texts: Which iPad PDF viewers (annotators, readers, whatevers) give a faithful rendering?

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I got a bit of a surprise when viewing a PDF today.  I'd originally looked at it on my iPad in Safari.  Then I looked at it later on my Linux machine using xpdf.  It looked ... different.  Here are the screenshots:

Safari on iPad:

xpdf on Linux:

This is a document produced by Adobe, so I'd expect them to get the PDF stuff right.  I therefore attribute it to the renderer rather than malformed PDF.  Here's the specs for the PDF:

% pdfinfo /tmp/PDF_Transparency.pdf
Title:          Transparency in PDF   Technical Note #5407
Subject:        Transparency in PDF files
Keywords:       PDF Transparency
Author:         Adobe Developer Technologies
Creator:        FrameMaker 6.0
Producer:       Acrobat Distiller 4.05 for Macintosh
CreationDate:   Fri Dec  1 16:41:40 2000
ModDate:        Fri Dec 15 16:53:01 2000
Tagged:         no
Pages:          82
Encrypted:      no
Page size:      612 x 792 pts (letter)
File size:      420449 bytes
Optimized:      yes
PDF version:    1.3

I got the document from the wayback machine at  http://web.archive.org/web/20011109072226/http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/docs/PDF_Transparency.pdf.

As a mathematician, the appalling rendering of the formula is extremely worrisome.

I tested this in a couple of other PDF-capable apps and they had the same rendering as Safari with the - obvious! - exception of Adobe Reader which had the True Rendering.  The fact that disparate apps give the same incorrect rendering makes me wonder if PDF rendering is something that is inbuilt to iOS5 and which most PDF apps use, but Adobe Reader chooses to ignore.

So my question(s) are:

Is that assumption correct?  If so, that makes reporting the bug easier as it implies that I can report it to a central place and if it gets fixed there it will propagate out.  So if so, where do I report it?
Are there PDF apps that get this right?  I've listed Adobe Reader above as one that does, I can report that GoodReader, GoodNotes, iAnnotator, Explain Everything, iBooks do not.  I've provided the source above to make it easy for people to check.  The screenshots are from p7 (internal numbering, p13 absolute).
Last one: was I just unlucky with this document?  I've been happily using mathematically-heavy documents on the iPad without noticing anything like this.  Should I be worried?


texts: How to install latest php without brew or is it possbile?

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I have some old mac machines that can not update to Big Sur. So when using brew to install php@7.4 brew will complain "no bottle available". I updated brew to latest 2.7.5, brew then complained,

Warning: You are using macOS 10.12.
We (and Apple) do not provide support for this old version.
You will encounter build failures with some formulae.

I tried brew build from source but that also failed. So far the only solution I can found is from https://php-osx.liip.ch/, but https://php-osx.liip.ch/ has deprecated and only support to 7.3.8. So is it possible to install php 7.4 or latest 8.0 on these old mac ?
--- update ---
One comment suggested to use macports. I tried macports on 10.13 and installed php 7.4!


texts: MacBook Pro (16" 2019) Does Not Recognize Correct Resolution

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I'm having a rather annoying issue with my MacBook Pro 16" 2019 device since upgrading to macOS Big Sur. Every time I plug my device to my 4K monitor into the device (via USB-C to USB-C, or USB-C to DisplayPort), macOS will show a maximum resolution of 1600x900 but my monitor's recommended resolution is 3840 x 2160.

I currently have a workaround to resolve the issue which is the following:

I switch from 1080p resolution to 1600x900
Un-plug the cable, and plug it back in again
Then switch to 3840x2160

This process can be tedious and take a while to complete (between switching resolutions). Is there any solutions which people are aware of?
These are the details of the device and monitor

macOS Version: 11.2.3
Model: MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
Processor: 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4GB
Monitor: BenQ EW327OU

These are the things which I've done to date

I can't pin the issue on the monitor, as I've been using a MacBook Pro (2017) with the monitor for a week or so without a single problem.
Used ColorSync to repair any issues with the monitor profiles
Used various other cables such as HDMI, USB-C to USB-C and USB-C to DisplayPort.
Reset NVRAM and SMC
Re-installed macOS
I can't reproduce the error in Windows via Bootcamp, so I'm confident it's OS related.


texts: The TV app in ios 10.2 is showing deleted movies

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The TV app is cluttering the screen with old deleted movies.  When I go to my account on the macbook, I can't find any of the movies to delete them again.

How do I delete these movies?


texts:
I have an external, long range, wifi antenna that I use for picking up internet and I also have a wireless nmea network on my boat for my marine instruments.  The problem that I am experiencing is that I must disconnect from my nmea network in order to get anywhere on the internet because when I have both wifi nets active, the Macbook Pro wants to use the nmea network to connect to the internet and it can't.  It doesn't matter which way I connect [internet on airport/nmea on external, or the other way around] the internet is inaccessible when the nmea net is active.

Can I make it so that the internet will only come through the external antenna and the nmea net will only come through airport?

Thanks for any help


texts: backup and restore iPhoto library from OSX 10.5.8

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How do I backup a complete iPhoto ('09 version 8.1.2 (424)) library with all its metadata from iPhoto of OSX 10.5.8 and then after a clean new install of the latest OSX 10.8.2 on the same machine, restore that library into the latest (then empty) iPhoto.

Is there a simple tutorial somewhere? Are there any pitfalls I need to watch out for? It would be a real shame if the photos and/or the metadata get lost on the way.


texts: Export photos from an iPhone 4s using iTunes without iCloud

texts: How can I export photos from an iPhone 4s using iTunes without iCloud? I'm using Windows XP and I don't want to Jailbreak my iPhone.


texts: Using Packages to install and run homebrew

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Using Packages to create an installer. The app depends on a package from brew. I added a install.sh to the pre-installation scripts section that has this:
#!/bin/bash

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

brew install <package1>
brew install <package2>

But I'm getting a failure in the installer (not the build for the installer).

What would be the steps for debugging this, or installing and running brew via Packages in general?
I also tried attempting to run it via simulating CI:
CI=1 /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

This time, it took longer before it errors out but still failed by the end.
Splitting up with preinstall being this script: https://stackoverflow.com/a/54820146/7132647
And postinstall is just the brew install ... commands failed as well.


texts: How to search file name that contains asterisk (*)?

texts:
I want to search file name that contains asterisk (*), e.g.

*abc.jpg
xy*z.pdf
123*.txt

How can I do that in Finder?


texts: How can I show a read-only version of Google Calendar on Apple TV 4th generation?

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I've a mentally retarded brother that I gave an Apple TV 4th generation.

He loves it because of the YouTube player on it.

I'd like to display a read-only version of a Google Calendar on it to see if we can replace his paper calendar.

That way his care-takers can better cooperate in maintaining the read-write version of his calendar so he sees the read-only version of it (now often his paper one gets out of sync).

I tried searching for apps, but haven't found a suitable one yet.

Any ideas are welcome.


texts: How am I supposed to fix a disk from single user mode?

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I have an orphan directory on my main disk.

I restart the computer in single user mode.
In single user mode, the main disk / is mounted as read-only.
I type /sbin/fsck -fy.
fsck points the problems but does not fix them. I suppose because the disk must be unmounted or because the disk is read-only.
I try to unmount the disk by using umount / or umount /dev/disk2s1, I get a Resource busy, try diskutil umount error.
I try diskutil umount. I get an error telling me that diskutil cannot run from single user mode.

The main disk is APFS.

WTH is that? How am I suppose to fix the problem?


texts: Books - PDF - Preview - Search : "No Results Found"

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I recently upgraded from High Sierra to Mojave, and consequently iBooks became Books. I now have an issue with Books which was not present in iBooks.

I have stored many PDFs iBooks. Clicking on one of them and Preview opens. I could search in the text by Search; just fine.

Now in Books the Search in Preview gives "No Results Found" : for many PDFs but not for all PDFs. It works sometimes. (Of course I have checked that the text is present in the PDF.)

Thanks for your time.

Books version 1.16.,
macOS Mojave 10.14.2,
MacBook Pro 13 inch Late 2013


texts: Can I get @me.com email address when I only have @icloud.com address?

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Can I still (as of 03/2013) get @me.com, as an alternative to my @icloud.com email address? I would want the two email to point to the same AppleID.

The reasons are quire prosaic, @me.com just looks better than @icloud.com.


texts: How to right-drag using trackpad only, for Windows on MacBook

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Is there ANY way -- either from Apple or via third party utility software -- to enable the built-in TrackPad on a MacBook Pro laptop to do a real "right-click drag" function?

Note I'm asking for right-dragging NOT "right clicking" -- this is where, under Windows, you click the right mouse button while pointing at something, HOLD DOWN the right mouse button and DRAG the object somewhere, THEN let the right mouse button go, and usually a menu pops up at that point, to allow you to choose what you want to do with the thing you're dragging (a file or icon or whatever).

This function, right-click dragging, is actually quite useful and a real time-saver that my fingers muscle-memory is pretty much coded to do A LOT, while I'm working in several different software products under Windows.

Moving to a MacBook (with Windows running in emulation, via VirtualBox) has a lot of great benefits for me, BUT having to give up right-dragging is kind of almost turning into a total deal-breaker for this effort, to move to a MacBook.

Also I know I could just plug in a mouse, but really would prefer to get this working with the great Apple TrackPad IF at all possible!!  The trackpad is an amazing piece of tech and I cannot believe that I'm really the first person to notice this HUGE oversight of the missing right-drag functionality.

I'd have thought this would have been fixed already AGES ago, what with Apple's otherwise stellar support of Windows on Mac hardware.

There HAS to be a solution for this...

==============

UPDATE - EDIT

Hi guys, thanks for comments.  I realize it's not "Mac Like" to do this, but I don't want it for OSX, I only want it to work for WINDOWS.  (Shouldn't Windows running on Mac still work in a "Windows-Like" way, IF Apple's goal is to really fully support running Windows on Apple hardware?)

My goal is to have both OS running side by side (not via Boot Camp, I want the Win setup to be virtualized and keep it a finger flick away, on it's own Spaces desktop) so that I can keep using all my old Win software while moving into the Mac world in the future.  Best of both worlds... in theory.

I've already enabled lower-right TrackPad corner click as right-click, but it doesn't work for this right-click-dragging.  Any clicking automatically finishes when you click, it doesn't appear to support HOLDING DOWN the click, so you cannot DRAG before letting the right-click back UP again.

