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I have enabled Remote Login in System Preferences in order to sftp files from my Macbook to my android devices. On those I have AndFTP installed and it used to work without problem. Now I don't think I've done anything to my system lately, but I am no longer able to connect to the Macbook, neither from my phone nor my tablet, both with Android 7.

sftp localhost works
The other direction (FTPServer App on Android), FileZilla on the Mac stopped working as well. Upon connection, the server says 500 SSH-2.0-PUTTY_LOCAL:_MAR_20_2017_16:50:29 not understood. I am confused as to the obsolete date in this message, but understand nothing else about it.
I have updated my phone to android 7, but the tablet shows the same behaviour
using sftp from the command line to sftp into android also does not work, the server has gives the same 500 error just with a different client string

What tools can I use on macOS or Android to debug this problem?


texts: iMac Won't Boot Any Disk — Keeps Restarting

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I'm trying to fix an iMac that won't boot any disk.

The Verbose Boot option is on and a few lines are logged, but then it stops. A couple of seconds later, the computer restarts all over again with the bootup chime.

The restart happens so quickly I couldn't read it all, but captured a photo of the display:

I've reset the SMC and the PRAM. Holding down Shift for Safe mode, or Cmd-R for Recovery mode does the same thing.

If I hold down the Option key, I can get to the Startup Manager screen showing the "Macintosh HD" and also a bootable USB (El Capitan Installer) disk. Whichever disk I choose to boot from, the same thing happens.

If I hold down D for the hardware Diagnostic mode, it runs for about 2 minutes and reports "No issues found". From there, it tries to boot into Recovery mode but the same failure occurs.

Have I tried everything?


texts: Attempting to run find command gives "Permission denied"

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I am attempting to obtain a list of applications on my Mac using find to search for *.app. However, when running the command, I get a lot of Permission denied messages, as below.

The computer is mine and I have administrative access. How can I run the command without the errors?

Last login: Thu Jul 17 07:42:01 on ttys000
pamelas-mbp:~ pamelabohler-sampson$ find / -iname *.app > ~/applications.txt
find: /.DocumentRevisions-V100: Permission denied
find: /.fseventsd: Permission denied
find: /.MobileBackups: Permission denied
find: /.Spotlight-V100: Permission denied
find: /.Trashes: Permission denied
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
find: /Library/Application Support/Apple/ParentalControls/Users: Permission denied
find: /Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC: Permission denied
find: /Library/Caches/com.apple.Spotlight/schema.201.plist: Permission denied
[...]
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/private: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/public: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/saved: Permission denied
find: /private/var/spool/postfix/trace: Permission denied
find: /private/var/tmp/launchd: Permission denied
find: /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.coresymbolicationd: Permission denied
find: /System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB/Default: Permission denied


texts: Persistently or aggressively enabling Low Power Mode

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I love the Low Power Mode feature. When I'm travelling or in other situations where reliable communication is more important than user experience, I want to always have it enabled, sometimes for days at a time.

However, iOS automatically turns it off after the phone has been charged, requiring me to remember to go in and re-enable it after unplugging my phone. I occasionally forget.

Is there any way (including third-party apps, excluding rooting/jailbreaking) for me to automatically or persistently enable Low Power Mode, aside from the system's automatic behaviour at 20%? A way to leave it on indefinitely, or a way to have it automatically activate earlier (such as at 50%), or a way to activate it based on a schedule?

If there's no user-accessible way to do this yet, I would also be interested in knowing if there are any mechanisms in the operating system (URL schemes, framework APIs) that could potentially be used to control Low Power Mode.


texts:
I use many different browsers for different purposes - private, work, development and so on.
And when I click on a link in some app I would like it to be opened in the specific browser depending on some rules.

Literally it should be an app which is registered in system as a default browser and reopens the link in a one of the real browsers.

Is there any app like this?
Does API allow detecting installed browsers and opening appropriate browser?


texts: How can I combine USB-C peripherals into a single cord?

texts:
I've just acquired my fourth USB-C peripheral. In addition to the charger, that makes five USB-C devices that I want to connect to my Macbook Pro.
Perhaps I want to connect all five at once, but it only has 4 ports or perhaps I just don't want to plug in four cables every time I sit down.
 I've tried searching google and amazon and elsewhere for /usb(c|-c| c) (hub|splitter)/ and I am only finding solutions for connecting a bunch of older devices to a single USB-C port. Am I missing something obvious here?


texts: I'm on Yosemite, using vi mode in bash (set -o vi in .bash_profile) and I want to have the prompt indicate if I'm in edit or command mode.  I looked around and found that this feature has been implemented in bash 4.3 (see https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/116385/46076) and can be turned on by setting the variable show-mode-in-prompt to on.  I installed bash 4.3 using homebrew following these instructions.  Now, when I execute bash --version I see GNU bash, version 4.3.33(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin14.1.0) and brew info readline returns readline: stable 6.3.8 (bottled) so it looks like I'm using the correct versions.  However, when I execute set show-mode-in-prompt on or add it to ~/.inputrc based on the readline manual, the prompt still doesn't change based on the vi mode.  What am I doing wrong?


texts: Need to close Word documents on Mac Air..I can see no red dot, green dot or yellow dot

texts: When I go to full screen on a Word for Mac document, the dots (red, yellow, green) disappear, and I can't get them back.  Therefore, I am not able to close a document.  Can someone tell me how to reduce the page size on a Word for Mac document so I can see the dots?  I've poked around for hours and found nothing online or in the help section.  Thank you


texts: How to prevent iTunes 12.2 from automatically uploading sound tracks to iCloud Music Library?

texts:
I've notice after I updated my iTunes to 12.2 on my OSX 10.10.4 computers, a very large upload bandwidth has been taken place. This is a result of Apple's new iCloud Music Library feature. I don't want to upload my musics to iCloud, and I found no options to prevent iTunes 12.2 from automatically uploading sound tracks to iCloud Music Library.

I also noticed if I use file > library > Update iCloud Music Library, some of my deleted songs will come back to my playlist. I can delete them but once I click file > library > Update iCloud Music Library again, they will reappear in my playlist.


texts: How to change the language on date and time stamp in MS Word for Max 2011?

texts: I am using MS Office 2011 for Mac on Macbook air with OSX 10.9.4. In the comment balloon the date and time stamp shows some different language after date. I have added the screenshot of Word document below. How to change it to English? The language in both Word and system preferences is already set to English.


texts:
Safari 14.0 does indeed have WebGL enabled (see the screenshots) but I'm not able to view any WebGL pages. I seem to remember WebGL did work at some point in the past but it's totally broken now in Safari 14.
Are there any solutions to this or can other users confirm Safari 14 works at all with WebGL?


texts: How do I access my software where my MacBook Air saves all my changes?

texts: So I was about 3/4 of the way finished with this big Prezi project. I accidentally deleted all the words, boxes, and titles and refreshed it twice so I can't undo. But I thought that since it says "All changes Saved" in the top left corner, I can access all my changes from Prezi from my software...could you tell me where to access my software, how to edit my Prezi from my changes-software, and if this is all just a lost cause please? Thank you so much.


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I have a 2018 macbook pro which was running High Sierra. I upgraded it to Catalina and then transferred all my files from my old computer to my new one using Migration Assistant with a Time Machine backup. Then, I logged into my account and it worked.
However, I decided to upgrade my macbook to Big Sur. That went smoothly, but once I tried to login to my account, It just got stuck in an endless loading wheel.
Things I have tried:

Booting into Safe Mode
Reinstalling Big Sur
Deleting my user from system preferences and then using migration assistant to backup my files again

I have come to believe that Big Sur is not the problem, it is my account. I have an administrator account that works perfectly fine and I can easily login.
My account works with Catalina but not with Big Sur, why and how do I fix it?
Note: my previous computer (the one I migrated from) was running Catalina
Thanks!


texts: Trying to wake my Mac using Apple / Power Manager Script triggered by Folder Actions

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I've been trying to tweak the following script to achieve this. (original script)

tell application "Power Manager Scripting"

tell workshop

    set myEvent to make new event with properties {id:"myWakeEvent", name:"Wake up for work"}

    -- Create a daily trigger
    make new trigger daily at front of triggers of myEvent with properties {seconds from midnight:(8 * 60 * 60),availability:wake up, days: [Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday]}

end tell

-- Deploy the event
tell Event Store to store these events myEvent

-- Clean up
tell the workshop to empty

end tell

I'm trying to use the Power Manager's  "myWakeEvent" or some kind of WakeEvent to trigger my Mac to wake up. My intention is to place this script into a Folder Action then go from there.  I've tried bypassing all date and time properties but don't know how to structure to create just the simple trigger.


texts: Can't connect to app store after installing VPN software

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I started experiencing problems after playing with hotspotshield.com,
it may have done something to the core apple connection preferences.

I have looked all over the internet and I can't find a solution..

Here are my specs - Lion 10.7.1

  do you have any other connectivity issues and did you knowingly change any network configurations when you were using hotspotshield?

I had no other connectivity issues beforehand and no i didn't change any network settings to my knowledge.
I've tried connecting thru Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and iPhone USB tethering. The internet does work, but the software update and app store will not connect.
I created a new user to test it and it doesn't work..
Per the new image added, the badge does get updated, but it isn't allowing access..


texts: Downloading movies from TiVo Series 3 HD Recorder to Mac OS X

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I have a TiVo Series 3 HD Recorder purchased in Dec 2006. For the past few years, when I have wanted to archive something from the TiVo to my Macintosh, I used iTiVo. However, this application has many issues (crashes, freezes, very, very slow) and has not been updated in almost 2 years. My frustration with its "quirks" has prompted me to seek another solution. The only other Macintosh OS X software I have found via google is a Dashboard Widget (ick) called TiVo NowPlaying. This widget (versioned 2.51) has not been updated since Oct 2007. It's usable, but not ideal (slow, sometimes needs to be restarted and doesn't support mpeg4).

I am using fairly modern Macintosh (intel) computers, updated to the current version of Mac OS X (Snow Leopard).

What are other Macintosh + TiVo owners using to move content from their TiVo to the Macintosh?

I am hoping someone has some information on something better to use than the options I have listed above.


texts: How do I access my .plist with JXA (Javascript for Automation)?

