texts: Big Sur: An error occurred while installing the selected updates

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I tried to update the macos from the 10.15.7 to the recently released Big Sur. Software Update has dowloaded the installation data and the following popup dialog appeared.

I found in Console's system.log the following message, but I'm not sure if it's related to my problem.
Nov 12 22:58:02 coolomet com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.pid.SoftwareUpdateC.1617): Failed to bootstrap path: path = /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/Resources/SoftwareUpdateConfigData, error = 2: No such file or directory

I checked that the requested file exists in my system in the given location.
➜  Resources pwd
/System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/Resources
➜  Resources ls -l SoftwareUpdateConfigData
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  42192 22 zář 02:25 SoftwareUpdateConfigData

How can I download the Big Sur from the scratch again? I cannot find the location of downloaded installer. I don't see the usually downloaded installer in the /Application directory.
➜  Resources ls -l /Applications | grep -i install
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel   96 12 lis 22:54 Install macOS Catalina.app


texts: How to install SDL_bgi having SDL2 installed without Xcode (edit: with Xcode)

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I would like to install SDL_bgi on macOS without Xcode. I’ve downloaded the file

• Sources: SDL_bgi-2.4.0.tar.gz

from the website sourceforge. But now that I have the folder,
I don’t know how to install it. I have tried running sh /path/to/file but I get the following message:

MacBook-Pro-de-Maelle:~ mae.jml$ sh /Users/mae.jml/Downloads/SDL_bgi-2.4.0/build.sh
cat: VERSION: No such file or directory
/Users/mae.jml/Downloads/SDL_bgi-2.4.0/build.sh: line 6: cmake: command not found

*** I don't know what package to build.

Is it because I am not in the right directory where SDL2 is installed?

For now I have installed SDL2 without Xcode following this tutorial. That means I currently have my game project folder, and inside it lib and include folders containing the SDL2 necessary files.

Maybe that is the problem, do I need Xcode?

I would like to use other graphic libraries more modern but my school is making it mandatory for us to use BGI. I really need to get it installed on my Mac.

EDIT

I have downloaded Xcode and installed SDL2 with the dmg (moved framework to /library/frameworks). I tried compiling with the header #include <SDL2/SDL.h>. It is compiling but I did include it in the Xcode settings, like so:

I have succeeded to follow the steps in INSTALL.md which are:

Unarchive the Sources file
cd to the newly unarchived folder
run ./build.sh

It created the build folder. The next step was to run sudo make install in the new build folder, it returns this error:

Scanning dependencies of target SDL_bgi
[ 50%] Building C object CMakeFiles/SDL_bgi.dir/src/SDL_bgi.c.o
clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-s' [-Wunused-command-line-argument]
In file included from /Users/mae.jml/Downloads/SDL_bgi-2.4.0/src/SDL_bgi.c:35:
/Users/mae.jml/Downloads/SDL_bgi-2.4.0/src/SDL_bgi.h:34:10: fatal error: 'SDL2/SDL.h' file
      not found
#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/SDL_bgi.dir/src/SDL_bgi.c.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/SDL_bgi.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Which is weird since I do have SDL2, it is compiling in Xcode! Maybe I should move the directory to where SDL2 is installed but that seems unnecessary.

I have tried the other way which is moving manually the files:

SDL_bgi.h        -> /library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Headers

graphics.h       -> /usr/include/

libSDL_bgi.so    -> /usr/lib/

But I can’t find the third file.
Can anyone help?


texts: Allowing MDM users to not only enroll devices (/mydevices) but also assign them to certain groups?

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So I would love to allow one of our users access to not only add their own devices (as they do now by going to server/mydevices), but also decide which group the device should belong to.

The user has 3 different types of devices all which should belong in separate groups. As of now we allow the user to add the device using Apple Configurator or by going to the mydevices interface and enrolling it directly from the device, but after that there's no way for them to specify that the device should end up in a certain device group.

Is there any way to allow the user to select a group for the device to go into? Or if not, is there any way to set it so that all devices for a certain user goes into a specific device group?


texts: How to enable location settings for the app when app is not on the list of location services?

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The screen above describes situation. Any idea how to turn it on? I have ios 10.

The app I mean is hostelbookers. It was not happening while ios 9.

Location services for Safari are enabled:

And there is no my hostelbookers app on the list of location services. They are sorted alpha betically.


texts: How do I stop Big Sur from installing on my computer?

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I have Catalina running on a 16" MacBook Pro.
I do not want to upgrade to Big Sur until next July.
Is there a way to do that?
Responding to BMike:
Two days before Big Sur dropped I set Software Update as follows:

On the day Big Sur dropped I got the update message and I told it to remind me tomorrow.
Today I tried the sudo command and got this:

I am going to leave this open for another day, but at the moment it looks like the answer is "You can't"


texts: I can't send email to groups now that I have added iCloud to Outlook; groups aren't found anymore

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I had email groups set up in Microsoft Outlook. They were great. When I added iCloud, it moved all my contacts out of Outlook and put them in iCloud. But now when I want to send a group email, my email (still using Outlook) can't find my groups anymore.

I tried to make new groups in iCloud, and they seem to be there, but still are not found in Outlook. The old groups still show up in Contacts, but aren't apparently usable. I have them but can't get to them! Help!


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I have an Airport time capsule as a main wireless, I add an Airport Extreme and a Airport Express as extension of my network. All of them have the same connection name.
Problem: the connection in the rooms where the extended devices are placed is too slow...
Is there a way to check the internet speed of each of the devices? The one with ethernet cable that is the main the speed is very good, but the others :(
Any help is more than welcome, thanks in advance.


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I tried several solutions to disable completely the notification center in Yosemite.
For example, see https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/57477/104881 or https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/139171/104881.

These solutions disable the notification panel, but, in Yosemite, the notification icon of the menu bar is still there.

How can I remove the menu bar icon ?

I know the bartender software can do that but I am looking for a solution which does not require addind another app.

EDIT:

I have already tried to remove NotificationCenter.app in /System/Library/CoreServices.
I also tried the following command:

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

These two techniques remove the notifications but do not remove the icon.


texts:
Is there a place on the Apple website where I can suggest features for OSX/iOS to Apple?

For example, I want to suggest that you can drag Launchpad folders to your Dock.


texts: Do I need to reinstall apps to take advantage of app thinning?

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I don't notice any difference in app sizes in iOS 9 so I was wondering if app slicing doesn't kick in until next time I update apps or reinstall them?

I realize not all apps will support it, but I have so many that it should have shown a difference anyway.


texts: Yosemite supplied curl stopped supporting https

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I am having the issue that curl is failing to deal with https, and thus I cannot update Homebrew:

brew update && brew upgrade
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/': Protocol https not supported or disabled in libcurl
Error: Failure while executing: git pull -q origin refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master

This is incomprehensible to be, because it has just started happening today.  When I run

which curl
/usr/bin/curl

Then:

/usr/bin/curl --version
curl 7.37.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.0) libcurl/7.21.6
Protocols: dict file ftp gopher http imap pop3 smtp telnet tftp
Features: IPv6 Largefile

The HTTPS protocol is clearly missing but I cannot fathom why.  This is really puzzling -- what has happened (yesterday I could run brew update && brew upgrade without any errors.

I am on OS X 10.10.2, with the latest XCode and CL tools, and so on and so forth.  To the best of my knowledge I have never touched curl or installed something that might have (and the fact that the standard curl is the os supplied version makes things even more strange).


texts:
I am trying to use the default built in apple RDP client to RDP into my Windows 8.1 box but I keep getting the following problem:

Remote Desktop Connection for Mac OSX - cannot verify the identity of the computer

I've tried a combination of several ways but nothing.

Everything is fine windows to windows.

---not sure what I am doing wrong here.


texts: In Aperture, is there a way to confirm faces in bulk?

texts: In the Aperture 3 "Faces" view, when clicking on a person, there is a section "John may also be in the photos below". By clicking on the "Confirm Faces" button, you have the ability to click on each image to confirm. Is there a way to select multiple images or do this in bulk? I'd expect shift-clicking on the images to do it, but that doesn't work. There must be a better workflow.


texts: How do you get iPhone to share contacts with Mac Messages app?

texts: When I get a new text, it appears both in the Messages app on my iPhone and in the Messages app on my Mac. The iPhone text show the person's name, and the Mac text only shows the person's number. I have Contacts checked under iCloud sync. Both OSes are latest.


texts: Bootcamp Assistant giving errors and so is Disk Utility. Mac isn't allowing me to install Windows like I have before!

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I have scoured the internet for a solution to finally be able to use Bootcamp but nothing at all has worked.
I previously used BCA to install Windows 10 on my computer but after about a year or so, my PC has been getting slow and has been convoluted with software so I wanted to wipe it all (with saving the needed files and folders) and start again.
However, after successfully removing all partitions on my APFS drive, my computer is refusing to partition my drive again and allow me to use the bootable USB of Windows 10 I have ready.
The two main methods I have tried are using BCA to partition and create Bootcamp and then I tried to manually partition my disk with Disk Utility, but both methods gave me errors when in the process of partitioning.
EDIT: I have just wiped my entire computer using Recovery Mode and it still won’t let me partition my drive.
BCA error:

Disk Utility error:

Any help is much appreciated!


texts: My Mac's hostname keeps adding a "-2" to the end

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If my Mac's computer name (in the Sharing prefs) is "Node" normally, once in a while when using the Terminal, I can see it's magically changed itself:

Node-2:~ $

For some reason it thinks its own name is taken and adds "-2" to the end. I have to go into the Sharings prefs and change it back. Why would this be happening and how do I stop it?


texts: Should I use the same Apple ID for iCloud and iTunes?

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Should I use the same Apple ID for iCloud and the iTunes store?

My immediate assumption was "sure, of course, keep it simple", but today I read the following recommendation:

  One potential problem that users of Apple’s iCloud and other services can easily fall into is the overuse of a single account across the services used on their devices—for example, using the same Apple ID for both iCloud and the iTunes store. The iTunes store links your credit card data to your Apple ID for music and application purchases, as well as in-app purchases. It stores your contact information and address as well. So it’s a potential source of even bigger headaches if it’s exposed along with your iCloud account.

... with the obvious implication that you should not use the same Apple ID for both iCloud and the iTunes store.  So, what is the best practice?  What are the tradeoffs?

Related: Are there disadvantages to using different Apple IDs for iCloud and Store purchases?; Is it a bad idea to have a shared Apple ID for purchases that also is used for iCloud?; How many Apple IDs should one household have?.  However, those questions do not address security concerns.


texts:
My device is simply not charging while connected to my Windows 8 system. I've heard of my friends having this issue too. There is no connection issue, my computer recognizes it is plugged in, but I don't think it knows what it is and it clearly doesn't allow for charging.