Again, this all DOES apparently work fine IF you have an external, two-button mouse connected.  So it shouldn't really be impossible, it just needs the software to better understand what's being done with the TrackPad!

I'd be happy even if some alternative "gesture" could be defined for this, on the Mac's TrackPad.  I've looked at a couple apps so far (Better Touch Tool, etc) but nothing yet seems to work.  Seems like the issue (as noted above) must be something to do with software understanding of the "holding down" of the right-click.

Also does anyone know if maybe this has been solved in either of the commercial VM programs (Parallels or VMware)?  Rather than using the free VirtualBox, I'd be willing to buy something to get this functionality working correctly on Windows the way I want it to work...


texts: Different dock positions for multiple displays?

texts:
Usually, I have my dock on the left of my macbook screen. When I plug in to my big display I would like my left hand monitor to have a dock on the left of the screen and my right hand monitor to have a dock on the right. Otherwise I often have to move my mouse all the way to the opposite side of the opposite monitor just to open up my dock.

Is this possible?

I am running El Capitan if that is relevant.


texts: unable to install software update in macbook

texts:
I am trying to install software update in macbook, but when it says downloaded completed and you need to restart your machine, I press Restart button but my machine does not restart, it just gets freezes; when I try to restart it from Apple menu it restarts but when I try to restart when software updater asks to restart it, it does not restart and blank screen appears without dock and topbar; just wallpaper appears.

I am new to Mac OS. So please help me to solve this problem and install updates successfully.

Thanks.

[ SYSTEM SPECS

Model Name: MacBook Model Identifier: MacBook4,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 800 MHz Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00 SMC Version (system): 1.31f1 Serial Number (system): W883401J0P2 Hardware UUID: 7206FFBC-00AD-5CA2-A5B7-0466AC96016B Sudden Motion Sensor: State: Enabled

]

[ ABOUT SOFTWARE

System Version:   Mac OS X Server 10.6 (10A433)
  Server Configuration: Advanced
  Kernel Version:   Darwin 10.0.0
  Boot Volume:  master
  Boot Mode:    Normal
  Secure Virtual Memory:    Enabled
  64-bit Kernel and Extensions: No
]


texts: My keyboard stopped repeating - how to fix?

texts:
I have both an internal and external keyboard but the key-repeat has stopped working.  I've tried changing both 'Key Repeat' and 'Delay Until Repeat' as shown below but no setting seems to be helping.

This is a brand new mac (5 weeks old).


texts: Unlinking a work laptop from my personal Apple devices

texts: I own an iPad and an iPhone. I also have a work MacBook Air laptop which I will be returning to the owners soon. How do I stop this device linking to my personal iPad and iPhone?


texts: Can hard-drive benchmark apps damage your hard-drive?

texts:
I want to measure the read/write speed of my hard-drive.
I came accross this page recommending Blackmagic Disk Speed Test.

There is a frame saying this:

  Note: Blackmagic Disk Speed Test puts hard drive under extreme stress during data write and read operations, therefore it’s recommended to save your work before conducting the tests.

Now my question is: Could that 'extreme stress' on my hard-drive damage my hard-drive?


texts:
When I close the windows of Thunderbird 38, it is because I have finished to work on my mails.
But Thunderbird is still running and can tell me when new mails are arrived.

For now, I have to click-right on Thunderbird to quit.

Is there a way to quit Thunderbird when I close the window?

I am using Mac OSX 10.10.


texts: brew update fails wtih fatal: could not read Username

texts:
$ brew update
fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled
fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled
Error: homebrew/homebrew-dupes does not exist! Run `brew untap homebrew/homebrew-dupes` to remove it.
homebrew/homebrew-versions does not exist! Run `brew untap homebrew/homebrew-versions` to remove it.


texts: Where are photos imported via iPhoto stored on disk?

texts:
I imported some photos from iPhoto and want to attach them to an email message after exporting them.

However, Pictures -> iPhoto Library is not a folder. Where is the actual folder that these photos are stored in?


texts:
I am a student using a program to do practice questions.

The program is set up to run like the actual test program in that it will take up the whole screen and block other applications. I have a lot of studying to do and would like to help my eyes out by opening it on the bigger monitor I have connected through VGA but I cannot drag it over nor get it to open there first.

If possible I want to avoid mirroring. Is there a way I can arange which monitor is the primary or something similar?


texts: Safari search suggestions reopen after search is completed

texts:
This is a really annoying bug I've been experiencing since a while.

Enter a query in the search bar in Safari.
A drop-down list of suggestions appear.
I hit enter to perform the search, the respective Google page is loaded.
The drop-down suggestions are opened a second time. (The search field is still highlighted, which is the case for all four possible search engines.)

It only occurs if

Safari is in full screen mode and
Google or DuckDuckGo are set as search engine.

I'm on macOS Sierra 10.12.1 and Safari 10.0.1 but as I said, the problem has been here a while (at least a year).

Can anybody reproduce this? Is there a possible fix?


texts: How to configure browser used by web page Reminders?

texts:
How can I change which browser the Mac Reminders.app uses to open "this webpage" associations for a Reminder, so I can change the "Open Google Chrome Canary" notification button to an "Open Mozilla Firefox" button?

Given I've created a Reminder for a Webpage on my phone by asking Siri to "remind me about this tomorrow", when the Reminder appears on my laptop running the latest public build of OS X, then I expect the Open button to offer to open it in my default browser, or just not mention the browser and behave as open(1) does.

Instead, what I see is "Open in Google Chrome Canary":

This has me flummoxed: I open that browser like once a year, and my default browser is Mozilla Firefox. I've no clue why Reminders has latched onto it as The Chosen Browser for webpage reminders.

ETA: I have deleted Google Chrome Canary. After relaunching Reminders.app, webpage reminders show, instead of its icon, the "invalid app" default icon with slashed-circle. Clicking that button does nothing. No console logs appear.


texts: Power button not working on Macbook PRO 13" 2013 - ideas on how to reset SMC

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We have a 2013 13" MacBook Pro that is behaving strangely on the keyboard. As far as we are aware there has been no water damage to this MacBook.

Symptom:

Power Button on keyboard shutdowns but won't allow a restart.
Left Shift key works, but won't switch to uppercase.
Closing the lid and reopening 5 mins. later, the keyboard will not respond. A restart from the menu will reboot and keyboard comes back to life.

Thoughts are to reset the SMC, but with the power button not working this is proving very difficult to do.

Any ideas on away around this issue?


texts:
I want to use my Mac webcam in a Virtualbox guest OS (Linux Mint). The webcam is visible in the guest os. But whenever I allow Firefox - on my guest OS - to use my webcam the virtual machine crashes.

I guess this has something to do with Virtualbox not having permission for MacOS to use the webcam. The problem is, the app Virtualbox also never asks for permission so I can't set it.

Is there a way to manually give Virtualbox access to my webcam?


texts:
I work in a research group whose employees use Mac Minis currently running OS X 10.9.3.  The other day one of our employees mentioned being unable to get Thunderbird to start at login or cause Mail to not start--Mail was somehow set to start at login, and he couldn't change the setting persistently.  Since then, we have found that no matter how we go about setting login options, they are ignored and reset upon logging out/in.

It may be worth noting that we use LDAP-authenticated accounts with homedirs mounted via NFS.

I've previously been through Apple's standard protocol of checking and changing these settings by right-clicking icons in the dock as well as in System Preferences -> Users and Groups, and checking the contents of /Library/StartupItems (which is empty), followed by deleting the ~/Library/Preferences file and letting the OS recreate it.

UPDATE: I've since found a workaround which is quite clumsy, but works.  It appears to be some sort of strange issue with the permissions issued to ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist (though they are the same as the permissions for every other file in that directory).  Running chmod 777 com.apple.loginitems.plist prior to making a single change, then waiting for the permissions to be reset before making each subsequent change to the list of login items allows the settings to work as expected.  The file must again be chmoded prior to a reboot or it won't be read properly.  In addition, these settings work as expected for the local administrator account, so I imagine the fact that we use network accounts is relevant.  For whatever reason, I didn't think to check that prior to my first post.


texts:
I recently installed a brand new HD in my macbook pro.

I did this by cloning the original drive.

Everything (almost) is working fine, but I did give the Volume a different name, it used to be Macintosh HD and now it's Hybrid HD (not sure if this matters).

Ever since using the new drive (two weeks now) spolight doesn't seem to be working properly. It just doesn't find things that are there. Although something's indexed because it does return results (usually mail.app stuff).

Anyone know the reason for this, or how I can fix it?

cheers


texts: Separate multiple comma separated values in Numbers

texts:
One of the CSV files I'm using has lumped the address into one single cell, separated by commas.

For example: 12 Fairy Tale Lane, Wonderland, Oz, Neverland

I need to separate these into Address 1, Address 2, Address 3 and City columns


texts: How to simulate network connections / ipfw on macOS?

texts:
I would like all UDP traffic on my localhost to have 1% packet loss, 10 ms propagation delay, 10Mbit/s bandwidth.

On other computers I have experience using ipfw something like this:

ipfw add pipe 1 in

ipfw add pipe 2 out

ipfw pipe 1 config delay 5ms plr 0.005 bw 10Mbits/s
ipfw pipe 2 config delay 5ms plr 0.005 bw 10Mbits/s

I thought I could use macOS' built-in dummynet to achieve something similar.

I ran at the terminal

sudo dnctl pipe 1 config bw 10Mbit/s delay 10 plr 0.01
echo "dummynet out proto udp from any to any pipe 1" | sudo pfctl -f -

sudo pfctl -sa and sudo dnctl list show the expected outputs (the rule seems to have been added).

DUMMYNET RULES:
dummynet out proto udp all pipe 1

00001:  10.000 Mbit/s    10 ms   50 sl.plr 0.010000 0 queues (1 buckets) droptail
    mask: 0x00 0x00000000/0x0000 -> 0x00000000/0x0000

Now I expect all udp traffic to be slowed.

But, the UDP traffic through my localhost is clearly not having any dropped packets at least, and is likely not following any of the other rules.

What's the correct method to simulate poorer network connections on macOS?


texts: How do I listen to podcasts on my Apple Watch?

texts:
I have a few podcasts which I want to listen to on my Apple Watch. I know that it’s possible to transfer music from an iPhone to an Apple Watch, but there doesn’t seem to be a similar option for podcasts.