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According to the Script Dictionary:

  PropertyListFile Object [inh. File] : A file containing data in
   Property List format

  properties:
   (PropertyListItem) : the contents of the property list file;
   elements and properties of the property list item may be accessed
   as if they were elements and properties of the property list file

and in Apple's JavaScript for Automation Release Notes

  ... the returned object is an object specifier —
    a reference to the accessed property—rather than the actual value.
    To send the get event to the external entity and return its value,
    call the property as a function:

But I don't know how to correctly use the object specifiers I am returned, nor can I see how to provide the particular plistPath to the PropertyListFile. Here's what I tried:

let app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true

let systemEvents = Application("System Events")
let plistPath = Path("/Users/iain/testing.plist")
let cats = systemEvents.PropertyListFile(plistPath).catsList

console.log(cats)     /* --> undefined */

I am trying to emulate the Applescript:

to getCats()

    tell application "System Events"

        tell property list file plistPath
            set availableCategories to value of property list item "catsList"
        end tell

    end tell

end getCats

This is the .plist file:

√ nodejxa % cat ~/testing.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>blogPath</key>
    <string>/Users/iain/WebDev/iainhouston.github.io/_posts/</string>
    <key>catsList</key>
    <array>
        <string>Blog</string>
        <string>Devops</string>
        <string>Drupal</string>
        <string>Formal Methods</string>
        <string>Parish Councils</string>
        <string>Scripting</string>
    </array>
    <key>scriptFilePath</key>
    <string>/Users/iain/bin/makepost.py</string>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: Is there a guide to extending a mac mini by adding several mac minis together to add cpu and memory capacity?


texts: Time Machine sparsebundle corrupted on disconnect

texts:
I've been using Time Machine over wifi and have had a recurring problem with corrupted sparsebundles. The scenario is a relatively new Airport Extreme, a MacBook with Leopard, and a partitioned Western Digital drive hooked up via USB to the Airport.

The backups work fine, if I'm just around the house, or if I remember to stop Time Machine and give it a few minutes to wind down before leaving. But if I just close the computer and run out the door, and am away from the network when I wake the computer, I come home to a corrupted backup, which generally cannot be repaired with Disk Utility (once or twice Disk Utility has been able to fix it).

This has forced me to delete my entire backup and start from scratch on several occasions. Is there any way around this problem, other than being vigilant about stopping backups before I leave?


texts: Is it possible to add an icon on the touchbar that would launch a custom application (to the right section that is always shown)? I want to add iterm2.


texts: re-enable mouse scroll inertia in Sierra

texts: In previous versions of macOS (OSX), when I scrolled fast, the page woule keep sliding a bit, as if there was some inertia keeping it moving. This seems to have been disabled in Sierra, and I can't find the setting to re-enable it.


texts: Does Outlook 2016 have a Quick Look plug-in?

texts:
Spotlight displays nonsensical text when a contact or email message is previewed in Spotlight.

Does Outlook 2016 have a Quick Look plug-in or has my installation of Outlook 2016  (16.14.1) been corrupted?


texts: iphone 6 iOS 8 : Is my multitasking broken or am I doing something wrong?

texts:
I just purchased an iPhone 6, with iOS 8. I am trying to get several things to work. This is my first iPhone, I am not familiar with how to use it.

The user manual says multitasking is achieved by double tapping the home button. When I double tap it, the opened app is "lowered" a little and about a third of the screen, from the top, becomes black. From when I understand, the current app and other opened apps should appear in that black area. But they don't. Am I doing something wrong?

Also, by clicking the home button, I only suspend the app, not close it completely, right?

Thank you


texts: Does Home Sharing require Internet access for movies?

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Experience already tells me the answer is 'yes', but I'm curious if anyone has a reference.

Recently, my cable internet went out. I think: no problem, I've got all kinds of purchased movies and TV shows already downloaded, so I'll watch them until the internet comes back!

I can see the library from my (3rd gen) Apple TV, and choose an episode, but when I try to play it, I get the loading spinner. It just hangs until the screensaver comes up.

Meanwhile, I am able to play (DRM-free) music over AirPlay from the library. And Home Sharing appears to be fully authorized--I can control the Apple TV from my phone, I can see the full iTunes library, etc.

Can it be that the Apple TV is trying to phone home every time I play I locally-downloaded, purchased item?


texts: How to change syntax coloring for JavaScript files in Automator Dark Mode?

texts:
In Automator on macOS 10.15.7, Javascript code is too dark when using Dark Mode:

Is there a way to change the colors?


texts:
I want to be able to uninstall Little Snitch over Apple Remote Desktop. I came across the script below here: http://fromtheadmin.com/kill-and-remove-little-snitch-application-via-ard-script/

However when I run the script locally on a test machine with Little Snitch running, Terminal returns "No matching processes belonging to you were found". I can see the Little Snitch UIAgent and Little Snitch Network Monitor processes in Activity Monitor running under the same account as the script is being executed from.

Any ideas?

#!/bin/sh
NetworkMonitor="Little Snitch Network Monitor"
UIAgent="Little Snitch UIAgent"
File="/Library/LaunchAgents/at.obdev.LittleSnitchNetworkMonitor.plist"

#remove Little Snitch files and User Preferences

if [ -f $File ] ; then

#Kill Little Snitch Processes
killall $NetworkMonitor
killall $UIAgent

rm -R /Library/Application\ Support/Objective\ Development/
rm -R /Library/LaunchAgents/at.obdev.LittleSnitchNetworkMonitor.plist
rm -R /Library/LaunchAgents/at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
rm -R /Library/LaunchDaemons/at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
rm -R /Library/Little\ Snitch/*
rm -R /Library/Logs/LittleSnitchDaemon.log
rm -R /System/Library/Extensions/LittleSnitch.kext
rm -R "/Applications/Little Snitch Configuration.app"

usr/sbin/jamf displayMessage -message "Computer is shutting down"

sleep 10

reboot -q

exit 0

else

exit 0

fi

Thanks.


texts: How launchd StartInterval behaves after long sleep?

texts:
I have a 21,600secs (4hours) job using launchd.plist.  I have 2 mac, main and sub.  With main mac, my plist works fine.  But with sub mac, which is wakes up 3~4 times per week, my plist does not seems to run properly.

Apple's man page for launchd.plist describes:

  If the system is asleep, the job will
       be started the next time the computer wakes up.  If multiple intervals transpire before the computer is
       woken, those events will be coalesced into one event upon wake from sleep.

But if sleep time is longer than 86,400secs (1day), I can't find out how the counter works.

Does anyone know how startinterval works after over a day?


texts: How to change width of last column in Finder

texts: Near the bottom of each divider between columns in Finder there are two little horizontal bars that when clicked and dragged resizes the column to the left. This is great, but since the last column doesn't have a divider to the right of it, how can it be resized?


texts: How would I password protect a USB Thumb Drive?

texts: I'm putting some sensitive information on a USB thumb drive and I'd like to password protect it so it can only be accessed with a password I set. I used to be able to Erase with Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) from Disk Utilities but that doesn't seem to be an option anymore. Is there still a way to do this?


texts:
I have a MacBook pro retina 13-inch, early 2015.

A couple of months ago I got the "service battery notification", now my MacBook is turning off randomly, sometimes repeatedly in a short period of time. It doesn't seem to make a difference if its on battery or plugged to a power source.

When I run log show --predicate 'eventMessage contains "shutdown cause"' --last 24h
I get both:

kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: -6
and
kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause 0

Cause 0 looks like it is power related and I haven't found any documentation on -6, but I don't know what to do to fix it. Two years ago I spilled juice in this MacBook, it was presenting all sorts of problems, but then it all stopped after I washed it with isopropyl alcohol, should I do it again?

I already reset SMC lots of times, it made no difference.


texts:
When using the interactive Macports shell (running port), is there a way to delete characters to the right of the cursor?

Normally, you can simply use key the combination Fn + Delete to forward-delete. However, when this is used, the result is the production of a ~ (tilde) character.

My bash version is: GNU bash, version 3.2.53(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin11).  My Macports version is: Version: 2.5.4. My OS X version is: 10.7.5 Lion.

UPDATE: As mentioned by daniel Azuelos, control+d will delete forwards one character at a time. However, this is dangerous - if there is no text to be deleted, it will exit the interactive shell as well as the terminal (at least using bash).


texts: How To Join AVI Files Without Reencoding Them?

texts:
I have several avi-containers with exactly same type of content, framerate, bitrate and encoding match as they are coming from a camera that splitted the files.
Currently I'm using D-Vision but its development stopped and starting with Lion it tends to break the files which then have to be remuxed to fastforward properly.

Do you have any software recommendations for me? It MUST NOT reencode the streams!


texts: How can I export drawing from Notes to an image with background on an iPad?

texts:
When I save drawing from the Notes app to Photos, the saved image has a transparent background instead of the background I see in the Notes app.

You can see the transparent background if you open the image in Google Photos or share the picture to any other app, e.g. opening that in the Preview app on macOS.

It is annoying when I share the image to some people and they couldn't see it clearly because of the transparent background.

Is there any way to export the drawing with the background (grids and lines) I've selected for the note?


texts:
When my Mac locks itself due to inactivity, or because I've switched to the login screen (without logging myself out), what actually changes? For example:

Is access to data on my hard disk affected? (I realise that unless full disk encryption is turned on it will always be possible for someone to read it directly from the disk - so I'm wondering if any more minor safe guards are put into effect).
Is access to data in my Mac's RAM affected?
Precisely how is access to my running programs affected? (eg: if my Mac is unlocked anyone could use Safari's saved passwords feature to log into various web services in my name; is this possible when the Mac is locked? If not, why not?)
How easy is it to bypass the lock screen, and what would this involve?
What IS the lock screen, when you get right down to it? Is it just a cosmetic GUI feature and a minor inconvenience to would-be bad actors? Or does it actually invoke deeper protections within the operating system?

The only practical benefits of locking a Mac that I have been able to positively identify are:

Preventing someone snooping while the user is away from their machine.
Acting as a system-wide event for interested processes (eg: 1Password and Keychain know to lock themselves when the computer is locked).

Please note that I'm looking for a technical (and ideally detailed) answer, as more general details are readily available online.


texts: Not requiring Apple app review for external app testing

texts:
I have two apps that are currently being tested by external testers, via TestFlight.

When I do a new build of one, it always goes through app review before the external testers can try the app. Reviews are currently taking from one to two days.

Another of my apps is always instantly available for external testers, without needing to be reviewed.

