texts: Outlook 2011 Keychain entry rewritten - prompting for password after 10.10.5 update - keychain issue?

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After applying the Yosemite 10.10.5 update and Security Update 2015-004 (1.0), my installation of Outlook 2011 prompts me for a password every time I check for mail. I have tried repairing Keychain Access a few times (on Verify, it says there is never a problem) and deleting/recreating the keychain login entries for Outlook, but I continue to be prompted to reenter my credentials:

After entering the credentials, I show as connected and can send/receive all my mail. There is also a login entry displayed in Keychain Access. But the prompt still appears on every send/receive.

I have seen this solution of adding an additional backslash to the beginning of the domain (i.e. \domain\user instead of domain\user ) but doing so returns a bad user/pass error.

The 10.10.5 update description says it "improves compatibility with certain email servers when using Mail" - thinking this might be a clue?

My coworker's mac (which hasn't been updated) does not have this issue, and my iPhone and Win7/Outlook 2007 installs are receiving mail from the same account with no login problems. Mail server settings have not changed (I manage it).

EDIT

Reviewing the keychain entry after getting the wrong credentials prompts, I see that the username has been changed from domain\username to username@example.com but the prompt keeps coming up suggesting domain\username. (Attempting username@example.com fails with bad user/pass error.) The change to the keychain entry occurs when relaunching Outlook or after a period of time.


texts: How to use Mac microphone for a phone call on iPhone

texts: My iPhone is plugged into my Mac. I have a nice USB mic on the Mac I'd like to use for calls. I'm used to using Rogue Amoeba's software (e.g. Airfoil) so I know it's possible to pipe the audio around. How do I use the Mac's USB mic for my iPhone?


texts: I have never backed up my phone (stupid, I know) and just upgraded to iOS 7. Unfortunately something went wrong and it reset everything. It gave me options to set up as new phone or a previous back up. The last back up I did was from my old phone 2 years ago! Is there a program out there that can help restore my old photos/info?


texts: How do I use ssh agent on MacOS Catalina like OS X El Capitan used to?

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I recently upgraded from OS X El Capitan to MacOS Catalina. I am accustomed to keeping my login session open for an entire week, and I was able to use a passphrase-protected ssh key by entering the passphrase the first time I made an ssh connection, and afterwards the key was acquired from the ssh-agent, without needing to re-enter the passphrase. After shutting down or logging out from my desktop, the key was no longer available (desired behavior).

Is there any way to get similar behavior on MacOS Catalina? I find having to re-enter the passphrase each time I open a new terminal shell undesirable, as setting up an ssh-agent from .bashrc would require.

I would use the answer from SSH passphrase dialog missing, but I do not want to store my passphrase in the keychain.


texts: if i have used someone elses apple id to download an app, will it erase when i update my phone on itunes?

texts: i used my friends apple id to download a music app that she had downloaded as i could not find it on my apple id, will it erase if i update my phone on my iTunes off my laptop?


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Is it possible (in any way!) to enable my @live.nl, @outlook.com, @hotmail.com accounts through Exchange, into the stock Mail application? I'm willing to buy Office 365 for one account (and remove the others) as long as it supports 'offline' push messages. I've tried the following:

  Add the account through 'Internet accounts' in System Preferences. As the exchange server, I've tried: m.outlook.com and s.outlook.com.

From what I've read, OS X Mail.app does not support EAS (Exchange Active Sync), which is the only form of Exchange supported by @outlook.com, @live.nl, @hotmail.com etc. Could anyone verify this?

EDIT:
For clarification, I want to have an Exchange set-up to receive the additional contact, calendar and reminders syncing.


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I recently installed Yosemite. A couple of days back it changed my prompt from Macbook:~ adnan to Mac-e80688dc7a26:~ adnan

I have no idea why did it happen and how do I restore it.


texts: Keyboard preferences are lost after each restart

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I had this strange behaviour on my Mac running OS X my Mac running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.

When logging in, I have the following keyboard shortcut conflict between Spotlight and keyboard layout switcher:

After disabling it, conflict disappears:

But if I restart my Mac, the configuration was reset back to first step.

Same problem if I changed the keyboard shortcut: It was reset to default configuration after any restart, whatever the shortcut.

What is happening and why OS X isn't able to keep my keyboard preferences?


texts: Is there a Mac FTP client that will open SSH at current location?

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I often find myself looking at files in an FTP client and I need to do something from the shell. My workflow is to open terminal/iTerm, SSH in to the same server, and navigate to where I need in the file system.

On windows using WinSCP there is a "PuTTY at this location" that I love. Anything similar on Mac? I see Forklift has a launch terminal button but it seems to only work for the local file system.


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I've had a Mac for years now, and I used to customize a lot the way the login screen and filevault password used to work on my device.

Recently, I had to handle it to the Apple Store for a logic board replacement, and they nuked my drive in the process. I was on macOS Mojave before that, and I always have a clone of my disk ready for that sort of issue.

So when I got the machine back, I plugged in my USB clone, booted on it, provided filevault password and cloned this disk to my internal macbook pro drive.

Everything went well, but now the way the login windows behaves has changed.

Before that, when I booted up my Mac, I was first prompted for the Filevault password, with a screen that said "Disk Password". Once I provided this password, a progression bar appeared and when it was completed, a new login window appeared with fields for both username and password. Nowhere in the process my username was disclosed in any way to the user, and that was exactly what I wanted.

Now, when I boot up my mac, I'm only asked for my password once, and the username is displayed on the login screen. I understand that now my account is both decyphering my disk AND login me in, but does anyone know a way to have the "old" behavior back ?


texts: Can the iPad support multiple Regional Settings simultaneously?

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I need spell-checking in different languages such as English, German and Norwegian. I currently have only German spell-checking and it is quite irritating that it messes up with other languages' words. Is there some easy way of having spell-checking in multiple languages on the iPad?

What about keyboards? Is it possible to have many regional settings on one iPad, easily?


texts: Does iTunes have a limit on the number of movies it can list?

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I have a very annoying problem. Using HandBrake I have been able to rip and hereafter metatag all the family's 1500 movies for our iTunes library.
Once, I couldn't find the movie I was looking for, even though I knew it was tagged and stored. I also knew that it has been watched before through the Apple TV.

I went to our iTunes Application and saw that only 814 movies were shown. (That's what it said in the bottom) I got afraid that all my movies were gone, but after looking in the files folder, I realized that all movies actually still existed. I tried to import some of the movies again and iTunes actually showed them, but then some of the existing movies disappeared. Still only 814 movies.

My question is: Does iTunes have a limit for the amount of movies able to list in the application? I know it can't be about RAM and HDD since there is about 1,5 TB HDD left and the computer has 16 GB RAM..

I also tried to update the iTunes version, but it didn't seem to work.. Any suggestions?

EDIT:

Just to inform you.. I am able to continue importing music and tv-shows without problems.


texts: How to Remove a Sound Output Device Created by an Application

texts: On my mid 2012 MBP running macOS 10.15.1 (Catalina) I had an application create a sound output device. I deleted the application in finder by moving it to the trash. I know this method doesn't uninstall any dependencies or extra things the application might have installed which is why I'm having this issue. I went into the Audio MIDI Setup, but the (-) symbol is greyed out for the output, which is named AudioJingle. How would I go about uninstalling this output device?


texts: How can I use less disk space on system storage?

texts: When I look at my storage chart about 100 GB is devoted to system storage. Is there any way to clear some space from the system folder and if so how?


texts: iPad battery level doesn't increase when in use while charging

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When I plug my ipad 3 in to charge while using it, the battery icon shows it is charging but the battery level percentage doesn't change. If it's at 18% when I plug in, it remains at 18% until I put it in standby.

Is this normal, because generally my ipad charges far faster than I can deplete the battery?


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I have an iPad Pro, and I'm wondering if there is a way to auto save a screenshot from my iPad to an album name e.g.: iPad Pro

Is there an automated way in iOS that I can do that for only my iPad?

I found a way to do that in IFTTT but they detect any screenshot from all my iOS devices, even the one I took from my iPhone, and because of that it messed up the automation.

Please let me know if there is another way to do this in a fully automatic manner.


texts: Bizarre password request while modifying keychain

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I'm going through my passwords, updating everything.

While making some modifications to my keychain on my MacBook, I got to the following bizarre screen:

Now I did have an iMac -- but I distinctly remember I called it piMac, And I installed a fresh MacOS before giving it to my brother to sell a couple of years back.

Luckily I remembered the password. But why on earth is Apple fishing out this ancient machine? It should have no knowledge of it.

So I Google and get iCloud: Manage your devices in Settings on iCloud.com

I follow the instructions, and in https://www.icloud.com/#settings I can see my MacBook and my iPhone. These are my only two Apple devices. This is correct.

How could the keychain possibly be referencing this ancient device?

I had recently checked the KeyChain item in the list visible in the screenshot -- as I noticed it was unchecked. I figured it would be a good idea to have the keychain shared between the iPhone and MacBook so passwords could transfer easily between them.

So it might be possible that the last time I use iCloud keychain was for this old iMac.


texts: Need offline iOS GPS app for Southeast Asia

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Looking for recommendations for a good offline GPS tracker for SE Asia (Singapore, Cambodia, and Thailand, specifically). I was looking at Gaia GPS, but I can't quite tell from their site if they support anything outside of the US and Canada.

The idea is that I want to have GPS tracks of my wanderings so I can later sync them up with the photos I take (it'll make it a lot easier to figure out what I'm looking at in my pictures when I go to work with them months after I get back). I'll be in areas with terrible cell reception, so ability to track solely on GPS is a must - otherwise I'd just be using RunKeeper.

I'm planning to take my 3GS just because it'll be easier to get a SIM card, so whatever it is has to support the 3GS. This should be mostly fine since the 3GS runs iOS 6, but figured it was worth a mention.

Thoughts?


texts: How can I open a recent Pages file when I get the message "The required index.xml file is missing"

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How can I open a recent "Pages" file when I get the message "The required index.xml file is missing".
Can anybody help?


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I have an iMac (24-inch Mid 2007) which has recently had a lot of kernel panics (a screen pops up telling me to reboot). After rebooting the machine several times, the error still comes up. I took it into the Apple Genius Bar, where they ran a few tests and were not able to fix the problem either. They then told me there weren't even authorised to service it anymore!

