texts:
How can I convert JPG into PDF easily? shows have to use homebrew to convert .jpg files into .pdf. I would like to convert many TIFF files to PDF but can not get it to work.

For JPEG files, the advice was to use the following command:

brew install imagemagick
convert *.jpg output.pdf

I am trying to use the Step 2 command for *.TIFF files into *.PDF.

However, despite using the command line to the letter, I am unable to change my 300 files with this single line. In fact, no file is converted at all.

Would anyone be so kind to provide a helping hand ?


texts: Spotlight search on iOS not showing options to search web/maps/App Store unless it has results from other apps

texts:
I am noticing something both on my iPad 2 and iPhone SE running iOS 9.3.2 that I don't recall seeing until today. When I do a spotlight search, it shows a list of results from different apps, and then at the bottom options to search web, App Store, and maps. But now, if the search is such that there are no results from apps, it won't show those last three search options either.

Also, if relevant, a search that brings up just one top hit of an app and nothing else, also does not show options for the web/app/map search. Also, spotlight might start showing a result, like of a note I'm typing, but as I keep typing just a little more of the title of that note, then all results disappear.

And when offline, this problem goes away. Even about the disappearing notes search result problem.


texts: Find filename of picture inserted in a Word Document on a Mac

texts:
In a word document I included a pdf, that is a picture.

However I forgot where is the source location and how it is called.

Is there any way to find that out?

I use Mac OS Mojave 10.14.5 on a Mac Book Pro and Microsoft Word for Mac Version 16.26.


texts:
Terminal.app has a setting to select which shell it uses, and the default setting is "Default login shell (/usr/bin/login)".
What are the differences between /usr/bin/login and /usr/bin/bash?


texts: Cmd-Shift-Tab behaves differently when on dual screen

texts:
On Mavericks, Cmd-Tab works as expected just fine (selecting the next application in the MRU list). With the task selector open, I can hit shift as well to move back in the same list before selecting app.

As soon as I plug in a second monitor (with it's own "space" I assume), this suddenly works differently. When I activate the task selector with Cmd-Tab, it opens as usual, but as soon as I hit shift in addition, the task selector closes, selecting whatever was selected when I hit shift.

On dual screen I can start the task selector up with either Cmd-Tab or Cmd-Shift-Tab, but as soon as I add or remove shift from it, it selects the application underneath and closes the task selector. On a single screen, I can move back and forth without anything getting selected until I release Cmd-Tab as well.

Does anybody know if this is a bug or the way it is supposed to be, and if the latter, what is the rationale for this?


texts: In many apps like safari or youtube the backbutton is at the top of the screen. That makes it basically impossible to use my ipad pro 9.7 comfortably in bed, I would have to sit up and use both hands to access the back button. Is there any way to get a back button at the bottom of the screen?


texts:
I'm thinking of buying an iPad at some point, the one with 3G.

I also have a 3G dongle that I'm not really using at the moment and wish to use on the iPad. I understand that it's a MicroSim, and I can chop my SIM down, but are there any 3G sim locks on the iPad itself?

The only thing I think I'll need to find out is the 3G settings (if it isn't locked). I'm in the UK and I have an orange contract.

So am I right in thinking that if the iPad is not locked to a certain 3G network, I can use this?

Thanks


texts: Apparently my Google-fu is off today or nobody used this feature other than me.  Apple mail had a feature that would highlight messages from the same sender with the same or similar subject lines which made it very easy to round up emails from my network monitoring system.  After upgrading to El Capitan this feature has gone away.  I am wondering if anyone knows of a fix to get it back or was it an error in previous versions that just got fixed.  My mail settings are the same as they have been.  I have included a screen shot below.


texts:
I have some files that have .gid extension. What Mac software should I use to open it?

I use OS X 10.5.8.


texts: Can an iPad be charged while acting as a USB host?

texts:
I have an iPad that I would like to leave semi-permanently connected to a USB hub (connected to a couple of MIDI controllers and some USB speakers).  As it stands, I have to remember to unplug it periodically and plug in the charging cable.

I've been looking for a solution that would let me keep the iPad charged while also keeping it connected.  Thinking about it, I realized I don't know if this something supported by the USB standard (let alone by the iPad specifically).

Is it even possible to charge an iPad while it's acting as a USB host?


texts:
I have enable the option to "Flash screen when an alert sound occurs" under Accessibility setting in System Preferences.

It works successfully with many apps such as Microsoft Outlook but not with Slack. How can I get the screen to flash when I receive a Slack notification?

Further information:

It looks like Slack uses the native notification interface as you can control the notification type under the Notification Centre settings:


texts: How to recover an iPod Classic that won't turn on and doesn't appear as a drive?

texts:
A friend of mine asked for help with an iPod Classic that isn't working.

It is an 80GB iPod Classic, model A1238, that doesn't give any signs of still being alive. It won't beep or light the screen, doesn't matters what I try.

I have tried to reset it (turn the hold switch on/off and then hold the middle and menu button) but it did nothing, and so I couldn't put it in disk mode either.

Right now I'm trying to charge it from a power adapter, but I don't expect it to help.
I had already tried to charge it from a PC, and from a MacBook Pro.

Anything else I could try, before sending it to repair?


texts: brew Install encounter error /usr/local/share/texinfo is not writable

texts:
==> Installing ffmpeg dependency: texi2html
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/texi2html-5.0.high_sierra.b
==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/52/5259ab2074f122f4725058d247723
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring texi2html-5.0.high_sierra.bottle.1.tar.gz
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink share/texinfo/html
/usr/local/share/texinfo is not writable.

any ideas?


texts: macOS freezes. keyboard/mouse input is registered. screen freezes

texts:
I am on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.

Macbook Pro 15" w/ Retina display, mid-2015.

The OS seems to freeze sometimes:

the screen freezes
all output sounds freeze (most of the time now, but didn't use to)
most keyboard/trackpad input is registered, and all gets displayed at once when the screen unfreezes and sounds resume
sometimes only some keyboard input is registered, or only some trackpad input (or none)

This happens seemingly at random moments, and never seems to last longer than half a minute.

How do I stop this from happening?

I'm not sure how to begin diagnosing the problem, please ask for more info that you need.

It will be tricky for me to record/time etc. the incidents because I can't predict them.


texts: Change hosts file does not have any effect

texts:
I have edited the /etc/hosts file on macOS 10.12.6. Then trying to flush the DNS services has no effect, why?

Here is what I have done:

cd /etc
sudo cat hosts
sudo cat -te hosts
##$
# Host Database$
#$
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface$
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.$
##$
127.0.0.1^Ilocalhost$
255.255.255.255^Ibroadcasthost$
::1^Ilocalhost$
127.0.0.1^Ipagead46.l.doubleclick.net$
$
$

ping pagead46.l.doubleclick.net
PING pagead46.l.doubleclick.net (172.217.23.66): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.217.23.66: icmp_seq=0 ttl=56 time=678.921 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.23.66: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=35.715 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.23.66: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=52.304 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.23.66: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=48.495 ms
^C
--- pagead46.l.doubleclick.net ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 35.715/203.859/678.921/274.346 ms

dscacheutil -flushcache
ps -ef | grep mDNS
    0  1777     1   0  6:46PM ??         0:00.11 /usr/sbin/mDNSResponderHelper
   65  1916     1   0  8:17PM ??         0:00.07 /usr/sbin/mDNSResponder
  501  1929  1013   0  8:19PM ttys007    0:00.00 grep mDNS

dscacheutil -flushcache
sudo killall mDNSResponder
sudo killall mDNSResponderHelper
ps -ef | grep mDNS
   65  1933     1   0  8:20PM ??         0:00.03 /usr/sbin/mDNSResponder
  501  1936  1013   0  8:20PM ttys007    0:00.00 grep mDNS

sudo cat -te hosts
##$
# Host Database$
#$
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface$
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.$
##$
127.0.0.1^Ilocalhost$
255.255.255.255^Ibroadcasthost$
::1^Ilocalhost$
127.0.0.1^Ipagead46.l.doubleclick.net$
$
$

ping pagead46.l.doubleclick.net
PING pagead46.l.doubleclick.net (172.217.23.66): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.217.23.66: icmp_seq=0 ttl=56 time=43.226 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.23.66: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=39.457 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.23.66: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=36.937 ms
^C
--- pagead46.l.doubleclick.net ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 36.937/39.873/43.226/2.584 ms

cat -te ... shows a ^I for tabs and a $ for newline to show what is exactly
in the file.

None of my browsers (Safari or Chrome) seem to honor the new hosts entry.

I am most certainly doing something wrong here, any help is welcome.


texts: Why can't I install an app (says "could not be found")?

texts:
I just got an iPhone SE. I did a backup from my 4, then told iTunes to restore the new phone from the backup.

It said there were a bunch of apps it couldn't install because they cannot be found.

As just one example, Access RPN is on my 4, shows in my iTunes under "My Apps", but without art. When I go to the iTunes Store link, it says "Downloaded" so I can't redownload it.

How do I fix this?

EDIT:
I found an Apple page that says to do this I need an iTunes backup, AND a phone that's not set up. So I erased my SE and tried again. This got many more of the apps installed and their data recovered, but some still aren't working. Access RPN, my example app, still does not work.


texts: Updating to Snow Leopard through a USB optical drive

texts: My optical drive on my Macbook Pro has gone out. I have a copy of Snow Leopard on a disc, if I borrow a USB optical drive, will I be able to install Snow Leopard and is this a reliable method? Thanks


texts:
I have two XCode projects I open regularly, so I added them to the Dock. Unfortunately, they're not labeled. Hovering doesn't help, since it shows the same name. In fact, they're two different Git workspaces with the same project, so I want to label the icon with the name of folder it's in.

How do I do that?

I'm open to third-party apps.

I don't want to edit anything in the folder, since that will show up as an edit in Git.


texts: Screenshot area to clipboard (Control + Command + Shift + 4) doesn't work

texts:
According to the Mac support docs, I should be able to use Command-Shift-Control-4 to take an area screenshot to the clipboard.

This doesn't work.  What am I doing wrong?  Whether I use an external keyboard or not it doesn't work.

Command-Shift-4 works just fine.  I'm on 10.11.6


texts: Can I use a different email/calendar/address book provider for Mac OS X and iOS?

texts:
I am afraid that the switch to iCloud will make life very complicated, particularly for Snow Leopard users like myself. I am also afraid that Apple will make life generally more complicated.

