simply not there anymore.

Note that used Export to > PDF and not print as PDF and I also looked in the export settings and saw nothing related to links..


texts: How to type a normal quotation mark without auto-substitution?

texts:
Many apps offer the option to turn off auto-substitution on quotation marks (") such as TextEdit, but many other apps do not have such settings, for example LibreOffice.

So how to type a normal quotation mark in those cases?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  iTerm2 terminals close immediately with “argpath=login error=No such file or directory”

iTerm2 is immediately closed after launch with the error:

"argpath=login error=No such file or directory"

If I switch from login to command (with bash -l) I'm getting the following error:

"argpath=bash error=No such file or directory"

I'm running OSX Lion.

How this can be fixed?


texts: Copy iCloud Photos library to a clean install

texts:
I'm doing a clean install on a new HD for various reasons, and I'd like to move my 700GB Photos library over. I also want the library to continue to sync with iCloud.

Since the existing library is synced, one way would be to create a new empty Photos library in the new system, turn on "iCloud Photos" and let it download the whole set from iCloud. Unfortunately that would take weeks and exhaust my data cap many times over, so I'd like to avoid this if possible.

I don't think I can use Migration Assistant because it will also move over all the stuff I'm doing a clean install to avoid.

I tried copying the system Photos Library, "Photos Library.photoslibrary" to the new HD. The copy went fine, I booted from the new drive and opened it, set it as the system library, and turned on iCloud Photos. It said "Updating" for a minute, then switched to "Uploading 100,000 photos". I paused it immediately and turned off iCloud Photos. I'm assuming this means it would treat all the photos in the copied library as new, and duplicate everything.

So my question is, is there a way to copy my full Photos library and maintain iCloud sync without downloading all 700GB from iCloud?


texts: 341kb "Icon" file in my Google Drive folders?

texts:
I'm not sure whether to ask this here or on another Stack Exchange site.

See this screen capture:

This seems to be consistent on most if not all of my Google Drive folders as seen in Finder.

Also I don't know why the file name is vertically offset like that.

But basically, I don't want it there as it seems to be getting bundled in with .zip files that I try to create... How do I remove these and stop them from getting back into my folders?


texts: Why is Spotlight listing some people from address book twice?

texts:
When searching Spotlight, certain Address Book contacts are listed twice. I have confirmed that I do not have two entries in Address Book for those individuals.

The problem is that one of the entries returned by Spotlight will open Address Book but not take me to the selected contact. The other Spotlight entry does work correctly and take me to the selected contact.

I have tried the following to no avail:

Rebuilt Spotlight
Deleted the following two files:

~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/AddressBook-v22.abcddb
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/MailRecents-v4.abcdmr

Any thoughts on the culprit and solution?


texts: How to backup all iOS text messages to mac or DropBox

texts: How can I backup my entire text message archive to my Mac in a format that I can read? I am eventually trying to save it to DropBox, but just figuring out how to get them onto my Mac will answer everything.


texts: Notification Centre - What happened to Calculator widget?

texts:
I only just noticed this today - Calculator is gone.

Is this an "improvement" with 10.13.5 which I installed just the other day, or did I break something?

I did notice Stocks appear in there as if by magic the other day - something I'm never ever going to need, but I hadn't spotted Calculator's disappearance until now.

Checked my partner's machine - same OS, very similar machine - lot & lots of widgets...

So, maybe the question becomes, 'where do they live & why can't my machine find them?'

Late edit:
I've found the calculator app, in
/System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework/PlugIns/com.apple.ncplugin.calculator.appex
so now I need to figure out a way to get the Notification Centre to recognise it again.

Per comments...
defaults read com.apple.notificationcenterui
gives

{
    TodayView =     {
        NoContent =         (
            "com.apple.reminders.RemindersNC"
        );
        keyWidget = "com.apple.ncplugin.calculator";
        order =         (
            "com.apple.reminders.RemindersNC",
            "com.apple.iTunes.today.TodayExtension",
            "com.apple.iCal.CalendarNC",
            "com.apple.ncplugin.weather",
            "com.parallels.desktop.console.Resource-Monitor",
            "com.apple.ncplugin.stocks"
        );
        preferences =         {
            "com.apple.nc.disclosures" =             {
                enabled = 1;
            };
            "com.apple.nc.today.date" =             {
                enabled = 1;
            };
            "com.apple.nc.today.dnd" =             {
                enabled = 1;
            };
            "com.apple.nc.today.summary" =             {
                enabled = 1;
            };
            "com.apple.nc.tomorrow.summary" =             {
                enabled = 1;
            };
        };
    };
    bannerTime = 5;
    "last-messagetrace-stamp" = "551957496.077987";

so they're missing there. Does that mean there's a defaults write to put them back?


texts: How to Auto Restart a 2010 MacBook Pro/High Sierra after Power Failure

texts:
I wonder how to make a 2010 Macbook Pro with High Sierra (10.13.6) restart when power adapter is plugged in.
"Energy Saver" panel shows no "Start up automatically after a power failure".
sudo pmset -a acwake 1 doesn’t work. I tried a NVRAM reset.
sudo nvram AutoBoot=%03 doesn’t work. pmset -g capshows that autorestartis not an option.
I use the MBP as a music streamer (iTunes, Bit Perfect, "Remote" App on the iPhone, optical output). Battery is disconnected. I want the MBP to turn on if power is switched on by the amp - without touching the MBP.
Anyone any Idea? -Martin


texts: I have an iPhone xs max, can I use two bluetooth headphones

texts: My little brother and I want to watch Youtube without disturbing everyone. Is it possible to use two Bluetooth headphones at once?


texts: When I power off the iPod, and restart it, does it re-open all previously open applications?

texts:
On the last week I powered off the iPod at least once per day, but today I noticed that in the multitasking tray there were applications I have not used in the past weeks. Are those applications running, or the tray simply list them because I used them?

If those applications are really running, is there a way to stop the iPod from running the same applications that were running before I powered it off?


texts: How to compile OSS binaries to replace the versions shipped with OS X?

texts:
I want to compile new versions of openssl, bash, and similar unix tools in the same way that Apple would. I want to link against the OS's built-in libraries where possible, and I want to copy the resulting binaries into /usr/bin, replacing what Apple ships with OS X.

I am aware that this is usually a terrible idea, for two reasons:

An OS X update might reinstate Apple's binaries, undoing your work and leaving your system in an unknown state.
Some software may depend on the specific behavior of Apple's binaries.

Instead, it is generally recommended that mac users install custom binaries alongside Apple's system binaries. Both homebrew and MacPorts operate under this principle.

However, I'm running Mavericks, which will never receive another software update from Apple. The Apple binaries on my system have known security vulnerabilities, which IMO outweighs theoretical compatibility concerns.

Is there a standard way to go about this, or would it be different for every program? Can I somehow leverage parts of e.g. the MacPorts project to make the process easier, or do I need to install all compilation dependencies from scratch?

If this just isn't realistically feasible, I'd like to know that too.


texts:
Sync Ipads with Itunes on Computer : it backs up then when I look at Summary it tells me this ipad has never been backed up to this computer? I have done this forever.
So I then decided to go to Files : Devices : Restore Backup, which I do regularly and iPad backups up automatically when syncing anyway, and Backup device is highlighted and Restore Backup is greyed out so I cant do this either? W
hat is happening.  My last 2 weeks have been a nightmare upgrading to IOS 10 and now again IOS 10.2.1.  I am working with a bank of 25 iPads so to loads seperately onto each iPad - my last resort which I have just started is really the end.


texts: How did my deleted iCloud photos end up in the new Photos app?

texts:
so i've just upgraded to OS X Yosemite, which comes with the new Photos app. and i am scared! the minute i opened the app, it prompted me to log in to the iCloud and started downloading some old photos, which i have deleted from My Photo Stream looong time ago. for example, i had some pictures from 2012 christmas party which have been in My Photo Stream over TWO YEARS ago, but now they're resting safely on an external HDD. so the question is - how did they end up showing in the Photos app, if I:

a) have definitely deleted them over TWO YEARS ago from My Photo Stream
b) backed them up to an iPhoto Library on an external HDD, which I DID NOT CONNECT at any time to my computer

also one more thing worth noting - when i login to the http://icloud.com and go to Photos, I can only see like maybe 5 recently taken pictures - no sign of the old photos, as expected, because, you know, i deleted them TWO YEARS AGO.

the question is: where did those photos come from and why are they showing up in my Photos app? i want to identify the source for those pictures, so I can remove them once and for all.

honestly, this is scary. i am all for cloud-based storage, but only if i have full control over it, whereas it seems Apple is backing up my s*** without my consent.

any advice will be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
John


texts: Connecting two DVI monitors to a MBA 2012

texts:
Can anyone tell me whether it's possible to connect two external DVI monitors to a 2012 macbook Air?

Ideally I'd like to do this through the thunderbolt connector with an adapter to drive both displays, but otherwise can anyone recommend a decent USB3 -> DVI adapter is acceptable if it's equal to or better than what I would get via thunderbolt.

I'm not watching movies or gaming on the displays, as this is just for work which consists primarily of programming so maybe a USB -> DVI adapter would be acceptable as well.


texts: macOS Sierra breaks a lot of terminal "defaults write" commands (tap to click for example)

texts:
I have my shell-scripts where I adjust bunch of settings in batch to customise macOS to my needs. In terms of Trackpad, I like "tap to click".