What could be causing this?


texts: How can I use Apple News without changing my region on macOS Mojave?

texts: I want to use Apple News on macOS but not to change my region to the United States. How can I do that?


texts: Process (fmfd) spamming my console with sandbox denies

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Since installing OSX 10.10 (Yosemite), my console is full of error messages regarding fmfd, like fmfd(384) deny file-read-metadata /Volumes/Macintosh HD

This happens mostly at startup and when starting programs. I just want to know what it is, for my peace of mind and that my console can lose some weight ;)

Here´s some more (hopefully useful) information from one report:

fmfd(384) deny file-read-metadata /Volumes/Macintosh HD

Process:         fmfd [384]
Path:            /usr/libexec/fmfd
Load Address:    0x105f38000
Identifier:      fmfd
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       x86_64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [1]

Date/Time:       2014-10-21 17:13:10.336 +0200
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.10 (14A389)
Report Version:  8

Can you help me with that, or assure me it´s harmless? I don´t necessarily want to allow the process more rights in the sandbox if not necessary, like they did in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5495141?start=15&tstart=0


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I have XCode 5.1.1 installed, osx 11.9.4. I have no other versions of xcode on the machine. But somehow I have clang version 2.1! I need a more updated one and cannot figure out how to make the upgrade.

delphi$ llvm-g++ --version
i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-g++-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2335.15.00)

delphi$ clang++ --version
Apple clang version 2.1 (tags/Apple/clang-163.7.1) (based on LLVM 3.0svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin13.3.0

if I do xcode-select --install I get the following:

delphi$ xcode-select -install
Usage: xcode-select -print-path
   or: xcode-select -switch <xcode_folder_path>
   or: xcode-select -version
Arguments:
   -print-path                     Prints the path of the current Xcode folder
   -switch <xcode_folder_path>     Sets the path for the current Xcode folder
   -version                        Prints xcode-select version information


texts: Unable to boot from Mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD in Virtual Box

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I downloaded Mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD from Apple Developer Connection website from this link. I am attempting to install it as a guest OS using Virtual Machine (version 5.2.10, current as of this writing) running on macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, running on a Late 2013 15" Retain MacBook Pro.

However after booting from the DVD, I am encountering this error:

Here is the machine configuration, boot order, memory:

What could possibly be causing this issue? Is there a way around this and install Mac OS X Snow Leopard in Virtual Box?


texts: Send short message to another Mac on the LAN

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I am looking for an OS X application that will allow me to send a short message (URL, etc.) to another Mac running on the same LAN or WiFi.

I have two Macs at work, my company iMac and personal MacBook Pro, sitting side-by-side. Sometimes I read something on one and want to send the URL to the other. I have Instapaper, but that is overkill for this simple task.

Any ideas?


texts: How can I prevent iOS 7 from downloading to iOS 6 devices?

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I would like to prevent devices from downloading iOS 7 while using networks we control. We have MDM capability and firewalls, but I'm not sure what the the minimal ports and destinations that should be entered into a firewall to prevent downloading iOS 7 over the air via WiFi network.

What can be done to prevent iOS 7 downloads to save bandwidth and save storage space on our devices?

Bonus points for describing any issues / other things that this block might affect such as App Store updates or downloads. Extra bonus points if this could be accomplished by a profile or other means than network control. I'm more focused on not having devices download the update than how that happens.


texts: Syncing old phone with new computer - what is this message?

texts:
I have a new Mac but I'm using my iPhone. Previously I had "Notes" synced between my phone and the old Mac. Now I have notes on my phone that I don't want to lose, and I'm trying to set up the iCloud sync on the new Mac. When I go into the iCloud panel and mark Notes for sync, I get this weird screen:

I have no idea why it needs an iCloud email address, since I have already set up iCloud and OTHER iCloud services (like Contacts, Calendars & Reminders and Photo Stream) are already set up and syncing perfectly between the phone and the new computer.

My goal is to get Notes syncing without losing any of the important notes on my phone. And I don't want to create a new "iCloud email address" (?!)... please help. Thanks.


texts: Number of cpus and cores in macbook pro?

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On Macbook Pro, I clicked "about this mac", and it shows that

  Number of Processors:   1
    Total Number of Cores:  2

I thought I have more cores and cpus, because when I created a virtual machine in Virtualbox, it allows me to specify up to 4 cpus to the virtual machine.

So how can I find out the number of cpus and cores on this laptop?

lshw doesn't work in bash under Mac. Is there some similar command?

Thanks.


texts: Does iOS download only changes or whole app when updating an app?

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I noticed the downloading of app updates is really fast on my iPhone X (iOS 13). Like for example the facebook app shows about 250MB in size on the update screen of the appstore but it's finished downloading in about 10 sec over WLAN in flight mode. Despite I have 40Mbit/s (5MByte/s) internet speed. So it should take about 50 seconds for this download. I am sure the update file(s) is/are compressed but this would mean like 250MB/5 = 50MB, which sounds like too much of possible compression for an app file. I mean it's not a text file with many redundancies.

So I wonder if updates contain only changes to the app but then the programming logic would have to allow that which I doubt that many developers do this because I saw this behavior not only in the facebook app but in most app updates.

A more plausible reason would be that the size shown next to the update on the appstore is the uncompressed/installed size of the app. Does anyone know?


texts: How do I get someone else's apple ID off of the iphone 5

texts: I purchased a used iphone and now I cannot transfer my information to it because it still has the former owner's Apple ID.


texts: How can I import contacts into iPhone from Palm Centro?

texts: I'm planning on purchasing an iPhone 4, and I want to know the most direct method of copying my contacts from my Palm Centro to my iPhone. Extra points for solutions that work on Linux.


texts: How can I figure out what's opening a Terminal window whenever I log in?

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Whenever I log in to my Macbook, a terminal window pops up with what appears to be some Java CLI help text and a [Process completed] (or whatever) at the bottom. It doesn't cause any problems that I can see; I always just close the window and move on. I vaguely remember installing the thing a long time ago that caused this to start happening; but I don't remember what it was or how to find it.

I've Googled "Mac startup scripts" and checked various directories for any obvious culprits, but nothing jumps out. Is there any good way for me to definitively determine what startup item is causing this window to open, so that I can get rid of it? For example does the Terminal app provide any visibility into what command started it up (is that what's printed at the top)? And if so can I easily deduce from that where the startup script/daemon/agent/whatever is?

Basically, what would you do if you were me? Admittedly this is really just an aesthetic annoyance, nothing more. Maybe the sane answer is "I'd leave it alone rather than risk screwing something up." Just seems irritating that I can't even figure out how to stop a window from popping up whenever I reboot my computer.


texts: Site for checking so-dimm memory for MacBooks

texts: Is there any website, where I can check which memory (RAM) is suitable for any MacBook or Apple computer?


texts:
Does anyone know how to make the character picker appear more quickly?

I use it enough now in my German language studies that it has become second nature for the critical marks and much faster than using the alt+keypress shortcuts.

Only problem is that it's so second nature that sometimes it doesn't pop up quickly enough so I end up typing the character and the number shortcut sometimes (IE u2 instead of ü). Anyone know how to make it appear with less delay? Ideally, I'd love if I could just hold the character and press the number but it appears that OSX insists on waiting for the menu to pop up.


texts:
I have a working home sharing environment (i.e., when I am physically in my home network it's working fine).

My Modem has the possibility to easily set up a VPN network (L2TP). It works flawlessly and I can connect with both my OS X and iOS devices. I get an internal IP address and I can access local resources.

But home sharing does not seem to work over VPN. Any solution?


texts:
I've tried to update my computer software to the latest version but I keep getting this message
"The Software Update Server (wd-od1.internal.waikatodiocesan.school.nz) is not responding."
Can someone please help.


texts: Can you test an app before you buy it on the iPad?

texts: I want to buy an app, but don't want to waste money on something that's not gonna work for me.  Is there any way to test drive one?


texts: 28-Core Mac Pro build time significantly worse than Macbook Pro

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I'm comparing Xcode build times for my project on two machines:

A 2019 Mac Pro with 28 cores and 192 gb of RAM.
A 2019 Macbook Pro with 8 cores and 64 gb of RAM.

The Macbook Pro can build it in 27.6 seconds. The Mac Pro can build it in in 52.2 seconds. This is disappointing, to say the least.

I'm building this project: https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2

The build configuration is Debug. The optimization level is set to None. There is no Swift: just C, Objective C, and interface builder XIBs. I'm using Xcode 11.3 on both machines on macOS 10.15.1.

Build time summary for Mac Pro:

CompileC (728 tasks) | 1673.157 seconds
CompileXIB (58 tasks) | 649.565 seconds
TiffUtil (121 tasks) | 36.980 seconds
ProcessPCH (5 tasks) | 16.840 seconds
CopyPNGFile (26 tasks) | 12.200 seconds
StripNIB (1 task) | 9.133 seconds
CompileMetalFile (21 tasks) | 6.290 seconds
CompileAssetCatalog (1 task) | 1.688 seconds
Ld (2 tasks) | 1.528 seconds
Libtool (3 tasks) | 1.098 seconds
CodeSign (7 tasks) | 0.768 seconds
PhaseScriptExecution (1 task) | 0.248 seconds
MetalLink (2 tasks) | 0.222 seconds
DataModelCompile (1 task) | 0.171 seconds
ProcessPCH++ (2 tasks) | 0.053 seconds
Touch (1 task) | 0.003 seconds

Build time summary for Macbook Pro:

CompileC (728 tasks) | 290.118 seconds
CompileXIB (58 tasks) | 12.626 seconds
ProcessPCH (5 tasks) | 9.958 seconds
TiffUtil (121 tasks) | 5.955 seconds
CompileMetalFile (21 tasks) | 5.135 seconds
CompileAssetCatalog (1 task) | 1.283 seconds
Ld (2 tasks) | 1.143 seconds
CopyPNGFile (26 tasks) | 1.102 seconds
CodeSign (7 tasks) | 0.734 seconds
Libtool (3 tasks) | 0.332 seconds
PhaseScriptExecution (1 task) | 0.197 seconds
DataModelCompile (1 task) | 0.196 seconds
MetalLink (2 tasks) | 0.083 seconds
ProcessPCH++ (2 tasks) | 0.046 seconds
StripNIB (1 task) | 0.012 seconds
Touch (1 task) | 0.001 seconds

Notably, CPU utilization on the Mac Pro is abysmal. It stays around 30%:

The Macbook Pro is able to peg the CPU at 100%:

Has Amdahl's law bitten me? The single-core performance is definitely worse on the Mac Pro, which is to be expected given the lower base clock rate. PCH building takes about 5 seconds longer on the Mac Pro, but everything else parallelizes well so that doesn't explain it.