So I am wondering if I can theoretically switch to another provide for synced email configurations, address book data and calendars.

I don't mind paying for those services, I just need my address book, emails and calendars to be the same between my devices, ideally between Mac OS X and iOS and everything else (Linux, Windows, Solaris etc.).

Any ideas?


texts: Ways to extend lap top battery life on Mavericks

texts:
What are some ways to extend lap top battery life on Mavericks? I've heard that disabling notification center via the terminal can help. I've also had a friend tell me that disabling window animations can make a difference; however, the effect from this seems like it wouldn't be noticeable. Are there any other ways?

Disable Notification Center

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist killall NotificationCenter

Disable Window Animations

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false


texts:
Recently I played a TV show on my TV using HDMI and used clamshell mode for my Macbook Pro. Now whenever I'm in Safari, both the menubar at the top and the Dock automatically hide. It only happens when I'm in Safari, though; whenever I'm in Mail, Textmate, or any other app, the menubar and Dock show normally. I can ask the Dock to not auto-hide, and it keep this setting until I switch to another app - if I right click on the Dock and select 'Turn Hiding Off' and switch to another app, it forgets and hides again.

Is there any setting that I can change to make this not happen?

Edit: I think this was a bug, since the suggestions from both @AaronEllington and @David Corbin weren't applicable; I wasn't currently in full screen mode and hitting the escape key didn't do anything. In any case I accidentally closed Safari and it was fine after reopening. I'm keeping this question open in case anyone else experiences the same issue or if it happens to me again.


texts:
I am using macOS Catalina 10.15.1, after switching on iCloud Photos, now I got about 14975 photos and the syncing has stopped. However, my Mac Photos has 27380 photos.

If trying to switch off iCloud Photos on Mac (to later switch on to force a sync), a pop up dialog will says it will removed 11324 photos from my Mac!

Is it possible to clear the iCloud Photos and start all over again? I can't switch off iCloud Photos without it warning that half the photos will be deleted.

PS: I have set up that the Mac has the original copies.


texts: Is it possible to buy a replacement iPad screen of the same quality as Apple's?

texts:
I've found a few companies that offer replacement iPad digitizers (the digitizer is the glass/touch screen part of your iPad), but I'm worried that they might be different to the official one.

Having broken the glass on my iPad 3 I initially spoke to Apple, but they wanted far too much to repair it ($400!). I then looked into third-party repairs (which were still quite pricey), and then discovered DIY repair kits.

Replacing the glass doesn't seem too difficult, based on the tutorials I've looked at, so my only concern now is the quality of the replacement kits.

Is it possible to buy a repair kit that has parts that are (more or less) identical to Apple's? I wouldn't want to replace the a part with something inferior :(


texts:
Is there any equivalent of airodump-ng for Mac OS X (it only runs on linux), providing an overview of the current wireless traffic on nearby Access Points, i.e:

number of captured data packets
list of devices currently associated with each AP


texts: Messages will not login; just sits and spins

texts:
Whenever I open Messages, enter my credentials, and attempt to login the status indicator spins forever and the application never authenticates me and loads.

I had this issue on Mavericks and still have it on Yosemite. I tried removing the frameworks for Messages/iMessage in OS X and even reinstalled the OS from the recovery partition, but nothing works.

Has anyone else had the same issue and any luck with resolving it? Thanks for your time!


texts:
My iPhone 6S will not charge to 100%. I have iOS version 10.0.2 right now but I'm pretty sure it has been like this for older versions. It also usually powers off before it reaches 0% (sometimes as high as 30%) so maybe that has something to do with it.

I just downloaded http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery to see if that might give any insight.

Is there anything else I can try?


texts:
I recently switched to another text editor from Coda. The feature I miss most from Coda is that it can monitor any folder and publish any changes made with a click of a button. I have been looking for an FTP application that offers this functionality, but haven't found anything. Most apps will "synchronise" a remote and a local folder by scanning them and looking at the size and/or timestamp of each file. Since many of my projects contain thousands of projects and I'm on a slow connection, this is not a good solution for me. So I'm looking for an app that can:

Monitor files in a local folder (don't care about remote changes)
"Mark" these when they are changed
Offer to upload the files that have been changed since the last upload

I only need to watch for local changes. I am the only one editing these files. So I can safely overwrite anything on the server when it has been changed locally.

I can not use Git or any versioning protocol because most projects are running on cheap shared hosting, without shell access. However I am fairly experienced using the shell so if there's a solution there that's also an option, although I would prefer an app with a GUI.


texts: iCloud Drive or music creation (or both?)

texts:
So I'm trying to clean my Macbook Pro in order to have more storage, but this whole iCloud Drive thing is very confusing. Out of my total 121GB, 47GB are iCloud Drive and 22GB are music creation.

My question is whether my music creation files, many of which are stored in iCloud, are taking up space twice? My music creation storage consists of 19GB of Logic Pro projects (7GB on disk) and 16GB of Audacity projects (at least I believe the Audacity projects register as music creation). Beyond the music creation files I don't really have many files on here, so I'm having a hard time understanding where 47GB of iCloud Drive files are coming from. Is some of that space being taken up by duplicates of my music creation files?


texts: How to find items located in subfolders?

texts:
I have files that I link images to regularly and now when I go to the main folder location, the finder does not search in the subfolders.

I get the “Name matches” line but it does not find anything.

This is on a Mac Pro using 10.9.5


texts: 2008/9 Mac Pro wont turn on, front pannel LED is constant white

texts:
My mac pro doesn't want to start up.

I purchased some new memory installed it (and cleaned up some of the dust on the inside of the box) and now the machine won't boot up.  I get a constant white LED on the front, no fans, no chimes, no other lights light up (RAM riser boards)?

I have removed the new RAM and replaced it with the old, in an attempt to just get the machine to boot.  No luck.

So now the box is back in its OEM state, but still wont boot.  I've tried the 15sec unplug / hold the power button down for 5 sec rest and  that didn't seem to work.

Any idea what might be going on?

I also swapped out a known working RAM riser from another box and still can't get it to boot up?


texts: How to avoid iOS devices being first selection when launching iPhoto

texts:
As an developer I often have an iOS device connected to my MacBook Air when I launch iPhoto.  The standard behaviour is for the last selected item in the source list to be selected on launch, except when a device is connected, in which case iPhoto attempts to show you photos ready to import from the connected device.

How can I get iPhoto to ignore the connected device and just show me last item selected, which in my case is always Photostream since I'm constantly posting screen grabs of app defects?


texts:
I am currently developing an application in Mac OS X Yosemite. The Ipad which is being used to run the application runs on iOS 9.3 which requires Xcode 7.3 which can only be installed in OS X EI Capitan. Is there any way to resolve this issue with out upgrading it to Capitan?

OS X Yosemite is not supporting XCode 7.3

Also is it recommended to downgrade ipad to 9.2.1
?? Will it work properly again?
Thank you.


texts: Which are the OS X Dashboard Widgets you can't live without?

texts:
I don't use widgets that much, but one particular widget makes the dashboard useful to me. That's iStat

  iStat Pro is a highly configurable
  widget that lets you monitor every
  aspect of your Mac, including CPU,
  memory, disks, network, battery,
  temperatures, fans, load & uptime and
  processes. iStat Pro can do it all.

And it's FREE

Do you have one outstanding widget to share? How do you use it?
Please follow these simple rules:

Please search for duplicate answers before posting. You can search
this question like this: inquestion:this iStat Pro
Limit one dashboard widget per answer.
Add a link to the website in the name of the application if possible (no direct downloads).


texts: How to set Fn and left Control keys as shortcuts to change between tabs in Safari

texts: I don't like native shortcuts for "Show Next Tab" and "Show Previous Tab" in Safari, I thought that Fn would be great for previous tab and Left Control for next tab because I don't use that keys in Safari at all, however I wasn't able to set that keys as shortcuts in Setting>Keyboard>App Shortcuts, how can I do that?


texts: Im trying to reset the forgotten admin password but while pressing command+s its just shows white text on screen and immediately heads to apple logo and login screen,


texts: Adding a new printer (of the same model) to my MacBook Pro

texts:
I bought another Epson SC P600 printer. I currently own the same printer that I have been printing from my MacBook Pro. The older printer is going to be donated.

Do I have to uninstall the original printer's software and install software for the new printer?

The new printer is the same model.


texts: I have an Applescript Droplet application that I need to run from terminal. I can use osascript or even just open to open the AS App, but that will run its on run handler, not the on open droplet handler I need to be run. I tried passing the "dropped" file in (osascript /Path/To/App.app /Path/To/Droppings.txt), but it still runs the on run handler. Is there a way to do this? And if not with bash, is it possible from another AppleScript? Thanks.


texts: OS X Server Profile Manager port forwarding?

texts:
I am setting up a MDM server on OS X Server.  This is just a personal project, so I am hosting off of my iMac running Yosemite and OS X Server.  I have configured port forwarding and DNS records so that my domain can access the iMac.  The problem is that ports 80 and 443 are unavailable (due to my ISP), and I need to forward them.  I can either do domain.com:1234, or somehow tell the domain to point to port "1234" (for example?)

If I do the first option, I'll need to tell OS X Server that somehow...but I can't find the option.  Is there a way to accomplish that, or to "point" the domain to a specific port by default?  Thanks!


texts: Finder remounts DMG files that I opened previously

texts:
When I mount a .dmg file or open files in my drive (using text editor or other app), the Finder will automatically remount all .dmg images that I used before.

For example, I do something in DMG A, and unmount it and this will succeed.
However, when I open DMG B or open files in my drive (no matter what type of file), the Finder will remount the DMG A, so I have to unmount both DMG A and DMG B.

What kind of problem this is? and how can I resolve it?

Note: I installed TotalFinder on my machine—is this the cause of the problem?


texts:
A few months back I sold my Iphone 3G because I was going to get 4 instead. Unfortunately my windows machine crashed and I was forced to reinstall from scratch. I now plan to (finally) purchase the new one and I want to restore from my old backup. I copied everything from My Music folder on the old HDD to a the new one and I also copied everything from:
Appdata\Roaming\Apple Computer to the new one. I though that would be enough but the backup is not showing up in Itunes.

What can I do? I lost the old HDD completely after this.


texts: 2014 MacBook Pro Retina Failed Boot Camp Install, Loading Screens During Boot

texts:
My girlfriend has a 2014 MacBook Pro Retina that we tried to install Windows 7 on through BootCamp. The install failed (I don't remember how... It actually got partway through the install), and since then it looks like there are loading screens (Similar to the "Windows is loading..." screen on the windows 7 install media, before you see the blue background with the installer) during boot.