I use

echo "Adjusting Trackpad."
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true # enable "Tap To Click" feature
defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1
defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1

But apparently this stopped working in Sierra. What's more funny. These 3 defaults do toggle the checkbox if you manually go to

  System Preferences -> Trackpad -> Tap to click

but the change is not reflected!

Manual untick and tick of that checkbox in GUI, applies tap to click straight away. Am I the only one who's facing such an issue?

Sierra breaks a lot of other stuff. Like permissions for brew install xxx but that deserves another topic. In general I'm extremely disappointed.


texts: Why do I keep losing my ‘text substitutions?’

texts:
I'm a heavy user of OS X's / iOS's ‘text substitutions’ or text replacements. I probably have hundreds of these.

At some point in the recent-ish past (last couple of years?), Apple silently started syncing them between devices logged into the same iCloud app; that was great, for a while.

Unfortunately, at some point, my Macbook lost all of my substitutions, for no apparent reason. They still existed on all my iOS devices, but now none of my completions (like ccommand or ooption or sshrug) worked on my laptop. This eventually fixed itself (again for no apparent reason) … but it's just happened again, immediately after purchasing and setting up a new Mac Pro.

As this is the second time, I'm starting to wonder if anyone else has seen this behaviour, or if they know how to go about fixing it without waiting on iCloud to Magically Fix Itself, as I did last time?


texts: My macbook battery is fully charged on menu bar but on Coconut Battery says charging

texts:
Here is my screenshot when my fully charged but still charging:

After a few minutes not charging again:

I'm just wondering, will my MacBook overcharge or over discharge or this is normal behavior?
Why design capacity is not consistent, sometimes 74%, 75%, 80%, etc.


texts: Prevent facetime from asking for password in Mavericks

texts: Some time ago I've updated to OSX Mavericks. Since then each time after the system starts I get a prompt to enter Facetime password. How to disable this?


texts: Bootcamp interrupted; now stuck on Windows boot looking for startup

texts:
I have a MBP with Yosemite (10.10.5 I think). I was trying to install Windows 7 from a USB and cancelled it when it got stuck looking for a driver - I don't have any disk drive and that seemed to confuse it; there didn't seem to be an option to go back or cancel so I think I just powered down by holding down the power button.

Now when I try to startup it seems to be stuck in Windows mode looking for a bootable device.

Is there a key combination that will make it reset back to starting in Mac OS?


texts: Storing specific Contacts on iPhone without syncing

texts:
I would like to store specific contacts on my iPhone, running iOS 7, without syncing them to any service.

I do have an Exchange account for business contacts but don't want do sync all contacts with the exchange server. I searched the web for a while but there does not seem to be any way to have local contacts. Any ideas?


texts: With multiple monitors, can I pick which one an application will load on?

texts: In Spaces it's possible to specify which space a given application will open on -- for example, my web browser always opens on Space 1 and iTunes on Space 3.  Is something similar possible with multiple monitors, so that whichever space I'm on a certain application will always open on the second monitor?  For even more control, can I specify that it will always open on Monitor 2 of Space 4?


texts: Why Does Photos Not Display All Pictures in Library?

texts:
macOS 10.12.6, Photos 2.0, running on a mid-2010 Macbook Pro.

I updated my Macbook Pro to Photos when Photos was introduced, and it has worked well for me. Two days ago, however, Photos began to misbehave by not showing pictures in the Photos Library which had been taken after August 2015. Until this occurrence, these pictures had displayed correctly. The Mac's OS is up to date. I repaired the Photos library, and restored the Photos library from a Time Machine backup, and restarted in Safe Mode. Photos continues to not display these pictures. My pictures are managed locally only; iCloud is not involved.

I have a second Mac, a Macbook Air I use for travel. For a consistent user environment, the Air runs the same software as the Macbook Pro. Photos on the Air correctly displays the entire library of photos, including those taken after mid-2015. I copied the Photos Library from the Air (~/Pictures), and replaced the Macbook Pro's Photos library with the Air's file. With the Air's library installed, the Macbook Pro's Photos continues to truncate and doesn't display pictures from after mid-2015. I repaired this Library (launch Photos while holding command and option) but Photos' misbehavior on the Macbook Pro continued. Both computers' Photos are Photos 2.0, build 3161.4.140.

What else might I try? Is there a cache to empty or a preferences file to trash?


texts: How to find physical location of an application by name?

texts: I can open Terminal and execute open -a "iPhone Simulator" and as long as the application is installed, it will launch. Is there a similar command that will return the path to the application instead of launching it?


texts:
I bought a secondhand iPhone 4s recently with iOS 7.0.4 installed.
I'm in Indonesia and I am using Telkomsel as my cellular provider.
When I am using it, the battery is decreasing fast. So I updated the iOS to 7.1.1.
But, what I got is the battery decreasing faster, and my iPhone is so hot, especially at Micro-SIM card area. Is this normal in iOS 7.1.1 at iPhone 4s?

What I want to do to decrease the heat is changing the network. My iPhone always using 3G connection, so I want to change it to 2G because I rarely use the 3G connection.
The "Enable 3G" toggle button should be at Settings → Cellular → Enable 3G, but mine is gone!

I compare it with my friend's iPhone which can switch 2G and 3G, and i suspect 1 thing, Carrier. I can see Carrier in Settings → General → About (EE 16.0).

I've been googling and found that this Carrier setting can hide this Enable 3G button, because they want to stop using 2G.
Is it true, this Carrier setting is hidden the Enable 3G toggle button?
then, How to change it to Telkomsel (my cellular provider)?


texts: localizedTitle in my iOS app with In-App Purchases

texts:
I'm writing an iOS application and since yesterday i have problem with in App purchases. I receive list of products but localizedTitle and localizedDescription are nil.

I've read that about 2 years ago some people had similar problems and it was Apple's fault.

However today I've got message from Apple about all of my In-App Purchases:

  "In-App Purchases have been returned and are highlighted in the table
  below"

All of them still have status:Waiting For Review.

So I'm wondering if it is possible that because of returning products i'm receiving 'nil' or is this (again) something wrong with apple?

Can I do something to fix it?


texts: Mac Mail receiving emails extremely slowly

texts:
I recently purchased my first rMBP and I have noticed that Mail receives emails extremely slow. I receive the email on my iPhone 10 - 15 minutes before it appears on Mail.

I've tried searching for solutions however it doesn't seem like this is a problem many are having. Anyone have any solutions?


texts: Why do my iPhone playlists not show up under "My Device" on Mac computer?

texts: When I manually connect my iPhone to my Mac Pro, click on My Device, it does not show my  iPhone playlists. My goal is to move specific playlists over to computer so I can play them on both.


texts: How can I run/stop/relaunch an application automatically, at boot/login/some other time?

texts: How do you make a script or app to run or stop running automatically when the system is booted, a user logs on, at a specific time, when a disk is attached, etc.?


texts: Automated screensaver configuration in command line/shell script

texts:
So I'm configuring some Default User Template LaunchAgents to configure a default screensaver for some of my company's most popular fan art. (It's actually been really well received by the team). They're designed as first-run images when they log into their forced-Local Active Directory users.

However, I'm getting very inconsistent results now...namely it's not working at all.

The .plist launches a Shell Script located in the /sbin/ folder. The odd thing is that it mostly works in an existing user.

The screensaver is meant to use "Flipup" with a specific folder of images, shuffle the pictures and set a start time of 5 minutes.

For example, I intentionally set my "default configuration user" screensaver first to the "Holiday Mobile," set the picture selection to "Cosmos" (one of the defaults) with a start time of 20 minutes and unchecked "shuffle images." Then I changed it to "Arabesque."

When I logged out and logged back in to kick in the script, the result was me getting "Holiday Mobile." However, when I went to "Desktop and Screensaver Settings," "Arabesque" was actually selected though the "Holiday Mobile" preview was showing with a grayed out "Screen Saver Options" below. (However, the start time did change to 5 minutes and when I did click on "Holiday Mobile," "Shuffle Slide Order" was checked properly.)

So in the test user, it's goes to Fan Art, activating Shuffle and changing the time.

But when I create a new user after adding the LaunchAgent .plist to the Default User Template, I get nothing but the standard "Computer Name" screensaver on a black background.

I am totally confused on why this is occurring. Any suggestions?

Here's the shell script:

```

#!/bin/sh

## Set Screensaver to Photo Slideshow
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver 'CleanExit' -string "YES"
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver 'PrefsVersion' -int "100"
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver 'idleTime' -int "300"
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver "moduleDict" -dict-add "path" -string "/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/iLifeSlideshows.saver"
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver "moduleDict" -dict-add "type" -int "0"
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver 'ShowClock' -bool "false"
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver 'tokenRemovalAction' -int "0"

## Set Type of Slideshow to "Flipup" (Results inconsistent)
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLifeSlideshows 'styleKey' -string "Flipup"

## Set location of photos to Fan Art
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser 'SelectedSource' -int "4"
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser 'SelectedFolderPath' "/Manehattan Files/Manehattan Backgrounds/Fan Art"
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser 'ShufflesPhotos' -bool "true"

## Removes the .plist LaunchAgent from inside the User Launch Agent Folder.
rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/set-screensaver.plist

exit

```


texts: What is the exact equivalent of this netsh wlan add filter Windows command for Mac?

texts:
I want to block all networks from my PC with admin access and make it so that the user cannot reverse the changes. I will use admin access to only white list certain networks that will be visible to the user and all other WiFi networks are blocked. I am blocking all connections in Windows with the following command. Since I am just starting out with macOS, any help in this regard is appreciated.
netsh wlan add filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure


texts: What is the difference between -h, -r, -s, and -k, in the "shutdown now" command in single-user mode?

texts:
So, I opened up single-user mode to show my friend how easy it was for a Mac to be directly hijacked if someone was able to steal the physical lap top (as opposed to hijacking remotely using SSH), and I couldn't exactly remember which shutdown now option to use (fortunately, I was prompted by the command line), so I defaulted to -h. Should I be worried if I use -h instead of -r? Is there any difference between these commands?

shutdown -h now
shutdown -s now
shutdown -r now
shutdown -k now


texts: Can I configure Messages for Mac to receive messages sent to my phone number?

texts:
Is it possible to configure Messages for Mac in such a way that it receives text messages sent to my mobile phone number?