I was wondering why this is the case? And is there anything I can do to not require a review everytime I do an update for external testers -- as is the case with one of my apps?


texts: Install and boot Windows from USB hard drive?

texts: I would like to install Windows 7 on an external USB 2.0 500 gb hard drive. Is it possible to both install to and boot from this USB drive from my MacBook Pro 2010?


texts: Access both Hotmail and Gmail from iPhone

texts: When I open the Mail app on my iPhone, it has been going to my Hotmail (this was good). I just downloaded the app for Gmail, and now the Mail icon sends me to Gmail (okay). How can I access both Hotmail and Gmail from my iPhone 5?


texts: Viewing Composite Document File V2 Documents

texts:
Every now and then I receive attachments from Windows users that show up as "Picture (Device independent Bitmap)" and - when I run "file" on the command line, they are identified as "Composite Document File V2 Document".

I guess they are screenshots - what would be the best way to view them on a Mac?

Thanks.


texts: used iphone 8 plus charged battery drain

texts: I have bought an used iphone 8 plus yesterday. It s working all right after some testing, before I I got to sleep, I charged it 100%, when I woke up today I found it 80%. I find it completely not normal, what might I check to see what s the problem so I can contact the seller?


texts: I want to control Multiple macbooks, mulitple cursors with 1 input mouse

texts:
Read this correctly:
I want to have 5 macbooks sitting next to each other. Each running their own OSX. Each with their own cursor.

Total number of cursors = 5

But i input only 1 mouse. When i move the mouse on the "Master"-Macbook the 4 "slaves" move their cursors to the corresponding place on their screens.

When i click with the master, the 4 slaves click too.

Is their an OSX application that can do this exact scenario for me?

(the use case for this is a bit odd, but basically i run an applescript on each, and each need their own browser window, their own script, their own mac address and their own ip address. And they have to execute at the same time to within 50 milliseconds. I cannot make a  fixed script for the cursor movements since this will change from time to time and not be known before the execution.)


texts: Batch compress multiple folders into individual zip files

texts:
I have dozens of folders that I need to compress into individual zip files.

If I select all of these folders in the Finder and do "Compress [X] Items," I get one zip file containing all of the folders, whereas what I want is one zip file per folder.

I tried creating a workflow with Automator using the "Create Archive" action, but it behaves the same way: inputting multiple files/folders outputs a single zip file. There's no way to specify that the action run on each item individually.

Basically, I'm looking for a way to avoid having to tediously run "Compress" in the Finder on every single folder one at a time. Is there any way to automate this?


texts: How to force clean local storage for Photos.app?

texts:
I recently noticed that my photos Library is using over 50GB of storage space on my local storage on my MacBook Pro even though I have setup "iCloud Photos" with "Optimise Mac Storage" option selected on the device.
Is there any way to force clean the cached images on my local storage?


texts: MacPro 3,1 (2008) logic board SAS connector: Has anyone "replaced" the stock hard drive backplane?

texts:
I have a lightly hot-rodded, early 2008 MacPro 3,1. Boots from an SSD mounted in the lower optical bay and attached to the second optical SATA port. Each of the four internal drive bays hosts a 3TB drive which I have configured as a striped and mirrored ZFS partition. Unfortunately, all my 2012 drives are running at 2008 speeds and are limited to 3 GB/s.

Looking for insight from anyone who has replaced the stock hard drive subsystem to 6GB/s speeds via a 4 or 8 channel PCIe SAS/SATA card with an internal SAS connector and connecting it to the built-in SATA backplane with an "extension" cable.

My workflow is predominantly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop with light video editing occasionally tossed into the mix. My typical "large" Photoshop files range from 200MB to 600MB. Most InDesign files are 100 to 200 pages in length with transparency, layers and multiple elements on each page.

I'm not looking for ideas surrounding Apple's RAID card that sits in the topmost slot. I'd rather use the stock backplane since I can plug directly into it.

For anyone posting, I'd appreciate suggestions on a SAS card for the upgrade. It needs a minimum of a single internal mini-SAS port, but dual internal ports would be welcomed (for attaching the boot SSD). Since I'm running ZFS I dont need hardware RAID support. Just need to talk to the bare drives. Lack of boot ability means I only run the backplane and keep the SSD on the motherboard.

While increasing speed is my main intent, I don't want to sacrifice system stability or data integrity.


texts:
I would like to make F8 key on my MacBook Pro to work as an F8 key, not Play/Pause key, without having to press fn key at the same button.

How do I configure Mac OS X (Mavericks) to work that way?


texts: Can I get the Canon EOS Utility to stop bugging me when I plug in my iPhone?

texts:
I'm not sure if this belongs here or SuperUser, so I'll ask here and if the community decides to close it, I will re-ask there.

Every time I plug my iPhone in to my MacBook, the Canon EOS Utility (installed with the software for my DSLR) pops up and decides to inform me that a camera was not connected. I, of course, know this, as I just connected my iPhone. This happened with my last iPhone (3G) and continues to happen with my current iPhone 4.

Is there any way to get that software (provided by Canon) to stop bugging me (on my MacBook, OS X 10.6) when I plug in my iPhone?


texts: A suspicious 'installer' was executed on my macbook. What would be the safest course of action?

texts:
My brother just tried to download and install a cracked application from some fishy website. In my own Macbook.

Needless to say, the suspiciously small installer didn't install the application (even though it said it was successful), and it apparently "didn't do anything at all".

I'm not sure what are the proper steps to take at this point. What would be the most reasonable course of action for me? Would reinstalling the OS be overkill?

I'm running macOS Sierra 10.12.5. I haven't shutdown/restarted the computer in fear that some irreversible changes would execute when rebooting.


texts: In the calendar app (iCal?) in iOS, is it possible to set a default calendar?  Every time I go to add a scheduled event when I am at work, it picks the wrong calendar to add it to, and if I could just set a default I could save alot of time on that.


texts:
I would like to run some iPhone applications on my MacBook and be able to use them with the mouse.

Is there some way to run an iPhone emulator via Parallels Desktop or any other virtual machine?


texts:
I'm trying to set up a UPS solution which should shut down my Mac automatically. I've followed these instructions: Protection from power failures! Mac, UPS, NAS & NUT/video.

This requires to create a launch daemon.

I made the launch daemon plist but I get the following error /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.networkupstools.nut.plist: Invalid property list

Any ideas?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.networkupstools.upsmon</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/ups/sbin/upsmon</string>
<string>-D</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>


texts:
I have a Mac mini (Macmini3,1). I was origionally told that, at most, it can only take 4 GB of RAM. When I bought the Mac it had 2 GB so I went to Fry's and got 2x 2 GB sticks.

Here is the info on the memory. Both are the same; I can't remember the manufacturer's name.

Size:   2 GB
Type:   DDR3
Speed:  1067 MHz
Manufacturer:   0x8502
Part Number:    0x505344333247313036363253000000000000
Serial Number:  0x00000000

Today, I got Mactracker from the App Store. It has data on all the Macs that ever existed.

It says that the Macmini3,1 has a maximum capacity for 8 GB of RAM but Apple only supports using up to 4 GB. Before I go out and get the RAM, I'm wondering if any of you have tried putting 8 GB of RAM on a Macmini3,1.

Today I bought this RAM.

I installed the RAM as someone suggested but the Mac wouldn't even boot; what I mean is the power supply wouldn't even turn on. I just saw the white light in the front and that's it. I left it on for 5 minutes and still nothing. I took it apart checked all wires a few times and tried a few times and still wouldn't turn on. I eventually gave up and put the old RAM back in and it worked.

Is it possible that the RAM is bad and I should have it replaced? Or I should use another brand?


texts: Finicky external monitor with hobbled 2013 MacBook Pro

texts:
Hi so I have an early 2013 retina MacBook Pro that has very much seen better days.  The lcd broke long ago due to a closing-the-laptop-with-something-still-inside accident; and because this was the very first MBP that required the retina screen, it was always too expensive to fix it.  To get it to work I’ve been connecting it to an external monitor through the laptop’s HDMI port.
Recently though there was a water spillage accident that occurred, and now the internal keyboard doesn’t work properly (well more specifically, it seems to cause the power button to think it’s being pressed down constantly so the thing just boot loops infinitely).
Okay so no problem there, I just disconnected the internal keyboard ribbon like I had disconnected the internal monitor ribbon.  I bought a wired USB keyboard and mouse to plug in and should be no problem.
And here is the thing: I am able to get it to work-sometimes—but for some reason now the external monitor thing is REAL finicky.  Sometimes I will turn the thing on and plug everything in and I have to mess around for like ten minutes before the laptop finally gets the clue that I want it to use the external monitor that it’s plugged into.
Does anyone know why this would be so difficult? Often it requires me unplugging and plugging in the cable many times.  I’ll try powering on and off a bunch of times.  It always eventually works; but so far I haven’t identified any one particular thing that clues the computer in that, yaknow, “use the damn external monitor like you always do, please?”
Any thoughts would be helpful.  It’s an early 2013 MBP with the internal keyboard ribbon and internal monitor connection severed.  I use the hdmi port to hdmi input on the monitor, but I also have a thunderbolt2hdmi cable that Ill sometimes use through the MbP’s thunderbolt port to try and cycle through options when the hdmi2hdmi isn’t working.


texts: What could I use to read epub books on OS X?

texts:
I would prefer a good and free solution for reading epub books on OS X.

It looks that by default OS X is not able to open epub books.


texts: In which macOS version was the -json flag/switch added in system_profiler?

texts: Which version of macOS (OS X) first included -json switch in system_profiler?


texts:
I imported a screencapture recording into iMovie and added some headings. I'm trying to export it as a file with the same resolution as the original recording. Unfortunately, it looks like I only get the choice of 720p or 540p. Either of those makes the text very blurry.

How can I make sure the exported movie preserves the original resolution of the imported clip?


texts: Which is original MacBook Pro 15" Charger

texts:
i have MacbookPro with retina display, model A1398

MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.3 15" Retina 2012   2.3 GHz Core i7 (I7-3615QM)

I have to buy a new charger and I'm not sure which to buy (EU - Bosnia)? :/

On the Internet I found that the original chargers manufactured by a Delta Electronics.