We have disabled bootcamp and removed the space set aside for windows with the OS X disk manager. Does anyone know what this is, and how we can stop it happening?


texts:
I have an iPod Nano 3rd Generation that I use to listen both music and podcasts from iTunes.

Now the issue: I have a bunch of non-iTunes podcasts in MP3 format that I want to add to my iPod as podcasts.

So far, if I add them, they get added as music and they get mixed with the music and I don't like this solution because if I shuffle I get podcasts mixed with my music.

There is any way to keep those MP3 podcasts separated from my MP3 music? Is there a way to keep them with the iTunes podcasts?


texts: In Adobe Acrobat (2019) you can set the page that appears when you open the PDF in the File > Properties > Initial View (tab). Preview always opens the document to page 1. Adobe Acrobat Mac/Win will open the document on the specified page. Does Preview support this functionality?


texts: Is it possible to copy the remaining files of a (possibly corrupted) hard drive to an external hard drive?

texts:
Let me explain. After trying to update my Mac Sierra (it was a 2013 Macbook Air model) to Mac High Sierra, the update failed ("MacOS could not be installed on your computer"), and I was unable to start up the laptop without encountering that error screen. I did find a "Startup Disk" option, but Macintosh HD wasn't there (there were no options at all). I tried using Disk Utility, found that Macintosh HD was unmounted, and attempted to use First Aid to repair any issues, but that failed. Then, I tried booting the computer in Safe Mode, using Terminal (my "r" key shorted out, so cmd+r on booting wasn't going to work - I had to copy and paste an "r" from the error log to place in Terminal).

Upon checking, there was no available Time Machine device or directory I could use to save my computer, so that was out of the question. I intended to try to re-download and reinstall macOS, but then I found that my Macbook Air suddenly would not connect to my wi-fi, blocking me from that option indefinitely. From checking on Macintosh HD using Disk Utility, it appeared that my files still existed from the amount of storage taken up, but there was seemingly no way to access them or boot the Macbook Air from that HD.

My final hope is this: I have a 2TB external hard drive I could copy the existing files of the Macintosh HD to, and then access those files from a new Macbook Air (2018, 10.14.1, Mojave) entirely. Can this be done?


texts: Time Machine says "Waiting to Backup" after ML upgrade

texts:
I just upgraded to ML and my Time Machine says "Waiting to Backup".

Is the cause of this got to do anything with Spotlight indexing?


texts: How can I use my iPhone 3G economically in China?

texts: I'm traveling to China and would like to use my iPhone there. I would not like to pay AT&T's crazy and predatory charges. What should I do? I don't have much time and want something low on the 'things can go wrong' scale. Oh, and I have a dinosaur 3G, and a 4G.


texts: How can I alternate stopping the spinning disk and the fans?

texts:
I have a little bit of noise that I'd like to eliminate. It only bothers me in the dead of night, but at that time complete silence is a true blessing.

My Macbook Pro has a spinning disk and two fans. I'd like to stop each (both fans and the disk) independently, even for just a few seconds, to determine which is producing what tone of sound.

With smcFanControl I can raise the fan speed. Is it dangerous to stop the fans for even 5 seconds if I'll be running absolutely nothing (besides the base OS)? Is there a command-line hack to force this to happen?

Under Energy Saver in the Preferences I already have "Put hard disks to sleep whenever possible" checked. But it doesn't seem that that sleep-mode ever kicks in. How can I nudge the disk to stop for a few seconds?

An experiment is to replace the spinning disk with an SSD, and I may be heading in that direction anyway, but I'd like to confirm whether the fans are the culprit and that another solution (putting the Macbook Pro in the printer drawer? Getting a fanless MacBook?) will remain anyway my target before just spending time and money on the experiment.


texts:
I've encountered a somewhat strange problem on my Mac. Recently, all the devices listed in the 'Shared' section of the Finder sidebar have all disappeared and has been replaced an 'All..." option.

Strangely within this option the shared servers don't even appear there. Instead there is a folder called 'Servers' and within that are two shortcuts that lead to the root drive of my Mac (which is named "glados" on the network).

However, on another mac on my network, things seem all fine and dandy there. It even picks up the troubled Mac (which appears as 'Javan's MacBook Pro' thanks to bonjour) and appear in both the sidebar and the Network folder.

Before shots get fired, Yosemite has nothing to do with this. I've troubleshooted for hours and hours and have come to the conclusion that it is not the cause.

I've verified that the network settings are the same on both Macs (and they are) and I've even used a program called 'Bonjour Browser' to scan the network for the AFP share service on both Macs and both can detect each other (and themselves) on the network.

So I'm pretty sure its not a network issue since the iMac can see the MacBook fine and the MacBook can 'technically' see the iMac.

Also, if I manually connect to a shared drive on one of the PC's or the iMac via 'Connect to Server' the connection is fine and appears on the sidebar (however its named as the IP address of the shared drive and is only temporary as it disappears as I disconnect, which is totally useless)

I've reverted back using Time Machine to when the MacBook was running Mavericks and the problem still existed. So it leads me to believe somethings gone wrong with some sort of preferences file perhaps? I've tried deleting com.apple.finder.plst in the ~/Library/ directory and relaunched but that didn't help either.

I'm fresh out of ideas, and other existing forums on the rest of the internet haven't seemed to fix it. If anyone has a remote idea any help would be appreciated! Thanks internet! :D

PS. Soz for the screenshot overload.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I have made sure that all 3 options are checked in the Finder Preferences for the shared sidebar (Back to my Mac, Connected Servers and Bonjour Computers)


texts: How to execute a Parallels Windows application with command line parameters from Mac?

texts:
I am trying to call Beyond Compare Windows app to perform a file compre directly from Mac but I am block with command line argument passing.

You can call Windows applications from the OS X command line via something like:

open "$HOME/Applications (Parallels)/{ca50aac6-caa6-47a6-9bfe-e38f6261cb8d} Applications.localized/python.exe.app" --args -v

Still, it seems that there is a problem when you try to pass arguments.


texts:
I have a 30pin dock clock radio I used with my 3GS with corresponding dock adapter. I just upgraded to a 4 (I know, I know- in the past right?). However, I am insistent on keeping my iPhone 4 in a case. As a consequence, it will not fit into the dock with a dock adapter.

Is the adapter essential? I haven't bothered using on with my iPod touch as it is light, but the iPhone is heavier. It stays upright and I imagine it would be okay, but do you think it would damage the phones dock over time? Has any one had any experience of this occurring, or have you used docks like this with no problems?


texts: My MacBook Pro 15.4" (A1286 - Late 2008) trackpad is missing clicks and generally not working

texts:
I notice it when I'm highlighting text as well. Halfway through the a selection it will unselect. It only seems to click right at the very bottom now.

Do I need to replace or clean it?


texts: I’m a Sprint customer and I changed my network to T-Mobile at the T-Mobile store.  Since then my voicemail is not available. I setup my voicemail at the store and when I try to retrieve my voicemail it asks me to set a password and greeting?


texts: External SSD Samsung T5 doesn't show up anymore

texts:
After I had got a new Samdung T5 external SSD (2 TB) I had formatted it with DiskUtilit, created 3 partitions and could make it work:
1. TimeMachine Backup to partition 1
2. Some important data backup in partition 2
3. Start up with macOS Mojave in partition 3

The partition which came with the SSD (Setup utility) was untouched.

After my MacBookAir (early 2015) ran out of power and went to sleep mode,  restarted the computer.
Since then only the partition with Setup utility is visible. I am not able to mount any other partition nor can I see them in the diskutil in Terminal mode.

Can you help me?
What makes me frustrated is that the SSD was working fine for several days, but now all data seems to be lost or unaccessible.


texts: How Do I Downgrade My OS from High Sierra back to Mavericks?

texts:
Here's my issue: I recently bought a used 15" Mid 2010 MacBook Pro. I installed my CS6 Master Collection lifetime license on it, and about a month later, I ran into some technical difficulties with Audition. I reached out to Adobe and the "help" I received was to purchase the latest version of the software, as they stated they couldn't guarantee compatibility with my OS.

I instead chose to downgrade to a previous OS; I ran through the boot installation process through the terminal with Apple Care on the line. The process ended up taking approx an hour, but the agent had to end the call prior to the process finishing, but gave me instructions on how to complete the process.

I got to the point where I was asked to choose which disk to boot from, I chose the thumb drive, and I ran into the "prohibited" sign. I repeated the process, same thing; afterwards, I unlocked the thumb drive, and unchecked the ignore ownership box (read it on a forum), and I ran into the same issue.

I then read that another problem could be the OS in which the installer was created on in the first place; to remedy this, I tried a factory reset, but here's the kicker: when at the point of re-installing the factory OS, it actually is UPGRADING to High Sierra, as oppose to the one that came with the MacBook.

It was running Sierra already, and now I can only install High Sierra, and not even continue using Sierra. So

a) I need assistance with actually installing the factory OS, and

b) re-installing the thumb drive installation boot so that I'm able to downgrade my OS so that I'm able to continue using my CS6 MC;

I really need help on this and any assistance would be highly appreciated.


texts: Mac OSX High CPU % Usage - Draining battery and heating!

texts:
For the past year I've experienced high CPU usage on CORE process (activity monitor) and also extreme heating, with cooling fans at maximum, draining my battery every single day.

My home banking requires a security module to be installed, named WARSAW (DIEBOLD, Gas Tecnologia).

So I came across this solution: https://macmagazine.com.br/2017/11/18/o-modulo-de-seguranca-de-bancos-pode-estar-detonando-o-seu-mac-saiba-como-so-ativa-lo-quando-necessario-neste-tutorial/

I know many many people have this problems and it was really really hard to find a solution for this.


texts: Why does Google Drive create so many conflicted files?

texts:
I have a Windows system and a Mac.
When I create a file (e.g. a.cpp) in Windows (with vim), Google Drive creates a lots of files like a (1).cpp, a (2).cpp ...
Some of them are delete by Google Drive after it creates them. Some are not.

Why does Google Drive generate so many files?

Also a.cpp is not the same as a.cpp in Windows. a (2).cpp in Mac is the same as a.cpp in Windows in some cases.

Why do the same files have different content?