Is it worth take it into a third part Apple Authorised Service Provided to take a look at it any see what would be needed to repair it? What kind of cost am I looking just to get someone to look at it (a bench fee)?


texts: Is there a way to require USB drives that are connect a Mac OS X to be encrypted?

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I have a customer who is concerned that the staff might be using USB drives to move data around.  They would like to require that these drives are encrypted with TrueCrypt or other method.

Is there a way to require that they are encrypted before they are accepted on the Mac OS X device?


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The problem started after I restored from timemachine, but in a couple of days I saw that my gmail didn't work in Mail.app (my iCloud mail works fine) then I tried log out and log in again (with my google account in system pref.) but after I have selected the services I want to use and press "OK" it will just hang at this screen:

I hope some of you can help me to solve this problem.


texts: Running Ubuntu under VirtualBox vs natively

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Does anyone have any recommendations on how to use Ubuntu on a Mac machine alongside OS X? It's OK if I switch between them by booting, if that is best.

The two options I'm considering:

Run Ubuntu in VirtualBox
Dual boot into Ubuntu

I suspect #2 has better performance but may involve more hardware driver issues.


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I recently started dividing my Aperture work between my home iMac, and my MacBook Pro. The problem here is that, whenever I want to do a makeshift sync, I export the edited photos from one Mac as an Aperture library (to keep all adjustments, as well as the original image format), and then import the library into the second computer. This is slow, inefficient, and needlessly cumbersome.

I considered using Photo Stream, but the 25 GB I have on my iCloud (which will shrink  to 5 a year from now) is nowhere near enough to house my colossal Aperture library, which should break the 100 GB milestone in a month or two; not to mention, using Photo Stream uses up Internet bandwidth, and flattens the images (merges the adjustments, instead of preserving them as editable ones).

Has anyone else had this kind of problem? Can anyone think of a solution?


texts: apple music automatically plays song 20 times

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When hitting play in iTunes on a song or album this song is automatically added to the play next list 20 times.
I added a GIF to illustrate whats happening:

So far I've only restarted my Mac multiple times and quit and reopened the music app to no avail.
Is there any way to reset this?


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I used a crummy AT&T (*coughAT&Tsymbollookslikedeathstarcough*) router to build a private LAN.  It has no service/DSL connections, there for it detects no internet access (naturally) and will give me this pop-up on a Mac:

This, as you can see, seems to be a Safari window of sorts that is sourcing captive.apple.com.  Because I have no DSL connection, all DNS resolutions get translated to the router's web host.  This means that every 5 to 10 minutes I get this pop-up.  The WiFi connection does work, but I get this annoying pop-up that interrupts my work.

On an iPhone, I have a similarish problem, although it is more consequential.  In Settings --> Wireless it gives me this same page asking me to Log In.  I assume that's the function of captive.apple.com.  I know places like McDonalds or Starbucks will do this to make sure you come in and buy something before getting on their WiFi.

My Question is this:  How do I disable this on a Mac so that I don't have to worry with this pop-up anymore?  The iPhone is a secondary problem, but it would be nice to have a solution for it.  Would a /etc/hosts entry fix it, or is it more complicated than that?

OS X version 10.11 El Capitan
2011 Mac Mini


texts: Using NFS between OSX and Ubuntu with mis-matched uids

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I have a fileserver running Ubuntu 10.04 I'd like to access via NFS from my Mac running 10.6.8. Problem is, while the usernames are the same, the uids are different.

Googling suggests that the past method of dealing with this was static uid mapping on the server end, but that seems to have been eliminated in NFSv4, which is the only version on 10.04 that I can find.

Is there any way to map the uids so I can get proper NFS read/write access? Or do I have to change the uid on one of the machines? If so, what's the best and most fool-proof way to go about it. I'm concerned about borking permissions all over the place.


texts: Can I make a directory on OS X appear as a volume so I can backup using Super Duper?

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I use Lightroom and keep my library on an external hard drive. After I quit Lightroom I use SuperDuper! to back up that external hard drive to an identical external hard drive.

I also have two Transporters, one on-site and another off-site. I would like to backup to the on-site Transporter. The Transporter Library shows up as a folder. I would like to create a sub-folder and then use SuperDuper! to backup to that folder.

However SuperDuper only allows you to backup to a mounted volume.

Is there a way on OS X to make a directory appear as a volume so it would appear in the to: drop down of SuperDuper! or would the recommended way to be backup to a Sparse Bundle Disk Image located in the Transporter folder?


texts: How to drag icon in Preview to a folder and copy instead of aliasing?

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After downloading a PDF, Preview automatically opens and I'm able to look at the file. Often times I want to move the file to somewhere other than Downloads.

In Mavericks I'm able to click on the title and choose a new location in the drop down under the Where: item as shown in the screenshot.

If I already have a Finder window open to the folder where I want to move the file it would be faster to just drag the icon from the title bar to the Finder. However, the default behavior is to create an alias. I've tried using modifier keys to make this a copy operation instead of an alias but without success.

Is there a trick to make this work or should I be submitting an enhancement request to Apple?


texts: Display won't follow sleep settings, uses disabled screensaver instead

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I've been on the Yosemite and noticed only as of just this morning that my screen was on with a screen saver running.

I have screen savers set to never start, and I have Display sleep set to 10 minutes under Energy Saver.  I went away from my computer again today and came back to find the display on again with the screen saver on again.  I realize I could have processes disrupting display sleep, but why would the screen saver come on if it's been told not to?

Is this some new Yosemite issue?  How might I fix it?


texts: I've done some search about it, leading me to this link which provide support for using it with another mac. What I'd like to do is use it with another device (like a ps3) via HDMI & Thunderbolt. I've got a late 2011 mbp 15"


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Does Growl, either natively or with an extension, keep a history, possibly accessible through a graphic interface?

(something like Jumpcut, I mean)

I'm talking about OSX 10.6 (hence Growl 1.2.2), I dunno if the Lion version is different.


texts: Apple Numbers use Actual date instead of formatted date

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I have a spreadsheet with a list of months as the columns with the value 1/1/2020, 2/1/2020, 3/1/2020, etc. The cell format has been set to January, February, March, etc.
When I attempt to use date for calculation, it uses the month name and not the date.
Example:
=SUMIFS($Amount,Date,">="&E1,Date,"<="&EOMONTH(E1,0))

E1 contains '03/01/2020', displays March, but it sums everything up to the end of March. If I change it to ">=03/01/2020" it works as expected.
Is there a way to force Apple Numbers to use the Actual value and not the formatted one? The documentation says it should be doing this, but it does not.


texts: MacOS Catalina - iTerm2 - Strange message when rebooting the MacBook pro

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When I reboot my Macbook pro and after logging, I have a strange message on a iTerm2 terminal window that appears and that doesn't give the hand :
/Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/image_decoder; exit
|henry@mycomputer|21:08|~| /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/image_decoder; exit

If anyone could give me more informations about this weird message and how to prevent its displaying, this is would be fine. I think I have not set into System preferences the automatic launching of an iTerm2 terminal after reboot.


texts: Wifi not responding after a while - only on iPhone

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On my home network I have an ASUS-AC66U router (with the latest supported Merlin firmware) which also provides wifi (g and n band, 2.4GHz and 5GHz). The SSIDs of both wireless networks are the same. In addition, I have a pi.hole for DNS.

The problem I'm facing is that only on my iPhone 8 (iOS 13.3) I'm facing connection issues after a while. I have seen this in the Twitter, Reddit and Firefox app at least. I'm still connected to wifi, but the specific app can't get an connection (it just times out after a while). Changing to another app works, until that app also fails. Disconnecting and re-connecting to wifi always resolves the issue.

I'm not having this issue on my notebook, other mobile phones, or Surface Pro 4 tablet. Any wired devices also don't exhibit the problem.

What could cause these issues and how can I diagnose it?


texts: Is it possible to see list of customers in App Store Connect?

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We have an iOS app and we sell in-app purchases. Is it possible to see individual customers or purchase events via app store connect or some other admin tool?
This is possible with admin dashboards for Stripe and Paypal (completely different products, I know) and I believe this may be possible for Google Play in-app purchases, but I can find no way to see anything except aggregated stats for iOS in-app purchases.
Why: We're currently troubleshooting a bug where some IAPs are not syncing to our internal systems, and we're trying to troubleshoot.


texts: Can I copy my entire hard drive to my time capsule?  I mean a bootable copy (carbon copy)?


texts: How do I change the Apple Watch notification timeout duration?

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I find that a lot of the time I am not glancing at my watch to see the most recent notification in time. It feels like you only have 3 or 5 seconds to check, otherwise the watch defaults to showing the time.

I am asking if there is any possible way to adjust the duration that a notification stays visible for. Swiping it back to see requires the use of the second hand. Or the use of a nose. Or chin or tongue.

Previously I used a Pebble Time: As I recall, the notification is shown like on iOS, as a banner, so the time is still legible.

I believe that the following tweaks would be very helpful:

Configurable delay. I would prefer the notifications to stay visible for up to 10 seconds.
When notifications are visible, the time should be made visible in the corner or anywhere. This will mitigate the drawback of the longer notification visibility duration.


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How can I get the routing tables in command line? On a normal unix machine I can use

[user@server ~]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         10.0.0.1        0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 enp5s0
10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 enp5s0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1002   0        0 enp5s0

On my macbook, this does not work

[user@macbook ~]# > route -n
usage: route [-dnqtv] command [[modifiers] args]

What be the equivilent command?


texts: What is the fastest iOS version for the iPhone 3GS?

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I upgraded my wife's iPhone 3GS to iOS 5.0.1 and now basic tasks like opening apps like Texts/Phone dialer are now slower than before. I understand the 3GS is 2 years old, but just being able to type Text messages fluidly is a super basic task that a 600Mhz processor should handle just fine (as it did on iOS 4.x and 3.x). If not, Apple shouldn't be pushing and advertising iOS 5.x for 3GS's.

Anyway, what iOS version do you recommend I revert to?

Although the iPhone is no longer jailbroken, I recall backing up the "SHSH blobs" to Cydia when it was jailbroken. So I should be able to revert to builds no longer signed by Apple.


texts: iMac with Apple USB Ethernet won't boot after latest Security Update

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We have a number of iMacs (models 14,1 to 16,2) running in a StorNext 5 environment as Distributed LAN Clients (DLC).
These machines have Apple USB Ethernet adaptors attached to provide a secondary Ethernet interface for the StorNext Metadata network.
We have updated three machines (one 14,1 model, and two 16,2 models) with the most recent Security Update (not the latest 10.12.3 update).