A friend has Air -Mid2012. It looks like the image 2 (LITEON TECHNOLOGY). He bought a Macbook Air 2013. at the Apple authorised reseller..


texts: I have connected an external monitor to my macbook pro through a thunderbolt vga adapter. The monitor has several USB ports on it and if I plug a mouse or keyboard into them, they will not work. Is there a fix for this?


texts: Encrypted/Journaled Seagate won't accept Password

texts: I have a 2011 MacBook Pro Intel running Mountain Lion. I have a 2tb Seagate External Drive with 3 partitions: all three were set up the same way with different passwords as a person who used to live here was burning DVD's from my digital backups I felt the need to do so. I was having no issues with this for the first six months I had the drive set up like this but about two months ago this changed. I can no longer mount one of the partitions. It will not accept the password I KNOW goes to it. All I can figure is that, some how, the system encryption key must have been damaged. The only other pieces of Info I can give you is this. First, I didn't use firevault for this but Disk Utl. Second, at times, I can mount one of the other drives and even though I get the "shaking window" as though I typed in the wrong pw it still mounts the drive. Odd.


texts: Is there a Mac program resembling the Windows program 'Fences' (see screenshot below), which allows you to group icons on your screen?


texts: How can I make two cells edit and display the same information in Numbers?

texts:
I would like two cells to contain the same information, if I modify one the other should modify also.

I was using the Concatenate function to make "slave" cells that pull data from a "source" cell but I have to travel back to the source cell and modify it there. Are there other ways to do this?


texts: How can I turn off Siri's joke responses?

texts:
I'm using Siri to set short timers, many times in a row: "Set timer for 45 seconds." This is on an iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 10.3.2 (14F89).

It works great, but each time Siri confirms the timer she adds a humorous quip from a short list:

"Just remember, a watched iPhone never boils."
"The suspense is killing me."
"I see you shiver with antici... pation."
"Roger that. T-minus 45 seconds."

I assume these comments are intended to make Siri seem more human but obviously they have the opposite effect, especially as they are repeated ad nauseam. They're annoying and unprofessional.

I don't want to silence Siri completely; I want verbal confirmation that the timer was set. Ideally "timer set for 45 seconds", or even just "timer set".

Is there any way to turn off Siri's funny comments? I want this primarily for the timer, but I'd be fine with turning chatty mode off globally too.

Things I've tried that don't work:

Changing language from English (US) to English (UK, Australia, etc.) Different accent, same jokes.
Saying "Cut the jokes" after a joke. Siri says sorry, but jokes don't stop.


texts: CLI Solution - Stripping File Attributes - LSOpenURLsWithRole()

texts:
I am getting this error when trying to execute an unsigned application that was downloaded via the native web-browser; Safari.app.

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810..

There used to be a solution to a similar question on AskDifferent that utilised the CLI to strip certain attributes from the file in question, allowing it to run. It was a good solution but it has since been deleted and now I've forgotten what it was.

Does anybody know the command('s?) that I'm referring to?


texts: How do I conect a Thunderbolt Display and a HDMI display at the same time?

texts: I would like to connect a Thunderbolt Display and a Dell 24" display to my MackBook Pro (mid 2011 model) at the same time to use dual screens. Is this possible?


texts: How to back up local (downloaded) music from iPhone 6?

texts:
I'm facing a problem. I have around 2 GB of music (nearly 100 songs) stored on my iPhone. Now I need to clean them up and keep around 5 my most favorite songs only. But I want to back up them somewhere first for just in case in the future if I change my mind.

I know how to back up photos and videos from iPhone to Google Drive, Google Photos and to my computer. But I don't know how to do the same things to music. Does anyone know any solution please? Thanks.


texts:
Recently, I organized all of the apps on my iPad, and came to a realization: it would be great if I could make the folders have their own icons. What I mean is this (right), as supposed to this (left):

I have already looked for some ways to do this, but the only thing I've found is something called is a Cydia tweak called TinyGrid, which does let you customize the icons of the folders, but not change the image for them (you can change the size, etc.). Currently, my iPad is not jailbroken, but if the solution is jailbreak-only, I may be willing to jailbreak it. Thanks in advance for your help.


texts: How do I log a defect against Google's gmail app?

texts: I'd like to lodge a defect against Google's gmail iphone app. Does anyone know where the public bug tracker is?


texts: Open new terminal window in current space, regardless of other open terminals in other spaces

texts:
When using Spaces on Mac OS X trying to open a new terminal instance results in focus being pulled to whatever space has the most recently accessed terminal window. With Finder I can click on the Desktop and then use ⌘-N to create a new Finder window. What I am looking for is a method for performing the same function for Terminal windows.

How can I create a new Terminal instance in the current space, regardless of whether or not there is another Terminal instance in one or more other spaces.

Thanks.


texts: "The installation failed. The installer could not install the software because there was no software found to install."

texts:
I'm getting this error on my mid '11 Mac Mini (running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6) when I'm trying to install an audio plug-in by Presonus, the demo of OrangeVocoder 10th Anniversary Edition. The software manufacturer is in Germany and this is just the demo, so I doubt they will be much help. The first thing I tried was downloading a new copy of the DMG file, but it gave the same error when I attempted to install.

I believe the problem is because I had this installed previously, but I recently uninstalled it. After reading this Apple thread I opened the .MPK file (Show Contents) and copied the contents to the desktop and tried to install from there, but got the same error. I also used Terminal and navigated to /private/var/db/receipts and deleted two .plist files that referenced the software. Lastly, I tried this command to disable code-signing check, but it didn't help either: defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify -bool true

Worth noting that the DMG is not signed (I checked with terminal command codesign -dv path\ to\ DMG) but the DMG does indeed pass image verification in Disk Utility.

At this point I am out of ideas, but I really need this plug-in for a project I'm working on. Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you.


texts: Yosemite: how to save PDF cropped by Preview

texts:
I use Preview to crop a PDF file but it says that the content outside the selection will not be deleted, i.e. they are just hidden, and when printing there do appear.

How to save the cropped PDF?

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.


texts: How can I get DNS resolution on-line and offline for virtual machine and local app using dnsmasq or similar

texts:
I have read all the answers I can find about setting up dnsmasq as a local DNS server for development.  But I can't make it work for my case.  Most out there want 127.0.0.1 to be resolved for names in the .dev domain.

In my case I have a VirtualBox virtual machine running windows in my MacBook Air.  This Windows runs SQL server express. It is set up with two interfaces - a network bridge - to share the external wifi interface and be a peer on my local network when I am on line. I also have VirtualBox set up a host-only network. The subbnet is 192.168.56.0/24 with my Mac being .1 and the Windows virtual machine being .2.

dnsmasq running on the MacBook support this and from a Windows perspective it does everything perfectly, on-line and off. Using its ability to assign complete domains an address it gives .rab to 192.168.56.1 and .tig to 192.168.56.2

On the Mac itself I am developing a nodejs application, which is a web server (so it needs a domain name - lets say abc.rab - my Mac is called Rabbit) and to acccess the Windows machine's database (called abc.tig - Windows machine is called Tigger).  Here things don't seem to work.

I wrote a small nodejs program to test DNS lookup

'use strict';
const dns = require('dns');
dns.lookup('abc.tig',(err,add,family) =>{
    console.log('addresses:',add);
});

and it can't find the address. Yet on the terminal this DNS lookup works

alan@rabbit:~/Documents$nslookup abc.tig
Server:     127.0.0.1
Address:    127.0.0.1#53

Name:   abc.tig
Address: 192.168.56.2

alan@rabbit:~/Documents$

In a web browser abc.rab also tells me it can't find the domain name.

As I said, I had set up dnsmasq to run on all interfaces.  In the network properties for my Wi-Fi interface I have set nameservers as  127.0.0.1 and 8.8.8.8

In /etc/resolver I created a file called literally 'whatever' (the answer that I read about this didn't make it clear if it literally had to be called that or it was just an example) with

nameserver 127.0.0.1
domain .

in it

Obviously there are two name resolution processes in place.  The mDNSResponder and dnsmasq are both shown running in my activity panel.  I presume different ones are being used by the terminal and by my application

What am I doing wrong here?
(writing and testing this I am currently online)

(PS I have a similar setup working on my home development machine running linux working perfectly - I just want to be able to develop on the move).


texts: Is it safer to use a guest account when streaming from projectfreetv?

texts: Hi I stream my tv shows from projectfreetv on my mac, but I was concerned about downloading a virus or something, so I started using my ''guest account'' when I stream, because it says when I logout all history will be deleted. Is this wishful thinking or do you think it helps to do this? Thanks so much!


texts:
A few months ago, I partitioned my hard drive to install OS X Yosemite Beta, everything was fine but now that I'm trying to access to some data on my old partition user account (running on Mavericks), it looks like there is nearly nothing that remains, just some data in my documents and download folder.

I can't remember if the data was meant to be on this account, or if it was on another one that would have been accidentally deleted/hidden.
The only thing that makes me think that I could get quite easily this data back is that this partition has got lot of data, something like 80 GB, compared to the extremely small size of my user folder, which is only about 4 GB (and I don't think that the apps would take as much space as 80 GB)

So, have you got any idea to help me solve this mystery? :)


texts: How to get rid of the third party profiler 'SearchArchive'

texts:
Last couple of months I am facing the trouble with SearchArchive that changes my default search engine and let not edit. I found a profile created as the image in the mac profiles. When I delete that, all get fixed but after few seconds it comes back! Even I Deny it for few times it creates the profile forcefully (as I am seeing it). I am using Mac Mojave 10.14.6.
Any idea How to stop this!


texts: App Store Apple ID review Information give ID already exist error

texts:
I have an apple id which I am trying to use to install apps on my IPad.

When I go to app store and click get -> install then it asks me to login. I provide id and password and then it shows me a popup saying "This Apple ID has not yet been used in the iTunes Store - Tap Review to sign in, then review your account information"

Once I click Review it would show me a form Confirm Country -> Agree to Conditions and then Account. Here I am bound to fill mandatory inputs which include password etc. Once I fill and click Next it give me following error:

"This email address is already in use or you may already have an Apple ID associated with this email address. Please try again or sign in using your existing Apple ID"

I am stuck in this deadlock and can not find a way to get out of it. Can somebody please tell me how to get out of it?


texts: How to Make Macbook a Slave Display for Raspberry Pi 3b?

texts:
I need to get displays for my microprocessors which I need for different tasks. I can have a USB-microUSB-HDMI connection to the ultrabook.
I am using Macbook Air 2013-mid and El Capitan 10.11.4.