Specifically, I’m looking for a way to have my podcasts play from my Apple Watch’s speakers, rather than playing from my phone’s speakers.

How can I listen to podcasts with my Apple Watch?


texts: Can I charge my iphone from my macbook pro (late 2013) without turning the laptop on?

texts:
I am trying to charge my phone using my laptop but that requires the laptop to be on.
On my Lenovo, I can do that without turning the laptop on.
Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.


texts: In a iOS Shortcuts workflow, how do I select the “home” phone number specifically?

texts:
I can already create a script that selects the first phone number by adding these workflow cards:

Contacts [Contact Selected]
Get Details of Contacts [Phone Number]
Get Item from List [First Item]

But i cant find any way to automatically select “home” or “work” specifically without a user prompt.

I have tried dictionary keys.

I have also tried adding a Text card with [Details of Contacts] variable but that does not contain home or work text.


texts: Bootcamp, Face Time HD camera image - How to "Flip Horizontal"

texts:
I am using the built in Face Time HD camera (iMac Mid 2011) via Bootcamp on Windows 7. It basically works great, but I need to switch the output image horizontally. The software I am using does not provide that function. There is actually a switch in the driver pop up for "Flip Horizontal" but it is deactivated.

Is there any way to have this activated? (or are there known third party plugins that could provide the "flipping" function?)


texts: How to open new Finder window in current space quickly?

texts:
When I create a new Desktop (space) in Mission Control, how can I quickly open a new Finder window in that space?

Right now I have to right-click on the Finder icon and hit New Finder Window, because if I left-click on the icon it brings me to the already open windows in another space.
I do want to keep this behaviour for when a Finder window already exists in the current space. I can then switch back and forth by clicking on the icon.

However, in a space where no Finder window is present, ideally I would click on the Finder icon and a new window would appear. Shift clicking is also fine.
Can I achieve this behaviour somehow?


texts: So I spilled water on my table last night and thought I cleaned it all up but apparently not. I didn’t see there was still water on the table and I went to put my MacBook on the water. I only realised it was on water when my screen started going green and glitchy. I immediately shut the lid and wiped off water on the bottom them opened it to turn it off then put it on some uncooked rice. Will this be ok or is there anything else I can do to save it


texts: 3 finger tap on word to show spanish-english translation of word

texts:
3 finger tap triggers the English dictionary, but it only works to explain English words in English.

Is there any way to change a 3 finger tap to show the translation of an English word into Spanish, or a Spanish word into English?


texts:
Since updating to Big Sur, mail decided to randomly delete my sent Emails. I now have sent mail only from the last week of November.
I recovered all of it from a time machine backup and now it is sitting in there in mail on a local 'On My Mac' Import folder (I used the import Mailboxes feature under the file menu). When I try to move the sent Emails back to the original sent mail mailbox in iCloud some of the messages get moved over but over 300 of them don't.
When i move the message, the original mail in the Import Folder will become blank with no content and just header and doesn’t appear in the iCloud Sent folder.
If i copy the message to the sent folder, mail app shows a progress bar as if the message is copying but there is no message in the sent folder - the original mail remains with all content in the import folder.
At this point the mail app is unusable for me. Any help please? Both copy and move solutions don't work. I am managing with an interim solution for now by creating a smart mailbox that shows mail from both the import sent items and the iCloud sent items. However, this is only to save me the hassle of looking for sent mail in 2 places, It does not help in consolidating the mail in iCloud so i cant view those on other devices. Anyone care to help?


texts: how to check integrity of recovery partition?

texts:
I recently reinstalled Yosemite from the computer's recovery image.  I'd like to be able to check the integrity of that image (i.e. shasum /Applications/Install*OS*.app/Contents/SharedSupport/{Base,Install}*.dmg
 as seen here.). At the time I could not because shasum and most command line utilities are not installed when you boot from the recovery partition.  I know there is a volume called Recovery HD but I can't access it.  How do I check the integrity of the installer on the recovery partition?

Thank you


texts: Can you break an iPad by keeping it in a warm place?

texts: I left my iPad mini 2nd gen in my car last night and it was fully functional, today I went to get it out and it is really hot outside 30C or 86F and sunny and inside of the car feels like sauna. iPad seems to be of and not responding if I try to switch it on. I thought it might run out of charge even though it would display charge me icon. I plug it in to charge and it is still not showing a sign that it is charging. Is it possible that it could have been boiled inside of car or has anyone had anything similar in the past?


texts: Upgraded to Sierra, cannot delete multiple lines

texts:
Recently upgraded to macOS Sierra, and since then I cannot delete multiple lines by pressing the Command key and Delete multiple times.

The first time I press command-Delete it deletes to the beginning of the current line, but pressing it again does nothing. In previous versions of macOS, pressing command-Delete again would delete the previous line also.


texts: Is Mac Mini enough to publish my game on iTunes or do I need iPod or iPhone to publish the game on iTunes?

texts:
I have a simple trivia game where you basically click on one of the 4 buttons the whole time, nothing else, maybe except the main game menu.

My question is, if I need to own anything else except my Mac Mini to publish this game on iTunes or I need some mobile device like, iPod Touch 4 etc.

If it's not possible to go without iPhone/iPod (iPod Touch with iOS 4.1), which device is then the minimum? As I said, it's a simple game, no motion graphics, few simple effects after the answer etc.

My primary phone device is Samsung Galaxy and this would be my first iOS port of my trivia game for Android, so I am not sure if Mac Mini is enough or I need for this type of game/quiz something better?


texts:
I am using High Sierra (10.13.2, all updates in, including the one for Meltdown).  When I do one of my regular checks for disk health using the first aid in Disk Utility the whole process is (1) incredibly slow and (2) recently freezes my laptop altogether.  Given that I have a a 500GB SSD with 160 GB space, I am well surprised both by the drop in performance and now, by the fact I need to restart my laptop.

In the latest shenanigans disk utility was so slow that it passed the point when the screen goes off, and after that it was impossible to turn the screen on again (the mouse pointer was responsive).  Am I to assume that disk utility takes, say, 30 minutes now to run and during the check the computer will be utterly unresponsive?  How do I speed this process up, if at all possible?

Disk Utility always ended up causing the laptop to freeze for a small while, but here we are talking an abnormal amount of time.


texts: iPhone - Showing the road speed limit while driving

texts: I am looking for an iOS application that can display the speed limit of the road where I am located. I am mostly interested in the USA, particularly Boston and California. Gratis is better but not necessary.


texts:
I have an iPhone 4S (v5.1.1, jailbroken with Absinthe). I have been having lots of trouble with iTunes Match lately. Sometimes when I download a song, it will not play in the iPod player. I tap a song, and it plays the next file instead of the one I selected.

Using iFile, I verified that the file has actually downloaded to the filesystem (/var/mobile/Media/Purchases), and opened it from there using iFile's built-in audio player. It plays here, but there are gaps in the music (i.e. the first 2 seconds play, 30 seconds of silence, song resumes, 2 seconds of silence, resume, etc).

Has anyone else seen behavior like this? What could possibly be causing this? It happened on a fresh install of 5.1.1, before I jailbroke my phone, and has continued.


texts: OSX suddenly hangs/beachballs all the time - possibly caused by windowserver or aperture?

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Since a day, my Macbook Pro has (quite suddenly) become very slow. Of course, this is just a couple days before a major deadline :-). Any help would be appreciated! If there any questions I can answer, ask away.

It beachballs all the time. This happens in whichever app I’m running at the time, and independently of how many apps are open and which apps are currently open.
It seems to be especially slow when actions that require drawing things are taken. I.e. showing the dock, typing text, pasting text, opening a right-click menu or a new window. For example, I tried to right click to open a menu just now and it beach balled. I am not entirely sure if this has anything to do with OSX actually having to draw things, or if it’s just that it’s slow because it needs to do something slightly more complex, but I think it has something to do with graphics.
Sometimes, when a certain app starts to beachball, I can switch to another app and I can use that one fine. Switching back to the beachballing app becomes impossible. Sometimes, even switching to other apps or using expose stops working.
Sometimes the dock (set on autohide) seems to not want to show, or when I click an app on it, nothing seems to happen. It’s as if it doesn’t register my click. Same goes with launchpad or for example Firefox's back/forward buttons.

I can’t really think of any direct cause. I was using it fine yesterday, and since yesterday night it is suddenly b0rked. Two-three days ago, I installed two apps: Boom (including its helper application, BoomDevice) and Aperture (because meh@Apple Photos). I’ve since uninstalled both using CleanMyMac3, and ran a script to remove the helper application. No improvements though (I did restart).

I’ve had the feeling on previous Mac OS X installs I have that my Mac becomes slow after installing Aperture, even when it’s not running, but it’s never become this slow.

What I’ve already done/checked

Checked system monitor to see if there are any processes hoarding memory or CPU. There don’t seem to be any processes with any CPU footprint > 10%. Except for Windowserver, which seems to take between 3% and 15% of CPU, which seems high to me.
Used bitdefender to run critical and deep system virus scans - no results.
Removed all Today widgets in the notifications menu
Tested if it seems tied to running a particular app such as Firefox or Calibre.
Reset my Firefox profile
Ran CleanMyMac 3 maintenance scripts
Uninstalled Aperture, Spotify and Boom using CleanMyMac3’s uninstaller
Uninstalled the BoomDevice helper application using the Apple Script provided by the developers
Ran the Disk Utility’s first aid tool on the Macintosh HD partition and the HD (?) itself. Didn't find anything on the Mac HD partition, but on the HD itself (the numbers/serial code thingie?) it found some minor partition issue it fixed (to no avail)
Disabled all sources in Spotlight settings

Past issues that might be relevant

One problem from the past worth mentioning is that I’ve
returned this Macbook for repairs twice, under garanty, because its logic board was fried (the wellknown graphics problem with the late 2011 macbook model where its graphics card would die and the screen would go berserk. The weird problem is that this happened even after having it repaired within the special Apple program). I'm kinda afraid my current problems might be a precursor to having this happen again.
I've returned this Macbook twice to reinstall Mac OS X since somehow the Mac OS X installer (in the recovery mode) fails to recognize this computer’s serial number. This is also the reason I’ve not just reinstalled El Capitan right now (or upgraded to the new version), because I’m afraid it’ll turn my Macbook into a brick again…

Information about the computer

Model: MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
OS Version: El Capitan (10.11.6)
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
Memory: 4GB
Most used apps: Firefox, Sublime Text, Alternote, iBooks


texts: How to remove iOS 7 Grey Line voiceover mode

texts:
In order to be able to use a clicker with my iPad, so that I can do proper formal business presentations with Keynote, I am using this Satechi Bluetooth Clicker.
http://www.satechi.net/index.php/satechi-bluetooth-smart-pointer-mobile-presenter-black-and-remote-control-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-samsung-galaxy-s3-note-2-imac-macbook-air-macbook-pro-macbook-mac-mini-and-apple-tv-3

It works perfectly, it works by enabling VoiceOver in accessibility mode and setting the clicker to accessibility mode.