When I check the access right of files, it should be something like

-rw------  ..................  a.cpp

However, when I create a file b.cpp in Mac it is

-rw-r--r-  ..................  b.cpp

Is it because of the accessing privilege problem?


texts: Test iPhone SE without a battery. Possible?

texts:
In this thread, apparently you can test a iPhone without a battery.

Test iPhone 4s hardware without battery. Possible?

What about iPhone SE? Is it possible to check if the mainboard and screen is working by disconnecting the battery and then connecting the lightning cable to the mains?

The reason I wnt to do is to check if the lightning connector pins are damaged. By applying 3.8 V directly on the pins where the battery would have been connected and then pressing the power button, the phone booted up ( I see a current fluctuation between 0.15 and 0.72 A on the multimeter ) . But if I do try to power on the device just with the lightning connector, it doesnt. So, if it is possible technically to boot an iphone SE without a battery, then the connectors are damaged.


texts:
I understand that math library integration is the main tweak that sets MRO apart from the CRAN R distribution, and gives it a performance advantage.

I wonder if MRO (Microsoft R Open) binaries still have a performance advantage over Homebrew R, given that both Homebrew R and Microsoft R link their binaries against Accelerate (MKL) math libraries in macOS.


texts: Disabling startup items that run on their own

texts:
I've found a couple apps that seem to be able to launch themselves on startup, despite that they don't appear in the usual places...

- Login Items (in the Users preference pane)
- /Library/LaunchAgents
- /Library/LaunchDaemons
- /Library/StartupItems
- /System/Library/LaunchAgents
- /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
- /System/Library/StartupItems
- ~/Library/LaunchAgents
- ~/Library/LaunchDaemons
- ~/Library/StartupItems

At least some of these apps (e.g. Day One and Pauses – both from the Mac App Store) seem to be launching an item from their own internal LoginItems folders:

/Applications/Day One.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Day One Reminders.app
/Applications/Pauses.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PausesLauncher.app

As good citizens, both apps allow you to disable the launch-on-login behavior, but it's disconcerting that this behavior doesn't seem to be controllable from a system-wide preference, and I'd like a way to systematically identify/control these login items. So, the (two-part) question is:

What is actually controlling whether/how these app-specific launch items are being activated, and
How can I get an inventory of all these login items?

[edited for clarity 2013-03-20 11:22 PT]


texts: Hard drive is corrupted. Trying to fix it with a PC

texts:
Test disk managed to fix the partition type but I'm still getting these errors.
How can I fix this?
I'm not sure if it's bootable yet I have to go to my friend's place for the machine.


texts: How do I change my iCloud password when it’s stolen?

texts: My iPhone was stolen. And they have my iCloud password and changed it. Is there a way I can change it without it going to the iPhone or change it at all?


texts: How do I use iTunes' "Download Later" feature?

texts: I redeemed a movie in iTunes on my Mac and choose download later. Later, I choose Store > Check for Available Downloads… and it reported that all of my stuff has already been downloaded. So where do I go to get my movie onto my Mac?


texts:
Back before I used iTunes Match, I enjoyed being able to search my library via spotlight. Now it seems that this doesn't work anymore. I guess this is because the music is not stored locally, but certainly there has to be a way to duplicate this functionality.

Basically, I want to hit a hot key (ie. Command+Space) then type a song title, then hit enter to play. I tried quicksilver, but it doesn't appear to support iTunes Match either. Alfred requires use of their "miniplayer" that needs more keystrokes to work with (plus it costs monies). Does anyone have an idea?


texts: How to hide notification center button in Mountain Lion?

texts:
I am using Mountain Lion.

The only advantage (for me) over the gesture is that Option + clicking the button enables/disables showing alerts and banners (toggles the switch in the notifications center).

Is there a way to hide the button in the status bar that opens notification center?


texts: Stop Macbook from making sound when plugged in to charge

texts:
I have a Macbook Air and whenever I plug in the USB-C cable to charge, it makes a notification chirp to indicate it's charging.

The problem is that this sound comes out audibly, even when headphones are plugged in (unlike other sounds which do come through the headphones), and even when all sounds are muted (other sounds do get successfully muted).

The charging chirp does not seem to follow regular rules governing notification sound effects. How can I plug my laptop in to charge silently?


texts: Where Is The "Summarize" Service On OS X Mavericks?

texts:
In previous versions of OS X, you could find the Summarize service by highlighting the text you want to summarize, going to the app name menu, click service, and then clicking summarize.

Call me blind but I can't see this service on OS X Mavericks at all? It was really useful in previous versions of the OS so I really hope it hasn't been removed.


texts: Testem returning "command not found" in terminal

texts:
I am attempting to call testem on a directory in my terminal. It was working for a while, but now every time I call testem it returns the message "-bash: testem: command not found"

I must have done something to cause this, but I can't figure out what it is.

I have reinstalled testem a number of times, but it is not working. It is also not an issue of npm permissions.

How do I fix this?


texts:
I have changed the language to English but I'm still seeing non-english message.

One of the example is when I click restart system:

It show me this:


texts: Submitting apps containing ports of chromium browser or webkit engine in the app store

texts:
A small doubt here:

I am building an app which will contain either a custom, modified version of Chromium or a modified version of the webkit rendering engine.

Does Apple have a policy of not allowing Chromium/webkit into the apps (I am guessing Apple prefers only Webcore - https://www.webkit.org/blog/114/webcore-rendering-i-the-basics/)? Is there an alternative if yes?


texts: How to lower the volume of Skype sound effects?

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Skype Version 7.36 (507), OSX Mavericks on 2011 iMac

Skype's sound effects are insanely loud.  They play at the volume of the overall Mac, which is up full and should be.  But everything else on the computer is an appropriate volume (system sounds, browser, etc.), Skype is just way WAY too loud.

This is only its chat and related sound effects, NOT calls.  Has nothing whatsoever to do with voice calls.

Skype does have its own volume control, but it also does absolutely nothing, both for the sound effects AND calls.  Has no effect whatsoever.

Is there any way to quiet just Skype down?

EDIT: Another observation in case it's somehow relevant - changing Skype's audio devices in preferences also does nothing.  All sound effects (non-call related) always come out the internal speaker regardless of what device I select.


texts:
My Macbook Pro lasts me about 1.5 to 2 hours max on a single charge. This feels ridiculously low.

What can I do to increase the battery life on Macbook Pro?

Battery Information:

  Model Information:
  Manufacturer: SMP
  Pack Lot Code:    0000
  PCB Lot Code: 0000
  Firmware Version: 0201
  Hardware Revision:    000a
  Cell Revision:    0157
  Charge Information:
  Charge remaining (mAh):   6079
  Fully charged:    No
  Charging: Yes
  Full charge capacity (mAh):   6930
  Health Information:
  Cycle count:  3
  Condition:    Normal
  Battery Installed:    Yes
  Amperage (mA):    2139
  Voltage (mV): 12492


texts:
I installed a Windows application on my Mac after successfully installing Wine via Homebrew. The application runs and seems to function correctly except that all of my data is missing. I get the following error when i run it:

Wine cannot find the ncurses library (libncurses.5.4.dylib).

I tried installing the following ncurses formula to no avail. Am i missing something?


texts: mac crashed while installing mountain lion - cable disconnect

texts:
I downloaded mountain lion on my mbp which is run by snow leopard atm. I started to install it and waited for the installation to end. When it came down to the last 12-11 minutes, I ended my distraction and pulled the computer a bit in my direction to keep track of the status bar. With this movement I managed to rip off the charging cable! (I mean, I completely broke it) The monitor turned black instantly and the computer was shut down. When I started it again, the installation wizard shows up again and asks me to press the continue button. However it shows no reaction to any of the buttons available and thus I cannot continue installing.

I thought ok, lets install the old snow leopard again and try booting from CD, but by doing that, the good old mac os greyscreen appears after a few seconds.

That means:
I can not continue installing and I can not install snow leopard again either. I am simply not able to finish booting at all.

Any suggestions how to proceed?


texts: NoSleep still in in settings though uninstalled?

texts: I have still the NoSleep options in my settings panel although it's fully uninstalled. How can I remove them, too? System is 10.9.


texts: Privacy: can a app from App Store access my Apple ID data?

texts:
Can a app from App Store access my Apple ID data (like first-name, last-name, country, email,...)?

I am interested in both platforms, iOS and macOS.


texts: Is there a way around "Error: Command Line Too long"?

texts:
I am using a command line software for which I need to input a lot of arguments. Something like

./exec -A argA -B argB -C argC ...

There are so many arguments that I get the error message

Error: Command line too long (302110 >= 130592)

One solution would be to modify the software so that it reads arguments from a file. However, I don't have access to the source code.

Is there a way around this problem?

FYI, I am on Mac OS X 10.11.3 and use Terminal 2.6.1 (361.1)


texts: Why does macOS have many strange ports open and what do they do? 50323, 50334, 50641,57621, 57650, 64448

texts:
I did an nmap scan for my private IP address

nmap -p- 192.168.1.123

and got the following open ports back:

50323/tcp open  unknown
50334/tcp open  unknown
50641/tcp open  unknown
57621/tcp open  unknown
57650/tcp open  unknown
64448/tcp open  unknown

A more detailed scan about those specific ports also didn't yield much.

nmap -p 64448,57650,57621,50641,50334,50323 -A 192.168.1.123

PORT      STATE SERVICE    VERSION
50323/tcp open  unknown
50334/tcp open  unknown
| fingerprint-strings:
|   NULL:
|_    {"type":"Tier1","version":"1.0"}
50641/tcp open  tcpwrapped
57621/tcp open  unknown
57650/tcp open  tcpwrapped
64448/tcp open  tcpwrapped

I'm fairly confident that I'm not responsible for opening them. They're most likely there because Apple uses them for services.

I wanted to know what they do, so I'd know if I should disable them or not for security purposes. However, googling the port names gave nothing. So, I think we should give a short description about each port and the corresponding service, so that others will be easily able to find this information in the future.

There was no option to answer my own question, so note that I'm working on providing the list right now.


texts: I purchased iTunes music and no longer want the subscription. How do I cancel my subscripition?

texts: I no longer want my subscription of iTunes music - how do I cancel my subscription?


texts: Is MRTR2VC/A a (late 2018 Mac Mini A1993 128GB) US part number eligible for US warranty/service etc?

texts:
Don't recall any Apple part numbers ending in anything but LL/A here in the US, and only a couple of web-hits came up for that number (one a Canadian educational web-site doc). Apple phone-rep couldn't help without a serial number.
Everymac lists this spec Mac Mini as a more familiar MRTR2LL/A. And Apple support document HT201894 says "Mac mini (2018)" "Model Identifier: Macmini8,1" "Part Numbers: MRTR2xx/A, MRTT2xx/A, MXNF2xx/A, MXNG2xx/A".
Thanks.
(PS reason for interest: a unit with this p/n is being offered for sale at a discount to currently shipping 256GB models.)


texts: Is there a way to have separate docks per display?

texts:
I'm using Yosemite. I have 2 displays (each with its own space and both have the dock) and I have a application (app1) with various windows. These windows are distributed between these two displays: I have some of them in display 1 and some of them in display 2.