How can you make Macbook a Slave Display for Raspberry Pi 3b.


texts: Most times when I install something it asks to be dragged into applications

texts:
I kind of get the general idea from this question Why do I have to drag my new apps into the application folder? that I've just unpacked an archive I downloaded.
but I'm wanting to understand what the alternatives for me are and any benefits of dragging the unpacked application to a different "folder" of my choosing. Is there an advantage to creating separate task oriented folders at all?
Trying to get comfortable with my imac, but I keep forgetting that dragging into "applications" does not actually complete the installation. So why are the web download install experiences not just a one click and you are done activity? (I would use the store, but the app store far too often shows me other unrelated apps above the one I am looking for/ wastes time /distracts me too.) I feel I'm missing some obvious flexible decision point?


texts: Can I see detailed browser history on the iPhone?

texts: I have an iPhone 4 on iOS 5.1. When I go into Safari's History page, I can see my browsing history by day, but I need to know what page I visited two days ago, at a specific time. Is there any way that I can do this?


texts: Applescript: Help with idle and hiding from finder?

texts:
I'm trying to get my script that works to do 2 things: run in the background every 60 seconds, and disappear from the finder and the dock.

Original:

tell application "System Events"
    set process_list to the name of every process
    if "QuickLookUIService" is in process_list then
        set ThePID to unix id of process "QuickLookUIService"
        do shell script "kill -KILL " & ThePID

    end if

end tell

When I try the following code for idle, the script stops working.

on idle

    tell application "System Events"
        set process_list to the name of every process
        if "QuickLookUIService" is in process_list then
            set ThePID to unix id of process "QuickLookUIService"
            do shell script "kill -KILL " & ThePID

        end if

    end tell
return 60
end idle

And when I add this code to hide from finder, nothing happens. Ideas?

tell application "Finder"

    set visible of process "killQuickLook" to false

end tell


texts: Ability to set even below the minimum brightness on iPad

texts:
In the night the lowest brightness setting on iPad (1st gen) is still too bright.

Is it possible to set it even lower somehow?

On iBooks it's possible but it works only on iBooks itself and not on whole iPad.

running the latest iOS 5.1


texts: Create iCloud Mail account without an Apple device

texts:
I have already an Apple ID through iTunes. I am a Windows user and have no Apple devices, but would like to have an iCloud.com email address.

How can I do that?


texts: How do I find what the Other Storage is being used by?

texts:
A similar question was asked here, and closed as a duplicate, but none of the referenced questions answered the actual question posed, I'm asking it again.
How to free up "Other" in Storage Management
I have a similar situation with a Macbook Air 2013 running Cataline 10.15.5. Having read and applied the suggestions in those referenced questions, I'm left with the same issue here.

Note the 33gb of "Other" in the last line. It appears that the "Other" doesn't appear in the file-browser under documents.
Effectively, a quarter of my disk is "dark matter" which I can't identify, and thus either use or remove.
I've run First Aid on the disk in recovery mode, and that didn't find any issues.


texts:
I want to hack my iMac's firmware - or maybe that's a stupid idea, but I got to the conclusion that that would be my only option. And please note that my knowledge of coding is at the level of writing applescripts and Filemaker solutions for my own use so I am way out of my league here. But here's the thing:

I replaced my 2013 imac with a 2019 version and it has no startup chime. Why it was removed, and why it was not made an option, is one of those inane Apple mysteries. Clearly, a lot of people are lamenting this change.

After researching the issue, I learned that the startup chime is embedded in the firmware. Thence came the idea.

So the question to those in the know: Would there be a way to put back the startup chime into my shiny new machine?

Thanks, and I'm sorry if it is the wrong forum, or if the question is unacceptable for using the word "hacking". I am NOT trying to achieve anything nefarious, just a solution for my own use.

PS: I have been aware of the nonworking command line solution, I read it in this very website, I thought it was clear that I was looking for a DIFFERENT solution, involving the firmware, with some creative thinking.  This clearly can be done, Apple could do it if they wanted to, I'm sure some enterprising hacker could do it as well. I'll keep looking.


texts: Powerline patched font not working on Terminal.app

texts:
I am on Mac OS X 10.10.2 (14C2513).
I am using Inconsolata patched font from here. But I also tried to patch the font myself.
The result is the following:

I am able to see the glyphs but zsh (see the glyph next to the branch name develop for a git repository) and also vim fail to display them on Terminal.app

Am I missing any configuration step?

Update

Using Input Mono v1.100 I have the same problem:


texts: How to use Applescript to find duplicate files and .mp3 files in my iTunes "Music" folder and subfolders?

texts:
I recently moved my iTunes music library onto a new computer set-up by copying the "iTunes Media" folder onto an external HD and then onto my local disk. When I opened iTunes for the first time, it loaded the cover art for all of my iTunes-purchased content but it displayed the cloud icons for all my music, indicating that it was available to stream but not available offline, and it did not display the music I've imported from CD's at all.

I assumed that my transfer didn't work, so I started downloading my high-priority purchased content again. Well, yesterday I actually went into my "iTunes Media" and "Music" folders, and all of the audio files are there. The high-priority content that I've downloaded again has all duplicated, and the content exists but is not duplicated.

Now I want to clear the duplicate files. I also want to either display the imported and the low priority purchased content in my iTunes library or delete it from my local disk (haven't decided which yet). I'm guessing that some or all of this can be automated with Applescript or Automator, but I've never used either of those before and I need some help. Which tasks can I automate, and what's the best way to learn these utilities if I've done some programming before?


texts: EFI Boot Frozen When Trying to Install Windows 8.1

texts:
I am trying to install Windows 8.1 in Bootcamp on my Mac Pro Early 2009 Edition which should be possible according to this page:

https://support.apple.com/en-ap/HT201457

I went through all of the steps and got the software onto my USB drive, etc.  When I reboot the mac and hold the option key I see 3 options.  Main, Restore and EFI Boot, however, when I click the EFI boot, the mouse freezes and nothing happens.

Any ideas on what I should do?

Thanks!

Craig


texts: How can I insert an image(jpg/tiff) to an existing GIF in Preview?

texts: I dragged an image(tried both jpg and tiff) to a GIF file and Preview just opens up two documents in one window, instead of adding the image to the first document (GIF). I have Preview 10.0.


texts: iTunes (version 12.3.1.23) doesn't play my TV Shows/Movies!

texts: iTunes doesn't play my tv shows or movies anymore. The timeline moves forward but the screen remains black and there is no audio! I already tried to deauthorise and reauthorise my macbook but nothing seems to work...


texts: What does "sudo nvram boot-args="debug=0x10"" do to my Mac?

texts:
Because Parallels Desktop 10 and Fusion 7 both run slow on Yosemite, there are KB articles which make the users execute

sudo nvram boot-args="debug=0x10"

For instance here: http://kb.parallels.com/122767

I have figured out that 0x10 will "make ddb the default debugger". But I have no idea what this means, yet it sounds scary.

What will this command do to Yosemite/the Mac? Can it have any other side effects?


texts:
If I set up folder actions on a folder, is there a way to ensure that those actions would be also there for all subfolders of that one?

In other words, if folder actions are set for ~/bar, is there a way to ensure that they are there also on ~/bar/foo as soon as I have created the folder?

I have checked whether the folder actions are transferred when I duplicate a folder, but that's not the case, and this makes me think I am out of luck.


texts:
I bought a 4th-gen iPad in May. Recently the home button has started sticking. I'm going to take it to the Apple Store for an exchange.

My question is, will the warranty transfer to the new iPad (i.e. expiring in May 2014) or will it only have a 30 day warranty or something similar?


texts:
I want to do iPhone development with the MacBook. The MacBook only has one USB-C port, so I may need a USB-C adaptor to load my apps on my iPhone.

Is the USB-C adaptor necessary to load freshly compiled iOS apps on my iPhone?


texts: Is it normal for Mac to make startup sound every morning?

texts:
If I'm not using it, about 8:00 every morning my sleeping MacBook Pro (with lid shut) makes a starting up sound (the sound of the hardware, not any system sound). I guess it wakes up by itself.

What could be the cause of this?

This is the pmset log:

2019-03-30 07:55:05 -0700 Kernel Client Acks    Delays to Wake notifications: [en0 driver is slow(msg: DidChangeState to 2)(540 ms)]
2019-03-30 07:55:05 -0700 Assertions            PID 71(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 30 seconds to update inactivity prediction" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd00008e25 [System: PrevIdle SRPrevSleep kCPU]
2019-03-30 07:55:05 -0700 DarkWake              DarkWake from Standby [CDN] due to RTC/SleepService: Using BATT (Charge:94%) 2 secs
2019-03-30 07:55:05 -0700 HibernateStats        hibmode=3 standbydelay=4200                                                           rd=392 ms
2019-03-30 07:55:05 -0700 WakeTime              WakeTime: 6.275 sec
2019-03-30 07:55:06 -0700 Assertions            PID 98(timed) Released NoIdleSleepAssertion "com.apple.timed.ntp" 06:53:26  id:0x0x100008e23 [System: SRPrevSleep kCPU]
2019-03-30 07:55:06 -0700 Assertions            PID 368(mds_stores) Released BackgroundTask "com.apple.metadata.mds_stores.power" 06:53:26  id:0x0xb00008e24 [System: PrevIdle SRPrevSleep kCPU]
2019-03-30 07:55:06 -0700 Assertions            PID 14954(diskmanagementd) Released PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "com.apple.diskmanagementd" 06:53:27  id:0x0x100008e22 [System: PrevIdle SRPrevSleep kCPU]
2019-03-30 07:55:06 -0700 Assertions            PID 216(mDNSResponder) Created MaintenanceWake "mDNSResponder:maintenance" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd00008e27 [System: PrevIdle SRPrevSleep kCPU]
2019-03-30 07:55:06 -0700 Assertions            PID 216(mDNSResponder) Released MaintenanceWake "mDNSResponder:maintenance" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd00008e27 [System: PrevIdle SRPrevSleep kCPU]
2019-03-30 07:55:06 -0700 Assertions            Kernel Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler
2019-03-30 07:55:06 -0700 Notification          Display is turned on
2019-03-30 07:55:07 -0700 Notification          Next largest inactivity window start:'2019-03-30 23:45:00 -0700' end:'2019-03-31 08:30:00 -0700'
2019-03-30 07:55:07 -0700 Assertions            PID 71(powerd) Released InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 30 seconds to update inactivity prediction" 00:00:01  id:0x0xd00008e25 [System: No Assertions]
2019-03-30 07:55:07 -0700 Wake                  DarkWake to FullWake from Standby [CDNVA] due to HID Activity: Using BATT (Charge:93%)
2019-03-30 07:55:07 -0700 HibernateStats        hibmode=3 standbydelay=4200                                                           rd=392 ms
2019-03-30 07:55:07 -0700 WakeTime              WakeTime: 0.454 sec
2019-03-30 07:55:07 -0700 Kernel Client Acks    Delays to Wake notifications: [AppleHDAHDMI_DPDriver driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(405 ms)] [AppleHDADriver driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(442 ms)]
2019-03-30 07:55:07 -0700 WakeTime              WakeTime: 0.454 sec

These are the power settings:

System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 standbydelaylow      4200
 standby              1
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 sms                  1
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            10
 standbydelayhigh     4200
 sleep                10 (sleep prevented by storeassetd, storeassetd, storeassetd, storeassetd, storeassetd)
 autopoweroffdelay    14400
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         10
 highstandbythreshold 50
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1


texts: Keychain prompt - Switch to other window via keyboard

texts:
Whenever the Keychain prompt pops up, the window has the focus, and I haven't found a way to switch away from it via the keyboard. I know entering my password dismisses the window, but sometimes I'm just browsing the web, and Mail.app will trigger that window, forcing me to change focus.