This allows me to advance slides using the clicker.

One issue that arises however is that this grey line appears on all of the slides. It is as if voiceover is selecting/hovering over the slides. How do I remove this grey line?
I am willing to jailbreak if neccessary.

Image of greyline:

The grey line appears on every single slide. You can see it there below number 1. It is always in the same place.

Thanks.


texts: Transfer files to iPad via USB from Android

texts:
I'm sure this question has been asked many times but I find it surprisingly hard to find a clear answer on the internet by searching it.

Is it possible, yes or no, to transfer files to my iPad with a USB cable from an Android device?

I have a google pixel phone, I just got a 2018 iPad, and I would like to transfer big video files between the two using a USB-C to USB-C cable. My devices are not rooted or jailbroken.

I'm sure there are other solutions like using dropbox but they seem silly compared to a USB transfer.


texts: I bought a iHome IP90 off a friend for really cheap, and I thought I got a deal. Once I tried to use it my iPod wouldn't connect unless I tilted it towards me, and sometimes it would would say that it wasn't supported. I just would like to know if there is anything I can do to fix this problem?


texts: Upgrading 16 GB to a 4 GB iMac i5 2011 doesn't work with all modules loaded [SOLVED]

texts:
I don't know if it is only my issue. I have a 2011 iMac i5 with 2x2GB RAM modules.

Recently I bought 2x8GB RAM modules. If I add the 2x8GB to the default 4GB RAM, the computer doesn't start. I hear only the sound of DVD slot but the screen remains blank.
If I remove the 2x2GB ram modules and I use only the 2x8GB RAM modules, everything is fine and the iMac shows correctly the 16GB. I have also tried to change the order, putting the 8GB modules as first, but same problem.

If I put 2x2GB with the 2x8GB together, iMac doesn't turn on.

Original RAM: 2x Elpida 2 GB PC3-10600s-9-10-f1
Upgraded RAM: 2x Hynix  8 GB DDR3 Dream 1333mhz SO-DIMM (sold as Apple iMac 2011 compatible)

The original RAM was mounted on top 2 slots.


texts: How would I get Apple to list a calendar for people to subscribe at apple.com?

texts:
Apple lists about 140 Calendars you can subscribe to - some quite obscure looking, others quite obvious like federal holidays for large countries with large Apple customer bases. I don't see any way to alert Apple to a calendar and wondered if there were any sort of mechanism to provide a format for Apple to evaluate and possible publish.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/calendars/index_abc.html

Are downloads something registered developers can seed or how would I publish a calendar and get it listed by Apple on their downloads site?


texts:
I’m an amateur using xCode 10.3 on a MacBook Pro in Safe Mode,Mojave 10.14.6
with 4GB of DDR to generate tensors of complex numbers (to be processed in subsequent
projects). The code, which I modified from Numerical Recipes to make it handle double complex
variables, uses malloc to allocate memory for the tensor. It all seems to work (or at least
run to completion for tensors up to 4x625x625 but crashes when it gets to generating element
about [3][251][527] on a tensor allocated for 4x1296x1296. This seems to be about when
The memory graph climbs up to ~90 MB. The computer goes through a restart
and comes back up without asking for a login password still in xCode with the project
loaded and ready to build/run.  On a 4GB computer it’s surprising that it crashes at
90 MB. Is there anything special in xCode or in the OS about 90 MB? Are there any
suggestions about what could be causing this strange restart behavior? Is this what
 happens if a memory access is attempted outside the allocated range?


texts: Disable relative dates in Mail.app 10.12+

texts: Is there a way to disable relative dates (today, yesterday) in Mail.app?


texts: Does opening Apple News for the first time re-enable location-based ads?

texts:
After upgrading to Mojave, I checked around the settings for new features and saw that location-based apple ads (Security & Privacy -> Location Services -> System Services Details) was unticked (I'd unticked it some time ago in a previous version of the OS). Later I opened the new News app to see what it contained, and noticed that the welcome banner said it would use location based ads unless opted out, but I didn't think much of it since I'd already opted out.

Today I checked that setting again and noticed it had become ticked. After unticking it and opening Apple News, it doesn't seem to have been re-ticked again. Is this something it only does the first time News is opened, or have I misidentified the culprit?


texts: What is the easiest way to reclaim HD space on an ipad2 without having to sync? Ideally I'm looking for an app that would allow me to delete files directly from the iPad (I remember there was one for the Newton that did this quite well, yes I'm old).


texts: automator/applescript keypress repeating until released

texts:
script that will continue to send a keypress every 50ms. Here is a script I've used before and looking to create it in automator/applescript
#IfWinActive World of Warcraft
$r::
GetKeyState, state, r, P
if state = D
Loop
{
Send {r}
Sleep, 50
return
}


texts:
In my home directory, there are two files called ._Desktop and ._Library. They have read and write permissions, but cannot be read, even with root.

What do these files do? Is there any way to modify them?


texts: Display hidden files hot key on Mavericks gone?

texts:
On prior versions of OS X, it was possible to display hidden files in a Finder dialog box (Open, Save, etc.) using Command-Shift-Period.

In Mavericks, that feature isn't working for me. Is there another command that one can use? I would prefer not to globally enable hidden files.

EDIT: I'm the one offering the bounty. It seems I cannot comment because I don't have enough rep now :)

So... yes, I'm also running 10.9.1 and it does not work. I have used it in previous versions of OSX and it worked fine. The script mentioned is OK to show the hidden files in Finder, but it does not work that well when using the open/save dialog.

My use case: sometimes I need to open/save files to the /tmp directory. In previous versions of OSX I just used the dialog to get to the disk root, and then press CommandShift. and then I was able to see the /tmp directory (actually /private/tmp).

So, if you guys are using the same version of OSX and it does work for you, I guess there must be a way to re-activate this. Any ideas?


texts: Are there any ways to improve the font rendering in X11.app / XQuartz?

texts:
I use WingIDE for Python development and it runs under X Windows. The X11 font rendering is driving me crazy. Are there any tricks for getting better fonts in an X Server on MacOS / Lion? Sample image here. It's not so bad that I'd say it's broken, but the hinting, subpixel rendering, etc all just doesn't look nearly as nice in the X server as it does in MacOS native.

I've installed XQuartz 2.7.0 binaries by hand and didn't notice any improvement in font rendering. I also tried copying Menlo.ttc into my ~/.fonts directory to have a nicer font than the X windows fonts but it's clear the X font renderer just can't match MacOS native. This 2005 OpenOffice tips article recommends replacing libfreetype but it's a pretty awkward process I haven't tried given the age of the instructions.


texts: Can Coda 2 be made to uploads to locations other than the root of a website?

texts:
I am using Coda 2 coming from Dreamweaver, and it all seems great.

However, uploading a file or 'publishing' (what's actually the difference here?) seems to stick the file in the root. Even when the local file structure maps directly to the remote structure. VERY annoying!

My local root is my local folder and my remote folder is the standard / web root. They should reflect one another perfectly, but uploading always goes to root.

Even if I 'drag' a file from the local view into the correct folder on the remote...it puts it in the root of the website.

The only way I can get it in the right place is to move it on the remote server and over-write it. Too long of a process to be productive as changes occur all the time in development.

Can anyone tell me how I can fix this issue? Is it a setting somewhere? I do not have this problem with Dreamweaver.


texts: Mouse sensitivity is set to zero on game startup

texts:
I'm currently using a Macbook Pro and wanted to play a game and came up with Warsow. I downloaded it, dropped the app in my applications folder (is it even called folder on Macs?^^). As soon as I started the game I noticed my mouse sensitivity was significantly lower. I opened the options and played around with the ingame sensitivity and it didn't change my mouse speed at all.

After quitting the game and looking up my mouse settings in the system preferences it was set to 0 (or the lowest possible setting on the slider).

Important notices:

I'm using a "Gaming" mouse (Speedlink Kudos), which works fine. Even some of the side button settings I made on my Windows machine work properly. Also the DPI change works. Sadly Speedlink only provides Windows drivers
I'm using "Kill Mouse Accell" app by adding "Automatic Kill Mouse Accell" (Apple Script) to my starting objects. This is intended to "disable" the nasty mouse accellaration of Macs.

Warsow related results:

The only search result related to Warsow on Macs is this forum posting on warsow.net:

  Disabling that !"#€%&/ mouse acceleration, is it possible?

  There are several ways to make this darned broken mouse acceleration more tolerable.

  First way is to use built-in hack in Warsow to disable it (same as in NQuake/QuakeWorld Mac version): in_disablemacosxmouseaccel 1 and restart Warsow

  Known bug with this is that this also resets mouse sensitivity setting to zero on some Macs.

  (source: http://www.warsow.net/forum/thread/11839/1)

However no comments relating this particular issue were made in the answers. Same with search results.

My question:

I don't really know what to do. What may solve my problem? Or if it can't be solved, how to counteract? (Maybe with an apple script bound to a shortcut which sets the mouse sensitivity back to normal?)


texts: How to restrict changing desktop wallpaper?

texts: We have Macbook Airs running 10.8.1. These are exposed to students in a k-12 setting. I'd like to restrict their ability to change the wallpaper of the desktop.  Is there a setting to configure?


texts: Drag email from mail.app to create a shortcut, not eml

texts:
The title is self-explainatory.
Once I succeeded, and there was .inetloc file including XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>URL</key>
    <string>message:%3CCAODRpat8f6Ca07rDHa+-uq23Cp1nk5E9MEReXbX8YaXfMcu8BA@mail.gmail.com%3E</string>
</dict>
</plist>

But now I can't recall how I did that. When you drag-and-drop an email from a list in Mail.App there is an .eml file created, which is totally what I don't want.


texts: can my mini ipad be found if it is reset?

texts:
My mini ipad was stolen, and I was wondering if they guessed my password and then reset my iPad would I still be able to get it back?
Cause I know you can track it, lock it, erase iT, etc. But if they reset it, will it still work? How do I get it back then?


texts: Can I add existing photos in my camera roll to a new photo stream?

texts:
I just got a new MacBook Pro with the current version of iPhoto, which supports Photo Stream. I have an iPhone 4, but never had Photo Stream enabled because my previous computer couldn't run the version of iPhoto that was required to use it.