The problem is that: when I'm in another application (not app1), if I click the app1 icon in the dock, its windows are all activated in all displays (no matter in what display I clicked app1 icon in the dock).

What I want is: when I click app1 icon in the dock, activate the windows that are only in the active display. For example: suppose that none of app1 windows's are activated; if I am in display1 and click app1 icon in display1 dock's, only app1 windows that are in display1 are activated (keeping whatever was in display2 as it was).

You may also replace every reference I did to 'display' to 'space', because I'm using separate spaces per display. I saw a very similar (and old) post where people recommended DockSpaces, but I can't find this application anymore.

Any suggestions?


texts: My 2009 Macbook pro is not charging.  I recently bought a new power adapter and when I plug it in the computer starts up fine although the date is set back to Jan 1 2001.  When I click on the battery icon I see a message saying that it is not charging even though the green light is on and the the icon shows the charging symbol. It also always says the battery is at 42%.  The battery has been replaced once about 2 years ago.  When I unplug the power adapter it immediately dies.  Any ideas?


texts: Mail does not "reply all": Removes CC addresses if they are in your own "accounts"?

texts:
Alice and Bob share a computer. They both have email accounts in Mail. Charlie sends an email to them both:

To: Alice
Cc: Bob

Alice gets it and hits "Reply All" and Mail opens a new message composition window:

To: Charlie

Bob is removed. Why? Because Apple thinks it's silly to reply to yourself. It knows Bob has an email account on the same computer as Alice, in the same mail client! So it assumes Alice and Bob are the same person, and removes Bob from the reply.

Is there any way to disable this very inconvenient software bug?


texts: How does H2O Wireless work with the iPhone without needing any unlock?

texts: My friend purchased an iPhone 4 that cannot be unlocked so the store sold him a new cell phone service called H2O Wireless. You simply pop in the sim card and it works without needing any unlock or chip. Does anybody have a clue on how it works?


texts: Using Exchange email in Mail on iOS and MacOS how can I have a single Junk folder?

texts:
If I mark an email as junk in Mail on iOS it puts it in a folder called "Junk".

If I mark an email as junk in Mail on MacOS it puts it in a folder called "Junk Email".  This was a little hard to spot at first as Mail displays this folder as "Junk", you have to see it on other devices (e.g. Mail on iOS) or the web app to see that the folder is actually called "Junk Email".

My question is this: how can I tell one of these OSs to use a different Junk mail folder?


texts: Always open all applications in full screen at OS startup

texts:
There are many discussions on how to open Applications in full screen in macOS, like https://osxdaily.com/2018/05/15/make-apps-open-full-screen-mac-automatically/
But there are still many stubborn applications which fail to open in full screen with above approach. One such application is the Foxit PDF reader.
Is there any command line approach to force such individual applications to open full screen when the OS start? Alternatively, is there any way to force ALL applications to open in full screen in Mac?
I am using macOS Big Sur.
There is a similar approach available with Ubuntu as discussed in https://askubuntu.com/questions/27826/how-to-configure-my-system-so-that-all-windows-start-maximized, I hope to get similar thing for my Mac as well.
Thanks for your valuable advice.


texts: Add a song into a playlist while listening to it?

texts:
Is there a button to add the song that is being currently played into a playlist on my iPhone?
So i don't have to search it back and add it manually?


texts: 'post' table usability - error when installing .ttf font on mac

texts:
So, when i try to install a .ttf font on my mac it stops installing and gives me this message

1 serious error was found. Do not use this font file.

and in the list there is, 'post' table usability , flagged as red

I'm really curious.. - what does the error actually wanna tell me? - what could happen if i use, or perhaps just install it? - and what does 'post' mean in that list of all things?

Is it a bug, is it serious, or just nonsense!?

Thank you!

And no, i'm not working for Apple!!


texts: Backquote (<) and ² inverted on my external keyboard

texts:
I don't know why, but the ² and < are inverted on my external keyboard.

The ² is right after the left shift, where it's written "<", and the < is at the top of the tab key, where it's written "²" ...

Any idea why, and how I can fix that?

Thank you.


texts: iPhone 5 won’t restart on holding both buttons

texts:
My iPhone 5 froze after the YouTube app failed to open.

I've tried holding the sleep/wake button + home button down with no luck. Nothing happens. I'm able to slide down the Notification Center and type and search in the box but then I try to open an app and nothing happens.

If I press and hold to activate Siri, she appears for a second then turns off as if I pressed the home button again.

I've tried connecting the iPhone to a Mac but as it's passcode enabled it tells me to unlock it and then replug it which I'm not able to do.


texts:
I recently partitioned my 250 GB SSD to install Elementary OS using Disk Utility. I dedicated 100 GB to Elementary OS and the rest to macOS. I now want to resize the partitions to change Elementary OS to 30 GB and give macOS the rest. Before I installed Elementary OS, the partition was visible in Disk Utility, but now Disk Utility says that the main drive is only 150 GB and only shows the main partition.

macOS version: Sierra 10.12.6

I don't want to buy any partitioning software.

Output of diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            150.8 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.1 MB   disk0s3
   4:                        EFI                         99.2 GB    disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +150.4 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 8192329B-C977-47CC-A86C-C0025E670A61
                                 Unencrypted


texts: Uninstalling old Mac OS apps in my Macbook Air

texts: I have these 2 applications sitting in my Macbook Air Applications folder. I am currently running High Sierra and not planning to upgrade to either of these 2 versions. Is it OK to uninstall them or will their removal cause issues? Its currently taking up 11 GB and I want to free up some space.


texts: How do I put a password to stop the download of an app

texts: I have an iPad for my children and I want to stop them downloading the YouTube app. Can I put a password on their iPad to stop them downloading it.


texts: How can I upgrade MacBook Pro disk space?

texts:
I have a fairly new MBP with a 256 GB SSD. I am running out of disk space now. Most of it is being used by Pictures and Music and I have done all the cleaning I could.

What's the best way to upgrade the space on the MBP?

Go to Apple Store and ask them to upgrade to 512 GB?
I was wondering if I could hook up a 1 TB NAS to the network and mount it and try to move some folders to that drive?


texts: How can I get rid of multiple “purchased on ” playlists?

texts:
When I got my first iPhone and bought something via the iTunes app, I got a playlist in the iTunes source list underneath the “Store” heading for all the songs I purchased on the iPhone.

I’ve had a few more iPhones since then, and each phone has also been given its own “Purchased on” playlist in iTunes. They’re now taking up quite a lot of space in the iTunes menu.

Is there any way I can consolidate, or just get rid of, these playlists?


texts: Stop iCloud to sync with a specific file

texts:
I have a huge file (4.92GB) under synchronized folder. And I specifically do not want that file to sync with iCloud.
Is there any way to stop iCloud sync for that file or does it need to be moved to a non-syncing folder?


texts: How can I know which MySQL install is started with the PrefPane in the System Preferences?

texts:
I forgot that I installed several MySQL (or MariaDB) packages on my Mac, such as rpm or source code packages.

You know the Mac's System Preference has a MySQL quick start/stop panel:

How do I know which MySQL install it is using?


texts:
I am on MacOS Sierra 10.12.3. I have several updates pending in the App Store app. When I try to load them, I get asked to log in. However, the e-mail address that is pre-populated and not editable is an old one that I do not use anymore as my Apple ID. I have a new Apple ID and I am even logged in with that one on the store.

What happened is that I setup this machine using a backup which still had the old Apple ID. For several reasons, I could not log in to the old Apple ID account anymore and created a new one. It seems my machine cannot forget about the old one. I deleted it in the accounts system preferences already.

Even when I log out of the App Store app, it still asks for the password for my old ID. Is there any cache file which I can delete to completely remove the old one?


texts: How can I force an iTunes Connect password reset?

texts:
We've got an account at work that was setup by someone else in the past.  It controls our apps in the app store.  We'd like to make some changes, but do not know the password.  I've tried the "Forgot your Apple ID/password" thing, but am not getting anywhere.  "security questions" mode asks us things we don't know and the email authentication doesn't work (as in, we never receive the reset request at the account's e-mail address).  I've confirmed that e-mail method reset requests make it to our domain fine by doing it on my own account.  It just doesn't seem to work for this particular very important account (which I get forwarded to me, and have tested fine from other domains).

Is it possible that the Apple ID e-mail address is different from the one that the reset requests are going to?  If so, what's the procedure to get that fixed?  Is there a specific department at Apple I should contact?


texts: Mojave: Update installed but still indicated as not finished

texts:
The "software update" in the preferences says that my system is up-to-date "macOS Mojave 10.14.6", but in the Apple menu bar in the upper left it is still saying "1 update available".

I wouldn't bother, but the problem is that unless the installation is - somehow - marked as completely finished or redone, I can only boot in safe mode, as in regular mode an app of my company is showing up and asks me to complete the installation. I cannot skip or cancel this app.

Yes, this is in fact a case for my company's Mac support, but their solution is to bring in the laptop and re-install the whole system. Besides the fuss setting up the machine afterwards this requires me a 130km drive one-way.

That's why I'm trying to find a solution myself. I have admin permission for the next 22 hours, so any hint in the near future would be great.


texts: iPhone 5 doesn’t connect or show up in iTunes

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I am using a Dell Inspiron 15 3521.

I replace my iPhone 5 with Apple, and my new phone doesn’t show up or connect in iTunes. It doesn’t even show any device as attached. I’ve reinstalled iTunes three or four times, but I’m still having the same problem. Can anyone help?


texts: All my Folder and Application icons disappeared in Finder

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I've been using Yosemite happily since it was released, but yesterday all my icons disappeared. See the attached screenshots. My dock only shows the icon for the Finder, and within Finder itself none of the icons for applications or folders show up. The only thing that seems to work is thumbnail previews for things like Word documents, PDFs and image files.