Is there any way to switch out of that window via the keyboard?


texts: Transfer ownership in Pages document collaboration

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Problem:
We work with iCloud's Pages' collaboration when working on shared documents.
However, we noticed, the person who starts the collaboration is considered the owner and is the only one who is able to add or remove members from the collaboration.
I know, I could change the settings to "allow editing for everyone who has the link", but that doesn't cover this case:
Imagine a co-worker who "owns" the document leaves the company. Then we're not able to add or remove anyone, and that co-worker has rights to remove everyone from the document, so it could be lost altogether.
Workaround:
One of the core team members, like the CEO, needs to create the document and then invite the respective co-workers. When a co-worker created a document first (because they had a task to create some note), a core team member needs to duplicate it, start a new collaboration and then the original collaboration is canceled.
Of course, this is not ideal.
Question:
Is it possible to transfer the ownership within the collaboration to another user?
That way, the co-worker can create the document, start the collaboration and then transfer to the CEO who then has all rights.


texts: 2012 Macbook Pro Bootcamp Driver For External Mic

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I'm still having the same issue discussed at length in the below thread to this date and can't find a solution that works for me:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6767136
Microphone / Headphones combo port does not work in BootCamp
I have an old 2012 Macbook pro running Windows 10 and trying to utilize a gaming headset that has combined headphone/microphone. The headset has a mic cord and a headphone cord, so utilizing a mic/headphone to TRSS adapter as seen here:
https://cdn3.volusion.com/zcgcs.pctzl/v/vspfiles/photos/29-8327-2.jpg?v-cache=1593342269
The headphones work totally fine, but can't get the microphone to be recognized in Windows 10 and can't find a driver to fix the issue. Separately, I've confirmed the headset/adapter works totally fine from a hardware perspective and is recognized on the MacOS side of the computer.
This is what my audio devices look like in device manager:

Any help would be greatly appreciated


texts: Skype for business's share my screen shows only skype screen and desktop background

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Whenever I share my screen using Skype for business(SFB), only SFB's window and mac background image is visible nothing else.

Is it a bug from SFB or Catalina ?

Anyways to resolve this bug ?

P.S

I recently upgraded my mac os to Catalina beta.
I downloaded and installed the latest SFB too.


texts: Why are my menu bars always on my left monitor?

texts:
I have a Macbook running OSx and have two external monitors plugged in. Unlike for all my colleagues, whichever app I use, in whichever monitor, the menu bar will always be in the top of the lefthand monitor.

This is obviously very annoying when using an app in the right-hand monitor or Macbook screen.

How do I get menu to appear on the same monitor as the app? I've found reference to something called Secondbars but supposedly the need for this was going to disappear in Mavericks.


texts: MacBook Pro not noticing all files after cancelling and retrying Migration Assistant

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I bought a new MacBook Pro and tried to transfer all of my files from a 5-year-old MacBook Pro using the Migration Assistant. Both of them are running OS X 10.9.3 (Mavericks).

It seemed to be working fine but it told me that I had to wait 20 hours and I didn't want to wait that long. It said that plugging in an ethernet cable would speed up the transfer. I tried that (via a Thunderbolt adapter on the new Mac) and it didn't seem to do anything. I then cancelled the migration by pressing command + Q.

I am trying it again and it doesn't seem to notice all of my files. On the new Mac, it says I only have 157 KB of data on the old one, even though I have a lot more than that. I tried transferring it anyway and it just restarted right away while the old one said it was trying to reconnect with the new one. I don't see any of my files on the new one.

I tried booting with Command + R and reinstalling the OS on the new Mac but that didn't seem to do anything.

Here is what I see on the new Mac:

What can I do to properly transfer my files?


texts: Sync Notes from Mac and iOS devices without iCloud

texts:
I did some research, and discovered that people have had nightmares with syncing notes from the Notes app via iCloud, in that all of the notes get permanently deleted. Before seeing these articles/forum posts, I had considered activating cloud sync for my notes, but given the danger, I don't think I'd like to do that.

Thus, I'm looking for an alternative solution. I have heard of OneNote, Box, and so on, but what I have not found is a way to sync one's notes from the Notes app on both Mac and iOS across some other cloud. If anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate it.


texts: Why do I get serious execution lag on clicks, application switching and general usage

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I have an MBP 8.1, early 2011, 13 inch, Mountain Lion. Whenever I leave it on for more than a couple hours, I get serious execution lag on every command. For example:

I click something (a link, button, command, even a tab in the browser) and the rainbow wheel of death shows up. After a couple seconds, my command gets executed.
I click on another app, and the app does the same before warming up for use - rainbow wheel of death, couple seconds of stall, revival, work.
Text edit and preview are sickeningly slow in opening the very smallest documents, so I've had to stop using them completely - the forced version control of 10.8. is not helping in the least.
Whenever I do anything I get this rainbow wheel of death lag prior to execution, and what's interesting is the fact that

a) The CPU usage NEVER spikes above 10% (I have it on scree at all times)

b) I actually have free RAM while doing this

I can find no processes hogging up the machine, and there are no fatal errors in the console showing up.

I use it for web development, so I have the following apps open at all times: a Java (I know, death to any machine) IDE running (PhpStorm), Chrome, Sparrow for mail, Twitter client and TotalTerminal.

That's all the apps I'm running.
Any ideas?

I'm willing to try anything except sending it to an Apple store for diagnostics and service.

Edit: Additional info: This is a mint condition MBP, formatted a mere three months ago to Lion and upgraded to Mountain Lion some weeks ago. It has 4GB of RAM.

Final edit:
I have installed Ubuntu alongside OSX, on the same hard drive. I have also installed all the apps I use on OSX. Ubuntu FLIES, the difference is enormous. Not a single lag, in clicking, rendering, indexing, nothing. Conclusion: OSX just sucks.


texts: Any way to modify DISPLAY similar to how it works for X11 with the macOS display system / window manager so other users can display on active display?

texts:
I have a scenario where I need to run graphical applications from other users from shell on the currently active display. In other words, I am logged in as user "A" and in Terminal I su to user "B" and need to run TextEdit.app as user "B" in user A's graphical display.
Currently if I start up (in Catalina) /Sys/System/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit I see the following in Terminal:
TextEdit[26292:293814] +[NSXPCSharedListener endpointForReply:withListenerName:]: an error occurred while attempting to obtain endpoint for listener 'ClientCallsAuxiliary': Connection interrupted
TextEdit[26292:293831] Spell server connection invalidated
TextEdit[26292:293792] In -[NSApplication(NSQuietSafeQuit) _updateCanQuitQuietlyAndSafely], _LSSetApplicationInformationItem(NSCanQuitQuietlyAndSafely) returned error -600

And while TextEdit renders on the display I cannot get the Menubar entries for it or save files, etc.
Similar behavior happens with all apps I try such as TextMate.app. I always seem to get this error:
TextMate[26365:295425] +[NSXPCSharedListener endpointForReply:withListenerName:]: an error occurred while attempting to obtain endpoint for listener 'ClientCallsAuxiliary': Connection interrupted

Is there any way to work around this?


texts: How to stop iPhone auto reducing volume when it is connected via BT to things that are NOT headphones?

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I understand apple has my wellbeing at heart by trying to lower the volume when listening to music (with the volume set to full), but this makes no sense why I am connected to a bluetooth speaker.
It doesn't even ask me 'are these headphones?' like it does when you connect something to the lightning port.
How can I make it realise these are not headphones that are being connected?


texts: How to get VMware Fusion on Mac to use Logitech extra back/forward mouse buttons in Windows VM?

texts:
Scenario:

I have a Mac running OS X Lion, and then VMware Fusion 4.x running Windows XP and Windows 7 as virtual machines.
I use a Logitech MX310 Optical Mouse.  It has 6 buttons and I think it's the greatest mouse ever invented and I own a few (one is at the office). What I especially like are the back and forward buttons.
If I use the MX310 under native Windows (I have a PC, too) the buttons naturally act as the back and forward actions in Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc. to navigate backwards and forwards within folders, web pages, etc.
When I use the MX310 on the Mac, I install the Logitech Control Center preferences pane, which makes sure the buttons also work as expected within Finder, Safari, Firefox, etc.

Problem:  When running Windows (whether XP or 7) as VMs under VMware Fusion, the MX310's back and forward buttons no longer work in Windows as they are supposed to.  Under Windows XP, nothing happens.  Under Windows 7, they have the effect of moving and resizing a window to occupy the left half of the screen, or the right half of the screen (depending on the button pressed.)  So, I think there is a signal getting sent to the VM, just the wrong one.