Anyway, I just enabled Photo Stream now, but it seems that it only includes photos that were taken after I enabled it. I have 350+ photos in my camera roll that I'd like to also include in Photo Stream. Is there any way I can import them or something?


texts: This is a bit weird, I've been doing everything to keep the battery health great and that's what i achieved so far. it's going through 99-100%, but the thing is.. those charging cycles thing are increasing everyday, yesterday it was 32 and today it became 36 even though the health is going well, How to keep it low ? isn't the health dedicated to those cycles ? and which is more important the health or the cycles ?


texts: How to uncheck "When switching to an application, ..." Mission Control option from command line

texts: How can I uncheck the option in System Preferences -> Mission Control -> When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application via command line, with the defaults command?


texts: Bigsur: Bluetooth mouse works after running "bluetoothd"

texts:
Why do I need to run %bluetoothd to get my Bluetooth mouse to be detected?
If I don't do this the bluetooth connection in the taskbar just flashes blue when I move the mouse.
What I don't understand is why my Bluetooth speaker works but my mouse doesn't until I run this command?
Finally, how can I make this fix permanent?
edit:
Include a log:
% bluetoothd
objc[2167]: Class PipeInfo is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WPDaemon.framework/Versions/A/WPDaemon and /usr/sbin/bluetoothd. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
[bluetoothd][netPrefChanged] ###### Sharing Dictionary doesn't exist
2021-02-25 09:30:53.287 bluetoothd[2167:19352] Error: [AppleBluetoothHIDDeviceGen2][_setEventService:]Couldn't copy BD_ADDR
2021-02-25 09:30:53.287 bluetoothd[2167:19352] Error: [AppleBluetoothHIDDeviceGen2][_setEventService:]Couldn't copy BD_ADDR
2021-02-25 09:30:53.292 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:53.294 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:53.460 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:53.462 bluetoothd[2167:19352] SystemPowerNotifier: IORegisterForSystemPower for port 38147
2021-02-25 09:30:53.487 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:53.488 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:53.501 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:53.502 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:53.503 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:53.505 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:53.507 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:55.595 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:55.814 bluetoothd[2167:19352] newlyConnectedHIDDevice
2021-02-25 09:30:55.829 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:55.833 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:55.846 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false
2021-02-25 09:30:55.849 bluetoothd[2167:19352] [setSystemPreference] syncs returns false


texts: After sleep, my iMac is very slow to respond for a 45seconds+

texts:
When my iMac enters sleep, and then I wake it up -- either shortly after, or the next day, while it responds to the wake request quickly, it's basically unresponsive for 45 seconds+ after.

Specifically:

Opening a new window for safari (which was still running on sleep) takes forever
scrolling in mail will show blank space
bringing up Alfred can take a while

Things to note:

Late 2010 i7 iMac w/ 1TB disk & 8gb
Mavericks w/ all updates applied
HD is audibly being hit aggressively

Is this a known issue, and if not, can I run some tools to tell me who is accessing the hard disk.

At this point, I'm considering a new computer, but it seems odd that a i7 w/ 8gb is becoming pretty useless for light email & browsing. :)


texts: How can I avoid re-encoding of video in iMovie and use it for cutting only?

texts:
I have a video that was created on a surveillance camera with the (for video) unsusual resolution of 1280x1024. It's encoded with H.264 and encapsulated in an MP4 AVC container. The quality is rather good, especially considering the difficult structures in the image (the fine steel structure of a radio telescope dish and dark branches against the sky).

I tried to cut it using iMovie, but all export methods I tried so far yield very bad quality videos. The comparison below shows the original footage (left) and the best result I achieved until now (right). This was created by using the built-in exporter and specifying a "large" video. Note the greatly decreased resolution and blurred structures.

There are many hints on the net that suggest using QuickTime export, but I was not yet able to get any better quality out of it. I tested:

DV output format -- blurry, and the aspect format changed even though I specified an output video size of 1280x1024
H.264 output -- extremely blurry, even on highest quality setting and with two-pass encoding

So my question is: How can I tell iMovie to simply cut the input video without re-encoding it, or alternatively: How do I tell iMovies built-in  exporter to use a different video format than "large" (720x576)?

File size is not an issue here.


texts: What font have you found to work the best with OneNote's OCR feature?

texts: I've been trying to do some OCR with Microsoft OneNote and am experimenting with what font seems to work the best. While some seem to be relatively good, I'm curious if anyone has any experience with OCR and has found a font to be nearly error proof? I found that Fixedsys causes errors at times, but not sure if something traditional like Courier or Helvetica would do better?


texts: Switching original backup from Timemachine

texts: Im using the WD My Passport for Mac, and I recently formatted my entire computer. If I use this same harddrive to back up on time machine(with the old backups), will it mess anything up as it might recognize it as a different computer?


texts: Are CPU temperatures over 110 something to worry about?

texts:
I am primarily a Java developer and love using OS X and Mac as my primary development environment.

However recently I have been having temperature and heat concerns. I have a piece of code that parses at 4.5 GB XML file, and when this method is running the CPU temperature immediately goes over 90 degrees, and after a few minutes its over 110. At that point I stop the process because I’m worried about damaging my machine.

The fans are running at over 6000 RPM but the temperature continues to climb. Is this normal behavior? I’m worried I’m going to blow my CPU. I have a 2012 MBP Retina 15 inch, and it literally just went out of warranty/AppleCare.

I should mention that when I have IntelliJ IDEA (Java IDE), SQL Developer, Firefox open, and a Tomcat server running my CPU temps are around 60 to 70 degrees' sometimes in the low 80s.


texts: What do I have to take into account if I want to replace my iPod touch with an iPhone?

texts:
I have an iPod touch which is regularly synced with my PC/iTunes at home. I have bought some apps and music.

Can I easily plug in my new iPhone (I don't have it yet), start iTunes and have it synced with it? Will all songs and apps be copied on it? And will the apps be running on the iPhone (speaking of license).

What about my mobileMe-account? Will it be synced correctly after I setup the account on the iPhone?

Do I have to check out or unsubscribe the iPod? Or can I just reset it? Again, speaking of license here.

I hope I could make clear what I mean.


texts: How can I check what permissions an app store app will be granted?

texts:
Before I download an app from the Mac App Store I'd like to know if what if any permissions it gets. Is there a way to check? My understanding is that certain apps can ask Apple to grant permissions beyond the default. If true how I can check what those permissions are?

Also, while we're at it what are the default permissions? Ideally I'd like Mac App Store apps to have no permissions. In other words, can read file out of their standbox, can't read my contacts, can't send notifications, can't look at my photos, etc etc etc.


texts: Is there a way to update from legacy iTunes 12.6.5.3, or to continue using it, to get iOS 13 compatibility?

texts: I have the legacy iTunes 12.6.5.3 on my 2011 MacBook Pro running Sierra. I have an iPhone SE running iOS 10.3.3. I'd like to upgrade my iPhone SE to iOS 13. In iTunes, it shows that the update is available to download and install, however I have heard about issues with this such as this sending a phone into restore mode. However looking in the App Store, there was an "iTunes Device Support Update" which I then installed. Would this prevent the above problem? If not, how do I update iTunes on my Mac to the latest version, since it doesn't show up in the App Store for users of 12.6.5.3? I found that Apple has an installer for iTunes 12.8.2 to download, but is this the latest version for Sierra, and does it work properly with iOS 13.3?


texts: Run two 4K and one non-4K external display from late 2013 Macbook Pro

texts:
I have a late 2013 Macbook Pro with both the Intel Iris Pro integrated graphics and the NVidia Geforce 750M dedicated GPU. I run two 4k displays, one at 60Hz through a thunderbolt bolt and one at 30Hz through HDMI. I have one open thunderbolt port, and would like to add a 3rd external display. I know that it is possible to run three external displays from this model (see here, here), but I also know that it is not possible to run three 4k displays (see here).

My question:

Is it possible to run three external displays, one at 4k/60hz, one at 4k/30Hz, and one at some other resolution/refresh-rate? If so, what is the max resolution/refresh supported for the third monitor?


texts: Problems with Bonjour WiFi on iOS devices

texts:
I have an app that uses Bonjour Wifi to connect to my iPhone app from an iMac. I also have 2 SSIDs. However the iOS app will work for some hours and then cannot connect to one SSID. If I toggle to the other SSID I can connect again for a few more hours before I have to repeat the process. I also have an iPad and it behaves the same way.
Has anyone an idea of why this is happening.


texts: Correct way to free up Time Machine space

texts: I manage a Time Machine backup for a photographer.  We had a 2TB drive for photos and a 2TB drive for the Time Machine backup of those photos.  The Time Machine backup drive has run out of space and we realized that it's time that we can remove photos from the main photo drive (and burn DVD backups) anyways.  Since Time Machine keeps deleted files, simply deleting them from the main drive won't help us in freeing up the space on the Time Machine drive.  What is the correct way to handle this problem?


texts: Spontaneous right click without touching mouse

texts:
I sign in to my iMac running OS X Lion. Since this morning I am continuously seeing popups as if I right-clicked my mouse.

I changed my keyboard and mouse from wireless to wired, but the problem persists.

I checked all processes running and all seemed to be normal.

Does anybody know how to fix this? Am I the victim of a virus? The only change I made to my iMac is installing Skype on it.


texts: How can I edit the /etc/ssh/ssh_config file?

texts:
I tried editing the /etc/ssh/ssh_config file on my Mac to change the forwardX11 from no to yes, and this to enable X11 features.

I try to change permission in the file ssh_config and in the folder etc, I did it, but in vain; still no permission to go inside the file to change something.


texts:
I have both python 2.7 and 3.5.1 installed in my Mac (El Capitan). I left version 2.7 as per this recommendation.

Now I would like to update version 3.5.1 to the latest one but from the command line. Is there a way to do that (preferably from within python itself)?


texts: Keyboard shortcut to select Application "quit unexpectedly" dialog

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When encountering an application "quit unexpectedly" dialog box in OS X, sometimes the focus on that dialog box is lost. With only a keyboard, how does one restore focus back to that window? cmd+tab and similar do not work.