These are some things I tried already:

rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/* and sudo rm -rf /Library/Caches/*
rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db && killall -HUP Finder Dock
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
I tried booting in Safe Mode, the problem persists there.
I even tried reinstalling the OS and for some reason the problem still exists.
Unfortunately I can't log in as a different user, this is a company mac and my login is our network login.

I'm at a total loss. What can I do? The only thing I can think of that I changed recently was uninstalling an app called Bitcasa by manually removing some of its application files, including /Applications/Bitcasa.app, ~/Library/Preferences/com.bitcasa, ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.bitcasa.Bitcasa.plist, ~/Library/ScriptingAdditions/BitcasaIntegration.osax, ~/Library/Caches/com.bitcasa.Bitcasa, and ~/Library/Application Support/com.bitcasa.Bitcasa.


texts: How do you turn off suggestions when adding a new event in calendar?

texts:
I would like to disable suggestions in the Calendar app on my iphone.  Since my last update, if I add a new event and start typing it flashes through lots of suggestions.  This makes it difficult to add the event you are trying to add, as often I cannot scroll past these to fill out the event, and if you accidentally touch one of the suggestions while you try and scroll you have to delete and start over.

I have seen this question asked in a few places, but no responses, so I suspect this "feature" is something you can't control, but if anyone has found a way to turn this off I'd like to know.


texts: Unhide /etc dir but NOT using 'AppleShowAllFiles'. Possible?

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I frequently use and edit config files inside /etc on OS X Lion.
I would like to be able to access this dir in Finder easily, but don't want to unhide hidden files system-wide using defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles.

Anyone know how?


texts:
I am successfully using 'defaults write com.apple.menuextra.clock IsAnalog -bool true' to replace to a smaller icon the Apple clock in Big Sur.
Is there a code to revert to Apple's clock if ever required?


texts:
I have a large number of iPads (minis + airs) running the latest iOS for the device. (9.3.5 on the minis).

They are all configured by MDM to use a wifi network with a PAC file. After having some issues with SSL interception on a domain I've made a change to the PAC file to fix it but my iOS devices aren't picking up on it. Using our web filter reporting I can't see the iPads make any requests for the PAC file which means they must be using an old cached version of it.

I've tried multiple hard reboots on the devices and clearing the safari cache to no avail.

Anyone know how to make iOS re-download the pac file?


texts:
On the App Store, I searched for Xcode and clicked on 'Get' >> 'Install' then a pop up comes for me to login to my Apple iD.

When I do so, I click on 'Get' again and on 'Install' again and then the whole cycle repeats with the Apple id login.

I have plenty of disk space on my machine.

Thanks.


texts: Launchctl setenv in Terminal.app vs iTerm

texts:
If I use
launchctl setenv FOO BAR

in Terminal.app, after closing and reopening the app, the variable FOO is correctly set.
If I do the same thing in iTerm, nothing happens.
Why?


texts: What OS X and iOS software combination tracks finances?

texts:
I was a long time Quicken user, tracking checking accounts and credit cards. I would enter all of my purchases on my phone and would sync regularly with my desktop.

Two years ago, I switched to Mac and was disappointed to learn that there was no version of Quicken for iPhone that would sync with Quicken for Mac.

You can't even export because all of the check book programs export to QIF format, and Mac quicken only imports OFX, and there are no reasonable Mac-based converters.

I am not married to Quicken. Anything will do.

What are people using to track checking and credit card transactions between Mac and their iPhones?


texts: Error occurred while removing boot camp partition with Boot Camp Assistant

texts:
While attempting to remove a boot camp partition with Boot Camp Assistant I encountered an error. Boot camp assistant gave me an error message along the lines of "An error occurred while restoring the disk to a single partition." So, I backed out and attempted to try again. But, now when I try to use Boot Camp Assistant again and select the add/remove a partition function, Boot Camp Assistant tells me that I don't have enough space to create a partition. In Disk Utility the bootcamp partition is also not visible, only the Macintosh HD disk is visible, yet the Macintosh HD drive is still the same size that it was before I attempted to remove the partition.

So, neither Disk Utility or Boot Camp Assistant seem to be able to "see" the windows partition that I would like to remove, yet the space taken up by the windows partition has not been given back to the Macintosh HD partition. Anyone know how to fix this issue?

I'm on a mid-2010 MacBook Pro running Mavericks 10.9.2


texts: Why Retina screenshots are twice as large as chosen area?

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This is a known issue, but I do not understand why the screenshot taken on my retina-MBP always has doubled size as compared to area chosen for screenshot:

If I choose 100x100 (as OS shows - of what? pixels? - on "get info" they do not provide, only shows "dimensions") area I get 200x200 which upon scaling becomes more blurry than original picture.

My questions:

Do all retina users always get these doubled screenshots?
How can I take a screenshot of the same size as the area I choose?

I found a lot of "resizing" solutions, but is there a way to take a screenshot with "original size" without resizing the resultant screenshot?


texts: Can I have 2 different networking interfaces active at the same time to increase my available bandwidth?

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Android devices have a "Dual Networks" feature where you can use both the wifi and 3G network adapters concurrently to increase your available bandwidth:

Can I do something similar with my MacBook Pro, for example if I have both ethernet and wifi connections?

Assume that the wired connection uses a different router/gateway than the wireless one.


texts: Is Apple ID still considered as linked with my MacBook if I totally reinstall my Mackbook but use another Apple ID?

texts: For example, suppose I don't unlink my Mackbook in Apple ID, but I totally reinstall my MacBook and start using with another Apple ID. My question is, is my Apple ID considered as linked with that MacBook? Or in other words, does Apple ID link to the hardware serial Id?


texts: Is Airport Express reasonably better at receiving Wi-Fi signals than a laptop?

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I keep my router (an Apple Time Capsule 2011) in my living room, but I frequently use my MacBook Pro Retina 15" Mid-2014 in my kitchen, which is separated from the living room by a wall.

In the kitchen, I get roughly 50 % of the download speed that I get in the living room near the router.

I'm thinking of getting an Airport Express to extend my network via Wi-Fi extension. If I were to place it in the kitchen, would it suffer as much receiving penalty as my laptop, or is its capability much stronger, thus warranting the placement to some degree?

Alternatively, I could place the Airport Express in the hallway connecting the living room with the kitchen, effectively "mid-way" between the two rooms.


texts: Hold Cmd-Q to Quit as a system-wide action?

texts: I like that Chrome asks you to hold "Cmd-Q" to quit. Is there a way to do this for every app on a Mac?


texts: iTunes "Home Sharing" doesn't work with Apple Lossless files

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I'm wondering whether anyone else has had problems with iTunes Home Sharing working with Apple Lossless formated audio files?

I have iTunes 10.2.1 on both machines and it will not even start to play lossless music, only MP3 and other lossy formats.

I'm wondering whether anyone else has any workarounds or if this is just the way it is?

Thanks.


texts: What are the risks if you install an app that's not from the App Store?

texts:
On my iPhone (iOS 8.2), I installed an app that wasn't coming from the App Store. I chose to trust it because a serious news website had spoke about it, but now I'm a little bit worried of what this app might have done.

Are the apps like this one still prevented from accessing my personal content?
Could they install anything without my authorization?
Now that I've deleted it, is it okay or is there still a risk anyway?


texts: Is 80-90 degrees celsius hot for MBP 2019 CPU temperature

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I just converted to apple and bought the latest 16inch MBP with a 6 cores core i7 processor and 16GB of RAM.
I am noticing that it gets hot easily, on idle the temperature is around ~45 degrees celsius and when I have chrome and terminal installing something it can go up to 95 degrees and then goes back to about 50.
I only had the laptop for about a week now, is this normal or should I return it?
Also, I am checking the temperature using istat


texts:
I have had instances of people deleting my applications (purposedly or unpurposedly) and it's a real annoyance to get them back, plus you lose all of your data.
Is there a way to password protect the removal of applications, maybe through the use of a Cydia tweak?


texts:
Can anyone who has upgraded to Mountain Lion confirm that software updating is now done through the App Store and no longer through the Software Update utility?

If this is the case, does this mean different family members must sign in to the same account or use the same account just to update the OS? In my case,  purchased OS X Lion with my Apple ID, one of my family signed to my account once in order to download Lion, but they can update their system using the the classic Software Update utility afterwards. Now it seems they'll need to sign into my account every time for any update, or we'll have to create a new Apple ID just for this purpose.


texts: How can I adjust the size of the OSXRESERVED partition that Boot Camp Assistant uses?

texts:
I have a Windows 10 ISO that is 5.3 GB. The Boot Camp disk image that Boot Camp Assistant downloads is 2.8 GB. Together these are more than 8 GB.

Boot Camp Assistant creates a partition named OSXRESERVED of 8 GB that (I think) serves as the the Windows installation medium.

Boot Camp Assistant first copies the contents of the Windows 10 ISO to the OSXRESERVED partition. Then it copies the contents of the Boot Camp disk image to the OSXRESERVED partition. It then does an unattended install of Windows 10 and the drivers required for my MacBook Pro.

(Please correct me if I'm wrong.)

The problem is that 8 GB is not enough space. So Boot Camp Assistant gives the following error:

  The Windows support software could not be saved to the selected drive. There is not enough space available on the disk.

Is it possible to either:

A) resize the OSXRESERVED partition (taking some space from either the BOOTCAMP partition or the APFS container partition)
or B) tweak a 'OSXRESERVED partition size' setting in macOS that is used by Boot Camp Assistant and run it again?

Thank you!

Output from distil info OSXRESERVED:

Device Identifier:         disk0s3
Device Node:               /dev/disk0s3
Whole:                     No
Part of Whole:             disk0

Volume Name:               OSXRESERVED
Mounted:                   Yes
Mount Point:               /Volumes/OSXRESERVED

Partition Type:            Microsoft Basic Data
File System Personality:   ExFAT
Type (Bundle):             exfat
Name (User Visible):       ExFAT

OS Can Be Installed:       No
Media Type:                Generic
Protocol:                  PCI
SMART Status:              Verified
Volume UUID:               C6464CB1-7861-398E-93D4-06D988D784FC
Disk / Partition UUID:     A558AF49-0824-425E-B120-CFB50ADC2053
Partition Offset:          178210734080 Bytes (348067840 512-Byte-Device-Blocks)

Disk Size:                 8.0 GB (7998537728 Bytes) (exactly 15622144 512-Byte-Units)
Device Block Size:         512 Bytes

Volume Total Space:        8.0 GB (7996440576 Bytes) (exactly 15618048 512-Byte-Units)
Volume Used Space:         5.3 GB (5298814976 Bytes) (exactly 10349248 512-Byte-Units) (66.3%)
Volume Free Space:         2.7 GB (2697625600 Bytes) (exactly 5268800 512-Byte-Units) (33.7%)
Allocation Block Size:     32768 Bytes

Read-Only Media:           No
Read-Only Volume:          No

Device Location:           Internal
Removable Media:           Fixed

Solid State:               Yes
Hardware AES Support:      No


texts: iTunes cannot convert Apple Lossless tracks to 128 kbps AAC files when sync'ing with iPhone

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I'm using the Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC option in iTunes when sync'ing music to my iPhone.

iTunes is complaining about three tracks from an album I recently ripped every time I sync my phone. It claims they can't be converted (I rip as Apple Lossless). Unfortunately there's not much in the way of detailed information in the error messages iTunes is giving me.