All three machines fail to reboot until the Apple USB Ethernet adaptor is temporarily removed.
All three machines stay on a black screen indefinitely until the Apple USB Ethernet adaptor is removed.
Once the Apple USB Ethernet adaptor is unplugged the Apple logo appears and the machines boot up as normal.

This behaviour is consistent across all three machines since the update.
Machine #1 is a 14,1 model running El Capitan 10.11.6.
Machines #2 and #3 are 16,2 models running Sierra 10.12.2.
All three machines rebooted perfectly before the latest Security Update was installed.

Though we are able to re-insert the Apple USB Ethernet adaptor during boot time (and therefore get our SAN volume mounted) this is not an ideal situation.
All three of these machines are managed remotely, and if they are rebooted while unattended they will not come back online.

We have had some success making the USB Ethernet inactive in System Preferences/Network before applying the update, but this does not work every time.

TL;DR, the most recent Security Update for El Cap and Sierra breaks our iMacs with Apple USB Ethernet adaptors attached.

Anybody else encountered this?


texts: I share an iTunes library on another computer in my house. If I uncheck songs so they don't play when I shuffle, the next time I share that library the songs are checked again. No one else re-checked them. How do I keep them unchecked?


texts: Suddenly the fan of my Mac Mini starts to run as crazy - Possible reason / elimination?

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Just started my Mac Mini 15 minutes ago. Suddenly the fan started to work and the sound is clearly hearable. Normally the machine works quietly.
I took a look into the processes-table and found that there is a process "accountsd". The "Accounts daemon" perhaps ...

Might the "accountsd"-process be related to the annoying fan-trouble?
What can be the reason of the described behaviour, out of the blue?
What can one do against it?
Here are the OS-specs:


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I've just been wondering lately, would it be possible to turn my old iPhone into a temperature / small extra -monitor? I know there are apps like iDisplay, Spacedesk and Splashtop for connecting your phone to your pc. I've also seen Cai's post. But the feature I've been lacking (might have missed it) is to boot the phone with the computer (guess it would be possible by telling the phone, if it receives power, turn on/ turn on screen). If I have to disassemble the phone, I'm fine with that, I'm not using it anyway. Btw, it's for a windows pc.

I mean, if I put the phone inside the computer chassis to monitor temps (and just for fun) it would be pretty annoying to turn it on and link it all the time. I know this is probably a lost cause, but still. Have I missed the perfect program?


texts: Why has moving emails from my inbox in Mail.app become so slow?

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Sometime in the last few weeks, Mail.app has become painfully slow when moving an email out of the inbox and into a folder. I have five email accounts that I check in Mail.app—one is pop3 and the other four are IMAP (gmail or google apps).

Moving an email from the pop3 inbox to a local folder still works fine. However, when I drag/move an email from the inbox of an IMAP account to a folder, the email in the inbox turns gray and stays there for 2-4 seconds. This used to not be the case. In the past, even though the move might take time to replicate on the server, in the inbox of Mail.app the email would immediately be removed.

I've captured a screenshot of the behavior showing the grayed out emails.

Did something change in the last Software Update? I installed the OS X 10.6.6 update on 6-Jan-11, so that could account for when this problem started.

I'm running Mail.app ver 4.4 (1082) on OS X 10.6.6.


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Has anyone successfully created a podcast on iTunes? I'm in Apple Hell : if I go to Podcast Connect, it lets me log in, then I choose "Podcast" as the type of content I want to create, and that takes me back to the Login page.

I gather my Apple ID has to be approved for content creation, but I cannot figure out how to do that.

There is also App Store Connect, but I cannot access THAT because it says

"To access App Store Connect, you must be enrolled in the Apple Developer Program or be invited by a user with the Legal role or Admin role in App Store Connect. Learn More."


texts: How to disable caps-lock from changing keyboard?

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Typing on iPad Pro, it’s all too easy to accidentally tap caps-lock when trying to do ‘a’

But instead of making capitals, it changes the keyboard to Chinese.  The setting that controls this only appears when the Smart Keyboard is plugged in.  And turning it off only affects the Smart Keyboard behavior.  Is there any way to turn off this extremely stupid setting?


texts: I used to be able to click through to the iTunes App Store on my Mac by clicking a link in Chrome, but now it just hangs on a "Connecting to the iTunes Store..." page. What to do?


texts: How can I get rid of the "move to applications" window?

texts: A few weeks ago I downloaded Brackets from the internet. Now whenever I turn on my computer, I see the following popup and nothing I have tried will make it go away. Can anyone explain what this is, why it pops up, and what I can do to get rid of it?


texts: Disable Mac Mail main window from popping up after deleting an email

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When I'm working or in the middle of something, I may get an email notification. I click on the notification banner on the top right hand corner of my screen to open the email.

The email popups up like this:

As you can see, the program in the background is not the Mail app.

After I click the trash/delete button from that email popup to delete the email, the Mac Mail main window popups up like this:

It's so annoying. There is anyway to disable it so after I delete the app, the main Mail window does not open?

I'm using macOS Catalina 10.15.4


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It seems the only way to enable two factor authentication on an Apple ID is by using an Apple device.

I can log into my non-primary Apple ID on the appleid.apple.com website but the instructions for enabling 2FA require that I enable it on an apple device. But this would mean I would need to remove my existing primary Apple ID first and set the Non-Primary to be the primary.

How can I enable 2FA for my Apple ID that is not the primary ID via the website?


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Ok so I am having a time trying to get this to work.
I have a program that needs to push to another program on port 8080. However I can't seem to get that port to respond.

I have checked my router (RBS50) to make sure nothing is blocking. I have even put the computer in the DMZ to make sure everything is working on that side. However even in the DMZ I can't get the programs to respond to each other. I figure it must be something locally with my computer. If I try and hit the port from another machine on the same network I still can't hit the open port.

I have tried various commands via terminal to see if I can get it to work and none have worked so far.

Running   lsof -Pn -i4 | grep :8080
Gives me the result of

Program Name   580 Username    9u  IPv4 0xb2e9d1619d08cbdf      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:8080 (LISTEN)

When I run nc -l 8080
I get the results

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: computer.local:8080
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.0.1 Safari/605.1.15
Accept-Language: en-us
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Connection: keep-alive

When trying to hit the open port from a different computer.

I do not have a firewall turned on via System Preferences.

I am at my wits end here. Any support or suggestions would be much appreciated.


texts: How to stop iTunes from automatically re-downloading?

texts:
I have deleted my iTunes application (using a terminal command) several times already and it keeps popping back up. I have to delete it every time it downloads.

Is there a way to stop iTunes from automatically downloading?


texts: Could trying to disable WindowsServer.plist break my iMac it will no longer start?

texts:
Forgive the long story, but I have a mix of old knowledge and unfamiliarity with Mac so I don't know what might be relevant. The tldr version is my iMac won't boot.

Trying to put op an upnp server: Windows Server on my Leopard Imac I found afterwards that the service planted itself. Trying to quit the process, immediately triggered a sort of reboot screen, and the OS responded, but still the service was not quitted.

I tried (I'm a former Win user, and not acquianted with unix - I picked up the command from a forum) with a sudo launchcntl -w to disable the service.
By doing this, the mac spinning wheel appeared and nothing responded anymore.

I powered down the Imac. When trying to restart the boot reached the gray apple logo screen with the spinning wheel still there, as if it was still trying to disable WindowsServer. The keyboard locked immediately and caps light on.

Tried SMC reset, pram reset. As the keyboard was locked each time I tried, no luck. Now, the power button only responds when I first detach the power chord, and reattach it. Inserting the 1st install disk trying to boot from it and run diagnostics didn't work. Always the same screen with the spinning wheel, no keyboard response. DVD is even locked, and cannot eject it anymore.

Safe boot of course doesn't work as not one keyboard is accepted.

So, I'm dead locked on all sides. Must admit that windows still gave you a chance to boot. This mac is dead on a service disablement process.
The damn keyboard locks, so I have no control. I whished there was a reset button like on the TC.

What to do ? I have no idea. Backup is not available on Time Machine.

Does this need hardware repair or does someone have any ideas.


texts: Export Keynote to PowerPoint in high resolution

texts:
When I take a Keynote (5.3 or 6.0) presentation with images (all pasted PDF files), then export the presentation to a PowerPoint presentation, all of the images become severely degraded. For reference, the original PDf files are on the order of 100KB, so I don't believe they are particularly large…

Is there a way to change this behavior? Having to copy each image over by hand greatly reduces the utility of the export feature. Is there possibly some Terminal command that I can set to make the exports high-quality? I need to export this in PPT so that my advisor can edit the file.

Cross-posted from Apple Discussions here.

EDIT

Though this question (How to not compress inserted pictures in Powerpoint 2011) seems related, my presentation images are degraded the very first time I open the exported presentation, and viewing the presentation does not improve the resolution.


texts: How can I switch off "hold home button" voice control?

texts:
My Brother in law has an IPhone 4 (not 4s) with a special kind of durable cover.  however this means that the home button gets pressed a lot in his pocket and switches on voice control which does all sorts of weird things.

Can you switch off the long press home button voice control?

Is there any other solution other than get a new iphone cover?


texts: Time Machine says "Next backup: When disk is connected" even though disk is connected

texts:
After upgrading to MacOS High Sierra, Time Machine now says "Next backup: When disk is connected", even though the disk is indeed already connected. Also, automatic backups are still being performed.
I already tried doing a full reset of Time Machine* but that didn't fix it.

Note: As at 2019, The Pondini site has been archived to http://www.baligu.com/pondini/TM/Home.html Existing links, if you find them can be added manually, to make the above link into http://www.baligu.com/pondini/TM/A4.html


texts: How can I make Ruby net::http stop stalling on ipv6?

texts:
There are some tools critical to my workflow that talk to www.pivotaltracker.com using ruby.

Some combination of updating from Ruby 2.1.2 to Ruby 2.1.3, recent os x system updates, and brew updates caused them to start taking a very long time to function, and the reason is ipv6, which I can see by using curl to make similar api requests:

    curl -v -H "X-TrackerToken: $TOKEN" -X GET http://www.pivotaltracker.com/services/v3/projects
    * About to connect() to www.pivotaltracker.com port 80 (#0)
    *   Trying 2607:f700:1:1388:c856:ed01:e1bf:b0e0…

after a minute or two of timing out on all of www.pivotaltracker.com's ipv6 addresses, the ipv4 address is eventually tried, and the request completes sucessfully.