How can I get the back/forward buttons working properly within my Windows virtual machine instances under VMware Fusion?  I'd even be happy with some key/button re-mapping kludge running under the Windows VM that simulates what they're supposed to do in the first place .. but something that gets VMware Fusion sending the right message would be better.


texts: How can I add a font to the Font Book Web Collection

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I'd like to add Courier New to my Font Book "Web" Collection:

I go to the "All Fonts" Collection and search "Courier New":

After dragging Courier New into the "Web" Collection nothing happens:

How can I add Courier New to the "Web" Collection? I'm running OS X 10.9.4.


texts: I gave my Macbook Pro to my partner, after reinstalling OSx on the laptop. My info was deleted by me before reinstalling the OS, but my Apple ID still shows up in iPhoto.


texts: Can I use my brothers old SIM card that's in an iPad he gave me?

texts: My brother just gave me his old iPad after purchasing a new one. He accidently  left his SIM card in there because he got a different SIM card for his new one. I won't be able to add to my current carrier plan for another month or so, but when I turned on and activated the iPad in order to get to home screen, my wi-fi picked up and asked for my password. It is now working wth my wi-fi with no problems. I turned the carrier settings off, because I know the SIM card is still activated thru his account. My question is by only using wi-fi with his old SIM card, and leaving carrier data off, (until I transfer on my account) is there any chance at all he would be charged or notified it was being used, etc.?


texts: Is there a way to make Macbook 12 inch or Macbook Air not charge an iPhone when plugged in?

texts:
That's because, to record iPhone 7 Plus's screen, I need to plug it into Macbook Air or Macbook 12 inch.

Now, when QuickTime records the screen of iPhone, it probably use a lot of processor power (together with hard drive power constantly).  That probably is a lot of power consumption all at once.

I have noticed that in some cases, my Macbook 12 inch would even shut itself down when battery level is at 75% or 69%, probably due to power consumption bigger than the battery can afford.

So if my iPhone 7 Plus still has 80% of battery, I really don't need to draw power from the Macbook.  Is there a way to tell the Macbook USB not to charge the iPhone?

P.S. I cannot plug in the Macbook to AC adapter, as I might be recording the iPhone screen in the car or on the go, so there might not be power outlet readily available.


texts: How can I fix my system lagging due to problems with Firefox plugin-container process (IOGraphicsAccelerator, too many contexts)

texts:
I was running a google meet call in Firefox and had a few other tabs open, including a gitlab one with an embedded video (which might have been part of the cause of this) when I noticed considerable lagging in the responsiveness of windows, not just firefox. I found the following conspicuous messages in the console app:
IOGraphicsAccelerator::newUserClient(): process plugin-container (PID 1934) has too many contexts (510) + queues (0) + device (171) + shared (171) created. Possibly leaking?

It also affects opening browser tabs in e.g. Safari and general system responsiveness.
I couldn't find much on this kind of error message other than the plugin-container process seems to belong to Firefox.
This is a Macbook Pro with macOS Catalina 10.15.7.


texts:
I've recently set up my Google Calendars to hook into iCal on OS X Lion.  I've noticed though that when I make a change in iCal, it doesn't sync instantly to Google Calendar.

I'm sure that iCal will eventually sync when it gets a chance, but because I don't leave iCal open all day, I'd like the ability to force it to sync before I shut down.

Is this possible?


texts: Transfer apps from iPhone to MacBook Pro

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Is there a way to transfer the apps on my phone to my Mac?  I want to update a couple of apps but I would like to keep a copy of the previous versions in case the newer versions don't work properly. I know Apple  stopped allowing the transfer of purchases through iTunes, but I was wondering if there was any workaround available before updating. Alternatively, is there a way to transfer an older version of an app from one device to another?

iOS version: 10.3.3
iTunes version: 12.3.3.17

Many thanks!


texts: (SheepSaver error) Sorry, the desktop folder on the startup disk could not be created. Try unlocking the disk

texts:
I've been having problems with a SheepSaver installation (see my other question Unusual problem with Swoop on Mac OS 9.0.4 under SheepSaver) so decided to start from scratch and create a second SheepSaver installation. But instead this time I followed the instructions from here http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/sheepshaverwrapper.html

All was going well, but when I get to step 3b I get this error

If I click OK, SHeepSaver just starts again and gives the same error.

The startup disk is a disk image created in Disk Utility and it has to be locked to work with sheepsaver, so its not like i can unlock it. Plus it's an image of the Mac OS 8.5.1 install CD.

I searched the various mac OS 9 / Sheepsaver forums, but this error message doesn't seem to be discussed anywhere.

What gives?

How do I fix it?

Any ideas welcome. :)


texts: MacBook: Should I close all applications before going to sleep?

texts:
Picture this:
It's 2 am, I'm coding, got XCode, a Browser, a Terminal... running and want to call it a day. I know very well that the next thing I'm doing on my MacBook is exactly where I left off, so with the same windows, tabs etc.
My question is:
Is it good practice to close all my applications before I put my MacBook to sleep (not shut down, just sleep)?
I've found an old post where they discussed this, regarding the time it takes to wake up your MacBook and get back to work. But what I want to know is, if leaving applications open drains my battery, or if it has any bad effects on my device over the long term.
Thanks


texts: Remove all downloads from iTunes? (But keep them in iCloud)

texts:
I have a mixture of local music that I added myself to iTunes, along with albums added through Apple Music. Fortunately, iTunes recognizes this and allows me to “Remove Download” for the songs I added manually to iTunes. So all my songs effectively behave like Apple Music “songs.”

I'm wondering if there's a way to batch-remove all downloads from iTunes to free of some disk space, since I can stream non-downloaded songs anyway.


texts: GitSupport.sh permanently running, apparently hangs

texts: I have a niggling process that sometimes runs persistently, somewhat randomly, and sometimes cannot be cancelled. In the screenshot, there are three processes of the same running simultaneously. I'm wondering if anyone has seen this before. I'm not able to locate the process in the command line. I have Git installed for local web development, so it obviously relates to that, but I'm wondering what it's searching for, and why it hangs, and what I can do to make the process work and quit, instead of sometimes running perpetually.


texts: My macbook (feb 2008 white) sold on ebay, but I haven't shipped it yet.  I'm concerned about my privacy.  I can't wipe the hd clean because I sold the computer with valuable software on it.  What files should I remove so that the person who receives the computer can't log into my accounts?  And what other things should I do to ensure my privacy is safe?


texts: How to move windows on Mac as in windows from keyboard?

texts:
I'm an ex windows user and I loved to move windows clicking on the windows logo button and using arrows.

Is there something similar on Mac?


texts: iPhone X has a green line on the left of screen. How to fix it?

texts: My friend got this iPhone X and it suddenly has a bright green line on the left side of the screen. Whole display getting bit greenish because of it. The warranty is also finished because it's more than a year and a half he bought it. It happened suddenly because he is assuring nothing happened like dropping it or any kind of water damage. He tried to reset it but the result is the same. Any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: How to create template folders in new user's home directory via command line

texts:
[MacOS Catalina 10.15.6]
I've created a new user on a remove machine via ssh.  The new user is able to log in, but their home folder contains no template files (bash profile) or folders.  When adding users via the GUI, these folders are automatically generated.
I created the account using:
    sudo dscl . -create /Users/username
    sudo dscl . -create /Users/username UserShell /bin/bash
    sudo dscl . -create /Users/username RealName "John Smith"
    sudo dscl . -create /Users/username UniqueID ###
    sudo dscl . -create /Users/username PrimaryGroupID ##
    sudo dscl . -create /Users/username NFSHomeDirectory /Users/username
    sudo dscl . -passwd /Users/username password

With the new user logged out, I tried using sudo /usr/sbin/createhomedir -c -u <userName> but nothing was added.
How can this be done?


texts: Boot Camp Assistant Install Fails to install Windows 10 1709. "An error occurred while copying the Windows installation files."

texts:
I'm trying to do a first-time install of Windows 10 1709 with Boot Camp Assistant. During installation, I receive the message: "An error occurred while copying the Windows installation files."

This leaves me with the extra partitions, which are cleaned up upon restarting my computer, starting Boot Camp Assistant, and letting BCA reset the partition.

I've tried booting into System Recovery, running csrutil disable, and retry the installation procedure, but I receive the same error.

Hardware: MBP 2017.
OS: 10.13.3


texts: Safari force quites on typing the three letters "sac" on search bar

texts:
You might not believe me. So I have attached a video link below. I tried clearing history and restarting the computer, etc. It doesn't work. Is the combination "sac" something for quitting the app?

Google drive link

This is not the first time my browsers are behaving weird on my Mac. A month ago, my Mac started behaving weird. Whenever I tried to upload something on any browser, the whole laptop crashed. Every click on my trackpad was counted twice, iTunes would crash, adobe reader would stop working etc.... And now, another issue has popped up. I had to get my laptop restored to fix the previous issues. Please don't make me do it again.


texts: Which Bluetooth Headphones Switch Easily between 3 Devices?

texts:
I am planning on buying bluetooth headphones that I would use alternatively with my iPad, iPhone and MacBook Pro. I saw the bose headphones allow to have 2 devices connected at the same time and that it is easy to switch from one to the other but it's only with two.

Which Bluetooth Headphones are able to switch easily between 3 different devices?


texts: How do I change the shortcut for lock screen?

texts: In macOS High Sierra, the new Lock Screen shortcut was added, but you can only use the shortcut  ^   ⌘   Q . I'd like to change it to something more Windows-esque, like  ⌘   ⌥   L . How can I go about this?


texts: One of the options in file sharing is whether to include "guest users."  Does this mean the "guest account" on another Mac, or does it have some other meaning?


texts: Can your information security be compromised by opening attachments in Gmail in iOS?

texts: I know people can put virus or other dangerous programs in email attachments and send them to you, but is that just for the computer world and not tablets? I mean, if you get such an email to your Gmail account and open it on iPhone for example, is there still a risk of having your information secretly stolen or something?


texts:
iPhone 4S  iOS7

Linux Mint

When I plug my phone into my Linux machine I get the following message "Trust this computer?"

No matter how many times I tap "Trust" the message comes up again.

I do not have this problem on my Win7 machine.


texts: Can I automatically change my dock preferences when connected to a cinema display?

texts:
Desired behavior:

when MBP connected to cinema display: do not show / hide dock
when MBP not connected to cinema display: show / hide dock

Possible?


texts: I'm a web developer by day and a lot of the software I install on my computer (namely databases and web servers) come with an optional LaunchAgent to automate starting/stopping processes on boot. I'm wondering if there's a GUI for these types of services so I can use the LaunchAgent, then kill the services gracefully. Another great feature would be if I could turn off boot on launch and just use the LaunchAgent to start/stop a service as needed.


texts: Big Sur update keeps failing when downloading

texts:
I am trying to update my Macbook Air 13'' 2017. When I first tried it, it failed. When I tried it again, the progress bar would quickly progress to 713 MB, wait there for a while. Then it continues to download, goes till 5.5 GB, and then it fails again. This is the message I get.