(I've wondered this for YEARS. Any help is greatly appreciated.)


texts: How do I sort photos by date taken in Apple Photos?

texts: Is there a way to sort photos in an album in Apple Photos by date taken? The answer must be "yes", but I can't find it. The options that seem to refer to date (e.g., Keep Sorted by Oldest) seem to sort by the date the photo was added to the album.


texts: What kind of RAM should I use for my iMac?

texts:
My Specs are as follows:

Model Name:    iMac
  Model Identifier: iMac10,1
  Processor Name:   Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:  3.06 GHz
  Number Of Processors: 1
  Total Number Of Cores:    2
  L2 Cache: 3 MB
  Memory:   4 GB
  Bus Speed:    1.07 GHz
  Boot ROM Version: IM101.00CC.B00
  SMC Version (system): 1.52f9
  Serial Number (system):   W8008JEF5PC
  Hardware UUID:    EECDACBD-AF6B-5B3E-B382-2702F2AA64AD

Current RAM:
Memory Slots:

ECC:  Disabled

BANK 0/DIMM0:

Size: Empty
  Type: Empty
  Speed:    Empty
  Status:   Empty
  Manufacturer: Empty
  Part Number:  Empty
  Serial Number:    Empty

BANK 1/DIMM0:

Size: Empty
  Type: Empty
  Speed:    Empty
  Status:   Empty
  Manufacturer: Empty
  Part Number:  Empty
  Serial Number:    Empty

BANK 0/DIMM1:

Size: 2 GB
  Type: DDR3
  Speed:    1067 MHz
  Status:   OK
  Manufacturer: 0x80AD
  Part Number:  0x484D54313235533642465238432D47372020
  Serial Number:    0x108343E7

BANK 1/DIMM1:

Size: 2 GB
  Type: DDR3
  Speed:    1067 MHz
  Status:   OK
  Manufacturer: 0x80AD
  Part Number:  0x484D54313235533642465238432D47372020
  Serial Number:    0x101343E9

What sort/kind of RAM should I purchase to improve the current RAM capacity?
Should I buy an extra 2 x 2GB RAM or 2 x 4GB?
Which Slot should it be inserted to should I purchase the new RAMs?
Will it have a negative effect on the overall performance?


texts: How do I take a picture of the login screen?

texts: I've seen quite a number of login screen screenshots. I've tried Cmd + Shift + 3, but to no avail. How do I take a picture of the login screen or the boot screen of OS X?


texts: Are there any hacks that allow a late 2008 macbook pro unibody to use Airplay Mirroring

texts: Apple says only 2011 Macs/MacBooks Pro can use this feature, but I'm hopeful that there is a way to bypass this.


texts: "VPN is not configured" error on El Capitan

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I discovered this new annoying bug in El Capitan 10.11.2 running on a MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013.

Sometimes when I click on the VPN icon in the menu bar, I get "VPN is not configured" despite the fact that I configured three.  It is all resolved by going into System Preferences → Network, then unchecking and rechecking the "Show VPN Status in menu bar" checkbox.

Even though I can manually sort the issue each time, I would like a more robust and permanent solution.


texts: Find which files are shared in iCloud Drive

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This seems obvious, but can't figure it out. How can I find which files are shared to other people in iCloud drive? Finder shows individually a text under each shared file, but I would like to see a list of all shared files.

See more information about file share functionality (add people) on Apple Support Pages under Share files section where it says:

  You can allow people to view and edit files by sharing them using iCloud Drive.

If I share hundreds of files, after a while it will become hard to find and unshare files that no longer need to be shared. I'm questioning the auditability of the share functionality.


texts:
About six months ago, my MacBookPro's (summer '09) HDD died. A solid, irrecoverable failure - flashing folder question mark, utterly invisible to Disk Utility, Disk Warrior, being housed in an external housing from different machines, the Genius Bar wonder disc (you knew they have one, right?), everything.

So after testing my backup strategy to its limits, I bought a new drive (Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb). This drive is updated with the latest firmware SD25 and I'm generally happy, the hybrid drive is everything you'd expect: nippy and reasonably huge. On a good day, my cold boot from off to active is less than a minute (much less).

But. And it's a huge but (and I have to assume it is something related to the drive):

It is crashing on me frequently: daily, sometimes multiple times daily, spinning beach balls, unresponsive when the Mac's lid is opened, failing when the screen saver kicks in; you name it, sometimes it could just be my typing something quickly into the Firebox toolbar.

Fortunately turning it off and restarting has, up to now, always worked, but many of the apps don't like it and many apps complain, fail and need reinstalling and I'm getting to the end of my patience.

I'm pondering on just reinstalling Snow Leopard (or waiting for Lion or whatever's next) and seeing if that solves it, but I've no real confidence in that as a solution.

A little background: I'm a professional Windows developer and a Mac user for a number of years, so I'm comfortable with the idea of logging, tracing, debugging and so on, but I'm a little lacking in the deep knowledge of where to look for clues on the Mac.

So I'm looking to the hivemind: if I'm not to just backup everything up and do a clean install, what should I try before that? Or should I just try that? Why should I believe that would work?


texts: Why can't I get the Windows installer to launch (Bootcamp)? iMac 13, 1 (late 2012)

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I get a black screen with blinking cursor when Boot Camp reboots after creating the partition.  I have been trying to install Windows 10 1909 on an iMac 13,1 (late 2012) running High Sierra (and now Catalina). The first issue I had was creating the USB - I ran into the issue that boot camp could not create the USB because there is a file greater than 4 GB, and so I circumvented this issue by re-formatting the USB to exFAT and then copying the contents of the Windows software support and the Windows 10 ISO onto the drive.  I also read some reports that you need a USB 2.0, and so I've attempted that as well with the same result.

I then run boot camp and create a partition, and the system reboots, but just has a black screen with blinking cursor, so I cannot not run the Windows installer at all. If I manual shutdown and then reboot holding option, I have a USB option "Windows" and "EFI Boot" (or at least that was the way it was with High Sierra). When I run EFI Boot, I can enter the Windows installer, but an EFI windows install is not possible because the partition scheme is MBR, not GPT (and I've heard the drivers for this generation Mac do not cooperate with EFI boot anyway). When I run "Windows" option, I get the same result - black screen with blinking cursor. So I am stuck.

I'm not certain if this is relevant, but this machine previously had Windows 10 dual boot with its original Mountain Lion install, however, the Windows install completely crashed and was irreparable. What I did was remove the Windows partition with Boot camp assistant, and then I completely wiped MacOS and re-installed the High Sierra. I did run updates, and it did run a firmware update.

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts:
From sandeep@Sandeeps-MacBook-Air.local  Fri Mar 23 20:04:23 2018
X-Original-To: sandeep
Delivered-To: sandeep@Sandeeps-MacBook-Air.local
From: sandeep@Sandeeps-MacBook-Air.local (Cron Daemon)
To: sandeep@Sandeeps-MacBook-Air.local
Subject: Cron <sandeep@Sandeeps-MacBook-Air> /Users/sandeep/Library/cootie.pl/cootie.pl cr
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=sandeep>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=sandeep>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/Users/sandeep>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 20:04:22 +0530 (IST)

/bin/sh: /tmp/iu.sh: No such file or directory

I'm getting this mail quite often. What is this about? Is my Mac ok? Do I need to update something or delete anything?

$ crontab -l
4 * * * * /Users/sandeep/Library/cootie.pl/cootie.pl cr


texts: Errors from whatis command. Unable to rebuild database with makewhatis?

texts:
How can I update the whatis database?

$ sudo /usr/libexec/makewhatis
Password:
makewhatis: /usr/share/man/whatis.tmp: Read-only file system

I believe being able to update this database will solve some other issue I'm having. My path to discovery as follows...

I recently started noticing that fish shell completions were annoyingly slow on my machine, possibly shortly after upgrading to Catalina.

I did a little profiling with fish -d5 and noticed that the majority of the time was spent on the apropos command. I did some reading and learned that the tools apropos, whatis and makewhatis are all related. They index man pages and make them searchable. Fish shell is (correctly) using them to offer helpful completions.

When I run whatis or apropos standalone, I get the following output:

$ whatis man
hugo-gen-man(1)          - Generate man pages for the Hugo CLI
groff_man(7)             - groff `man' macros to support generation of man pages
groffer(1)               - display groff files and man~pages on X and tty
man(1)                   - format and display the on-line manual pages
man.conf(5)              - configuration data for man
zshall(1)                - the Z shell meta-man page
xml2man(1)               - MPGL to mdoc (man page) translator
makewhatis: /usr/lib/./libgutenprint.2.dylib: No such file or directory
makewhatis: /usr/lib/libsasl2.2.0.1.dylib: Not a directory
makewhatis: /usr/lib/libldap.dylib: Not a directory
makewhatis: /usr/lib/libsqlite3.0.dylib: Not a directory
makewhatis: /usr/lib/libcom_err.dylib: Not a directory
...

Followed by at least 100 more lines of the "Not a directory" messages. I believe it is all these useless lines that are slowing things down.

So I thought maybe I just need to rebuild the whatis database (perhaps after the Catalina upgrade?). However, it doesn't seem to work:

$ sudo /usr/libexec/makewhatis
Password:
makewhatis: /usr/share/man/whatis.tmp: Read-only file system

So this part is a little disturbing. How can I rebuild the whatis database? I have a hunch this will solve my issues if I can figure it out.


texts: Does the camera on the iPhone 6 protrude from the back?

texts:
When the iPhone 6 was announced last week, I read that the camera would protrude from the back of the phone, instead of being completely flush with the back like on all previous iPhones.  Is this true?

On the Apple web site, you can see the following image showing side views of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and neither one shows a protruding camera.


texts: Transfer app data to child Apple ID in same family share

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This question has been asked periodically over the years, but I cannot find a definitive answer that works.

On the occasion of buying her a newer iPhone, I am transitioning my daughter to her own AppleID (which is currently in our family share).

She has various games and lifestyle apps with progress and data that was accumulated while using her previous phone (under my AppleID), and wants to transfer them.

Is there a straightforward way to do this?

(Newer phone is iOS 12, older one is stuck on iOS 10)


texts: Visual Voicemail won't let me play back or adjust greeting

texts:
I have a new iPhone SE running iOS 9.3.1, restored from a backup of my old iPhone 4S. Also I have changed carriers upon getting the new phone to Cricket from AT&T.