Currently on the Mac I can receive only messages sent to my Apple ID, but on my iPhone I can receive messages sent to both.


texts: How to fix Macbook that did not completely install a new version of OS, so now its stuck in a error loop every time its turned on.

texts: I tried to install the latest version of the mac os, computer was turned off mid installation. Now when i try to run the computer it goes through a error, keeps repeating the process of trying to fix the error.


texts: How is Apple repairing iPhone 5 with damaged glass at the genius bar?

texts:
iMore reported back in September that Apple retail stores would soon gain the capability to replace the glass in front of the screen in the store.

Has anyone had a repair quoted or performed for an iPhone 5 where Apple didn't replace the entire unit?

I've heard of out of warranty replacement phones for $229. Also, I know that there are 3rd party services that will do this repair. I'm asking about replacing just the glass in an Apple retail store.


texts: how do I know what files are installed by an installer program?

texts: How can I find out what files are installed by an installer program?  Is there a program that can trace that during an installation of a new app?


texts:
How do you add a custom social profile in Contacts on macOS? On iOS, you can add a custom social profile:

However, on macOS I only see this:

Also, I organised my contacts on iOS. For most contacts, I have one card in iCloud and one in Exchange and in the iCloud one I have a lot of custom social profiles. I linked them but they weren't linked on macOS so I linked them, but the label was called "profile". On iOS, the label was changed to "Social profile".

This was all working when I linked contacts using iOS.


texts: Why are sent emails not deleted when I delete a conversaion in Apple Mail?

texts:
According to the docs, when a conversion is deleted, "all of the messages in a conversation will be deleted".
Somehow, when I delete a conversation, sent emails are not deleted which creates orphans in the "Sent" folder.
What am I missing?


texts:
Information:

Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,4
System Version: macOS 10.13.5 (17F77)
iOS 12

Read the first: How to remove iOS 12.0 Public Beta from iPhone 8 in order to restore archived iOS 11.4 backup?

I followed the instructions under "Problem Solved", but to no avail. I put my phone into recovery mode  > given the option to restore, which I did.

Unlike with other posts (e.g., https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iosapps/downgrade-ios-12-beta-3522302/ - I originally followed this one), I was not given the option to chose a backup or completely restore. Instead, it just booted up into 12 and asked me again if I wanted to install an update to connect to my computer. I don't even have the option to restore my phone to a clean backup.

Other thoughts:

I deleted the beta profile
I might not have backups from before 12, but then I still should be
able to just get rid of it.


texts: Cloning iMac HDD to blank HDD to be used in MacBook Pro?

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Can I clone from my iMac to a brand new hard drive to be used in a macbook pro?

Basically I upgraded my Macbook Pro 250G HDD to a TB HDD and the TB took a dive and is being replaced under warranty. However when I made the clone before it was from a Macbook pro to a Macbook pro (laptop to laptop) and since then I have gotten a 27in. iMac which used migration assistant to bring everything over through time machine.

Now I'm trying to see if will make a difference that it's cloning a desktop HDD to a blank HDD to be used in a laptop? (ie iMac to Macbook Pro).

I'm working with a MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), and my iMac is running Mac OS X (10.7.5)

UPDATE It's been two years since posting this question and since then I've actually gone back and forth cloning hard drives in both directions a handful of times without issue. The only thing that matters is the OS version, which when cloned remains constant, so it poses no issue. Copying all files over would be a different story.


texts: How do I reduce the 3-finger-drag grace-period?

texts:
I'm using a Trackpad and I like using the 3-finger-drag gesture. It has this handy feature where it keeps the "mouse-button" down for a short grace-period when you release so that you can re-touch (with three-fingers again) and it will continue the drag gesture as if you hadn't let go.

However, in some situations I get frustrated at having to wait for the grace-period to expire and the gesture to end, releasing the "mouse-button". The most common frustration is in editor programs where you draw a selection and then you want to perform keyboard-shortcut to act upon the selection.

So how can I change this grace-period, I think it's about 0.5 seconds, maybe 0.75, I would like to try with 0.2-0.3.


texts: Headphones Mic is not working on Mac only

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I had headphones before and its microphone was working, but it got broken and I had to change.
The new headphones microphone is not working on my Mac even tho it works on a windows computer and on my android device, any help?
Also, I've done a lot of searching but nothing worked
I tried going to system preferences => audio => input and make sure that headphones are selected as input and used Jack port as an input source as shown in the screenshot below

I use https://online-voice-recorder.com/ and Siri to test my headphone microphone


texts: How to make audio+video channel syncing (when doing splitting ) more user friendly?

texts: I Have an audio track and the video track and want to split them both at the same point with cmd+b. I have to manually select Channels with the mouse in order for the split to be applied to the audio. But when I press cmd+b later the audio is not split and I have then reselect with the mouse, is this the only way?


texts: Why is my Mail clipboard separate from everything else?

texts:
When I copy text from the terminal, I can paste it into the terminal with no problem.  I can also paste it into Firefox or TextEdit.

When I try to paste it into my Apple Mail, I get:

Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)

This is something I had in my clipboard a while back—days ago.  That day, I was having trouble pasting into Firefox when I copied from Terminal (and instead got the same text noted above).  But it doesn't seem localized to Terminal after all.

Right now when I copy text from Apple Mail, I can paste that text back into Apple Mail or into anywhere else.  But text copied from anywhere but Apple Mail can't be pasted into Apple Mail; attempting to do so will instead paste into Apple Mail the same text that was last copied in Apple Mail.

I don't even know where to start to try to debug this or see what is causing it.  How can I fix this?

(I'll post the output of any diagnostic commands that anyone can suggest.)


texts: How to reset a magsafe charger that doesn't charge macbook pro's battery?

texts:
I have a Magsafe charger (original) that doesn't charge my MacBook Pro's battery. When it is connected, it will allow the machine to switch to power adapter mode (meaning no battery consumption) but the battery icon will show "Battery is not charged".

The green/orange light won't turn on. If I use another Magsafe charger, it works fine. Also if the battery goes down to 0 percent and the macbook is shutdown, this faulty charger will work (green/orange light turns on), and if I start the machine while the light is on, it will charge even if the machine is on. I already tried resetting SMC multiple times (to make sure I reset it correctly I tried using other chargers), but still cannot get it to work properly.

My question would be, can I reset the charger somehow to allow it to work again?


texts: iPhone app to apply Instagram like filters to a photo and save to camera roll

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Is there such an iphone app which gives me multiple filters to apply to a photo and save it to photo library camera roll (syncs to iPhoto later).

It appears the photos are stored inside the Instagram app only when they get uploaded to the Instragram servers.

I read the description of Hipstamatic on iTunes but I'm hesitant to buy it as it doesn't seem to have the option I want.

Better yet, is there someway to save the instagram photos to photo library apart from mailing them one by one. (Too many questions I know)


texts: Max length a USB-C charge cable can be for a Mac Mini 2018?

texts:
The cables from Apple come in only a 1 and 2 meter length. Can you use longer and still power the Mac Mini 2018 properly?
The Mac Mini 2018 according to the Apple website and AppleCare uses a
USB-C Charge Cable that is connected to a USB-C Power Adapter:
https://www.apple.com/shop/mac/mac-accessories/power-cables?page=1&f=macmini_thdblt3_late2018&fh=4595%2B4a95


texts: Restrict fat16 Veracrypt volume to single user on MacOS

texts:
I am trying to mount a fat16 Veracrypt volume on a multi-user MacOS system.
The mounted volume always seems to allow full permissions for all users on the system.
I have tried everything I can think of to restrict to only the current user via diskutil command, chmod, chown of mount point, etc but have been unsuccessful.
How can I secure the mounted volume?
Ideally, I'd like something permanent that doesn't mess with the files inside the volume or require special action every time the volume is mounted.


texts:
$ cat scaswd.pdf| pbcopy
$ pbpaste > astasd.pdf
$ open astasd.pdf

astasd.pdf cannot be opened, but scaswd.pdf is a valid pdf file.

Is there a way I can stick a pdf onto my clipboard and paste it somewhere else?

I want to copy a file from my local computer to a remote one I can only access with ssh, without using intermediary file-hosting servers.

(I can't scp)

For text files copy and pasting between terminals works.

For binary files, like a pdf, I need another solution.


texts: How to display the current mapping for keyboard shortcuts in realtime?

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Is there an app / script which will listen for keyboard events and display the action that is triggered?

I use Better Touch Tool, and want to run a script on Cmd+F1 but I got the message:

  The key combination "Command + F1" can't be used because it's already used by a system-wide keyboard shortcut. (If you really want to use this key combination, most shortcuts can be changed in the Keyboard & Mouse panel in System Preferences.)

I couldn't find the triggered action until I did a text search on http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343, and now I'm curious!