For more detail, see build logs with timestamps:

https://pastebin.com/AFcjUuFL
https://pastebin.com/yWdN27S8


texts: How do I back system and application settings up on my Mac?

texts:
I want to reinstall OS X completely on my machine.

I have backed up all of my documents and made a list of applications that I have, so that I can install them later.

However, one thing that I do not know how to do is how to back my settings up. On a previous occasion, I tried to back the ~/Library/Preferences folder up and restored it on the clean installation, but for the most part it didn't work.

Here are some examples of the scope of what I would like to back up:

System settings (e.g. trackpad options, sentence highlight color, dock options, three-finger drag option, Accessibility options, etc)
Keyboard shortcuts (also a part of system settings)
Printers that I have added (important for me)
System app preferences (Finder, Safari, Preview, etc.)
Third-party app preferences (Little Snitch preferences/rules, Bartender preferences, Amphetamine, etc.)

I don't need to back things like Safari bookmarks, emails or calendars up as I use iCloud for them.

Does anyone have any good suggestions on how to do this effectively?


texts: Why is my iPhone pronouncing contact names with English accent? On my friends iPhone Siri is speaking in English but the caller name when I am recieving call it says in Czech language.


texts: How do you open two or more simultaneous sessions of Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection in Lion? The RDC client comes with Office for Mac 2011. I work on a MacBook Pro but have to remote into Windows servers for a number of reasons.


texts: Website hosted on Mac taking too long to load on the first access

texts:
I'm using an old Macbook Pro (2011) to host a few websites. Everything works fine, but after a long time without hitting the server the websites take a really long time to load (even in my local network) and I can't figure out why.

I imagine that it has to do with the machine entering in a sleep state, or something similar, but that's just a guess.

Any idea of what could be happening?

Things I already did

Turn off Put hard disks to sleep when possible (Preferences->Energy Saver)

Some extra info:

macOS version: 10.13.3
Server software: Caddy
Disabling the sleep mode: InsomniaX


texts:
The sync between icloud and my ipad and my mac doesn't, for all services (icloud drive, Ibooks...)

My mac is running Catalina 10.15.3
My ipad is running Ios 13.3.1

Nothing is sync on the devices but the data are available via icloud.com.

Here's what I tried:

Sign off and sign in from I cloud.
Restart many times
Kill the bird process and deleting the ~/Library/Application Support/CloudDocs as described here  iCloud Drive Won't Sync on Mac

Thanks

Here are the bird logs (via brctl log):

ERR  2020-03-17 20:45:57.392+0100] Terminal[8466]  Failed getting container for URL: <private>, error: Error Domain=BRCloudDocsErrorDomain Code=7 UserInfo={NSDescription=<private>, NSFilePath=<private>
[note 2020-03-18 01:19:55.876+0100] revisiond[245]  Cache delete asked us to reclaim <private> with urgency 1
[note 2020-03-18 01:19:56.881+0100] revisiond[245]  Cache delete asked us to reclaim <private> with urgency 1
[note 2020-03-18 01:19:56.942+0100] revisiond[245]  Cache delete asked us to reclaim <private> with urgency 1
[note 2020-03-18 01:19:57.014+0100] revisiond[245]  Cache delete asked us to reclaim <private> with urgency 1
[WARN 2020-03-18 17:52:12.595+0100] revisiond[245]  This volume is runnning "<private>" which is not supported
[WARN 2020-03-18 17:52:12.595+0100] revisiond[245]  This volume is runnning "<private>" which is not supported
[CRIT 2020-03-18 18:51:36.306+0100] bird[583]  UNREACHABLE: can't open <private>
[ERR  2020-03-18 18:52:41.542+0100] com.apple.CloudDocs.MobileDocumentsFileProvider[22633]  can't find image with size <private> for <private>
[CRIT 2020-03-18 18:52:41.543+0100] com.apple.CloudDocs.MobileDocumentsFileProvider[22633]  Provider returned error from domain BRCloudDocsErrorDomain which is unsupported. Supported error domains are N
[note 2020-03-18 18:54:18.039+0100] revisiond[245]  device 1000015 had a metainfo file
[note 2020-03-18 18:54:19.197+0100] revisiond[245]  device 1000015 UUID matches metadata
[note 2020-03-18 18:54:19.214+0100] revisiond[245]  Quitting throttled mode on device 16777237
[note 2020-03-18 18:54:19.327+0100] revisiond[245]  Library on device 1000015, loaded status <private>
[ERR  2020-03-18 18:55:13.609+0100] Finder[550]  -[BRFrameworkContainerHelper br_capabilityToMoveFromURL:toNewParent:error:]: (passed to caller) error: Error Domain=BRCloudDocsErrorDomain Code=6 UserInf
[ERR  2020-03-18 18:55:16.531+0100] Finder[550]  -[BRFrameworkContainerHelper br_capabilityToMoveFromURL:toNewParent:error:]: (passed to caller) error: Error Domain=BRCloudDocsErrorDomain Code=6 UserInf
[CRIT 2020-03-18 18:55:25.728+0100] bird[583]  UNREACHABLE: can't open <private>
[ERR  2020-03-18 18:56:08.074+0100] Finder[550]  -[BRFrameworkContainerHelper br_capabilityToMoveFromURL:toNewParent:error:]: (passed to caller) error: Error Domain=BRCloudDocsErrorDomain Code=6 UserInf
[CRIT 2020-03-18 19:00:31.546+0100] bird[583]  UNREACHABLE: can't open <private>
[CRIT 2020-03-18 19:05:32.194+0100] bird[583]  UNREACHABLE: can't open <private>
[CRIT 2020-03-18 19:11:06.303+0100] bird[583]  UNREACHABLE: can't open <private>
[ERR  2020-03-18 19:15:50.197+0100] bird[583]  fts_read() failed for path <private> [2: No such file or directory]
[CRIT 2020-03-18 19:15:50.914+0100] bird[583]  UNREACHABLE: can't open <private>
[CRIT 2020-03-18 19:16:36.120+0100] bird[583]  UNREACHABLE: can't open <private>
[CRIT 2020-03-18 19:22:06.120+0100] bird[583]  UNREACHABLE: can't open <private>
[CRIT 2020-03-18 19:27:31.578+0100] bird[583]  UNREACHABLE: can't open <private>
[CRIT 2020-03-18 19:32:35.818+0100] bird[583]  UNREACHABLE: can't open <private>
[ERR  2020-03-18 19:36:13.390+0100] Finder[550]  -[BRFrameworkContainerHelper br_capabilityToMoveFromURL:toNewParent:error:]: (passed to caller) error: Error Domain=BRCloudDocsErrorDomain Code=6 UserInf


texts: After updating to MacOS Catalina MAMP doesn't work anymore with root on a network mount

texts:
I have a network mount on /var/www (original on /Volumes/internet, connected to afp://nasbox/). This is the document root for my MAMP server (5.5). After upgrading to MacOS Catalina I get the following error:

  [Wed Oct 09 03:56:05 2019] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (1)Operation not
  permitted: Can't open directory for index: /Volumes/internet/

I can connect to the network folder, I can see it's content if I check with a terminal, but MAMP doesn't seem to be able to read from it after the update. How can I make things work again?

*EDIT: I changed the DocumentRoot to a 'real' local folder (/Applications/MAMP/htdocs) and everything seems to be running as expected, which leads me to belief the mapping to the NAS is the problem. ls -l showed me I had all permissions on this drive (drwxrwxrwx)


texts:
I cannot find the way to change the key shortcut for cut command on my macBook pro.

Where can I change that setting?

I can't find it with the rest of the key command preferences.


texts: What is the menu item Automatic Updates for iOS when you have to start them manually?

texts: So far, no iOS update has started automatically. Do you have to consider anything else?


texts: What app could open text from anywhere in the editor of your choice?

texts:
On my previous installation, I had a small tool that took text from e.g. a web form after pressing e.g. ⌘ + E, pasted it in the editor of my choice where I would edit it. After saving, it was pasted back to the original place. The app was on the App Store in its early days, later pulled and still available from GitHub.

I can't remember its name, can you?

Thanks.


texts: How to run an AppleScript when Safari starts up?

texts:
To use uBlock Origin in Safari 12.1.1, I run it using Extension Builder 1. But I have to go by the builder tool at every Safari startup, so the blog suggested adding the script to ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Safari. I made the necessary folders, and put the script in .scpt format there. I also locked the com.apple.Safari.Extensions.plist preferences file as said.

But restarting Safari didn't prompt me for the password which it did, when I ran the script in Script-Editor. So I think it is not running.

How can I run the script at Safari start-up? Should it be put in some different folder, or different extension?

1 https://georgegarside.com/blog/macos/install-any-safari-extension-macos-mojave/


texts: "buttons" now have oversized abbreviated text

texts:
I just updated my iPad to iPadOS13.1.2 and after a few stumbles it seems to be working well.

There is one disturbing "feature" I can't seem to avoid.

In the Stack Exchange app the posts used to have "buttons" - these now have oversized abbreviated text; Edit becomes E. Close becomes Cl…

Is there any way of restoring normal behaviour (probably reducing text size)?
Text Size in Display & Brightness reduces the size of text - EXCEPT for the text on "buttons"


texts: Can I move applications downloaded from the App Store?

texts:
I have way too many applications and sadly sometimes I forget if I have an application for a particular purpose.  So I thought I would like to organize /Applications into folders.  For example "Audio, Video, Development, Design, etc."

What will happen when an application updates from the app store?  Will it update the version that is in the folder or will it be downloaded to its original location in "/Applications"?


texts: "Open With" ...running application option?

texts:
This may have been asked before but I couldn't find any reference to it.

So Control-Click on a file brings up the context menu with "Open", "Open With.." and a number of other options. I often want to open a text based file in something other than the default application – for example, opening an mxml (Flex) file in BBEdit. The default application for that is Flash Builder and I don't want to change the default.

Is there some kind of extension or service I can add to have an "Open with Running Application...(list of open applications)"?

Or if not that, a way a user (me!) can register an app to open certain file types, so for example, BBEdit is listed as an option for mxml but is not the default?


texts: Remove an erroneous email address from iCal invitee list

texts:
I would like to remove an erroneous email address from an event's auto-completion list (via Add Invitee) in iCal.