This is despite using sudo networksetup -setv6off Ethernet and verifying that ipv6 was "off" in Preferences>Networking. I've also tried putting a correct ipv4 entry in my /etc/hosts.

If I use curl --ipv4 the request completes immediately. However I can't figure out how to force ruby scripts that use net::http to skip ipv6

The deeply frustrating thing about this is that the same issue happened with a round of development environment upgrades in May or June, and I somehow resolved it, but I can't seem to re-discover how or find it by looking through my shell history files.

The issue is not unique to pivotaltracker.com, but is true of any domain that has ipv6 addresses. Os X tries the ipv6 addresses first unless told to do otherwise, which browsers and some other apps seem to do, but ruby and most unix apps do not. wget stalls as well.

I will eventually upgrade my router and get ipv6 working completely, but in the meantime I would like to find a workaround.

Output of ifconfig

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
    options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
    inet6 fd3e:fe65:5a2c:ebe1:224:1dff:fe16:65d3 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 00:24:1d:16:65:d3
    inet 192.168.0.47 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
    media: autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
    status: active
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2030
    lladdr 00:19:a1:fa:00:00:24:1d
    media: autoselect <full-duplex>
    status: inactive
vnic0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
    ether 00:1c:42:00:00:08
    inet 10.211.55.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.211.55.255
    inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:8%vnic0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 64
    media: autoselect
    status: active
vnic1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
    ether 00:1c:42:00:00:09
    inet 10.37.129.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.37.129.255
    inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:9%vnic1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 64
    media: autoselect
    status: active

netstat -r

when I run netstat -r, it has an Internet6 section, despite System Preferences>Network>Ethernet>Advanced…>Configure IPv6 being set to Off.


texts: What stickers are available to hide the glowing Apple logo on the back of my MBP?

texts:
I would like to hide the glowing Apple logo on the backside of my MacBook Pro.

I'm looking for a simple silver colored sticker. And I don't want to add any message or other brand or art on my laptop.

Is there any unobtrusive sticker available?


texts: WX in Notification Center calls up Weather Channel in browser

texts:
I'm new to El Capitan, after using Snow Leopard for years.

Notification Center is nice, but clicking on a city in the weather list kicks me over to my browser and opens up a tab for that city at the Weather Channel website. WTH?

How do I prevent Notification Center from calling up my browser?


texts: How can you unhide the file extension of an application created in Automator?

texts:
I've created an application with AppleScript in Automator.

When I was saving the application, I made sure that the "Hide extension" box was unchecked, like so:

But once the application was saved, the extension did not appear after the filename in Finder.

When I right-click on the file in Finder and click Get Info, I am presented with the following:

After unlocking the padlock in the bottom-right corner of the Get Info window, the "Hide extension" box is still greyed out.

I have also tried renaming the file by pressing Enter while the file is selected in Finder, and manually appending ".app" to the end of the filename. Although I am able to successfully do so without triggering an error message, the ".app" bit is removed from the filename instantly.


texts: Force mounting an external disk that is not recognized

texts:
I recently bought a 4 TB naked (no enclosure) external hard drive that I mount via a Newer Tech dock (the ones where you insert the naked drive like bread in a toaster) and is connected to my MacBook pro via FireWire 800.

About a month later I wanted to use the drive and it would not mount.

Disk Utility reports that it is "Not Mounted".

When I connect the drive I get this:

  The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer.

So I tried terminal commands like:

diskutil list

which yelds this:

I also tried:

mount force /dev/disk3

and got:

mount: You must specify a filesystem type with -t.

and then:

mount force -t Apple_HFS /dev/disk3

which outputs:

usage: mount [-dfruvw] [-o options] [-t external_type] special node
   mount [-adfruvw] [-t external_type]
   mount [-dfruvw] special | node

I also tried:

diskutil repairVolume /dev/disk3

which gives back:

Error starting file system repair for disk3: Unrecognized file system (-69846)

and finally:

sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk3

which returns:

I am at a loss, can anyone give me some advice on how to mount this drive?


texts: Is there a technical reason Mac OS X doesn't support SSL VPN?

texts: I noticed OS X doesn't support SSL VPN by default. Any technical reasons why this might be the case? (i.e. Any security concerns?)  What are the VPN protocols available for OS X?


texts:
Every time I quit and relaunch my Sparrow email client I am prompted with the setup screen. All my accounts and preferences are reset. It's as if I just installed the app for the first time again.

I'm not exactly sure how I got the app into this state but reinstalling it does not fix the problem. I have also tried searching my Mac for and deleting all files and folder that contain sparrow in the name, and then reinstalling but still no luck.

I've emailed Sparrow support quite some time ago and no response. Has anyone ever encountered this problem?


texts: How can I view PowerPoint files on an iPad?

texts:
I want to play PowerPoint presentations on an iPad which I create on a computer, using MS Powerpoint 2010.

I know there is an Apple app for that, but it isn't free. So, are there any other apps or methods?


texts: What is the character limit for an encrypted USB drive password in Disk Utility?

texts: Is there a character limit for an encryption password when formatting a USB drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) in Disk Utility? I was able to use a very long 65-character password but was wondering how much longer I can make it.


texts:
Things I have tried:

sudo killall VDCAssistant
sudo killall AppleCameraAssistant (shows no matching processes found)
Reset SMC
Reset NVRAM
Ran hardware test (shows no issues)

A few additional things to note: the camera´s green light stays on until I quite FaceTime or any other app that uses the camera (e.g. Photo Booth). Camera shows up fine under system report. The machine has never been opened.

Machine is a MacBook Air 2012 running High Sierra (latest version).

Finally, note that this may have started when I changed the system's language.


texts: out of diskspace because of sparsebundle

texts: My disk is out of space all of a sudden and I found out that a directory in /Users/.harith/harith.sparsebundle is using 178 gigs of space. What is this directory? How/Why is my mac using it. Is it safe if I remove the directory?


texts: Is there a system freeze problem in Snow Leopard when there's no free memory?

texts:
For many months, I chased after the cause of my computer, a late-2006 MacBook with Snow Leopard and all available updates installed, locking up, forcing me to restart.  It locked with a spinning cursor and didn't respond to ctrl-option-esc, or to anything other than a power switch forced restart.

I have lately discovered that the freezes were caused by running out of memory.  Using FreeMem Pro, I'm able to monitor memory usage, and to prevent the locks by freeing up memory when it grows short.

The problem seems to be related to gradual growth in the size of wired memory, which starts out at about 1/2 GB and grows to 1.5 GB or more.  (This model is limited to 2GB of physical RAM.)

In turn, the growth of wired memory use appears to be related to Safari.  Quitting Safari releases a big chunk of memory to free memory.  Relaunching Safari then begins chewing up wired memory once more.  I've scoured the Apple User Forums and other such resources where I found similar reports to mine but no worthy answers to WHY it occurs.


texts:
I have an iPhone XS which I updated to iOS 13 beta on early August (perhaps around beta 5) and I have been receiving updates.

At this moment, I think I should have received iOS 13 stable already but I think I haven't.

I think I'm still on the beta release and want to know how I would get on a current / stable build of iOS from here.


texts: How I can browse servers over SSH in visually?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to mount SFTP/SSH in Finder on OSX Snow Leopard?

I remotely manage many servers every day. I'm currently using Nautilus in Ubuntu and it's awesome.

Before buying a Mac, I'd like to know if there's anything similar or equivalent to browse SSH servers visually over SSH for OSX.


texts: Only two ports problem. Using iMac (Using Late 2013, 27“) as Display to connect to Macbook Pro (2019, 13”, 2 Thunderbolt 3 Ports)?

texts:
My Macbook Pro only has two USB-C ports, one of which is being used for the power cable and the other to connect an old Thunderbolt Display. I'd like to use my 2013 iMac as a second display.
Any tips on how this is feasible? I was looking at buying a CalDigit dock, but it's very expensive.
My set-up diagram attached.
Thanks


texts:
I'm running OS X Server (5.2 on 10.12.2) on a Mac Mini late 2014 with 8GB RAM and 2.6GHz i5.
The load is always around 3.5 - 6 even without any application running. Even in top as root, I cannot see any process that uses lots of CPU time.

The server runs some services in our office of 10 people.

File Sharing for 1 NFS host
Calendar & Contacts
Profile Manager with VPP and DEP (MDM) for 10 phones and macs
VPN for the admins (so maybe once a week a login)
DNS for the local network with 1 zone
Open Directory for MDM and another backup NAS

Time Machine is backing up the server but other than that there is no software or service running.

I'm pretty sure it started with the latest Sierra and OS X Server update or at least I never saw it happen before.

system.log looks normal with some launchd messages from quicklook every 5 minutes but nothing unusual other than that.

All other logs look normal with no continuously repeating error message or something like that.

iostat looks normal:

iostat
           disk0               disk2       cpu    load average
KB/t   tps  MB/s     KB/t  tps  MB/s  us sy id   1m   5m   15m
24.68   16  0.39     5.99    0  0.00   1  1 97  3.18 3.98 4.20

and last but not least the top line from top

Processes: 423 total, 2 running, 421 sleeping, 1223 threads                                                                                17:30:02
Load Avg: 4.23, 4.08, 4.16  CPU usage: 0.24% user, 1.21% sys, 98.53% idle  SharedLibs: 256M resident, 46M data, 60M linkedit. MemRegions: 43391 total, 3896M resident, 175M private, 585M shared. PhysMem: 7872M used (1886M wired), 318M unused.
VM: 1090G vsize, 621M framework vsize, 91454(0) swapins, 116522(0) swapouts. Networks: packets: 32147266/24G in, 47494932/42G out. Disks: 1354379/36G read, 1681454/35G written.

Any ideas where to look or what happens?

Edit: To clarify, there are no running processes explaining the high Load averages. And in my experience something like this could come from corrupt memory or hdd.

uptime
19:35  up 2 days,  6:19, 3 users, load averages: 5.17 4.96 4.54

Is there anything else to look than the logfiles?