In Sublime Text, it's possible to open Sublime's python terminal and sublime.log_commands(True) to log commands triggered as the keys are pressed… is there something similar for system wide key events?


texts: Audio Recording iPhone app with hardware button control?

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I'm looking for an audio recording app (like Voice Memos) that has hardware button support. Like how you can press one of the volume buttons in Camera to take a photo. For use on a standard device (not jailbroken)

I want to start the app, put the phone to sleep and use the volume button to either start/stop recordings or put bookmarks in an ongoing recording.

Is there any such app?


texts: Packets dropping and massive ping spikes at regular second intervals

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Since two days ago I have started having severe issues with WiFi connections on my 2016 MacBook Pro.

At a perfectly regular interval of around 1 second, I have (sometimes) packet loss but (always) a large lag spike.

I have enabled WiFi logging and opened up the terminal to type:

ping 8.8.8.8 -i 0.1

To receive the following data:

64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=37.690 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=37.879 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=22.395 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=13.670 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=57 time=9.888 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=5 ttl=57 time=21.961 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=6 ttl=57 time=17.904 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=7 ttl=57 time=19.079 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=8 ttl=57 time=15.510 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=9 ttl=57 time=14.569 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 10
Request timeout for icmp_seq 11
Request timeout for icmp_seq 12
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=10 ttl=57 time=323.558 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=11 ttl=57 time=222.342 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=12 ttl=57 time=118.255 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=13 ttl=57 time=16.076 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=14 ttl=57 time=12.145 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=15 ttl=57 time=29.611 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=16 ttl=57 time=42.650 ms
...

As you can see, the ping is perfectly fine and then flies up to 300ms and sometimes times out.

I actually just reinstalled Catalina from scratch and this is the first thing I have done to ensure it isn't a virus or an open application. I currently have nothing installed!

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening on my networks? (It happens everywhere as far as I can tell, will be testing another network tomorrow)


texts: Will Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 be affected by an upgrade from Yosemite to Sierra?

texts: I would like to know if it is safe to upgrade from Yosemite to Sierra, with Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 (version 14.7.1) installed. Will I have to reinstall it again, or is it safe and there are no worries?


texts:
I often have to type "weird" characters so I turned on the keyboard menu in macOS. Since upgrading to Catalina, it has disappeared and I cannot get it back.

In Settings->Keyboard->Keyboard I have "Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar" turned on.

In Settings->Keyboard->Input Sources I have "Show input menu in menu bar" turned on.

There is no menu item. Force quit of Finder and reboot did nothing.

Any suggestions?


texts: Should my Apple Watch sync its "mute" setting with my iPhone?

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I noticed that if I turn on Do Not Disturb on the watch, it turns on on my phone and vice versa.

The same thing happens with Airplane mode.

However I noticed a thread on MacRumors saying that turning the phone's hardware mute switch to silent should also turn on mute on the watch. But this doesn't happen with mine.

Even with my phone on hardware mute, the watches sound is independently set, and doesn't turn on mute on the watch.


texts: macOS: Changing the wallpaper automatically based on dark/light mode

texts:
I have some custom wallpapers I use on my Mac. I have some wallpapers which fit best in dark mode, while others in light mode.
Is there a way to set wallpaper x for dark mode, and wallpaper y for light mode? If yes, how could I do that?


texts: Is it possible to set my Mac to hide all windows on waking up?

texts:
Whenever I wake my Mac up, it shows my workspace exactly how I left it. If I closed the lid while browsing my library on iTunes, for example, it will show that screen upon waking up, after I input my password.

Is there a way to change this default behavior? Once I close the lid, when I come back and input my password, I'd like to view the desktop. The apps shouldn't be quit or anything like that, just the windows should be hidden. You know, to start fresh, uncluttered.

(Similar to what this user is asking, but upon waking up instead of a keyboard combination.)

Is it possible? Maybe with some Apple Script or command line magic?


texts: Will iOS ever play nice with Amazon purchased content?

texts:
Are there any indications that I will be able to use my Amazon content on an iPad?

I have songs and videos with Amazon, and I would rather buy an iPad to watch/listen to them.

But I am being forced to get a Kindle Fire instead.


texts: Windows 7 only seeing some Pictures on iPhone

texts:
When viewing the Camera Roll in a friends iphone I am able to see many pictures.
However when viewing the same folder in Windows Explorer I can only see a small number by comparison.
My friend uses iCloud also and syncs to it and the pictures appear to be all there.
The issue is that she wishes to copy the pictures from the phone to local PC storage to clear space on the iPhone memory.


texts:
Years ago, I learned typing by a program named Typing Tutor, on DOS. XD

Now, my son is using a MacBook and I am teaching him how to type. What software/website you recommend to learn typing on a MacBook?


texts: Using the Apple Wireless Keyboard with an iPad with PC/Mac-like keyboard commands

texts:
I have jailbroken iPad 2 (iOS5.1.1) and an Apple wireless Bluetooth keyboard that I use for typing on the iPad. Although the keyboard is a joy to use, I can't use it for much else other than typing documents and creating notes.

I'd like to be able to use some kind of keyboard shortcuts to move around/switch between apps, use shortcuts like Cmd + K or Ctrl + K in the browser and so on.

Is this somehow possible? And if so how?


texts: How can I perform the swipe gesture for quickly accessing Notification Center?

texts: The swipe gesture for accessing Notification Centre is the same as for going back in Safari (amongst others). How can I consistently get it to do one or the other to stop me using the wrong gesture?


texts: How can I simulate light to heavy disk access and light to heavy CPU usage?

texts:
I have a Mac Mini server that seems to exhibit various issues while there's either a medium to heavy CPU load or disk access. I'd like to test this out by intentionally triggering varying degrees of CPU usage and different kinds and intensities of disk access. Are there any tools or techniques out there that can:

Load the CPU to a certain percentage, i.e. peg one or more cores of the CPU at 50%, 75%, 100%, etc.
Simulate medium or heavy disk access of varying kinds, including situations like lots of random seeks or continuous reads / writes


texts: Unable to sign out of iCloud, sign in to App Store, or use iMessage. High Sierra

texts:
I am unable to sign in or out on iCloud or the App store. Whatever app I am using (Sys Prefs, App Store) loops endlessly. I can quit Prefs, but have to force quit the App Store. iMessage operates but all messages are marked as undelivered. Virtually all documents stored in iCloud drive do not appear in the Finder, but are available through the web (iCloud) interface. All of this works fine in my test account, so it's not a S/N issue, but switching everything to the test account is not an option.

I have deleted assorted caches and prefs. Enabled/Disabled iCloud Keychain, tried (unsuccessfully) signing out of iCloud while off line, and probably a few other things that I can't remember.

Mid-2012 15" MBP 16GB. 10.13.1


texts: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) detected on USB hub, but no picture? `sudo Killall VDCAssistant`, restarting, etc does nothing

texts:
Why does my laptop camera keep losing picture? Is this possibly just a hardware failure? Specifically, this is in regards to a mid-2012 MacBook Air running macOS Sierra 10.12.5 with a 2GHz i7 & 8GB RAM. The laptop has led a pretty sedentary, suburban life (not banged around a lot or used on the go). Maybe it's just five year old ribbon cables from the camera through the laptop hinge finally giving up?

As of today, the camera picture just isn't coming back. None of these get me picture again:

zapping the PRAM:

hold down ⌘+option+p+r while booting/restarting...
let the mac chime 3-4 times, then let go.

Disk Utility's First Aid in recovery mode (or internet recovery mode):

⌘+r, or,
⌘+option+r at bootup

resetting the SMC (System Management Controller):

shut down, unplug power, hold SHIFT+CTRL+option+POWER for ten-fifteen seconds then boot up.

Apple Hardware Test:

Restart holding down d
Running the basic test, and, running the extended test just result in the message: 4HDD/11/40000000: SATA(0,0) for a computer which does not have an HDD...

note: invoke these commands until the return msg appears
$ sudo killall VDCAssistant
No matching processes were found
sudo killall AppleCameraAssistant
No matching processes were found

... no picture, but the camera is still detected on the USB hub:

After zapping PRAM, resetting SMC, recovery mode Disk Utility:

After sudo killall VDCAssistant:

OF NOTE:

I'm not sure, but I don't think AppleCameraAssistant is a thing
anymore in macOS Sierra?
Also, takes a couple invocations of $ sudo killall VDCAssistant to
get the No matching processes were found return message. I have no
apps open which use the camera, so I am not sure why this happens.
sudo Killall VDCAssistant does nothing except, for example,
PhotoBooth.app or FaceTime.app change from a completely black screen
to a black screen with the "There is no connected camera." message.
The camera still detected on USB 2.0 bus and after restarting, the app displays a black screen with no "...no connected camera" message.
Even when the picture is missing (with or w/o the "no connected cam"
msg) and there's no green indicator light, the device is still
detected on the USB bus. There's no picture in PhotoBooth,
FaceTime.app, or meeting software like zoom.us.
Restarting in Recovery mode and using FirstAid in the Disk Utility
used to resuscitate the camera, but after a couple uses, launching an app that accesses the camera would result in nothing but
a black picture and no green indicator light.

Any suggestions for troubleshooting would be very welcome.  Thanks you.

UPDATE: the camera functionality has "magically" reappeared and is now consistent. I think it might be the connecting wires. I noticed after traveling that the camera went away. I gently tapped on the hinge side of the laptop with the Air book closed, and that got it working again.


texts: Has Mountain Lion helped take advantage of multiple displays?

texts:
after using Lion I was frustrated by the lack of multiple display integration it had. When I swiped between spaces, the secondary display served no purpose but to display that gray linen pattern that we're starting to see appear everywhere.