When I set up the new iPhone, it installed carrier updates from iTunes and the Phone app let me set up my visual voicemail with the passcode and custom greeting, and I tested it out and the visual voicemail worked.

Now, however, when I go to the Phone app and tap Greeting in the Voicemail tab, it brings up the page that would let me play and record a new greeting, but the only working button is Cancel. All the buttons appear as if they work but they don't respond.

I've tried resetting the Voicemail passcode in the Phone settings, I've tried resetting network settings, I've tried rebooting. The problem remains. What is the solution?

One other note, though I can't tell if this is coincidence or the cause, perhaps you can enlighten me: I wanted to completely wipe my old iPhone so it would be ready for another to set up as their own, but that phone's WiFi doesn't work right, and so in order to get internet access enough to unlock iCloud and do the erase, I took my Cricket sim out, and (with a nano to micro sim adapter that came with my Cricket SIM originally) put it in to the 4S so it could get some 4G internet and authorize the erase. After I put the Cricket sim back in the iPhone SE, I noticed it occasionally lose the LTE connection that I don't recall it doing previously in the last week that I had the new phone. Could be a fluke though. And I don't know if the Voicemail greeting problem was around before because I wasn't checking it and wasn't getting lots of voicemails exactly. Also I tried giving myself a test voicemail and it wouldn't let me play it back, though after some resetting or I don't know what the playback works again. Don't know if that's useful or irrelevant or rambling.

Edit: The bit about my iPhone losing LTE, I think I've narrowed down the problem. I think it's just because Cricket isn't yet using VoLTE and I wasn't testing many phone calls. As it stands though I cannot change the greeting except through calling voicemail directly. This is not a massive problem though I would like to know what could be going on or if I should contact Apple Support since this is a new phone.

Also I kept playing around with it and at one time I did get the Greeting controls to work. And then it stopped working again. Don't know what's up or why that would be caused. Is it possible what I did with the SIM would cause this?


texts:
How can I capture a video on an iOS device or the iOS emulator?

I saw some product pages that are using videos demonstrating that how their apps to be used. The video is also showing the touch and other gestures of the user. How can I create such video?


texts:
I've got a really dumb question. I just got my new (to me) iPhone 4 on a plan and activated through a service provider. Yay! My iPhone was restored to a backup of my iPod so all the data and stuff transferred, and in trying to text my mom (who is on an iPhone 5), all my texts come through iMessage unless I explicitly turn it off.

However my mom appears to be able to change messaging me between the two services on command. They all appear in the same conversation for me, but since all my messages are sent as iMessage, she has to switch to a different conversation (the iMessage one) to see my replies to an SMS.

Any idea why or how I might be able to prevent that?


texts: Using a Bluetooth or USB remote to advance Keynote slides?

texts:
What would it take technically for the iPad to be able to allow Keynote slides to be advanced by a remote (like this -  http://www.targus.com/us/productdetail.aspx?regionId=7&sku=AMP18US)?

Or how about via Bluetooth?


texts: FaceTime on Macbook without iPad interference

texts:
Needed to collaborate with someone on a document, editing on Macbook Pro (MBP).  Made FaceTime audio call, but then switched to video.  Top of screen claimed "call failed" but we were still talking.  Then the iPad began begging me to answer the call!  It gave up and we were still on.  iPad was not a call from someone else.

Something else disconnected us, and when I called again, this time the iPad did not interfere.

Is the first just a fluke, or must I do something to prevent the iPad from trying to hijack a call on the Macbook?  (Hopefully something other than shutting it down!)


texts: Is there a way to select Safari's search (Google) bar (top right) with a keyboard shortcut?

texts:
I'm talking about the field accessible with command+L, then Tab.

I search Google a lot.

On Windows and Linux this is usually accessible with Ctrl+K.


texts: Stop Photos.app from opening when any device is connected

texts:
I know there are thousands of iterations on this question, but I can't find one dealing with Photos.app from 10.10.3+.

I just want to stop it (or anything else) from opening ever. None of the answers I've found for Image Capture or iPhoto work anymore, as far as I can tell.

To be clear, I know I can go into Image Capture and change the setting per-device, but I am regularly plugging in random devices I've never used before, and I want to turn this behaviour off globally.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: Automator Application as 'Login Items' to 'Connect to Servers' - Servers don't display in Finder Side Bar?

texts:
Have an Automator Application as a 'Login Items' to 'Connect to Servers' (AFP).

On login it runs, connects the servers, but does not add them to the Finder Side Bar under 'Devices'.

Once logged in, I disconnect the servers manually, and then run the Application manually. The servers connect & are added to the Finder side bar! Same, unmodified Application.

Have tried to add a 'Pause' of a few seconds to the Automator Application at the start, but it still won't work.

This exact same Automator Application used to work in Snow Leopard without fail. Stopped working with the upgrade to Mountain Lion. Have opened & re-saved the Application using Automator on Mountain Lion as well.

Any suggestions?

Added (30-SEP-12) ...

Finder directly after login & Automator script has run.

Run Automator script manually.

Finder after running Automator script manually.

Also, just discovered something new. During login, if I quickly open Finder, while the script is starting/running, the mappings are created (!), but if I don't open Finder, let the script run, then the mappings are not created.

Added (01-OCT-12) ...

Workaround ... add a 'Get Specified Finder Items', and then an 'Open Finder Items' to open Finder before attempting to connect to the servers.


texts:
When I first got my Mac about 4 years ago, I thought it'd be sensible to install McAfee VShield that was offered by my network provider. Soon learned this was unnecessary and not recommended.
I can't remember how I uninstalled it as it was four years ago. However I today deleted around 5 files from LaunchDaemons and LaunchAgents that contained reference to McAfee. I became aware of them as my Filr app highlighted that Vshieldscanner was being blocked by my administrator. Didn't know what it was, but found out it that was part of McAfee.
Is there a way of locating where the Vshieldscanner files are located so that I can manually remove them; all visible McAfee files were deleted long ago, and the Daemon files are now all gone too.
I've searched the internet and found others have had issues with uninstalling McAfee. All I can see on my machine is the Vsheildscanner. From SuperUser I found these steps, but following them I still have the Vsheildscanner error message with my filr app.


texts: Folder in root greyed out in Finder but accessible in Terminal

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I've just migrated from an old MBP to a new one. I had a folder Transmachina in the root in which I keep a large SVN working copy. I just copied this over with cp -R but on the new machine this folder is greyed out in Finder, and I can't navigate into it.

In terminal, I can access it fine as my user (no sudo) and the permissions are:

drwxr-xr-x   56 nic   wheel    Transmachina

which are the same as on the old machine. Both are running 10.8.2, but the old machine was 10.5 when originally purchased and configured.

Update: xattr -l Transmachina doesn't show anything at all.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?


texts: Looking the Lightning Earpods, but can't seem to find a USB 3 or 2 to Female Lightning adapter. Anyone know anything or where I could find one?


texts: Troubleshooting: how to see errors from folder action scripts

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I am trying to set up a "drop" folder: i.e. A watched folder with an associated Apple Script in "Folder Action Scripts".

The script is fairly simple. It defines a source link (the watched folder) and a destination path (a folder with the same parent as the watched folder) and runs a python script on the dropped file using the two variables defined as python arguments:

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
    set dropFolder to quoted form of POSIX path of "IN/" -- use relative path
    set destinationFolder to quoted form of POSIX path of "OUT/" -- use relative path
    try
        repeat with EachItem in added_items
            set ItemInfo to info for EachItem
            if not folder of ItemInfo then
                set FileExtensionOfItem to name extension of ItemInfo
                if FileExtensionOfItem is "txt" then
                    set theBaseName to my getBaseNameOf(ItemInfo)
                    set pythonArg1 to theBaseName + "/packageElement"
                    set pythonArg2 to destinationFolder
                    set run_cmd to "python parser.py " + pythonArg1 + " " + pythonArg2
                    tell application "Terminal" -- pass file name to python using BASH from within this script
                        activate
                        do script run_cmd
                    end tell
                end if
            end if
        end repeat
    end try
end adding folder items to

There is some problem - likely minor in the script. Or perhaps there is a file permissions error?

I normally would trace my code using some simple technique like display dialog ...; however, I can not see these dialogues if they are run from the watched folder.

My question is this: What tools can we use to troubleshoot a folder action script such as this?


texts: What is the equivalent terminal command to findsmb on Lion

texts: The findsmb command present in SnowLeopard and older, is not available from terminal in Lion. Is there an equivalent?


texts: Some websites do not load in all my browsers

texts:
Some websites do not open in safari, firefox and google chrome. I have been trying for a few days now and it is always the same.
In safari, I get
"Safari can't open the page "xxx" because the server unexpectedly dropped connection. This sometimes occurs when the server is busy. Wait for a few minutes then try again."
In google chrome, I get "This site can’t be reached.
The web page at xxx might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_RESPONSE_HEADERS_TRUNCATED"
In firefox, when I click on the URL from google or type in the URL of the website, I get this

I am not sure why it does this because the URL is not a document.
I am on MacOS big sur 11.1
Thanks!


texts: Failed High Sierra update, can't mount drives, how to recover files?

texts:
The issue is with Apple MacBook Air "Core i5" 1.6 13" (Early 2015).

It had not been backed up in a while but an update to High Sierra was attempted. The update failed and now a regular boot or safe mode boot leads to the "question mark folder". Booting in recovery mode or web-recovery, then attempting to update the OS leads to "Downloading installer information to the target volume failed."

At this point the main concern is to recover the files. In terminal I can see that the files are there, but I can't mount an external drive to copy them. There is power at the USB ports but nothing shows up in Disk Utility ( or "diskutil list").

I made a bootable USB with El Capitan on it, and when I boot from that, the USB ports work. But now the SSD won't mount, so I can't recover anything.
Running "diskutil list" shows the SSD as disk0/disk0s1/disk0s2, but only disk0/disk0s1 can be mounted (of course disk0s2 is the partition I need to access). disk0s2 is APSF, and I don't think its encrypted.

How else can I get one of these disks mounted?


texts:
I've noticed on an old iPhone 3G I keep around for testing that the Set Automatically option in Date & Time doesn't work. This iPhone has a SIM card, but it has been deactivated by the carrier after upgrading to a newer model which uses a different size card.

I assumed it would work using Network Time Protocol (NTP), which means it should be able to sync the time over WiFi. But I haven't find any documentation on this.