OX S' Mail application provides a Remove from Previous Recipients List option,  accessible from a drop-down menu located at the right edge of an email address:

Is there a way to do so in iCal?  It is important that the solution doesn't remove my existing calendars or events.


texts: Any app to locate or spy my lost iPhone device (didnt activate find mym iphone)

texts:
Yesterday my iPhone was stolen but I can not find it in my iCloud account with the Find My iPhone app. Currently I have access to my iCloud account
but I dont see the iPhone in the tracking app. I can see it in another section and registered to my personal account.

Apple says I need to activate iCloud and Find My iPhone configuration before it had been stolen. Why they cant remotelly install or configurate it to track the device?

Is it there any other app in the Apple market which I can remotely install and track my device or spy what they do with it? Any app which doesnt need any type of configuration once installed, since I see there are a lot but most of them require to be installed before it has been stolen.

Thanks.


texts: How to add new keystrokes to the system settings from Terminal

texts:
I am currently creating a list of terminal commands to set up a new mac system according to my needs. Now I would like to add new keystrokes to Preview (normally in the system settings => keyboard) from the Terminal. This is probably possible using the defaults write command but so far, I haven't found the concrete plist or path I would have to change.

Has anybody already tried this or knows a good resource for such settings?


texts: If I change my network interface card on my MacBook Air 2013, which I assume to be my AirPort/Bluetooth card, will it change my laptop's MAC Address?


texts: Where can I download Bootcamp drivers for Windows 8 Macbook1,1?

texts: I have been looking for Windows 8 Boot Camp drivers for my first generation MacBook Pro. Where will I be able to find said drivers?


texts: Is there any way to sort "Faces" alphabetically in the new Photos App for OSX?

texts:
In the new Photos app, you can still use face detection (or manual face tagging) to label faces, so you can easily pull up all pictures with a certain person in them, etc.
Faces now lives in the "Albums" tab, where there's essentially a "faces" folder.  But when you open it...

...there seem to be two categories:

A few "featured" faces on top, which are larger (I'm not sure if these are "most recent" or "most photos"
All the other (smaller) faces.

How can I sort the full list of (smaller) faces in some way that lets me find a specific one.  Like, alphabetically, say?
I have ~300 tagged faces, so browsing by face is simply not efficient when I'm looking for a specific person.


texts:
I have MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) and OS: 10.13.6

My pmset outputs:

$ pmset -g
System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         10800
 standby              1
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             1
 gpuswitch            2
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                0 (sleep prevented by coreaudiod, Google Chrome)
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         20
 acwake               0
 lidwake              0

You can see that I have set lidwake to 0. But, I did two tests:

1, Close the lid, and then open the lid. The display and system just turned on.

2, TopLeft Apple logo --> Sleep --> Close the lid. Then open the lid. The display and system turned on again.

Why does this happen? I just want to prevent my macbook awake when I open the lid.

When it works, I think it will be awake only when I press any keys on the keyboard, is this right? If this is right, how to wake the system and display only when I press the power button? This is kinda second question. You can ignore the second question.

PS:

I found link1 link2 link3 link4 having the same issue. And all the discussions end up no solution... What a pity!


texts: Ran Repair Disk on Boot Camp partition and Windows won't boot

texts:
Unfortunately I accidentaly hit the REPAIR DISK while my Windows 7 bootcamp partition was selected. Since I have Tuxera NTFS, the button wasn't grey out and I thought at the moment I was repairing the OSX partition. Yes, dumb as hell and now I have to pay for being careless.

So the repair disk ran for roughly 2 minutes until I realize it was the Windows 7 partition. So I cancelled it. Tried to boot on Windows seven and all I have is the blinking underscore for a few moments, then instant restart. Everytime.

So here's what Ive done so far to try to fix it:

Reset SMS/PRAM
Disable Tuxera/Unmount Windows partition
Run Windows Repair disk and go through Startup Repair, Chkdsk /f C:, bootrec stuff (rebuild bcd shows 0 installations), system restore to previous point (cant finish due to errors and shows "Unkown" at the top the window).

None worked.

Disk list on OSX shows me this (I have no idea if that is right or not):

How can I fix that partition? I still have access to the Windows files with Tuxera, so maybe I could manually replace the damaged files? Or maybe a terminal command could fix it?

Open to any suggestions (besides clean install obviously).


texts: iPhone update failed now stuck in Recovery Mode

texts:
I am trying to update my iOS version without loosing data.
Initially, I was trying to update from iOS 10.3.x to the latest 13.4.1 (iPhone SE). Because I have not had much storage space left, I downloaded the latest iOS manually as an ipsw file and tried patching it with iTunes. All went well for a bit until I got an error message from iTunes saying something like "The iPhone could not be restored. An unexpected error occurred (14)." Now, the iPhone is in Recovery Mode. I cannot effort loosing my data and still hoping that I can somehow just update it and it magically works again. All my research just lead me to the various recovery tools e.g. EaseUS, minitool, dr.phone Toolkit that do not really help me.
I am using iTunes version 12.8.2.3 and OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan

Update 30/04
4 Days later and I have tried every single possible solution from the net without luck.

Possible solutions

USB connection (different cables, ports)
Re-download IPSW file and making sure it is not corrupted
Different computer(s)
Different iTunes versions
Tried the update over and over again (error 14 triggers every time)
Tried mounting the iPhone (see) to clear space (not possible in Recovery or DFU mode, internally everything gets encrypted to one big file once the phone enters Recovery Mode)
Tried useless third party apps: dr.fone, EaseUS, MiniTool, iPhone Backup Extractor etc. -> These "Freemium" Software cannot do more than iTunes. They are using and abusing the desperation of people to buy their overpriced products. They pay $$ to appear first in Google search results.
Tried useful third party apps: RecBoot, 3uTools (see below, very useful tool but Windows only), iFunBox,
3uTools powerful tool. Can try lots of different things, like update to beta versions, repair drivers etc. That is probably your best all-in-one solution.
Called Apple AASP (they don not have a magic tool either)
Jailbreak in DFU mode with checkra1n
Downgrade (requires either more than one IPSW-file still signed on ipsw.me or you have saved the right SHSH2 blob)

iTunes error 14 is likely to be caused (see)

Due to a bad USB cable.
Due to an error with an firmware upgrade.
Due to a lack of capacity in the iPhone.
Due to an unstable network connectivity.
Due to an outdated iTunes.

Error message from 3uTools
Flash error explanation: AMRestorePerformRestoreModeRestoreWithError failed with error: 14
If it is not a hardware error, you may consider:
1. Connect another genuine cable to the rear USB port of a fully powered case                        2. Repair drivers with the iTunes Utility in Toolbox and flash again later

Conclusion
The problem in my case is most likely a lack of capacity on the iPhone so during the update the system got corrupted/ "bricked". There is no known solution/ workaround to me to keep the data (without having a recent backup). I have to factory reset my device (wipe all data) to get it working again. So yeah, backup your files kids!


texts: "Clean-Up By Name" on all folders on Mac

texts: Is there a command that I can run in Terminal which will Clean-Up By Name on all folders. It is bit of a job going into each folder and doing this.


texts: How to remove "where from" xattr data from image files downloaded in Mac?

texts:
Hi so I'm at my wits end coz I am trying to remove xattr data in an image file that is a "Where from" xattr data. This is on a Mojave mac.

This data is written via chrome browser for mac whenever an image is downloaded via this browser.

So I tried this command:

xattr -d com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms test.jpg

but it shows the following result:

xattr: test.jpg: No such xattr: com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms

How do I remove this data from the image file then? Thanks in advance!


texts: Voice control custom command with variable?

texts:
I'd like to be able to declaim "Keyword foo" and have voice control, on hearing this, type :foo for me.
Many of the built-in commands take 'parameters' (i.e., some following speech), so if it were possible to make a user defined command as such it would look like keyword <phrase>, i.e., a 'variable' goes into the command (that variable being "phrase").
Is there a way to make a user-defined command which takes a variable as input, as many of the built-in commands do?  That would be super useful.
I'm looking into whether it would be feasible to write code in an IDE (in my case, Clojure & Intellij) using only voice control (and perhaps an on screen control pad for help where needed e.g. that provided by the wacom cintiq), thus, keyboard free! - it would be amazing if this were possible.
I haven't yet explored what can be done with "run workflow".
(I don't see any indication as yet that those can take variables, though).
I've found the location of the default workflows:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SpeechObjects.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/DictationServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Workflows
mbp:Workflows m$ ll
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  12 root  wheel   384B 14 Dec  2019 ./
drwxr-xr-x  65 root  wheel   2.0K 12 Oct 16:30 ../
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    96B 14 Dec  2019 New Audio Recording.workflow/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    96B 14 Dec  2019 New Screen Recording.workflow/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    96B 14 Dec  2019 New Video Recording.workflow/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    96B 14 Dec  2019 Show Me Apple Website.workflow/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    96B 14 Dec  2019 Show Me Top Albums.workflow/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    96B 14 Dec  2019 Show Me Top Family Movies.workflow/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    96B 14 Dec  2019 Show Me Top Movies.workflow/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    96B 14 Dec  2019 Show Me Top Music Videos.workflow/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    96B 14 Dec  2019 Show Me Top Songs.workflow/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    96B 14 Dec  2019 Take My Picture.workflow/

Update: realised I may be able to get half way to this by defining a command "To keyword", which could issue Alt+<- , press ':', then issue Alt+->.
But that's not just a 'keyboard shortcut', it's three presses. I haven't used automator yet but guess that might be able to do this.


texts:
I have my an old iphone 5 running iOS 10 that I decided to get repaired. I never knew until now of this lock out forever thing that happens if you get the password wrong 10 times in a row until I read about it yesterday.

So a couple days ago I try to figure out my old password and get to the 60 minute deactivation. This boggled my mind since I never seen it go this long. But I think I know what my password is now (strongly) but am not 100% sure. If I turn off my phone for a few days, would it somehow restart the password count and I could try a few more times?


texts:
When backing up iOS devices to the mac, encrypted backups are possible. Is there a way to test my password, which I think is correct, without trying to restore some iPad from this backup?
I want to make sure that I not only have my iPad backed-up, but also make sure that I remember the password correctly.
I would prefer not to "pretend" I want to change my password, just to check if my password works.
Any Ideas?
I am on macos Catalina and iPadOS 14.3.


texts: Some photos aren't displayed when iPhone connected to PC

texts:
I have an issue where when I connect my iPhone (6S) to my PC via USB in an attempt to transfer photos, only some photos are displayed in the folders.

This isn't to do with the phone being locked (it isn't) or needing to tap  the "Trust this computer" option on the iPhone when it is connected.