Has anyone discovered a feature in Mountain Lion that allows more function to come out of a secondary display? I would really hope there is.

Thanks for the help,
Greg


texts: High Sierra quicktime player does not support H.265 videos?

texts:
So I upgraded my Mac to high Sierra and I was about the H.265 video encoding standard but when I encode a H.264 video to H.265 standard and then when I attempt to open the video using quick time player it shows "Quick Time player does not support these kind of videos"

So is this a problem that only I am experiencing or is this expected. I am running latest version of High Sierra by the way.


texts: What's a good solution for a couple extra hours on an 11" MacBook Air?

texts:
My son has a MacBook Air which was required for school (a).

However, it sometimes comes dangerously close to running out of power near the end of the school day despite the fact that we've (I think) set it up correctly for low power consumption.

I have suggested taking the power adapter to school, or even getting a second one to carry in his backpack) but apparently many of the classrooms don't provide enough wall sockets, or don't have them handy to the desks.

The local Apple store was spectacularly unhelpful given that they only sell such devices for non-laptops.

What's a good solution for him to plug into his laptop during recess/lunch to get the battery levels up to a point where he'll easily see out the day? Something that would give an extra one to three hours would be ideal.

Additionally, if anyone has some really good tips for lowering power consumption, I'd be happy to hear them though, of course, my question is really about a suitable power device.

(a) I asked if a Linux laptop would be okay and they said yes, but my son would likely get beaten up in the playground :-)


texts:
So, the default key combinations to manually insert curved quotation marks (“” and ‘’) in OS X are:

option + [ for “
option + ] for ‘
option + shift + [ for ”
option + shift + ] for ’

Possibly due to muscle memory and the mental association with the keys ([ being an "opening" symbol and ] being a "closing" one) I find this specific setup very confusing, so I'll always get it wrong when inserting curved quotation marks manually. And have to try all combinations until I get the right quote.

What I would like to achieve is the (IMO) more intuitive setup:

option + [ for “
option + ] for ”
option + shift + [ for ‘
option + shift + ] for ’

What setting/file/app I need to fiddle with to remap these characters? Is there a special keyboard layout I can download that will do this for me? Thanks in advance.

PS: I'm aware of the "smart quotes" feature, but I'd like to have more fine grained control, that's why I want the manual insertion to be intuitive for me.


texts: SSH remote using XQuartz dosent work in Lion

texts:
I was using previous version of Mac and used to connected to a server with SSH console.It used to run X 11 after loading my requested programs(Mathematica) on remote server and was working properly.Recently I upgraded my Mac to the latest version(Mountain Lion 10.8.4) and this SSH is not loading the "X" and I can not use remote access to my requested program from remote server.How can I fix the problem.Please in a easy way because I am not in using Mac commands at all.

Thanks


texts: Mac Mail.app accounts offline after working hours

texts:
The Mac I use for my business is the same Mac I use for personal stuff. That's why I want certain accounts (the work related ones, not my personal ones) to go offline after working hours. My mail accounts are configured in Apple mail.app under the same user account.

How can I achieve this?


texts:
I am going to be playing around with the Kinect v2 and I know I'm going to want to try 3D scanning areas that are not just my room. I intend to scan the outdoors mainly. So this brings me to requiring a powerful laptop. I really don't want to buy a Windows laptop, I want a Mac laptop. I could use an open source API for Kinect, that works on Mac but it seems to be quite slow and obviously won't be as robust as Microsoft's official SDK.

Am I correct in thinking that it's possible to install Windows on a Mac, and run Windows natively (without running in a VM) on the hardware (with the help of Boot Camp perhaps)?

Would the Mac's GPU work correctly while using Windows? Would the Windows drivers work for them?

The last concern I have is if the Mac's USB 3.0 chipset will work fine with the Kinect (it uses USB 3.0) when Windows is booted. Does anyone have any insight about this?

When I'm not using the Kinect, I will of course only be booting OSX. I have no intention to use the Mac laptop for Windows other than when I'm using the Kinect.


texts: Friend bought Android phone, but my iPhone keeps trying to send them iMessages. Any fix?

texts:
He's de-registered his phone number from iMessage and I've reset and restarted iMessage on my phone (iPhone 8). But I still can't send him messages.

Anyone know of a fix?


texts: OWC Envoy Pro Enclosure [with OEM SSD] MacOS Upgrade Problem

texts:
I have an Envoy Pro Enclosure (OWCMAU3ENPCIECS / OWCMAU3ENPRPCIU) [w/ OEM SSD - 512GB Mid-2015 Macbook Pro Retina SSD] that I use as a bootable external MacOS installation and it works fine.

I have been unable to upgrade MacOS on this external drive (I can with other enclosures/SSDs). When I commence the upgrade process, the computer restarts the 1st time and starts 'upgrading' but when it restarts again it always defaults to the internal drive and the installation doesn't complete. I've set the startup drive in System Preferences to the external drive.

I think the drive isn't seen immediately at startup and this is causing the problem. The only option I can see now is reinserting the OEM SSD into the MacBook to upgrade and then reinserting it into the enclosure - a bit of a pain.

Is there some trick to upgrading the OS on this kind of enclosure? OWC went silent when asked...


texts: I have macbook air ( 2014) and I want to connect 2 27" HP Monitors. I have thunderbolt to HDMi converter and then also bought HDMI splitter but it only mirrors the monitor. If I buy USB to HDMI converters, would that setup work or no?


texts: Why does my wifi iPad think its location is in another state?

texts:
I live in MA but my iPad thinks it is in Clarksville, Indiana (both in Maps and other apps). This becomes annoying if I try to post in Facebook and all friends ask what I am doing in IN. This has been happening in both iOS 5 and 6.

I've read on the web where people claim this is because of the Apple location database thinks my wireless router is in IN but if I post a comment to Facebook on my wife's iMac (also on wifi) it correctly identifies my location.

I've also used my iPhone to determine my location while connected to my wifi which is supposed to update the Apple location database but it's had no effect.

Any ideas on how to fix?


texts: Can I restore from a Time Machine backup without booting to the Recovery HD?

texts: At work we have a Time Machine drive on the network. I'm trying to restore one of our machine's backup to an external drive. When I boot into the Recovery HD, I can't reach the network drive. Is there a way to restore a Time Machine backup without booting to the Recovery HD?


texts: Can you provide further input after running one script over SSH in iOS

texts:
I have a Linux server that can be accessed through SSH.
I'm using the iOS shortcuts app to try and run scripts over SSH. If I try to do a Linux command like sudo apt-get install package, the shortcuts app returns no output from the server. However, if I run a command from my phone that doesn't require elevated permissions (like ifconfig), it does return the output.
I assume that when I try to run sudo commands from my phone via the shortcuts app, the reason nothing is being returned is because it requires the password (because those commands require elevated permissions), however the shortcut ends as soon as nothing is returned from the SSH server.
I've tested the same SSH server on different computers, and it all works fine, so I think it's something I need to add additionally for the shortcut on my iPhone to work.
So my question is - Is it possible to then enter the password fro a command like sudo apt-get, etc so then the script can continue to run as normal?


texts: How do I install pgadmin3 using brew cask?

texts:
If I try running brew cask install pgadmin3, as suggested on an unknown website http://macappstore.org/pgadmin3/ I get "Cask 'pgadmin3' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.", an error message that doesn't get any hits on this stack exchange.

$ brew cask install pgadmin3
Updating Homebrew...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 1 tap (homebrew/cask).
No changes to formulae.

Error: Cask 'pgadmin3' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.

Another user encountered the same problem, and thought that it was necessary to install pgadmin4 instead. How do I install pgadmin3 with homebrew?


texts: Adding a song file to iTunes via the command line without playing the file

texts:
I want to add song files to iTunes via the command line.

    open -a iTunes -g song.mp3

does exactly this. - However it starts playing the song, too. Any way to avoid this?


texts: How can I set the main file in Textmate 2 in order to make it compile my complete dissertation and not the file I am editing?


texts: Apple.ca accepts answer, Apple ID app/ iCloud doesn't?

texts: how can Apple.ca accept my answers for security questions but when I type them into the set up for iCloud their wrong?? They are each 3 letter words, so spelling & capatlization wouldn't be a. Problem :( I forgot.ca doesn't help either


texts: I'm an OS X newbie. Other than setting up Emacs / Vim with ctags or cscope or both, are there alternatives to C++ code navigation of an existing code base? I used to use Source Insight on Windows and it worked for me fairly well. I know I can setup ctags or cscope but I was wondering if there is anything even better out there. The main functionality I am looking for is quickly find definition of variables and functions and places a function is being called.


texts: I'm looking for a fullscreen browser app for iPad with no navbar, so the user can only navigate on the same page but not go anywhere else. Does anybody know an app for this? Or is it possible to do this in standard Safari?


texts:
I have installed Google's apps to view online spreadsheets on a new iOS device. I then receive an email from Google: "Your new Device doesn't have the latest Google apps".

While I understand and expect that the data on Google Docs and Sheets is far from private, it is also well within reason for Google to record what I download from them and what I do not. If the Google app realizes I have a new device, it makes me wonder what else it is accessing.