All my linux based SMP servers run on loads of 0.xx and I'm a bit afraid that there is a bigger problem somewhere.


texts: How to permamently change terminal font size via commandline/terminal?


texts: Why would the "Enable LTE" option be missing in an iPhone 5?

texts:
I have a iPhone 5 updated with the latest IOS (6.0.1); when going to the cellular options, there is no "Enable LTE" option.

Could this be because my carrier (TIM, Italy) doesn't currently support LTE/4G? But shouldn't at least the option be there?

My carrier will start implementing LTE/4G in the next weeks/months, it should be available shortly in major cities, at least for testing; but if I can't even enable it on my iPhone, how am I going to test it?


texts: Using the same audio input on multiple devices, recording iOS video

texts:
I am recording video with two iOS devices (which I will then use for camera cuts, etc...), and I would like to use a single audio source for both videos.

My thought is that I would need some kind of splitter that could take output from something like the iRig PRE, then split that and plug it into both devices as a microphone and it would work as such.

Is there such a device?

Or am I going about trying to edit video from multiple cameras all wrong?

(What I'm doing at the moment is recording the audio line separately, then syncing it to each video, rendering out intermediate sync'd up video, and then editing those files together, which seems like it wastes an extra step; but I've no professional training in how this is generally accomplished.)

The only answers I've found here seem to involve using separate headphones and a mic running into the same jack on a device, which is kind of the inverse of what I am looking for.


texts: pam_tid.so asks for password instead of requesting for fingerprint when docked

texts:
I used to use auth sufficient pam_tid.so in the /private/etc/pam.d/sudo file to allow fingerprint authentification when using sudo command.
Recently upgraded my NBP for a new M1 under MacOs BigSur (11.1), and the change still works.
However, suddenly, this stopped working. Intead of asking for fingerprint, it asks me for password in the GUI (not in the terminal).
After digging around, I did a MacOS recovery install and it resolved the problem.
Today, the problem appears again but the recovery install didn't fix it.
Has anybody an idea on what's going wrong ?
EDIT:

I just discovered that this only happens when my MBP is docked to my docking station with 4 external screens and hard drive. I need to understand what is causing this issue, I guess this may be related to the display link USB video driver.

EDIT2:

I confirm that the problem is related to Display Link drivers. I opened a support request here: https://support.displaylink.com/forums/287786-displaylink-feature-suggestions/suggestions/42614770-bug-sudo-with-touchid-disabled-when-using-a-docke

Thanks


texts: Why is the top button on my iPhone 3Gs not working consistently?

texts:
My iPhone 3Gs got slightly damp (not wet) from being in my pocket in a rain storm.  Since then, the top button (power on/off) is not working consistently.  By that, I mean that sometimes when I hold the button down, the screen goes black as expected.  Other times, nothing happens, and I have to press it multiple times to get the iPhone to respond.  My iPhone 3G had the same type of issue that began after being exposed to salt-spray air at the beach.

I couldn't find any real information about the problem online using obvious search terms (iPhone 3Gs top button problems, iPhone top button problems, iPhone power button problems, etc).

Any ideas for easy solutions?  The phone's a year old (just out of warranty, not that water damage would be covered anyway), and I was hoping it'd last at least another few months.  I'm capable of basic repairs, but my skill with a soldering iron is limited, at best.


texts: Horizontal scroll speed problem in kdiff3

texts:
I use kdiff3 Version 0.9.98 (64 bit) on El Capitan.

When comparing files:

using ↑ or ↓ keys scrolls files by one line (one press or auto-repeat scrolls one line)
using ← or → scrolls files horizontally one pixel at a time

Is there a way to speed up horizontal scroll? For example one character (better yet 8 characters) at a time instead of pixels?


texts:
I'm not sure what's going on, but suddenly I can't open Preferences in Safari. Nothing happens at all.

This might have to do with the fact that I installed Safari 12, then realized I couldn't downgrade, so I manually removed Safari 12 (after disabling SIP) via sudo rm -rf /Applications/Safari.app, then restored Safari 11 via Time Machine.

It works in every other way, except Preferences.


texts: How can I Transfer Dashboard Information from one computer to another?

texts: How is it possible to transfer all my information from dashboard(in stickies) to my new macbook pro? Is there an easy file just to transfer or do I have to copy and paste them to an email? Also I have 10.6 running on my macbook and 10.7 on my new macbook pro if this makes a difference in how you can transfer them.


texts: AirPort Extreme is disconnected from the internet when in bridge mode

texts:
I have to use the router provided by my ISP to connect to the internet, but I also want to use my AirPort Extreme.

DHCP is set to on in the ISP's router. When I connect the router to the AirPort, and set the AirPort to DHCP and NAT, it seems to work fine, but it also says Double NAT.

So I found out that I needed to turn off one of the DHCP servers, and decided to put the AirPort Extreme to Bridge mode. But when I do that, I get no internet connection. In the AirPort Utility, the Internet light is yellow and it says connection disconnected. It also shows the DNS servers as 192.168.1.1 which I guess is the router's IP address.

Why does this happen? What could be causing the problem?


texts:
I'm trying to revert the encryption on my disk, but Disk Utility gives me an unknown error, and from the command line, using

sudo diskutil corestorage rever UUID

It gives me this error:

  Error: -69741: The target disk isn't eligible for reversion because it wasn't created by conversion or it is not part of a simple setup of exactly one logical and one physical volume

The hard disk is encrypted by me, so I know the passphrase (which is asked soon after the command, before the error). It's the main disk, on which the OS is installed, and encrypted with FileVault 2.
I recently updated to Mountain Lion Developer Preview. I know this could be a bug, since it's a DP, but in my opinion the problem is related to the upgrade itself and it would be present even if I updated from SL to Lion or something similar.

This is part of the output of the diskutil corestorage list:

|   +-> Logical Volume Family UUID
|       ----------------------------------------------------------
|       Encryption Status:       Unlocked
|       Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
|       Conversion Status:       NoConversion
|       Conversion Direction:    -none-
|       Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
|       Fully Secure:            Yes
|       Passphrase Required:     Yes
|       |
|       +-> Logical Volume UUID
|           ---------------------------------------------------
|           Disk:               disk1
|           Status:             Online
|           Size (Total):       499097100288 B (499.1 GB)
|           Size (Converted):   -none-
|           Revertible:         No
|           LV Name:            Macintosh HD
|           Volume Name:        Macintosh HD
|           Content Hint:       Apple_HFS

As you can see, it also says Revertible: No.

What should I do?


texts: Have you guys seen the "mini lyrics" app for windows? It downloads the lyrics of the currently playing song and displays it on the screen. The great thing about it is that it highlights the current part of the lyrics. Do you know any alternative of it for mac?


texts: How to group table and caption in Word 2011?

texts:
I'm trying to create a load of tables with captions in Mac Word 2011, interspersed with figures, text, ect. With all the insertions, there's a lot of adjusting of where things go. But when I move the tables around, the captions stay put, and I don't see any way to group tables to keep their captions with them. Is there a way to make sure a table and its caption move together in Word 2011?

Just to be clear, I'm not asking how to make sure they stay together over a page break - I'd like to be able to move the table myself and have the caption come with it.


texts: I just see this screen below. I've tried to begin pairing multiple times and I get past the scanning screen and sometimes past the T&Cs but no further. The watch hasn't been paired before.


texts: Mac Mail Archived Old Emails to Nonexistent Archive

texts:
I'm in a real bind here.
So, MacMail (Mojave) decided ON ITS OWN to begin archiving all my old emails from my business accounts after one month, which wouldn't have been horrible, but it's archiving to an archive that doesn't appear in my archive file.
Under account behaviors, other accounts are archiving to "INBOX/Archive" and they show up under the archive heading in MacMail just fine. But on all my business accounts, they're archiving to "Archive" (not "INBOX/Archive") and they're not showing up on my list of archive files.
These accounts have about 8 years of business correspondence and also scans of important financial documents.
I've tried time machine (message contents aren't cached), I've tried my web/email hosting service (Dreamhost). I can't find any of these documents.
Any ideas where to find this mystery "archive" that doesn't seem to exist? Would MacMail archive to a nonexistent location and just send it to a black hole?


texts: How do I clear cookies from the Twitter app internal browser on iPhone?

texts: Just to clarify, I've tried cleaning the Safari cookies with no success.


texts: How add home LaCie NAS to Finder sidebar on work iMac?

texts:
I have a LaCie NAS at home which I use as a central place to park all home admin docs, Time Machine back ups etc.

I want to be able to access it easily from my work iMac (different LAN) so it appears there in the Finder side bar as Dropbox does…
I can access the file server via a web browser but this is slow and clunky.

Someone mentioned something about port forwarding and Bonjour so it appears as a server in the Finder sidebar?


texts: What is this globe icon with blue down arrow in my menu bar?

texts:
At far left of my top bar you can see a globe-like network sort of icon with what I interpret as a blue download arrow.
This icon appeared recently for the first time for unknown reasons. Clicking it, right-clicking it, double-clicking it, etc all produce no effect. It's not interactable.
What is this and how can I learn more about it and/or remove it if appropriate?


texts: Making ~/.bashrc function callable to set up an environment

texts:
I have an installed app lets call it my_app that I wish to be able to call from the command line. It is located in /Applications/my_app.app/Contents/Resources.

So what I was hoping to do was to have my ~/.bashrc look like the following:

# .bashrc

my_app-start(){
export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/my_app.app/Contents/Resources/
}

and then every time I want to be able to use the app from a new terminal session I would load call my_app-start after which I expect my app to be callable by simply typing my_app anywhere on my system. However my terminal does not recognise the my_app-start function... On another linux platform this works for me but perhaps Macs need some fiddling with ~/.bash_profile. I never understood the difference.

How do I make the function automatically callable?
Is this method a safe, sensible way of loading my application?


texts: What security vulnerabilities does macOS Sierra fix?

texts: I am still not sure If I wish to upgrade to macOS Sierra, If I will upgrade it will be caused only by the fact that macOS Sierra should fix some security vulnerabilities , therefore I would like to understand more deeply what type of security vulnerabilities does it fix?


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I've done likely stupid things in Keychain Access and now I don't have access to identities:

user@host:~$ security find-identity

Policy: X.509 Basic
  Matching identities
     0 identities found

  Valid identities only
     0 valid identities found

I've imported my certificates from developer.apple.com, but identities are still not shown. I think I'm missing private keys, but I don't know what to do.