Some photos are displayed and I can copy them from the device to my PC, but some, which are clearly displayed in iOS Photos, simply aren't there when I browse the file structure under the (the phone's name) > Internal Storage > DCIM > 100APPLE (etc).

I've tried:

Resetting the iPhone
Restarting the computer
Using a different USB port
Connecting to a different computer

I can also see the photos in question on iCloud and I can download them from there, but the reason I want to get them from the iPhone is that I also want the .AAE files.


texts: How do you remove Safari 6 on Mac OS X 10.7.4

texts:
I understand there was a uninstaller for Safari 6 beta (is that available anywhere?) but it seems no longer available in the Apple Dev Center, and I am on Safari 6 release version.

I need to remove this and revet back to 5.1.7.


texts: Can App Folders be moved inside iCloud Drive without disruption to their services?

texts:
My iCloud Drive root folder is increasingly chaotic, with all my personal files and manually created folders mixed with all the automatically-created app folders — such as Sketch, TextEdit, Shortcuts, Pages, Garageband and many others.

My question is: can I move all of them to a manually created folder, such as "Apps" or something like this? Will this "break" my apps in any way?

Thank you.


texts: Why do the files I’ve moved return to its previous location?

texts:
I moved some files from one folder on Desktop to another folder in Documents.  But after I put my MacBook Pro with OS X Mavericks to sleep, I found those files return to their original location.

What is the cause of it?


texts: Automate opening multiple tabs when starting Terminal

texts: I am trying to automate opening of multiple tabs, naming each tab (printf "\e]1;${TAB_NAME}\a") and doing a cd and maybe something else in each tab.  Can that be done either in a startup script or, better yet, configured within Terminal itself?


texts: How to permanently disable "reopen windows"?

texts:
I never want to login and be bombarded with the old windows I had open last time I was using my Mac. It is distracting and it is counter to my understanding that the computer is here to serve me, not the other way around.

My Mac is set to automatically shutdown at night. So there is no way for me to uncheck the "restore windows" box when I shut down. I don't ever want the checkbox because I never want this "feature".

How can I banish this "feature" from my Mac?


texts: I have been trying to migrate from an old Mac Pro with big internal disk to a new iMac with (small) internal SSD and big external Thunderbolt disk for a while and found no direct answer. I have a time machine backup on an external disk. My preferred solution would be to mount the external disk on /Users. Apple support (whom I chatted with) does not have an answer. How to go about this?


texts:
I want to install Java entirely from the terminal without using any GUI. Can anybody give some instructions? I know that I download it with curl, but it seems that curl doesn't play quite nicely with Oracle, and I have no idea what to do after downloading it.

Edit: I want to use Oracle's JDK


texts: How to hit "right-control" in VirtualBox on a remote Linux system over RDP via CoRD?

texts:
I'm connecting using CoRD to a remote Linux system running xrdp.  On that Linux system, I'm running VirtualBox.  To escape from Virtualbox, I need to hit a "right control" key.  Trouble is... I don't know how.

Anyone have experience with this kind of arrangement?  Suggestions?


texts: Why does iOS 11 IKEv2 VPN lack Send All Traffic option?

texts:
I'm trying this on iOS 11.2 iPad.

L2TP VPN has "Send All Traffic" option, so that I can control whether I would use VPN server as my default Internet gateway.
Curiously, IKEv2 VPN does not have that option, and I find it works like "Send All Traffic = yes".

Could someone explain why Send All Traffic option for IKEv2 is missing from Apple's design?

Using Windows 7 as IKEv2 VPN client, the client machine can surely have control of this option.


texts: iOS iTunes Store app changed podcast page formatting

texts:
The podcast page format changed recently. I was getting a format that listed the episodes in order and at right would be "download" button to download that episode to the Music app. Now it's a down arrow (but it does the same thing). I could press the episode title to listen, but that doesn't seem to work anymore. Also the new page format has a subscribe button that wasn't in the previous format. What's happened?

Was working as usual iTunes > Podcast then went to use an hour later and all podcasts are in the new format. I have no computer access and tried resets.


texts: Type checkmark emoji without variant form

texts:
I use Notes on my iphone and mac. When I type an emoji checkmark on the mac it is text-sized (✔). However, when I type on my iphone and then view on my mac, the checkmark is larger (✔), and increases the line spacing. Is there a way to type the smaller version on my iphone?

Extra info:

The small mark (✔) is unicode U+2714

The large mark (✔) is unicode U+2714 U+FE0F


texts: How can I opt out of updates for one app when using the App Store?

texts:
I have an app that has been radically changed (Skitch) and I'd prefer to not see any of the updates that the developer has made available to that app on the App Store. I'm lazy and like to use the "update all" function. When I forget I don't want this app updates, I then have to delete the newly downloaded app, restore the old one from my backups, etc...

Can I go in and change the package receipt or something else to trick the App Store into thinking this app isn't a lower version of the current program?

I am looking for a Mac OS X solution and nothing to do with the iOS app store in case that's not clear. I'm also not concerned about hiding things in the purchased history - just that I want the older app to stay installed and have the system not want to feed it updates anymore.


texts: I have an 80 GB iPod Classic.  It has many iTunes U episodes on it that I want to delete.  But when it is plugged into my Mac I can't find these episodes listed anywhere.  I've looked in the iTunes U, Podcasts and general Music lists.  Anyone know how I can get the titles to show up so I can delete them?  (Using iTunes vers. 11.3, but this has been going on for almost a year)


texts:
I am opening a text file using Mac's TextEdit that has &eacute; in it. &eacute; is supposed to be showing up as é instead.

Is there a way to make TextEdit read it as é?


texts:
I am trying to install ViTables 3 (an HDF5 file viewer) on MacOS X 10.9.5 with Python 3.6 using the following command:

pip3 install ViTables-3.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

It installs just fine but it still won't start, yielding the following error instead:

qtpy.PythonQtError: No Qt bindings could be found

I have tried the following to fix this with no luck

brew install pyqt5

brew install pyqt

Any ideas about how to fix this actually?

I have also installed Anaconda just for this and tried installing ViTables with conda (conda install -c conda-forge vitables) but it doesn't work this way too, although the error (shown when I try to run ViTables, the installation process seems to complete without errors) is different:

pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'ViTables==3.0.0' distribution was not found and is required by the application

PS: I've also tried HDFView but it says there's not enough memory to open the file I need (I am almost sure ViTables will manage - it opens the same file just fine on a much older Linux machine).


texts: Mounting internal FileVault encrypted drive in 10.9 OS X in Recovery Mode without unlocking it; Passware brute-force

texts:
I encrypted my internal hard drive with FileVault a while ago on Lion such that it prompts for the disk password when I restart the computer and recently upgraded to Mavericks on my MBPro Retina. It was a variation of one of my old passwords and I can't remember it after I hadn't restarted in probably a month, so basically I am stuck at the login screen.

I got ahold of a copy of Passware and was able to mount the Recovery HD in Recovery Mode from the hard drive, obtaining the wipekey file in order to brute force the password on a separate computer, but apparently I also need to obtain a copy of the encrypted volume image. Using Terminal the only thing I was able to mount was the EFI partition and I tried running Passware with the EFI partition image and separately with the Recovery HD partition image but neither ended up working (Passware gave me errors) so I think I need an image of the entire volume. I would like to try the Firewire physical memory method but it still requires the same image of the encrypted volume. Diskutility was useless in trying to mount any of the drives since it is greyed out and requires me to unlock it before doing anything else.

When I open Terminal in Recovery Mode and use

diskutil mountDisk disk0

it only mounts the EFI partition and not the whole disk. And if I try to just mount the main encrypted partition of the drive it says mounting failed. As a side, I do have the administrator password for my computer but the password doesn't work when trying to reset the FileVault password in Terminal. Is there a way for me to obtain an image of the drive and copy it to an external hard drive without going through DiskUtility since I can't mount the drive? Again the only tools I can use are in Recovery Mode.

I have already resigned myself to having to reformat since I have been overdue for one, but any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Mount a previously internal and encrypted HDD as an external drive

texts:
I upgraded the hard drive on my late 2015 iMac from the fusion drive that came with it to a 1TB Samsung SSD. My SSD has a fresh install of macOS and I planned on using my fusion drive as an external drive with a SATA to USB case, so I didn’t copy any of my files from the fusion drive expecting to be able to just plug it into the iMac later.

But it doesn’t get recognized at all, not even in disk utility. I’m assuming it’s due to the fusion drive being encrypted with the macOS that was installed on the fusion drive itself. Is there any way I can mount that drive to access my data? Or would I have to open up the iMac again and reinstall the fusion drive, copy my files properly, then reinstall the SSD?


texts: Disable command-enter keyboard shortcut in iTerm2

texts: Currently cmd-enter in iTerm2 toggles fullscreen mode. Is there a way to disable this keyboard shortcut?


texts: iCloud Family Sharing: Notifications to others member if you leave?

texts: If I leave Family Sharing will it notify anybody of this?


texts: How do I backup and external hard drive (iPhoto Library) to another external hard drive?

texts: My iPhoto Library is on an external hard drive.  I want to copy it to another hard drive as a back up.  It looks like Time Machine only backups the internal hard drive and selected externals.  I don't want to back up my internal.  I only want to backup my external.  What do i do?  What programs will do this?  If Time Machine does do this, please explain how.  I don't see that option.


texts: How can I get iPhone Mail to accept meeting invitations attached as .ics files?

texts:
I love my iPhone and it changed the way I deal with email. However there is an annoyance: It seems that the iPhone mail app cannot deal with meeting invitations in .ics format (e.g. sent by Lotus Notes).

I use Gmail via IMAP. When I go to Gmail via PC/Browser it displays the meeting and I can accept the invitation. The Gmail iPhone page also displays it opposed to the iPhone mail client but I cannot accept it.

Is there any iPhone app / hack / workaround so I can accept invitations right inside iPhone mail or iPhone calendar (my Google calendar & contacts get pushed via Google Mobile / ActiveSync)?


texts: Using Model i phone 12 mini( A2399) in USA?

texts:
I bough an iPhone 12 mini (A2399) in Asia. My research indicates that T-Mobile US supports band n41, which apparently works with this iPhone model.
Will I be able to receive 5G or at least 4G at its full speed in the US with this iPhone?
Thank you.


texts:
This is a bit of a strange one. I've been using a Dualshock (DS4), aka a PlayStation 4 controller on my Mac pretty successfully for the passed couple of weeks.