I keep this iPhone around for testing, so it only comes out of the drawer every few months. Keeping it fully charged isn't a realistic option.

This phone is running the final version available for it, iOS 4.2.1 (8C148).

My question, then: Can I make this work? Failing that, is there documentation available that says once and for all that it can't be made to work?


texts: Macbook display flashing when using Terminal

texts:
the macbook I use for work will very occasionally 'blink' or 'flicker' while using external machine connections such as the Terminal or programs that connect to databases (used for work). As a bonus, occasionally, if these connections are left open for too long, my Macbook screen will go white or white/black striped. At this point, the only way to effect this is to manually restart the laptop. Has anyone seen this before and does anyone have any advice on how to solve this or at least begin to diagnose the problem?

This problem has no sounds or other cues associated with it other than the occasional flashing. I've disabled flashing/sounds for errors in the system preferences.


texts: Switch between workspaces with mouse (not trackpad / magicpad and not keyboard)

texts:
Is there a way I can switch between workspaces with a mouse?
I know I can configure keyboard shortcuts for this, and I can also configure trackpad 3/4 finger swipe up for mission control then select workspace from there.
But is there a method for switching workspaces with only mouse?


texts:
Is it possible to move the location pin in the Reminders app, or otherwise set a custom location?  I want to set a reminder at a place with no address.

(This is on an iPhone 7, so 3D Touch is available.)


texts: What's the technical reason a Mid 2012 MacBook Air cannot use two DisplayPort Monitors?

texts:
I have a Mid 2012 11" MacBook Air and I'd like to drive 2 external monitors. This question has been asked before, and the solutions so far are:

Use a Thunderbolt to DisplayPort adapter and a USB DisplayPort adapter. This is what I'm using now and the USB DisplayPort adapter provides poor framerates, graphics glitches, and application incompatibilities.
Use a Thunderbolt dock which splits a single monitor signal apart into two monitors. This doesn't work well if you want to take advantage of macOS multi-monitor support since the OS is fooled into thinking there's only a single monitor.
Use two Thunderbolt monitors. Apple is discontinuing its Thunderbolt monitor. It seems that Dell has already discontinued theirs. This is also a very expensive option (roughly $2000) if you already have two DisplayPort screens.
Get a Thunderbolt to PCIe enclosure along with a PCIe graphics card. This is a very expensive option.
Daisy chain two DisplayPort 1.2 monitors. This doesn't work on the 2012 MacBook Air because its Intel HD 4000 graphics core only supports DisplayPort 1.1a.

Technically, it seems like it should be possible to drive two DisplayPort monitors from a 2012 MacBook air:

The processor uses Intel HD 4000 graphics which supports 3 displays (so long as two of them are DisplayPort and driven by the same PLL).
The PCH (SLJ8B Mobile Intel® QS77 Express Chipset) can support multiple DisplayPorts.
The Thunderbolt controller (Intel DSL3510L Cactus Ridge 4C) also supports two DisplayPort monitors.

Is there a technical reason (for instance, the PCH is configured to disable a DisplayPort) one cannot drive two DisplayPort monitors from a 2012 MacBook Air? I'm looking for a way to demultiplex the two DisplayPort signals off the single Thunderbolt connector.


texts:
I have got a BeoPlay 7 bluetooth headphone. If I double press the headphone it dials the last person I spoke to on the phone.
Is there anyway to disable this behaviour in iOS 11?


texts: Dvorak-QWERTY keyboard does not properly switch between keyboards when I press Command button on Safari

texts:
Original question: What is the new shortcut to get to select the address line on Safari?

I always used to use the Command+L to select/highlight the URL and go to another website. This changed in macOS Sierra. Now when I press those buttons, it will create a new window.

Is there a new shortcut to select the address?

–––

Edit:

Ok, I think I found the issue: the standard keyboard I work on is Dvorak - QWERTY.
It means the keys are in the Dvorak layout when I type normally, and they become QWERTY when I press the command button. I use this because many shortcuts are in favour of the QWERTY Layout.

I confirmed on another keyboard that selecting the address bar is still indeed Command+L. The reason Safari would open a new window instead is because the "L" button in QWERTY is "N" in Dvorak layout. Command+N is open a new window! It would mean that in macOS Sierra, pressing the command button does not always turn the layout in QWERTY, and sometimes it inputs the key value in Dvorak even if I press down the command button... How do I fix this issue?


texts: Did I get a lemon, or does the ipod touch g4 come with a crappy usb cable?

texts:
Really, I mean you shell out $300 for this thing you'd think the usb cable would be able to sync after two months of use.

I ended up buying one from China that works just fine (as opposed to the one that came with it!)


texts: Macbook Pro early 2011 Thunderbolt to USB

texts:
I am looking into expanding my Macbook Pro's USB ports as I only have one USB port working and I have tried everything from resetting SMC and PRAM, firmware updates, etc.

Using a USB hub from the remaining USB port is not really an option as I use it for my Traktor Pro 2 Soundcard

I have been looking around for a Thunderbolt to USB hub/dock but they are quite expensive.

I was thinking will a Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter, Then Firewire to USB work?

If not, are there any other options in expanding the USB ports without using the last remaining USB port?

Thanks


texts: Can I receive calls only from a set of approved phone numbers?

texts: How can I receive calls only from a set of approved phone numbers?


texts: A1278 13" MacBook Pro wake from sleep issue

texts:
MacBook Pro 13.3"  - Early 2010
A1278
2.66 Ghz
16 GB RAM
2 TB Hard Drive (1.75 TB available)
10.9.5 (because I like Mavericks, we're happy together)
The issue is that the MacBook Pro won't wake up if I have closed the lid. This does not happen if I reopen the lid within a few quick minutes, but after an extended time, an hour, overnight. The sleep indicator light sometimes pulsates; sometimes is lit but not pulsating, but either way, it indicates that the laptop is not completely shutdown. I have to reset SMC every time (or hold down the power button until it shuts down) and restart it to get it up and going.  (I have also reset the NVRAM, only because I was trying everything.  No change.)  Resetting the SMC is ineffective, as the issue returns every time I close the lid.  Disk Utility only shows the typical Safari permissions that need changing, as they always do.  Rebooting in Safe Mode doesn't prevent the issue from happening.  I have reset the PRAM and I have reinstalled the OS.
I always leave my MBP plugged in, because I do all my work right by an outlet, so I have the energy power adapter settings to never sleep for both display and computer.  I have "put hard drive to sleep" unchecked.  I do have "wake for network access" checked.  My battery settings are set to 3 hours (although I never unplug it) and again, "put hard drive to sleep" is unchecked.
I recently disabled hibernation because I suspected it might be stuck in safe sleep mode, but it had no effect.  I also made sure that lidwake is set to 1.  In fact, here is a paste from Terminal:
Battery Power       -1
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
womp                 1
halfdim              1
sms                  1
hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
networkoversleep     0
disksleep            0
sleep                0
hibernatemode        0
ttyskeepawake        1
displaysleep         0
acwake               0
lidwake              1
The last thing I have done through Terminal is to set standby to 0, again with no change.  There are no magnets in my work space, so I don't suspect that sort of interference.  If I put the laptop to sleep by selecting that option from the apple menu, I can wake the computer up.  It really does seem to only fail to wake when I have closed the lid.
This is the only issue with my MacBook Pro when it is up and running; there are no display issues, etc.  I am wondering if there might be something "manual" going on, perhaps related to the lid itself?  I do know the display cable is housed in the hinge.  Other than that, I am at a loss and would appreciate any insight.  Thank you.


texts: It says I've got about 3 GB and it won't let me download something for 2.2 GB. Why is it saying this and how do I successfully download it?

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It says I've got about 3 GB on my mac but when I try to get iMovie from the App Store (something that takes 2.2 GB) it says I do not have enough room on my Mac.
I am using an Apple Macintosh Macbook Air
Version: 10.15.7
It's also a macOS Catalina


texts: MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) Does not Enter Recovery Mode

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I am booting up by CMD + R.

Internet recovery globe icon appears. It downloads something for 2 minutes and then restart the macbook pro.

After restart nothing happens. It tries to boot up normally. But because I am trying to install onto an empty formatted Sandisk SSD drive, obviously no help.

After another CMD + R attempt, the internet recovery globe downloads for 2 minutes and then internet recovery globe dismiss. After that without restart, gray Apple icon appears with a loading bar under it. Tries to progress but halts at 70 percent and progress freezes. Waited 15 minutes without any progress change and hard quitted. Not sure if it is downloading a big OS ISO image or something.

Also I am trying to boot up by C key with a Snow Leopard DVD that comes with the Macbok Pro. After 5 minutes, the throbber under Apple icon just halts and screen freezes.

May it be because the SSD drive is not recognized?

How can I fix this issue?

Is it possible to see the verbose output of CMD + R recovery attempt?


texts: Mouse issues when hovering over certain areas

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I would post this question directly on the Apple discussion site, but it appears to be having issues (if I log in, I get a redirect loop leading to browser error message).

I believe this issue could be related to the High Sierra update, as I believe I started seeing this issue sometime after updating.

When hovering over certain areas, the pointer rapidly switches between cursors and the mouse movement speed lags heavily. This happens the same whether I'm using the trackpad or a USB mouse.

Previously, I thought that the issue was isolated to a single application, WebStorm, and I thought that it was isolated to only hovering over hyperlinks, when the mouse cursor attempts to change to the hand icon. It would rapidly change between the hand and the text cursor and the mouse would get stuck there because it gets slowed and choppy while hovering over that text.

However, I recently noticed this happen in Google Chrome as well. Specifically (and consistently), when you enter a password for a website and the "key" icon shows up in the address bar, it asks if you want Google Smart Lock to save the password...when hovering over the white space next to that text in the bubble, it does the same thing, switching between the arrow and the text cursor.

I searched, but I can't find anyone else that seems to be experiencing quite the same issue. Others have reported issues with the mouse cursor, but not exactly the same problem I'm seeing.

I may try and revert back to regular Sierra, but I wanted to see if anyone else is seeing the same thing or has any idea how to fix it?

Here is a video showing the issue in WebStorm: https://imgur.com/m00slwn

And here is a video showing the issue in Chrome: https://imgur.com/gsKM0mn

The screencast doesn't capture the mouse cursor rapidly changing, especially in the Chrome video, but it is much more drastic than shown in the video.