I don't seem to have developer IDs in place:

user@host:~$ sudo certtool y | grep -i dev
   OrgUnit         : Apple Worldwide Developer Relations
   Common Name     : Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority
   Common Name     : iPhone Developer: ...
   OrgUnit         : Apple Worldwide Developer Relations
   Common Name     : Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority
   Common Name     : iPhone Developer: ...

How can I restore identities?


texts: Change volume of airport using the master keys, not itunes volume slider

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My roommate recently bought an airport express, and I love it.  Minus the fact that when I'm blasting music and someone wants to talk to me, I need to open iTunes and either lower the volume or pause the song.

I am so used to usng the f11 f12 keys that this is driving me insane!

I read somewhere about sizzling keys and how it can help me assign a different shortcut to control iTunes volume.  Is there a different, or better, fix?

I would love to be able to use f10-12, and not the iTunes volume.

Note:  I am on a Macbook Pro 2012 with standard keyboard, so currently, f10 is mute, f11 lower, f12 raise volume.  They work fine when I'm not using airport.

SOLUTION
github.com/alberti42/iTunes-Volume-Control

This created assigned cmd - volume key to iTunes so I can control the iTunes volume with very little effort!


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I made a loop that inserts a number into a string, and by the color of the number (blue - registered, red - missing), using the standard utility Digital Colors Meter determines the color of the number. Then, depending on the color, it either adds a variable with a number from the initial txt file to the new one, or starts the script from the beginning. At least it should be.

But something is going wrong in loop. It checks the color, inserts numbers, everything is fine, but apparently the wrong condition, apparently the wrong data types. It inserts different numbers into the scatter. Some will insert, some will not, regardless of the initial condition. What could be the reason? Where is the error?

   tell application "Digital Color Meter" to activate
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "Digital Color Meter"
            click menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu bar item 4 of menu bar 1
        end tell
        do shell script "/usr/bin/python -c \"import objc;bndl = objc.loadBundle('CoreGraphics', globals(), '/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework');objc.loadBundleFunctions(bndl, globals(), [('CGWarpMouseCursorPosition', 'v{CGPoint=dd}')]);CGWarpMouseCursorPosition((" & 1002 & "," & 222 & "));\""
        set rgbColors to words of (the clipboard)
    end tell
    if rgbColors is equal to {"77", "39", "38"} then
        exit repeat
    else
        do shell script "echo " & quoted form of n & " >> /Users/oneone/Desktop/base2.txt"
    end if

Only the color check condition for Digital Color Meter is presented here. Through the do shell, the color is read at the mouse position and the variable is added to the new file.


texts: How do I prevent incoming call notifications on a non-primary iPhone?

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I am using an iPhone 6S as my primary work iPhone. I have an old iPhone 4 that I am trying to use as a dedicated baby monitor.

The iPhone 4 has had its SIM card removed, but it maintains WiFi access to our network.

Both are using the same apple ID.

Whenever my iPhone 6S receives a phone call, my iPhone 4 still shows an incoming call. I have gone into phone notifications and disabled everything. I'm not sure what else to disable to prevent it from ringing. Any ideas?

Both are running the latest IOS (10.3.1).


texts: 2560x1440 @ 60 Hz HiDpi on a MBPr 13" Late 2013

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My setup:

Late 2013 13" MacBook Pro Retina (MBPr)
Dell P2715Q (4k) monitor
Connect the MBPr with the monitor using a mDP-DP cable

SwitchResX shows me the following resolutions:

I tried the 2560x1440 @ 30 Hz HiDpi resolution, but there is so much lag that I would really like 60 Hz.
I tried the 2560x1440 @ 60 Hz (no HiDpi) resolution, but this does not look very clear on this monitor.

I read here that my model MacBook should support 2560x1440 @ 60 Hz, but I suppose this is without HiDpi? Is there a way for me to get a 2560x1440 @ 60 Hz HiDpi resolution, or does my MacBook simply not support this?


texts: How do I restore a Windows 7 System Image to a OS X Lion Boot Camp partition?

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I just updated the hard drive in my MacBook Pro. I decided to also take the opportunity to upgrade it to Lion. I previously had Boot Camp under Snow Leopard. I created a new Boot Camp partition and went through Windows 7 installation. Now, I am trying to restore my previous Windows 7 system image. Windows restore seems to insist on wanting to format the entire drive though. Clearly I don't want to do this.

Is there any way to restore the image back into the Boot Camp partition?

I am willing to hack around the recovery console if necessary.


texts: Getting Around Alpha Bug for Preview in Sierra 10.12.2

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I'm running into the problem accurately described here:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4229655?start=0&tstart=0

Summary: I take a JPG image, use a selection tool to remove the background so that it will be transparent, and then save the image as a PNG. The image background is represented as black, instead of transparent.

The link there shows that it's a "color profile" bug - is there a correct color profile that supports transparency?


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I'm looking for a specific email I may have deleted, but I don't remember when I received it (it was at least a couple months ago).  Digging through my Mail history in Time Machine for a single email would take forever - why isn't there an obvious search function for Time Machine?

Does anyone have a technique or strategy for searching past emails in Time Machine?


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Is there any way of limiting the space devoted to log files?

I was running a little short of disk space and checked where it was used (if anyone is interested the following shows directories > 1GB) sudo du -hxd1 ~/Library/Developer | grep 'G\t'

I discovered ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter was using almost 2GB (much of this seems to have been migrated from a Mavericks installation - even less than useless). Manually pruning this seems to be inordinately time consuming. I would like to automatically limit this to a reasonable size.

The vast bulk of the logs are in ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice either mobileassetd or JetsamEvent and refer to an iPhone or iPad, and seem to be of little value on the Mac.


texts: What is the host "xp.apple.com" for and what is sent there?

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Ever since I have installed a Pi-hole DNS/DHCP server at my home, I see the host xp.apple.com pop up as one of the most blocked hosts. The amount of lookups attempted is ridiculous, at around 10% of all DNS lookups combined, even eclipsing graph.facebook.com, which is usually the worst offender.

Hence my question: what is xp.apple.com for and what kind of data is sent there. I am aware of Apple's server connection information but there's no mention of what kind of data is transferred. Also, several internet searches did not bring any more info about it to light.


texts: VMware Fusion vs. Parallels Desktop vs. Boot Camp

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I've been wanting to get Windows on my retina MacBook Pro for a while now but there are so many softwares that I simply gave up. I recently found out that VMware Fusion, Parallels, and Boot Camp are the best ways to get Windows running well.

I want to use windows mainly for Steam related games, and some other applications not available on OS X.

The question is: which one is the best and most reliable? I really want something that is easy to use, install, and uninstall (if needed).

I'm running Mountain Lion, if it makes a difference.


texts: Why iCloud Drive takes up space though there are no content there at all

texts: As you can see there is no content at all in iCloud Drive subfolders, but the size it takes is 1.7 GB. How?


texts: El Capitan: 2 displays but keep dock to Laptop display

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Hey I live at 2 different locations, both of which offer an external display at different places on the table. Whereas everything is perfect with the display that is located above the laptop screen (Dock stays on the laptop screen) the other display forces the Dock onto it (off the laptop screen) as it is located left from my MacBook and I think that is the reason why the Dock moves there.

Unticking "Displays have separate spaces" deactivates other stuff like split-view and placing the monitor that is physically on the left to my MacBook above my MacBook in the arrangement window is simply too confusing for me to handle.

Putting the dock to the right is out of question as my "Touchpad mobility" is quite restricted which makes every move to the right side of the screen extremely uncomfortable.

Any ideas?

EDIT: Just wanted to clarify the dock position. Below is the working one where the dock is on the side to the external screen, the one above shows the rather awkward position right now.


texts: iTerm2 intermittently gets stuck on pasting old clipboard contents

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As described in the title: sometimes iTerm2 does not realize that the clipboard has been updated.

I have verified the problem were specific to iTerm2 by pasting the newer clipboard contents into other applications e.g.

copy into clipboard from one editor (e.g. intellij)
paste into a different editor : e.g. vi

But the pasting to iTerm2 is showing old clipboard contents. The above is repeatable once it starts happening - which is maybe once a day as an idea of frequency.

In the past I have resorted to shutting down the iTerm2 session. Then the clipboard works fine immediately.  But at this moment I am frustrated with that approach because of a remote session that I really do not want to kill for such a trivial reason.

Are there any workarounds found for this?

I am using iTerm2 build 3.2.7 on  High Sierra.

Update : I also tried to use the Advanced Paste but the contents there are also the old/incorrect earlier version of clipboard.

Another update: I have appended to an existing issue on iTerm2. The issue has not been adequately recognized at this point it seems .
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/6865


texts: I have a 4th gen iPad that I haven't used for so long that I forgot the PIN.  I  want to restore it to factory defaults as I plan to use it again.  Everything I'm finding on this topic suggests that I need to use iTunes on a computer to accomplish this.  Is this actually the case?  Can't I use some combination of powering off/powering on and physical buttons to accomplish the same thing?


texts: How to turn off 3G on Iphone 5 after update?

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I'm from Bulgaria (but this problem might not be Country related) and after update to iOS-8, I can't turn off my 3G or I have the option to turn on/off LTE only.

I don't want to be always on 3G because my battery consumption.


texts: iOS 14: call controls not displayed in lock screen

texts:
Seems like I’m missing something obvious but can’t seem to find an answer.
Before upgrading to iOS 14, 3rd party apps like Teams would show call controls like mute, hang up etc, on the Lock Screen, while in a call. Now it seems the best I can do is click the green bar, unlock the phone, find the call controls I want inside the app somewhere.
I’ve tried changing the Incoming Calls setting to full screen, swiping every which way on the Lock Screen, no luck.
It looks like people have asked similar questions in the past when the call controls screen behavior changed in previous iOS releases...
iPhone SE 2020 with iOS 14


texts: rEFInd - can boot to Mac Recovery or Ubuntu, but shuts down after loading bar for MacOS

texts:
I have rEFInd installed on my 2015 rMBP - I can access the boot menu for rEFInd (although sometimes this doesn't appear / runs very slowly), and all the right options are there, but when I select MacOS it shows the Apple logo / loading bar, but turns off once the loading bar has completed.