Later I had plugged in my gaming mouse (Logitech g700s) and it automatically installed some basic drivers. Problem is, this completely broke the ability to use a DS4 controller. Unplugging, or restarting has no effect. The DS4 is will not pair via bluetooth and no longer works with just the cord.

So what I'm trying to figure out, is how I can maybe reset or remove those default drivers that got installed when I plugged in my gaming mouse.

I know this sounds weird, but I was able to reproduce the problem on a different Mac running the same version as mine.

Any help, or just advice on where I can look next would be greatly appreciated!


texts: How to find if my Photoshop CS6 has Retina support

texts:
Is there a way to tell if my Photoshop supports retina?

If I find it's out of date with that feature, how do I update and make sure it went thrught?


texts: How do I delete sites from Safari reading list?

texts: How do I delete sites from my Safari reading list? There is no delete button.


texts: Mail Is Not Being Synchronized Between Devices

texts:
Since the upgrade of iOS 13 and ipadOS, mail messages are not being properly synchronized. If I delete a message in macOS mail or the icloud.com web interface, it's not being deleted from the iPad and iPhone.

Logout from iCloud on iPad and iPhone didn't solve the problem.

Gil


texts: iPhone 4S I did upgrade and hate it, want to go back

texts:
If I can't go back I'm getting rid of iPhone for droid, any help would be appreciated. My iPhone and all upgrades are legal, just hate new upgrade...
Please help me
Terry


texts: Macbook Pro will no longer detect external display

texts:
My MBP will no longer detect external displays. It was working fine a few hours ago at work, I got home and plugged in the external display as usual and turned on the machine and nothing. Using the "Detect Displays" does nothing. I have tried re-plugging the mini DVI display port adapter and have tried using a different monitor with a different monitor cable. I have tried shutting down and booting without the adapter plugged in and then plugging in the adapter. Nothing works. Is there some trick to force my MBP to see and use the external monitor?

More Information: When I plug in the display port the LCD screen goes blue for a moment. Checking the Graphics and Displays display connecter shows
Status: No Display Connected


texts: Automator: How to replace a particular string with the filename?

texts:
Within Automator, how can I replace a particular string in many different files with the filename of each file?

// UPDATE

Using a "Run Shell Script" process I am able to get the body of a test file (an html file), with the string correctly replaced, but the modified file isn't being saved. I just see the file's contents as text in the "results" pane of "Run Shell Script". How do I:

a) Get the file name instead of the entire filepath?
b) Save the modified file? Do I need another step when using sed?


texts: Log into Mac Mini with unpaired Bluetooth keyboard and mouse

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Can I pair a new Bluetooth keyboard or mouse when I try to log into Catalina, when no other input device is available?
Here is my situation:
I have a MacMini with Catalina installed. It works perfectly with the Bluetooth mouse and keyboard that I have in apartment A.
Now, I moved to apartment B. I took the Mac but not the mouse and keyboard.
Instead, I have two BT keyboards (Logitech MX keys and Magic Keyboard gen1, without Lightning port) and two BT mice (Logitech MX Master and Apple TrackPad).
None of these four devices have ever been paired with the Mac. Therefore, they are not recognized at log in.
I have neither a USB keyboard nor a USB mouse. Being quarantined in a country where online shopping is slow and unreliable, I cannot get any new device quickly.
Any suggestion on how to log in would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks is advance.


texts: Finder windows moving from other monitors as soon as the computer hibernates

texts:
I have 3 monitors. I have finder opened with windows on monitor 1, 2 and 3. The middle one, 2, is the main screen on the iMac.

As soon as the computer hibernates, the windows on other monitors are moved to the main monitor. This is pretty much annoying.

Attention because I am not talking about applications on other monitors. I have Photoshop on 3 and Pages on 1 and those never moves.

The problem is with Finder windows only.

This is my Spaces config.

This problem started on Mojave.

Any ideas?


texts: How to turn on email notifications when Find My iPhone is used?

texts: I actually liked getting email notifications when Find My iPhone was used and all of the sudden they stopped. I can't find any options to turn them back on. Anyone know why they stopped or how to get them back?


texts: Prevent OS X from switching my keyboard layout when password fields are focused

texts:
Some months ago, I switched to the Colemak keyboard layout, which is mostly great. But, there is one annoyance that is imposed by OS X.

When the OS pops up a confirmation dialog to ask me to type my password in order to authorize an app for higher privileges, the OS switches my keyboard layout back to QWERTY whenever the password field of this dialog is focused. Not only that, but the OS prevents me from changing the layout back as long as that field has focus.

Now, I am perfectly able to type my password on the Colemak keyboard. In fact, I'm much better at it now than I am at typing it on QWERTY. I want this behavior to stop. Unfortunately, I can find no setting for this, neither in system preferences nor in a defaults read dump. But just because I can't find it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I'm running OS X 10.7.2 on a MacBookPro 3,1.


texts: I'm looking for a text editor with the ability to float above other windows. As far as I know, Sublime and the native TextEdit don't have this feature. Is there some other program that does have this feature?


texts: Mail folder structure: where are most recent messages?

texts:
I've got a major cluster-fart on one of my IMAP accounts that's being hammered by bounce messages as backscatter. Over the weekend my Mail on 10.7.4 crashed with a [Crashed Thread:  20  -[MailApp _doBackgroundFetch:]].

Reading up on Google for when Mail unexpectedly crashes 30 sec after loading that I should find the message that's causing it to crash and remove it. The trouble is finding it given I have several mailboxes. And I know where the ~/Library/Mail/ folder is. My problem, after having mail since pre-Jaguar days, my folder structure is like the below:

Bundles >

Mail >

____Mail Lost+Found >

____V2 >

____ ____Several mail account folders >

Mail Lost+Found >

____Several mail account folders >

SpamSieve >

V2 >

____Several mail account folders >

Of course, I'm using SpamSieve, but this crashes before and after its latest update. And the IMAP folders of each account is scattered as indicated. OK, which one? So I get Info on each of the folders listed above looking for a date within the last two days. Nope, the most recent is several months ago.
I've read the V2 is Lion Mail, but as you see above I have more than one.

My question, is after all this time, which folder does what purpose and what files in them should I start yanking to pull the most recent messages out?


texts: Export compressed videos from quicktime screencast / screenrecording

texts:
I create quite a few screencasts to show colleagues how to do more complex tasks and share bugs that i am finding.

For this I use the File > Screenrecording feature in quicktime.

Once im done recording i save the video to the relevant location, but the exported videos are often 20-30mb even for a relatively short one.

What i tend to do at the moment is then run these videos through Handbrake (open source video compressing software) which gets the videos down to a much more manageable (email-able) size, usually between 2-5mb.

The only issue with this is its another step, and involves opening other software letting it process etc.

Is there a built in export / compression tool in quicktime where i can export smaller videos ?


texts:
I have an iPad named aiPad, and a Mac named prosseek.

With 'ping prosseek.local', I can find the Mac, but with "ping aipad.local", I can't find the iPad.

What might be wrong with my iPad bonjour?
What kind of tools/methods can I use to debug this problem?

ADDED

The subnet that iPad logged in was different from the one of my Mac. When I use the same network, it works fine.


texts: VirtualBox doesn't start on MacOS High Sierra

texts: I installed VirtualBox from here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads on macOS 10.13.3 and I am an admin on the computer. When I try to run the application it does not start. I tried to reinstall the application, but nothing changed. What am I doing wrong?


texts: I updated to Maverick and found that CALENDAR no longer could integrate "To Do" Items with events. Will Yosemite have this needed capabiity?


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I make extensive use of Finder Tags, both built-in and user generated. I have ended up with a huge bunch of tags would like to better manage them.

Is there a way to easily visualize the count of files tagged with a particular tag? That way I can easily get rid of the unused tags (tags with zero associated files) which have accumulated in due course.


texts: Next/Prev buttons stopped working for the Music app on my 2015 MacBook Air

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Normally, when I press the button on my 3.5mm headphones, the Music app would pop up and start playing music. When a song was playing, I could pause it by clicking this button. However, since a recent reboot, this doesn't work anymore. The prev, next and pause buttons on the keyboard (f7, f8, and f9) also don't work anymore although they used to work. It is not because of the update to Catalina, because it has worked in Catalina before. Playing and pausing music on Youtube using this button still works.

Is this an update of the Music app (that replaced iTunes)? Is it some setting? Is there any way I can get it to work again? I really like being able to start the music without having to open the Music app and start a track.

To clarify:

Even if the Music app is active, it does not work
Both headphone button and keyboard buttons don't work anymore, although they used to work


texts: Can I list donors' names in my app to thank them for donations made externally?

texts:
Will my app pass Apple's review process if I list the names of donors in my app?  I don't have any link to donate in the app, and there is no way for users of my app to donate in the app.  All donations are handled externally.  Donors do not get any additional features.

Donations are not to a charity or non-profit.  My app is free.  Would the answer be different if any of these were not the case?


texts: Keys are not repeating with Yosemite after 10.10.2

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I never had a single issue with yosemite, until yestersday after updating to 10.10.2.

Now I press a key and hold it and it is not repeating anymore.

but the problem is selective. Spaces repeat. Symbols, punctuation mark repeats but numbers and letters don't.

Any way to make that work again?

Nope, that is set (look pic).


texts: Homebrew-compiled gpg-agent fails, gpg: cancelled by user

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I'm trying to get gpg-agent working on OS X, compiled with homebrew.

Here's my gpg-agent.conf:

djc@djc-mbp ~ $ cat .gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
pinentry-program /usr/local/bin/pinentry-curses
no-grab

However, when I try to test it, it fails:

djc@djc-mbp ~ $ echo "test" | gpg -ase -r 30380381 | gpg

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "Me <me@example.com>"
4096-bit RSA key, ID 30380381, created 2013-09-16

gpg: cancelled by user
gpg: no default secret key: bad passphrase
gpg: [stdin]: sign+encrypt failed: bad passphrase
gpg: processing message failed: eof

Any clues on how to get this working?


texts: Using the touch bar control strip to play/pause VLC?

texts:
The play/pause button on the touch bar control strip doesn't seem to have any affect on VLC. Each time it is clicked iTunes ends up getting launched. I'm assuming that there must be a way to control how the widget works? But I'm not sure. A lot of information seems to talk about running applescript for the touch bar widgets. I'm not sure if that is optimal or not.
Ideas?


texts:
I am running Lion on a MacBook Pro 13" running Office 2008. I have recently begun having trouble with Word. I will be typing along and suddenly get a beach ball for no obvious reason.

When the recovered document comes up the last hour's worth of work is missing. This has happened multiple times. I have even had recovered documents lose more the second time around. I have autosave set to every 10 minutes.