Does iTunes maintain a parallel, down-sampled, library on disk when I check this option? Could I downsample my Apple Lossless files myself, save them in this parallel library, and stop iTunes from trying to do the conversion on sync? I took a look in my iTunes Media folder for a parallel library but couldn't find anything.

Is the conversion done as the songs are transferred to my iPhone and the converted files live no other place than on my phone?

This is iTunes 10 on OS X 10.6 with an iPhone 3GS.


texts: `diskutil list` shows type Windows_NTFS, but `Disk Utility.app` shows type ExFAT. So What is the type?

texts:
I just bought a new external ssd drive (connected to USB3 port of Macbookpro). and then run

$ diskutil list /dev/disk1
/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *480.1 GB   disk1
   1:               Windows_NTFS TOSHIBA SSD             480.1 GB   disk1s1

It shows Windows_NTFS. And then I launched Disk Utility.app. It shows me USB External Physical Volume • ExFAT. I am not going to paste the screenshot, but this is what it displays. This is very weird.

How to tell the true file system type? Thanks.

Btw, I know I can reformat it with Disk Utility.app, but I just want to know the current type in this question. Thanks a lot.


texts: How do I get rid of this item in my menu bar on macOS

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So I have this "Citrix Receiver" item in my menu bar and I want to remove it. I have looked to see if I have an app in my system by that name and there is nothing. I did a search and nothing comes up. I have used "App Cleaner" to search for it and try to clean it and nothing.

Can someone please tell me how I can get rid of it? It won't even open when I click on "Open Citrix Receiver". It is unresponsive. Is there a way I can remove it?


texts: I'm trying to downgrade from Catalina to Mojave, and I need to backup all of my files without backing up operating system files. Time Machine takes a backup of everything on the disk meaning that macOS Catalina files are also included. I need a way in which I can install macOS Mojave on my Mac and keep my personal data. What's the best way to backup a hard drive without Time Machine?


texts: El Capitan Safari can't open http://localhost/ after starting Apache

texts:
In the Terminal window, I started the web server with sudo apachect1 start, supplied the password and then got:

  /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist: service already loaded

Then, in the Safari Smart Search field I entered:

  http://localhost/

Then I got:

In Terminal https -v is reported:

  Server version: Apache/2.4.16 (Unix)
  Server built:   Jul 31 2015 15:53:26

How can we fix this please? Thanks.


texts: How can I remove the "Eject" icon from the menubar?

texts:
How can i remove the "Eject" icon from the menubar?

It's an icon that starts on login.
It ejects all mounted disks (dmg/usb/etc...).


texts: On my iphone 4 the wifi will sometimes be stuck on off. The button is grayed out and can't be slid back to on. This seems to happen at random. I've heard about this issue happening permanently, but on my phone, it's only occasionally. I'll open the phone up later and it will work again. Any suggestions on a fix?


texts: How can I migrate Google Fit activity data to Apple Health?

texts:
Is there a first-party way of doing this?  I exported all my data from Google using the Google Takeout interface, but this produced a zip file, which iOS cannot open.  I also cannot install Google Fit on my iPhone to be able to import the data at the application level (it is not available in the Appstore).

How do I get the data into Apple Health?


texts: How can location data be retained when using iCloud Photo Sharing?

texts:
Everyone in my household has an iPhone and is running iOS 11. We have a shared album that we can post to, but whenever one of shares a photo, the location data isn't included.

Is there a way we can fix this? I love the location feature of macOS Photos, and have gone back and added it to scans of snapshots from before digital cameras. If someone shares a photo in the family album, I'd like to include that data.


texts:
Is there a terminal command within Mac OSX that will allow me to use WOL (Wake On LAN) to wake up other computers? Windows has wolcmd, is there an equivalent within OSX?

I am trying to wake a computer from my rMBP, within my network. My rMBP is connected via WiFi normally, but can also be connected via Thunderbolt GbE connector. The target computer is a Windows machine that I want to wake up before I connect to it using a remote desktop connection.


texts: Can I get mac notification when a Tab has new output in iTerm2?

texts: You know, iTerm2 will change the color of the tab to red or purple. But sometime when I run a long job in one tab, I have to check if it's done frequently. So.. can I get notification when there's new output in one tab? If so, how?


texts: Perform an action when bluetooth keyboard is connected or disconnected

texts:
I am trying to write a script that can detect when a bluetooth keyboard is connected or disconnected from my mac and perform an action. The keyboard is a Logitech MX but I don't want my script to be dependent of that.
I can use bash, applescript, C, or any other language that can be called/binded to node.js


texts: fix: mismatch between extentref entry reference count

texts:
My MacBookPro 2019 (Catalina 10.15.4) recently started to show weird issues in disk utility:

When validating the internal startup disk (SSD) it fails various times with:

mismatch between extentref entry reference count

What can I do to fix this? Is this a serious issue?


texts: How does iPhoto synchronize photos between my macbook pro and my wife's one?

texts:
When my wife imports photos on her mac book pro, they are quickly synchronized in my own iPhoto.

We share the same apple id, but I do not remember having set anything specific to have this (excellent) behavior. How does it work ? (that means : what is the setting to obtain this behavior ?)


texts: Access Genius Bar history and notes online?

texts:
I just had a Genius Bar appointment where the very helpful bartender(?) made some notes about the problem I was having. He said that the info would be emailed to me at my associated email address. I never got an email at that address... nor did I at my iCloud address.

Is there a place online that I can log into where I can access my Genius Bar history and notes?


texts: New MacBook Pro has a battery cycle count of 2

texts:
I bought a new 2017 MacBook Pro without the Touch Bar. I found that it had 2 charge cycles.

Is this normal for a new MacBook Pro or it is used?


texts:
I have been using this command to get back Save As... in Mountain Lion and it works great:

defaults write -g ApplePersistence -bool no

However, this doesn't seem to work anymore in Mavericks. Ut seems that it's just the older iWork '09 apps that can't use the Save As function.

All the other apps (textedit, preview, etc) are able to use Save As. So are the newer iWork apps (the ones just released). But I use the older iWork 09 apps the most. Is there anything I can do to bring the functionality back on those?


texts: Arrow keys output numbers when connecting to Ubuntu VirtualBox guest on Windows 7 host via remote desktop connection

texts:
I have a Ubuntu guest running on my Windows 7 host.  I then wanted to connect remotely from my Macbook Air in bed, and so accessed the VM via Microsoft's OSX remote desktop client.  I'm able to successfully connect to the Ubuntu guest VM, however my Macbook Air's arrow keys output numbers when pressed making it impossible to navigate with them (a big problem for coding).

Additionally, the touchpad is hyper-sensitive when using two fingers to scroll on the page.

I found a random forum post suggesting to turn off Numlock on the Windows host machine which I did, however nothing changed (even after rebooting the VM and reconnecting).

How can I fix the arrow keys so they function as arrow keys?


texts: I have a video in mp4 (MPEG-4) and I would like to add subtitles to it. What tool or application would you recommend to help me write and sync the subtitles with the video?


texts:
I have recently added a number of songs to my iTunes playlist (all mp3s). When syncing them over to my iPhone I get an error saying that 'X track cannot be played on this iPhone'.

What could be the reason for this? The file isn't from the iTunes store so I don't think DRM on the track.

What could be the issue?


texts: I can't download the BootCamp support drivers (OS X 10.11.2)

texts:
I've got an Early 2015 MacBook Pro (128GB, MacbookPro12,1) and I'd like to run Windows 10 on it but as its own OS instead of via a virtualisation program. Due to the space constraints imposed by the 128GB flash drive, I've installed Windows 10 (using Rufus) as a Windows To Go installation on a 32GB Sandisk USB 3.0 stick I've got.

Windows 10 works perfectly normally from the stick (I boot into it via EFI) but I can't get the drivers for the hardware from Boot Camp. Whenever I run BootCamp on my Mac, it tells me I don't have the 50GB free on my boot disk that I need to be able to partition (I don't), but it won't go any further and give me the option to download only the drivers.

The only thing I want from Boot Camp Assistant are the drivers for Windows 10.

Is there a way to fix this? The Boot Camp 6 drivers (needed for Windows 10, apparently) don't appear to be anywhere online - I could only find version 5 on Apple's website, which I believe is only designed for Windows 8 (the setup program doesn't work on my MacBook when running Windows 10, anyway).

Any help is much appreciated, I'm rather noobish with all this stuff!

Cheers,
Dan


texts: The output of dscl . -list /Users includes a user called /. What is that mystery user?

texts:
I was playing with dscl and noticed that when I list all the users using dscl . -list /Users the first user in the list is /. Just the single / followed by nothing else.

All the other users show up as you'd normally expect with root, nobody and so on. I've tried probing it with dscl . -read /Users/ but it just gives me name: dsRecTypeStandard:Users. I think because it is just a slash the command won't take the / as a name and instead just acts like I called it on /Users.

Anyone seen this mystery / user before? Any ideas where it came from?

I'm running 1.14 Mojave. This computer originally had 1.12 Sierra and was upgraded to 1.13 than 1.14 as they came out. Can't say when this user appeared.


texts: MBP 2010 mini-DisplayPort detected but "No Signal" when connected to external DisplayPort monitor

texts:
I have a MBP 2010 which I reliably connected (for many years) to an external LG 25UM64-S UltraWide monitor at 2580x1080 native resolution using a mDP<->DP cable. The 25" monitor broke and I replaced it with a newer, bigger LG 29UM68-P UltraWide monitor, also with DisplayPort.

When I connect my MBP, the monitor detects the connection, but reports "No Signal" when I switch the input to DisplayPort. The SAME monitor+cable works fine with a newer MacBook Air.