How do I assess and measure how much privacy has been ceded to Google?  For example, I have not installed Google Maps, because I find it creepy in an Orwellian sense, that it records where you have been.


texts:
I have a partition I am unable to delete. Admittedly I'm in uncharted waters. I'v used Disk Utilites in the past with success, this time I'm stumped. The partition I want deleted is the one labeled Mac OS.
Any help is appreciated.


texts: Currently, I have updated my system to macos big sur and am facing a problem with incorrect time. Although i have encountered this problem early in Mojave time, i  tried to use sudo sntp command to force the system to synchronize time with sntp servers and i wrote a crontab command to make it synchronize every hour. However, when it comes to macos big sur, a timed process is replacing ntp service. I found that everytime i restart this process, the time will be forced to update. i wanna ask is there a way to make the system automatically kill and restart the process timed so i can keep my time always right?


texts: Applescript for moving recently added files (not created or modified) to another folder?

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I would like to get a recent downloaded pdf file ( !: it corresponds to the Finder sort method Date Added, not Date Created nor Date Modified) and either just moving to one another folder (if using plain AppleScript) or ask the user to perform this action (if using FolderActions).

So the idea is to move some new downloaded pdf files to another location.

Is it possible with either AppleScript or with FolderActions or anyhow? Are there any examples for that?


texts:
Whenever I try to backup my 128 GB iPhone 6s, I get an error

  iTunes could not back up the iPhone 'Talon's iPhone 6s' because not enough free space is available on this computer.

While my internal SSD doesn't have enough space, I have my iTunes Library on an external HD which has 1.32 TB free. I have made sure that the library is in fact on the external drive by selecting it by holding the Option key when launching iTunes.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

PS: iTunes 12.4.1.6, OS X 10.11.5, iOS 9.3.2


texts:
Based on this question: How to read iPhone system logs?
Will I find in these logs when applications were installed?


texts: ntpd and incoming connections on OS X client?

texts:
I recently received a dialog box on my MacBook Air (10.9.2 Client) asking "Do you want the application “ntpd” to accept incoming network connections?". I have OS X's firewall enabled.

Now, my understanding is that ntpd on OS X Client is only for setting local machine time from a remote NTP server. It should not be acting as a time server for anyone else, so accepting (presumably new, not established) incoming connections should not be necessary.

I was wondering if my machine was being hit by a rogue machine on the network attempting (or a victim of) the NTP server packet amplification attacks that have been going on recently?


texts: How can you verify that FileVault 2 is enabled on a macbook?

texts:
I bought a Macbook Pro the other day to test out to see if I like it enough to switch from Linux on my personal laptop. Aside from numerous aches and pains as I try to learn the Mac way of doing things, one big thing that I find disconcerting is FileVault for FDE - I'm used to LUKS where I set it up during installation and I'm prompted for my password during boot, prior to reaching my graphical interface. Because of how this works and because I'm the only person who uses my computers, I tend to have a very complex LUKS password for startup, and a much less complex account password for my local user account.
On MacOS, however, it seems to be tied to your user account login. There's no boot prompt and it gets all the way to the MacOS user login screen before I'm asked for a password, so I have to assume that this is the only password keeping FileVault secure.
So I have two questions:

Is this correct? The security of FDE on a Macbook depends on your local account password and not on a separate password?

Is there a way to easily verify that I have in fact correctly enabled Filevault 2?


texts: Connecting 13 inch 2018 MacBookPro to Dell U2417h

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I currently have a 13 inch 2018 macbook pro (no touchbar) which is connected to a LG monitor using a HDMI to USBC charger.  This leaves one extra port for charging.

I want to connect another monitor (Dell U2417h) to my laptop. I have a 5 in 1 dongle (https://www.amazon.com/Charging-Converter-Compatible-Chromebook-Mainstream/dp/B07H4HWGWC). What cables do I need for me to connect my laptop to this dell monitor? Can I use the same cable I use to connect to my LG monitor? I also want to charge my computer at the same time.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Why are my files all now within Volumes?

texts:
Today I noticed that in the bottom bar of finder, where it shows my file path, it's showing all my files as being within MacintoshHD/System/Volumes/MacintoshHD:

I have this strange file structure in MacintoshHD:

I've also just noticed that I have a folder named "Desktop" on my Desktop:

I can't seem to open this folder, and it doesn't show up in the Terminal.

I have 10.15.1 on iMac 2017 4K.

Update

After a restart this no longer happens


texts:
I have a multi-track mix in GarageBand. Each individual track has been recorded without clipping, and at no point during the song do any individual track volume levels go into the 'red area'.

However, at the loudest points the 'overall' track volume (on the bottom pane) goes into the red.

Is this a problem? Will it affect the quality of my exported track? If so, how can I deal with this except for individually lower the volume of every track?


texts: Installing Xcode from App Store doesn't seem to work

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I'm having a rather odd problem.

I've installed Xcode from the App Store three times now. No errors are being presented to me, but after installing Xcode I can press Open (in the App Store) and nothing happens. Refresh the view in App Store and I can press Install again.

What's going on?

I'm on Sierra 10.12.4 if that matters.


texts: Why won't Safari OSX play YouTube videos?

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When I display a video, I see this message:

When I click through to the message about HTML support I see:

Yet we know that Safari supports H.264.

Other notes - YouTube videos play in Chrome without trouble. Vimeo videos play in Safari no problem. This problem isn't version specific I've had it for eons. Disabling all extensions doesn't help.

OS version High Sierra 10.13.2
MacBook Pro - Early 2015
Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB


texts: Dock process creates lock screen images continuously

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I noticed today that my disk is completely full despite the fact that it was half full just yesterday. OmniDiskSweeper revealed that in private/var/folders/gn loads of lock screen.png screenshots that are being made automatically every second. It seems Dock process is responsible for it. Couldn't have found any solutions anywhere. Is there any way to stop it?
P.S. MacBook Pro 2017, macOS Catalina 10.15.4


texts: Microsoft Outlook for Mac - View Mailbox size

texts: We switched from Lotus Notes 8.5.3 and we now use Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac in my office. Lotus Notes used to show the size of the mailbox (check the image below). Is it possible to show the mailbox size like this in Outlook? I know how to check the size of the mailbox by right clicking it and seeing Folder properties. But if we have this kind of a feature, it would be convenient.


texts:
Last year, I had to update 100 iPad to iOS 8. I did them one at a time and it took forever.

We use AirWatch as our MDM.

Is there a better way to update them all?


texts: Turn off non-Wifi Internet access on iOS

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I want to use internet only via Wifi, and be asked if I want to use the internet via my SIM (3G or so).

How can I do that? Is there a setting for it?


texts: Cannot permanently remove wifi networks on Mac

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I'm currently running the OS X El Capitan public beta, but I've had this issue since Mavericks or Yosemite. I'm unable to permanently remove unprotected wifi networks from the preferred networks list in System Preferences. I've followed all of the suggestions I've found online which include:

resetting iCloud Keychain
deleting com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
locating and deleting wifi passwords in Keychain Access

These methods do work, but only for wifi networks that require passwords. Any networks that did not require a password return to the preferred networks list (and can be found again in the PLIST file above) upon restart no matter what combination of the above methods I try. They also do not show up in Keychain Access at all because they don't have passwords associated with them to save. I'm at a loss as to how to clear these unprotected wifi networks from the list because I have no idea where they are being restored from when I restart. Does anyone have any ideas?


texts:
I'm planning on upgrading to Yosemite from Mavericks on a Mid-2010 MBP 15" with a Samsung 840 PRO drive as the primary drive. I have TRIM disabled! The process I want to use is as follows so I'm just looking for a validation please!

Make sure Time Machine backup is current and good. I'll restore a single file to verify.
Verify TRIM disabled via System Report. Shows "TRIM Support: No"
Download installer from App Store and run upgrade in place.
Once done, reboot.

If all is well:

disable signed kernel extensions.
Install TRIM Enabler
Reboot

Should be done.

Are there any problems with this methodology that I should be aware of?

Is there a significant advantage to a clean install versus upgrade in place? I know there is for Windows, but I've upgraded this system twice now with no problems.

Thanks in advance for the advice.


texts: command-backspace deletes a whole line. Is there a way to disable this?

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When I type command-backspace in a Cocoa text field, it deletes everything from the start of the current line to the cursor point. Can this be disabled? It's driving me nuts because I hit it all the time by accident.

I've tried adding the following to ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict:

<key>@\010</key><!-- cmd-backspace -->
<string>deleteWordBackward:</string>

or:

<key>@\177</key><!-- cmd-delete -->
<string>deleteWordBackward:</string>

or:

<key>@\U007F</key><!-- cmd-backspace -->
<string>deleteWordBackward:</string>

... all to no apparent effect. I can't tell if I'm getting the keycode for backspace / delete wrong, or if I'm wrong that @ is the command key, or if something else is wrong.

Finally - and I hesitate to mention this because of the source, but it's just the only clue that I have - some random commentor on this TextMate-related blog post says:

  unfortunately most of the key combinations which include the command modifier never reach the control which have focus (they're eaten by the menu manager code).

  So these bindings generally do not work :(

  I go through hoops to get as many keys as I currently do in TextMate, and here I still can't get command backward delete (⌘⌫).

Is there something else I can try?

edit: realize I had pasted the wrong info in as the configs that I've tried. If you notice changes up there, I'm changing the question to match what I actually did. The behavior didn't change :).


texts: What does "No Service" or "Searching" mean on iPhones?

texts:
I am new to iPhones and iOS. Since the update to iOS 12.1.4 my mobile connection breaks from time to time (seems to be a known issue) and "No Service" is shown at the top left of my display. I am not exactly sure what it means.