So the question: is MS Office 2008 compatible with Lion? Would I have more success if I upgraded to Office 2011?

Thanks!


texts: How to prevent text messages from my iPhone to my iPad?

texts: My text messages from my iPhone are appearing on our iPad, how do I stop that?


texts: How can I do "su -c 'cmd' user" from Linux in macOS?

texts:
On Linux I execute:

su -c "ls -l /etc | mail -s filelist myname@gmail.com" - username

How does this work in macOS?


texts: Show desktop keyboard shortcut doesn't work

texts: I have F5 key bound to the show desktop shortcut in keyboard shortcuts. However when I press F5 on the keyboard (with fn on the built in keyboard, or with/without fn on the Apple wireless keyboard), nothing happens. If I try to bind it to anything else such as mission control or notification center, it just works. Any idea why?


texts: Open Image in New Window did not work at Safari's Web Inspector mode

texts:
I opened a website in Safari, opened Show Web Inspector, selected one of images from the Images folder, right-clicked and selected Open Image in New Window, and it did not open a new folder.

I used Chrome and used Inspect Element- Open Image in New Tab, and Chrome opened the image in new tab.

Is there some problem with Safari or my MacBook Air?


texts:
I have a LaCie 2big Thunderbolt 3 RAID drive. I'm currently using LaCie RAID Manager software to create RAID array.

I noticed that MacOS is recognizing the RAID volume as an external drive instead of a RAID set whereas in LaCie RAID Manager, it is detected as a RAID array. If i try to create RAID set using RAID Assistant via macOS Disk Utility instead, LaCie RAID Manager does not recognize the volume as a RAID array.

Would it be better to use LaCie RAID Manager to create RAID array/set instead of macOS Disk Utility?


texts:
I have a single file, a database for Photos, that I regularly backup to an external, however instead of resaving the entire file is there a program that will only differentially resave the difference?

I'm on a Mac Pro 2011, running Yosemite 10.10.5.


texts: Mac OS X cannot find the hard drive (anywhere)

texts:
I suspect this is a dead hard drive issue:

blinking question mark folder at startup
resetting PRAM has no effect
single user mode not available with Cmd-S

When I get to Internet Recovery mode, the drive does not show up, either in the Startup Disk dialog, in Disk Utility or in Terminal with ls -a /Volumes

Is there anything I forgot to check before turning to Dropbox to get my files and Apple to get a new drive?

(It's all very disappointing, because this is a quite recent MBA, and I thought SSD would spare me these issues.)


texts: Songs appear once in iTunes; listed twice on iPhone 5s (iOS 7)

texts:
What do I need to do to prevent the iOS 7 Music app from listing songs twice when the song should only exist once?

I sync a selection of playlists to my iPhone 5s from iTunes 11.1.5 on my iMac running OS X 10.7.5. For at least one artist, album tracks are listed twice on my iPhone despite appearing only once in my iTunes library. I count 16 duplicates out of 53 songs for this artist on my phone. (The artist is Front 242, which I mention mostly for my own reference.)

I checked my iTunes library on the iMac, and I only have one copy of the affected songs there.

I am not using iTunes Match.

Curiously, during playback, songs are not repeated if I move forwards or backwards through a list that includes duplicated songs.

What I tried

In an attempt to solve this, I unchecked "Sync Music" and applied the change with my iPhone connected to my iMac, so all songs were removed. Then I checked "Sync Music" again (and thankfully my previous selection of playlists was preserved), and the music went back on my phone. Same problem.

What I didn't try

I haven't tried marking either individual albums or the artist for inclusion on my phone, just one or more playlists that include these songs.

I haven't tried swiping to delete individual songs, because I'd first want to determine all of the playlists containing that song, and do a time-consuming before-and-after check on my phone to ensure that removing the apparently duplicated song doesn't change my playlists.


texts: MacBook Air Wi-Fi is not working -- how can I troubleshoot the problem?

texts:
I am trying to connect to Wi-Fi. It does get connected but there is no internet. I can't use Wi-Fi. Weird thing is that when I connect my iPad and iPhone to the same router/Wi-Fi they work perfectly fine. But my MacBook Air has some issue. How can I fix this problem?

My OS is 10.9.5.

Update

Wifi is working in safe mode.


texts: iPhone 4 operates only with WiFi connectivity abroad

texts: Can iPhone 4 operates using WiFi connectivity only when the cellular service is cancelled?


texts: OS X Server Mavericks stuck on "Preparing Services"

texts: I am trying to install OS X Server app version 3 on Mavericks system. I tried everything, including manually deleting all server app files and making clean install, but nothing works. Whenever I start the installation process, it sticks on "Preparing services". The app keeps respond, but no HDD activity is visible at all. Does somebody encountered the same problem?


texts: Turn display off and leave MacBook Pro running

texts:
I run some iMacro scripts through Firefox every so often on my MacBook Pro and I like to turn my display off while they're running. I've been accomplishing this for the past year with the following setup:

System Preferences > Energy Saver > Computer Sleep & Display
Sleep are both set to Never
Unchecked Put the hard disks to sleep when possible.
Set a Hot Corner to Put Display to sleep

The issue is this has recently stopped working. When I put my cursor in my Hot Corner to turn my display off the display turns off but it also now stops my iMacro scripts from running. I'm not sure if the computer is actually going to sleep though as the display wakes up quickly with any interaction.

Since this has stopped working I've been turning my brightness all the way down until the display turns off to run my scripts. The issue with this approach though is that the keyboard stays illuminated.

How can I turn off my display and keyboard illumination, while at the same time leaving my MacBook Pro running to execute my iMacro scripts?


texts: How can I ask for input and then pass the variable in terminal?

texts:
I'm currently trying to do something quite odd. I want to automate updates on multiple computers in my office and first I need to open a program and said program has two fields; one for username and another for a password.

Obviously walking around the office to 50 computers and inputting my user and password is quite annoying so what I'd rather do is be able to assign my username and password to variables and then pass those variables to the username and password fields in the program.

So far I can open the program via the remote desktop app on all the machines and I can use osascript to send keystrokes but I want terminal to ask me for the username and password so that I don't save them into my script. Is there an easy way to do this and then tell those variables that I save my pass and username into to be the keystrokes? Thanks!!


texts: Increasing write speed to MicroSD on MacbookPro

texts: I am experiencing really slow write speeds on my MacBook Pro on a MicroSD from Samsung which should allow write speeds of up to 20MB/s. The current transfer rate seems to be around 3-4MB/s on HFS Journaled, and the rate was way lower when I formatted it with exFAT. I see some methods for increasing speeds on other devices like Android mobiles, which involve changing the cache, and also on OSX but only for command line processes? Is there a way to implement this when dragging files over with Finder?


texts: Reboot Error during the installation of OS X Maverick

texts:
I have a Macbook pro late 2011, with Lion 10.7.5 and I was trying to update to Mavericks. After downloading it and the process of installation everything were fine, but during the reboot I get this error

And keeps rebooting over and over again, the only way I may access to used it is by recovery mode, and gaves me the error report (I'm not quite sure if I have to post it)

From what I've read is the Kernel, it is any update or something which I should download or where can I find it to fix the problem? I've also tried by the USB way but happens the same thing.

Note: I erase all my content to do the "clean install" so it has NOTHING on the hard drive which I've already check it

Hope you can find the solution because Im kinda scared, Thank you very much

PD:Excuse me for my bad english


texts: Text is blurry in many apps after disconnecting external monitor

texts:
I have a 2015 Retina MacBook pro. Sometimes I connect it to a 24" Dell external monitor via thunderbolt->dvi. Whenever I disconnect the  monitor, many apps (chrome, most noticeably) have blurry text. This can be corrected by opening "displays" and scaling the text up and then back down, but this is quite annoying.

Anyone know how to fix this?


texts: Remove beta profile without wiping phone?

texts: I participated in the iOS 10 beta, and now that it's release is imminent, I'd like to remove the profile and continue on with regular public releases, but I'd like to not have to wipe my phone. Is this possible at all? Looking at Apple's site, it states to put the phone into recovery mode, but I've always sort of associated that with wiping the phone.


texts: How can I run Windows in a VM using VirtualBox? My image is always permission denied

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I'm attempting to run a Bootcamp partition in a virtual machine using VirtualBox.  It's a Windows 10 install with latest Bootcamp drivers (which I guess is irrelevant here) and latest version of VirtualBox.

I have created a .vmdk file from my partition using the following command:

$ sudo VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename "windows.vmdk" -rawdisk /dev/disk0s3

This created my file successfully.  When I then create my VM using this file as my virtual hard drive I get the following error from within VirtualBox:

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Win10.

VD: error VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED opening image file '/Users/mike/windows.vmdk' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).

VD: error VERR_ACCESS_DENIED opening image file '/Users/mike/windows.vmdk' (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).

Failed to open image '/Users/mike/windows.vmdk' in read-write mode (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).

AHCI: Failed to attach drive to Port0 (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

I have also done the following:

chmod 0777 windows.vmdk
chown mike:staff windows.vmdk
sudo chmod 0777 /dev/disk0s3 (my bootcamp partition)
I've even tried chown mike:staff /dev/disk0s3

There are a few posts online that suggest ticking the Use Host I/O Cache box under the Storage area of the VirtualBox GUI.  Doing this doesn't error VirtualBox, but just gives me a black screen stating:

A disk readerror occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

I'd imagine running a VM from a partition is a reasonably common use-case, so would appreciate any help.  I'm on MacOS 10.14 (Mojave).


texts: Switching layouts with Caps Lock doesn't work if Caps Lock was pressed right after another key

texts:
I'm on macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 and I'm experiencing a weird behavior of Caps Lock as the layout switcher.
Caps Lock can be used for switching layouts by turning the Use Caps Lock key to switch layout setting in Settings > Keyboard.
It's working fine, except when Caps Lock is pressed right after another key, e.g. Backspace.
Is the issue reproducible for someone else? Is it the macOS issue or the issue of my setup? If it's the macOS issue, could it be fixed somehow?
Thanks!


texts: How to get videos and music in the same screen?

texts:
The last version of iTunes I liked was around 2010 when I had all my music and videos in the one menu list. Now if I want to change to videos from music I have to go to the dropdown tab (via mouse) at the top of the page. Is there an easier way?

iTunes 12.5.4 Mac


texts: Configuring custom keys on bluetooth keyboard

texts:
I have a Logitech Bluetooth Keyboard for Android similar to the one shown here at BestBuy. The one I have is older and isn't printed the same as either model shown on BestBuy's website, but it has the same number of keys in the same place.