I can (sometimes) get to the Apple Recovery OS, where everything works as it should but I can't work out how to get back to the point where I can boot into MacOS. If necessary, I don't mind completely removing the Ubuntu partition but I would prefer not to have to restore / reformat the MacOS partition as there are important files I haven't backed up.


texts: How can I prevent stuck keys when VNC into OS X El Capitan loses focus?

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tl;dr: I'd like to avoid OS X thinking the [Command] key is being held down when I [Alt][Tab] away from a Windows TightVNC session, or at least get the [Command] key to auto-release after a period of time.

I'm using TightVNC on a Windows 8 x64 box to access a Mac OS X El Capitan box through standard built-in OS X Screen Sharing.

The combination works great for my purposes, with one exception: when TightVNC has focus and I hit [Alt][Tab] on the Windows box to switch focus to another application, the OS X understandably sees the [Alt] key go down, but never come back up.

Because the Windows [Alt] key maps to the OS X [Command] key, the OS X box is left thinking I never released the [Command] key.

Therefore, when I return to the TightVNC session a minute, hour, or month later and begin typing, the results are often surprising and sometimes bad, because OS X still thinks the [Command] key is depressed.

Is there a way I can avoid this situation without relying on changing my habits, which hasn't yet worked out for me after a year of occasionally getting burned by this? :)

I'm thinking the a good approach would be something running under OS X that watches for the [Command] key being depressed for several seconds, and forcibly "unsticks" it.  Such a gimmick wouldn't create any problems for my workflow, but I don't know of a way to accomplish it.


texts: I am with a school and we have several iPads that have been synced to our iTunes account.  I do not have these iPads in my office.  Can I tell by looking in my itunes account which iPads have been synced to my iTunes account?


texts: How to reset Mac App Store (to factory defaults)?

texts: On Mavericks the Mac App Store started to hang right after start (when accesing menu, to be exact). How to reset it? I.e. remove some configuration files that drive the store into improper state?


texts:
This is more of an "am I doing this right?" type of question...

I recently performed a clean install of Lion and installed Xcode 4.3.1 from the App Store.  I noticed that the /Developer folder was missing so in my search I found in the release notes they talked about how the tools are consolidated into Xcode now.  Okay, fair enough.  I followed the instructions and downloaded the iOS simulator from Preferences > Downloads:

The iOS simulator is nowhere to be found anywhere in Xcode or in the Open Developer Tool menu with the rest of the tools either:

Turns out I have to drill down through this path to find it!?

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone Simulator.app

Really Apple?  So... Is it okay to just drag this out and into my Applications folder?  Are there dependencies?  Will it break?  How are you launching this app without having to drill down into that folder every time?  (Spotlight can't find it).

tl;dr: Apple hides iOS Simulator deep in the Xcode package contents.  What's the best practice to launch the app in a convenient way and why can't I find it in the Xcode GUI?


texts:
I can no longer use Command + Space inside iTerm2.

I have been using iTerm2 for years, and configured it so that the Command keys acts as the Alt key. I recently applied the security patch for macOS Sierra 10.12.6, and while all other key combinations continue to work, Command + Space is no longer transmitted to the terminal application, which is a pain as it is bound to set-mark in my favorite environment, qemacs.

Where can I change this behavior?


texts: Remote desktop iPhone app vs BT Home Hub 2.0

texts:
I got an app (RDP Lite) which lets me use my PC remotely when I set the IP address to my PC's and use it at home. So it's fine internally but when I want to try it externally I try setting it to my router's IP address, provided by BT Home Hub Manager under Home Network > IP Addresses, and that doesn't work.

I know I need to configure my router to allow incoming traffic to my default port for Windows XP, 3389, but I really don't know how. I've tried a few things like letting supported applications VNC to device 'IBM...etc' and removing the firewall temporarily but I'm shooting in the dark here.


texts:
Today I've started my custom iPhone 6s 128GB build out of new parts. Only the motherboard was used. I came to the part where I had to screw the bracket for holding the power button in place. When screwing the bracket in I realised a very important part of the button. A good working button requires the power button itself, metal spacer and a metal ring what goes into the button. The work of the metal ring is for getting the button pushed back when clicked in.

The problem now is I forgot to order the metal rings for my upper buttons.. I am searching everywhere online, but cannot find anything at all. Does anyone know where I can get those metal rings (NOT METAL SPACERS!!).

Picture:
http://www.t-shirtlicious.com/3574-18661-thickbox/apple-iphone-6-plus-silver-power-volume-button-with-spacer-original-new.jpg


texts: Right when I opened Archive Utility for the first time, it asked me for a password for "activated.info". What password is it talking about and what would I put? I've never used it before so I've never set up a password.


texts: Can InDesign CS6 and CC run well on Mojave 10.14.5?

texts:
I'm using a MacBook Pro running Mojave 10.14.5 for work. My primary work app has been InDesign CS6, but a decision was made recently for everyone to switch over to InDesign CC.
Does anyone know if it's possible to run both the CS6 and CC versions of InDesign on Mojave 10.14.5? Is anyone doing this now? Anyone ever experienced any issues with either CS6 or CC?
Thanks!


texts:
The Personal Hotspot on iOS 13 will stay on for long periods, when paired to Mac. (Note that the Mac -> iOS tethering has unique operating system support different to simply connecting to a wifi host.) This is when the iOS device is plugged into power.

In contrast, when shared over WIFI to a PC, it drops out after 3-7 minutes.  This is even when the iOS device hosting the internet connection is plugged into power. The same PC stays connected to an ADSL modem sharing over WIFI for hours. This occurs even though I leave the phone on the hotspot page in settings. I’m using the PC continuously (working from home) when this occurs.

My question is: How to stop iOS 13 Personal Hotspot dropping out after 3 minutes even when plugged into power?


texts: What do the different colors of the tab title in iTerm2 mean?

texts: While using iTerm2, I have noticed that sometimes the color of the title of a tab changes to pink with a loading indicator or changes to red. What do these things mean?


texts:
I ran the "Verify Disk" tool in disk utility on my main disk called Macintosh HD, and it came up with this log:

Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking storage systemChecking volume.
disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers
disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels
Logical Volume Group 4D3DFAA4-7124-4F3F-A19D-D06A1784AB17 spans 1 device
Logical Volume Group has a 16 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy
Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint
Load and verify Segment Headers
Load and verify Checkpoint Payload
Load and verify Transaction Segment
Load and verify Transaction Segment
Incorporate 1 newer non-checkpoint transactions
Load and verify Virtual Address Table
Load and verify Segment Usage Table
Load and verify Metadata Superblock
Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees
Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volumes
Load and verify E7324686-925A-48BF-8150-A982F1572F20
Load and verify 82E44F05-FEF5-49A9-B3C6-1911EE30BB49
Load and verify Freespace Summary
Load and verify Block Accounting
Load and verify Segment Cleaning
Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid
The volume 4D3DFAA4-7124-4F3F-A19D-D06A1784AB17 appears to be OK.
Checking file systemPerforming live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
**Volume bitmap needs minor repair for orphaned blocks**
Checking volume information.
**Invalid volume free block count**
(It should be 85129597 instead of 81974060)
**The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer,                 holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the Mac OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.**

Do I need to follow the instructions at the bottom of the log? Is it necessary or can I forgo it? Thanks


texts: Making changes to a Smart Group's distribution list persistent

texts:
Is there a way to make changes to a Smart Group's distribution list persistent?

Problem Description

In Address Book, I right-click on a Smart Group and select "Edit Distribution List".

I then select a work address for a contact that has multiple email addresses.

If I close the the "Edit Distribution List" menu and then go back into it, my change from home/other to work for that particular user did not persist.

The problem is that when I send an email using a smart group, I cannot ensure that everyone will receive the email to their work email address.

Any thoughts?


texts: Detaching from Active Directory and keeping mobile accounts

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro which is attached to an AD domain.  The user has a domain account which is Administrator, Managed and Mobile - the home directory is on the local machine.

The company is closing and the user is keeping the Mac, so I want to change the account to be a local account, or recreate a local account with the same name and change ownership.

When I remove the machine from the domain, I don't seem to be able to delete the user from the Accounts panel.

I presume I can remove them from the machine if I rejoin the domain, and then change ownership of the home directory with find; is there a cleaner way?


texts:
After the latest update Mac OS X Lion, I think that Apple disabled Java applications by default. When I try to run one, I get the following dialog:

If I choose to "Enable" it, how would I disable it later on? Is there any other way to enable this setting besides trying to launch a Java application (i.e. is there some place to manage this setting)?


texts: Why do I have to keep inputting my email password on my macbook air?

texts: A few times each day, the email logo bounces up and down and asks me to (again) input my aol password. Why is this? And what can I do to stop this happening?


texts: Removed /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.0.9.dylib - how to retrieve the original?

texts:
I'm on macOS Mojave and accidentally removed the following library:

/usr/lib/libstdc++.6.0.9.dylib

Upon booting up the system, I am greeted by the login screen followed by a black screen.

I have managed to mount the filesystem under Linux. Would replacing the original file fix the issue? If so, where can I get the right version of the library?


texts: Make different-sized displays match edges

texts:
I have two displays running in my current setup: A 27" monitor (it's not 4k, but it's got a somewhat higher resolution than 1920x1080), and a 15" MacBook with the Retina display.

The minor inconvenience I'm running into is that the mouse sometimes gets stuck on the large monitor and won't cross the gap to the laptop display.

As far as I can tell, this is because the edges of the displays are not scaled/mapped to each other's edges. So if the mouse is in the top-right or bottom-right corners of the larger display it's can't cross to the laptop because no shared edge exists there:

I remember running into this issue on a Linux machine and being able to change the mapping/scaling of the display edges so that the mouse can always cross that gap.

So I'm wondering, on El Capitan or Sierra, is there a way to make both displays share a common edge? Either through a setting, config, or even a third-party app?


texts: Why does Snow Leopard free so much hard disk space?

texts:
I had about 8.9GB hard disk space before installing Snow Leopard (had Leopard before).  After installation, the hard disk space increased to 20GB.

What caused this huge jump?  I know some webpages says it is because the way Apple calculates disk space, using 1,000,000,000 instead of 2^9 for a GB, but the difference should be only 7.4%

2^9 = 1,073,741,824

So, why did 8.9GB of free space become 20GB?   8.9 x 1.074 = 9.56GB, so why is there an extra 10.5GB? Even if some printer drivers were deleted, they should only take up tens of MB, not 10GB.


texts: Always show mobile version in safari OS X

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I do not know where to public my question and in fact i hope that it is the right place :)

I really like mobile version of one web site, but at the same time i hate full version of it. Is it possible to make redirect in safari on my OS X? Possible do you know some extensions, tips and etc.