Previously, I used a BlackBerry Passport with BB OS10. There were two different information symbols for connection issues (with respect to mobile networks): a red cross indicating that no connection to any network is possible and another sign indicating that no connection to my provider's network is possible. If the second symbol is shown, I can make emergency calls (because there are other networks available). If the first is shown, I cannot do emergency calls.

Now, I am wondering what "No Service" means in iOS: no connection to any provider (no emergency calls) or no connection to my provider (emergency calls possible). My guess is that "no service" means the first and "searching" means the second. Is that correct?


texts:
Is there an app to increase/change default fontsize for all applications in mac ?
It is really painful for me to read default fonts or to increase fontsize in every app I open, and even worse, the fontsize in many menus(as well as Finder match results) can not be modified!


texts: Cannot update anything in macOS App Store (currently running High Sierra, 10.13.1)

texts:
This is my first post in these forums, so please bear with me if my question is poorly phrased. I'm trying to install macOS and iTunes updates via the app store, and come across a screen like this (normal):

Nothing to worry about, right? Then I click "Update All" like I usually do, and it just turns gray, and the other 2 things inside don't become gray:

I then click on the individual "Update" buttons and they gray out similarly:

It just stays like this - I've tried leaving it for days even, and it just doesn't work.

Anyone ever face this issue before and know how to fix it? Thanks!


texts: terminal mac - bash command not found, permission denied and '&gt' in prompt

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I tried to change colours in Terminal following this guide:

  http://voidcanvas.com/ubuntu-like-mac-terminal/

I created bash_profile file, saved and quitted Terminal. Now when i open Terminal I get this

Last login: Mon Oct 17 01:36:24 on ttys000
-bash:  : command not found
-bash:  : command not found
-bash:    git: command not found
-bash: gt: command not found
-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
->> $

the last line is changed in StackExchange's text editor, I do not understand why please look at the uploaded photo below - this is how it looks in my terminal

I deleted bash_profile and I still get the same.

Every command I write is followed by:

-bash:    git: command not found
-bash: gt: command not found
-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied

What should I do it to stop it?

Update from comments: Here's what I put in the file.

export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=GxBxCxDxexegedabagaced
parse_git_branch() {
    git branch 2&gt; /dev/null |
    sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* (.*)/ (\1)/'
}
export PS1="\e[0;35m-&gt;&gt; \e[1;34m\W\e[0;32m\$(parse_git_branch)\e[0;37m $ "


texts:
I am using WinOS at the office and MacOS at home. But I am more experienced on WinOS. While i am browsing (via Firefox), I use ⌘ CMD+Q accidentally to write "@" mark because of WinOS and keyboard habits. So, the browser quits and I lose all what I've written.

Is there a way to constrain this key combination on MacOS or do I have to look for it on Firefox? (I know, the best way is adapting MacOS but mostly I am working on WinOS.)


texts: sudo commands such as sudo spctl --master-disable shows errors everytime

texts:
I get the following error every time I run Sudo commands :
sudo: /etc/sudoers is world writable
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin

I used to be able to run such commands but now, anything I do on terminal ends up with the same result.
I'm running on MacOS Catalina. Hope someone will be able to help me out


texts: How to get MP3 file into iPad Music app without iTunes?

texts:
Background: My Mac is out of commission, I don't want to borrow my son's Windows 8 laptop, and I don't want to install iTunes (or anything else that touches the Registry) on my employer's Window 7.

I have an MP3 file that I edited with "portable audacity" and I want to use "Music" with it.  I know there are other programs that can play it, but I have my reasons...

I've heard there are other programs that can get MP3s into the Music library.  Are any of them Windows-portable, i.e., can run from a flash drive without adding more garbage into the already full garbage can called "Registry"?

Or is there a portable file manager (for Windows) that can replace an MP3 file in the Music library with another of the same name (without jailbreaking to tamper with permissions)?  (In other words, something that would do what iTunes can do but won't touch the Windows registry.)

bmike, the answer is "if you think it's clearer, go for it."  SE is not cooperating with letting me log in and comment at the moment.  And I'll have my Mac again soon, at which point the question is only of value to someone besides me.  :-)


texts: Best practices for a backup and fresh install

texts:
I try to keep my mid-2009 Macbook Pro (5,3) pretty clean but over the last year I have definitely felt things slowing down a bit. I'm anxious to do a fresh install but I want to make sure I have a backup of everything at least, but an easy restore procedure would be best. I have files that aren't in the standard home folder locations, so I want to make sure I get everything.

What are your best practices for backing up before a fresh install?


texts: US International (AltGr dead keys) layout on Mac OS X?

texts:
everyone. On Linux there is a layout called US International (AltGr dead keys), which converts the right Alt key into an AltGr key. AltGr+a gives á, AltGr-Shift-a gives Á, AltGr-m gives µ, and AltGr-' followed by another key puts the acute accent on whatever you type next, and so on.

This is pretty much my favorite keyboard layout, because it's really convenient both for programming and for typing foreign-language text (both of which I do quite a bit) but unfortunately I can't find an option for this layout. The "US International - PC" layout uses ', ", and ` and so on as dead keys directly, which doesn't work because as mentioned I program a lot.

I found a layout called "US International w/o Dead Keys" here, but when I load it into Lion the keyboard simply stops working. Does anyone know anywhere else I could find this layout, or how I could customize one for myself?


texts:
I use Dashlane to store passwords, and I like it, but there's one problem I've had with it. I use Activity Monitor to see what's going on, and something strange has been happening with Dashlane lately.

Both DashlaneAgent and DashlanePluginService are using almost 50,000 ports. This wouldn't bother me as much as the fact that both port counts continue to rise as my computer runs, up to 90,000 in one case.

I have 3 questions pertaining to this mystery:

Is using this amount of ports intentional for Dashlane? (i.e. why would they need so many?)
Do other people experience this phenomenon?
Does high port usage cause computer problems?


texts: If I sell my iPad, is erase/reset enough or do I need to sign-out first?

texts:
I gave my iPad to someone else, I used the erase function and when I turn it on it shows as default, to select language and connect to a wifi, etc.
But the apple article page about this, says to use sign-out first, and then erase.
Will there be a problem if I didn't sign-out first ? In a way that ... could my email/account/name show up on the screen when new user sets it up ?
I deleted the device from my iCloud account too. After I erased it.


texts: Why won't kern.maxfiles setting in /etc/sysctl.conf stick?

texts:
I've been getting various "too many files open in system"-type errors on Yosemite (10.10.1). Searching around suggests setting kern.maxfiles and kern.maxfilesperprocess in /etc/sysctl.conf.

I've tried this, and kern.maxfilesperprocess sticks after a reboot, but kern.maxfiles doesn't.

% cat /etc/sysctl.conf
# NB DO NOT COPY AND PASTE THIS INTO YOUR CONFIG FILE - IT DOESN'T WORK
kern.maxfiles=20480
kern.maxfilesperproc=18000

(reboot)

% sysctl kern.maxfiles
kern.maxfiles: 12288
% sysctl kern.maxfilesperproc
kern.maxfilesperproc: 18000

If I set it manually at the command line, it works, so it doesn't seem I'm exceeding any upper limit:

% sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=20480
kern.maxfiles: 12288 -> 20480
% sysctl kern.maxfiles
kern.maxfiles: 20480

I have seen warnings about these values being overridden in /etc/launchd.conf but I don't have this file:

% cat /etc/launchd.conf
cat: /etc/launchd.conf: No such file or directory

Spotlight search doesn't find any other mention of kern.maxfiles, so I'm out of ideas. Any other suggestions?


texts: Restore Time Machine Backup on an older OS

texts:
I have currently made a backup of my MacBook running with Catalina. I then reinstalled Mojave and am now trying to find out if there is a way to restore the data, which I have backed up without automatically updating back to Catalina.

Does anyone know a way to "exclude" the restoring of the OS or alternatively  pre-select which parts of the Time Machine backup should be included?

Sidenote: Unfortunatelly, I lost my old backup, so I do not have a backup made shortly before I upgraded, which I could otherwise easily use.


texts: Disable Safari plugin without (re)moving the file

texts:
I've been Flash-free in Safari (5.0.3, my primary browser) for a while now, using Chrome with its bundled Flash Player whenever I have to.

I'm also developing a little bit in Flash for school, and have ended up using the Flash Debug Player, since it's really convenient to use trace for debugging.

I tried just putting the Debug Player inside my Google Chrome.app, similar to how the existing Flash Player is located, but Chrome refused to detect this, so I had to put it in /Library/Internet Plug-ins, and now Safari detects it too.

Is there any way I can get Safari to ignore this plugin, or something that makes sure Chrome can find it, and not Safari?


texts: Change email account address in Mac Mail without re-adding a new account

texts:
Ive got a computer running Mac Mail on OSX 10.12.

For one of my email accounts which is hosted with Google Apps For Business (Gmail) i have recently changed the email address from alpha@domain.com to beta@domain.com. These are not separate email accounts, but rather the same account with its name changed and still retains all its emails dating back 4 years.

How can i update Mac Mail to interact with the new email address without having to setup a new email address in Mac mail for beta@domain.com which would have to re download all the old emails ?


texts: FN key seems stuck on MacBook Air. Can't use function keys as normal

texts:
When I press the function keys they act like the fn key is pressed. For example f11 usually lowers the volume, but when fn is pressed at the same time it shows the keyboard - and that's what happening now whether fn is pressed or not. This results in that I can't for example lower my volume (f11), or play music (f8).