Is there anyway I can manually map the bottom row of keys to match certain keys for Apple, such as Fn, Control, Alt/Option and Command? This would be really helpful and would let me share one bluetooth keyboard between my Android tablet and Macbook. I prefer this to a wireless keyboard is it already has a carrying case and is very light weight.

Any help is appreciated!

Mac OS X 10.9

EDIT
It appears, the closest to mine is now the Windows 8 RT / Android keyboard here, but it still doesn't have the same keyboard layout.

My keyboard has 4 buttons to the left of the space bar and 3 buttons between space and the arrows. So it has the same button positions, just different labels. Here is a pic of the one I'm using. The biggest thing is that mine doesn't have a "CMD" button, I really only need to fix the mapping so that the little search icon will act as the Apple Command button and then I would be good to go. Any ideas?

** EDIT TWO **
Using the recommendation found in the accepted answer below, I started playing with the PCKeyboardHack and KeyRemap4MacBook software. I want to add for anyone who comes here looking for an answer to a similar problem, the two pieces of software shown above are both very good and using the instructions in the shown answer, should allow you to map any extra keys found on most keyboards. The problem with the older Logitech Android keyboard is that his software and the Macbook are apparently not recognizing those keys at all.

I appreciate all the help!

Forum entry explained problem I experienced, by a user who tried to do this awhile back.


texts: I can't share Wi-Fi from my macbook air 2017

texts:
I could not share wifi from my MacBook air. I could not find Wifi option? how can I add it?

Thank you


texts: Dual Monitor setup partially working with Mac Mini

texts:
I have a 2009 Mac Mini A1283.

I have 2 displays hooked up.

1) Mini Display Port -> Mini Display to DVI (female) adapter -> DVI Cable (male to male) -> DVI input on monitor

2) Mini-DVI Port -> Mini-DVI to VGA (female) -> VGA cable (male to male) -> VGA input on monitor

My second monitor only has VGA input so I have no choice but to use Mini-DVI to VGA

I wonder is this causing my problem which is:

My DVI monitor works fine. My VGA monitor shows a blank screen. My mac mini is picking up both monitors however, with the option of mirroring displays etc. Whatever option I choose (mirror/second display) it still shows a blank screen.

Any ideas why this is? Is it because of the VGA? Or the mix between VGA and DVI? If so what is a possible solution?


texts: Macbook Pro - Faulty keyboard short circuit at video connector

texts:
I have a 2010 13" Macbook Pro. A few days back, the middle row of the keyboard (i.e. the keys from A-L) stopped working. Since the laptop was not under warranty I thought I would give checking the problem and repairing if possible. I opened the backcase and also opened few of the screws on the motherboard. However, I couldn't open it completely and abandoned the process.

I connected everything back and when I started the laptop, the monitor was flickering. I opened the backcase again and at the point where the video connector connects to Motherboard, I pressed a little hard. The screen stopped flickering. On release, it flickered again and I pressed again. This time however, a small flashoccurred and there was a light fire. Since then, I have not been able to start the laptop. On starting, it gives a sound like starting but stops immediately after that. Attached below is a photo where I pressed and the small burn sign.

I am going to give the laptop to a service center. I wanted to know whether this is a easily solvable problem or will it require motherboard replacement. I am hoping that simply replacing the connector wire will work fine.


texts: Is it possible to make "Look Up" appear higher in Spotlight?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to place Dictionary definitions higher up in spotlight results

If so, how?

I happen to use Spotlight a lot for looking up definitions. Basically, I'll be reading or writing, find a word I want to know the definition of, press Cmd+Space type it up and then... I'll have to move my hand to the mouse and drag it over to hover over the "Look Up" section in spotlight for the popup to appear.

I would really enjoy doing this with the keyboard only. If "Look Up" was the first or amongst the first results in Spotlight, I could just press the down key to get to it. So I head over to System Preferences and find the following:

A complete lack of the "Look Up" element! Is there any way to move "Look Up" higher in Spotlight? Or some way to get to the result using the keyboard? Thanks in advance for your time!


texts: How to turn off the Terminal's "Allow mouse reporting"?

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Every time when opening an new Terminal window, the View -> Allow mouse reporting is always checked. And everytime i must press CMD-R to disable it.

Is here a way how to disable it by default?


texts: Signing onto Shoprite Wifi causes Google to lock my account

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Shoprite is a chain of grocery stores in the Northeast. They now have a special iOS app where you can scan your own groceries as you shop. When you leave, you simply pay for what was already scanned and skip the checkout line.
In order to use the app, you must be logged into the Shoprite WiFi network. However, every time I do that, I get an immediate notification from Google that says

Google Account xxxxxx Suspicious login detected. See google.com/blocked

The link goes to a webpage that says:

We blocked an application from signing in to your account
We recently denied a sign-in attempt from an application (like an email or chat client) or a mobile device because we weren’t sure it was really you. To prevent unauthorized access to your account, Google notifies you via email and/or SMS when we notice this type of suspicious sign-in attempt.

After that, my Gmail account is locked, and I have to request a text message to unlock it.
This is really strange since my Shoprite account doesn't have anything to do with my Google account. I have seen absolutely nothing on the Internet about this, and neither Google or Shoprite seem able to tell me exactly what is going on.
I have no idea why this is happening, and I thought maybe someone here can explain it to me. There are two explanations I can think of:

Shoprite is attempting to access my Google account. They're a pretty big public company, and I can't imagine them surreptitiously doing something like this.
My iPhone is attempting to access my Gmail while on Shoprite's WiFi, but why would that matter to Google? I've connected to other WiFi networks around (Amtrak, Starbucks, Cablevision, etc.) and Google doesn't care about those. Besides, the app that's accessing my Gmail account would be my iPhone's Mail.app which has been setup to do just that.

Any ideas what is going on?


texts: How to debug macOS firewall? My application layer firewall (ALF) is not logging or blocking

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macOS firewall (alf) socketfilterfw doesn't seem to be running properly on macOS catalina 10.15.2 ...

Any ideas on how to troubleshoot / debug the built-in macOS application layer firewall?


texts: Batch command to change each file's creation date to match the information in the file name

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I have a folder with several hundred video files. All files names are in this format:

2011-08-27 11.18.00

Unfortunately the 'Date Created' for each file is the date on which it were converted (a date in 2014), not the date it was originally taken (specified in the file name).

I've found that the touch -t operator can be used to change the creation date of a single file.

Below: file on which I've successfully changed the Date Created (with above command) and file for which Date Created is still incorrect.

Can anyone help with terminal code that would extract YYYYMMDDhhmm info from each file name and use it for the for the touch -t operation for that file, in a batch operation?

I'd like the creation date / time to be correct so that when I import into my library each file will be in the right place in the timeline.

Mac OS: El Capitan 10.11.5

Terminal Version: 2.6.1

Thanks all.


texts: Why is 1280x800 the best resolution for my MacBook Pro Retina 13"?

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When I go to display settings on my rMBP 13", it says that the "best for retina" resolution is 1280x800.

But when I go to display settings on a 13" MacBook Air it says that the native resolution is 1440x900.

Why would Apple put different display panels on two computers that are the same screen size?


texts: Force launchd to re-read environment variables

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Is there any way, short of rebooting, to force launchd to re-read environment variables newly defined in /etc/launchd.conf?

Can it be done with launchctl(1)?


texts: Why are all files missing from a .sparsebundle?

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My wife has a 2020 Intel MacBook Air, and she keeps some sensitive files inside an encrypted sparsebundle file. I set this up for her years ago and it's been working fine. Yesterday, she opened the laptop and it started rebooting, then went into an endless reboot loop. Apparently it auto-updated to the new macOS 11.2 that was released this week (neither of us realized it was set to auto-install system updates) and something went wrong during the installation. I booted it into recovery mode and chose the option to reinstall the operating system and then it started up normally.
However, now the sparsebundle is missing all of its files. It mounts normally and has all its folders, but all the folders are empty. Here's what I've tried to get the files back:

Browsed the folders from Terminal using ls -al; folders are still shown as empty
Used Disk Utility to run First Aid on the mounted volume; it says the volume is
OK
Bought a file recovery utility (Disk Drill Pro) which scanned the volume and recovered many of the missing files, but about half the files are damaged and won't open
Copied the sparsebundle file to a different computer with an older macOS version, in case the problem was an incompatibility with reading the volume on the last macOS; same result: volume mounts but only contains empty folders

I don't know how a macOS update could have affected this file, and we haven't found any other files that are missing or damaged. But I guess whatever caused the computer to go into a reboot loop also damaged this file.
Has anyone seen this situation or know of any other approach to recover the files? (She has a backup, but it's not current.)


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I am having a hard time understanding how does Keychain works, whats the default setting for it as long as i dont touch anything? and what if I don't remember my first password?
Can someone explain me?

Thanks


texts: Skipped iCloud Keychain configuration during install of El Capitan

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During installation of El Capitan I skipped the iCloud Keychain configuration because it wouldn't validate the code sent to my phone.

What was this process for and how do I restart it now that the instillation is complete?


texts: Why can't Finder pass a single folder to an Automator Action?

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I'm trying to create an Automator service which "receives selected files or folders".  If I select a single file in Finder, then go to the Finder:Services menu, my service shows up.  If I select two folders in Finder, I also see my service. But if I select only a single folder, the same menu says "No services apply".

Why doesn't the finder services menu recognize that my service is available to be run when only a single folder is selected?  How can I run my service?


texts: Can I use Google's new CardDAV-based contacts sync to sync between my Exchange contacts and Google contacts on my iPhone?

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I want my Google contacts and my Exchange contacts to sync through my iPhone as follows:

Google contacts <--> iPhone <--> Exchange contacts

and I was looking at Google's CardDAV sync as a way to do it. http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-new-way-to-sync-google-contacts.html?m=1

First, is this even possible?

What I can't understand is that after you add the CardDAV account to the iPhone your new contacts must go in that specific contacts group in order to sync. But of course they won't sync to Exchange since the Exchange contacts by definition are in their own group.

Can I do this?


texts: How to change the colors of individual bars in Numbers 3.2

texts: How do I change the colors of individual bars, in a bar chart of in Apple's Numbers 3.2.x


texts: How to remove Italian browser ramsonware? Arma dei Carabinieri - Attenzione! Il Suo computer personale è stato bloccato per

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I've a MacBook Pro and Mavericks. My browsers are blocked by ramsonware. It asks 100 $/Euro and says that your computer is blocked by the Italian cops and constantly redirects you to a fake page.

I've tried to remove it resetting Safari and Chrome, but the virus is still alive.

What should I do to remove this thing?