I have tried the following:

Deleted the folders in /Library/Updates/
Deleted the files in /private/var/folders/zz/<hash>/C/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate

Each time, it still fails


texts: Knowing which program runs a process at macos startup

texts:
I would like to know if it is possible to know which program launches which process?
In my current case, I have the impression that my "nginx" is not controlled by "brew", because when I retrieve the list of brew services I have:

and when I run
brew services stop nginx
nginx is still running in the activity monitor.


texts:
How do you reset screen zoom to zero?
I mean the one you do with control-mouse wheel, I know you can reset it with the wheel again until it gets to 1:1 but it would be nice to have a keyboard shortcut to make it 1:1
Is there?


texts: How to fix non-bootable OS X, after Boot Camp problems?

texts:
I accidentally removed the "Recovery HD" partition, when I was installing Windows, and now my OS X system is not booting anymore.

How do I fix this, without wiping the entire disk, and starting from scratch?

I started out with Boot Camp, and when I was partitioning the disk during the installation of Windows, I didn't knew which partition I needed to choose, so I booted back into OS X. When I got back in the installer of Windows (with a different resolution), I wasn't able to reformat the partitions, as was instructed in the Boot Camp manual, so removed the last two partitions (I though Boot Camp created two partitions for Windows; one for booting, one for the OS). But still, I was unable to install Windows. When I rebooted the system, OSX was not booting anymore. Trying to get into the OS X recovery mode, it revealed that the recovery partition was gone, because it started Internet Recovery.

It seems that the recovery partition is required for OS X to boot. Is that the case? And if so, how can I get it back, without doing a reinstall (or something like Missing Yosemite Recovery Partition). If not, how can I get the system booting again?

Specs (maybe useful)

MacBook Pro 15" (late 2013)
FileVault enabled


texts: How can I turn off “iTunes incoming connection” warning?

texts: I have enabled my firewall on Mac OS X Lion. And now every single time I open iTunes I get this warning:


texts: Since installing Catalina on both my laptop and desktop I can only receive emails on the laptop - what do I have to do to overcome this problem?


texts: Is it possible to prevent specific backups from being deleted?

texts:
I develop on a Mac and want to use Time Machine to move between different versions of OSX so that I can use different versions of Xcode to support older iOS versions. The idea being that, in a few years, I'll have a suite of backups for different versions of OSX and I can choose to go back or forward as development needs require.

(For instance right now I'm creating a backup of Yosemite before upgrading to El Capitan, and then I'll take an El Capitan backup)

Right now Time Machine is taking a backup every hour, and it states that the oldest backups will be deleted once the drive is full. What I would like to do is continue taking regular backups, but to be able to flag specific backups to never be deleted. The goal being to continue to have protection again a disk failure or accident, but to never lose my 'special' OS-version specific backups.


texts: Create .app application bundle from Macports port

texts:
Is it possible to create an Mac OS X .app application bundle from a Macports port without having to modify the compilation process?

The goal is a portable .app folder and not a .pkg that messes up /opt/ or /usr/ folder structures and requires root rights to install.

I imagine this might be possible by using scripts that simulate an environment in which the application exists as it was originally placed in by Macports but also think the resulting .app might not be portable because of required external libraries that can't be legally included.

Is it possible? How would one go about this?

I was able to find instructions for PyQt, Octave and Go but they are specific to specific libraries or programming languages.


texts: I would like to have wireless access to a mac running OSX 10.8, but without internet sharing, i.e. only local access to the mac from a connected WiFi client. In principle I can share the Ethernet port over WiFi but if no cable is connected to the Ethernet port the WiFi access point goes down. Possibly one could share localhost (that is always up) but there is no such option in the graphical interface. Of course I could have a dummy switch or something else connected to the Ethernet port but this seems a bit odd. Any ideas how to solve this? Is it possible to set up internet sharing from the terminal in order to share 'localhost'?


texts: Can I route music that's playing on my computer into Facetime?

texts:
I'm using facetime with a headset, while also listening to music.

How do I play the music I'm listening to my friend, over facetime?


texts: Connecting to SSH server slow since macOS upgrade

texts:
Since upgrading to macOS I have had problems with slow connection to my local server running Debian.

Running ssh -v shows that it is hanging at the following message.

  debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received

A search has said try to enable the NoDNS option within the servers sshd config but that has not helped.

Has anyone got any ideas?


texts: Scrolling PDF documents in Safari is too sensitive?

texts:
In Safari, I use two finger dragging with my trackpad (on a MacBook) to scroll through websites. I've noticed that whenever I try viewing a PDF document, (i.e. the URL in the address bar ends with .pdf) the scrolling sensitivity is very different than the normal Safari scrolling sensitivity. It scrolls way too fast (i.e. it's too sensitive).

My guess is that it's a problem with the Adobe Reader plugin which doesn't implement scrolling using the same algorithm as Safari's. Is there any way to fix this? What about using a different plugin for PDF documents besides Adobe Reader?


texts: How can virtual memory be greater than the total available space?

texts: Why does my MBP sometimes report VM Size: 300+ GB in Activity Monitor under System Memory tab, when my hard disk size is only 250 GB (total) and RAM is 4GB? I know it can't magically get that extra space, but what is it trying to tell me?


texts: Can command or option and shift (just those two keys) be assigned as an OS X shortcut?

texts: How can I assign command (apple) + shift or option (alt) + shift as a shortcut? It seems that I can assign other keyboard combinations but not this one as a shortcut.


texts: Sync apps from computer to iPhone using iTunes

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I am unable to transfer apps from my computer to iPhone 5 running 6.0.1. Whenever I click on the Install button the button changes to Will Install.

Similarly, as soon as I click on the Sync button. synchronization terminates without any error at the step Determining apps to sync.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?


texts: The attached Shortcut open Safari Reading list but doesn’t do anything else. How can I edit the shortcut so that it opens Safari Reading list and speaks the text of articles?


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I have a Macbook Pro 15 inch 2009 running OS X 10.10.2. I want to update the OS to El Capitan but the App Store won't open - nor will Safari, Contact, Calendars etc.
Chrome seems to be one of a handful of the apps that are opening fortunately.

I've already tried the following:

1 - Opened Library/Preferences/com.apple.appstore.plist and deleted it

2 - As above but for Safari because apparently Safari, App Store and iTunes share the same history and preferences?

3 - Created another user but encountered the exact same problem.

4 - Tried running this command on iTerm (because Terminal wouldn't run either)

softwareupdate -a -i

but this failed because I don't have the correct permissions. On this one I was logged in as an Admin and also tried starting a bash command with sudo -s but it didn't output anything.

5 - I attempted to start Mac OS Recovery but holding cmd+r on startup but it's asking for a password but none of the passwords for any of the admin accounts work.

What else can I possibly try short of ordering recovery disks or saying screw it and buying a new Macbook altogether (which I really don't want to do!)

Thanks


texts: Safari - AppleScript does not move to the next section of a bookdown online book

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I am writing a script to print a section of a bookdown online book as PDF, then move to the next section, and so on.
The print part works (the key codes are from this page):
tell application "Safari"

    activate

    tell application "System Events"
        key code 35 using command down -- activate print menu item
    end tell

    delay 0.5

    set i to 0
    repeat while i < 15
        set i to i + 1
        delay 0.1
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 48 -- press tab 15 times
        end tell
    end repeat

    tell application "System Events"
        key code 49 -- press space
    end tell

    set i to 0
    repeat while i < 2
        set i to i + 1
        delay 0.1
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 125 -- press down key twice
        end tell
    end repeat

    tell application "System Events"
        key code 36 -- enter
    end tell

    set i to 0
    repeat while i < 16
        set i to i + 1
        delay 0.1
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 125 -- press tab to get to "save"
        end tell
    end repeat

    tell application "System Events"
        key code 36 -- enter to cleck on save
    end tell

end tell

Problem
Now that I have printed the current section and I am back on Safari, I can click manually on the right arrow and move to the next section, but I can't manage to have the script to do that.
I have tried to add the following to the script above:
tell application "System Events"
        key code 124 -- right arrow to enter the next page
    end tell

Or even to "reopen" Safari, but nothing happens.
tell application "Safari"

    activate

    tell application "System Events"
        key code 124 -- right arrow to move to the next section
    end tell

end tell

How can I have AppleScript "turn the page" and move to the next section?
Also, I welcome suggestions to improve the script! I wonder if it would be easy to avoid repeating "tab" 15 times. I have looked at the Accessibility Inspector and found that "PDF" in the print menu corresponds to NSPopUpButtonCell. I have tried to use select NSPopUpButtonCell of its sheet but it did not work.


texts: Is there a 64-bit app for working with image sequences to replace Quicktime 7?

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I've been using Quicktime 7's "Movie to Image Sequence" and "Open Image Sequence" export and import options forever. It's useful for creating and working with time-lapses, modifying a single frame or a couple of frames in a video, creating short animated gifs, etc.

Unfortunately Quicktime 7 is 32-bit, so once I upgrade to Catalina it will be gone forever. I'd like a recommendation for a 64-bit app with similar features: the ability to export every frame of a movie to a sequence of still images, and construct a new movie at a specified frame rate from a set of still images.

Is there any good replacement for this Quicktime 7 feature? Free is optimal but not necessary.


texts: Whenever I add an mp3 to garageband it either pitches it up SUPER high or SUPER low. Fix?

texts: Also, this only happens to vocals that I import. I can record some and it won't glitch, and also when it pitches up it gets faster than the instrumental of the song, and when it pitches down it gets slower. Trying to make a mashup but it's hard because of this! If you need more info please ask. Also, if I add two vocals (different songs) and two instrumentals (same songs as before) it bugs out and makes the instrumentals the same and the acapellas the same.


texts: How can I prevent Keynote from storing files in iCloud?

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I am running Sierra, but I am sure the problem is as bad, or worse, in High Sierra.

I don't want to store files in iCloud, unless I decide to. But now, when I go to save a new file in Keynote, I don't even get a dialogue box: it is automatically put into iCloud, and I have to manually save it elsewhere.  I have thought about turning iCloud off, but I don't mind having system prefs saving stuff there - just not my voluminous workfiles that I share via DropBox instead.
How do I stop this happening?