I have updated macOS to the latest version of Sierra (10.12.6). When I open the Display applet, it detects the LG Monitor, but reports it as a 34" model. I can hit "Gather Windows" and change the resolution on the LG, but I always get a gray screen with "No Signal"

update:
I have tried to reset the SMC once, also the NVRAM (as per below) and even checked the monitor while booting into safe mode. None of these steps changee the outcome. What else can I try?


texts: Catalina No Longer Connects To Windows 10 NAS

texts:
Everything was fine under Mojave, but when I upgraded to Catalina my Mac can no longer connect to my Windows 10 NAS. It's not the NAS because I have other Windows 10 and even Raspberry Pis connecting to it. I can see all of my computers on the network through Finder, I just cannot connect to any of them.

I started with this post to create an nsmb.conf file because my system did not have one. Not sure if it did under Mojave because I didn't have a problem, so I am assuming it did not have one.

https://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-speed-up-network-drives-on-os-x-mojave.html

When that did not work, I reviewed the following post and it still did not resolve my problem.

What causes some Network Drives using SMB no longer connect to macOS Catalina?

It's frustrating that something that should be so very easy has become so very difficult.


texts: Having painstakingly deleted hundreds of unwanted photos, dare I re-sync another Mac to iCloud that still has many of the deleted ones?

texts:
I have already deleted hundreds of photos in iCloud, and this works fine on my iPhone and Macbook.
However, I also have an IMac which WAS synced to the other machines up till 2017. This means in Photo it  has all the photos I ever took up to 2017 including the hundreds that I have carefully deleted from iCloud.
I want to set it so it syncs to iCloud again. But if I do, will the deleted photos get added back into my Photos from this IMac? So wasting the many hours of filleting.
Is there any risk of this? Is there anything I can do?
Should I actually delete all the photos from the IMac before syncing? Would this run the risk of deleting them all from iCloud once I sync (I would not want to risk that!).
I have checked other questions but this seems to be new.  My question is the opposite of many others I see, when people cannot get deleted photos to sync to another device.
Its an old iMac using OS X Yosemite 10.10.5
Thanks for advice.


texts: Why do my internet browsers stop working?

texts:
I have a 13″ mid 2009 MacBook Pro.

For a long time now my browsers just decide to stop working. The 1st occasion Safari kept crashing every 10 minutes so I downloaded Firefox but after a while the same thing kept happening.

I thought it was something to do with Flash so I downloaded a newer version of Flash but that didn't solve anything. I then downloaded Chrome which was fine for a while but now from time to time any browser I use just stops working. I find myself either having to switch my wifi off and on and restart which ever browser I'm using or if that doesn't work, when Safari stops working I switch to Chrome and vice versa.


texts: MBP'13 (Late 2011) Win7 (BootCamp) + iMac'27 (Mid 2011) as an external display?

texts:
Is it possible to use iMac'27 (Mid 2011, MacOS) as an external/target mode display for the MBP'13 (Late 2011) running Windows 7 in Bootcamp?

I'm using thunderbolt cable.

It works perfectly fine if MBP is booted into Mac, but Win7 can't seem to detect external display. Command + F2 on the iMac does nothing.


texts: External display with pixel density similar to macbook pro 17" (132 ppi)

texts:
I own a macbook pro 17" late 2011 which has a 1920×1200 display with a pixel density of 132 ppi. Yesterday I tried hooking up the display to an Apple Thunderbolt Display, and to my great disappointment a window, when split across the two screens, was larger in the external Apple display than on the internal screen, due to the difference in the pixel density. I own a 24" HD display, and there I also notice the same issue.

I've spent some time researching, and I haven't been able to identify a potential candidate screen that has a display with comparable pixel density, and finally, size.

I see that some have suggested (in other questions) to lower the resolution on the internal screen, but that is, in my opinion, defeating the purpose of purchasing such a laptop and I would never consider such an idea.

Who can suggest displays, by any manufacturer, make and model, that are a good match as an external display for my MBP? The only condition I pose is that the display's resolution should be greater than the Macbook Pro's internal display resolution, as I see no advantage in using a second smaller screen.


texts: I am running on OSX Maverick. I just realized that my machine is case insensitive.  How do I reset my HD to be case-sensitive?


texts:
After asking Siri a question on macOS Sierra -- her response window just stays pinned in the upper right corner.

Is there a keyboard shortcut or another siri command to hide that window without having to click the small "x" button?  Maybe a way to make it automatically close after some time has passed?


texts: Enabling remote login without password authentication

texts:
I have enabled remote login (ssh) on my Mac via System Preferences. But it doesn't work with keys and only works with normal user/pass authentication. I want to disable this behaviour and only allow public key (RSA or DSA) authentication.

I edited /etc/sshd_config and uncommented following lines:

PasswordAuthentication no
PermitEmptyPasswords no

I then restarted the Remote Login service but it didn't help. It still allows password authentication and my keys are rejected.

Could anyone help me set this up?


texts: Is there a way to view log of previously connected bluetooth devices that have already been removed?

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Weird one guys. Bear with me.
So I'm working from a home office. I have an Apple Magic Keyboard 2 and it has been connected to my MacBook Pro for a couple of months now. Today I went to use it and found that it was no longer connected.
I opened bluetooth preferences and saw my keyboard (named "Squiffer's Keyboard") listed there as disconnected. Underneath "Squiffer's Keyboard" was a new bluetooth device named "John's Keyboard", ready to connect. I thought this was very strange but had bought the keyboard secondhand so thought maybe it had reverted to the old owner's name somehow. So I connected to it and removed "Squiffer's Keyboard" from the list.
After connecting I found that the middle line of keys do not work. I contacted the previous owner to check if the name matched his, it did not. Now I suspect that somebody stole my keyboard and replaced it with their broken one (!) so I want to compare the MAC addresses of "John's Keyboard" and "Squiffer's Keyboard".
The problem is I have already removed "Squiffer's Keyboard" from the bluetooth preferences. Does anyone know if there might a log somewhere of previously connected devices? Or a log of the device being removed maybe?
Any help is appreciated. In an office environment I wouldn't care as much but since I'm working from home, if my suspicion is true then my roommate stole my keyboard. So I need to set my mind at ease! Thanks!
EDIT: I am using macOS 11.2.1 on an M1 MacBook Pro


texts: Does the "Find my iPad" service work without WiFi when you aren't paying for cellular service?

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If I'm not paying for cellular service on my 4G iPad, and it's not in range of a WiFi network it knows about (or is open), then will the Find My iPad service still work through the cellular network? I notice that I can sign up for service without being in a WiFi area when I haven't already purchased service, and it still tracks what type of cellular network I'm attached to and the signal strength when I'm not paying for cellular service.

It would be nice if Apple and the carriers threw in Find My iPad for free so that even if I lose it (or it's stolen) in a month I'm not paying for service then I can still find it.

Unfortunately, I already activated my service recently, so I have to wait another few weeks before I can test it.


texts: After importing pictures into Aperture how can I find them in Finder?

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When I import pictures from my camera using Aperture I can find them by using Aperture to browse through its library, but I generally want to access them from Finder.

Where might they be?


texts: I have a Mac Pro 2013 A1481 with a suspected bad power supply, I would like to test the bus bars from the PSU to the logic board with a multimeter. Would anyone be able to provide some instructions on where to place the black (ground) probe and red probe? and what the proper voltage readings should be? Please refer to the attached photo with numbers. Much appreciated


texts: Data recovery after interrupted partitioning

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My MacBook Pro was working fine until my friend stopped the Disk Utility from partitioning and force quit the application. Ever since it seems that the problem has grown larger and larger as I used it.

Now it boots until the half of the loading bar, stays there, and shuts down after an hour or so. I tried looking at what was happening by doing a Verbose Boot and it was fine until it said it was repairing the disk and said it failed. I tried Command-R, it also said the disk could not be repaired, I tried the command-R boot again, now it says that it couldn't connect to the Apple support and stops.

Any suggestions on booting/retrieving the data? Should I make a bootable external drive for my laptop? If so, how?


texts: How can I downloading a pdf file to someplace other than downloads

texts: When downloading a pdf file in Safari 11.0.2, can I save it in a particular file folder without first saving it in Downloads?


texts: Multiple bluetooth devices connected to an iPhone?

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I like to run with my The House of Marley Positive Vibration 2 Wireless Headphones, I've been thinking about getting Polar H10 Heart Rate Sensor.

My question is - will these two devices both work at the same time with an iPhone SE (I'd upgrade if necessary)? I'm usually streaming music with Spotify and would love to receive data from HR rate sensor at the same time.

Will the iPhone battery last less with more than one bluetooth device connected?

What if I keep adding bluetooth devices? Is there a limit?


texts: How to download Mojave now that Catalina is available?

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I'm still running Mac OS 10.11 El Capitan.  I've decided to upgrade, but I don't want to lose 32-bit support, so Catalina is not an option for me.
I found this official Apple page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210190
However, the link on that page to download Mojave (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12) doesn't work for me.  (I have iTunes 12.5.1.21.)  It only pops up a message from iTunes:

Item Not Available
The item you've requested is not currently available in the U.S. store.

How can I upgrade to Mojave?


texts: A security update locked OSX.GenieoDropper.A

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I need to launch an app but OSX recognise it as a malware.

While launching this app, OSX says "app will damage this computer. You should eject this disk image. It contain OSX.GenieoDropper.A".

Normally, to bypass this alert, the method was to right-click the icon and select open when pushing alt, but neither this seems working, so how can I bypass this alert?


texts: Message reply on Mac goes to wrong person

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3 people at my office send me messages from their iOS device. If I read and reply from my iOS device, all works well. If I read and reply from my Mac, the replies get mixed and and the wrong person receives it. I have each set up in my Contacts with unique mobile numbers, but identical work numbers.

Any ideas? I have resorted to deleting the coworker who receives the messages from my iPhone and laptop contacts, but that doesn't feel like a long-term solution. Firing him does, I'll look into that for sure...


texts: How to redirect out going traffic to an IP address to another host name?

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How can I redirect an IP say 203.130.48.8-bj-cnc or 203.130.48.8 to Google.com in host file (or other places)?

It looks like host file doesn't redirect an ip address (only the domain names).


texts: Is there a way to reduce the opening tab of safari

texts: When opening a new tab or window in Safari, sometimes the address field is selected, and sometimes it isn't. If it's not, there's no way to tab to it. Is there a way to make the bar always selected by default?