I've tried:

Restarting my computer
Changing "Use F1, F2, etc as normal function keys" (System preferences > Keyboard) on and off
Spamming the fn key trying to feel if something is physically stuck making it being pressed down
Booting in safe mode

TL;DR

Expected behaviour

When pressing f11 the volume should step down

Actual behaviour

The desktop is shown (windows moves aside)

Mojave: 10.14.6


texts: Problems running Lion Server for 10.6 Client (as Calendar-/Adressbook-Server)?

texts:
Has anyone run 10.7 as a Server (for iCal and Adressbook) for 10.6-Clients? Did you encounter any Problems one should be aware of before upgrading?

TIA


texts: How to fix error code -43 (copying files to my samba shares)?

texts:
When I copy some files/apps to my samba shares (1 running FreeBSD and the other is running Debian Linux), I get an error code -43.

this is the text of the error message

operation cannot be completed as one or more required items cannot be found

This doesn't happen to all apps. I've encountered the problem copying calibre/ripit/textwrangler and possibly more. But I didn't get the error copying Chrome/VNC viewer and possibly more as well.

I've searched the net and I found an Apple support article but I don't think it applies to me.

Any ideas on how this can be avoided or perhaps a workaround? At the moment, the only workaround I can think of is to tar my files first before copying to my network shares.

thanks very much for the help :)

update:

I tried copying the files using the cp command and I was getting "cannot copy extended attributes" error. After removing the extended attributes via

xattr -rc calibre.app

and confirming the extended attributes are gone by running

xattr calibre.app

and I am still getting the same error. I tried copying Google Chrome which I don't have any problem with copying using drag-and-drop and I get no errors at all.


texts: Why can't I delete movies from my iPhone 4, either from the phone or through iTunes?

texts:
I was on vacation and took some videos, and now the iPhone 4 memory is near full.  So I tried to delete other experimental movies I made using Handbrake, so that I can take more video or photos, but if I plug the iPhone 4 into my Notebook computer, I can seem to delete it on iTunes?

Maybe because the computer I sync with the iPhone 4 is at home (a desktop), but not with me on vacation.

I can't delete it on iTunes, can't delete it on iPhone itself.  I am stuck during the vacation, or is there a way to handle it?


texts: OS X 10.9.4 Apple preview - can you rotate in inserted rectangle?

texts: The updated version of Preview has so many features I can use it instead of the complicated photoshop. However I have found there is no way to rotate/angle an inserted rectangle or square. can it be done?


texts: Can OS X be installed on the ssd part of the fusion drive?

texts:
I am looking at purchasing a mac mini and need to decide on a storage option.
I want either an ssd or the fusion drive however I am not sure whether OS X can be installed on the SSD part of the fusion drive which is one of the main reasons that i want an SSD.


texts:
The macOS Sierra 10.12.1 public beta train keeps chugging along, but my MacBook is stuck on 10.12.1 public beta 2 (16B2333a), which I installed over two weeks ago. Apparently the current public beta is public beta 4.

I've tried going to System Preferences → App Store → Your computer is set to receive beta updates and toggling it off, then reinstalling the update enabler from beta.apple.com to turn it back on (since the preference disappears when you turn it off.)

Is there any way to convince App Store to show me updates past public beta 2?


texts: default application to open folders with

texts:
Back in the days I used to run Path Finder for a while, but then removed it from the system and went back to regular finder. Now when entering i.e. open Desktop/ in the terminal, it opens up Finder showing the Desktop directory.

Today I mounted a drive that holds backups, including a copy of an old Path Finder.app which obviously had been detected by the system immediately, because when running open Desktop/ it then tried to use this copy of Path Finder to open up the folder. When the drive was unmounted, it just went back to using Finder.

I assume, this is some fallback, and deep in the system there is still a setting to open folders in Path Finder. When opening the cmd+i window on a folder in Finder, there is no such thing as "open with…" like it is for a file.

So I am wondering, where I can unset Path Finder completely?

This might be useful:

mcnesium@mcobst:~$ rgrep "Path Finder.app" Library/
Binary file Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.RecentApplications.sfl matches
Binary file Library/Application Support/Dock/F1ABBC0A-23A3-4B6A-BAC7-849CDA1F021A.db matches
Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Mnemonics.plist:            <string>/Applications/Path Finder.app</string>
Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Mnemonics.plist:        <key>/Applications/Path Finder.app</key>
Binary file Library/Caches/com.apple.nsservicescache.plist matches
Binary file Library/Preferences/com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist matches
Binary file Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist matches


texts: Spaces disappear (but not their application windows) when I unplug external monitors

texts:
I use Spaces (aka Desktops) to organize my work--I have a Space for email & Omnifocus, a Space for chat & calendar, and a Space for each of my main projects, plus a couple of full-screen application windows which are of course their own Spaces. When I'm at my desk, I have two monitors plus the screen of my MacBook Pro, and I have certain Spaces on each screen. When I unplug my laptop for a meeting, of course all the Spaces move from the external displays to the laptop. That isn't a problem. What is a problem is that application windows have suddenly moved to other Spaces. It looks like the Mac has decided a couple of Spaces don't exist and shoved their windows into other Spaces.

For example, right now I have chat and calendar in Desktop 6, which is currently displayed on my laptop screen while I type this on one of the other monitors. Then I unplug the external monitors, suddenly only four numbered Desktop Spaces exist (plus both the full-screen application windows), and chat and calendar are part of Desktop 1 along with the windows that had already been part of Desktop 1. So basically the problem seems to be that some Spaces are dropped and their apps get shoved into whatever existing Spaces are available. What might be causing that and how can I avoid it?

When I plug the external displays back in, suddenly I have six numbered Spaces again and windows that were originally together in one Space are together again, but the Spaces are numbered differently and some of them have moved from one screen to another. For example, chat and calendar (which were originally Desktop 6 and then got shoved into Desktop 1) are now Desktop 5, and they're on an external monitor instead of the laptop screen. In fact, every Space that used to be on the laptop screen is now on that external monitor, and vice versa.

Why do Spaces disappear when I unplug external monitors, and how do I stop it from happening?
How can I get Spaces to return to the same monitors they were on before, when I plug those monitors back in?

Other details:

MacOS 10.12.6
External monitors are connected via CalDigit Thunderbolt 3 dock
System Preferences -> Mission Control has the following settings checked:

When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application
Group windows by application
Displays have separate Spaces


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I used this method to swap my (UK) keyboard's § key with  `.

Created this file: ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
Added the following and saved

{
   "§" = ("insertText:", "`");
}

Restarted Mac

It works completely fine in every app such as Safari, Firefox, Finder, System Preferences etc., except in the most important apps, such as TextWrangler and PHPStorm. Is there any way I can make it work in them too? (specially PHPStorm).

P.S. I've used BetterTouchTool to achieve this for a year (I only use it for this key swapping) but recently it keeps firing weird things, like in the middle of typing, suddenly a menu or popup related to that app opens (like it somehow triggers a random shortcut key or something) so I had to stop using it which fixed the weird issue. I'd really like to stick with native solutions this time.

OS info: macOS version is 10.14.4


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My colleague is sending emails with Microsoft Excel 2016 attachments, from Microsoft Outlook 2016, to a business partner who uses a Mac (I am not sure what version of OS)

He has tried sending as html, rich text, and plain text and in every case, the recipient receives the email with a winmail.dat attachment instead of the excel attachment.    We have proved that he is correctly sending the emails in each format by sending them to me in those formats.

I have googled this, but every article suggests sending as plain text is the solution.  But sending as plain text isn't working.

Is there some other trick to getting emails sent from Outlook 2016 to be received properly by Apple Mac owners?


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I received a 4:3 Keynote presentation that had been changed to 16:9 (adding white bars to left and right) and then changed back to 4:3 (adding white bars to top and bottom).

Now all my content is basically shrunk to 75% of it's original size with a white box around everything.

Is there a way to resize the slides with out resizing the content or resize all the content up? (I have 84 slides, I can't do it one by one)


texts: Automator crop image is doubling the inputted dimensions

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I'm using the recommendation from this answer to create an Automator service that crops all photos I send to it. It works perfectly except that the crop automatically doubles the dimensions.

I've tried:

deleting every step except for the crop and it still doubled the dimensions
simply halving the entered dimensions but I need several crops to have an odd number for its size.

I need to crop photos to specific sizes for use on my company's website and can't just crop by percentage.

How can I modify this service to achieve this?

I'm doing this on a late 2013 MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra.

EDIT!!!

Here's the workflow:

EDIT!!! I'm bad at this - adding more screenshots

Here are better screenshots


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I'd like to give a presentation to other people who happen to be in the same room. I'll be running various programs and would like my screen to be visible as I work. Instead of a projector, I am wondering if I can use screen sharing. It's not clear to me if there is a way I can start such that I can be absolutely sure there is no chance of others having any control over my computer, cursor, command-line, etc. I only want to broadcast my screen to other computers' screens instead of using a big monitor or projector.

How exactly can I set up screen sharing to be sure? Are there good alternatives within OSX? (I don't want to have to download or install 3rd party software).


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It seems that one of my all time favourite apps Isolator has been abandoned. While it still works, it hasn't been updated in forever, could use some customization features and it isn't ready for Yosemite.

Does anyone know of a great replacement for it, one that will have Yosemite support and be maintained onward?

Isolator Webpage — Still active.
http://willmore.eu/software/isolator/

I use this app every day, I've donated to the developer a few times and sent emails asking about it but to no avail, no responses or updates to the app. I wish they would just make it open source on github or something for someone else to pick it up if they don't want to continue with it.


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