I checked ip adresses of that two version and they are the same. So i cannot just edit the hosts file.. Hope you know a solution. Thank you.


texts: Can I connect three monitors and provide power to my MacBook Pro with a single cable?

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I currently own a 2017 MacBook Pro (13", four Thunderbolt 3 ports) and a Dell P2415Q. I'm strongly considering purchasing two more Dell P2415Qs so that I can have a triple-monitor setup, but I only have one free USB Type-C port when docked right now. I also know that the Dell P2415Q's daisy-chaining capability isn't supported by OS X.

Is there a device I can purchase that will allow me to provide full charging power to my 13" MacBook Pro and allow me to plug three Dell P2415Qs into it (at 4K@60hz), all going into the MacBook via a single Thunderbolt 3 / USB Type-C cable? (If not, can it be done with only 2 TB3/USBC cables?)

My specs are:

13-inch, 2017 MacBook Pro with four Thunderbolt 3 Ports
3.5GHz Intel Core i7 CPU
16GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 RAM
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB


texts: Is there a way to make "find my iPhone" not work?

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Is there any possible way to disable find my iPhone without just turning it off?

My parents are extremely clingy (in a very bad way) but luckily I am at least privileged enough to have my own iPhone.

Every once in a while my parents use the "find my iPhone" app when they're nosing even though they promised to only use it in emergencies.

I'll be grounded if I turn it off, but they wouldn't know if there was somehow a way to just say "iPhone cannot be found" or something. Perhaps if I jailbreak it?


texts: An NTFS HDD'e R/W (Read/Write) speed becomes super low on macOS Catalina

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I have a 1T WD Elements HDD formatted in NTFS that I use between Windows and macOS. On my macOS Catalina I replaced the Finder’s default NTFS driver with ntfs-3g by Tuxera, and I also have NTFS for Mac by Paragon as a fallback utility tool.

Recently I have a huge bunch of videos that I need to export to the HDD with .mp4 format. What I did was I transferred the original files to the HDD, and started exporting straight from the HDD. After a few files have exported a weird thing began to happen: after around 1GB of data has been written onto the disk in 1 task the R/W speed will almost instantly drop significantly. E.g before any R/W copying 1 single 500MB file from the HDD to my Mac takes less than a minute, after R/W 1GB onto the HDD the time to copy the same file will extend to 10mins.

I read that you can use disk utility to run first aid but it’s disabled on my NTFS, I tried first aid on the mother disk but it said there’s nothing wrong. Idk why but my NTFS for Mac doesn’t have the repair/first aid option. I used sudo dot_clean -m and some other commands to delete the ._ files, I also manually deleted some of them when plugged to Windows (but I did keep .DS_Store files)

please can someone tell me why might this happen, and how can I fix this, because this disk was labeled R/W speed at 5GB/s, and this speed I’m running at is intolerable.


texts: Mac will not boot into OSX after installing windows 10

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Please help me I'm completely desparate. I have tried to install Windows 10 and it completely messed up my macbook pro system, I cannot boot into my mac, and it's full with things I desperately need.

My OSX doesn't show up in the Macs start up when pressing "option". Also, Pressing "boot into os x" from windows doesn't work either but just boots into windows OS all over again.

Using internet recovery mode, I see in diskutility all the drives except the boot camp drive are unmounted and grey, and their names changed from "macintosh hd" etc that they were to default names, and they are impossible to mount.

Attached the screenshot of my disk utility, and of diskutil list, diskutil cs list (nothing) and -r show /dev/disk0

The mac system should be installed on the one labeled disk0s2.. I have no idea what's going on and how it happend


texts: Can Aperture auto-delete photos after import from an iPhone

texts: I'm trying out Aperture to see whether I should upgrade from iPhoto. I take a lot of photos on my iPhone and have always imported, then deleted these using iPhoto. After importing photos from my photo with Aperture I didn't get an option to delete the originals from the phone. Am I missing a config option somewhere, or does Aperture not offer this functionality?


texts: constant popup: "iTunes has found purchased items on the iPhone "xyz" that are not present in your iTunes library"

texts:
I keep getting the popup shown below every single time (or almost every single time) I connect my iPhone to my MacBook Pro with a Lightning cable. Every time I click "Transfer" but it always comes up again.

I could click "Do not ask me again," but I do actually want purchased items transferred... I just don't think it's doing that. Any way I can fix this?

I'm not making very many purchases on my iPhone so I know it's not being caused by actual new purchases each time. Also I've tried this with multiple cables so I don't think it's a faulty cable issue.

In case it's relevant I have iTunes Match and do not have Apple Music.

Other details: iPhone 6S, MacOS Mojave, iTunes 12.9.4.94, it's over a USB 3 to Lightning cable.


texts: Mail: How to show all recipients by default?

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The top of my Mail messages say To: followed by the primary recipient, plus a link labelled and 3 more…. Clicking that link reveals the additional recipients.

I'd rather not have to click the link, I'd like to see all recipients always.

The limit appears to be based on length, not kind. Such as, if To: recipient's name and email address are short enough, the Cc: recipient is then shown.

I've tried clicking App Prefs / Viewing / Show message headers: Custom…, then clicking +, then typing To: and Cc: and Bcc:, but this doesn't override the apparent length limit.

Is there something I've missed? I've also reported to http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html. Thank you.

Mail: Version 9.3 (3124)

Mac OS X: El Capitan: 10.11.4 (15E65)


texts: How do I uninstall iCloud extras on a Windows machine?

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I recently bought a Mac for some iOS development, which of course requires an Apple ID and gives you iCloud. I wanted to move some files from my Windows machine to iCloud and saw that there is a Windows iCloud app so I installed.

Unlike Google Drive, DropBox, Box, or OneDrive, iCloud installed a bunch of other applications that duplicate functionality I already have, namely Calendar, Contacts, Find My iPhone, iCloudPhotos, Keynote, Mail, Notes, Numbers, Pages, and Reminders.

All I wanted was the cloud drive! How do I remove all this unwanted bloat?


texts: Why upgrading iPhone from iOS 3 to iOS 5 displays USB and iTunes icons?

texts: I upgraded my iPhone from iOS 3 to iOS 5. It is now blocked: it shows a USB icon and the iTunes icon. How to proceed?


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I rented a room in a shared house (we are in 5).

What I've noticed is from my room the internet connection is really bad (sometimes it doesn't even load the google homepage).
My guess is not that the bandwith is saturated even though there are 5 of us, instead that there is some kind of router problem in managing many devices all at once (like if I turn off my cell wifi gets slightly better).

Today I was downloading a file at 1.5 mb/s from this connection even though pages struggled to load, but as soon as I clicked the download button it went straight up to 1.5 mb/s with a decent speed stability.

Moreover I think the signal is good enough 4/4 in the indicator at the top-right of the screen.

How can I solve this? I also noticed my cell has kind of priority if compared to my mac since sometimes when I cannot even load google with the pc I can navigate with my cell browser.

What is the reason behind this? Are there any solutions? If there's this "priority system" how can I put my pc at the top?


texts: How can I remove TickTick's icon from the menu bar?

texts: TickTick will not allow their users to remove its icon from the menubar in macOS. How can this be done?


texts: Hear ambient sound while listening to music with headphones on OSX

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I don't want people to yell at me when they want to say something while I'm using headphones on my desktop computer.

I'm thinking an app could just listen to the ambient sound and lower the volume when it is loud. Apparently, Awareness does something like this on iOS. What about OSX?


texts: Is there an iOS PDF reader with support for PDF layers?

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I was looking for a PDF Reader application which supported PDF layers (turning them on and off).

Do any exist?


texts: Transferring hard drive from an old to a new MacBook Pro?

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I have this Macbook Pro which has been working grand other than a terrible Logic Board issue. So I’m jumping ship and wanting to set up a new, refurbished mid 2012 MacBook Pro.

How can I transfer my hard drive over? The refurbished MacBook Pro that I’ve bought has a 128 GB SSD, whereas the old one has a 500 GB. I’ve tried just removing the hard drive and swapping the 500GB one in, but it gives me a hard drive read error. Do I need to wipe the old drive? Is there another procedure?


texts: macOS Cannot Create Valid Symlink From Terminal Using Relative Paths

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Using the following snippet it creates an invalid symlink. But according to other answers it should work fine.
# make a temp dir and save path to var.
# set dir (mktemp -d)  # fish shell only!
dir=$(mktemp -d)  # bash/zsh
cd $dir
mkdir a b
echo 'text file' > a/file.txt
ln -s a/file.txt b/
open .

When you see the symlink in Finder it doesn't recognise the file type in Quick Preview and when you open it Finder complains 'the original item cannot be found'.

If you use absolute paths everything works fine. See below:
rm b/file.txt
ln -s $dir/a/file.txt $dir/b/
open .

Then you can see symlink is correctly make and you can even read the file content in Quick Preview.
How is this happening? I've checked that ln is /bin/ln. I'm on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H2).


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When I put in a USB drive, VMWare asked me if I want to connect it to Mac or Windows, and the USB drive shows up in Disk Utility, so I can confirm that the USB is not broken and USB port is also working.
But I can never find the USB drive in Finder.
In Preferences, I checked everything so external drive can be shown in Finder.
What's wrong with this?

(I use MacBook pro 15" Late 2011, OS X Mavericks)


texts: Restore my Mac from a Time Machine backup on my Time Capsule

texts: I don't use the wifi or router options of my Time Capsule, I only use its Ethernet. Do I need to activate the wifi in order to perform a restore? Thanks


texts: Macbook (Big Sur) not asking for password after closing lid

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Problem: This past month I noticed my MacBookPro does not lock the screen after closing the lid. This happened twice in the past month and occurred again today. The logs are filled with google chrome and launchd stuff when the lid was supposedly closed. In the morning after around 7 hours, I woke up to it unlocked and right where I left off.
What I have done so far: Fresh install of macOS and reset SMC and NVRAM.
Question: What can I do to solve this potential security issue?


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Are there any free apps to download my entire photostream from Flickr?

Or at least as much content as possible? I want to quit my Flickr account.